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Fidelity and over-wintering of sea turtles (Broderick, Annette C.)

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Fidelity and over-wintering of sea turtles
Author:	Broderick, Annette C. Search Author in Amazon Books
Publisher:	Royal Society, ,

Edition:	2007.
Classification:	QH301
URL:	http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0211

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- While fidelity to breeding sites is well demonstrated in marine turtles, emerging knowledge of migratory routes and key foraging sites is of limited conservation value unless levels of fidelity can be established. We tracked green (Chelonia mydas, n = 10) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta, n = 10) turtles during their post-nesting migration from the island of Cyprus to their foraging grounds. After intervals of 2-5 years, five of these females were recaptured at the nesting beach and tracked for a second migration. All five used highly similar migratory routes to return to the same foraging and over-wintering areas. None of the females visited other foraging habitats over the study period (units lasted on average 305 days; maximum, 1356 days), moving only to deeper waters during the winter months where they demonstrated extremely long resting dives of up to 10.2 h (the longest breath-holding dive recorded for a marine vertebrate). High levels of fidelity and the relatively discrete nature of the home ranges demonstrate that protection of key migratory pathways, foraging and over-wintering sites can serve as an important tool for the future conservation of marine turtles.