Supplementary Tables from 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 fi...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.14533854.v1 2023-05-15T17:28:59+02:00 Supplementary Tables from First Atlantic satellite tracks of ‘lost Years’ green turtles support the importance of the Sargasso Sea as a Sea turtle nursery Mansfield, Katherine L. Wyneken, Jeanette Jiangang Luo 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14533854.v1 https://rs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Supplementary_Tables_from_First_Atlantic_satellite_tracks_of_lost_Years_green_turtles_support_the_importance_of_the_Sargasso_Sea_as_a_Sea_turtle_nursery/14533854/1 unknown The Royal Society https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0057 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14533854 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 CC-BY Ecology FOS Biological sciences 60801 Animal Behaviour Text article-journal Journal contribution ScholarlyArticle 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14533854.v1 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0057 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14533854 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z 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 (less than 1-year old) green turtles, we satellite-tracked 21 oceanic-stage green turtles (less than 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 orient differently compared to same stage loggerhead turtles ( Caretta caretta ). Combined with satellite tracks of oceanic-stage loggerhead turtles, our work identifies the Sargasso Sea as an important nursery habitat for North Atlantic sea turtles, supporting a growing body of research that suggests oceanic-stage sea turtles are behaviourally more complex than previously assumed. Text North Atlantic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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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 (less than 1-year old) green turtles, we satellite-tracked 21 oceanic-stage green turtles (less than 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 orient differently compared to same stage loggerhead turtles ( Caretta caretta ). Combined with satellite tracks of oceanic-stage loggerhead turtles, our work identifies the Sargasso Sea as an important nursery habitat for North Atlantic sea turtles, supporting a growing body of research that suggests oceanic-stage sea turtles are behaviourally more complex than previously assumed. |
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Supplementary Tables from First Atlantic satellite tracks of ‘lost Years’ green turtles support the importance of the Sargasso Sea as a Sea turtle nursery |
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Supplementary Tables from First Atlantic satellite tracks of ‘lost Years’ green turtles support the importance of the Sargasso Sea as a Sea turtle nursery |
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