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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 +4 more
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Genetic Diversity in Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) along the Andaman Sea of Thailand
Diversity, 2022 The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest and one of the most migratory turtle species, inhabiting oceans throughout the world. There has been a steady decline in leatherback populations over the past several decades due to human ...
Chutima Wongfu +9 more
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Novel Insights Into Gas Embolism in Sea Turtles: First Description in Three New Species
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 The recent finding of gas embolism (GE) and decompression sickness (DCS) in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea challenged the conventional understanding of marine vertebrate diving physiology.
Jose L. Crespo-Picazo +7 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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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. +6 more
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Tecnología en Marcha, 2015 El Caribe costarricense es importante como sitio de alimentación, copulación, anidación y desove de las tortugas marinas, por lo que el presente trabajo pretendió actualizar el patrón de anidación en las tortugas marinas Dermochelys coriacea y ...
Lilliana Piedra-Castro +1 more
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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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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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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).
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La tortuga llaüt a l’Alt Empordà [PDF]
, 2017 The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Vandelli 1758, is the largest,morphologicallymost unique turtle and the one with most pelagic habits among the seven species of existingsea turtles.
Budó, Joan, Mascort, Ramon
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