Individual Differences in the Sea-Finding Mechanism of Hatchling Leatherback Turtles
Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 1977When hatchling leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, are unilarerally blindfolded, some circle toward their open eyes and some toward their covered eyes. If tests were performed immediately after one eye had been blindfolded, in cases where the turtle circled toward the open eye there was a transient potentiation of circling at the start of the ...
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Regional comparison of leatherback sea turtle maturation attributes and reproductive longevity
Marine Biology, 2019Data characterizing somatic growth patterns and the ages and sizes at which organisms mature are fundamental to understanding population dynamics. However, obtaining this information for endangered leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) is particularly challenging due to unusual physiology and prevalence of remote oceanic habitat use, which ...
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Parasites in Italian sea turtles. I. The leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Linnaeus, 1766).
Parassitologia, 1997Three species of trematodes (Digenea) were collected from a leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) stranded on the coast of Lampedusa (Sicily Channel, Mediterranean Sea, Italy). One, Enodiotrema carettae, was found in the liver and two, Enodiotrema instar and Pyelosomum renicapite, in the intestine. E. carettae and E. instar are new host findings, E.
M T, Manfredi +3 more
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COCCIDIAL INFECTION OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS OF LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA)
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2016Histologic lesions incidental to the cause of death were observed in the adrenal glands of 17 subadult and adult leatherback sea turtles ( Dermochelys coriacea ) found dead or moribund on or near shore in North America. Round bodies, 250-300 μm in diameter composed of an outer capsule and large multinucleated cells surrounding a central mass of ...
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The potential future influence of sea level rise on leatherback turtle nests
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2014Abstract Climate change models predict sea level rise and increased intensity of storms and hurricanes in tropical sea turtle nesting areas. These factors could significantly increase beach inundation and erosion, thus affecting water content of sea turtle nesting beaches.
Juan Patino-Martinez +3 more
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Diving and foraging behavior of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1989Remote time–depth recorders (TDR) were deployed on six gravid leatherbacks nesting on Sandy Point, St. Croix. Dive behavior was monitored continuously for each turtle during internesting intervals ranging from 9 to 11 days. Dive duration averaged 9.9 min/dive (SD = 5.3, n = 5096); mean depth was 61.6 m (SD = 59.1, n = 5096).
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Heart rates and dive behaviour of the leatherback sea turtle
2009Diving bradycardia, or a decrease in heart rate while diving, has been observed in a wide variety of species, from frogs to seals. The degree to which an animal lowers its heart rate during a submergence may vary depending on the behaviour of the animal. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriaced) is an active diver, and has a metabolic rate that
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Gut bacteria are essential for normal cuticle development in herbivorous turtle ants
Nature Communications, 2021Christophe Duplais +2 more
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Body temperatures of leatherback sea turtles during the internesting interval
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 1999Amanda Southwood +3 more
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Twinning in Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Embryos
Journal of Herpetology, 1990openaire +1 more source