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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Bycatch in fisheries is one of the greatest threats to marine megafauna such as sea turtles, and the Biodiversity Impact Mitigation Hierarchy (BIMH) has been proposed as an improved and holistic approach for integrating fisheries management with sea ...
Fitryanti Pakiding +6 more
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Use of a scent-detection dog for sea turtle nest monitoring of three sea turtle species in Florida.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Sea turtles are threatened with extinction around the world and rely on sandy beaches for laying their eggs. To protect eggs and locate them for calculation of reproductive success, beach surveyors must find the exact placement of each clutch.
Rebekah J Lindborg +2 more
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Diel foraging behavior of gravid leatherback sea turtles in deep waters of the Caribbean Sea [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010 SUMMARY It is generally assumed that leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), like other species of sea turtle, do not feed while offshore from nesting beaches, and rely instead on fat reserves to fuel reproductive activities. Recent studies, however, provide evidence that leatherbacks may forage during the internesting interval ...
James, Casey +3 more
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On the landing of a leatherback turtle [PDF]
, 1992 A female of the least abundant sea turtle in the Indian seas, the leatherback turtle,Dermochelys coriacea Schlegelii locallyknown as 'odavitta amai\ was caught incidentally on 3-8-1991 in a boat seine operated 1 km off Colachel (western coast of ...
Joel, J J, Ebenezer, I P
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Maternal health status correlates with nest success of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Of the seven sea turtle species, the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) exhibits the lowest and most variable nest success (i.e., hatching success and emergence success) for reasons that remain largely unknown.
Justin R Perrault +6 more
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Global Ecology and ConservationSea turtle biologists have made sustained efforts to understand the global status of leatherback sea turtle populations. However, despite progress in assessments, demographics, and ecology, key uncertainties persist in tracking leatherback population ...
Sonia Gutiérrez Parejo +4 more
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Quantifying Illegal Extraction of Sea Turtles in Costa Rica
Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021 Estimates of illegal wildlife trade vary significantly and are often based on incomplete datasets, inferences from CITES permits or customs seizures.
Helen Pheasey +8 more
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Checklist of sea turtles endohelminth in Neotropical region
Helminthologia, 2016 This paper presents a list of parasites described in sea turtles from the Neotropical region. Through the review of literature the occurrence of 79 taxa of helminthes parasites were observed, mostly consisting of the Phylum Platyhelminthes with 76 ...
Werneck M. R., Da Silva R. J.
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Between 2020 and 2023, 20 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) were rehabilitated at a Mediterranean center, with estimated target gross energy provision of 11.1–22.2 kcal/kg body weight/day (squid only) and 18.1–36.2 (mixed regimen), energy actually consumed falling within these ranges, and 90% released.
Federica Perazzo +2 more
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Rare occurrence of leatherback turtle at Visakhapatnam [PDF]
, 2016 Nesting of olive ridley turtles have been reported frequently along Visakhapatnam coast but there are few reports of leatherback turtle along this coast.
Moshe, Ch. +5 more
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