Contrasted habitats and individual plasticity drive the fine scale movements of juvenile green turtles in coastal ecosystems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A strong behavioural plasticity is commonly evidenced in the movements of marine megafauna species, and it might be related to an adaptation to local conditions of the habitat. One way to investigate such behavioural plasticity is to satellite track a large number of individuals from contrasting foraging grounds, but despite recent advances in satellite telemetry techniques, such studies are still very limited in sea turtles.

Methods

From 2010 to 2018, 49 juvenile green turtles were satellite tracked from five contrasting feeding grounds located in the South-West Indian Ocean in order to (1) assess the diel patterns in their movements, (2) investigate the inter-individual and inter-site variability, and (3) explore the drivers of their daily movements using both s

SUBMITTER: Chambault P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6947949 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature