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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Epipelagic

Occupying the uppermost 200m of the ocean where light can penetrate and photosynthesis can occur. Smaller juvenile turtles are thought to inhabit this area of the ocean.

See also: Oceanic   Benthic   neritic

WWW References:

• Turtles
• Turtle Behavior at Sea

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: Lucy Hawkes
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey, Janice Blumenthal,
Entered: 2005-05-06 09:33:11
Last modified: 2005-05-06 20:20:40