Four Decades of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Strandings on Hawai'i Island (1983-2022): Causes and Trends.

IF 1.5 3区 生物学 Q2 ZOOLOGY
Zoological Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-26 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.6620/ZS.2024.63-16
Skylar Dentlinger, Karla J McDermid, Grady Weyenberg, Laura M R Jim, Marc R Rice, George H Balazs
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The Hawaiian population of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) has increased since Federal and State protections were implemented in the mid 1970s, and reported stranding events have also increased. This study analyzed Hawai'i Island data: stranding location, date, size, sex, presence/absence of tumors, stranding status, and cause of stranding. A total of 754 stranded green turtles was reported from 1983-2022: 379 stranded on the east (windward) coast of Hawai'i Island and 375 on the west (leeward) coast. Strandings peaked in 2011 and 2018 and were highest from March to August. The most common known cause of stranding was hook-and-line fishing gear (21.4% of total strandings), followed by fibropapillomatosis (7.2%), human take (4.4%), miscellaneous (3.7%), boat impact (3.3%), shark attack (3.2%), and net (2.1%); however, 54.8% of strandings had no known cause. Statistical modeling did not provide convincing evidence of temporal changes in the distribution of strandings across three consolidated cause categories: human-caused; predation, disease, and weather; and unknown. Stranded turtles on east Hawai'i Island had a higher frequency of fibropapillomatosis, whereas west Hawai'i stranded turtles showed higher incidence of shark attacks. These results provide the first comprehensive analyses of stranding data from Hawai'i Island and provide information that can inform resource managers, policy makers, and the public about the various types and magnitudes of impacts, anthropogenic and natural, to green turtles so that mitigation measures can be put into practice. Our findings allow for comparison with other green turtle populations worldwide.

夏威夷岛绿海龟(Chelonia mydas)搁浅的四十年(1983-2022):原因和趋势。
自从20世纪70年代中期联邦和州政府实施保护措施以来,夏威夷绿海龟(Chelonia mydas)的数量有所增加,报道的搁浅事件也有所增加。本研究分析了夏威夷岛的数据:搁浅地点、日期、大小、性别、是否存在肿瘤、搁浅状态和搁浅原因。据报道,从1983年到2022年,共有754只绿海龟搁浅:379只搁浅在夏威夷岛的东(迎风)海岸,375只搁浅在西(背风)海岸。搁浅在2011年和2018年达到顶峰,3月至8月是最高的。最常见的搁浅原因是钩线渔具(占总搁浅的21.4%),其次是纤维乳头状瘤病(7.2%)、人为捕捞(4.4%)、杂项(3.7%)、船只撞击(3.3%)、鲨鱼袭击(3.2%)和渔网(2.1%);然而,54.8%的搁浅原因不明。统计模型没有提供令人信服的证据,证明三种综合原因类别中搁浅分布的时间变化:人为原因;捕食、疾病和天气;和未知。东夏威夷岛搁浅的海龟患纤维乳头状瘤病的频率更高,而西夏威夷岛搁浅的海龟遭受鲨鱼袭击的几率更高。这些结果首次对夏威夷岛搁浅数据进行了全面分析,并为资源管理者、政策制定者和公众提供了有关人为和自然对绿海龟影响的各种类型和程度的信息,以便将缓解措施付诸实施。我们的发现可以与世界上其他绿海龟种群进行比较。
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Zoological Studies
Zoological Studies 生物-动物学
CiteScore
2.80
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6.20%
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35
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Zoological Studies publishes original research papers in five major fields: Animal Behavior, Comparative Physiology, Evolution, Ecology, and Systematics and Biogeography. Manuscripts are welcome from around the world and must be written in English. When the manuscript concerns the use of animals or specimens in research, a statement must be included to the effect that the author(s) has adhered to the legal requirements of the country in which the work was carried out or to any institutional guidelines.
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