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For six green turtles, Chelonia mydas, that had nested on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, we used time-depth recorders to examine their diving behaviour during the subsequent internesting interval (10-12 days). All the turtles performed dives where they remained at a fixed depth for a long period, surfaced briefly and then dived to the same depth again. It is generally believed these dive...
We studied green, Chelonia mydas, and loggerhead, Caretta caretta, turtles nesting on the island of Cyprus to determine the effects of flipper tagging on postovipositional behaviour and reproductive success. Tagging was undertaken immediately after oviposition (64 green turtles; 111 loggerheads). On 12 occasions, loggerheads immediately stopped covering the eggs and proceeded directly to the sea....
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