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The good and bad news of long-term monitoring: an increase in abundance but decreased body size suggests reduced potential fitness in nesting sea turtles
Marine Biology ( IF 2.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-04 , DOI: 10.1007/s00227-020-03736-4
Diane Z. M. Le Gouvello , Marc Girondot , Santosh Bachoo , Ronel Nel

Beach protection and monitoring has been used for about half a century to multiple rookeries globally as an effective sea turtle conservation strategy with successful population recovery at some. Loggerhead ( Caretta caretta ) and leatherback ( Dermochelys coriacea ) turtles nesting in South Africa have been continuously protected and monitored since 1963, representing one of the longest running sea turtle beach monitoring programs in the world (>54 years). Evidence suggests that these previously harvested populations are growing, as illustrated by increased numbers of nesting females and proportion of new recruits in the nesting cohort. A 35-year time series of consistently conducted nesting beach survey was used to assess trends in female sizes over time for both species. Despite increased nesting numbers, a significant 3.7 and 3.6 cm decrease in the size of both recruit and remigrant female loggerhead turtles, but a stable mean size of leatherbacks for both age groups is observed. We hypothesize that these contradictory effects are attributable to the very distinct foraging ecologies of the two turtle species and speculate that the variation in carapace length may be driven by environmental change. Further research is needed to examine the impacts of a decreased or increased female turtle size on reproductive outputs and overall population growth. The trends observed in this study emphasize the importance of long-term monitoring, examining not only abundance, but also individual size, to understand population dynamics and support recovery planning and conservation practices.

中文翻译:

长期监测的好消息和坏消息:丰度增加但体型减小表明筑巢海龟的潜在适应性降低

半个世纪以来,海滩保护和监测一直被用于全球多个栖息地,作为一种有效的海龟保护策略,在一些地方成功恢复了种群。自 1963 年以来,在南非筑巢的红海龟 (Caretta caretta) 和棱皮龟 (Dermochelys coriacea) 一直受到持续保护和监测,是世界上运行时间最长的海龟海滩监测计划之一(> 54 年)。有证据表明,这些先前收获的种群正在增长,正如筑巢雌性数量增加和筑巢队列中新招募的比例所表明的那样。使用持续进行的筑巢海滩调查的 35 年时间序列来评估这两种物种的雌性体型随时间的趋势。尽管嵌套数量增加,但显着的 3.7 和 3。新加入和迁徙的雌性红海龟的体型均减少 6 厘米,但观察到两个年龄组棱皮龟的平均体型稳定。我们假设这些相互矛盾的影响归因于两种龟类非常不同的觅食生态,并推测甲壳长度的变化可能是由环境变化驱动的。需要进一步研究以检查减少或增加雌龟大小对繁殖产出和总体人口增长的影响。本研究中观察到的趋势强调了长期监测的重要性,不仅要检查丰度,还要检查个体大小,以了解种群动态并支持恢复计划和保护实践。但观察到两个年龄组的棱皮龟的平均尺寸稳定。我们假设这些相互矛盾的影响归因于两种龟类非常不同的觅食生态,并推测甲壳长度的变化可能是由环境变化驱动的。需要进一步研究以检查减少或增加雌龟大小对繁殖产出和总体人口增长的影响。本研究中观察到的趋势强调了长期监测的重要性,不仅要检查丰度,还要检查个体大小,以了解种群动态并支持恢复计划和保护实践。但观察到两个年龄组的棱皮龟的平均尺寸稳定。我们假设这些相互矛盾的影响归因于两种龟类非常不同的觅食生态,并推测甲壳长度的变化可能是由环境变化驱动的。需要进一步研究以检查减少或增加雌龟大小对繁殖产出和总体人口增长的影响。本研究中观察到的趋势强调了长期监测的重要性,不仅要检查丰度,还要检查个体大小,以了解种群动态并支持恢复计划和保护实践。我们假设这些相互矛盾的影响归因于两种龟类非常不同的觅食生态,并推测甲壳长度的变化可能是由环境变化驱动的。需要进一步研究以检查减少或增加雌龟大小对繁殖产出和总体人口增长的影响。本研究中观察到的趋势强调了长期监测的重要性,不仅要检查丰度,还要检查个体大小,以了解种群动态并支持恢复计划和保护实践。我们假设这些相互矛盾的影响归因于两种龟类非常不同的觅食生态,并推测甲壳长度的变化可能是由环境变化驱动的。需要进一步研究以检查减少或增加雌龟大小对繁殖产出和总体人口增长的影响。本研究中观察到的趋势强调了长期监测的重要性,不仅要检查丰度,还要检查个体大小,以了解种群动态并支持恢复计划和保护实践。
更新日期:2020-07-04
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