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| Taquet, Coralie; Taquet, Marc; Dempster, T; Soria, M; Ciccione, S; Roos, David; Dagorn, L. |
| 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... |
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Palavras-chave: Foraging rhythm; Listening station; Acoustic transmitter; Green sea turtle; Mayotte; Southwestern Indian Ocean; Chelonia mydas. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-3616.pdf |
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| Bourjea, Jerome; Lapegue, Sylvie; Gagnevin, L; Broderick, D; Mortimer, J.a.; Ciccione, S; Roos, David; Taquet, Coralie; Grizel, Henri. |
| Patterns of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation were used to analyse the population genetic structure of southwestern Indian Ocean green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations. Analysis of sequence variation over 396 bp of the mtDNA control region revealed seven haplotypes among 288 individuals from 10 nesting sites in the Southwest Indian Ocean. This is the first time that Atlantic Ocean haplotypes have been recorded among any Indo-Pacific nesting populations. Previous studies indicated that the Cape of Good Hope was a major biogeographical barrier between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans because evidence for gene flow in the last 1.5 million years has yet to emerge. This study, by sampling localities adjacent to this barrier, demonstrates that recent gene... |
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Palavras-chave: Phylogeography; Mozambique Channel; Mitochondrial DNA; Indian Ocean; Control region; Chelonia mydas. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2185.pdf |
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