Journal article
Body Temperatures, Diving Cycles, and Movement of a Subadult Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea
Herpetologica, Vol.40(2)
01 Jan 1984
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Abstract
A 172 kg Dermochelys coriacea was captured and fitted with a radio location transmitter and a multichannel temperature sensing sonic transmitter. While in air, turtle temperatures in the pectoral region were as much as 4.8 C warmer than the carapace surface and 8.3 C above air temperature (21.8 C). Anterior deep body temperatures were higher than those from medial or posterior locations. While this leatherback was freely swimming, mean time it spent at or near the surface was correlated with time of day and peaked between 0900 h and 1200 h EDT. During the day, time spent at the surface was similar to duration of submergence. At night, submergence times were twice as long as surface times. Maximum swimming speed was$5\ {\rm km}\ {\rm h}^{-1}$and mean speed was$3.1\ {\rm km}\ {\rm h}^{-1}$during the 18 h experiment.
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- Title
- Body Temperatures, Diving Cycles, and Movement of a Subadult Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea
- Creators
- Edward A. StandoraJames R. SpotilaJohn A. KeinathC. Robert Shoop
- Publication Details
- Herpetologica, Vol.40(2)
- Publisher
- Herpetologists' League
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES); [Retired Faculty]
- Identifiers
- 991021013052304721
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