FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Connecting paths between juvenile and adult habitats in the Atlantic green turtle using genetics and satellite tracking BT AF CHAMBAULT, Philippine de Thoisy, Benoît Huguin, Maïlis Martin, Jordan Bonola, Marc Etienne, Denis Gresser, Julie Hiélard, Gaëlle Mailles, Julien Védie, Fabien Barnerias, Cyrille Sutter, Emmanuel Guillemot, Blandine Dumont‐Dayot, Émilie Régis, Sidney Lecerf, Nicolas Lefebvre, Fabien Frouin, Cédric Aubert, Nathalie Guimera, Christelle Bordes, Robinson Thieulle, Laurent Duru, Matthieu Bouaziz, Myriam Pinson, Adrien Flora, Frédéric Queneherve, Patrick Woignier, Thierry Allenou, Jean-Pierre Cimiterra, Nicolas Benhalilou, Abdelwahab Murgale, Céline Maillet, Thomas Rangon, Luc Chanteux, Noémie Chanteur, Bénédicte Béranger, Christelle Le Maho, Yvon Petit, Odile Chevallier, Damien AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;4:1;5:1;6:3;7:3;8:4;9:3;10:3;11:3;12:3;13:5;14:5;15:1;16:1;17:1;18:1;19:1;20:6;21:1;22:1;23:1;24:1;25:6;26:1;27:7;28:7,8;29:9;30:9;31:10;32:10;33:10;34:7,8;35:6;36:11;37:11;38:1;39:12;40:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:;22:;23:;24:;25:;26:;27:;28:;29:PDG-RBE-BIODIVENV;30:PDG-RBE-BIODIVENV;31:;32:;33:;34:;35:;36:;37:;38:;39:;40:; C1 CNRS‐IPHC UMR 7178 Université de Strasbourg Strasbourg Cedex 2, France Association Kwata, Cayenne Cedex ,France DEAL Martinique, Pointe de Jaham Schoelcher Cedex ,France Office de l'Eau Martinique, Fort‐de‐France ,France Section Boisbert Délégation Inter Régionale Outre‐mer, Chemin de Boyer Lamentin ,France Surfrider Foundation, Europe Martinique ,France IRD Martinique‐Caraïbe Le Lamentin Cédex 2 ,France CNRS, IRD, IMBE Aix Marseille University, University Avignon Marseille, France IFREMER,Délégation de Martinique Le Robert ,France Association POEMM, Les Trois Ilets ,France PNR Martinique Fort‐de‐France, France CNRS ,Équipe d'Éthologie Cognitive et Sociale Strasbourg ,France C2 UNIV STRASBOURG, FRANCE ASSOCIATION KWATA, FRANCE DEAL MARTINIQUE, FRANCE OFF EAU MARTINIQUE, FRANCE DELEG INTER REG OUTRE MER, FRANCE SURFRIDER FND, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE ASSOCIATION POEMM, FRANCE PNR MARTINIQUE, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE SI MARTINIQUE SE PDG-RBE-BIODIVENV IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 DOAJ copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-univ-france IF 2.415 TC 23 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00589/70079/68059.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Chelonia mydas;developmental habitats;immature green turtle;migration routes;mixed stock analysis AB Although it is commonly assumed that female sea turtles always return to the beach they hatched, the pathways they use during the years preceding their first reproduction and their natal origins are most often unknown, as it is the case for juvenile green turtles found in Martinique waters in the Caribbean. Given the oceanic circulation of the Guiana current flowing toward Martinique and the presence of important nesting sites for this species in Suriname and French Guiana, we may assume that a large proportion of the juvenile green turtles found in Martinique are originating from the Suriname–French Guiana beaches. To confirm this hypothesis, we performed mixed stock analysis (MSA) on 40 green turtles sampled in Martinique Island and satellite tracked 31 juvenile green turtles tagged in Martinique to (a) assess their natal origin and (b) identify their destination. Our results from MSA confirm that these juveniles are descendant from females laying on several Caribbean and Atlantic beaches, mostly from Suriname and French Guiana, but also from more southern Brazilian beaches. These results were confirmed by the tracking data as the 10 turtles leaving Martinique headed across the Caribbean–Atlantic region in six different directions and 50% of these turtles reached the Brazilian foraging grounds used by the adult green turtles coming from French Guiana. One turtle left the French Guianan coast to perform the first transatlantic migration ever recorded in juvenile green turtles, swimming toward Guinea‐Bissau, which is the most important nesting site for green turtles along the African coast. The extensive movements of the migrant turtles evidenced the crossing of international waters and more than 25 exclusive economic zones, reinforcing the need for an international cooperative network to ensure the conservation of future breeders in this endangered species. PY 2018 PD DEC SO Ecology And Evolution SN 2045-7758 PU Wiley VL 8 IS 24 UT 000454523500039 BP 12790 EP 12802 DI 10.1002/ece3.4708 ID 70079 ER EF