They're Out There, You Know: Sea Turtle Sightings and Strandings in Canadian Pacific Waters [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPacific sea turtle populations primarily inhabit subtropical and tropical waters, making sightings at the edge of their range in colder high‐latitude regions of the Canadian Pacific particularly uncommon and even rare. This paper presents a comprehensive
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Mitochondrial DNA and local ecological knowledge reveal two lineages of leatherback turtle on the beaches of Oaxaca, Mexico [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Despite multiple conservation efforts of the Mexican government, the leatherback turtle is at serious risk of extinction. In this study, we investigated the possible presence of a genetic bottleneck that could prevent the recovery of this species and ...
Carlos Abraham Castillo-Morales +3 more
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Baseline Skin Microbiota of the Leatherback Sea Turtle [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe integumentary system of the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the most visible and defining difference of the species, with its smooth and waxy carapace and finely scaled skin, distinguishing it from the other six sea turtle species ...
Samantha G. Kuschke +2 more
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Hydrodynamic role of longitudinal dorsal ridges in a leatherback turtle swimming. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are known to have a superior diving ability and be highly adapted to pelagic swimming. They have five longitudinal ridges on their carapace.
Bang K, Kim J, Lee SI, Choi H.
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A systematic review protocol for quantifying bycatch of critically endangered leatherback sea turtles within the Pacific Ocean basin [PDF]
Environmental EvidenceBackground The Pacific Ocean supports two leatherback sea turtle populations, each of which is Critically Endangered primarily as a result of ongoing incidental bycatch within small-scale and industrial fisheries.
Anna A. Ortega +3 more
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Isotope analysis reveals foraging area dichotomy for atlantic leatherback turtles. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) has undergone a dramatic decline over the last 25 years, and this is believed to be primarily the result of mortality associated with fisheries bycatch followed by egg and nesting female harvest.
Stéphane Caut +6 more
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Contextualising the Last Survivors: Population Structure of Marine Turtles in the Dominican Republic. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Nesting by three species of marine turtles persists in the Dominican Republic, despite historic threats and long-term population decline. We conducted a genetic survey of marine turtles in the Dominican Republic in order to link them with other rookeries
Carlos Carreras +6 more
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Embryonic death is linked to maternal identity in the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Leatherback turtles have an average global hatching success rate of ~50%, lower than other marine turtle species. Embryonic death has been linked to environmental factors such as precipitation and temperature, although, there is still a lot of ...
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Marine and Fishery Sciences, 2021 Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is highly impacted by fisheries’ bycatch worldwide. This study updates and estimates the leatherback turtle stranding records from 2001 to 2014 in the Gulf of Venezuela.
Daniela Rojas-Cañizales +6 more
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First study of sea turtle strandings in Algeria (western Mediterranean) and associated threats: 2016–2017 [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2020 Between December 2015 and December 2017 a total of 63 sea turtles were recorded as being stranded along the Algerian coast. The loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta was the most commonly stranded species (n = 44) (69.8%), followed by the leatherback ...
Alae Eddine Belmahi +7 more
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