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Where do leatherback turtles live?

, 2022
Leatherback turtles range from 70°15’N to 27°S in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The main nesting beaches are in Mexico, Costa Rica Irian Jaya, French Guiana, Suriname and Gabon. In Canada, turtles have been observed in the waters off Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.
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Chromosome‐Level Genome Assemblies of Two Softshell Turtles with ZZ/ZW Provide Insights into TE‐Driven Recombination Suppression in Sex Chromosomes

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study presents the first genomic identification and characterization of ZW sex chromosomes in two soft‐shelled turtle species through genome assembly and resequencing. We reveal the structural organization of ZW chromosomes, identifying both pseudoautosomal regions (PARs) and differentiated regions.
Jianjun Liu, Zhiyuan Yang, Min Tang, Tingting Chen, Siqi Liu, Ziyao Meng, Xingjiang Bu, Xingquan Xia, Guang Yang, Liuwang Nie   +9 more
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Nesting population trend of the leatherback sea turtle in Bocas del Toro province and Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama for the period 2002–2022

Global Ecology and Conservation
Sea 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, Susan E. Piacenza, Raúl García, Cristina Ordóñez, Roldán A. Valverde   +4 more
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Island‐restricted reptiles are more threatened but less studied than their mainland counterparts

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Reptiles are highly diverse on islands, yet there is no comprehensive overview of island‐restricted reptiles (IRRs) regarding their distribution, threat status, and research efforts. Our assessment revealed that despite IRRs comprising nearly a quarter of global reptile species and 30.8% being threatened, only 7.2% of the literature focuses on them ...
Sara F. Nunes, Kane Powell, Phoebe Griffith, Miguel A. Carretero, Rui Rebelo, Mar Cabeza, Ricardo Rocha   +6 more
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Analysis of Sea Turtle Bycatch by Andalusia Pelagic Longline Fleet in the Northeast Atlantic

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Northeast Atlantic is one of the most crucial foraging grounds for juvenile loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), while also serving as an important fishing area for the Andalusia surface longline fishery. The main aim of present study is to assess the sea turtle interaction with the Andalusia pelagic
Marina Tortosa, Jose Francisco Moreno, Ángel David Macías, Francisco Javier Abascal, Salvador García‐Barcelona, Juan Jesús Bellido, José Carlos Báez   +6 more
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Migration cues and timing in leatherback sea turtles [PDF]

Behavioral Ecology, 2007
Atlantic leatherback sea turtles migrate annually from foraging grounds off eastern Canada and the northeastern United States to southern foraging and breeding areas. Using Cox’s proportional hazards model, we investigated the individual timing of the southward migrations of 27 turtles equipped with satellite-linked transmitters off Nova Scotia ...
Scott A. Sherrill-Mix, Michael C. James, Ransom A. Myers   +2 more
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Trophic Ecology of Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) in Southern Brazil: Insights From Stable Isotopes

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the trophic ecology of loggerhead turtles recorded stranded along the Paraná coast in southern Brazil. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes were analysed in muscle tissues from 20 loggerhead turtles and in 69 specimens representing 12 prey species (molluscs, crustaceans and teleost fishes).
Gleici Montanini, Mariana Cappello Neves, Nara Oliveira‐Ferreira, Edmar Antonio Mazzi, Camila Domit, Plínio Barbosa de Camargo, José Lailson‐Brito, Tatiana Lemos Bisi   +7 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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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, Debra L Miller, Erica Eads, Chris Johnson, Anita Merrill, Larry J Thompson, Jeanette Wyneken   +6 more
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The Status of Loggerhead, Caretta caretta; Kemp's Ridley, Lepidochelys kempi; and Green, Chelonia mydas, Sea Turtles in U.S. Waters: A Reconsideration [PDF]

, 1991
Assessing the status of widely distributed marine species can prove difficult because virtually every sampling technique has assumptions, limitations, and biases that affect the results of the study.
Byles, Richard, Dodd, Jr. , C. Kenneth
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