Turtle Habitat
Ocean 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 as well as the European Arctic occasionally.
Although some species have a wide distribution, an example of a limited distribution may be the Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only recides on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua Fresh Guinea and Indonesia. Also, the Kemp’s Ridley ocean turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American country.
The main regions of the world along with the presence of sea turtles, separated by species, happen to be below.
Golf course sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean and beyond, African coasts, Northern Australia, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) - coastal bays and avenues of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States and several specimens in Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea.
Olive Ridley marine 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 distribution around the world. The Gulf of Alaska, Argentina, South Africa, California (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where this lives.
The adults stay in shallow water and near the coasts, yet sometimes they enter the wide open sea. They live quietly with other living creatures of the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or perhaps rocky areas.
The organic habitat of sea turtles includes feeding, migration, reproduction, and nesting areas.
Beaches are paramount for these lizards since the females come towards the shore to deposit their particular eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water from ocean mixes with freshwater from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall vegetation are also part of their natural environment. The high diversity of aquatic plants and fauna complement the environment of the turtles that live there.
The coral formations reefs, which add color and beauty to the seabed, also provide habitat for more than 530 marine organisms, including ocean turtles.
Coastal development, human being disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are more and more severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep lowering every day.
Sea turtles migrate for two reasons, searching for food or duplication. Trips are hundreds yet sometimes thousands of miles much time, depending on the species and the accomplishment of their quest.
The Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the species with the longest migrations, traveling around 6, 000 km each year. This crosses the Pacific Ocean via Asia to the west shoreline of the United States to get more food.
Putting surface 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 avenues within the region of the Gulf of Mexico: one to the north, towards the Mississippi area, and the other to the south of Mexico achieving the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Bank of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have various migratory patterns. Some specimens show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travelling short distances, and some will not migrate at all.
Flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus) make trips within the Australian shorelines, covering up to 1, 300 km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel along the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Indiana 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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