Eastern Canada hosts one of the largest seasonal aggregations of leatherback turtles
(Dermochelys coriacea) in the Atlantic Ocean, and is considered critical foraging habitat …

HEAD SEA TURTLES (CARETTA CARETTA) EMERGING FROM THE SEA.-Although the
popular press continues to hold the view that the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, is a …

Time-depth recorders were deployed on immature hawksbill turtles at the southwestern
reefs of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, to examine patterns of diving behavior. Diving profiles of …

Marine animals spend most of their life in the ocean away from shore, which makes it difficult
to obtain direct observations of their behavior. Recently modern technologies have allowed …

We attached radio (VHF) and satellite (UHF) transmitters (Telonics, Inc. models MOD-400,
ST-3, and ST-6) to reproductively active female (n= 22) and male (n= 11) olive ridley turtles …

Heart rates and diving behavior of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) were
monitored at sea during the internesting interval. Instruments that recorded the …

The metabolic rate and activity of sea turtles generally decreases with decreasing seasonal
ambient temperature. Juvenile loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean Sea made …

Sea turtles were initially considered tropical or subtropical species, but increasing reports in
northern waters began to raise suspicions that these were not merely accidental sightings …

Interactions with fisheries are believed to be a major cause of mortality for adult leatherback
turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), which is of particular concern in the Pacific Ocean, where …

The dive behaviour undertaken by gravid green turtles, Chelonia mydas, during a part of
their inter-nesting period (11-14 d) while offshore from Raine Island, was investigated. Five …