MEPS 575:153-164 Supplementary Material
Aerial and underwater surveys reveal temporal variation in cleaning-station use by sea turtles at a temperate breeding area
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Supplement 1.
Video clip of turtle being cleaned in 2015. Note, cleaning activity occurred over the rock and up to 5-m radius from the rock; thus, not all images contain the rock (see Figure 3b) (Photo credit: Kostas Papafitsoros)
Supplement 2.
Video clip of turtle being cleaned in 2016. Note, cleaning activity occurred over the rock and up to 5-m radius from the rock; thus, not all images contain the rock (see Figure 3b) (Photo credit: Kostas Papafitsoros)
Supplement 3.
(a) Video clip of turtle approaching but not physically contacting turtle already being cleaned, failing to displace the existing turtle and gain the fish
(b) Slide series of turtle entering the station and maintaining a distance from a turtle already being cleaned, until the fish transfer to it.
Supplement 3b
(c) Slide series of fish switching from one turtle to the other with no physical contact. In this case, Turtle 1 was estimated to have a body length in the range of 75-85 cm (curved carapace length, CCL) while Turtle 2 was about 95-105 cm CCL (based on comparison of fish size against turtle size). Note, cleaning activity occurred over the rock and up to 5-m radius from the rock; thus, not all images contain the rock (see Figure 3b) (Photo credits: Kostas Papafitsoros).
Supplement 3c
Supplement 4.
(a) Slide series of turtle approaching and physically nudging a turtle already being cleaned, successfully displacing it.
Supplement 4a
(b) Slide series of turtle approaching and biting at a turtle already being cleaned, but failing to displace the existing turtle. Note, cleaning activity occurred over the rock and up to 5-m radius from the rock; thus, not all images contain the rock (see Figure 3b) (Photo credit: Kostas Papafitsoros)
Supplement 4b
Supplement 5.
Aerial UAV (Unmanned Automated Vehicle) video footage of turtles using the fish cleaning station, at x8 normal speed.