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J Exp Biol (2011) 214 (20): 3474–3479.
Published: 15 October 2011
... for correspondence ( j.davenport@ucc.ie ) 16 7 2011 © 2011. 2011 leatherback turtle feeding shape change girth Chelonians arose 210–230 million years ago (MYA) during the late Triassic as heavily armoured terrestrial forms, though all turtle species alive at present (terrestrial as well...
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J Exp Biol (2010) 213 (24): 4137–4145.
Published: 15 December 2010
... leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea . J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 78 , 953 - 972 . Bramble D. M. , Wake D. B. ( 1985 ). Feeding mechanisms of lower tetrapods . In Functional Vertebrate Morphology (ed. Hildebrand M. , Bramble D. M. , Liem K. F. , Wake D. B. ), pp...
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J Exp Biol (2009) 212 (21): 3440–3447.
Published: 1 November 2009
.... Material was collected from two freshly stranded adult leatherback turtles. The first turtle (Specimen 1) was found close to the shore at Ballycotton,East Cork. A female, it was 168 cm in standard curved carapace length, so would have weighed around 450 kg (see Georges and Fossette, 2006 ). The head...
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J Exp Biol (1999) 202 (9): 1115–1125.
Published: 1 May 1999
... that recorded the electrocardiogram and the depth and duration of dives were deployed on six female leatherback turtles as they laid eggs at Playa Grande, Costa Rica. Turtles dived continually for the majority of the internesting interval and spent 57–68 % of the time at sea submerged. Mean dive depth was 19±1...