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Hearing in the Juvenile Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas): A Comparison of Underwater and Aerial Hearing Using Auditory Evoked Potentials. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Sea turtles spend much of their life in aquatic environments, but critical portions of their life cycle, such as nesting and hatching, occur in terrestrial environments, suggesting that it may be important for them to detect sounds in both air and water.
Wendy E D Piniak   +4 more
doaj   +15 more sources

Migratory movements and foraging grounds of endangered green sea turtles in South China Sea based on satellite telemetry during fishing moratorium [PDF]

open access: goldFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
The insights gained from individual tracking can improve the conservation of released young green sea turtles by providing detailed data on migration route, feeding place and habitat distribution.
Dongmei Yu   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Nest Site Selection by Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Implications for Conservation on Qilianyu, Xisha Islands, South China Sea [PDF]

open access: goldEcology and Evolution
The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is the only sea turtle species that breeds in China, and the largest remaining nesting grounds for green sea turtles in Chinese waters is found on the Qilianyu atoll of the Xisha Islands.
Ting Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

First inter-seasonal recapture of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Al Wajh Lagoon, Saudi Arabian Red Sea [PDF]

open access: diamondDiscover Oceans
This note aims to report the first recapture of a nesting green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Al Wajh lagoon, originally observed, and tagged while nesting in August 2021; and subsequently found in August 2024 under similar conditions.
Hector Barrios-Garrido   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Stable isotopes in barnacles as a tool to understand green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) regional movement patterns [PDF]

open access: goldBiogeosciences, 2015
Sea turtles are migratory animals that travel long distances between their feeding and breeding grounds. Traditional methods for researching sea turtle migratory behavior have important disadvantages, and the development of alternatives would enhance our
M. Detjen, E. Sterling, A. Gómez
doaj   +2 more sources

Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determining FSH plasma concentrations in green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), using recombinant gonadotropins

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is involved in the regulation of essential reproductive processes such as gametogenesis and follicular growth. There are presently no immunoassays for measuring FSH in turtles.
Osher Soffer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forensic characterization of sea turtle oil by ambient ionization mass spectrometry: Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Dermochelys coriacea, Eretmochelys imbricata, Lepidochelys kempii, and Lepidochelys olivacea

open access: yesForensic Science International: Animals and Environments, 2021
Historically the oils from sea turtles have had a high commercial demand, and this trade has contributed to an alarming decrease in sea turtle populations worldwide.
Edgard O. Espinoza   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Guide to Nesting Sea Turtles in Florida

open access: yesEDIS, 2021
Florida’s coastline provides critical habitat for sea turtle nesting, as it has for millions of years. Throughout the state, three of the seven species of sea turtles in the world have significant nesting populations.
Analisa Duran   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Isolation and Characterization of Chelonia mydas Myoglobin

open access: yesHayati Journal of Biosciences, 2012
Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas is a lung respiration animal that is able to dive and stay uder sea water for hours without needing to surface for oxygen.
MOHAMAD SADIKIN   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Barnacle Epibiosis on Sea Turtles in Korea: A West Pacific Region With Low Occurrence and Intensity of Chelonibia testudinaria (Cirripedia: Chelonibiidae)

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Loggerhead and green turtles inhabit all oceans except the polar regions. External surfaces of sea turtles are often colonized by epibiotic chelonibiid barnacles.
Hyun Kyong Kim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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