Biology Project: Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Name: Krystel Bergher
Course: Biology 2010
Introduction
The presentation is on Green Sea Turtle.
The scientific name of the species is Chelonia mydas.
Green Sea Turtle is Florida’s Endangered Species.
The Taxonomy of the species is Chelonini.
It also belongs to the Cheloniidae family.
The presentation was mainly based on the analysis of Green Sea Turtle, which is scientifically referred to as Chelonia Mydas. The species is Florida’s Endangered. The taxonomy class of the endangered species is Chelonini. Green Sea Turtle is also species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae mainly found in seas and oceans.
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Scientific Classification
The scientific classification of the Green Sea Turtle is arranged as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and then species. According to the arrangement, Green Sea Turtle belongs to the class Reptilia.
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Image of The Green Sea Turtle
The Green Sea Turtle is found both in the Ocean and Sea water. For that reason, it has a life cycle and exhibit a pattern of eating, depending on different stage of growth. Green Sea Turtles also lays eggs, which is the first stage of their life cycle.
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Objectives
The objectives of the project include the following:
To make a complete profile of Green Sea Turtle.
To give updated information about Green Sea Turtle.
To make assessment of Green Sea Turtle using IUCN categories obtained from the IUCN websites.
The objective of project is come up with a complete profile of Green Sea Turtle. The profile mainly concentrate on the distributions and updated information concerning the population of Green Sea Turtle. Therefore, the assessment of the Green Sea Turtle is best done using IUCN categories.
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Materials and Methods
The project was a blend of home-based and library-based activities.
Several websites and books were consulted in order to make effective assessment of Green Sea Turtle using IUCN categories.
Table for Assessment
The method for handling the project was mainly defined by home-based and library-based activities. The library-based approach help with establishing materials for the research, analysis, and understanding the distribution of green sea turtle across the world. The table for assessment also illustrate that Green Sea Turtle belongs is Florida’s Endangered.
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Results
The results of the research study is defined by the following elements.
Distribution
Abundance
Morphology
Comments and remarks - Data
Distribution is based on the discussion of the population distribution of the Green Sea Turtle across the world. That is inside and outside the United States of America. Abundance helps with evaluation of the number of individuals that are usually found on the natural populations. For that reason, it is important to make an emphasis on the genetic implications of endangerment and factors that contributed to the decrease in diversity. Morphology entails description of the species including pictures. Data gives the economic importance of Green Sea Turtle Across the world.
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Results – Distribution
The range of distribution of green sea turtle spreads all through sub-tropical and tropical oceans across.
The key sub-populations of the species are eastern pacific and Atlantic sub-populations (Burnie et al., 2017).
Each population was observed to be hereditarily distinct, with different set of nesting and feeding dregs within the known range of population.
Green Sea Turtle can also be in temperate weathers and individual have been patterned in the northern part of Canada in Western Atlantic and the East of British Isles (Jackson, 2014).
The results mainly concentrated on the distribution of the Green Sea Turtle and its distribution was observed to extend throughout sub-tropical and tropical oceans across the world. The distribution of the species has major sub-populations, which are eastern pacific and Atlantic pacific. The specie is also found in temperate climates.
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Cont’d – Distribution
Green sea turtles are in 11 distinct population segments, which are listed under the act of endanger species.
The biggest populations Green Sea Turtle are found on the Caribbean cost of Cost Rica at a population of 30000 females.
About 60000 females nest are found on the Raine Island, which is on the Great Reef in Australia.
Green Sea Turtles are also nested in more than 80 countries.
Green turtles' nest in over 80 countries, but in the United States, nesting green turtles are primarily found in the Hawaiian Islands, U.S. Pacific Island territories (Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Florida. Nesting also occurs annually in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Texas.
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Distribution Map
Green turtles are found worldwide primarily in subtropical and temperate regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and in the Mediterranean Sea.
In U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters, green turtles are found in inshore and nearshore waters from Texas to Maine, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Important feeding areas in Florida include the Indian River Lagoon, the Florida Keys, Florida Bay, the Dry Tortugas, Homosassa, Crystal River, Cedar Key, and St. Joseph Bay.
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Abundance
The genetic alterations between the subpopulations is the type of mitochondrial DNA found in the cells of distinct members of the subpopulations (Machajewski, 2016).
The individual species from the rookeries in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean have similar mitochondrial DNA.
Individuals from Indian and Pacific Ocean have a different type of mitochondrial DNA (Burnie et al., 2017).
The green sea turtles are ever voyaging and their worldwide distribution is exhibited into an open ocean.
The species of Green Sea Turtle is also defined by genetic differences, and this is exhibited between the subpopulations. The genetic differences is found on the mitochondrial DNA, which is found in the cells of individual members of different subpopulations. Again, green sea turtles are always migrating their distribution can also be witnessed in open oceans.
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Abundance
Green Sea turtles are long-lived and they can live up to more than 70 years.
The maturity age for female green sea turtles is between 25 and 35 years.
Reproductive migrations is undertaken after every 2 to 5 years.
Afterwards, they return to nest on the beach in the general area, where hatching takes place 10 years earlier.
Green turtles are long-lived and could live for at least 70 years or more. Female green turtles reach maturity at 25 to 35 years. Every 2 to 5 years they undertake reproductive migrations and return to nest on a beach in the general area where they hatched decades earlier.
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Morphology
Illustration of the Green Sea Turtle Swimming in the Galapagos
The green sea turtle are always found along Galapagos along the sea or ocean water. This is where they swim, mutate, and found their food for survival.
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Cont’d – Morphology
The turtle’s most obvious physical attribute is its shell. Other prehistoric reptiles developed similar shells, but for whatever reason did not survive and diversify in how turtles did. The shell which in most turtles comprises two hard plates, protects the turtle’s vulnerable body from predators, retards desiccation in dry environments, and can even allow the turtle to survive a fire
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Comments and Remarks – Economic Data/importance
The increasing population of green sea turtle increases the healthiness of the sea bed.
The species are largely herbivorous and constantly graze on sea grasses.
Turtle eggs are in high demand, especially for food and medicinal usage.
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References
Burnie, N., Douglas, M., & Film Ideas (Firm),. (2017). The green sea turtle. Wheeling, IL : Film Ideas.
Jackson, T. (2014). Green sea turtle. New York, N.Y. : Bearport Pub.
Machajewski, S. (2016). Saving the endangered green sea turtle. New York : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services