Protected species use of a coastal marine migratory corridor connecting marine protected areas Pendoley, Kellie L, Schofield, Gail, Whittock, Paul A, Ierodiaconou, Daniel and Hays, Graeme C 2014, Protected species use of a coastal marine migratory corridor connecting marine protected areas, Marine Biology, vol. 161, no. 6, pp. 1455-1466, doi: 10.1007/s00227-014-2433-7. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Protected species use of a coastal marine migratory corridor connecting marine protected areas Author(s) Pendoley, Kellie L Schofield, Gail orcid.org/0000-0002-8438-4181 Whittock, Paul A Ierodiaconou, Daniel orcid.org/0000-0002-7832-4801 Hays, Graeme C orcid.org/0000-0002-3314-8189 Journal name Marine Biology Volume number 161 Issue number 6 Start page 1455 End page 1466 Total pages 12 Publisher Springer Verlag Place of publication Heidelberg , Germany Publication date 2014-04-26 ISSN 0025-3162 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Marine & Freshwater Biology OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES HOME-RANGE SIZE SEA-TURTLES WESTERN-AUSTRALIA RIGHT WHALE LEPIDOCHELYS-OLIVACEA MAMMALIAN EXTINCTIONS NORTHERN AUSTRALIA FLATBACK TURTLE CHELONIA-MYDAS Summary The establishment of protected corridors linking the breeding and foraging grounds of many migratory species remains deficient, particularly in the world's oceans. For example, Australia has recently established a network of Commonwealth Marine Reserves, supplementing existing State reserves, to protect a wide range of resident and migratory marine species; however, the routes used by mobile species to access these sites are often unknown. The flatback marine turtle (Natator depressus) is endemic to the continental shelf of Australia, yet information is not available about how this species uses the marine area. We used a geospatial approach to delineate a coastal corridor from 73 adult female flatback postnesting migratory tracks from four rookeries along the north-west coast of Australia. A core corridor of 1,150 km length and 30,800 km2 area was defined, of which 52 % fell within 11 reserves, leaving 48 % (of equivalent size to several Commonwealth Reserves) of the corridor outside of the reserve network. Despite limited data being available for other marine wildlife in this region, humpback whale migratory tracks overlapped with 96 % of the core corridor, while the tracks of three other species overlapped by 5-10 % (blue whales, olive ridley turtles, whale sharks). The overlap in the distribution ranges of at least 20 other marine vertebrates (dugong, cetaceans, marine turtles, sea snakes, crocodiles, sharks) with the corridor also imply potential use. In conclusion, this study provides valuable information towards proposing new locations requiring protection, as well as identifying high-priority network linkages between existing marine protected areas. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s00227-014-2433-7 Field of Research 060299 Ecology not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 960808 Marine Flora HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, Springer Verlag Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30070276 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 05 Mar 2015, 14:09:19 EST Fri, 06 Mar 2015, 04:04:35 EST Fri, 06 Mar 2015, 05:05:46 EST Mon, 09 Mar 2015, 10:12:23 EST Mon, 09 Mar 2015, 10:17:34 EST Mon, 09 Mar 2015, 10:24:38 EST Tue, 13 Feb 2018, 15:42:46 EST Tue, 13 Feb 2018, 15:43:47 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 61 times in TR Web of Science Cited 60 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 493 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 05 Mar 2015, 14:09:19 EST

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