Satellite tracking of rehabilitated sea turtles suggests a high rate of short-term survival following release

DP Robinson, K Hyland, G Beukes, A Vettan… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The rehabilitation of wildlife can contribute directly to the conservation of threatened species
by helping to maintain wild populations. This study focused on determining the post …

A Systematic Review of Population Monitoring Studies of Sea Turtles and Its Application to Conservation

H Hendrix, S Pérez-Espona - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Sea turtles are keystone species in marine environments due to their essential role as
seagrass grazers and population regulation of jellyfish and sponges in coral reefs. However …

A summary of sea turtles released from rescue and rehabilitation programs in the United States, with observations on re-encounters

CJ Innis, S Finn, A Kennedy… - Chelonian …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
A survey of sea turtle rehabilitation facilities in the United States revealed that 34 facilities
released 11,417 sea turtles through 2016. The number of turtles released per time period …

Satellite tagging of rehabilitated green sea turtles Chelonia mydas from the United Arab Emirates, including the longest tracked journey for the species

DP Robinson, RW Jabado, CA Rohner, SJ Pierce… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
We collected movement data for eight rehabilitated and satellite-tagged green sea turtles
Chelonia mydas released off the United Arab Emirates between 2005 and 2013 …

Climate change on sea currents is not expected to alter contemporary migration routes of loggerhead sea turtles

P Petsas, M Tzivanopoulou, A Doxa, SF Sailley… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
For marine species, traveling with the current potentially reduces energetic costs. Still, the
extent to which organisms adjust routes to follow current flow remains an open question …

Sea turtle rehabilitation success increases with body size and differs among species

L Baker, W Edwards, DA Pike - Endangered species research, 2015 - int-res.com
Wildlife rehabilitation can contribute to species conservation by releasing healthy individuals
back into the wild and educating the public about threatening processes. Rehabilitation has …

Rehabilitated sea turtles tend to resume typical migratory behaviors: satellite tracking juvenile loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley turtles in the northeastern USA

NJ Robinson, K Deguzman… - Endangered Species …, 2020 - int-res.com
Wildlife rehabilitation programs are widely employed for many endangered marine species
and can serve as engaging platforms for environmental outreach. However, their …

First spatial distribution analysis of male sea turtles in the southern Gulf of Mexico

E Cuevas, NF Putman, A Uribe-Martínez… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the Gulf of Mexico, the bulk of published studies for sea turtles have focused on northern
(United States) waters where economic resources are centered, with fewer studies in the …

Survival and dispersal routes of head-started loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) post-hatchlings in the Mediterranean Sea

S Abalo-Morla, A Marco, J Tomás, O Revuelta, E Abella… - Marine Biology, 2018 - Springer
Several loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting events have been recorded along
Spain's Mediterranean coast, outside its known nesting range, in recent years. In view of the …

Satellite tracking identifies important foraging areas for loggerhead turtles frequenting the Adriatic Sea, Central Mediterranean

R Mencacci, L Aiudi, V Angelini, P Casale… - Mediterranean Marine …, 2023 - arpi.unipi.it
The Adriatic Sea is one of the main foraging areas for marine turtles of the Mediterranean
Sea, but the specific high-use sites are poorly known, due to the scarceness of satellite …