Post-Nesting Migrations of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Jamursba-Medi, Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia

By S. Benson, P. Dutton, Creusa Hitipeuw, Betuel Samber, Jacob Bakarbessy, D. Parker. 2007

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ABSTRACT Nine leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) were tracked for 111–695 days via satellite telemetry from one of the largest remaining western Pacific leatherback turtle nesting beaches, Jamursba-Medi, Papua, Indonesia. The turtles moved into tropical waters of the Philippines and Malaysia, into the Sea of Japan, and across the equatorial Pacific to temperate waters off North America. This study provides the first record of a trans-Pacific migration by a leatherback turtle.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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A review of marine mammal, sea turtle and seabird bycatch in USA fisheries and the role of policy in shaping management (2009, background): “CA ¼ California; OR ¼ Oregon; AK ¼ Alaska; WA ¼Washington.”
Satellite tracking of sea turtles: Where have we been and where do we go next? (2008, background): “2d; Benson et al. 2007a,b).”
Extension of methods for jellyfish and ctenophore trophic ecology to large-scale research (2008, background): “Leatherback turtles feed almost exclusively on gelatinous zooplankton and can be routinely tracked by satellite tags (Benson et al., 2007); areas where their tracks are concentrated may indicate jellyfish aggregations.”
Large‐scale movements and high‐use areas of western Pacific leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea (2011, background): “…and has been documented through genetic analysis and telemetry studies to occur in multiple regions of the Pacific, including waters of the eastern and central North Pacific, the western South Pacific, the South China Sea, and the Sea of Japan (Dutton et al. 2000, 2007, Benson et al. 2007a, c).”
Identifying and comparing phases of movement by leatherback turtles using state-space models (2008, result): “This is also in contrast to the migration of leatherback turtles nesting in Indonesia, which may travel across the entire North Pacific to reach their foraging areas off North America (Benson et al., 2007).”