Figure 1.

The distribution of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) post-hatchling turtle records for the southern Pacific region relative to primary oceanic surface currents and the location of rookeries sampled for genetic characterization. Filled squares, sampled rookeries; filled circles, stranded post-hatchlings; and open circles, post-hatchlings captured in longline fisheries.The rookeries sampled included WR, Wreck Rock; SR, Swain Reefs; WI, Wreck Island; MR, Mon Repos; and NC, New Caledonia. The annotations refer to the southern equatorial current (SEC) that flows into the coral sea where it divides into a number of jets: the North Vanuatu Jet (NVJ); the South Vanuatu Current (SVJ); the North Caledonian Jet (NCJ); and the South Caledonian Jet (SCJ). These jets are the source of the current systems off eastern Australia, the East Australian Current (EAC), the North Queensland Current (NQC) and the New Guinea Coastal Current (NGCC).