Improving in-water estimates of marine turtle abundance by adjusting aerial survey counts for perception and availability biases

M Fuentes, I Bell, R Hagihara, M Hamann… - … of Experimental Marine …, 2015 - Elsevier
… In contrast, aerial surveys of marine turtles have only recently addressed availability bias by
… , no marine turtle aerial surveys have quantified both perception bias and availability bias or …

Correcting for heterogeneous availability bias in surveys of long-diving marine turtles

JA Thomson, AB Cooper, DA Burkholder… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
… Here, we present a case study focusing on marine turtles on a … for green turtles (Chelonia
mydas) and loggerhead turtles (… We concluded that this variation could confound or bias

Estimating the complex patterns of survey availability for loggerhead turtles

JM Hatch, HL Haas, CR Sasso, SH Patel… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
availability in other marine or terrestrial animals. We recommend that our estimated availability
bias metrics for loggerhead turtles … that estimate availability of loggerhead turtles to visual …

Heterogeneous patterns of availability for detection during visual surveys: spatiotemporal variation in sea turtle dive–surfacing behaviour on a feeding ground

JA Thomson, AB Cooper, DA Burkholder… - Methods in Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… bodied diving taxa (eg marine mammals and marine turtles), a … ‘availability bias’ in abundance
indices. Information on dive–surfacing patterns can improve corrections for availability bias

Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions

AR Patrício, LA Hawkes, JR Monsinjon… - Endangered Species …, 2021 - int-res.com
… most recent literature on climate change impacts on marine turtles, providing an update since
a … tions between food availability and the somatic growth of marine turtles is a considerable …

Bias in sea turtle productivity estimates: Error and factors involved

SA Ceriani, B Brost, AB Meylan, PA Meylan, P Casale - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
… used to determine sea turtle productivity (count of shell fragments > 50% of the egg size)
using a large dataset (n = 8539) of actual and estimated clutch sizes of four sea turtle species (…

Addressing tagging location bias to assess space use by marine animals

GC Hays, A Rattray, N Esteban - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… For illustrative purposes, we selected one fish, one marine mammal and one sea turtle to show
the … We use satellite tracking results for green sea turtles Chelonia mydas equipped while …

[HTML][HTML] Global trends in sea turtle research and conservation: Using symposium abstracts to assess past biases and future opportunities

NJ Robinson, J Aguzzi, S Arias, C Gatto… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
… While many of these efforts are driven by local conservation needs, individual research
interests, and availability of funding and human resources, this study provided a global …

One beach amongst many: how weak fidelity to a focal nesting site can bias demographic rates in marine turtles

JB Pfaller, SM Weaver, KL Williams, MG Dodd… - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
… At the focal site in this study, the factors that biased estimates of clutch frequency (ie, missed
intra-seasonal clutches) and breeding frequency (ie, missed breeding seasons) combine to …

Vulnerability of marine turtles to climate change

ES Poloczanska, CJ Limpus, GC Hays - Advances in marine biology, 2009 - Elsevier
… to impact turtles through changes in food availability. The … marine turtle populations to past
climatic change and the potential for adaptation to projected climate change by marine turtle