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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 Up to date 264 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been declared in the western Mediterranean Sea. The management plans of 25 of these MPAs include the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) as a priority species to protect.
Sara Abalo-Morla +12 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Loggerhead and green turtles inhabit all oceans except the polar regions. External surfaces of sea turtles are often colonized by epibiotic chelonibiid barnacles.
Hyun Kyong Kim +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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A Guide to Nesting Sea Turtles in Florida
EDIS, 2021 Florida’s coastline provides critical habitat for sea turtle nesting, as it has for millions of years. Throughout the state, three of the seven species of sea turtles in the world have significant nesting populations.
Analisa Duran +3 more
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Cayman Islands Sea Turtle Nesting Population Increases Over 22 Years of Monitoring
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Given differing trajectories of sea turtle populations worldwide, there is a need to assess and report long-term population trends and determine which conservation strategies are effective.
Janice M. Blumenthal +12 more
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Beyond fishing: loggerhead turtle impalement by swordfish
Marine and Fishery Sciences, 2022 Sea turtles are susceptible to a wide range of impacts. In Brazil, the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) is the main sea turtle species caught incidentally by longline fishing fleets that target the blue shark Prionace glauca (Linnaeus,
Fernando N. Fiedler +4 more
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Bycatch of Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Italian Adriatic Midwater Pair Trawl Fishery
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 Despite the fact that Mediterranean loggerhead turtles are listed as “Least Concern” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), they are among the most threatened marine megafauna worldwide, because of fishery-related incidental ...
Jacopo Pulcinella +6 more
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Interannual Differences for Sea Turtles Bycatch in Spanish Longliners from Western Mediterranean Sea
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 Recent studies showed that regional abundance of loggerhead and leatherback turtles could oscillate interannually according to oceanographic and climatic conditions. The Western Mediterranean is an important fishing area for the Spanish drifting longline
José C. Báez +3 more
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Diatom Diversity on the Skin of Frozen Historic Loggerhead Sea Turtle Specimens
Diversity, 2020 In recent years, biofilm-forming diatoms have received increased attention as sea turtle epibionts. However, most of the research has focused on carapace-associated taxa and communities, while less is known about diatoms growing on sea turtle skin.
Lucija Kanjer +5 more
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Zoodiversity, 2021 A rare live record of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) is reported from the Dzharylgach Gulf in the north-western Black Sea. This is the first record from Ukrainian waters since 1962 and the northernmost record of the species in
O. Zinenko +3 more
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