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Title: Foraging ecology of wading birds in a sub-tropical intertidal zone.
Creator: Calle, Leonardo, Gawlik, Dale E., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: The first of five chapters describe the study area and study species, including a short description about the impetus for this research. The second chapter describes a unique hydrologic model for application in tidal ecosystems. The second chapter represents new information on the effects of various abiotic and biotic factors on foraging wading birds in this highly dynamic environment. The third chapter identifies important factors affecting the abundance of foraging wading birds in...
Show moreThe first of five chapters describe the study area and study species, including a short description about the impetus for this research. The second chapter describes a unique hydrologic model for application in tidal ecosystems. The second chapter represents new information on the effects of various abiotic and biotic factors on foraging wading birds in this highly dynamic environment. The third chapter identifies important factors affecting the abundance of foraging wading birds in intertidal environments. The fourth chapter presents a study of the foraging habitat preferences of two wading bird species in intertidal environments. The fifth chapter describes a conceptual model of wading bird foraging ecology and a predictive model of foraging habitat in intertidal zones. The conceptual model captures the major drivers and linkages between the abiotic and biotic variables thought to affect wading bird foraging abundance in intertidal habitats. The conceptual model also identifies major knowledge gaps in our understanding of foraging ecology of wading birds in coastal intertidal areas. The predictive model of foraging habitat is meant to be used by resource managers, but its framework may be useful for ecological studies in general. The final and sixth chapter provides a summary of all the major findings. Each chapter has been written so as to be independent of the other chapters. As such, a full background, along with a discussion of the relevance of the chapter's findings is provided for each chapter.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004087
Subject Headings: Habitat selection, Population biology, Predation (Biology), Water birds -- Geographical distribution, Water birds -- Habitat
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Shifts in copepod grazing on varying concentrations of two bioluminescent dinoflagellate species.
Creator: Breitlow, Karen A., Florida Atlantic University, Widder, Edith A.
Abstract/Description: Grazing on bioluminescent and nonluminescent prey by the copepod Acartia tonsa was examined to determine the effect dinoflagellate bioluminescence has on copepod feeding preferences and rates. The percentage of cells ml-1 remaining after 30 minutes of copepod grazing on the dinoflagellates Lingulodinium polyedrum and Pyrodinium bahamense in their bioluminescent and nonbioluminescent phases was used to compare results for concentrations of 10, 1,000, and 3,000 cells ml-1. The nonluminescent...
Show moreGrazing on bioluminescent and nonluminescent prey by the copepod Acartia tonsa was examined to determine the effect dinoflagellate bioluminescence has on copepod feeding preferences and rates. The percentage of cells ml-1 remaining after 30 minutes of copepod grazing on the dinoflagellates Lingulodinium polyedrum and Pyrodinium bahamense in their bioluminescent and nonbioluminescent phases was used to compare results for concentrations of 10, 1,000, and 3,000 cells ml-1. The nonluminescent diatom Thalassiosira eccentrica was later offered along with each of the dinoflagellates. When diatoms were offered with P. bahamense, the copepods consumed them in equal amounts regardless of bioluminescence at the lower concentration, while the higher concentration showed decreased grazing with bioluminescence. Nonbioluminescent L. polyedrum was consumed at a high rate for all concentrations, but grazing decreased once they were bioluminescent. Copepods switched to T. eccentrica once the dinoflagellates became bioluminescent, except at 3,000 cells ml-1, at which all grazing was reduced. These results indicate there may be a threshold concentration separating two functions of dinoflagellate bioluminescence.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13357
Subject Headings: Dinoflagellates, Marine pharmacology, Bioluminescence, Marine animals--Behavior, Predation (Biology), Adaptation (Biology)
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Title: Solitary ascidians as predators of invertebrate larvae: evidence from gut analyses and plankton samples.
Creator: Bingham, Brian L., Walters, L. J., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1989
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353840
Subject Headings: Sea squirts, Ascidians, Invertebrates--Larvae, Predation (Biology), Marine invertebrates--Ecology
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Title: Perception and choice of substratum by epifaunal amphipods associated with seagrasses.
