Effects of Ground Transport in Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Turtles
| Autor: | Adam Kennedy, L Lory, Deborah Davis, Julika N. Wocial, Charles J. Innis, C. Loren Buck, Kerry L. McNally, Elizabeth A. Burgess, Kathleen E. Hunt, Constance Merigo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Transport logistics biology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Transport time Zoology Plant Science biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Fight-or-flight response Sea turtle Juvenile Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Integrative Organismal Biology. 2 |
| ISSN: | 2517-4843 |
| Popis: | SynopsisMany juvenile Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtles strand during fall on the beaches of Cape Cod (MA, USA), with total stranding numbers sometimes exceeding 300 turtles per year. Once rehabilitated, turtles must be released at beaches with appropriate water temperatures, often requiring transportation to southeastern coastal states of the USA. These transportation events (transports) may approach or exceed 24 h in duration. Kemp’s ridley turtles are known to exhibit an adrenal stress response during such transports, but the effect of transport duration has been unclear, and no other sea turtle species has been investigated. To assess whether transport duration and/or species affects physiological reactions to transport, we studied pre- and post-transport physiological measures in Kemp’s ridley and loggerhead turtles transported by ground for |
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