Loggerhead Strandings and Captures Along the Southern Spanish Coast: Body Size–Based Differences in Natural Versus Anthropogenic Injury

Juan Jesús Bellido; José Carlos Báez; Juan José Castillo; Francisco Pinto; Juan Jesús Martín; José Luis Mons; Raimundo Real

doi:10.2744/CCB-0802.1

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Juan Jesús Bellido,^1,2 José Carlos Báez,³ Juan José Castillo,¹ Francisco Pinto,¹ Juan Jesús Martín,¹ José Luis Mons,¹ Raimundo Real²

¹Aula del Mar de Málaga, Avda. M. Heredia, 35 29001, Málaga, Spain [ ; ; ; ; ] jjbellido@auladelmar.info jjcastillo@auladelmar.info pacopintoshark@yahoo.es jjmartin@uma.es crema@auladelmar.info
²Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, E-29071, Málaga, Spain [ ] rrgimenez@uma.es
³Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Málaga, Spain [ ] jcarlos.baez@ma.ieo.es

Abstract

Human and natural factors threaten loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta, Linnaeus 1758) survival in the western Mediterranean basin. Loggerhead stranding data in the south of Spain provide evidence that human activities are having a more detrimental effect on larger-sized loggerhead turtles. The straight carapace length of 162 individuals affected by natural causes averaged 35.15 cm; whereas, that of 179 individuals affected by human-related causes averaged 46.23 cm. The difference was highly significant.

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Juan Jesús Bellido, José Carlos Báez, Juan José Castillo, Francisco Pinto, Juan Jesús Martín, José Luis Mons, and Raimundo Real "Loggerhead Strandings and Captures Along the Southern Spanish Coast: Body Size–Based Differences in Natural Versus Anthropogenic Injury," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9(2), 276-282, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0802.1

Received: 16 September 2009; Accepted: 1 July 2010; Published: 1 December 2010

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