Creator: Stoner, Allan W., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1980
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3350838
Subject Headings: Amphipoda, Seagrasses, Biomass, Lagodon rhomboids, Predation (Biology), Indian River (Fla.: Lagoon)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The role of predationby decapod crustaceans in seagrass ecosystems.
Creator: Nelson, Walter G., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1981
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007090
Subject Headings: Seagrasses--Florida--Indian River (Lagoon), Seagrasses--Ecology, Ecosystems, Decapoda (Crustacea), Predation (Biology)
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Title: The influence of predatory decapods, refuge, and microhabitat selection on seagrass communities.
Creator: Leber, Kenneth M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172808
Subject Headings: Shrimps, Seagrasses --Mexico, Gulf of --Identification, Seagrasses –Ecology, Thalassia, Decapoda (Crustacea), Predation (Biology)
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Title: The importance of predation by crabs and fishes on benthic infauna in Chesapeake Bay.
Creator: Virnstein, Robert W., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174984
Subject Headings: Predation (Biology), Predatory animals--Ecology, Benthic animals, Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.), Estuaries
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The subtleties of camouflage and dietary preference of the decorator crab, Microphrys bicornutus Latreille (Decapoda: Brachyura).
Creator: Kilar, J. A., Lou, R. M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1986
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353777
Subject Headings: Decapoda (Crustacea), Brachyura, Predator & prey, Algae, Crabs--Behavior, Camouflage (Biology), Animals--Food
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Species densities of macrobenthos associated with seagrass: a field experimental study of predation.
Creator: Young, David K., Buzas, M. A., Young, Martha W., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3352181
Subject Headings: Seagrasses--Florida--Indian River (Lagoon), Predation (Biology), Seagrasses--Ecology, Food webs, Species
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Future studies of zooplankton behavior: questions and technological developments.
Creator: Price, H. J., Paffenhöfer, G.-A., Boyd, C. M., Cowles, T. J., Donaghay, P. L., Hamner, W. M., Lampert, W., Quetin, L.B., Ross, R. M., Strickler, J. R., Youngbluth, Marsh J.
Date Issued: 1988
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172784
Subject Headings: Marine zooplankton --Behavior --Congresses, Phytoplankton, Predation (Biology), Plankton --Ecology, Remote submersibles
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A comparison of body proportions in juvenile sea turtles: how shape may optimize survival in a vulnerable life stage.
Creator: Pate, Jessica Hope, Salmon, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: Marine turtles produce many offspring which offsets the high mortality experienced by turtles during early development. Juvenile mortality might be reduced by evolving effective behavioral as well as morphological anti-predator defenses. Body proportions of three species (Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Dermochelys coriacea) of turtles were measured in the first fourteen weeks of development to examine how growth may mitigate predation by gape-limited predators. Growth was categorized as...
Show moreMarine turtles produce many offspring which offsets the high mortality experienced by turtles during early development. Juvenile mortality might be reduced by evolving effective behavioral as well as morphological anti-predator defenses. Body proportions of three species (Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Dermochelys coriacea) of turtles were measured in the first fourteen weeks of development to examine how growth may mitigate predation by gape-limited predators. Growth was categorized as isometric if shape did not change during development or allometric if body shape did change. All three species showed allometric growth in carapace width; however it was less pronounced in the larger D. coriacea turtles. Allometric growth in carapace width decreased as all three species grew in size. When high predation occurs in early development, many species will favor rapid growth into a size refuge. Juvenile sea turtles may optimize their survival by growing allometrically when predation risk is the greatest.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004223, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004223
Subject Headings: Predation (Biology), Sea turtles -- Growth, Sea turtles -- Mortality, Sea turtles -- Population viability analysis
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Title: Diet variation and the consumptive effects of native centrarchids on benthic macroinvertebrates in wetlands.
Creator: Bransky, Jacob., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Center for Environmental Studies
Abstract/Description: Fish predation can have structuring effects in aquatic communities, but the most important fish predators are not always immediately obvious. Generalist fish predators often occupy similar habitats and consume similar prey making determination of their consumptive impacts difficult. Understanding these consumptive impacts is important for understanding complex wetland food webs. I collected warmouth (Lepomis gulosus), bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus), and dollar sunfish (Lepomis...
