Heterogeneous patterns of availability for detection during visual surveys: spatiotemporal variation in sea turtle divesurfacing behaviour on a feeding ground
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Jordan A. Thomson*, Andrew B. Cooper, Derek A. Burkholder, Michael R. Heithaus and Lawrence M. Dill Marine Sciences Program, School of Environment, Arts and Society, Florida International University, North Miami, FL 33181, USA; School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada; and Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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