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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, María E. Ibarra Martín, Gaspar González Sansón, F. Alberto Abreu Grobois, Karen L. Eckert, Georgina Espinosa López, Ken Oyama   +6 more
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A pan-cheloniid turtle from the Middle Miocene of Portugal. [PDF]

Anat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract Currently, there is no information on the fossil record of Pan‐Cheloniidae from the Neogene of the Iberian Peninsula. A well‐preserved partial skeleton attributable to this lineage of turtles, from the Middle Miocene of Portugal, is presented here.
Pérez-García A, Antunes MT.
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Assessing genetic structuring for endangered "Chelonia mydas" (Testudines: Cheloniidae) in southwest Cuba using microsatellites

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, Julia Azanza-Ricardo, Georgina Espinosa-López, Ken Oyama, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Omar Chassin-Noria   +5 more
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Estructura de tallas de tortuga pico de loro Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) en Tumbes, Perú

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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Actividad reproductiva de Chelonia mydas (Testudines: Cheloniidae) en Isla de Aves, Venezuela (2001-2008) Reproductive activity of Chelonia mydas (Testudines: Cheloniidae) in Isla de Aves, Venezuela (2001-2008)

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
Isla de Aves, una isla a 650km de La Guaira, Venezuela, protegida como Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, constituye el segundo sitio de mayor anidación de la tortuga verde (Chelonia mydas) (Linnaeus 1758) en el Caribe. El seguimiento de la población comenzó en
Vicente Vera, Joaquín Buitrago
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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, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo, Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura, Helio Noberto de Araujo Junior, Herson da Silva Costa, Carlos Eduardo Vale Reboucas, Flavio Jose de Lima Silva, Moacir Franco de Oliveira   +7 more
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Pathoanatomical findings of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) victim of collision with a motorboat

Acta Veterinaria, 2021
In this paper we report the trauma suffered by a green turtle (Chelonia mydas), caused by a collision with a motorboat, and describe the case ante and post-mortem.
De Oliveira Radan Elvis Matias, Attademo Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer, Freire Augusto Carlos Da Bôaviagem, De Lorena Pires Juliana Maia, De Farias Daniel Solon Dias, Bomfim Aline Da Costa, De Oliveira Rysónely Maclay, Gavilan Simone Almeida, De Lima Silva Flávio José, De Oliveira Moacir Franco   +9 more
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Successful rehabilitation of an oiled sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) affected by the biggest oil spill disaster in Brazil

Veterinární Medicína, 2021
The standardisation of protocols and discussion of therapeutic procedures in the rehabilitation of turtles affected by oil spills are necessary to optimise the recovery time and increase the chances of survival of these animals.
Oliveira REM, Attademo FLN, Galvincio JS, Freire ACB, Silva AS, Pires JML, Lima LRP, Aguiar JMF, Moreira AB, Melo LIS, Gavilan SA, Lima SA, Lima, Silva FJL, Oliveira MF   +14 more
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Death of a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from ingestion of an eel (Myrichthys ocellatus)

Veterinární Medicína, 2020
Gastrointestinal perforation in sea turtles may be associated with the ingestion of solid waste; however, other factors, including the ingestion of marine organisms, may cause intestinal perforation.
Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira, Juliana Maia de Lorena Pires, Jael Soares Batista, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo, Daniel Solon Dias de Farias, Augusto Carlos da Boaviagem Freire, Aline da Costa Bomfim, Laize Regina Palhares de Lima, Rysonely Maclay de Oliveira, Simone Almeida Gavilan, Flavio Jose de Lima Silva, Moacir Franco de Oliveira   +11 more
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The genome sequence of the Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758 [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2023
We present a genome assembly of Caretta caretta (the Loggerhead sea turtle; Chordata, Testudines, Cheloniidae), generated from genomic data from two unrelated females. The genome sequence is 2.13 gigabases in size.
Andrew Mungall, Richard Moore, Giorgio Bertorelle, Yongjun Zhao, Valeria Angelini, Christopher Kyle, Pawan Pandoh, Sauro Pari, Helen McDonald, Heather Kirk, Dean Cheng, Eric Chuah, Kieran O'Neill, Kane Tse, Jahanshah Ashkani, Luka Culibrk, Samantha Jones, Sreeja Leelakumari, Glenn Chang, Steven Jones, Sibelle Vilaça   +20 more
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