Bottom or midwater: Alternative foraging behaviours in adult female loggerhead sea turtles

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-55

  Hatase, H ^a   Omuta, K ^b   Tsukamoto, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Yakushima Sea Turtle Research Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argos; Body size; Diet; Dive; Migration; Movement; Polymorphism; Prey

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; POLYMORPHISM; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TELEMETRY; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARGOLIDHOS; ARGOS; ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GREECE; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; YAKUSHIMA;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34548140499     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00298.x     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Annett, C. Pierotti, R. (1999). Long-term reproductive output in Western Gulls: consequences of alternate tactics in diet choice. Ecology 80, 288 297.
2. Arnould, J.P.Y. Hindell, M.A. (2001). Dive behaviour, foraging locations, and maternal-attendance patterns of Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). Can. J. Zool. 79, 35 48.
3. Bearhop, S., Fiedler, W., Furness, R.W., Votier, S.C., Waldron, S., Newton, J., Bowen, G.J., Berthold, P. Farnsworth, K. (2005). Assortative mating as a mechanism for rapid evolution of a migratory divide. Science 310, 502 504 (online DOI :).
4. Bjorndal, K.A. (1997). Foraging ecology and nutrition of sea turtles. In The biology of sea turtles: 199 231. Lutz, P.L. Musick, J.A. (Eds). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
5. Bolnick, D.I., Svanbäck, R., Fordyce, J.A., Yang, L.H., Davis, J.M., Hulsey, C.D. Forister, M.L. (2003). The ecology of individuals: incidence and implications of individual specialization. Am. Nat. 161, 1 28.
6. Boyd, I.L., McCafferty, D.J., Reid, K., Taylor, R. Walker, T.R. (1998). Dispersal of male and female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55, 845 852.
7. Cheng, I.-J. (2000). Post-nesting migrations of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Wan-An Island, Penghu Archipealgo, Taiwan. Mar. Biol. 137, 747 754.
8. Costa, D.P. Gales, N.J. (2003). Energetics of a benthic diver: seasonal foraging ecology of the Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea. Ecol. Monogr. 73, 27 43.
9. Coyne, M.S. Godley, B.J. (2005). Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 301, 1 7.
10. Dodd, C.K. 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.
11. Dodd, C.K. Jr. Byles, R. (2003). Post-nesting movements and behavior of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) departing from east-central Florida nesting beaches. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 4, 530 536.
12. Eckert, S.A. (2006). High-use oceanic areas for Atlantic leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) as identified using satellite telemetered location and dive information. Mar. Biol. 149, 1257 1267 (online DOI :).
13. Gales, N.J. Mattlin, R.H. (1997). Summer diving behaviour of lactating New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri. Can. J. Zool. 75, 1695 1706.
14. Godley, B.J., Broderick, A.C., Glen, F. Hays, G.C. (2003). Post-nesting movements and submergence patterns of loggerhead marine turtles in the Mediterranean assessed by satellite tracking. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 287, 119 134.
15. Godley, B.J., Richardson, S., Broderick, A.C., Coyne, M.S., Glen, F. Hays, G.C. (2002). Long-term satellite telemetry of the movements and habitat utilisation by green turtles in the Mediterranean. Ecography 25, 352 362.
16. Goebel, M.E., Bengtson, J.L., DeLong, R.L., Gentry, R.L. Loughlin, T.R. (1991). Diving patterns and foraging locations of female northern fur seals. Fish. Bull. 89, 171 179.
17. Hatase, H., Matsuzawa, Y., Sato, K., Bando, T. Goto, K. (2004). Remigration and growth of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting on Senri Beach in Minabe, Japan: life-history polymorphism in a sea turtle population. Mar. Biol. 144, 807 811 (online DOI :).
18. Hatase, H. Sakamoto, W. (2004). Forage-diving behaviour of adult Japanese female loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) inferred from Argos location data. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 84, 855 856.
19. Hatase, H., Sato, K., Yamaguchi, M., Takahashi, K. Tsukamoto, K. (2006). Individual variation in feeding habitat use by adult female green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas): are they obligately neritic herbivores? Oecologia 149, 52 64 (online DOI :).
20. Hatase, H., Takai, N., Matsuzawa, Y., Sakamoto, W., Omuta, K., Goto, K., Arai, N. Fujiwara, T. (2002). 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.
21. Hawkes, L.A., Broderick, A.C., Coyne, M.S., Godfrey, M.H., Lopez-Jurado, L.-F., Lopez-Suarez, P., Merino, S.E., Varo-Cruz, N. Godley, B.J. (2006). Phenotypically linked dichotomy in sea turtle foraging requires multiple conservation approaches. Curr. Biol. 16, 990 995 (online DOI :).
22. Hays, G.C., Åkesson, S., Broderick, A.C., Glen, F., Godley, B.J., Luschi, P., Martin, C., Metcalfe, J.D. Papi, F. (2001). The diving behaviour of green turtles undertaking oceanic migration to and from Ascension Island: dive durations, dive profiles and depth distribution. J. Exp. Biol. 204, 4093 4098.
23. Hays, G.C., Houghton, J.D.R., Isaacs, C., King, R.S., Lloyd, C. Lovell, P. (2004a). First records of oceanic dive profiles for leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, indicate behavioural plasticity associated with long-distance migration. Anim. Behav. 67, 733 743 (online DOI :).
