They're Out There, You Know: Sea Turtle Sightings and Strandings in Canadian Pacific Waters [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPacific sea turtle populations primarily inhabit subtropical and tropical waters, making sightings at the edge of their range in colder high‐latitude regions of the Canadian Pacific particularly uncommon and even rare. This paper presents a comprehensive
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Spatial ecology and conservation of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) hosts important nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles, with the main nesting beaches found on the island's southern end.
Francesco Garzon +17 more
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Remains of Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at Mid-Late Holocene archaeological sites in coastal Oman: clues of past worlds [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Small, irregular isolated bones identified as remains of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) were recovered from Mid to Late Holocene sites at Ra’s al-Hamra and Ra’s al-Hadd, coastal Oman.
John G. Frazier +8 more
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Reassessing leatherback turtle lineages and unveiling the first evidence of nuclear mitochondrial DNA in sea turtles [PDF]
Scientific ReportsA recent study proposed a new genetic lineage of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) based on genetic analysis, environmental history, and local ecological knowledge (LEK), suggesting the existence of two possible species or subspecies on the ...
Wesley D. Colombo +5 more
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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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Behaviour of leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, during the migratory cycle. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2005 Leatherback sea turtles,Dermochelys coriacea, undertake broad oceanic movements. While satellite telemetry has been used to investigate the post-nesting behaviour of female turtles tagged on tropical nesting beaches, long-term behavioural patterns of turtles of different sexes and sizes have not been described.
James MC, Myers RA, Ottensmeyer CA.
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Recent observations of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761), in the waters of Pacific Panama [PDF]
Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2022 The situation of the Eastern Tropical Pacific subpopulation of the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is critical due to the drastic declines of nesting females.
Eric E. Flores
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First study of sea turtle strandings in Algeria (western Mediterranean) and associated threats: 2016–2017 [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2020 Between December 2015 and December 2017 a total of 63 sea turtles were recorded as being stranded along the Algerian coast. The loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta was the most commonly stranded species (n = 44) (69.8%), followed by the leatherback ...
Alae Eddine Belmahi +7 more
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Marine and Fishery Sciences, 2021 Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is highly impacted by fisheries’ bycatch worldwide. This study updates and estimates the leatherback turtle stranding records from 2001 to 2014 in the Gulf of Venezuela.
Daniela Rojas-Cañizales +6 more
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Continental, insular and coastal marine reptiles from the municipality of Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2011 We present a list of the reptiles of the municipality of Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, compiled through primary data (specimens gathered by the authors) and secondary data (specimens housed at museums and records available in literature). We record 51
Thiago Silva-Soares +3 more
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