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Using fisheries observation data to develop a predictive species distribution model for endangered sea turtles

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
The Eastern Pacific leatherback turtle population (Dermochelys coriacea) has declined precipitously in recent years. One of the major causes is bycatch from coastal and pelagic fisheries.
Jennie Hannah Degenford, Dong Liang, Helen Bailey, Aimee L. Hoover, Patricia Zarate, Jorge Azócar, Daniel Devia, Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto, Jeffery C. Mangel, Nelly de Paz, Javier Quinones Davila, David Sarmiento Barturen, Juan M. Rguez‐Baron, Amanda S. Williard, Christina Fahy, Nicole Barbour, George L. Shillinger   +16 more
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Isotope analysis reveals foraging area dichotomy for Atlantic leatherback turtles [PDF]

, 2008
Background: The leatherback turtle (Dermachelys corlacea) has undergone a dramatic decline over the last 25 years, and this is believed to be primarily the results of mortality associated with fisheries bycatch followed by egg and nesting female harvest,
Angulo, E., Caut, S., Das, K., Fossette, S., Georges, J.-Y., Girondot, M., Guirlet, E.   +6 more
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First field observation of the predation by Jaguar (Panthera onca) on Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) at Nancite Beach, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

Mammalogy Notes, 2016
Jaguars have been recorded preying on adult female sea turtles on their nesting beaches in Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico and Suriname (Fretey 1977, Autar 1994, Cuevas et al. 2014, Guildera et al. 2015).
Sergio Escobar-Lasso, Luis Fonseca, Wilbert N. Villachica, Hansel Herrera, Roldán A. Valverde, Wagner Quirós-Pereira, Marta Pesquero, Pamela T. Plotkin   +7 more
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Saqueo y depredación de nidadas de tortugas marinas, durante las temporadas 2003 a 2012, en seis playas del Golfo de Paria, Venezuela

Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2014
Poaching and predation of sea turtle clutches, during the 2003 and 2012 seasons, on six beaches of the Paria Gulf in Venezuela. Looting and predation of nests are among the major threats to marine turtles.
Clemente Balladares, Eva Dubois
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Tracking leatherback turtles from the world's largest rookery: assessing threats across the South Atlantic [PDF]

, 2013
addresses: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.notes: PMCID: PMC3119016types: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S.
Augowet Bonguno, E, Broderick, Annette C., Coyne, MS, Formia, A, Gibudi, A, Godley, BJ, Mounguengui Mounguengui, GA, Moussounda, C, Nougessono, S, NSafou, M, Parnell, RJ, Sounguet, GP, Verhage, S, Witt, MJ   +13 more
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Nesting of Dermochelys coriacea (Testudines, Dermochelyidae) in the city of Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil [PDF]

Biotemas, 2012
Worldwide, the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is seriously threatened with extinction, especially due to accidental catches by amateur and professional fisherman.
Luis Felipe Silva Pereira Mayorga, Lupercio Araújo Barbosa, Angelita Demonér Zanotti   +2 more
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Cita de Dermochelys coriacea Linnaeus, 1776 en la playa de Barra, Cangas, Pontevedra

Graellsia, 1995
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J. J. Pino, R. Pino
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Indirect effects of fast‐growing urban development on wildlife in a coastal protected area of Costa Rica

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We studied the effects of urban growth on wildlife near Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas, Costa Rica. Since 1991, buildings increased 1007%, mainly in the buffer zone. We identified eight native species extracting garbage from containers, with raccoons (Procyon lotor) comprising most detections (84%), and four other species being potential sea turtle ...
Keilor E. Cordero‐Umaña, Kortney Stevens, Adam Yaney‐Keller, Javier López Navas, Frank V. Paladino, James R. Spotila, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo   +6 more
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Checklist of sea turtles endohelminth in Neotropical region

Helminthologia, 2016
This paper presents a list of parasites described in sea turtles from the Neotropical region. Through the review of literature the occurrence of 79 taxa of helminthes parasites were observed, mostly consisting of the Phylum Platyhelminthes with 76 ...
Werneck M. R., Da Silva R. J.
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Registro de la tortuga caná (Dermochelys coriacea) en el Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Pacífico colombiano

Biota Colombiana, 2017
La tortuga caná (Dermochelys coriácea) es la única especie perteneciente a la familia Dermochelyidae. Es la especie de tortuga marina con la distribución geográfica más amplia, encontrándose en todos los océanos de mundo exceptuando el Antártico.
Marisol Rivera-Gómez, Isabel Cristina Calle-Bonilla, Andrés Cuéllar-Chacón, Filiberto Paredes-Mina, Alan Giraldo-López   +4 more
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