Mediterranean sea turtles: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research

P Casale, AC Broderick, JA Camiñas… - Endangered species …, 2018 - int-res.com
The available information regarding the 2 sea turtle species breeding in the Mediterranean
(loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta and green turtle Chelonia mydas) is reviewed, including …

Satellite tracking of sea turtles: where have we been and where do we go next?

BJ Godley, JM Blumenthal, AC Broderick… - Endangered species …, 2008 - int-res.com
The use of satellite tracking for the fundamental and applied study of marine turtles began in
the 1980s but has undergone rapid growth in recent years. To provide a background against …

[HTML][HTML] Nesting range expansion of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean: Phenology, spatial distribution, and conservation implications

S Hochscheid, F Maffucci, E Abella, MN Bradai… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is affecting habitat quality and availability on our planet and some species
are predicted or are by now changing their distribution range. Here we show that …

Massive consumption of gelatinous plankton by Mediterranean apex predators

L Cardona, I Álvarez de Quevedo, A Borrell, A Aguilar - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen were used to test the hypothesis that stomach
content analysis has systematically overlooked the consumption of gelatinous zooplankton …

Vulnerability of marine turtles to climate change

ES Poloczanska, CJ Limpus, GC Hays - Advances in marine biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Marine turtles are generally viewed as vulnerable to climate change because of the role that
temperature plays in the sex determination of embryos, their long life history, long age-to …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing accuracy and utility of satellite-tracking data using Argos-linked Fastloc-GPS

MJ Witt, S Åkesson, AC Broderick, MS Coyne… - Animal …, 2010 - seaturtle.org
Since the 1980s, the Argos System operated by CLS Argos (http://www. argos-system. org)
has become a dominant system for following large-scale movements of vertebrate species in …

Genetic structuring of immature loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea reflects water circulation patterns

C Carreras, S Pont, F Maffucci, M Pascual, A Barcelo… - Marine Biology, 2006 - Springer
The analysis of mitochondrial DNA in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from eight
foraging grounds in the Mediterranean and the adjoining Atlantic revealed deep genetic …

Bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles: insights from 14 years of stranding data

J Tomás, P Gozalbes, JA Raga, BJ Godley - Endangered Species …, 2008 - int-res.com
We present a detailed analysis of sea turtle strandings (n= 619) over a 14 yr period (1993 to
2006) from the Valencian Community (eastern Spain). Loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta …

Oceanographic habitat of an endangered Mediterranean procellariiform: implications for marine protected areas

M Louzao, KD Hyrenbach, JM Arcos… - Ecological …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Marine protected areas (MPAs) require ecologically meaningful designs capable of taking
into account the particularities of the species under consideration, the dynamic nature of the …

Revisiting the ontogenetic shift paradigm: the case of juvenile green turtles in the SW Atlantic

VG Carman, V Falabella, S Maxwell, D Albareda… - Journal of Experimental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is a subcosmopolitan species found in tropical and
temperate latitudes. The best knowledge on its behavior described an abrupt and …