Show moreFish predation can have structuring effects in aquatic communities, but the most important fish predators are not always immediately obvious. Generalist fish predators often occupy similar habitats and consume similar prey making determination of their consumptive impacts difficult. Understanding these consumptive impacts is important for understanding complex wetland food webs. I collected warmouth (Lepomis gulosus), bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus), and dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) in two seasons from sloughs for both diet and bioenergetics analysis. Macroinvertebrates dominated diets of the three species, and nonparametric analyses revealed evidence of diet ontogeny in warmouth and potential competition for prey items among gape-matched individuals. Bioenergetics modeling revealed high levels of macroinvertebrate comsumption by these species relative to macroinvertebrate reproductive output suggesting that when combined with other sources of mortality, consumptive pressures placed by sunfish on benthic macroinvertebrates may be quite large.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356894
Subject Headings: Wetland ecology, Predatory marine animals, Ecology, Predation (Biology), Habitat selction, Marine ecosystem management
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Title: Predatory Impacts of Crayfish on Apple Snails (Pomacea paludosa and P. maculata).
Creator: Davidson, Andrew, Dorn, Nathan, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: Theory predicts that when prey can reach a size refuge from predation, prey vulnerability to predation is a function of hatchling size, growth rate, and the handling limitations of its predator, which collectively influence the amount of time prey spend vulnerable. I examined the mechanistic role of prey size for the predator-prey interaction between predatory crayfish (Procambarus fallax) and apple snail prey (Pomacea paludosa and P. maculata) and found that crayfish feeding rates decreased...
Show moreTheory predicts that when prey can reach a size refuge from predation, prey vulnerability to predation is a function of hatchling size, growth rate, and the handling limitations of its predator, which collectively influence the amount of time prey spend vulnerable. I examined the mechanistic role of prey size for the predator-prey interaction between predatory crayfish (Procambarus fallax) and apple snail prey (Pomacea paludosa and P. maculata) and found that crayfish feeding rates decreased with snail size, such that smaller hatchling P. maculata were more than twenty times more vulnerable than hatchling P. paludosa. Experimental manipulations of productivity increased apple snail growth rates, reducing the effects of predatory crayfish on P. maculata survivorship, but not P. paludosa survivorship. My results indicate that when prey can reach a size refuge from predation, increased system productivity decreases predator limitation of that prey.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004760, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004760
Subject Headings: Predation (Biology), Gastropoda--Physiology., Florida applesnail--Habitat., Florida applesnail--Environmental aspects.
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Title: The Role of Chemical Cues in Locating Pelagic Sargassum by the Associated Fish Stephanolepis hispidus.
Creator: Cox, Derek, Brooks, W. Randy, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: The ecosystem created by pelagic Sargassum is important in the life histories of a number of economically and ecologically important associated organisms. Fishes play a vital role in this food web and nutrient flow within these systems, but it is unknown how they locate these floating habitats. This study examined the role of natural chemical cues from Sargassum patches and the synthetic chemical Dimethylsulfonionpropionate (DMSP) for an associated fish, the planehead filefish (Stephanolepis...
Show moreThe ecosystem created by pelagic Sargassum is important in the life histories of a number of economically and ecologically important associated organisms. Fishes play a vital role in this food web and nutrient flow within these systems, but it is unknown how they locate these floating habitats. This study examined the role of natural chemical cues from Sargassum patches and the synthetic chemical Dimethylsulfonionpropionate (DMSP) for an associated fish, the planehead filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus) and a control fish species not associated with Sargassum, the masked goby (Coryphopterus personatus). Choice trials with a Y-maze apparatus determined that S. hispidus responded significantly to chemical cues from Sargassum while C. personatus did not. DMSP cues did not result in any significant behavioral responses for either fish. Demonstrating that S. hispidus can respond to chemical cues from Sargassum helps further our understanding of this unique floating algal reef and how fishes may locate it.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004684, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004684
Subject Headings: Animal behavior, Habitat (Ecology), Marine algae, Marine chemical ecology, Predation (Biology), Sargassum -- Ecology
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Title: A test of factors affecting the foraging success of scarlet ibis.
