Lipid metabolism is central to understanding whole‐animal energetics. Reptiles store most
excess energy in lipid form, mobilise those lipids when needed to meet energetic demands …

Female sea turtles have rarely been observed foraging during the nesting season. This
suggests that prior to their migration to nesting beaches the females must store sufficient …

Of the seven sea turtle species, the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea) exhibits the lowest and most variable nest success (ie, hatching …

Organisms compensate for reproduction costs through two major strategies: capital breeders
store body reserves before reproduction and do not feed during the breeding season …

Abstract Background In 2015, Brazil had its most notorious ecological disaster due to an iron
mine dam collapse. It was considered the world's largest environmental disaster associated …

Plasma chemistry is widely used in diagnostic and research settings in sea turtles. However,
plasma discolorations such as hemolysis are often not considered in data interpretation. The …

Baseline hematologic and plasma biochemical analytes provide insight into wildlife health.
In recent years, blood analytes have been used to infer foraging strategies and nutritional …

Serum protein concentrations provide insight into the nutritional and immune status of
organisms. It has been suggested that some marine turtles are capital breeders that fast …

Because of their vulnerable population status, assessing exposure levels and impacts of
toxins on the health status of Gulf of Mexico marine turtle populations is critical. From 2011 to …

Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are hypothesized to be capital breeders,
whereby they forage little to none during the nesting season. The capital breeding …