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Turtle Habitat
Sea turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, but also in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the cold waters of Alaska as well as the European Arctic occasionally.
However some species have a wide the distribution, 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. As well, the Kemp’s Ridley ocean turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American continent.
The main regions of the world with all the presence of sea turtles, separated by species, happen to be below.
Putting surface sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Marine, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean and beyond, African coasts, Northern Quotes, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead ocean turtle (Caretta caretta) -- coastal bays and streams of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States and many specimens in Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea.
Olive Ridley ocean turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) - Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica and India.
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - Indo-Pacific Regions, Africa, Brazil, Sydney.
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, nonetheless sometimes they enter the open sea. They live quietly with other living creatures of the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or rocky areas.
The organic habitat of sea turtles includes feeding, migration, propagation, and nesting areas.
Shorelines are paramount for these reptiles since the females come towards the shore to deposit all their eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water from ocean mixes with fresh water from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall vegetation are also part of their habitat. 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 sea turtles.
Coastal development, individuals disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are progressively more severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep reducing every day.
Sea turtles migrate for two factors, searching for food or processing. 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 best migrations, traveling around 6th, 000 km each year. It crosses the Pacific Ocean coming from Asia to the west coast of the United States to get more food.
Oriental sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) travel approximately 2, 100 km across the Pacific Ocean to reach the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands.
The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) cover two main tracks within the region of the Gulf of Mexico: one to the north, for the Mississippi area, and the different to the south of Mexico achieving the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Standard bank of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have several migratory patterns. Some individuals show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel around short distances, and some tend not to migrate at all.
Flatback marine turtles (Natator depressus) generate trips within the Australian shorelines, covering up to 1, 300 km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel over the eastern Pacific Ocean and the 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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