Creator: Stanek, Rebecca A., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: Wading bird foraging success is influenced by many different factors. From January to March 2008, I conducted a small-scale experiment with three captive Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) at the Palm Beach Zoo, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prey density and the presence of conspecifics were manipulated to test for a response by ibis in terms of prey capture rate. Mixed model analysis, when one prey type was available, showed that capture rate increased significantly with prey density and...
Show moreWading bird foraging success is influenced by many different factors. From January to March 2008, I conducted a small-scale experiment with three captive Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) at the Palm Beach Zoo, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prey density and the presence of conspecifics were manipulated to test for a response by ibis in terms of prey capture rate. Mixed model analysis, when one prey type was available, showed that capture rate increased significantly with prey density and decreased with the presence of conspecifics. When two prey types were available, prey density and the presence of conspecifics had no effect on the capture rates of either prey type. Selectivity analysis revealed that ibis always selected for crayfish in mixed treatments. I hypothesize that the number of prey types available in a treatment played an important role in determining how fish density and the presence of conspecifics affected ibis foraging success.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/215288
Subject Headings: Scarlet ibis, Food, Birds, Ecology, Birds, Behavior, Wildlife management, Predation (Biology)
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Title: Investigating maternal health and hatchling mortality in leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea v.).
Creator: Perrault, Justin R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: The reproductive success of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) is typically the lowest of the seven sea turtle species. Why this vital rate is decreased has remained unanswered for nearly a century. Recently, detailed postmortem examination of leatherback hatchlings identified muscular pathologies that suggested possible selenium deficiency. High bodily burdens of mercury compounds are associated with selenium depletion. Selenium is a necessary detoxifying nutrient that itself can be...
Show moreThe reproductive success of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) is typically the lowest of the seven sea turtle species. Why this vital rate is decreased has remained unanswered for nearly a century. Recently, detailed postmortem examination of leatherback hatchlings identified muscular pathologies that suggested possible selenium deficiency. High bodily burdens of mercury compounds are associated with selenium depletion. Selenium is a necessary detoxifying nutrient that itself can be toxic at elevated concentrations. Mercury compounds are toxicants with no known biological function. High bodily concentrations of mercury can be detrimental to marine organismal health, reproduction and survival, both directly and indirectly through inducing selenium depletion. The goals of this dissertation are to evaluate several related hypotheses to explain low leatherback nest success. ... Because leatherbacks take in high volumes of prey, high tissue concentrations of mercury and selenium can result. This study provides the first evidence that chemical contaminants may explain low reproductive success in leatherback sea turtles.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362575
Subject Headings: Selenium, Physiological effect, Predation (Biology), Leatherback turtle, Mortality, Sea turtles, Mortality, Wildlife conservation
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Title: Jaws of significance: the conservationist's perception of the shark in South Florida.
Creator: Nason, Patrick., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: In examining the intentional relationship between the conservationist and the shark in South Florida, this thesis considers the latter as both a scarce natural resource - caught up in what Clifford Geertz citing Weber referred to as "webs of significance" (Geertz 1973:5) - and as a reflection of dynamic human conceptions of nature : a meta shark. This complex relationship is described by interpretations of conservation discourse recorded through ethnographic interviews that demonstrate how...
Show moreIn examining the intentional relationship between the conservationist and the shark in South Florida, this thesis considers the latter as both a scarce natural resource - caught up in what Clifford Geertz citing Weber referred to as "webs of significance" (Geertz 1973:5) - and as a reflection of dynamic human conceptions of nature : a meta shark. This complex relationship is described by interpretations of conservation discourse recorded through ethnographic interviews that demonstrate how these perceptions have been influenced by factors such as personal experiences, film and text, and broad changes in the relationship between humans and nature since the early days of the environmental movement. By linking these perceptual changes with changes in American shark conservation policy, this work not only explains a relationship between culture, perception, and policy, but also celebrates the emergence of a multispecies marine community.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358755
Subject Headings: Sharks, Conservation, Predation (Biology), Wildlife conservation, Aquatic resources conservation, Marine animals, Ecology, Human-animal relationships
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Title: Regional differences in migratory activity by hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): effect of reciprocal nest translocations.
