The leatherback sea turtle in the Alt Empordà region
Annals de l'Institut d'Estudis Empordanesos, 2017 La tortuga llaut, Dermochelys coriacea, Vandelli 1758, és la tortuga marina més gran, lamorfològicament més singular i la d’hàbits més pelàgics d’entre les set espècies de tortuguesmarines existents. Pot arribar a mesurar més de dos metres de longitud total del cos, presentaunes singulars adaptacions a la seva peculiar manera de viure i arriba a ...
Mascort, Ramon, Budó, Joan
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Fisher profiles and perceptions of sea turtle-fishery interactions: case study of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia [PDF]
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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Evaluation of a Pound Net Leader Designed to Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch [PDF]
, 2011 Offshore pound net leaders in the southern portion of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia waters were documented to incidentally take protected loggerhead, Caretta caretta, and Kemp’s ridley, Lepidochelys kempii, sea turtles.
Dealteris, Joseph T. +2 more
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What can be done to restore Pacific turtle populations?: The Bellagio blueprint for action on Pacific sea turtles [PDF]
The Bellagio Blueprint for Action on Pacific Sea Turtles is an outcome of the Bellagio Conference on the Conversation and Sustainable Management of Sea Turtles organized jointly by the WorldFish Center and U.S. NOAA Fisheries. During 17-21 November, 2003,
Steering Committee, Bellagio Conference on Sea Turtles
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Effects of Handling on Hatchability of Eggs of the Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (L.) [PDF]
, 1985 The infertility rate among clutches of leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs incubated in the hatchery at Rantau A bang, Malaysia is estimated at 22%. Variance in hatchability among fertile clutches ranges from 35.7- 96.
Chan, Eng Heng +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceWestern Pacific leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are a priority bycatch mitigation concern due to the projected extinction of the population before the end of the 21st century.
Zachary A. Siders +7 more
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Predicting the effects of climate change on sea turtle nesting habitat in Florida [PDF]
, 2010 Rising global temperatures threaten the survival of many plant and animal species. Having already risen at an unprecedented rate in the past century, temperatures are predicted to rise between 0.3 and 7.5C in North America over the next 100 years ...
Poti, Matthew
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Entanglement in and ingestion of marine debris by sea turtles stranded along the South Texas coast [PDF]
, 1988 Entanglement data were collected from sea turtle stranding reports submitted to the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network from Mustang and North Padre Islands, Texas during 1986 and 1987.
Amos, Anthony F. +1 more
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Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2013 [PDF]
, 2013 Issues January - November/December 2013.
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Endangered Species Research, 2015 We measured sea turtle hatchling production on 16 sea turtle nesting beaches (219.6 km) in Florida (USA) from 2002 to 2012. A standard protocol was used to sample 19701 loggerhead Caretta caretta, 3809 green turtle Chelonia mydas, and 664 leatherback ...
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