Environmental policies, including the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive
(MSFD), generally rely on the measurement of indicators to assess the good environmental …

Monitoring how populations respond to sustained conservation measures is essential to
detect changes in their population status and determine the effectiveness of any …

The Northwest Atlantic (NWA) leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) subpopulation was
recently classified as endangered. It nests in the Wider Caribbean Region and includes five …

For decades sea turtle projects around the world have monitored nesting females using
labor-intensive human patrolling techniques. Here we describe the first empirical testing of a …

Knowledge of sea turtle demographic rates is central to modeling their population dynamics,
but few studies have quantitatively synthesized existing data globally. Here, we used a …

Abstract Changes in marine ecosystems from human stressors, and concerns over how
species will respond to these changes have emphasized the importance of understanding …

Population size estimates are key parameters used in assessments to evaluate and
determine a species' conservation status. Typically, sea turtle population estimates are …

Sea turtle biologists have made sustained efforts to understand the global status of
leatherback sea turtle populations. However, despite progress in assessments …

Kyparissia Bay, Greece, currently hosts the largest Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)
nesting aggregation in the Mediterranean Sea. We set out to determine the clutch frequency …

Redd surveys estimate spawning population size for many salmonid species. Studies of field‐
based redd counting methods highlight observer bias caused by redd density, observer …