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Biodiversity of the Saba Bank supports status of Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) [PDF]

This report contains a study regarding the biodiversity of the Saba Bank, one of the three largest atolls in the world. All scientific and anecdotic evidence suggests that the area is a hot spot of biodiversity and one of the few areas in the Caribbean ...
Meesters, H.W.G.
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Testudines of India: A Review on Diversity, Threats and Conservation Initiatives [PDF]

, 2014
The present review is a collection of the available literature resources related to Testudines of India. Different aspects of diversity studies pertaining to turtles in India is presented in this review along with threats and conservation initiatives in ...
Alexander, R., Avinash, K., Jayashankar, M., Ramakrishna, S.   +3 more
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A review of migratory behaviour of sea turtles off southeastern Africa

, 2006
The survival of sea turtles is threatened by modern fishing methods, exploitation of eggs and habitat destruction. Forming keystone species in the ocean, their extinction would disrupt the marine food chain in ways as yet unknown.
Hays, G.C., Hughes, G.R., Lambardi, P., Luschi, P., Lutjeharms, J.R.E., Mencacci, R.   +5 more
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Plasma chemistry in nesting leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida: Understanding the importance of sample hemolysis effects on blood analytes. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2019
Stacy NI, Chabot RM, Innis CJ, Cray C, Fraser KM, Rigano KS, Perrault JR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Endocrine responses to diverse stressors of capture, entanglement and stranding in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). [PDF]

Conserv Physiol, 2016
Hunt KE, Innis CJ, Merigo C, Rolland RM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Anidación de la tortuga Dermochelys coriacea (Testudines: Dermochelyidae) en playa Gandoca, Costa Rica (1990 a 1997)

Revista de Biología Tropical, 1999
La anidación de la tortuga baula fue estudiada en playa Gandoca, una importante playa de anidación de tortugas marinas localizada al sureste de la costa Caribeña de Costa Rica, dentro de los límites del Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Gandoca ...
Didiher Chacón Chaverri
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Nest site selection by individual leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea, Testudines: Dermochelyidae) in Tortuguero, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2015
Nest site selection for individual leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, is a matter of dispute. Some authors suggest that a female will tend to randomly scatter her nests to optimize clutch survival at a highly dynamic beach, while others ...
Noga Neeman, Emma Harrison, Ingo S. Wehrtmann, Federico Bolaños   +3 more
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Further characterization of adrenocortical and thyroid hormone concentrations of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) under various stressors, including validation of a plasma aldosterone assay. [PDF]

Conserv Physiol
Innis CJ, Graham KM, Perrault JR, Harms CA, Christiansen EF, Dodge KL, Burgess EA.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mitochondrial DNA and local ecological knowledge reveal two lineages of leatherback turtle on the beaches of Oaxaca, Mexico. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Castillo-Morales CA, Sáenz-Arroyo A, Castellanos-Morales G, Ruíz-Montoya L.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Comparative plasma biochemistry analyte data in nesting leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), foraging green (Chelonia mydas) and foraging and nesting hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles in Grenada, West Indies. [PDF]

Conserv Physiol
Kucinick M, Charles KE, Carter K, Edwards J, Costlow C, Wilkerson M, Seddon D, Marancik D.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source