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Inter-nesting, migration, and foraging behaviors of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the central-southern Red Sea.
Tanabe, Lyndsey K; Cochran, Jesse E M; Berumen, Michael L.
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  • Tanabe LK; Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955­6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Lyndsey.Tanabe@kaust.edu.sa.
  • Cochran JEM; Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955­6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Berumen ML; Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955­6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sci Rep ; 13(1): 11222, 2023 07 11.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37433818
Sea turtles are migratory with nesting and foraging areas in distinct and often widely separated habitats. Telemetry has been a vital tool for tracking sea turtle migrations between these areas, but tagging efforts are often focused on only a few large rookeries in a given region. For instance, turtle tagging in the Red Sea has been focused in the north of the basin. We tagged five green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a nesting site in the central-southern Red Sea and tracked them for 72-243 days. During the inter-nesting period, the turtles showed high site-fidelity, with a maximum home range of 161 km2. After the nesting season, the turtles migrated up to 1100 km to five distinct foraging locations in three countries (Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Eritrea). Movements within foraging habitats were more wide-ranging compared to inter-nesting movements, with home ranges varying between 1.19 and 931 km2. The tracking data revealed that the creation of a relatively small marine reserve could protect the critical inter-nesting habitat in the Farasan Banks. The results also highlight the need for multinational collaboration to protect migratory corridors and foraging sites of this endangered species.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neoplasias Cutáneas / Tortugas / Neoplasias de Células Escamosas Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neoplasias Cutáneas / Tortugas / Neoplasias de Células Escamosas Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido