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Vulnerability of the Critically Endangered leatherback turtle to fisheries bycatch in the eastern Pacific Ocean. II. Assessment of mitigation measures

Endangered Species Research
Industrial tuna and artisanal fisheries targeting multiple species in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) interact with the Critically Endangered East Pacific (EP) leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea.
SP Griffiths, BP Wallace, V Cáceres, LH Rodríguez, J Lopez, M Abrego, J Alfaro-Shigueto, S Andraka, MJ Brito, LC Bustos, I Cari, JM Carvajal, L Clavijo, L Cocas, N de Paz, M Herrera, AM Lauritsen, JC Mangel, M Pérez-Huaripata, R Piedra, JA Quiñones Dávila, L Rendón, JM Rguez-Baron, H Santana, B Stacy, J Suárez, Y Swimmer, C Veelenturf, R Vega, P Zárate   +29 more
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Strandings of cetaceans and sea turtles in the Alboran Sea and Strait of Gibraltar: a long–term glimpse at the north coast (Spain) and the south coast (Morocco)

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011
A total of 13 species of cetaceans and three species of marine turtles were found in this study. Data were collected by eight independent and self–regulated stranding networks, providing information about 1,198 marine mammal (10 odontocetii, three ...
E. Rojo–Nieto, P. D. Álvarez–Díaz, E. Morote, M. Burgos–Martín, T. Montoto–Martínez, J. Sáez–Jiménez, F. Toledano   +6 more
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Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific [PDF]

, 2005
Diet analysis of 52 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) collected as bycatch from 1990 to 1992 in the high-seas driftnet fishery operating between lat. 29.5°N and 43°N and between long.
Balazs, George H., Cooke, William J., Parker, Denise M.   +2 more
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Tracing the origins of sea turtle eggs in the markets of Costa Rica

Conservation Science and Practice
Unsustainable wildlife trade is a major contributor to biodiversity loss; however, trade regulations have failed to prevent the decline of high‐profile species.
Helen Pheasey, Andrea Albert Fonseca, Federico J. Albertazzi, Richard A. Griffiths, David L. Roberts   +4 more
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A fossil leatherback sea turtle from the Bartonian of Kazakhstan

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS
The article describes fossil material of a leatherback sea turtle Dermochelyidae indet. from the Bayurbas and Sandy localities of the Shorym Formation (Bartonian, Middle Eocene) of the Mangyshlak Peninsula, Kazakhstan. The material is represented by cranial remains of one individual (Bayurbas) and an epithecal plate of the shell (Sandy). Dermochelyidae
E.A. Zvonok, A.V. Panteleev, I.G. Danilov   +2 more
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The Origin, Evolution, and Demise of the U.S. Sea Turtle Fisheries [PDF]

, 1994
Fishing was America's first industry, and turtling played an important role in the nation's developing fisheries. However, before the European settlers arrived in the New World, Native Americans had already developed spiritual and gastronomic ...
Witzell , W. N.
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Incidental capture of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles by the pelagic longline fishery off southern Brazil [PDF]

, 2004
Incidental capture in fishing gear is one of the main sources of injury and mortality of juvenile and adult sea turtles (NRC, 1990; Lutcavage et al., 1997; Oravetz, 1999).
de Azevedo, Venancio G., dos Santos, Silvio, Gallo, Berenice M. G., Kotas, Jorge E.   +3 more
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Jellyfish distribution in space and time predicts leatherback sea turtle hot spots in the Northwest Atlantic. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Nordstrom B, James MC, Worm B.
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A Semiparametric Test for Heterogeneous Risk [PDF]

Risk and Uncertainty,
Stohs, Stephen M.
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Amphibians and Reptiles of United States Department of Defense Installations [PDF]

, 2018
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) occupies approximately 10.1 million ha of land within the U.S. spanning most ecosystems contained therein. To date, no comprehensive agency-wide inventory of amphibian and reptile species has been compiled.
Lovich, Robert E., Petersen, Christopher E., Stallings, Sarah   +2 more
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