Towing a Float Decreases Swim Speed but Does Not Affect Swimming Behavior During Offshore Swimming in Sea Turtle Hatchlings

Booth, David T.; Oñate-Casado, Javier; Rusli, Mohd Uzair; Stewart, Taylor

doi:10.2744/CCB-1350.1

David T. Booth;

David T. Booth ^*

¹School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia [d.booth@uq.edu.au; taylor.stewart@uq.net.au]

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Javier Oñate-Casado;

Javier Oñate-Casado

²Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu 21030, Malaysia [javiatocha@gmail.com; uzair@umt.edu.my]

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Mohd Uzair Rusli;

Mohd Uzair Rusli

²Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu 21030, Malaysia [javiatocha@gmail.com; uzair@umt.edu.my]

³School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu 21030, Malaysia

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Taylor Stewart

¹School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia [d.booth@uq.edu.au; taylor.stewart@uq.net.au]

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Chelonian Conservation and Biology (2019) 18 (1): 112–115.

https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1350.1

Abstract

Swimming behavior and speed of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) hatchlings swimming offshore were compared between individuals that were free swimming and the same individuals towing a float. Towing a float did not influence swimming behavior in either species, but decreased swimming speed by 20% in green turtles and 50% in hawksbill turtles.

2019

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Towing a Float Decreases Swim Speed but Does Not Affect Swimming Behavior During Offshore Swimming in Sea Turtle Hatchlings

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