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Factors Affecting Hatch Success of Hawksbill Sea Turtles on Long Island, Antigua, West Indies

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Current understanding of the factors influencing hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) hatch success is disparate and based on relatively short-term studies or limited sample sizes. Because global populations of hawksbills are heavily depleted, evaluating the parameters that impact hatch success is important to their conservation and recovery ...
Mark Allan Ditmer   +1 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Fisher profiles and perceptions of sea turtle-fishery interactions: case study of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper focuses on coastal fisheries, particularly examining sea turtle-fishery interactions and determining the socioeconomic profile and perception of local fishers about sea turtle issues along the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia.Turtle fisheries,
Gjertsen, H.   +8 more
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Microplastic ingestion ubiquitous in marine turtles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Despite concerns regarding the environmental impacts of microplastics, knowledge of the incidence and levels of synthetic particles in large marine vertebrates is lacking.
Broderick, Annette C.   +12 more
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Marine turtle and dugong habitats in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park used to implement biophysical operational principles for the Representative Areas Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Marine turtle and dugong habitats were taken into consideration when reviewing the zoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park as part of the Representative Areas Program.
Dobbs, K.
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Connectivity between sea turtles off Jeju Island on the Korean Peninsula, and other populations in the western Pacific

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
The northwestern Pacific region is an important habitat for sea turtles, hosting five species out of seven. There is still limited information available about the sea turtle aggregations around the Korean Peninsula, which is the northern boundary for ...
Sook-Jin Jang   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Size Structure of Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Taxidermied Specimens in Private Collections Captured Along the Western Coast of the Gulf of California

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
Human exploitation has been a major driver of marine turtle population declines, particularly affecting naturally scarce species such as the pantropical hawksbill turtle. Although hawksbill sea turtles have been documented in the Gulf of California since
Francisco Omar López-Fuerte   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marine turtles in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area : a compendium of information and basis for the development of policies and strategies for the conservation of marine turtles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The objective of this document is to provide a basis for managing human activities that will, or are likely to, affect the turtle populations occurring in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area so as to ensure their conservation and, where ...
Dobbs, K.
core  

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

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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