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Fig. 2 | Movement Ecology

Fig. 2

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

Fig. 2

All locations transmitted from tagged turtles between 14 August and 11 September 2011 (green circles), the track of Hurricane Irene (pink symbols and lines, UTC) [39], and the environmental conditions two weeks before and after the hurricane recorded by buoy 44009 (yellow diamond) [45]. a The position where the hurricane and each turtle were closest to each other (T0) occurred on 28 August 2011 for all turtles and are indicated by the red circles. Buoy 44009 was close to the hurricane path and approximately in the middle of the turtle positions within this time period. b The inset map, denoted by the blue square, illustrates the wind speeds associated with Hurricane Irene. The dark grey indicates Category 1 hurricane strength (119–153 km h-1), and the light grey indicates tropical storm strength (63–119 km h-1). c Barometric pressure, sea surface temperature, wave height, and wind speed data gathered by buoy 44009. The red vertical line denotes T0, the grey shaded area bordered by the grey vertical lines denotes the 0.5 day period on either side of T0 spanning the time frame of the During phase

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