24. Hays, G.C., Metcalfe, J.D. Walne, A.W. (2004b). The implications of lung-regulated buoyancy control for dive depth and duration. Ecology 85, 1137 1145.
25. Hochscheid, S., Bentivegna, F. Hays, G.C. (2005). First records of dive durations for a hibernating sea turtle. Biol. Lett. 1, 82 86 (online DOI :).
26. Horrocks, J.A., Vermeer, L.A., Krueger, B., Coyne, M., Schroeder, B.A. Balazs, G.H. (2001). Migration routes and destination characteristics of post-nesting hawksbill turtles satellite-tracked from Barbados, West Indies. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 4, 107 114.
27. James, M.C., Myers, R.A. Ottensmeyer, C.A. (2005). Behaviour of leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, during the migratory cycle. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 272, 1547 1555 (online DOI :).
28. Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association (1999). Research on migratory routes and diving ecology of sea turtles. General Report on Commissioned Project for Conservation Research of Aquatic Animals in 1994-1998. Volume 1: 1-90. Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association, Tokyo (in Japanese).
29. Keinath, J.A. Musick, J.A. (1993). Movements and diving behavior of a leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. Copeia 1993, 1010 1017.
30. Le Boeuf, B.J., Crocker, D.E., Costa, D.P., Blackwell, S.B., Webb, P.M. Houser, D.S. (2000). Foraging ecology of northern elephant seals. Ecol. Monogr. 70, 353 382.
31. Luschi, R., Hughes, G.H., Mencacci, R., De Bernardi, E., Sale, A., Broker, R., Bouwer, M. Papi, F. (2003). Satellite tracking of migrating loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) displaced in the open sea. Mar. Biol. 143, 793 801 (online DOI :).
32. McMahon, C.R., Bradshaw, C.J.A. Hays, G.C. (2007). Satellite tracking reveals unusual diving characteristics for a marine reptile, the olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 329, 239 252.
33. Miller, J.D. (1997). Reproduction in sea turtles. In The biology of sea turtles: 51 81. Lutz, P.L. Musick, J.A. (Eds). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
34. Minamikawa, S., Naito, Y., Sato, K., Matsuzawa, Y., Bando, T. Sakamoto, W. (2000). Maintenance of neutral buoyancy by depth selection in the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta. J. Exp. Biol. 203, 2967 2975.
35. Musick, J.A. Limpus, C.J. (1997). Habitat utilization and migration in juvenile sea turtles. In The biology of sea turtles: 137 163. Lutz, P.L. Musick, J.A. (Eds). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
36. Papi, F., Luschi, P., Crosio, E. Hughes, G.R. (1997). Satellite tracking experiments on the navigational ability and migratory behaviour of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta. Mar. Biol. 129, 215 220.
37. Parker, D.M., Cooke, W.J. Balazs, G.H. (2005). Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific. Fish. Bull. 103, 142 152.
38. Polovina, J.J, Balazs, G.H., Howell, E.A., Parker, D.M., Seki, M.P. Dutton, P.H. (2004). Forage and migration habitat of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Leptochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific Ocean. Fish. Oceanogr. 13, 36 51.
39. Polovina, J.J., Howell, E., Parker, D.M. Balazs, G.H. (2003). Dive-depth distribution of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific: might deep longline sets catch fewer turtles? Fish. Bull. 101, 189 193.
40. Robinson, B. Wilson, D.S. (1996). Genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in a trophically polymorphic population of pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus). Evol. Ecol. 10, 631 652.
41. Sakamoto, W., Bando, T., Arai, N. Baba, N. (1997). Migration paths of the adult female and male loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta determined through satellite telemetry. Fish. Sci. 63, 547 552.
42. Sakamoto, W., Uchida, I., Naito, Y., Kureha, K., Tujimura, M. Sato, K. (1990). Deep diving behavior of the loggerhead turtle near the frontal zone. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 56, 1435 1443.
43. Sale, A., Luschi, P., Mencacci, R., Lambardi, P., Hughes, G.R., Hays, G.C., Benvenuti, S. Papi, F. (2006). Long-term monitoring of leatherback turtle diving behaviour during oceanic movements. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 328, 197 210 (online DOI :).
44. Smith, T.B. Skúlason, S. (1996). Evolutionary significance of resource polymorphisms in fishes, amphibians, and birds. Ann. Rev. Ecol. System. 27, 111 133.
45. Swimmer, Y., Arauz, R., McCracken, M., McNaughton, L., Ballestero, J., Musyl, M., Bigelow, K. Brill, R. (2006). Diving behavior and delayed mortality of olive ridley sea turtles Lepidochelys olivacea after their release from longline fishing gear. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 323, 253 261.
46. Tremblay, Y. Cherel, Y. (2000). Benthic and pelagic dives: a new foraging behaviour in rockhopper penguins. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 204, 257 267.
47. Troëng, S., Dutton, P.H. Evans, D. (2005a). Migration of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata from Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Ecography 28, 394 402.
48. Troëng, S., Evans, D.R., Harrison, E. Lagueux, C.J. (2005b). Migration of green turtles Chelonia mydas from Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Mar. Biol. 148, 435 447 (online DOI :).
49. Wadachi, K. (Ed.). (1987). Encyclopedia of oceanography. Tokyo: Tokyodo Press (in Japanese).
50. Werner, R. Campagna, C. (1995). Diving behaviour of lactating southern sea lions (Otaria flavescens) in Patagonia. Can. J. Zool. 73, 1975 1982.