Table 2. A summary of home range area estimates and horizontal movement performance during the entire period and during the three phases (feeding, resting and other) for green turtles.
CM 3 | CM 4 | CM 5 | CM 6 | CM 7 | |
Whole phase | |||||
N | 223 | 193 | 281 | 423 | 500 |
95%/50% FK (ha) | 108.3/52.7 | 53.5/30.9 | 119.1/31.5 | 73.9/32.5 | 353.5/148.0 |
Feeding phase | |||||
N | 30 | 128 | 125 | 149 | 242 |
# bouts | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
# place utilized | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
95%/50% FK (ha) | 45.2/28.9 | 39.8/19.3 | 101.6/29.9 | 47.7/24.0 | 267.2/108.3 |
MCP of a bout (ha) | 5.5 | 6.3 | 3.8±2.7 | 1.1±0.6 | 47.3±49.2 |
Straightness Index | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.30±0.25 | 0.21±0.21 | 0.32±0.32 |
Resting phase | |||||
N | 97 | 43 | 102 | 145 | 153 |
# bouts | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 |
# place utilized | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
95%/50% FK (ha) | 59.6/28.6 | 36.9/20.0 | 34.5/12.6 | 49.3/21.7 | 136.5/48.1 |
MCP of a bout (ha) | 0.5±0.6 | 0.3±0.1 | 0.7±0.6 | 0.4±0.4 | 0.7±0.8 |
Straightness Index | 0.30±0.21 | 0.19±0.13 | 0.09±0.07 | 0.11±0.08 | 0.32±0.32 |
Other phase | |||||
N | 96 | 22 | 54 | 129 | 105 |
# bouts | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 19 |
95%/50% FK (ha) | 75.3/51.8 | 37.8/22.9 | 110.9/49.6 | 76.0/42.3 | 263.1/160.0 |
From resting to feeding places | |||||
Distance (km) | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.37±0.26 | 0.11±0.11 | 0.37±0.33 |
Straightness Index | – | 0.86 | 0.73±0.21 | 0.58±0.43 | 0.72±0.20 |
From feeding to resting places | |||||
Distance (km) | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.33±0.21 | 0.21±0.27 | 0.30±0.21 |
Straightness Index | – | 0.73 | 0.68±0.30 | 0.65±0.02 | 0.66±0.29 |
Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. FK, fixed kernel density estimates, MCP; minimum convex polygon estimates.