Migration Paths of the Adult Female and Male Loggerhead Turtles <i>Caretta caretta</i> Determined through Satellite Telemetry

• Sakamoto Wataru

  Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University

• Bando Takeharu

  Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University The Institute of Cetacean Research

• Arai Nobuaki

  Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University

• Baba Norihisa

  National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Migration Paths of the Adult Female and Male Loggerhead Turtles Caretta caretta Determined through Satellite Telemetry
• Migration Paths of the Adult Female and

Abstract

Migration paths of the loggerhead turtles were determined through satellite telemetry. The post nesting females returned to the East China Sea, southwestern side of Japan. As these paths were bounded on the northeastern flowing Kuroshio, two different paths were found; F-1 migrated southern off side of the Kuroshio and F-2 migrated along the northern side lying between the Kuroshioand Japan Islands. The adult male was released on January 10, 1996, from Kushimoto, southern tip ofthe Kii peninsula. It returned again in nesting season near the Kii peninsula and stayed until August.The migration path and time were referred to the sunrise and sundown hour to determine the sun compass orientation.

Journal

• Fisheries science

  Fisheries science 63 (4), 547-552, 1997

  The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science

Keywords

• loggerhead turtle
• telemetry
• migration
• Kuroshio
• artificial satellite

Details

• CRID: 1390282679406007424
• NII Article ID: 130003903048
• NII Article ID: 10004870708
• NII Book ID: AA10993718
• DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.547
• NDL BIB ID: 4277901
• ISSN: 09199268
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I4277901
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/fishsci1994/63/4/63_4_547/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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