Female leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea; hereafter referred to as
leatherbacks) nesting on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands in the spring lay 5–6 clutches …

The leatherback sea turtle (hereafter referred to as LB), which is monotypic in the family
Dermochelyidae, is morphologically and physiologically distinct from other six extant sea …

It is generally assumed that leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), like other species of
sea turtle, do not feed while offshore from nesting beaches, and rely instead on fat reserves …

Swim speed, dive behavior and movements were recorded for seven female leatherback
sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea Vandelli 1761) during a single internesting interval near …

In an investigation to provide information on the diving patterns of leatherback sea turtles
during their internesting interval, two leatherbacks were fitted with time-depth recording …

The dive behavior of gravid leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) was studied during
the internesting interval in two western Pacific nesting regions: Papua Barat, Indonesia, and …

Leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, are highly migratory predators that feed
exclusively on gelatinous zooplankton, thus playing a unique role in coastal and pelagic …

Leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, undertake broad oceanic movements while
traveling between breeding and foraging areas. While satellite telemetry has been used to …

We used Satellite Relay Data Loggers to obtain the first dive profiles for critically
endangered leatherback turtles outside the nesting season. As individuals moved from the …

Diel diving patterns have been widely documented among plankton-feeding marine
vertebrates. In many cases, these patterns have been interpreted as a response to the diel …