Mayotte

Réunion Island

Migration routes and orientation behaviour is best studied through fitting animals with either metal (Monel or Titanium) fin tags or satellite transponders the signals of which are read via the Argos system centred in France. Staff from Kelonia and Ifremer have joined with other European teams to further develop these satellite programmes which started in 1997.

Ifremer
CNRS Montpellier



PUBLICATIONS

Marine turtles use geomagnetic cues
during open-sea homing.
Luschi P., Benhamou S., Girard .C, Ciccione S.,
Roos D., Sudre J., Benvenuti .S (2007).
Current Biology 17, 126–133.

Homing in green turtle Chelonia mydas :
oceanic currents act as a contraint
rather than a information source.
Girard C., Sudre j., Benhamoun S., Roos D., Luschi P. (2006), Marine Ecology Progress series
Vol. 322 : 281-289.

Oceanic survival and movements of wild
and captive-reared immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Indian Ocean.
Pelletier D, Roos D, Ciccione S (2003).
Aqua Liv Res 16: 35-41.