... of turtles? The resting metabolic rates of 13 loggerhead and 12 green turtles were measured; then, the cruising swim speeds of 15 loggerhead and 9 green turtles were measured and their drag coefficients were estimated under natural conditions. The measured cruising swim speeds (0.27–0.50 m s −1 ) agreed...

... by varying cohort size in hatchling green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) and measuring energy expenditure during the nest escape process using open-flow respirometry. The energetic cost of escaping through 40 cm of sand was calculated to vary between 4.4 and 28.3 kJ per individual, the cost decreasing...

...Larisa Avens; Kenneth J. Lohmann SUMMARY Juvenile loggerhead and green turtles that inhabit inshore waters of North Carolina, USA undertake long seasonal migrations, after which they often return to specific feeding areas. In addition, juvenile turtles are capable of homing to specific sites after...

...Amanda L. Southwood; Charles A. Darveau; David R. Jones SUMMARY We measured activity levels, oxygen consumption, metabolic enzyme activity,breathing frequency, heart rate and blood chemistry variables of juvenile green turtles exposed to a laboratory simulation of subtropical winter and summer...

...F. Papi; P. Luschi; S. Åkesson; S. Capogrossi; G. C. Hays ABSTRACT Green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) that shuttle between their Brazilian feeding grounds and nesting beaches at Ascension Island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean are a paradigmatic case of long-distance oceanic migrants. It has been...

...R. M. G. Wells; J. Baldwin ABSTRACT Erythrocytes from green turtle hatchlings contain a single embryonic component, unlike those from other cleidoic eggs, in which adult hemoglobin (Hb) constitutes a significant fraction of total Hb at hatching. The functional properties of the isolated...