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Genetic diversity of the Green Turtle (Testudines: Cheloniidae: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)) population nesting at Kosgoda Rookery, Sri Lanka

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
We determined the genetic diversity of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas (Linneaus, 1758) nesting at Kosgoda rookery, the second largest sea turtle aggregation on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka.
E. M.L. Ekanayake, T. Kapurusinghe, M. M. Saman, D. S. Rathnakumara, P. Samaraweera, R. S. Rajakaruna   +5 more
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Turtle Incidences in Shrimp Trawl Nets During the 1997-1998 Shrimp Season in Bahrain Waters

Asian Fisheries Science, 2000
In 1985, the Directorate of Fisheries (Bahrain) initiated a fishing log scheme to collect shrimp trawl fishery data. In the 1997-1998 season, fishermen were instructed to report on turtle catching incidences in standard fishing logs. The current
E.A.A. ABDULQADER
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Overview of the population genetics and connectivity of sea turtles in the East Asia Region and their conservation implications

Frontiers in Marine Science
Understanding the current status and recent development of the population genetics and connectivity of sea turtles is crucial for effective conservation management of the species. Five sea turtle species, green turtle (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead turtle (
Connie Ka Yan Ng, Connie Ka Yan Ng, Takashi Ishihara, Takashi Ishihara, Tomoko Hamabata, Hideaki Nishizawa, Min Liu, Jia-hao Song, Tsung Hsien Li, Tsung Hsien Li, Tsung Hsien Li, Chia-Ling Fong, Chia-Ling Fong, Chia-Ling Fong, Dae Yeon Moon, Il Hun Kim   +15 more
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Forty years of monitoring increasing sea turtle relative abundance in the Gulf of Mexico

Scientific Reports, 2023
Longitudinal data sets for population abundance are essential for studies of imperiled organisms with long life spans or migratory movements, such as marine turtles.
Jacob Andrew Lasala, Melissa C. Macksey, Kristen T. Mazzarella, Kevan L. Main, Jerris J. Foote, Anton D. Tucker   +5 more
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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
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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
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Nest Site Selection by Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Implications for Conservation on Qilianyu, Xisha Islands, South China Sea

Ecology 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, Xiaoyu An, Chenglong Zhang, Yunteng Liu, Yupei Li, Yangfei Yu, Jichao Wang, Liu Lin, Hai‐Tao Shi   +8 more
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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
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First report of Pyelosomum cochlearLooss 1899 (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) in a Hawksbill Turtle – Eretmochelys imbricata L. found in Brazilian Coast

Helminthologia, 2019
Pyelosomum cochlearLooss 1899 (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) is a parasite exclusive to sea turtles, having been described in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Egypt, the USA, Panama, Costa Rica and Brazil as well as the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys ...
Werneck M. R., Velloso R., Chagas P. B. Costa Das, Leandro H. Jerdy, Amorim R. Martins De   +4 more
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Aspectos de comportamento alimentar e dieta da tartaruga marinha, Chelonia mydas no litoral norte paulista Some aspects on feeding behaviour of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the northern littoral of State of São Paulo

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 1983
Feeding behavior of immature green turtles, Chelonia mydas, has been observed on rocky shores along the northern part of State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. This turtle forages on underwater ledges, at depths of 1 to 3 m and grazes on benthic algae.
Ivan Sazima, Marlies Sazima
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