Riders on the storm: loggerhead sea turtles detect and respond to a major hurricane in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

摘要

a The five hurricane phases were divided relative to the time when the turtle and the hurricane were closest to each other (T0) as follows: Before (14–2 days before T0), Approach (2–0.5 days before T0), During (0.5 days before–0.5 days after T0), Departure (0.5–2 days after T0), and After (2–14 days after T0). The Approach and Departure phases provided 1.5 day buffers around the During phase to determine clear Before and After phases. The length (days) of each phase is displayed within each colored section of the bar. b The range of the dates within each phase for each turtle are characterized by the colored sections of the horizontal bars. Each turtle had a different T0, and each turtle-borne tag transmitted at different times, therefore, the hurricane phases covered slightly different time periods per turtle. T0, which occurred at some time on 28 August 2011 for all turtles, is indicated by the white circle within the red, During section