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Estimating body mass in leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea [PDF]
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2006 Body mass is a major life-history trait and provides a scale for all living processes of organisms. Unfortunately body mass cannot be easily measured for many species, because of the logistical difficulties involved in actually catching and weighing them.
JY Georges, S Fossette
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Embryonic death is linked to maternal identity in the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Leatherback turtles have an average global hatching success rate of ~50%, lower than other marine turtle species. Embryonic death has been linked to environmental factors such as precipitation and temperature, although, there is still a lot of ...
Anthony R Rafferty +4 more
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Global distribution of two fungal pathogens threatening endangered sea turtles [PDF]
, 2014 This work was supported by grants of Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (CGL2009-10032, CGL2012-32934). J.M.S.R was supported by PhD fellowship of the CSIC (JAEPre 0901804).
A Gargas +62 more
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Biotemas, 2011 A tartaruga-de-couro (Dermochelys coriacea) está seriamente ameaçada pela captura acidental na pesca artesanal e oceânica. No Brasil, o único sítio reprodutivo se localiza no litoral norte do Estado do Espírito Santo, embora desovas ocasionais já tenham
Luis Felipe Silva Pereira Mayorga
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Marine debris ingestion by sea turtles (Testudines) on the Brazilian coast: an underestimated threat? [PDF]
, 2015 Assessment of marine debris ingestion by sea turtles is important, especially to ensure their survival. From January to December 2011, 23 specimens of five species of sea turtleswere found dead or dying after being rehabilitated ...
Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa +6 more
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Pleated turtle escapes the box – shape changes in Dermochelys coriacea [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2011 SUMMARY Typical chelonians have a rigid carapace and plastron that form a box-like structure that constrains several aspects of their physiology and ecology. The leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, has a flexible bony carapace strengthened by seven longitudinal ridges, whereas the plastron is reduced to an elliptical outer bony
Davenport, John +4 more
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Ecosphere, 2016 Fisheries that operate at large spatial scales and with high intensity have the potential to impact highly migratory species, and it is important to characterize threats to specific breeding populations of these species.
Kelly R. Stewart +6 more
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Buried treasure—marine turtles do not ‘disguise’ or ‘camouflage’ their nests but avoid them and create a decoy trail [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 After laying their eggs and refilling the egg chamber, sea turtles scatter sand extensively around the nest site. This is presumed to camouflage the nest, or optimize local conditions for egg development, but a consensus on its function is lacking.
Thomas J. Burns +6 more
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Crying a river: how much salt-laden jelly can a leatherback turtle really eat? [PDF]
, 2017 Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are capital breeders that accumulate blubber (33 kJ g−1 wet mass) by hyperphagia on a gelatinous diet at high latitudes; they breed in the tropics.
Davenport, John
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Endangered Species Research, 2022 To characterize sea turtle bycatch in fixed-gear fisheries in Massachusetts, USA, we analyzed a 15 yr dataset of entanglement reports and detailed documentation from disentanglement operations. Almost all (272) of the 280 confirmed entanglements involved
KL Dodge +6 more
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