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dc.contributor.authorRam, P.S.
dc.contributor.authorRao, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorSadhuram, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-10T11:27:11Z
dc.date.available2009-11-10T11:27:11Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationMarine Geodesy: vol.32(4); 372-378
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3420
dc.description.abstractOlive Ridley turtles in the Bay of Bengal are previously thought to migrate southward from their nesting ground, along the east coast of India (Orissa coast), towards Sri Lanka. Surprisingly, three of the four Platform Transmitter Terminal (PTT) attached turtles in April-June 2001 meandered off the east coast of India for about two months. It is found that these turtles meandered at the peripherals of cold core cyclonic eddy surrounded by warm core eddies on either side. Concentrations of prey for the turtles in those frontal regions are known to be abundant. Only one of the four PTT attached turtles migrated to the south along the frontal regions in the direction of geostrophic currents. It is found that the locations of these thermal fronts in the Bay of Bengal are primarily determined by the Oceanic Rossby waves and local Ekman pumping
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rightsThe final and definitive form of the preprint has been published in the "Marine Geodesy" © 2009 Taylor & Francis; "Marine Geodesy" is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/ with open URL of artilce : http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0149-0419&volume=32&spage=372
dc.subjectocean circulation
dc.subjectoceanic eddies
dc.subjectcurrent rings
dc.subjectcurrent meandering
dc.titleDrifting and meandering of Olive Ridley Sea turtles in the Bay of Bengal: Role of oceanic Rossby waves
dc.typeJournal Article


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