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Somatic growth rates for a hawksbill turtle population in coral reef habitat around Barbados

机译:巴巴多斯周围珊瑚礁栖息地的turtle龟体细胞生长速率

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A generalized additive mixed modelling approach was used to investigate the somatic growth of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata (23.7 to 80 cm curved carapace length [CCL]) on nearshore coral reef sites around Barbados at depths of 12 to 35 m. The effects of body size, sex, sampling year, recapture interval and an indicator of foraging habitat quality on growth rates were investigated. The model accounted for about 60 % of the variance in growth rates, but only mean size and sampling year were significant predictors. The growth rate function was nonmonotonic, with peak growth (3.4 cm yr~(-1)) occurring in turtles with a CCL between 30 and 35 cm. The lower growth rates recorded for smaller turtles may reflect a period when sea turtles newly recruiting from pelagic to ner-itic habitats are adapting to a change in diet. The decline in growth rates with sampling year over the 10 yr study may reflect density-dependent effects on growth. Declining growth rates may prompt large juveniles to leave the Barbados foraging ground to settle elsewhere to grow to maturity.
机译:使用广义加性混合建模方法研究hawk在12至35 m深度在巴巴多斯附近的近岸珊瑚礁上的体生长(23.7至80 cm弯曲甲壳长[CCL])。研究了体重,性别,采样年,重新捕获间隔和觅食栖息地质量指标对生长速率的影响。该模型约占增长率差异的60%,但只有平均规模和抽样年份才是重要的预测指标。生长速率函数是非单调的,在CCL在30至35 cm之间的海龟中出现峰值生长(3.4 cm yr〜(-1))。较小的海龟记录的较低的增长率可能反映了一个时期,即新近从中上层栖息地迁入到有营养栖息地的海龟正在适应饮食的变化。在10年的研究中,抽样年份的增长率下降可能反映了密度对生长的影响。增长率下降可能会促使大型幼鱼离开巴巴多斯觅食地定居到其他地方以成长到成熟。

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