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Home range and habitat use by Kemp's Ridley turtles in West-Central Florida [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) is an endangered species whose recovery depends in part on the identification and protection of required habitats.
Bjorndal, Karen A.   +5 more
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Preliminary data on the occurrence of marine turtles in the Laje de Santos Marine State Park (SP, Brazil)

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Oceanography
Although marine turtles have always been observed by divers, there are few scientific works on marine turtles in the Laje de Santos Marine State Park (PEMLS). Diurnal (bimonthly) and nocturnal (biannual) surveys were conducted between 2013 and 2015 for a
Ana Carolina Luchetta   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change and marine turtles [PDF]

open access: yesEndangered Species Research, 2009
Marine turtles occupy a wide range of terrestrial and marine habitats, and many aspects of their life history have been demonstrated to be closely tied to climatic variables such as ambient temperature and storminess. As a group, therefore, marine turtles may be good indicators of climate change effects on coastal and marine habitats. Despite the small
LA Hawkes   +3 more
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Fibropapillomatosis of marine turtles

open access: yesAnnual Review of Fish Diseases, 1994
Abstract Cutaneous fibropapillomatosis in green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas (GTFP), was first reported over 50 years ago. In the last decade, GTFP has emerged as a significant worldwide epizootic with prevalences as high as 92% in some green turtle populations.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Comparative and Experimental Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA ( host institution )   +1 more
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A giant chelonioid turtle from the late Cretaceous of Morocco with a suction feeding apparatus unique among tetrapods.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundSecondary adaptation to aquatic life occurred independently in several amniote lineages, including reptiles during the Mesozoic and mammals during the Cenozoic.
Nathalie Bardet   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prionochelys matutina Zangerl, 1953 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the United States and the evolution of epithecal ossifications in marine turtles [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2018
Background Many neritic to nearshore species of marine adapted turtle from the Late Cretaceous of North America are thought to represent the stem lineage of Cheloniidae but due to fragmentary holotypes, low total specimen counts, and resultantly ...
Andrew D. Gentry
doaj   +2 more sources

Identification of Marine Turtles

open access: yes, 2022
{"references": ["fisheries.noaa.gov", "ICUNredlist.org"]}
openaire   +1 more source

Development of a Humane Slaughter Device for Green Turtles for Use by Traditional Owners in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Marine turtles are caught and slaughtered for consumption as part of traditional indigenous community harvest in Australia as well as in many countries in which marine turtles can be found.
Mark Flint   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Satellite Tracking of Post-nesting Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) From Ras Baridi, Red Sea

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Identifying migratory pathways and linking nesting sites to foraging areas is essential for effective conservation management of migratory species, such as marine turtles. Post-nesting marine turtles disperse from their nesting sites to multiple foraging
Ahmed M. Al-Mansi   +7 more
doaj   +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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