HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
BODY MASS: 80 kg 1 DEEPEST DIVE: 72.1 m (REF 1)
BODY LENGTH: 87 cm 1 LONGEST DIVE: 4866 s (REF 1)


MONA ISLAND (18°05'N - 67°53'W) TOP
1994: Foraging depth: gd-avg= 4.4 ± 1.6m, max= 72.1m (N=4 turtles)
1994: Foraging duration: gd-avg= 11 ± 2.7min, max= 3534s (N=4 turtles)
1994: Resting dive depth: gd-avg= 6.3 ± 2.1m, max= 56.2m (N=4 turtles)
1994: Resting dive duration: gd-avg= 33.6 ± 2.8min, max= 4866s (N=4 turtles)
1994: (custom-built TDR, 25x30x50mm, 85-135g, sampling= 8s, Res. 0.29-0.36m)
REF 1
1992-94: Foraging dive depth: gd-avg= 8.9 ± 1.1m, max= 24.1 m (N=5 turtles)
1992-94: Foraging dive duration: gd-avg= 21.8 ± 3.2min, max= 2982s
1992-94: Foraging dive duration: gd-avg= 21.8 ± 3.2min, max= (N=5 turtles)
1992-94: Resting dive depth: gd-avg= 8.5 ± 1.2m, max= 17.5m (N=5 turtles)
1992-94: Resting dive duration: gd-avg= 41.2 ± 4.3min, max= 4422s
1992-94: Resting dive duration: gd-avg= 41.2 ± 4.3min, max= (N=5 turtles)
1992-94: (custom-built TDR, 25x30x50 mm, 85-135 g, sampling= 8s, Res. 0.29-0.4m)
REF 2
SAINT CROIX (17°41'N - 64°54'W) TOP
1999: Dive depth: gd-avg= 19.2 ± 9.6m (N=3 turtles)
1999: (Mk7 TDR, Wildlife Computers, 22x107x12mm, 35g, sampling= 30s, Res. 0.5-5m)
REF 3
TORTUGUERO BEACH (10°21-35'N - 83°23-31'W) TOP
2000: Internesting dive depth: avg= 29.2 ± 11.7m (N=1 turtle)
2000: Post-nesting dive depth: gd-avg= 13.9 ± 2.3m (N=2 turtles)
2000: feeding dive depth: gd-avg= 38.8 ± 2.2m (N=2 turtles)
2000: (Satellite transmitter with sensor recording mean dive time)
REF 4

REFERENCES
REF 1 van Dam RP, Diez CE (1996) Diving behavior of immature hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) in a Caribbean cliff-wall habitat. Marine Biology 127: 171-178
REF 2 van Dam RP, Diez CE (1997) Diving behavior of immature hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in a Caribbean reef habitat. Coral Reefs 16: 133-138
REF 3 Storch S, Wilson RP, Hillis-Starr Z-M, Adelung D (2005) Cold-blooded divers: temperature-dependent dive performance in the wild hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 293: 263-271
REF 4 Troëng S, Dutton PH, Evans D (2005) Migration of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata from Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Ecography 28: 394-402

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