Growth rates and age at maturity of Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtles estimated from a single-population foraging ground

Giulia Baldi; Giovanni Furii; Massimo Del VecchioPasquale SalveminiCarola ValliniValeria AngeliniSauro PariKamyla Lombardi MoraesDimitris MargaritoulisAnxhela ?urriBojan LazarPaolo Casale

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Growth rates and age at maturity of Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtles estimated from a single-population foraging ground

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Abstract In sea turtles, somatic growth rates and Age at Sexual Maturity (ASM) are important parameters for investigating population dynamics. Moreover, ASM informs on the time lag needed to observe the effects of past environmental variables, threats and conservation measures acting at nesting beaches on future numbers of clutches or nesting females, that are the most monitored indices. Assessing ASM of mixed populations that share the same foraging areas is difficult, as in the case of the Mediterranean Sea that is frequented by turtles originating from both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Here we investigated growth rates of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) foraging in the Adriatic Sea, known to be frequented only by individuals of Mediterranean origin. Capture–mark–recapture records of 79 turtles provided growth rates ranging from –?1.1 to 9.6?cm?yr?1 which were analyzed through Generalized Additive Models. When integrated with previous data on growth rates in the first years of life, results indicate a non-monotonic growth curve, likely due to an ontogenetic shift from oceanic to neritic areas. Using an integration equation, we estimated mean ASM to be 29.5 or 25.0?year based on mean nester size in Greece (83.4?cm curved carapace length, CCL) or across the Mediterranean (79.7?cm CCL), respectively. Growth rates and size-at-age are similar to the Atlantic population, but Mediterranean turtles mature earlier at a smaller size. The heterogenous growth rates and ASM reported so far in the Mediterranean are probably due, at least in part, to different foraging areas.

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《Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters》 |2023年第4期|1.1-1.11|共11页
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Giulia Baldi; Giovanni Furii; Massimo Del VecchioPasquale SalveminiCarola ValliniValeria AngeliniSauro PariKamyla Lombardi MoraesDimitris MargaritoulisAnxhela ?urriBojan LazarPaolo Casale;
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University of Pisa;

Legambiente Manfredonia;

Associazione Panda MolfettaA.R.C.H.E.Fondazione CetaceaARCHELONHerpetofauna Albanian SocietyUniversity of Primorska||Juraj Dobrila University of Pula;

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Adriatic Sea; Capture–mark–recapture; Caretta; Mediterranean Sea;

Growth rates and age at maturity of Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtles estimated from a single-population foraging ground

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