First Atlantic satellite tracks of lost years green turtles support the importance of the Sargasso Sea as a sea turtle nursery ...
In-water behaviour and long-term movements of oceanic-stage juvenile sea turtles are not well described or quantified. This is due to technological or logistical limitations of tracking small, fast-growing animals across long distances and time-periods within marine habitats. Here we present the fir...
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Dryad
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.x95x69ph9 https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.x95x69ph9 |
| Summary: | In-water behaviour and long-term movements of oceanic-stage juvenile sea turtles are not well described or quantified. This is due to technological or logistical limitations of tracking small, fast-growing animals across long distances and time-periods within marine habitats. Here we present the first long-term offshore tracks of oceanic green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in western North Atlantic waters. Using a tag attachment technique developed specifically for young (<1 year old) green turtles, we satellite tracked 21 oceanic-stage green turtles (<19 cm straight carapace length) up to 152 days using small, solar-powered transmitters. We verify that oceanic-stage green turtles: (i) travel to and remain within oceanic waters; (ii) often depart the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre currents, orienting toward waters associated with the Sargasso Sea; (iii) remain at the sea surface, using thermally-beneficial habitats that promote growth and survival of young turtles; and (iv) green turtles ... : Please contact data owner for additional details or refer to the published article. Data collected via ARGOS satellites and small solar-powered satellite tags. ... |
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