期刊
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
卷 21, 期 11, 页码 1053-1061出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00757.x
关键词
Chelonia mydas; foraging; marine megavertebrate; Marine Protected Area; satellite tracking; sea turtle
资金
- Master's scholarship from the University of Exeter
- NERC PhD studentship
- Darwin Initiative, European Social Fund, Natural Environment Research Council
- Southwest Regional Development Agency
- Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE)
- Darwin Initiative
- University of Exeter Research Studentship
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT-Portugal) [UID 331/94]
- Large Pelagics Research Centre at the University of New Hampshire through National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency award [NA04NMF4550391]
- European Social Fund
- Marine Conservation Society
Aim Tracking technologies are often proposed as a method to elucidate the complex migratory life histories of migratory marine vertebrates, allowing spatially explicit threats to be identified and mitigated. We conducted a global analysis of foraging areas of adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) subject to satellite tracking (n= 145) and the conservation designation of these areas according to International Union for Conservation of Nature criteria. Location The green turtle has a largely circumtropical distribution, with adults migrating up to thousands of kilometres between nesting beaches and foraging areas, typically in neritic seagrass or algal beds. Methods We undertook an assessment of satellite tracking projects that followed the movements of green turtles in tropical and subtropical habitats. This approach was facilitated by the use of the Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (http://www.seaturtle.org) and the integration of publicly available data on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Results We show that turtles aggregate in designated MPAs far more than would be expected by chance when considered globally (35% of all turtles were located within MPAs) or separately by ocean basin (Atlantic 67%, Indian 34%, Mediterranean 19%, Pacific 16%). Furthermore, we show that the size, level of protection and time of establishment of MPAs affects the likelihood of MPAs containing foraging turtles, highlighting the importance of large, well-established reserves. Main conclusions Our findings constitute compelling evidence of the world-wide effectiveness of extant MPAs in circumscribing important foraging habitats for a marine megavertebrate.
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