Mother-Hatchling Isotopic Relationship in Green Turtle: Isotopic Niche-based Modelling

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dc.contributor.authorYalçın Özdilek, Şükran
dc.contributor.authorSönmez, Bektaş
dc.contributor.authorMestav, Burcu
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T19:02:40Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T19:02:40Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe isotopic discrimination between the mother and the hatchlings has been modelled in various vertebrates, including sea turtles. In addition to the linear relation between ?13C and ?15 N isotope values of the mother – hatchling couple, there is missing data on the combined effects of both isotopes, which represent ecological niches of a species. The stable ?13 C and ?15 N isotope signatures of live hatchlings and their mother’s epidermis tissues were used in green turtles. The samples were taken from three main breeding beaches, Akyatan, Sugözü and Samandağ in Türkiye during the 2020 nesting season. It was found that both ?15 N and ?13 C values of hatchlings were not significantly different from those of mothers. Significant relationships were found between hatchlings and their mothers in terms of ?13 C value. Furthermore, when the hatchling isotopic niche size is known, the condition probability of estimating the mother isotopic niche size were 85.16% and 92.88% with the 0.95 and 0.99 alpha levels. In addition to showing a linear relationship between hatchlings and their mother's single isotopic composition, the current study offers a novel insight that proposes a niche overlap concept using two isotopes to comprehend the mother-hatchling relationship of green turtles living in the eastern Mediterranean. © 2024, Biodiversity Research Center Academia Sinica. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Parks and Samandağ Environmental Protection Agency; WWF-Turkey; Maa- ja MetsätalousministeriÖ, MMM; 7th Regional Directorate of Nature Conservation; Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK, (118Y431)
dc.identifier.issn1021-5506
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85199330893
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/13619
dc.identifier.volume63
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBiodiversity Research Center Academia Sinica
dc.relation.ispartofZoological Studies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250125
dc.subjectChelonia mydas; Feeding ecology; Hatchling isotope; Mediterranean; Stable isotopes
dc.titleMother-Hatchling Isotopic Relationship in Green Turtle: Isotopic Niche-based Modelling
dc.typeArticle

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