Summary of the linear model performed to relate the <i>TimePhase2</i>* to intrinsic variables.

<p>TimePhase2* refers to the time (in days) spent within the plume and FG to Foraging Grounds.</p><p>Summary of the linear model performed to relate the <i>TimePhase2</i>* to intrinsic variables.</p

Box plots of (A) the SST (°C), (B) the K_d (m^-1), (C) the Bathymetry (m) and (D) the Slope (°) extracted at turtles’ locations for the two behavioral modes, i.e. transiting (grey) and foraging (black).

<p>Box plots of (A) the SST (°C), (B) the K_d (m^-1), (C) the Bathymetry (m) and (D) the Slope (°) extracted at turtles’ locations for the two behavioral modes, i.e. transiting (grey) and foraging (black).</p

Distributions of (A) SST (°C) and (B) K_d (m^-1) along the 19 turtles’ tracks.

<p>The foraging grounds are represented by the red ellipses and the black solid line refers to the 100 m isobaths. K_d refers to the Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient and was logged transformed for a better contrast. The shoreline was extracted from NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Coastline.</p

Mean direction and velocity of the currents over the whole study area for the 2012 and 2014 tracking periods extracted daily from Mercator-Ocean GLORYS-2v1 (Global Ocean ReanalYsis and Simulations). The trajectory of turtle #115452 (red) is superimposed on the current.

<p>For a better visual representation, the spatial resolution of the current direction is set to 0.75 degrees. The shoreline was extracted from NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Coastline.</p

Histograms of (A) the maximum dive depth (m) and (B) the maximum dive duration (min) recorded by the 14 Argos-Fastloc GPS tags for the two behavioral modes, i.e. transiting (gray) and foraging (black).

<p>Histograms of (A) the maximum dive depth (m) and (B) the maximum dive duration (min) recorded by the 14 Argos-Fastloc GPS tags for the two behavioral modes, i.e. transiting (gray) and foraging (black).</p

Locations of the 19 green turtles equipped in 2012 and 2014 for the two behavioral modes, i.e. transiting (gray) and foraging (black).

<p>The red square indicates the migration departure point. The shoreline was extracted from NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Coastline.</p