- Tenth International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
- Edited by Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
TurtleTosca: drone monitoring of the Caretta caretta nests in the Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Park
- Yuri Galletti
- Alessandro Dini
- Francesca Logli
- Cecilia Mancusi
- Silvia Merlino
- Marco Paterni
- Marco Alberto Luca Zuffi
- © 2024 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.19
The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) is the most abundant sea turtle species in the Mediterranean Sea. In 2023, 454 nests were identified along Italian beaches, these results represent the absolute Italian nesting record. It was also an exceptional year (2023) for Tuscany, in the central of Italy, where 24 nests were found. This area of central Italy seems to be no longer an exceptional site, so it is necessary to organize monitoring activities in order to cover most of the Tuscan beaches where Caretta caretta could nest. Between the mouths of two rivers, the Serchio and the Arno, lies a natural park, owned by the Tuscany Region, called the Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Natural Park (MSRM Park), a protected area with 34 km of protected coastline. With the aim of identifying, protecting and managing Caretta caretta turtle nests in this area, a monitoring program has been initiated using UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), or drones, inside MSRM Park. In the first working season, which ran from June to August 2023, one carcass and some possible Caretta caretta tracks were identified, but no nest at the moment.
- Keywords:
- Loggerhead turtle,
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,
- Scientific monitoring,
- Citizen science,
Legambiente, Italy
Legambiente, Italy
Ente Parco Regionale Migliarino, Italy - ORCID: -
ARPAT, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7322-1985
The Institute of Marine Sciences - CNR, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-4537-2903
Clinical Physiology Institute CNR, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-9799-7059
University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-1710-9929
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
TurtleTosca: drone monitoring of the Caretta caretta nests in the Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Park
Authors
Yuri Galletti, Alessandro Dini, Francesca Logli, Cecilia Mancusi, Silvia Merlino, Marco Paterni, Marco Alberto Luca Zuffi
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.19
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2024
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Book Title
Tenth International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) 11th-13th June 2024
Editors
Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6
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Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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2975-0288