The dark side of light. Light pollution kills leatherback turtle hatchlings [PDF]
BioDiscovery, 2012 The leatherback turtle is the largest and most migratory of all sea turtles and deepest diving air-breathing animal. It has unique physiology which allows it to adapt to various habitats ranging from sub-polar to equatorial during its migrations.
Marina Zheleva
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A Light-Independent Magnetic Compass in the Leatherback Sea Turtle [PDF]
The Biological Bulletin, 1993 Diverse animals can orient to the earth's magnetic field (1-6), but the mechanism or mechanisms undrlying magnetic field detection have not been determined. Behavioral (7-9) amd neurophysiological (10-12) results suggest that the transduction process underlying magnetic compass orientation in vertebrates is light-dependent, a finding consistent with ...
K J, Lohmann, Cmf, Lohmann
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The first fossil of the extant leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaThe leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest living sea turtle, but their evolutionary history remains poorly known due to the lack of any confirmed fossil record of the extant species.
Yi-Lu Liaw, Cheng-Hsiu Tsai
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Jellyfish distribution in space and time predicts leatherback sea turtle hot spots in the Northwest Atlantic. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Jellyfish distribution in space and time predicts leatherback sea turtle hot spots in the Northwest ...
Nordstrom B, James MC, Worm B.
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PLoS ONE, 2017 Oceanic currents are known to broadly shape the dispersal of juvenile sea turtles during their pelagic stage. Accordingly, simple passive drift models are widely used to investigate the distribution at sea of various juvenile sea turtle populations ...
Philippe Gaspar, Maxime Lalire
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First Record of Triplet Embryos in Sea Turtles: Evidence of Natural Polyembryony in a Wild Green Turtle (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) Nest From Guanahacabibes, Cuba. [PDF]
Ecol EvolA rare case of polyembryonic triplets in a wild green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nest demonstrates how multiple embryos can develop within a single egg under natural conditions. Morphological and embryological evidence, including independent yolk vasculature and marked asymmetry among embryos, support a monozygotic origin and highlight developmental ...
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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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Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) react to impulsive sounds. [PDF]
Sci RepPatel SH +10 more
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Male production in green sea turtles under a feminizing climate: A validated model of sex ratios with temperature-dependent sex determination. [PDF]
J Anim EcolThis study introduces validated methods to predict sex ratios in wild Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests. It quantifies beach‐scale temperature heterogeneity, incorporates clutch‐level variation in thermal sensitivity and models temperature effects across the thermosensitive period, demonstrating how temporal temperature dynamics and spatial ...
Girondot M, Turla E, Scott K, Wyneken J.
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Genetic Diversity in Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) along the Andaman Sea of Thailand
Diversity, 2022 The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest and one of the most migratory turtle species, inhabiting oceans throughout the world. There has been a steady decline in leatherback populations over the past several decades due to human ...
Chutima Wongfu +9 more
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