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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Pelagic

Organisms are pelagic if they occupy the water column, but not the sea floor, in either the neritic zone or oceanic zone. Leatherbacks are considered to be the most pelagic species of sea turtle.

See also: neritic   benthic   oceanic

WWW References:

• Encounters with pelagic sea turtles
• Leatherbacks in Canada

Citations:

• Bolten, A. B. 2003. Variation in sea turtle life history patterns: Neritic vs. oceanic developmental stages. - In: Lutz, P. L., Musick, J. A. and Wyneken, J. (eds.), Biology Of Sea Turtles. CRC Press, pp. 243-257.

Entered by: Brendan Godley
Modified by: Janice Blumenthal, Matthew Godfrey,
Entered: 2004-12-13 16:56:07
Last modified: 2005-05-06 10:20:00