1. Tracking of juvenile sea turtles is a research priority to inform the protection of relevant habitats and ensure sustainable rates of recruitment into adult populations. Based on satellite tracking, mixed stock analysis, and mark–recapture studies, Drini Bay in the South Adriatic Sea, Central Mediterranean, has been confirmed as an important foraging site used by loggerhead turtles from all major rookeries in the Mediterranean subpopulation.
2. Three juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta ) from Drini Bay were tracked for 763, 364, and 211 days respectively. All turtles exhibited different movement patterns.
3. The two smaller turtles ranged widely beyond the bay. One of these (69.5 cm curved‐carapace length; CCL) used the coldest region of the Mediterranean during the first winter of tracking where mean weekly temperatures dipped below 12°C but moved southwards to warmer waters during the second winter. In comparison, the other (66 cm CCL) individual moved south to winter in warmer waters from the outset. Both individuals returned to Drini Bay during summer, demonstrating fidelity to the study site. The third turtle, which was larger (76 cm CCL), remained in Drini Bay for the duration of tracking. These results support the findings of other mark–recapture studies at Drini Bay, which have suggested that the foraging site is being used in a transient way by immature turtles.
4. All three turtles preferentially used the shallow waters (<30 m) in the south of Drini Bay. The study demonstrates a high degree of overlap between the habitat use of the three tracked turtles and that of adult turtles tracked from nesting sites, and although based on a small sample size, contributes to a growing knowledge base regarding the wider habitat use of the Mediterranean loggerhead population.

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通过对未成年人的卫星追踪来描述黑海龟种群的觅食地

1. 跟踪少年海龟是研究的重点，以为保护相关栖息地提供信息，并确保可持续招募成年种群。根据卫星跟踪，混合种群分析和标记回收研究，地中海中南部南亚得里亚海的Drini湾被确认为地中海亚群所有主要群的龟使用的重要觅食地。
2. 追踪到了来自德里尼湾的三只海龟（Caretta caretta），分别呆了763天，364天和211天。所有乌龟都表现出不同的运动方式。
3. 两只较小的海龟在海湾以外广泛分布。其中一个（69.5厘米弧形甲壳长度； CCL）在追踪的第一个冬季期间使用了地中海最冷的地区，其平均每周温度降至12°C以下，但在第二个冬季向南移至较温暖的水域。相比之下，另一个人（66厘米覆铜板）从一开始就在温暖的水域中向南移至冬季。两个人都在夏季返回了Drini湾，这表明他们对研究地点的忠诚。第三只更大的海龟（76厘米CCL），在追踪期间一直留在Drini湾。这些结果支持了在Drini湾进行的其他标记捕获研究的结果，这些研究表明未成熟的海龟正在临时使用觅食地。
4. 三只海龟均优先使用Drini湾南部的浅水区（<30 m）。这项研究表明，三只被追踪的海龟与从筑巢地点追踪的成年海龟的栖息地使用之间存在高度重叠，尽管基于样本量较小，但有助于扩大有关地中海更广泛的栖息地使用的知识基础顶牛种群。