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Environment 2025-03-12

Critically endangered hawksbill turtles migrate up to 1,000km from nesting to foraging grounds in the Western Caribbean, riding with and against ocean currents to congregate in popular feeding hotspot

Critically endangered hawksbill turtles migrate up to 1,000km from nesting to foraging grounds in the Western Caribbean, riding with and against ocean currents to congregate in popular feeding hotspot
Critically endangered hawksbill turtles migrate up to 1,000km from nesting to foraging grounds in the Western Caribbean, riding with and against ocean currents to congregate in popular feeding hotspots

 

 

Article URL: https://plos.io/41LfJZK

Article title: Inter-nesting area use, migratory routes, and foraging grounds for hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Western Caribbean

Author countries: US, Honduras, Costa Rica

Funding: Funding for this project was provided by the Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund to QDB, the Sonoma County Community Foundation to CED, the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo Conservation Fund and the Jack Schrey Distinguished Professor Funds to FVP, the USFWS Marine Turtle Conservation Fund Grant #611510 under the direction of Earl Possardt to SGD, the Department of Earth and Biological Sciences at Loma Linda University to SGD, as well as the California Turtle and Tortoise Club Inland Empire Chapter to SGD.

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