Satellite Tracking Improves Conservation Outcomes for Nesting Hawksbill Turtles in Solomon Islands
Biological Conservation 261 (2021) 109240 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Biological Conservation journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/biocon Satellite tracking improves conservation outcomes for nesting hawksbill turtles in Solomon Islands Richard J. Hamilton a,b,*, Amelia Desbiens c,e, John Pita d, Christopher J. Brown e, Simon Vuto f, Willie Atu f, Robyn James a,g, Peter Waldie a, Col Limpus h a The Nature Conservancy, Asia Pacific Resource Centre, 48 Montague Road, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia b ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia c School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia d The Nature Conservancy, Isabel Environmental Office, Buala, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands e Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia f The Nature Conservancy, Honiara Office, Rove, Solomon Islands g School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia h Threatened Species Operations, Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Qld 4102, Australia ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: The remote tracking of endangered animals is often justifiedby the application of movement data to conservation Fastloc-GPS problems, but examples of where scientific findings have rapidly informed conservation actions are relatively Eretmochelys imbricata rare. In this study we satellite tracked 30 adult female hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) that were Critically endangered captured after nesting in the Arnavon Community Marine Park (ACMP), Solomon Islands. Ten hawksbill turtles Adaptive management were tagged in April 2016, ten in May 2017 and ten in November 2018.
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