Some marine species have been shown to target foraging at particular hotspots of high prey
abundance. However, we show here that in the year after a nesting season, female …

Incidental capture in fisheries threatens many marine vertebrates, however, conservation
cannot be effective without identifying major sources of mortality. For the critically …

Three Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii, Garman) sea turtles were tracked with satellite
and radio/sonic telemetry from release points along the Georgia coast beginning in October …

Changes in the behavior of individual animals in response to environmental characteristics
can provide important information about habitat preference, as well as the relative risk that …

Marine megafauna tend to migrate vast distances, often crossing national borders and pose
a significant challenge to managers. This challenge is particularly acute in the Pacific, which …

Previous studies have shown that the world's largest reptile–the leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea–conducts flexible foraging migrations that can cover thousands of …

From 1998–2005, we collected 851 geo-referenced records of leatherback turtles,
Dermochelys coriacea, from a volunteer network of commercial fishers and tour boat …

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 …

Four post-nesting hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Barbados were fitted with
satellite transmitters during the 1998 nesting season as part of a Caribbean-wide hawksbill …

Sea turtle populations worldwide suffer from reduced survival of immatures and adults due
to fishery bycatch. Unfortunately, information about the whereabouts of turtles outside the …