Long-Distance Animal Migrations in the Oceanic Environment: Orientation and Navigation Correlates

Figure 3

Oceanic migrations of 12 green turtle females nesting at Ascension Is. (green dot) towards their individually-specific foraging grounds along the Brazilian coast (white squares). While most turtles migrated directly to their foraging sites, some of them (e.g., red and yellow track) first reached the coast and then moved along it until getting to their destination. The routes are shown over a Google Earth image. Data from [63, 64].