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Coastal leatherback turtles reveal conservation hotspot. <i>NPG Scientific Reports 6(37851)</i>: 9 pp. <a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37851\" target=\"_blank\">http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37851</a>","BEntID":273734,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>NPG Scientific Reports 6(37851)</i>: 9 pp. <a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37851\" target=\"_blank\">http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37851</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Robinson, N.J.; Morreale, S.J.; Nel, R.; Paladino, F.V.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Robinson, N.J. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Previous studies have shown that the world’s largest reptile – the leatherback turtle <i>Dermochelys coriacea</i> – conducts flexible foraging migrations that can cover thousands of kilometres between nesting sites and distant foraging areas. The vast distances that may be travelled by migrating leatherback turtles have greatly complicated conservation efforts for this species worldwide. However, we demonstrate, using a combination of satellite telemetry and stable isotope analysis, that approximately half of the nesting leatherbacks from an important rookery in South Africa do not migrate to distant foraging areas, but rather, forage in the coastal waters of the nearby Mozambique Channel. Moreover, this coastal cohort appears to remain resident year-round in shallow waters (&lt;50 m depth) in a relatively fixed area. Stable isotope analyses further indicate that the Mozambique Channel also hosts large numbers of loggerhead turtles <i>Caretta caretta</i>. 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