Habitat use, site fidelity and conservation opportunities for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the Río de la Plata, Argentina

González Carman, Victoria
Bruno, Luis Ignacio
Maxwell, Sara
Álvarez, Karina
Albareda, Diego
Acha, Eduardo Marcelo
Campagna, Claudio

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Publication date

January 2016

DOI

10.1007/s00227-015-2795-5

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Journal

Marine Biology

Abstract

Juvenile loggerheads (Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758) exhibit a strong foraging site fidelity to the Río de la Plata estuarine area, as shown by state-space models and kernel density estimations. Six satellite tagged individuals remained in the same 8000-km2 patch during 60 % of their foraging time (7–8 months). After overwintering in coastal, warmer waters off Brazil and Uruguay, individuals move back to the same foraging spot in successive years. The fidelity of juvenile loggerheads to the Rio de la Plata estuarine area encourages site-based conservation tools. Spatial planning may result in special management areas supported by current regional treaties.Fil: González Carman, Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técn...

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Habitat use, site fidelity and conservation opportunities for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the Río de la Plata, Argentina

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