The diversity of tropical marine organisms has not been studied as intensively as the
terrestrial biota worldwide. Additionally, marine biodiversity research in the tropics lags …

Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the
evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles …

Hatching success in olive ridley mass nesting arribada beaches is typically low. We
conducted a short study to understand whether incubation temperature in dry months …

Nest protection through egg relocation from natural nests into protected hatcheries is a
common practice used at rookeries around the world to increase hatchling recruitment into …

We used data collected by an observer program to assess the impact of the Costa Rican
longline fishery on numbers, capture locations, seasonality and body sizes of silky sharks …

Abstract The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the predominant interannual pattern of
climate variability in the world and may become extreme approximately once every 20 years …

We measured sea turtle hatchling production on 16 sea turtle nesting beaches (219.6 km) in
Florida (USA) from 2002 to 2012. A standard protocol was used to sample 19701 …

The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), a species listed by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature as vulnerable, is characterized by its mass-nesting …

Several studies have suggested that significant embryo mortality is caused by microbes,
while high microbial loads are generated by the decomposition of eggs broken by later …

Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) have two distinct mating systems: independent
(solitary) and synchronized and mass assemblages (arribadas). Arribada nesting beaches …