Satellite tracking in sea turtles: How do we find our way to the conservation dividends?

VF Jeffers, BJ Godley - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
As species of conservation concern, sea turtles have historically been difficult to study
because of their elusive nature and extensive ranges, but improvements in telemetry have …

A biologist's guide to assessing ocean currents: a review

S Fossette, NF Putman, KJ Lohmann, R Marsh… - Marine Ecology …, 2012 - int-res.com
We review how ocean currents are measured (in both Eulerian and Lagrangian
frameworks), how they are inferred from satellite observations, and how they are simulated …

Large‐scale movements and high‐use areas of western Pacific leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea

SR Benson, T Eguchi, DG Foley, KA Forney… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The western Pacific leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), one of three genetically
distinct stocks in the Indo‐Pacific region, has declined markedly during past decades. This …

Age and age estimation in sea turtles

L Avens, ML Snover - The biology of sea turtles, 2013 - books.google.com
While the specific life histories of different species and populations vary to some extent, sea
turtles typically are long-lived, slow-growing, and wide-ranging, occupying multiple habitats …

Leatherback turtle movements, dive behavior, and habitat characteristics in ecoregions of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

KL Dodge, B Galuardi, TJ Miller, ME Lutcavage - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, are highly migratory predators that feed
exclusively on gelatinous zooplankton, thus playing a unique role in coastal and pelagic …

[图书][B] The biology of 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 …

Fine-scale distribution of juvenile Atlantic and Mediterranean loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea

M Clusa, C Carreras, M Pascual, SJ Gaughran… - Marine biology, 2014 - Springer
Loggerhead turtles nesting in the Mediterranean Sea exhibit remarkable genetic structuring.
This paper tests the hypothesis that young loggerhead turtles from different rookeries do not …

Marine turtle threats in Uruguayan waters: insights from 12 years of stranding data

GM Vélez-Rubio, A Estrades, A Fallabrino, J Tomás - Marine Biology, 2013 - Springer
We present the first study conducted in a wide spatio-temporal scale on marine turtles
strandings (N= 1,107) over a 12-year period (1999–2010) in Uruguay. Five species were …

Life in the really slow lane: loggerhead sea turtles mature late relative to other reptiles

R Scott, R Marsh, GC Hays - Functional Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Age at maturity is hard to estimate for species that cannot be directly marked or observed
throughout their lives and yet is a key demographic parameter that is needed to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Categorización del estado de conservación de las tortugas de la República Argentina

WS Prado, T Waller, DA Albareda… - Cuadernos de …, 2012 - SciELO Argentina
Con la participación de nueve especialistas de diferentes instituciones de Argentina y
transcurridos más de 10 años desde la primera Lista Roja de la herpetofauna de la …