Title |
Isotope Analysis Reveals Foraging Area Dichotomy for Atlantic Leatherback Turtles
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2008
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0001845 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Stéphane Caut, Sabrina Fossette, Elodie Guirlet, Elena Angulo, Krishna Das, Marc Girondot, Jean-Yves Georges |
Abstract |
The leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) has undergone a dramatic decline over the last 25 years, and this is believed to be primarily the result of mortality associated with fisheries bycatch followed by egg and nesting female harvest. Atlantic leatherback turtles undertake long migrations across ocean basins from subtropical and tropical nesting beaches to productive frontal areas. Migration between two nesting seasons can last 2 or 3 years, a time period termed the remigration interval (RI). Recent satellite transmitter data revealed that Atlantic leatherbacks follow two major dispersion patterns after nesting season, through the North Gulf Stream area or more eastward across the North Equatorial Current. However, information on the whole RI is lacking, precluding the accurate identification of feeding areas where conservation measures may need to be applied. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 1% |
Brazil | 3 | 1% |
France | 2 | <1% |
South Africa | 2 | <1% |
Spain | 2 | <1% |
Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
Argentina | 1 | <1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Other | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 202 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 55 | 25% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 42 | 19% |
Student > Master | 34 | 16% |
Other | 17 | 8% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 13 | 6% |
Other | 38 | 17% |
Unknown | 20 | 9% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 129 | 59% |
Environmental Science | 41 | 19% |
Earth and Planetary Sciences | 11 | 5% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 2% |
Mathematics | 1 | <1% |
Other | 5 | 2% |
Unknown | 28 | 13% |