Ontogeny and ecological significance of metabolic rates in sea turtle hatchlings

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• Journal Title:
  Frontiers in Zoology
• Personal Author:
  Gatto, Christopher R. ; Jones, T. Todd ; Imlach, Brittany ; Reina, Richard D.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  Sea turtle hatchlings must avoid numerous predators during dispersal from their nesting beaches to foraging grounds. Hatchlings minimise time spent in predator-dense neritic waters by swimming almost continuously for approximately the first 24 h post-emergence, termed the ‘frenzy’. Post-frenzy, hatchling activity gradually declines as they swim in less predator-dense pelagic waters. It is well documented that hatchlings exhibit elevated metabolic rates during the frenzy to power their almost continuous swimming, but studies on post-frenzy MRs are sparse.
• Keywords:
  Animal Science And Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Animal Science And Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Animal Science And Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics
• Source:
  Frontiers in Zoology, 19(1)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-022-00451-2
• ISSN:
  1742-9994
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Springer Science and Business Media LLC
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
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  urn:sha-512:4e54f14d79bfc9e340cb7465ccfc95ad1d94dcd980059639a7aad51daaaf5cf6d9d99c19fc35c3c3a342c0e0d80881d07fdc33c4dd6bad2544912cbdd517716d
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