Internesting Behavior of the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at a Mid-Ocean Island Breeding Ground
Carr A, Ross P, Carr S. 1974. Internesting Behavior of the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at a Mid-Ocean Island Breeding Ground. Copeia. 1974(3):703-706
Three female green turtles were tracked during the internesting interval at Ascension Island, central equatorial Atlantic. The average speed of movement along the nesting shore was about 1.5 km/hr, with maximum speed of at least 7.2 km/hr attained. Two of the travel paths showed clear concurrence and were closely similar to a plot from other data obtained in 1969. Some direct observations on the behavioral ecology of the females between nestings are reported.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Carr, Archie; Ross, Perran; Carr, Stephen
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Behavior, breeding location, Life cycle, migration pattern, Nesting, tracking turtles