Satellite tracking reveals a dichotomy in migration strategies among juvenile loggerhead turtles in the Northwest Atlantic

KL Mansfield, VS Saba, JA Keinath, JA Musick - Marine Biology, 2009 - Springer
Few data are available on the movements and behavior of immature Atlantic loggerhead
sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from their seasonal neritic foraging grounds within the western …

First satellite tracks of South Atlantic sea turtle 'lost years': seasonal variation in trans-equatorial movement

KL Mansfield, ML Mendilaharsu… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the South Atlantic Ocean, few data exist regarding the dispersal of young oceanic sea
turtles. We characterized the movements of laboratory-reared yearling loggerhead turtles …

Meta-analysis of movements in Atlantic leatherback turtles during the nesting season: conservation implications

JY Georges, S Fossette, A Billes, S Ferraroli… - Marine Ecology …, 2007 - int-res.com
Despite decades of conservation efforts on the nesting beaches, the critical status of
leatherback turtles shows that their survival predominantly depends on our ability to reduce …

Beach Use, Internesting Movement, and Migration of Leatherback Turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, Nesting on the North Coast of Papua New Guinea

SR Benson, KM Kisokau, L Ambio… - Chelonian …, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
Internesting and migratory movements of female leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)
from Kamiali Wildlife Management Area were tracked by satellite telemetry during the 2001 …

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 …

Tracking leatherback turtles from the world's largest rookery: assessing threats across the South Atlantic

MJ Witt, E Augowet Bonguno… - … of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite extensive work carried out on leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the
North Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, very little is known of the at-sea distribution of this species in …

Migration cues and timing in leatherback sea turtles

SA Sherrill-Mix, MC James, RA Myers - Behavioral Ecology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Atlantic leatherback sea turtles migrate annually from foraging grounds off eastern Canada
and the northeastern United States to southern foraging and breeding areas. Using Cox's …

Large‐scale movements and high‐use areas of western Pacific leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea

SR Benson, T Eguchi, DG Foley, KA Forney… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The western Pacific leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), one of three genetically
distinct stocks in the Indo‐Pacific region, has declined markedly during past decades. This …

Post-Nesting Migrations of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Jamursba-Medi, Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia

SR Benson, PH Dutton, C Hitipeuw… - Chelonian …, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
Nine leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) were tracked for 111–695 days via satellite
telemetry from one of the largest remaining western Pacific leatherback turtle nesting …

Oceanic habits and habitats

KL Mansfield, NF Putman - Biology of sea turtles, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Like other cheloniid sea turtle species, loggerheads (Caretta caretta) are long-lived, late-
maturing animals. Loggerheads spend the majority of their lives in a marine environment …