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100 1 _aAmorocho, Diego F.
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245 1 0 _aMultiple Distant Origins for Green Sea Turtles Aggregating off Gorgona Island in the Colombian Eastern Pacific /
_cDiego F. Amorocho ...[et al.].
260 3 _c2012.
300 _a: 1-12 p.
520 0 _aMitochondrial DNA analyses have been useful for resolving maternal lineages and migratory behavior to foraging grounds (FG) in sea turtles. However, little is known about source rookeries and haplotype composition of foraging green turtle aggregations in the southeastern Pacific. We used mitochondrial DNA control region sequences to identify the haplotype composition of 55 green turtles, Chelonia mydas, captured in foraging grounds of Gorgona National Park in the Colombian Pacific. Amplified fragments of the control region (457 bp) revealed the presence of seven haplotypes, with haplotype (h) and nucleotide (p) diversities of h = 0.30060.080 and p = 0.00960.005 respectively. The most common haplotype was CMP4 observed in 83% of individuals, followed by CMP22 (5%). The genetic composition of the Gorgona foraging population primarily comprised haplotypes that have been found at eastern Pacific rookeries including Mexico and the Galapagos, as well as haplotypes of unknown stock origin that likely originated from more distant western Pacific rookeries. Mixed stock analysis suggests that the Gorgona FG population is comprised mostly of animals from the Galapagos rookery (80%). Lagrangian drifter data showed that movement of turtles along the eastern Pacific coast and eastward from distant western and central Pacific sites was possible through passive drift. Our results highlight the importance of this protected area for conservation management of green turtles recruited from distant sites along the eastern Pacific Ocean.
546 _aInglés
653 _aSea Turtles
653 _aTortugas marinas
653 _aAggregating
653 _aAgrecación
653 _aGorgona Island
653 _aIsla Gorgona
653 _aColombian Eastern Pacific
653 _aPacífico oriental colombiano
700 1 _aAbreu-Grobois, F. Alberto.
_eautor
700 1 _aDutton, Peter H.
_eautor
700 1 _aReina, Richard D.
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773 0 _gVol. 7, No. 2 (Feb 2012), p. 1-12.
_tPLoS ONE
856 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031486
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