Possible decline in leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea nesting along the coast of Caribbean Central America

S Troëng, D Chacón, B Dick - Oryx, 2004 - cambridge.org
Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea nesting has declined on Pacific beaches and as a
result the species is considered Critically Endangered. Atlantic populations are, however …

Increase of a Caribbean leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea nesting population linked to long-term nest protection

DL Dutton, PH Dutton, M Chaloupka, RH Boulon - Biological Conservation, 2005 - Elsevier
The leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea is considered to be at serious risk of global
extinction, despite ongoing conservation efforts. Intensive long-term monitoring of a …

Nesting ecology and population trend of leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea at Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica

ML Rivas, C Fernández, A Marco - Oryx, 2016 - cambridge.org
The leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea, the only extant species in its family, is
categorized as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. The protection of nesting beaches and the …

[HTML][HTML] A long-term decline in the abundance of endangered leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at a foraging ground in the California Current Ecosystem

SR Benson, KA Forney, JE Moore, EL LaCasella… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pacific leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are critically endangered, and declines
have been documented at multiple nesting sites throughout the Pacific. The western Pacific …

Increased nesting, good survival and variable site fidelity for leatherback turtles in Florida, USA

KR Stewart, KJ Martin, C Johnson, N Desjardin… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite facing serious threats of extinction in the Eastern Pacific, the leatherback turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea) appears to be thriving in the Atlantic basin based on increasing nest …

Globally significant nesting of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Panama

J Patino-Martinez, A Marco, L Quiñones… - Biological Conservation, 2008 - Elsevier
We describe the results of extensive monitoring of leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
nesting in the Gulf of Uraba, Colombia and the Caribbean coast of southern Panama. On …

Reassessment of the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Nesting Population at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica: Effects of Conservation …

P Santidrián Tomillo, E Vélez… - Chelonian …, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
The number of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting at Parque Marino Las
Baulas declined precipitously in the 15 years that we monitored the population (1988–1989 …

Leatherback turtle nesting trends and threats at Tortuguero, Costa Rica

S Troëng, E Harrison, D Evans… - Chelonian …, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting activity was monitored, individual
movements via flipper tag recoveries and satellite telemetry were determined, and illegal …

Nesting Ecology of the Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica: 1988–1989 to 1999–2000

RD Reina, PA Mayor, JR Spotila, R Piedra… - Copeia, 2002 - meridian.allenpress.com
We collected data on nesting ecology and identified individual turtles that nested at Parque
Nacional Las Baulas, Costa Rica, one of the few remaining nesting sites for Pacific …

Long‐term decline of the western Pacific leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea: a globally important sea turtle population

RF Tapilatu, PH Dutton, M Tiwari, T Wibbels… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The leatherbacks nesting at Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Barat, Indonesia, account for
75% of the total leatherback nesting in the western Pacific and represent the last sizeable …