Turtle Habitat
Marine turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, but also in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the frosty waters of Alaska plus the European Arctic occasionally.
Although some species have a wide division, an example of a limited distribution is a Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only recides on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Likewise, the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American region.
The main regions of the world while using presence of sea turtles, separated by species, happen to be below.
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean Sea, African coasts, Northern Sydney, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead marine turtle (Caretta caretta) -- coastal bays and channels of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States plus some specimens in Morocco as well as the Mediterranean Sea.
Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) -- Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica and India.
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - Indo-Pacific Regions, Africa, Brazil, Down under.
Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) - Australian shorelines as well as southern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) - It has an extensive division around the world. The Gulf of Alaska, Argentina, South Africa, California (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where that lives.
The adults stay in shallow normal water and near the coasts, yet sometimes they enter the open up sea. They live peacefully with other living creatures in the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or rocky areas.
The natural habitat of sea turtles includes feeding, migration, propagation, and nesting areas.
Beach locations are paramount for these lizards since the females come for the shore to deposit their eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water through the ocean mixes with fresh water from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall crops are also part of their home. The high diversity of aquatic plants and wildlife complement the environment of the frogs that live there.
The coral reefs, which add color and beauty to the seabed, also provide habitat for more than 530 marine organisms, including sea turtles.
Coastal development, real human disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are progressively severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep lowering every day.
Marine turtles migrate for two reasons, searching for food or processing. Trips are hundreds yet sometimes thousands of miles very long, depending on the species and the success of their quest.
The Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the species with the lengthiest migrations, traveling around 6th, 000 km each year. This crosses the Pacific Ocean via Asia to the west coastline of the United States to get more food.
Golf course sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) travel approximately 2, 100km across the Pacific Ocean to reach the waters surrounding the Local Islands.
The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) cover two main paths within the region of the Gulf of Mexico: one to the north, for the Mississippi area, and the other to the south of Mexico reaching the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Lender of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have numerous migratory patterns. Some specimens show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel around short distances, and some usually do not migrate at all.
Flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus) produce trips within the Australian coasts, covering up to 1, three hundred km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel along the eastern Pacific Ocean and the American indian Ocean, while for the Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) there is not known how many miles they travel, tend to be thought to be thousands.
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