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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Discover 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, Omar Al-Attas, Ahmed Al-Ansari, Taha Boksmati, Mohammed Oudah Al-Johani, Khuld Jabby, Natalie E. Wildermann, Ivor D. Williams, Carlos M. Duarte   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive output and morphometrics of green turtle, Chelonia mydas nesting at the Kosgoda rookery in Sri Lanka

Ceylon Journal of Science, 2016
Reproductive output provides data fundamental to the conservation and management of sea turtles. Five years of data on the reproductive output of female green turtles was collected from Kosgoda beach, the second largest sea turtle rookery in Sri Lanka ...
E. M. L. Ekanayake, T. Kapurusinghe, M. M. Saman, D. S. Rathnakumara, P. Samaraweera, R. S. Rajakaruna   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case report: Blindness associated with Learedius learedi trematode infection in a green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, of the northern Red Sea. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci, 2023
Morick D, Bachmann VM, Shemesh E, Botero-Anug AM, Zemach-Shamir Z, Aizenberg Z, Davidovich N, Goldberg DW, Kan G, Ofri R, Tchernov D, Levy Y.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca, Elisa Falasco, Francesca Bona   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity, habitat distribution, and indigenous hunting of marine turtles in the Calamian Islands, Palawan, Republic of the Philippines

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2016
All of the world’s seven species of marine turtle are threatened by a multitude of anthropogenic pressures across all stages of their life history. The Calamian Islands, Palawan, Philippines provide important foraging and nesting grounds for four species:
Christopher N.S. Poonian, Reynante V. Ramilo, Danica D. Lopez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Miskito fishermen with green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

, 1977
Photograph of three indigenous Miskito fishermen in a boat with a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). The green sea turtle has ropes attached to its front flippers which are held taut by the Miskito fishermen, pulling the green sea turtle into a vertical ...
Ogden, John C.
core   +1 more source

Crowdsourcing conservation: unveiling Taiwan’s sea turtle foraging grounds, emerging threats, and residency with broad societal engagement

BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Determining sea turtle foraging grounds, emerging threats, and population status are essential for conservation management. Crowdsourced science is a recently recognized approach that enables internet-based data collection, providing important
Chia-Ling Fong, Daphne Z. Hoh, Huai Su, Peng-Yu Chen, Chia-Chen Tsai, Kelly W. H. Tseng, Hao-Chih Huang, Jun-Yi Wu, Yoko Nozawa, Benny K. K. Chan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) breeding populations in the Xisha (Paracel) Islands, South China Sea. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Li M, Zhang T, Liu Y, Li Y, Fong JJ, Yu Y, Wang J, Shi HT, Lin L.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source