Jellyfish distribution in space and time predicts leatherback sea turtle hot spots in the Northwest Atlantic.

Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) migrate to temperate Canadian Atlantic waters to feed on gelatinous zooplankton ('jellyfish') every summer. However, the spatio-temporal connection between predator foraging and prey-field dynamics has not been studied at the large scales over...

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Main Authors: Bethany Nordstrom, Michael C James, Boris Worm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232628