Results 1 to 10 of about 1,972,818 (200)

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 ...
Kuschke SG, Wyneken J, Miller D.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Environmental and Nesting Variables Associated with Atlantic Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Embryonic and Hatching Success Rates in Grenada, West Indies. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 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.
Charles KE, Morrall CE, Edwards JJ, Carter KD, Afema JA, Butler BP, Marancik DP.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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

Ecol Evol
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
Spaven L, Migneault A, Dracott K, Birdsall C, Danelesko T, Raverty S, Haulena M, Ford JKB.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Particulate and Soluble Hexavalent Chromium in Leatherback Sea Turtle Lung Cells [PDF]

Aquatic Toxicology, 2018
John Pierce Wise, AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, Rachel M Speer   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

A systematic review protocol for quantifying bycatch of critically endangered leatherback sea turtles within the Pacific Ocean basin. [PDF]

Environ Evid
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.
Ortega AA, Mitchell NJ, Marn N, Shillinger GL.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Species Identification of Sea Turtles in Thailand Using DNA Barcoding Coupled With High‐Resolution Melting (Bar‐HRM) Analysis [PDF]

Scientifica (Cairo)
The identification of sea turtle species relies on morphological characteristics, presenting challenges in incomplete or degraded specimens, with DNA barcoding now increasingly recognized for its potential in expediting species identification across ...
Poommouang A, Santisuk K, Kittiwatanawong K, Kaewmong P, Somgird C, Nganvongpanit K, Buddhachat K.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Comparison of Particulate Hexavalent Chromium Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity in Human and Leatherback Sea Turtle Lung Cells From a One Environmental Health Perspective [PDF]

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2019
John Pierce Wise, AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, Rachel M Speer   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Recent observations of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761), in the waters of Pacific Panama [PDF]

Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2022
The situation of the Eastern Tropical Pacific subpopulation of the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is critical due to the drastic declines of nesting females.
Eric E. Flores
doaj   +3 more sources