2015
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-015-2656-2
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Green and hawksbill turtles in the Lesser Antilles demonstrate behavioural plasticity in inter-nesting behaviour and post-nesting migration

Abstract: Satellite transmitters were deployed on three green turtles, Chelonia mydas, and two hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, nesting in the Lesser Antilles islands, Caribbean, between 2005-2007 to obtain preliminary information about the inter-nesting, migratory and foraging habitats in the region. Despite the extremely small dataset, both year-round residents and migrants were identified; specifically (1) two green turtles used local shallow coastal sites within 50 km of the nesting beach during all of the… Show more

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“…The long distances traversed by post-breeding turtles from small, isolated islands to foraging grounds have been documented in several other studies. For example, nesting hawksbill turtles in the Caribbean have been recorded to migrate 881 km from St. Eustatius (Esteban et al 2015), 500 km from Barbados (Horrocks et al 2001), 2051 km from Mona Island (van Dam et al 2008), and 1666 km from the Dominican Republic ). However, 2 female hawksbills (EI11 and EI15) displayed remarkable behavior by taking 3−10 times longer than the other hawksbills to reach their foraging site after nesting, i.e.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The long distances traversed by post-breeding turtles from small, isolated islands to foraging grounds have been documented in several other studies. For example, nesting hawksbill turtles in the Caribbean have been recorded to migrate 881 km from St. Eustatius (Esteban et al 2015), 500 km from Barbados (Horrocks et al 2001), 2051 km from Mona Island (van Dam et al 2008), and 1666 km from the Dominican Republic ). However, 2 female hawksbills (EI11 and EI15) displayed remarkable behavior by taking 3−10 times longer than the other hawksbills to reach their foraging site after nesting, i.e.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Het gebied van Lac-baai blijkt zelfs een van de beste foerageergebieden te zijn voor de Soepschildpad, alwaar deze soort de hoogste groeisnelheden van de gehele Caribische regio vertoont (Bjorndal et al, 2017 Esteban et al, 2015). Het leggen en uitkomen van nesten vindt hoofdzakelijk plaats van april-oktober.…”
Section: Relatief Belang Binnen Het Caribisch Gebied: Beperktunclassified
“…Voor de stranden van St. Eustatius waar zand wordt afgegraven, waar de strandbreedte zo beperkt is dat er geen begroeiing is en waar het zand zwart is en dus veel warme opvangt, zijn nu al voor alle drie soorten tussen 85,9-93,5% van de jonge schildpadden vrouwelijk . Esteban et al (2015) gebruikten satellietzenders om informatie te krijgen over habitatgebruik en migratiegedrag van schildpadden van St. Eustatius. Dit bleek onverwacht variabel te zijn.…”
Section: Habitatunclassified
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