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Assessing Light Pollution Exposure for the Most Important Sea Turtle Nesting Area in the Mediterranean Region

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is impacting sea turtle nesting around the globe by decreasing the nesting attempts, disorienting the sea turtle hatchlings while trying to find the sea, and disrupting hatchlings’ offshore migration. In the Mediterranean
Nikolaos Simantiris, Martha Z. Vardaki, Charalampos Dimitriadis, Onteta Netzipi, George Malaperdas   +4 more
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Uncertain future for global sea turtle populations in face of sea level rise

Scientific Reports, 2023
Sea level rise has accelerated during recent decades, exceeding rates recorded during the previous two millennia, and as a result many coastal habitats and species around the globe are being impacted.
Marga L. Rivas, Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero, Nicole Esteban, Antonio J. Carpio, Barbara Barrera-Vilarmau, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes, Katharine Robertson, Julia Azanza, Yolanda León, Zaida Ortega   +9 more
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Immunity in Sea Turtles: Review of a Host-Pathogen Arms Race Millions of Years in the Running

Animals, 2023
The immune system of sea turtles is not completely understood. Sea turtles (as reptiles) bridge a unique evolutionary gap, being ectothermic vertebrates like fish and amphibians and amniotes like birds and mammals.
Alana Nash, Elizabeth J. Ryan
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Toxicological estimation of mortality of oceanic sea turtles oiled during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Endangered Species Research, 2017
Using multiple lines of evidence, we estimated the mortality of oceanic sea turtles that were minimally to moderately oiled by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Using estimates of the oil ingested by oceanic sea turtles
Mitchelmore, CL, Bishop, CA, Collier, TK
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Status, Trends, and Potentials of Turtle Conservation in Bali: A Mini Review

Jurnal Medik Veteriner, 2021
Sea turtles in Bali has been exploited excessively, which caused decrease in population, and this issue has placed sea turtles threatened to extinction.
Yesha Ainesis El Gracianita Pelupessy, Putu Angga Wiradana, I Wayan Rosiana, I Gede Widhiantara   +3 more
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Multi-Injection Pharmacokinetics of Meloxicam in Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and Green (Chelonia mydas) Sea Turtles after Subcutaneous Administration

Animals, 2021
The objective of this study was to determine the pharmacokinetics and safety of multiple injections of meloxicam (MLX) administered subcutaneously (SQ) in Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles. Based on results from a
Terry M. Norton, Tonya Clauss, Rachel Overmeyer, Stephanie Stowell, Michelle Kaylor, Sherry Cox   +5 more
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Protected species aerial survey data collection and analysis in waters underlying the R-5306A airspace: final report submitted to US Marine Corps, MCAS Cherry Point [PDF]

, 2007
To be in compliance with the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the United States Department of the Navy is required to assess the potential environmental impacts of conducting at-sea training operations on sea turtles and ...
Braun-McNeill, Joanne, Davenport, Erik, Goodman, M. April, Hohn, Aleta A.   +3 more
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Estimating sea turtle exposures to Deepwater Horizon oil

Endangered Species Research, 2017
The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was unprecedented in extent and duration, and affected marine natural resources, including sea turtles, throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Wallace, BP, Stacy, BA, Rissing, M, Cacela, D, Garrison, LP, Graettinger, GD, Holmes, JV, McDonald, T, McLamb, D, Schroeder, B   +9 more
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Sea Turtle Observations at Explosive Removals of Energy Structures [PDF]

, 1994
Observers were placed at offshore sites to monitor and protect sea turtles during explosive removals of oil and gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas.
Gitschlag, Gregg R., Herczeg, Bryan A.
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A citizen science approach to studying injury and mortality patterns of sea turtles in the Egyptian Red Sea

Endangered Species Research
Studies of the injury and mortality patterns of sea turtles are vital to understanding what is needed for threatened and endangered species to recover. The objective of this research was to use citizen science sourced data to study the anthropogenic and ...
O Attum, L El Sayed Aly, A Ghallab, I El-Sadek, N Eschner, A Fouad, NH Ahmed   +6 more
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