Stranded sea turtle records between 2010 and 2017 in northern Aegean and Sea of Marmara

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dc.authoridSonmez, Bektas/0000-0002-8190-409X
dc.authoridYalcin Ozdilek, Sukran/0000-0001-8264-7606
dc.contributor.authorYalçın Özdilek, Şükran
dc.contributor.authorSonmez, Bektas
dc.contributor.authorSert, Mehmet
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:44:11Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:44:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractStudies on sea turtles in Turkey have mostly been concentrated on nesting beaches. Although there is no sea turtle nesting beaches on the northern Aegean Sea coast, there are stranded sea turtle records from the northern Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. This study aimed to investigate causes of strandings and their spatio-temporal distribution in these two seas between 2010 and 2017. For data acquisition, denunciations to the Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University's Sea Turtle Research and Application Center (COMU-DEKUM) were used. A total of 37 sea turtles were studied; 8.1% of them were Chelonia mydas, and 91.9% were Caretta caretta. The number of dead strandings (53%) was higher than that of injured strandings (47%). The mean curved carapace length and width of the 27 C. caretta individuals were 68.97 cm and 61.96 cm, respectively, and for C. mydas, these values were 34.5 cm and 29.5 cm, respectively. The most intensive area of strandings was Canakkale (76.5%). Moreover, although adult sea turtles were frequently stranded in the Sea of Marmara, sub-adult sea turtles were frequently stranded in the northern Aegean Sea. The leading causes of strandings in the study site were identified as intentional harm (45.9%) and fishing activities (27%). The results of this study show that coasts of the northern Aegean and the Sea of Marmara may be marine habitats of sea turtles. It is recommended that awareness-raising activities for fishermen in the region should be initiated. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rsma.2018.07.002
dc.identifier.endpage22
dc.identifier.issn2352-4855
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85049918312
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage17
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2018.07.002
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24501
dc.identifier.volume24
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000449553500003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science Bv
dc.relation.ispartofRegional Studies in Marine Science
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectSea of Marmara
dc.subjectAegean Sea
dc.subjectStranded
dc.subjectChelonia mydas
dc.subjectCaretta caretta
dc.titleStranded sea turtle records between 2010 and 2017 in northern Aegean and Sea of Marmara
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