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Provedor de dados:  ArchiMer
País:  France
Título:  Foraging of the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas on seagrass beds at Mayotte Island (Indian Ocean), determined by acoustic transmitters
Autores:  Taquet, Coralie
Taquet, Marc
Dempster, T
Soria, M
Ciccione, S
Roos, David
Dagorn, L
Data:  2006
Ano:  2006
Palavras-chave:  Foraging rhythm
Listening station
Acoustic transmitter
Green sea turtle
Mayotte
Southwestern Indian Ocean
Chelonia mydas
Resumo:  We studied the foraging rhythms of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas on the seagrass beds of N'Gouja Bay, Mayotte Island (Comoros Archipelago) with acoustic transmitters and moored listening stations. We monitored 8 tagged turtles (4 probable males, 3 probable females and 1 immature), from 70 to 109 cm curved carapace length (CCL), for durations ranging from 5 to 92 d. The turtles exhibited a regular diel pattern: they foraged mainly during the day (on average 87% of seagrass detections were between 06:00 and 18:00 h) and rested on the inner reef slope during the night. Night time feeding activities were observed on the seagrass bed when the night light was high. The presence of turtles on the seagrass bed at night was significantly correlated with a night light index (r = 0.54, p = 0.002), which included both moon light and cloudiness indices. Behaviour of the only immature individual observed was similar to adult turtles, although it rested more frequently around noon. All turtles displayed a high fidelity to 1 foraging site within the seagrass bed. Acoustic transmitters and permanent listening stations are an appropriate technique for long-term behavioural studies of turtles, with no human interaction with turtles during tracking, and represent a suitable technique to assess the possible effects of environmental changes or human activities upon green turtle behaviour.
Tipo:  Text
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-3616.pdf

DOI:10.3354/meps306295
Editor:  Inter-Research
Relação:  http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3616/
Formato:  application/pdf
Fonte:  Marine Ecology Progress Series (0171-8630) (Inter-Research), 2006 , Vol. 306 , P. 295-302
Direitos:  Inter-Research 2006
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