Fidelity and over-wintering of sea turtles

AC Broderick, MS Coyne, WJ Fuller… - … of the Royal …, 2007 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While fidelity to breeding sites is well demonstrated in marine turtles, emerging knowledge
of migratory routes and key foraging sites is of limited conservation value unless levels of …

Behaviour of leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, during the migratory cycle

MC James, RA Myers… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, undertake broad oceanic movements. While
satellite telemetry has been used to investigate the post-nesting behaviour of female turtles …

Adult migrations and habitat use

P Plotkin, PL Lutz, JA Musick… - The biology of sea …, 2002 - books.google.com
Adult sea turtles are among the largest living reptiles and the only reptiles that exhibit long-
distance migrations that rival those of terrestrial and avian vertebrates. Many details of these …

Satellite tracking of sea turtles: where have we been and where do we go next?

BJ Godley, JM Blumenthal, AC Broderick… - Endangered species …, 2008 - int-res.com
The use of satellite tracking for the fundamental and applied study of marine turtles began in
the 1980s but has undergone rapid growth in recent years. To provide a background against …

Ecology of loggerhead marine turtles Caretta caretta in a neritic foraging habitat: movements, sex ratios and growth rates

ALF Rees, D Margaritoulis, R Newman, TE Riggall… - Marine Biology, 2013 - Springer
Much is still to be learned about the spatial ecology of foraging marine turtles, especially for
juveniles and adult males which have received comparatively little attention. Additionally …

Overwintering behaviour in sea turtles: dormancy is optional

S Hochscheid, F Bentivegna, MN Bradai… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2007 - int-res.com
Thirteen loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta were released (10 from Naples, Italy, 2 from
Monastir, Tunisia, 1 from Gallipoli, South Italy) with satellite relay data loggers (SRDL) to …

Habitat utilization and migration in juvenile sea turtles

JA Musick, CJ Limpus - The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume I, 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Sea turtles are basically creatures that spend their entire lives in marine or estuarine
habitats. Their only remaining reptilian ties to terrestrial habitats are for nesting and …

First Atlantic satellite tracks of 'lost years' green turtles support the importance of the Sargasso Sea as a sea turtle nursery

KL Mansfield, J Wyneken, J Luo - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In-water behaviour and long-term movements of oceanic-stage juvenile sea turtles are not
well described or quantified. This is owing to technological or logistical limitations of tracking …

A review of long‐distance movements by marine turtles, and the possible role of ocean currents

P Luschi, GC Hays, F Papi - Oikos, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Sea turtle movements often occur in open‐sea unsheltered areas, and are therefore likely to
be influenced by major oceanographic processes. Only recently has work started to examine …

Post-nesting movements and submergence patterns of loggerhead marine turtles in the Mediterranean assessed by satellite tracking

BJ Godley, AC Broderick, F Glen, GC Hays - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2003 - Elsevier
Two female loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) were tracked, following nesting at Alagadi
Beach (35° 33′ N, 33° 47′ E), Northern Cyprus, eastern Mediterranean for 60 and 82 …