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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/17607| Title: | First Evidence that Hatchlings of Chelonia mydas Emit Sounds |
| Authors: | Ferrara, Camila Rudge Mortimer, Jeanne A. Vogt, Richard Carl |
| Keywords: | Bioacoustics Crab Egg Hatching Sound Propagation Turtle Vocalization Young Population Ascension Island Chelonia Mydas Ocypode Ocypodidae Testudines |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Copeia |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 2014, Número 2, Pags. 245-247 |
| Abstract: | Hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas) were recorded emitting sounds at Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean, on 19 May 1978. Analysis revealed that the 70 sounds recorded could be separated into four sound categories. The sounds were complex and characteristic of a contact call, and were similar to those recently reported in other species of aquatic turtles. The relationship between the structure and frequency of the sounds and levels of predation on turtle eggs and hatchlings, especially by ghost crabs (Ocypode spp.), warrants further study. © 2014 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1643/CE-13-087 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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