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- Title
Each to Their Own: Inter-Specific Differences in Migrations of Masirah Island Turtles.
- Authors
REES, ALAN F.; AL-KIYUMI, ALI; BRODERICK, ANNETTE C.; PAPATHANASOPOULOU, NANCY; GODLEY, BRENDAN J.
- Abstract
We tracked two adult female green turtles {Chelonia mydas) from their nesting location on Masirah Island, Oman (lat 20.441 °N, long 58.843°E) into the Red Sea. Comparing these tracks with published movements of nesting loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) turtles, also tracked from Masirah, revealed remarkably different inter-specific patterns of post-nesting dispersal. High-capacity arti-sanal fisheries, with undescribed levels of sea turtle bycatch, exist within the region, making introduction of effective conservation measures difficult
- Subjects
MASIRAH Island (Oman); OMAN; RED Sea; SEA turtles; MARINE reptiles; WILDLIFE conservation; MARINE sciences; NEST building
- Publication
Chelonian Conservation & Biology, 2012, Vol 11, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
1071-8443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2744/CCB-1000.1