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First record of hybridization between green Chelonia mydas and hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata sea turtles in the Southeast Pacific [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
Hybridization among sea turtle species has been widely reported in the Atlantic Ocean, but their detection in the Pacific Ocean is limited to just two individual hybrid turtles, in the northern hemisphere.
Shaleyla Kelez, Ximena Velez-Zuazo, Aldo S. Pacheco   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Microbial communities of wild-captured Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Endangered Species Research, 2021
Conservation efforts for endangered sea turtle species, such as Kemp’s ridley turtles Lepidochelys kempii and green turtles Chelonia mydas, may benefit from information on the microbial communities that contribute to host health.
KL McNally, CR Mott, JR Guertin, JL Bowen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blood gas and lactate analysis in nesting loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles from southeastern Florida, USA. [PDF]

PLoS One
Giebink FE, Perrault JR, Toonder M, Hirsch SE, Aoki DM, Harms CA, Innis CJ, Stacy NI.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Seagrasses in the Age of Sea Turtle Conservation and Shark Overfishing [PDF]

, 2014
Efforts to conserve globally declining herbivorous green sea turtles have resulted in promising growth of some populations. These trends could significantly impact critical ecosystem services provided by seagrass meadows on which turtles feed.
Aaron J. Wirsing, Derek A. Burkholder, James W Fourqurean, James W Fourqurean, Kathryn A. Coates, Marjolijn J. A. Christianen, Michael R Heithaus, Michael R Heithaus, Nachiket eKelkar, Rohan eArthur, Sarah A. Manuel, Teresa eAlcoverro, Teresa eAlcoverro, W. Judson Kenworthy   +13 more
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Novel disease state model finds most juvenile green turtles develop and recover from fibropapillomatosis

Ecosphere, 2022
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a sea turtle disease characterized by benign tumor development on the skin, eyes, and/or internal organs. It primarily affects juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in coastal foraging sites.
Jake R. Kelley, Kayla L. Kelley, Anna E. Savage, Kate L. Mansfield   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cayman Islands Sea Turtle Nesting Population Increases Over 22 Years of Monitoring

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Given differing trajectories of sea turtle populations worldwide, there is a need to assess and report long-term population trends and determine which conservation strategies are effective.
Janice M. Blumenthal, Jane L. Hardwick, Timothy J. Austin, Annette C. Broderick, Paul Chin, Lucy Collyer, Gina Ebanks-Petrie, Leah Grant, Lorri D. Lamb, Jeremy Olynik, Lucy C. M. Omeyer, Alejandro Prat-Varela, Brendan J. Godley   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Benefits and biases of VHF and GPS telemetry: A case study of American alligator spatial ecology

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016
American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) historically occupied freshwater habitats such as isolated wetlands, lakes, rivers, bottomland swamps, and floodplains in coastal and inland sites.
Gregory M. Skupien, Kimberly M. Andrews, Terry M. Norton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Sea Turtle Conservation Management at the Turtle Conservation and Education Center of Serangan, Denpasar Bali

Journal of Marine and Coastal Science, 2021
Turtles are one of the reptile animals that can migrate long distances along the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. The purpose of turtle migration is to mate, find spawning locations and to find food.
Taurus Zeno Adi Eti Harnino, I Nyoman Yoga Parawangsa, Luthfiana Aprilianita Sari, Sulastri Arsad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing green turtle bycatch in small-scale fisheries using illuminated gillnets: The Cost of Saving a Sea Turtle [PDF]

, 2016
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.Gillnet fisheries exist throughout the oceans and have been implicated in high bycatch rates of sea turtles.
Alfaro-Shigueto, J, Carvalho, F, Godley, BJ, Jimenez, A, Mangel, Jeffrey Charles, Ortiz, N, Pingo, S, Suarez, T, Swimmer, Y, Wang, J   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Ancient DNA Analysis and Stable Isotope Ecology of Sea Turtles (Cheloniidae) from the Gold Rush-era (1850s) Eastern Pacific Ocean

Open Quaternary, 2018
Historical and archaeological evidence documents the importation of sea turtles from the eastern Pacific Ocean (Baja California) to California during the Gold Rush (1848–1855) and through the end of 19th century, but it is unknown whether these 19th ...
Cyler Conrad, Laura Pagès Barceló, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Calandra Turner Tomaszewicz, Marie Labonte, Brian M. Kemp, Emily Lena Jones, Michael Stoyka, Kale Bruner, Allen Pastron   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source