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They're Out There, You Know: Sea Turtle Sightings and Strandings in Canadian Pacific Waters [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Pacific sea turtle populations primarily inhabit subtropical and tropical waters, making sightings at the edge of their range in colder high‐latitude regions of the Canadian Pacific particularly uncommon and even rare. This paper presents a comprehensive
Lisa Spaven, Amy Migneault, Karina Dracott, Caitlin Birdsall, Tessa Danelesko, Stephen Raverty, Martin Haulena, John K. B. Ford   +7 more
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Baseline Skin Microbiota of the Leatherback Sea Turtle [PDF]

Microorganisms
The integumentary system of the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the most visible and defining difference of the species, with its smooth and waxy carapace and finely scaled skin, distinguishing it from the other six sea turtle species ...
Samantha G. Kuschke, Jeanette Wyneken, Debra Miller   +2 more
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Environmental and Nesting Variables Associated with Atlantic Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Embryonic and Hatching Success Rates in Grenada, West Indies [PDF]

Animals, 2023
Annual monitoring of leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting grounds in Grenada, West Indies has identified relatively low hatch rates compared to worldwide trends.
Kate E. Charles, Clare E. Morrall, Jonnel J. Edwards, Kenrith D. Carter, Josephine A. Afema, Brian P. Butler, David P. Marancik   +6 more
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Leatherback sea turtle shell: A tough and flexible biological design [PDF]

Acta Biomaterialia, 2015
The leatherback sea turtle is unique among chelonians for having a soft skin which covers its osteoderms. The osteoderm is composed of bony plates that are interconnected with collagen fibers in a structure called suture. The soft dermis and suture geometry enable a significant amount of flexing of the junction between adjacent osteoderms.
Wen Yang, Marc A Meyers
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A systematic review protocol for quantifying bycatch of critically endangered leatherback sea turtles within the Pacific Ocean basin [PDF]

Environmental Evidence
Background The Pacific Ocean supports two leatherback sea turtle populations, each of which is Critically Endangered primarily as a result of ongoing incidental bycatch within small-scale and industrial fisheries.
Anna A. Ortega, Nicola J. Mitchell, Nina Marn, George L. Shillinger   +3 more
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Reassessing leatherback turtle lineages and unveiling the first evidence of nuclear mitochondrial DNA in sea turtles. [PDF]

Sci Rep
A recent study proposed a new genetic lineage of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) based on genetic analysis, environmental history, and local ecological knowledge (LEK), suggesting the existence of two possible species or subspecies on the beaches of Oaxaca, diverging ~ 13.5 Mya.
Colombo WD, de Freitas Justino J, Barcelos AC, Vilaça ST, Pavanelli L, Vargas SM.   +5 more
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A Guide to Nesting Sea Turtles in Florida

EDIS, 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, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Maia Patterson Mcguire, Iskande Larkin   +3 more
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Navigational challenges in the oceanic migrations of leatherback sea turtles [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2009
The open-sea movements of marine animals are affected by the drifting action of currents that, if not compensated for, can produce non-negligible deviations from the correct route towards a given target. Marine turtles are paradigmatic skilful oceanic navigators that are able to reach remote goals at the end of long-distance migrations, apparently ...
SALE A, LUSCHI, PAOLO
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First study of sea turtle strandings in Algeria (western Mediterranean) and associated threats: 2016–2017 [PDF]

Herpetozoa, 2020
Between December 2015 and December 2017 a total of 63 sea turtles were recorded as being stranded along the Algerian coast. The loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta was the most commonly stranded species (n = 44) (69.8%), followed by the leatherback ...
Alae Eddine Belmahi, Youcef Belmahi, Mouloud Benabdi, Amaria Latefa Bouziani, Samira Ait Darna, Yahia Bouslah, Mohamed Bendoula, Mohamed Bouderbala   +7 more
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Fusarium spp. an emerging fungal threat to leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs and neonates

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
IntroductionFungal diseases are a rising health problem globally, in humans, nonhuman animals, and plants. Emerging fungal diseases have been associated with mass mortality events.
Samantha G. Kuschke, Samantha G. Kuschke, Samantha G. Kuschke, Samantha G. Kuschke, Jeanette Wyneken, Carolyn Cray, Emily Turla, Megan Kinsella, Debra L. Miller, Debra L. Miller, Debra L. Miller   +10 more
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