Activity of loggerhead turtles during the U-shaped dive: new insights using angular velocity metrics

This research contributes to the CAASE project funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the KAUST Sensor Initiative. The fieldwork was funded by a grant (CP1217) awarded to R.S. from the Cluster of Excellence 80 The Future Ocean. The Future Ocean was funded within the framework of the Excellence Initiative by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) on behalf of the German federal and state governments. This work was part of the Turtle Project created by C.E. and partly funded by National Geographic (GEFNE69-13), The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust and ‘The Future Ocean’ through a Capacity Building grant to C.E. We also acknowledge support from the Direcao Nacional do Ambiente Cabo Verde.