Microplastic ingestion ubiquitous in marine turtles. [PDF]
Glob Chang Biol, 2019 Despite concerns regarding the environmental impacts of microplastics, knowledge of the incidence and levels of synthetic particles in large marine vertebrates is lacking.
Duncan EM +12 more
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To eat or not to eat? Debris selectivity by marine turtles.
PLoS ONE, 2012 Marine debris is a growing problem for wildlife, and has been documented to affect more than 267 species worldwide. We investigated the prevalence of marine debris ingestion in 115 sea turtles stranded in Queensland between 2006-2011, and assessed how ...
Qamar Schuyler +3 more
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Rehabilitation of Marine Turtles and Welfare Improvement by Application of Environmental Enrichment Strategies. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2022 Simple Summary Sea turtles are vital members of the marine ecosystem since they contribute to keeping balance in such environments. Unfortunately, they are endangered species whose absence may be detrimental.
Escobedo-Bonilla CM +2 more
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Drivers of realized satellite tracking duration in marine turtles. [PDF]
Mov Ecol, 2021 Satellite tags have revolutionized our understanding of marine animal movements. However, tags may stop transmitting for many reasons and little research has rigorously examined tag failure.
Hart KM, Guzy JC, Smith BJ.
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Species and population specific gene expression in blood transcriptomes of marine turtles. [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2021 Transcriptomic data has demonstrated utility to advance the study of physiological diversity and organisms’ responses to environmental stressors. However, a lack of genomic resources and challenges associated with collecting high-quality RNA can limit ...
Banerjee SM +24 more
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Marine turtles are only minimally sexually size dimorphic, a pattern that is distinct from most nonmarine aquatic turtles [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Turtles have been prominent subjects of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) analyses due to their compact taxonomy, mating systems, and habitat diversity. In prior studies, marine turtles were grouped with fully aquatic non‐marine turtles (NMATs).
Christine Figgener +2 more
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Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile ScienceMarine turtles are vital to marine ecosystems, serving as indicators of ocean health and contributing to the ecological balance of marine habitats (Aguirre and Lutz, 2004). However, the Anthropocene has introduced a multitude of human-induced stressors on natural systems, necessitating innovative solutions to mitigate these impacts (Davenport, 2024 ...
Hector Barrios-Garrido +9 more
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Lifespan estimation in marine turtles using genomic promoter CpG density. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Maximum lifespan for most animal species is difficult to define. This is challenging for wildlife management as it is critical for estimating important aspects of population biology such as mortality rate, population viability, and period of reproductive
Mayne B, Tucker AD, Berry O, Jarman S.
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Prevalence and phenotypic characterization of Salmonella enterica isolates from three species of wild marine turtles in Grenada, West Indies [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2021 Background and Aim: Salmonella enterica causes enteric disease in mammals and may potentially be transmitted from marine turtles that shed the pathogen in the environment.
Jonnel J. Edwards +11 more
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The role of selection in the evolution of marine turtles mitogenomes. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Sea turtles are the only extant chelonian representatives that inhabit the marine environment. One key to successful colonization of this habitat is the adaptation to different energetic demands. Such energetic requirement is intrinsically related to the
Ramos EKDS, Freitas L, Nery MF.
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