a Record control number 000246844800012

a ISSN 0962-8452

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number QH301

b Item number .F53 2007

a Personal name Broderick, Annette C.

a Title Fidelity and over-wintering of sea turtles

h Medium Electronic Document

c Statement of responsibility, etc Annette C. Broderick, Michael S. Coyne, Wayne J. Fuller, Fiona Glen, Brendan J.Godley.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Royal Society, ,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2007.

a Place of publication, distribution, etc London :

a Summary, etc 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.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biology

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Ecology

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fidelity

g Relationship information JUN 22 2007, Vol 274, Issue 1617, p1533-1538

t Title Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

x International Standard Serial Number 09628452

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0211