The first Oligocene sea turtle (Pan-Cheloniidae) record of South America [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The evolution and occurrence of fossil sea turtles at the Pacific margin of South America is poorly known and restricted to Neogene (Miocene/Pliocene) findings from the Pisco Formation, Peru.
Edwin Cadena, Juan Abella, Maria Gregori
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Heart rate and cardiac response to exercise during voluntary dives in captive sea turtles (Cheloniidae) [PDF]
Biology Open, 2020 In chelonids, oxygen is primarily stored in the lungs during a dive. Therefore, management of blood oxygen transportation to peripheral tissues by cardiovascular adjustments during submergence is crucial to maximize their dive duration, and consequently,
Junichi Okuyama +2 more
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Marine turtles are only minimally sexually size dimorphic, a pattern that is distinct from most nonmarine aquatic turtles [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Turtles have been prominent subjects of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) analyses due to their compact taxonomy, mating systems, and habitat diversity. In prior studies, marine turtles were grouped with fully aquatic non‐marine turtles (NMATs).
Christine Figgener +2 more
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Hematological profile of Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae) according to the severity of fibropapillomatosis or its absence Perfil hematológico de Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae) de acordo com o grau de acometimento pela fibropapilomatose e sua ausência [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2009 The green turtle Chelonia mydas feeds and nests in the Brazilian coastal area and is considered an endangered species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN 2009) and threatened by the Red List of Brazilian Fauna (Ministério do Meio Ambiente 2009 ...
Silmara Rossi +5 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2020 To conserve national biodiversity, enlisting and detailed morphological description of unrecorded species is critical. Here, we, for the first time in Korea, report and describe detailed morphological characteristics of two juvenile hawksbill turtles ...
Il-Hun Kim, Daesik Park, Jaejin Park
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Nesting ecology of Chelonia mydas Testudines: Cheloniidae on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
Revista de Biología Tropical, 2013 The nesting colony of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas at Guanahacabibes Peninsula Biosphere Reserve and National Park is one of the largest in the Cuban archipelago; however, little information about its nesting ecology is available.
Julia Azanza Ricardo +6 more
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Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2023 Understanding the population genetic structure of the species is essential for determining the possible management units (UM) and their conservation and/or sustainable exploitation with it.
Luis Javier Madrigal-Roca +5 more
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Creation of a peptide database of corneous beta-proteins of marine turtles for the identification of tortoiseshell: archaeological combs as case study [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Tortoiseshell is a proteinaceous material derived from the scutes of marine turtles, and was shaped into an abundance of objects, especially luxurious items, at its peak in the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
Caroline Solazzo +2 more
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2012 En el presente trabajo se analizó la estructura de tallas de ejemplares de tortuga pico de loro Lepidochelys olivacea, varados y capturados incidentalmente en las playas de Tumbes, Perú (3º38’9,5”S – 80º36’2,48”W y 3º57’21,3”S – 80º57’45,72”W), desde ...
Manuel Vera, Carlos A. Rosales
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Marine debris ingestion and the use of diagnostic imaging in sea turtles: A review
Veterinární Medicína, 2020 Worldwide, sea turtles are affected by anthropic waste. Animals, unable to differentiate anthropic waste from food, ingest this waste from their surroundings.
Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira +7 more
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