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Although scientists know that these habitats are critical for young turtles, they don’t know exactly how and why turtles choose them and move between them. In their juvenile years, green sea turtles primarily feed on seagrass found in shallow bays and mangroves (Bjorndal & Bolten 2010). Even though the Bahamian government has made it illegal to catch sea turtles in the country’s waters, to save this endangered species from further decline, researchers need to ensure their habitats are protected from coastal development and other human activities. The green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas) is in trouble (Wilderman et al.

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Photo, posted October 23, 2016, courtesy of Kris-Mikael Krister via Flickr.Įarth Wise is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio.This project has been amended to incorporate several health and safety measures to allow responsible fielding of teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. Legendary Sargasso Sea May be Sea Turtles’ Destination during Mysterious ‘Lost Years’ If we don’t know where turtles are and what parts of the ocean are important to them, we are doing conservation blindfolded. Studies of where turtles go as they develop are fundamental to sound sea turtle conservation.

The new research shows that the turtles actively orient to go into the Sargasso Sea. It was previously thought that baby turtles would passively drift in sea currents and simply ride those currents until their later juvenile years. They used a special adhesive that held the devices to the turtle shells but would allow the devices to fall off after a few months causing no harm to the turtles or inhibiting shell growth or behavior. The researchers tracked the baby turtles by attaching advanced, solar-powered tracking devices, about an inch long, to their shells. It has frequently been featured in popular culture, such as in the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, as a place where ships could be trapped in thick mats of floating, brown Sargassum seaweed for which the sea is named. The Sargasso Sea is located off the east coast of the U.S. Researchers at the University of Central Florida have learned that green turtles as well as loggerhead turtles – both iconic species in conservation efforts – may be spending their youth in the legendary Sargasso Sea. Very little is known about where they spend this time in the open ocean. Turtles hatching from nests along Florida’s Atlantic coast head into the ocean and are generally not seen again for several years before they return in their adolescence.

The lifecycle of sea turtles includes a longstanding mystery, often called the “lost years”.