Wildlife rehabilitation programs are widely employed for many endangered marine species and can serve as engaging platforms for environmental outreach. However, their effectiveness at supporting populations in the wild depends on whether rescued animals can survive and reproduce after being released. Here, we assessed whether cold-stunned juvenile sea turtles resumed typical migratory and diving behaviors after rehabilitation. We deployed satellite transmitters onto 7 rehabilitated loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta, 12 green turtles Chelonia mydas, and 12 Kemp’s ridley turtles Lepidochelys kempii released around Long Island, New York, USA. Of these 31 turtles, 30 were tracked long enough to determine their migratory movements. The majority (83%) left Long Island before local waters dropped below 14°C and avoided being coldstunned. Most individuals followed migratory routes previously reported for each of the 3 species, migrating to either coastal waters off the southeast USA or oceanic waters of the Gulf Stream. Rehabilitated turtles of each species also resumed typical diving patterns. Four of the remaining 5 turtles that did not migrate away from Long Island were likely cold-stunned again. Overall, most cold-stunned sea turtles tend to resume typical migratory and diving behavior post-rehabilitation.

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康复后的海龟往往会恢复典型的迁徙行为：卫星跟踪美国东北部的幼海龟、绿海龟和肯普氏海龟

野生动物康复计划被广泛用于许多濒危海洋物种，并可作为参与环境宣传的平台。然而，它们在支持野外种群方面的有效性取决于获救的动物在被释放后能否生存和繁殖。在这里，我们评估了冷击的幼年海龟在康复后是否恢复了典型的迁徙和潜水行为。我们将卫星发射器部署到在美国纽约长岛附近放生的 7 只经过康复的红海龟 Caretta caretta、12 只绿海龟 Chelonia mydas 和 12 只 Kemp'sridley 海龟 Lepidochelys kempii。在这 31 只海龟中，有 30 只被追踪足够长的时间来确定它们的迁徙活动。大多数人 (83%) 在当地水域降至 14°C 以下之前离开了长岛，并避免被冷晕。大多数个体遵循先前报告的 3 个物种中的每一个的迁徙路线，迁徙到美国东南部的沿海水域或墨西哥湾流的海洋水域。每个物种的康复海龟也恢复了典型的潜水模式。剩下的 5 只没有从长岛迁出的海龟中，有 4 只很可能再次被冷晕了。总体而言，大多数冷晕海龟在康复后往往会恢复典型的迁徙和潜水行为。