生物多样性 ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 23082.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2023082

• 研究报告: 动物多样性 • 上一篇    下一篇

浙江海域海龟记录及其种群现状

陈景轩1, 周佳俊2,3,*(), 刘宝权2   

  1. 1.浙江大学生命科学学院, 杭州 310058
    2.浙江省森林资源监测中心, 杭州 310020
    3.浙江省林业勘测规划设计有限公司, 杭州 310020
  • 收稿日期:2023-03-18 接受日期:2023-06-13 出版日期:2023-06-20 发布日期:2023-06-21
  • 通讯作者: * E-mail: cnwaters@foxmail.com
  • 基金资助:
    浙江省野生动物资源调查、建档、编撰(S2033501000029)

Records and population status of sea turtles in the Zhejiang sea area of China

Jingxuan Chen1, Jiajun Zhou2,3,*(), Baoquan Liu2   

  1. 1. College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058
    2. Zhejiang Forest Resource Monitoring Center, Hangzhou 310020
    3. Zhejiang Forestry Survey Planning and Design Company Limited, Hangzhou 310020
  • Received:2023-03-18 Accepted:2023-06-13 Online:2023-06-20 Published:2023-06-21
  • Contact: * E-mail: cnwaters@foxmail.com

摘要:

东海浙江海域分布着5种海龟, 分别为棱皮龟(Dermochelys coriacea)、绿海龟(Chelonia mydas)、红海龟(Caretta caretta)、玳瑁(Eretmochelys imbricata)和太平洋丽龟(Lepidochelys olivacea), 均被列为国家一级重点保护野生动物。目前, 针对浙江海域的海龟种群现状调查较为缺乏。为此, 本研究通过搜集互联网平台上1981年4月1日至2022年12月31日的浙江海域海龟发现记录, 尤其是整合了短视频平台渔民上传的影像记录这一新颖来源的数据, 对浙江海域海龟种群现状进行评估。共搜集到互联网上浙江海域海龟报道109笔, 共计234只, 其中红海龟个体数占79.1%, 绿海龟占9.4%, 棱皮龟占6.0%, 太平洋丽龟占4.3%, 玳瑁占1.3%。5种海龟所有个体均为成体。同时, 通过短视频平台获取的记录案例数最多, 占总记录案例的66.1%, 占近10年所有记录案例的93.6%。本研究结果表明浙江海域红海龟数量最多, 绿海龟、棱皮龟和太平洋丽龟相对较少, 玳瑁最少。同时, 短视频数据从2020年开始急剧增多, 这提示短视频数据可能是未来海洋爬行动物种群数量调查的重要数据源。

关键词: 浙江, 东海, 海龟, 短视频, 监测

Abstract

Aims: The waters of Zhejiang Province in China host five species of sea turtles under first class protection in the List of National Key Protected Wildlife: the leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), the loggerhead (Caretta caretta), the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), and the olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Due to insufficient studies of sea turtles in the area, sea turtles in this region are not well understood. Therefore, we conducted a large-scale survey in the region and explored the population status of the five species.

Methods: We retrieved and collected records of sea turtles in Zhejiang Province from various internet platforms, especially short-form video records from Chinese fishermen taken from August 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2022, and thereby analyzed species composition and abundance in the region.

Results: In total, we identified 109 records of sea turtles in this region from April 1st, 1981 to December 31st, 2022, comprising 234 individuals, among which 79.1% are loggerheads, 9.4% are green turtles, 6.0% are leatherbacks, 4.3% are olive ridleys and 1.3% are hawksbills. The majority of the records were obtained from short-form video platforms.

Conclusions: These results indicate that loggerheads make up the largest proportion of the sea turtle population in the sea areas of Zhejiang Province, followed by the green, the leatherback, the olive ridley, and finally the hawksbill. The results prove that the East China Sea is of great importance to the turtles, especially the loggerhead. The study also proves the significance of citizen science projects in the daily monitoring of marine reptiles.

Key words: Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, sea turtles, short-form video, marine reptiles monitoring