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Female turtles have to "compete" for beaches

See the difference that man-made lights make?

Co-evolution of Sea Turtles and humans are taking away nesting grounds

http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?page=lighting

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What are the biotic and a-biotic factors?

Here is an animation to get you aware of the problem.

Sea Turtles and

Light Pollution

Newly hatched Sea Turtles and how light pollution affects their survival.

Diet

  • Small Jellyfish
  • Seaweed
  • crabs
  • Shrimp
  • algae
  • sponges
  • snails
  • mollusks

Basic Facts About Sea Turtles

What Can We Do?

  • Sea Turtles have existed for 110 million years
  • Sea turtles can go 5 hours without coming up to breathe
  • Sea turtles cannot retract their heads into their shells like land turtles
  • Males and juvenile turtles never go back to shore after they hatch and reach their habitat
  • Sea turtles are omnivores
  • The Sea Turtles' season for laying eggs and hatchlings is mainly the summer season, while eggs take 60 days to incubate
  • Don't disturb laying turtles or eggs
  • Report to local Wildlife officials

The baby Sea turtles are part of the food chain, being prey for birds, crabs, etc. Their is involvement is this ecosystem is niche.

An example of a Sea Turtle habitat is Underwater ecosystem where the turtles are part of the community

Solutions from the Sea Turtle Conservancy

• Turn off lights visible on nesting beaches or use special fixtures to shield the lights from the beach;

• Use low-pressure sodium-vapor lighting (LPS) instead of normal lights;

• Use Turtle Safe Lighting— these red lights emit a very narrow portion of the visible light spectrum, which is less intrusive to nesting sea turtles and hatchlings;

• If disoriented hatchlings are found away from the sea, call local law enforcement;

• Tint windows that face the beach;

• Close opaque curtains or blinds after dark to cover windows visible from the beach.

Thank You!

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