{"id":2073,"date":"2011-09-05T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pasopacifico.org\/2011\/09\/hawksbill-habitat\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T22:52:11","slug":"hawksbill-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/hawksbill-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawksbill Habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Brasilia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Schoolchildren from Ostional, Nicaragua<br \/>\nnamed this Hawksbill Brasilia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Thought to be locally extinct as recently as 2007, the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill has been the subject of recent study using satellite telemetry. Our friends at ICAPO\u00a0(the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative), working with other organizations, have just published their findings in the scientific journal <a href=\"http:\/\/rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/8\/1\/54.abstract?sid=f2cea531-10ba-4173-acc1-2b626c45783d\"><i>Biology Letters<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After two years of turtle tracking, this team of turtle biologists has observed that, unlike what we know of their Carribbean and Indo-Pacific relatives, the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill population relies on mangrove estuaries for foraging habitat. Given that most Hawksbills have always been observed to inhabit coastal reefs, it&#8217;s possible that among the preliminary findings of this study is the potential that we&#8217;re watching an evolutionary adaptation indicating a different species emerging in the Eastern Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re proud to have <a href=\"http:\/\/pasopacifico.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/endangered-hawksbill-turtles-tagged_01.html\">contributed<\/a> to these efforts to better understand the critically endangered Hawksbill sea turtle, and we&#8217;re especially pleased to see this exciting research has garnered a good deal of press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2011\/sep\/01\/local\/la-me-turtles-20110901\"><i>LA Times<\/i><\/a>:<br \/>\nEndangered hawksbill turtles make a surprise appearance Scientists find a population of endangered hawksbill turtles unexpectedly making a go of it in mangrove estuaries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/mundo\/noticias\/2011\/09\/110901_galeria_tortuga_carey_am.shtml\">BBC Latin America<\/a>:<br \/>\nC\u00f3mo se resolvi\u00f3 el misterio de las tortugas Carey<br \/>\n<i>(This is a great photo essay.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/08\/31\/hawksbill-turtles-not-extinct_n_943331.html#345339\">Huff Post Green<\/a>:<br \/>\nHawksbill Sea Turtles Not Extinct In Eastern Pacific<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/333954\/title\/News_in_Brief_Life\">Science News<\/a>:<br \/>\nHawksbill turtles in funny places<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schoolchildren from Ostional, Nicaragua named this Hawksbill Brasilia Thought to be locally extinct as recently as 2007, the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill has been the subject of recent study using satellite telemetry. Our friends at ICAPO\u00a0(the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative), working with other organizations, have just published their findings in the scientific journal Biology Letters. 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