Post-nesting movements and submergence patterns of loggerhead marine turtles in the Mediterranean assessed by satellite tracking

By Bj Godley, AC Broderick, F. Glen, G. Hays. 2003

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Parasitology

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Important areas at sea for adult loggerhead sea turtles in the Mediterranean Sea: satellite tracking corroborates findings from potentially biased sources (2008, background): “Average foraging area home range size was with 305 km2 comparable to the 331 km2 found by Broderick et al. (2007) for loggerhead sea turtles tracked from Cyprus.”
Satellite tracking highlights the need for international cooperation in marine turtle management (2006, methodology): “…in shallow areas near nesting beaches before beginning migrations (green turtles: Liew & Chan 1992, Meylan 1995, Hays et al. 2002a; loggerhead turtles: Hays et al. 1991, Godley et al. 2003), though it should be noted that rookeries in the Cayman Islands are in close proximity to oceanic waters.”
Satellite tracking of sea turtles: Where have we been and where do we go next? (2008, background): “Tracking of juvenile green turtles (Godley et al. 2003b) demonstrated a range of behaviours from extreme site fidelity to movements over extended areas of coastline.”
Mediterranean sea turtles: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research (2018, unknown): “Site fidelity is even stronger in adults, as they appear to return to the same foraging ground after the reproductive migration (Godley et al. 2003, Lazar et al. 2004b, Broderick et al. 2007, Zbinden et al. 2008, Schofield et al. 2010a,b, Casale et al. 2013a), although they may also use up to 5…”
Bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles: insights from 14 years of stranding data (2008, background): “Although adults from Mediterranean nesting stocks appear limited to the eastern basin (Godley et al 2003, Broderick et al. 2007, Zbinden et al. 2008), the western Mediterranean hosts juveniles from both Mediterranean and Atlantic rookeries (Laurent et al. 1998).”
Movement patterns of marine turtles in the Mediterranean Sea: a review (2014, background): “Females breeding in Cyprus displayed much the same type A movement pattern, migrating towards more disparate foraging areas along the North African shelf or the Syrian coast or even remaining in Cyprus (Godley et al. 2003; Broderick et al. 2007) (Figure 1).”
Bottom or midwater: alternative foraging behaviours in adult female loggerhead sea turtles (2007, background): “Female South African and Mediterranean loggerheads similarly showed diel patterns in forage-diving behaviour (Papi et al., 1997; Godley et al., 2003), although South African loggerheads showed more frequent and shorter dives at night than during the day.”
Western Mediterranean immature loggerhead turtles: habitat use in spring and summer assessed through satellite tracking and aerial surveys (2005, background): “…10.35 17.59*** 503 27 163.127 SE 4.087* 4.832 5.285** Hochscheid et al. 2003) and the time spent submerged increases, both in captivity (Bentivegna et al. 2003) and in the wild (Renaud and Carpenter 1994; Dellinguer and Freitas 1999; Minamikawa et al. 2000; Luschi et al. 2003b; Godley et al. 2003).”
A model of area fidelity, nomadism, and distribution patterns of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea (2007, background): “Renaud and Carpenter 1994) and an average speed higher than 70 km/day (2.9 km/h) for a period of 11 days was observed (Meylan et al. 1983), while 1 km/h can be considered as a conservative cruise speed (e.g., in the Mediterranean: Bentivegna 2002; Cardona et al. 2005; Godley et al. 2003a ).”
Assessing accuracy and utility of satellite-tracking data using Argos-linked Fastloc-GPS (2010, methodology): “2002) using an epoxy-based attachment method (Godley et al. 2003) when females emerged on to nesting beaches to deposit eggs.”