Abstract
Sea Turtles at Serrana Island and Serranilla Island, Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, Colombian Caribbean
Highlights
In Colombia, there are five of the seven living species of sea turtles, all of them under some risk of extinction (Morales-Betancourt et al, 2015)
Four species are in the Colombian Caribbean and three in the SeaFlower Biosphere Reserve (SFBR)
It is likely that these three species of turtles allowed to the Spanish Captain Pedro Serrano to survive on Serrana Island from his shipwreck in 1526 to 1534, when he was rescued from this island
Summary
In Colombia, there are five of the seven living species of sea turtles, all of them under some risk of extinction (Morales-Betancourt et al, 2015). Systematic diurnal and nocturnal sea turtle monitoring in the beaches of Southwest Cay (14.28913 N, −80.36180 W) with 1,661 m length of coastline (Diaz and Andrade, 2011) located in Serrana Island (8 days: 9–16 August, 2016) and, Beacon Cay (15.79636 N, −79.84686 W) with 1822.79 m length of coastline (González and Pardo, 2017) located in Serranilla Island (24 days: 6–29 September, 2017) (Figure 1), were conducted in both areas in order to intercept nesting females, and identify clutches and hatchlings During both periods, we patrolled the beaches at night (20:00–04:00), and all turtles encountered were tagged and measured, and all nesting events were recorded. Five localities were defined considering the Southwest Cay, Beacon Cay, Sand Cay, Middle Cay, and East Cay
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