Creator: Guertin, Jeffrey, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: There are four distinct subpopulations of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in Florida as determined behaviorally by geographic fidelity, and genetically by mitochondrial haplotypes. The South Florida subpopulation consists of females nesting on the southeastern and southwestern coasts of Florida and their offspring. Previous research shows that west coast hatchlings exhibit higher levels of nocturnal swimming during the postfrenzy period than east coast hatchlings. This study...
Show moreThere are four distinct subpopulations of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in Florida as determined behaviorally by geographic fidelity, and genetically by mitochondrial haplotypes. The South Florida subpopulation consists of females nesting on the southeastern and southwestern coasts of Florida and their offspring. Previous research shows that west coast hatchlings exhibit higher levels of nocturnal swimming during the postfrenzy period than east coast hatchlings. This study attempted to determine how these differences in migratory behavior develop. A reciprocal translocation experiment was conducted to distinguish between environmental and genetic factors. No consistent differences in hatchling swimming behavior were seen based on geography. Movement of nests resulted in lower levels of nocturnal swimming behavior in hatchlings compared to hatchlings that emerged from natural nests, suggesting that the relocation of nests may not provide a natural incubation environment for developing hatchlings.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927867
Subject Headings: Predation (Biology), Sea turtles, Migration, Animal migration, Animal orientation
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Title: Quantifying the energetic cost of disorientation in loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle hatchlings.
Creator: Williams, Sean., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: The photopollution of beaches caused by artificial light sources can interfere with sea turtle hatchlings' ability to orient properly towards the sea. Exhaustion due to extended disorientation crawling may then increase hatchling mortality. This study evaluated the energetic consequences of long-distance crawls in green and loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings. Turtles crawled for 200 m or 500 m on a treadmill, followed by a 30 minute evaluation of swim performance. Metabolic activity was...
Show moreThe photopollution of beaches caused by artificial light sources can interfere with sea turtle hatchlings' ability to orient properly towards the sea. Exhaustion due to extended disorientation crawling may then increase hatchling mortality. This study evaluated the energetic consequences of long-distance crawls in green and loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings. Turtles crawled for 200 m or 500 m on a treadmill, followed by a 30 minute evaluation of swim performance. Metabolic activity was quantified via measures of blood glucose, blood lactate, and oxygen consumption. No significant changes in metabolism resulted from long-distance crawling activity in loggerheads ; however, loggerheads rested for extended periods of time during the crawl trials, often unresponsive to stimuli. This behavior implies that loggerhead hatchlings would be vulnerable to predation or temperature stress due to exhaustion from extended periods of crawling. Further data is required to draw any significant conclusions about long-term disorientatin crawling in green hatchlings.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356891
Subject Headings: Sea turtles, Nests, Protection, Sea turtles, Life cycles, Animal behavior, Predation (Biology)
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Title: Origins, movements, and foraging behavior of Hawksbill Sea Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Palm Beach County waters, Florida, USA.
Creator: Wood, Lawrence D., Milton, Sarah L., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: This dissertation examined the natal origins, home-range, and in-situ foraging behavior of an aggregation of sub-adult hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) found off the coast of Palm Beach County, Florida. Surveys were conducted on approximately 30 linear km of reef between 15 and 30 m in depth. Tissue samples were retrieved from 112 turtles for mtDNA haplotype determination. GPS-linked satellite transmitters were deployed on six resident sub-adults, resulting in both minimum convex...
Show moreThis dissertation examined the natal origins, home-range, and in-situ foraging behavior of an aggregation of sub-adult hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) found off the coast of Palm Beach County, Florida. Surveys were conducted on approximately 30 linear km of reef between 15 and 30 m in depth. Tissue samples were retrieved from 112 turtles for mtDNA haplotype determination. GPS-linked satellite transmitters were deployed on six resident sub-adults, resulting in both minimum convex polygon (MCP) and 95%, 50%, and 25% kernel density estimates (KDE) of home-range size. A foraging ethogram was developed, and sequential analysis performed on thirty videos (141 total minutes) of in-situ foraging behavior. Seventeen total haplotypes were identified in this aggregation, the majority (75%) of which represented rookeries on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Other sources, from most to least important, include Barbados, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Antigua, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004339
Subject Headings: Animal behavior, Animal orientation, Hawksbill turtle -- Ecology, Predation (Biology), Sea turtles -- Habitat, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife management
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