ArticlePloS one2013
Recreational boats and turtles: behavioral mismatches result in high rates of injury.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Green TurtleEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) react to impulsive sounds.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Deep-Learning-Based detection of recreational vessels in an estuarine soundscape in the May River, South Carolina, USA.PloS one · 2024Article
- A Coupled Human and Natural Systems Framework to Characterize Emerging Infectious Diseases-The Case of Fibropapillomatosis in Marine Turtles.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Twenty-three Years of Sea Turtle Stranding/ bycatch Research in Taiwan.Zoological studies · 2019Article
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Abstract
Recreational boats are a dominant feature of estuarine waters in the United States. Boat strike injury and mortality may have a detrimental effect on populations of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin), a keystone species in estuarine ecosystems. In Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, 11% of terrapins (n = 2,644) have scars consistent with injuries from boats. Conservative estimates of injury rates from boats increased from 2006 to 2011. When exposed to playback recordings of approaching boat engines of varying sizes and speeds in situ, terrapins did not significantly change their behavior in response to sounds of boat engines of different sizes. The lack of behavioral response of terrapins to boat sounds helps explain high rates of injury and mortality of terrapins and may threaten the viability of terrapin populations. Boater education courses that discuss impacts of boats to wildlife, combined with closure of areas of high terrapin densities to boating, are necessary to protect terrapins and other aquatic species from injury and mortality caused by motorized boats.
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