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Turtle Habitat
Sea turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, however 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 division, an example of a limited distribution is the Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only dwells on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. As well, the Kemp’s Ridley marine turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American region.
The main regions of the world with all the presence of sea turtles, separated by species, will be below.
Organic sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Marine, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean Sea, African coasts, Northern Australia, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead marine turtle (Caretta caretta) - coastal bays and fields of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States and some 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, Australia.
Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) - Australian coasts 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, Cal (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where that lives.
The adults stay in shallow water and near the coasts, nonetheless sometimes they enter the wide open sea. They live peacefully with other living creatures from the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or rocky areas.
The natural habitat of sea turtles includes feeding, migration, propagation, and nesting areas.
Beaches are paramount for these lizards since the females come to the shore to deposit the eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water in the ocean mixes with fresh water from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall crops are also part of their habitat. The high diversity of aquatic plants and fauna complement the environment of the frogs that live there.
The coral reefs, which add color and beauty to the seabed, also provide habitat for more than 530 marine organisms, including marine turtles.
Coastal development, human being disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are progressively severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep minimizing every day.
Ocean turtles migrate for two reasons, searching for food or duplication. Trips are hundreds but sometimes thousands of miles long, depending on the species and the achievement of their quest.
The Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the species with the greatest migrations, traveling around 6, 000 km each year. This crosses the Pacific Ocean via Asia to the west seacoast of the United States to get more food.
Golf course sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) travel approximately 2, 100 km 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: one to the north, towards Mississippi area, and the various other to the south of Mexico reaching the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Loan company of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have numerous migratory patterns. Some specimens show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel and leisure short distances, and some tend not to migrate at all.
Flatback marine turtles (Natator depressus) make trips within the Australian shorelines, covering up to 1, three hundred 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 various miles they travel, but are thought to be thousands.
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