MR Heithaus - The biology of sea turtles, 2013 - books.google.com
Predator–prey interactions are critical in shaping behavior, ecology, population dynamics, and life histories and are central to community and ecosystem dynamics. Sea turtles …
J Wyneken, KJ Lohmann, JA Musick - 2013 - books.google.com
Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …
Movement ecology studies are essential to protect highly mobile threatened species such as the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. In …
M Gangal, AB Gafoor, E D'Souza, N Kelkar… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
After centuries of decline, green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations are showing handsome localized recoveries due to dedicated conservation efforts. This calls into question how …
We studied 2 seagrass beds in the Mexican Caribbean that were grazed by green turtles. Grazing impact was moderate at Puerto Morelos (< 20% of the area was grazed), whereas at …
PA Meylan, RF Hardy, JA Gray, AB Meylan - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
To understand the demographic responses of green turtles to seagrass decline, we examined a data set from study of a mixed-stock foraging aggregation of immature green …
SF Rivera, V Vasselon, K Ballorain, A Carpentier… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Sea turtles are distributed in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide. They play several ecological roles and are considered important indicators of the health of marine ecosystems …
Feeding ecology of green turtles was investigated between January 2005 and April 2008 at Arvoredo Reserve, Brazil (27° 17′ S, 48° 18′ W). Data were obtained through the …
Historical declines of marine megaherbivores have led to a view of seagrass communities structured largely by abiotic disturbance and plant competition. There is, however, growing …