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Persepsi Wisatawan Mengenai Kawasan Konservasi Penyu Perairan Kota Pariaman Provinsi Sumatra Barat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Tourism in Pariaman City this year to year continue to increase because of local city government in the effort of development of tourism sector, Pariaman City has a sloping beach with beautiful charm, now tourist resort has been fixed by the government ...
Sidiq, S. S. (Siti)   +1 more
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Programmed unmanned aerial vehicles show great potential for monitoring marine megafauna in specific areas of interest

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Targeted conservation measures are contingent on robust knowledge of spatio‐temporal animal distribution in areas of interest. We explore unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) transect monitoring as a novel method for standardized digital aerial surveys of marine megafauna by investigating the fine‐resolution spatio‐temporal distribution of harbour porpoises ...
Dinah Hartmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strandings of cetaceans and sea turtles in the Alboran Sea and Strait of Gibraltar: a long–term glimpse at the north coast (Spain) and the south coast (Morocco)

open access: yesAnimal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011
A total of 13 species of cetaceans and three species of marine turtles were found in this study. Data were collected by eight independent and self–regulated stranding networks, providing information about 1,198 marine mammal (10 odontocetii, three ...
E. Rojo–Nieto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Impact of Polystyrene Microplastic Beads on Male Gonads of the Marine Mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plastic, with its remarkable versatility and numerous applications, has greatly benefited humanity. However, its extreme resistance to natural degradation means it persists in the environment for long periods, causing global environmental problems.
Teresa Chianese   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of Large Whale Distributions: A Comparison of Presence–Absence and Presence-Only Modeling Techniques

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2018
Species distribution models that predict species occurrence or density by quantifying relationships with environmental variables are used for a variety of scientific investigations and management applications. For endangered species, such as large whales,
Paul C. Fiedler   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amphibians and Reptiles of United States Department of Defense Installations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) occupies approximately 10.1 million ha of land within the U.S. spanning most ecosystems contained therein. To date, no comprehensive agency-wide inventory of amphibian and reptile species has been compiled.
Lovich, Robert E.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Hunting and fishing harvest data collection: a horizon scanning exercise from the French context

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Legal and societal moves increasingly lead leisure hunting and fishing practitioners to record their harvest. The total number of individuals harvested per population per year is the minimum required information to feed into demographic models and allow science‐based management. Some few schemes record more detailed data, hence allowing better‐informed
Matthieu Guillemain   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seroepidemiological studies of herpesvirus-associated diseases of marine turtles: Fibropapillomatosis and lung-eye-trachea disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
We have developed immunological tests that can identify marine turtles in Florida (green and loggerhead) that have been exposed to the LETV herpesvirus.
Jacobson, Elliott, Klein, Paul A.
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Hearing in the Juvenile Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas): A Comparison of Underwater and Aerial Hearing Using Auditory Evoked Potentials

open access: yes, 2016
Sea turtles spend much of their life in aquatic environments, but critical portions of their life cycle, such as nesting and hatching, occur in terrestrial environments, suggesting that it may be important for them to detect sounds in both air and water.
Eckert, Scott A.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Marine debris ingestion by sea turtles (Testudines) on the Brazilian coast: an underestimated threat? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Assessment of marine debris ingestion by sea turtles is important, especially to ensure their survival. From January to December 2011, 23 specimens of five species of sea turtleswere found dead or dying after being rehabilitated ...
Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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