This book is tentative Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
38
th
Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
Presentation Abstracts
18-23 February 2018
Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japam
Main Theme: Beyond Protection of Sea Turtle
Proceedings of the 38
thAnnual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Pages
3-4
OPENING KEY NOTE
5-9
NORTH PACIFIC LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (S007-012)
10-12
LINKING SPACE EXPLORATION AND SEA TURTLE (S013-016)
13-33
NESTING BIOLOGY (A001-021)
34-39
IN-WATER BIOLOGY (Key Note & A024-249)
60-73
CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND POLICY (A050-063)
74-93
FISHERIES AND THREATS (B001-020)
94-100
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL STUDIES (B022-028)
101-107
EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY (B029-035)
108-118
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH (B036-047)
119-142
POPULATION BIOLOGY AND MONITORING (B050-070)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Pages
143-144
BEYOND PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLE (P001-002)
145-174
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH (P003-033)
175-210
IN-WATER BIOLOGY (P034-069)
211-257
NESTING BIOLOGY (P070-115, 204)
258-291
POPULATION BIOLOGY AND MONITORING (P116-149)
292-312
FISHERIES AND THREATS (P150-168)
313-333
CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND POLICY (P169-189)
334-344
EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY (P190-200)
345-347
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL STUDIES (P201-203)
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thAnnual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
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ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH P004
EPIBIONT ALGAE ON MEDITERRANEAN CARETTA CARETTA LINNAEUS FROM
AEOLIAN ARCHIPELAGO (SICILY, ITALY)
Giusy Bonanno Ferraro | Monica Francesca Blasi | Gaetano Maurizio Gargiulo
Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Via F. Stagno D’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy | Filicudi Wildlife Concervation, 98055 Stimpagnato, Filicudi, Messina, Italy | 1Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Via F. Stagno D’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
Algae are common epibionts on the carapace of the sea turtles. Despite this, most of the papers on marine species concern to the animal component . The flora of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, is one of the best studied. However, the data on Mediterranean individuals of this species are limited in number and are prevalently restricted to few areas. Here we report the results obtained studying 41 individuals of Caretta caretta from the Aeolian Archipelago (Sicily, Italy). Yearly boat-based surveys were conducted in an area of about 280 Kmq around Filicudi Island and specimens were obtained from October 2015 to January 2017. A total number of 16 species of algae were sampled and identified. They belong to 4 different classes: 9 species to the Cyanobacteria, 2 to the Chlorophyta, 4 to the Rhodophyta and only one to the Ochrophyta. Some of these species are reported for the first time as epibionts on C. caretta carapace. Their frequencies on the individuals are reported. Our data on the Cyanobacteria represent the only contribution on species of this phylum growing on the Mediterranean sea turtles. Seven of these species have been found for the first time on the carapace of C. caretta and one of these, Chroococcidiopsis polansiana Andersen in Komárek & Anagnostidis, is the first record for the Mediterranean Sea. Two species of the genus Ulvella Crouan P. and Crouan H. (Chlorophyta) have been reported for the first time on a sea turtle. On the morpho-anatomical bases, only an individual referable to Ochrophyta was collected on the carapace of the studied turtles. Our preliminary data suggest that this specimen could be assigned to the Fucales. No species of this order have been collected from the carapace of a turtle. Among the Rhodophyta, Acrochaetium corymbiferum (Thuret) Batters and Acrosorium ciliolatum (Harvey) Kylin were reported for the first time on a turtle. A Polysiphonia sp., representing the species more abundant on the carapace of our turtles, presented several morphological similarities with P. carettia Hollenberg and Melanothamnus cheloniae (Hollenberg & J.N. Norris) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs. About this individuals, molecular data suggest to ascribe them under the genus Melanothamnus.
