Turtle Habitat
Sea turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, however in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the cool waters of Alaska as well as the European Arctic occasionally.
Although some species have a wide syndication, an example of a limited distribution is a Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only dwells on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Also, the Kemp’s Ridley ocean turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American prude.
The main regions of the world together with the presence of sea frogs, separated by species, are below.
Putting surface sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean Sea, African coasts, Northern Quarterly report, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead ocean turtle (Caretta caretta) -- coastal bays and streams of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States and several specimens in Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea.
Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) -- Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica and India.
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - Indo-Pacific Regions, Africa, Brazil, Australia.
Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) - Australian shorelines as well as southern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) - It has an extensive the distribution around the world. The Gulf of Alaska, Argentina, South Africa, California (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where this lives.
The adults stay in shallow normal water and near the coasts, although sometimes they enter the wide open sea. They live quietly with other living creatures in the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or perhaps rocky areas.
The all natural habitat of sea turtles includes feeding, migration, mating, and nesting areas.
Beaches are paramount for these lizards since the females come for the shore to deposit all their eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water in the ocean mixes with fresh water from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall vegetation are also part of their habitat. The high diversity of aquatic plants and wildlife complement the environment of the turtles that live there.
The coral reefs reefs, which add color and beauty to the seabed, also provide habitat for more than 530 marine organisms, including sea turtles.
Coastal development, human disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are increasingly severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep lowering every day.
Ocean turtles migrate for two causes, searching for food or duplication. Trips are hundreds but sometimes thousands of miles long, depending on the species and the accomplishment of their quest.
The Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the species with the best migrations, traveling around 6th, 000 km each year. This crosses the Pacific Ocean via Asia to the west shoreline of the United States to get more food.
Putting surface sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) travel approximately 2, 100km across the Pacific Ocean to reach the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands.
The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) cover two main routes within the region of the Gulf: one to the north, to the Mississippi area, and the various other to the south of Mexico reaching the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Loan company of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have different migratory patterns. Some individuals show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel short distances, and some do not migrate at all.
Flatback marine turtles (Natator depressus) make trips within the Australian coasts, covering up to 1, 300 km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel along the eastern Pacific Ocean and the American indian Ocean, while for the Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) there is not known how many miles they travel, tend to be thought to be thousands.
