Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar este ítem:
http://cibnor.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1001/882| Movement patterns of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in Cuban waters inferred from flipper tag recaptures | |
| FEDERICO ALBERTO ABREU GROBOIS ARTURO FABIAN EDUARDO MUHLIA MELO Lucy Hawkes | |
| Acceso Abierto | |
| Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas | |
| DOI: 10.3354/esr00248 URL: http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/esr-home/ ISSN: 1613-4796 | |
| " Understanding the spatial movements of threatened marine species, such as sea turtles, is essential as a means of informing appropriate conservation management. Although novel techniques for tracking spatial movements are becoming more widely available (such as satellite tracking), simple techniques such as mark-release-recapture remain effective. A flipper tagging and recovery program in Cuba tagged 210 loggerhead turtles over 14 yr and recovered 7% of the tags between 2 d and 3 yr later (mean = 296 d). All but one turtle was recaptured in Cuban waters, and data showed limited movement of turtles between northern and southern coasts. A further 50 turtles were recovered that had been tagged in foreign projects, the majority of which were from the USA (but also Mexico, The Bahamas, Canary Islands and Spain). A range of life stages of loggerhead turtles are found in Cuban waters year-round, and given that Cuba has the second largest reef in the Caribbean, it likely provides foraging habitat for significant numbers of loggerhead turtles from at least 6 different countries." | |
| Inter-Research Science Center | |
| 2010 | |
| Artículo | |
| ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH | |
| Inglés | |
| ECOLOGÍA ANIMAL | |
| Versión publicada | |
| publishedVersion - Versión publicada | |
| Aparece en las colecciones: | Artículos |
Cargar archivos:
| Fichero | Tamaño | Formato | |
|---|---|---|---|
| moncada_f2010.pdf | 533.62 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizar/Abrir |