| one publication added to basket [248461] | Transpacific migration of a Loggerhead Turtle monitored by satellite telemetry
Nichols, W.J.; Resendiz, A.; Seminoff, J.A.; Resendiz, B. (2000). Transpacific migration of a Loggerhead Turtle monitored by satellite telemetry. Bull. Mar. Sci. 67(3): 937-947
In: Bulletin of Marine Science. University of Miami Press: Coral Gables. ISSN 0007-4977; e-ISSN 1553-6955, more
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Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top | Datasets |
- Nichols, W.J.
- Resendiz, A.
- Seminoff, J.A.
- Resendiz, B.
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| Abstract |
The oceanic movements of a captive-raised adult loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) were monitored with satellite telemetry for 368 d from 10 August 1996 to 12 August 1997. During this time the turtle migrated across the Pacific Ocean, covering more than 11,500 km between Santa Rosaliita, Baja California, Mexico (28°40'N, 114°14'W), and Sendai Bay, Japan (37°54'N, 140°56'E). The average speed during the migration was 1.3 km h-1 and the maximum recorded speed was 1.84 km h-1. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that loggerheads feeding in the eastern Pacific eventually return to nest on western Pacific beaches, a relationship previously inferred from molecular genetic analysis and flipper tag returns. We conclude that loggerhead turtles are capable of transpacific migrations and propose that the band of water between 25° and 30°N, the Subtropical Frontal Zone, may be an important transpacific migratory corridor. |
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- East Pacific Sea Turtle Tracking 1996-1997, more
- Pacific turtle tracks: Turtle-Safe Seas Project, more
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