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Activity of loggerhead turtles during the U-shaped dive: insights using angular velocity metrics
Endangered Species Research ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-06 , DOI: 10.3354/esr01125
RM Gunner 1 , RP Wilson 1 , MD Holton 1 , R Scott 2, 3 , A Arkwright 1, 4 , A Fahlman 4 , M Ulrich 5 , P Hopkins 1 , C Duarte 6 , C Eizaguirre 7
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ABSTRACT: Understanding the behavioural ecology of endangered taxa can inform conservation strategies. The activity budgets of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta are still poorly understood because many tracking methods show only horizontal displacement and ignore dives and associated behaviours. However, time-depth recorders have enabled researchers to identify flat, U-shaped dives (or type 1a dives) and these are conventionally labelled as resting dives on the seabed because they involve no vertical displacement of the animal. Video- and acceleration-based studies have demonstrated this is not always true. Focusing on sea turtles nesting on the Cabo Verde archipelago, we describe a new metric derived from magnetometer data, absolute angular velocity, that integrates indices of angular rotation in the horizontal plane to infer activity. Using this metric, we evaluated the variation in putative resting behaviours during the bottom phase of type 1a dives for 5 individuals over 13 to 17 d at sea during a single inter-nesting interval (over 75 turtle d in total). We defined absolute resting within the bottom phase of type 1a dives as periods with no discernible acceleration or angular movement. Whilst absolute resting constituted a significant proportion of each turtle’s time budget for this 1a dive type, turtles allocated 16-38% of their bottom time to activity, with many dives being episodic, comprised of intermittent bouts of rest and rotational activity. This implies that previously considered resting behaviours are complex and need to be accounted for in energy budgets, particularly since energy budgets may impact conservation strategies.

中文翻译:

U形潜水期间海龟的活动:使用角速度度量的见解

摘要:了解濒危生物分类的行为生态学可以为保护策略提供参考。turtle Car etta的活动预算。仍然缺乏了解,因为许多跟踪方法仅显示水平位移,而忽略了俯冲和相关行为。但是,时间深度记录仪已使研究人员能够识别平坦的U形潜水(或1a型潜水),并且传统上将其标记为在海床上静息潜水,因为它们不涉及动物的垂直移动。基于视频和加速的研究表明,这并不总是正确的。重点介绍在佛得角群岛上筑巢的海龟,我们描述了一种根据磁力计数据得出的新指标,即绝对角速度,该指标整合了水平面角旋转的指数以推断出活动。使用此指标,我们评估了在一个单一的嵌套间隔(总共超过75只海龟d)中,在海上13到17 d的5个个体在1a型潜水的底部阶段推定的休息行为的变化。我们将类型1a潜水的底部阶段内的绝对静止定义为没有明显加速度或角运动的时间段。在这种1a潜水类型中,绝对休息占每只海龟时间预算的很大一部分,而海龟则将其底部时间的16-38%用于活动,其中许多潜水都是间歇性的,包括间歇性的休息和轮换活动。这意味着以前考虑的休息行为很复杂,需要在能源预算中加以考虑,尤其是因为能源预算可能会影响节能策略。我们将类型1a潜水的底部阶段内的绝对静止定义为没有明显加速度或角运动的时间段。在这种1a潜水类型中,绝对休息占每只海龟时间预算的很大一部分,而海龟则将其底部时间的16-38%用于活动,其中许多潜水都是间歇性的,包括间歇性的休息和轮换活动。这意味着以前考虑的休息行为很复杂,需要在能源预算中加以考虑,尤其是因为能源预算可能会影响节能策略。我们将类型1a潜水的底部阶段内的绝对静止定义为没有明显加速度或角运动的时间段。在这种1a潜水类型中,绝对休息占每只海龟时间预算的很大一部分,而海龟则将其底部时间的16-38%用于活动,其中许多潜水都是间歇性的,包括间歇性的休息和轮换活动。这意味着以前考虑的休息行为很复杂,需要在能源预算中加以考虑,尤其是因为能源预算可能会影响节能策略。海龟将其海底时间的16-38%用于活动,其中许多潜水是间歇性的,包括间歇性的休息和旋转运动。这意味着以前考虑的休息行为很复杂,需要在能源预算中加以考虑,特别是因为能源预算可能会影响节能策略。海龟将其海底时间的16-38%用于活动,其中许多潜水是间歇性的,包括间歇性的休息和旋转运动。这意味着以前考虑的休息行为很复杂,需要在能源预算中加以考虑,尤其是因为能源预算可能会影响节能策略。
更新日期:2021-05-06
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