{"id":12076,"date":"2015-04-09T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=12076"},"modified":"2016-12-20T13:23:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:23:08","slug":"sea-turtle-myth-busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/sea-turtle-myth-busted\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Turtle Myth Busted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/04\/Kate-Sea-Turtle-Myth-Busted-300.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12077 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/04\/Kate-Sea-Turtle-Myth-Busted-300-e1432916328921.jpg\" alt=\"Kate Sea Turtle Myth Busted 300\" width=\"270\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>It\u00a0<\/span>turns out sea turtles, even at a tender 6-18 months of age, are very active swimmers. They don\u2019t just passively drift in ocean currents as researchers once thought.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/\">NOAA<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0University of Central Florida <\/span>researchers say it\u2019s an important new clue in the sea turtle \u201clost years\u201d mystery. Where exactly turtles travel in their first years of life, before returning to coastal areas as adults to forage and reproduce, has puzzled scientists for decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u201cAll species of sea turtles are endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act; knowing their distribution is an essential part of protecting them. With a better understanding of swimming behavior in these yearlings we can make better predictions about where they go\u00a0and what risks they might encounter,\u201d said Dr. Nathan Putman, lead author of this new study and sea turtle biologist with NOAA\u2019s Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">Upon hatching, young sea turtles swim offshore and disperse with the help of ocean currents. The turtles are rarely observed during the next two to ten years or so, but prior studies suggest that at least some reside among mats of seaweed, such as Sargassum, that provide shelter and habitat in the open sea. Not much is known about these juveniles\u2019 movements during this time (researchers dub it the \u201clost years\u201d), but it has been widely assumed that turtles simply drift with ocean currents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">Putman worked with <a href=\"http:\/\/biology.cos.ucf.edu\/faculty\/kate-mansfield\/\">Dr. Kate Mansfield<\/a>, director of the University of Central Florida\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/biology.cos.ucf.edu\/marineturtleresearchgroup\/\">Marine Turtle Research Group<\/a>, to challenge this long-existing hypothesis. Mansfield placed specially designed solar-powered tags on 24 green &amp; 20 Kemp\u2019s ridley wild-caught sea turtle toddlers in the Gulf of Mexico. The tags were tracked by satellite for a short period of time before shedding cleanly from the turtle shells (max. 2-3 months). Next to the turtles, Mansfield deployed small, carefully-weighted\/passively-drifting surface buoys that were also tracked by satellite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">When the drifter tracks were compared to the sea turtles\u2019 movements, the researchers found that the turtles\u2019 paths differed significantly from the passive drifters. Using observed and modeled ocean current conditions, they found a difference of distance between the turtles and drifters to be as much as 125 miles in the first few days. In nearly every instance, the toddlers\u2019 swimming behavior appears to help them reach or remain in favorable ocean habitats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u201cThe results of our study have huge implications for better understanding early sea turtle survival and behavior, which may ultimately lead to new and innovative ways to further protect these imperiled animals,\u201d said Mansfield.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">She added, \u201cWhat is exciting is that this is the first study to release drifters with small, wild-caught yearling or neonate sea turtles in order to directly test the \u2018passive drifter\u2019 hypothesis in these young turtles. Our data show that one hypothesis doesn\u2019t, and shouldn\u2019t, fit all, and that even a small degree of swimming or active orientation can make a huge difference in the dispersal of these young animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">The study was published in the journal Current Biology and can be viewed online. To learn more about sea turtles, visit<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmfs.noaa.gov\/pr\/species\/turtles\/\">NOAA Fisheries<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/biology.cos.ucf.edu\/marineturtleresearchgroup\/\">UCF Marine Turtle Research Group<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>webpages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">NOAA\u2019s mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth\u2019s environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and to conserve and manage our coastal and marine resources. Join us on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noaa\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NOAA\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/noaa\">Instagram<\/a> and our other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/socialmedia\/\">social media channels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">For more information, join the UCF Marine Turtle Research Group on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCFTurtleLab\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ucfmtrg\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ucfturtlelab\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00a0turns out sea turtles, even at a tender 6-18 months of age, are very active swimmers. They don\u2019t just passively drift in ocean currents as researchers once thought.\u00a0NOAA\u00a0and\u00a0University of Central Florida researchers say it\u2019s an important new clue in the sea turtle \u201clost years\u201d mystery. 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