Remigration and growth of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting on Senri Beach in Minabe, Japan: Life-history polymorphism in a sea turtle population

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 807-811

  Hatase, H ^a,d   Matsuzawa, Y ^a,e   Sato, E ^b   Bando, T ^a,f   Goto, K ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Minabe Sea Turtle Research Group   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Sea Turtle Association of Japan   (Japan)

^f Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SENRI BEACH; WAKAYAMA [KINKI];

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 2342445270     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1232-3     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Bando T (1997) Fundamental studies on nest site fidelity and migration of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (in Japanese). MS thesis, Kyoto University, Kyoto
2. Bjorndal KA (1980) Demography of the breeding population of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Copeia 1980:525-530
3. Bjorndal KA, Meylan AB, Turner BJ (1983) Sea turtles nesting at Melbourne Beach, Florida. I. Size, growth and reproductive biology. Biol Conserv 26:65-77
4. Bolten AB (2003) Variation in sea turtle life history patterns: neritic vs. oceanic developmental stages. In: Lutz PL, Musick JA, Wyneken J (eds) The biology of sea turtles, vol II. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., pp 243-257
5. Bowen BW, Abreu-Grobois FA, Balazs GH, Kamezaki N, Limpus CJ, Ferl RJ (1995) Trans-Pacific migrations of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) demonstrated with mitochondrial DNA markers. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92:3731-3734
6. Broderick AC, Godley BJ, Hays GC (2001) Trophic status drives interannual variability in nesting numbers of marine turtles. Proc R Soc Lond Ser B Biol Sci 268:1481-1487
7. Broderick AC, Glen F, Godley BJ, Hays GC (2003) Variation in reproductive output of marine turtles. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 288:95-109
8. Carr A, Carr MH (1970) Modulated reproductive periodicity in Chelonia. Ecology 51:335-337
9. Carr A, Goodman D (1970) Ecologic implications of size and growth in Chelonia. Copeia 1970:783-786
10. Coles WC, Musick JA, Williamson LA (2001) Skeletochronology validation from an adult loggerhead (Caretta caretta). Copeia 2001:240-242
11. Dodd CK Jr (1988) Synopsis of the biological data on the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). US Fish Wildl Serv Biol Rep 88:1-110
12. Hatase H, Goto K, Sato K, Bando T, Matsuzawa Y, Sakamoto W (2002a) Using annual body size fluctuations to explore potential causes for the decline in a nesting population of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta at Senri Beach, Japan. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 245:299-304
13. Hatase H, Kinoshita M, Bando T, Kamezaki N, Sato K, Matsuzawa Y, Goto K, Omuta K, Nakashima Y, Takeshita H, Sakamoto W (2002b) Population structure of loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, nesting in Japan: bottlenecks on the Pacific population. Mar Biol 141:299-305
14. Hatase H, Takai N, Matsuzawa Y, Sakamoto W, Omuta K, Goto K, Arai N, Fujiwara T (2002c) Size-related differences in feeding habitat use of adult female loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta around Japan determined by stable isotope analyses and satellite telemetry. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 233:273-281
15. Hays GC, Sutherland JM (1991) Remigration and beach fidelity of loggerhead turtles nesting on the island of Cephalonia, Greece. J Herpetol 25:232-233
16. Klinger RC, Musick JA (1992) Annual growth layers in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Bull Mar Sci 51:224-230
17. Limpus CJ (1985) A study of the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, in eastern Australia. PhD thesis, University of Queensland, St Lucia
18. Limpus CJ, Limpus DJ (2001) The loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, in Queensland: breeding migrations and fidelity to a warm temperate feeding area. Chelonian Conserv Biol 4:142-153
19. Miller JD (1997) Reproduction in sea turtles. In: Lutz PL, Musick JA (eds) The biology of sea turtles. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., pp 51-81
20. Richardson JI (1982) A population model for adult female loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting in Georgia. PhD thesis, University of Georgia, Athens
21. Richardson TH, Richardson JI, Ruckdeschel C, Dix MW (1978) Remigration patterns of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting on Little Cumberland and Cumberland Islands, Georgia. Fla Mar Res Publ 33:39-44
22. Sato K, Bando T, Matsuzawa Y, Tanaka H, Sakamoto W, Minamikawa S, Goto K (1997) Decline of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, nesting on Senri Beach in Minabe, Wakayama, Japan. Chelonian Conserv Biol 2:600-603
23. Thorpe JE (1986) Age at first maturity in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar: freshwater period influences and conflicts with smolting. In: Meerburg DJ (ed) Salmonid age at maturity. Can Spec Publ Fish Aquat Sci 89:7-14
24. Tiwari M, Bjorndal KA (2000) Variation in morphology and reproduction in loggerheads, Caretta caretta, nesting in the United States, Brazil, and Greece. Herpetologica 56:343-356
25. Van Buskirk J, Crowder LB (1994) Life-history variation in marine turtles. Copeia 1994:66-81