Assessing climate change associated sea‐level rise impacts on sea turtle nesting beaches using drones, photogrammetry and a novel GPS system

MR Varela, AR Patrício, K Anderson… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change associated sea‐level rise (SLR) is expected to have profound impacts on
coastal areas, affecting many species, including sea turtles which depend on these habitats …

Uncertain future for global sea turtle populations in face of sea level rise

ML Rivas, E Rodríguez-Caballero, N Esteban… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Sea level rise has accelerated during recent decades, exceeding rates recorded during the
previous two millennia, and as a result many coastal habitats and species around the globe …

Employing sea-level rise scenarios to strategically select sea turtle nesting habitat important for long-term management at a temperate breeding area

KA Katselidis, G Schofield, G Stamou… - Journal of experimental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Management strategies to protect endangered species primarily focus on safeguarding
habitats currently perceived as important (due to high-density use, rarity or contribution to …

Do costal erosion and urban development threat loggerhead sea turtle nesting? Implications for sandy beach management

LL Costa, EMR Bulhões, JPA Caetano… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nest beach selection by sea turtles at a regional scale may depend on upper shore
environmental cues. Thus, the variability of sandy beach conditions, including coastal …

Predicting the impacts of sea level rise in sea turtle nesting habitat on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

CA Veelenturf, EM Sinclair, FV Paladino, S Honarvar - Plos One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Sea level is expected to rise 44 to 74 cm by the year 2100, which may have critical,
previously un-investigated implications for sea turtle nesting habitat on Bioko Island …

[HTML][HTML] Going west: Range expansion for loggerhead sea turtles in the Mediterranean Sea under climate change

C Mancino, D Canestrelli, L Maiorano - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Global changes represent possibly the greatest threat to the future of biodiversity, and this is
especially true for species using very different habitats during their life cycle. The problem is …

COVID‐19 disruption reveals mass‐tourism pressure on nearshore sea turtle distributions and access to optimal breeding habitat

G Schofield, LCD Dickson, L Westover… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the extent to which animals detect and respond to human presence allows us to
identify pressure (disturbance) and inform conservation management objectively; however …

Quantifying the impacts of future sea level rise on nesting sea turtles in the southeastern United States

MP Lyons, B von Holle, MA Caffrey… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sandy beaches, a necessary habitat for nesting sea turtles, are increasingly under threat as
they become squeezed between human infrastructure and shorelines that are changing as a …

[HTML][HTML] Colonization of new nesting areas could provide climate refuge to loggerhead turtles under climate change

PS Tomillo, F Pujol, G Félix, V Núñez-Reyes… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change can impact regional and global biodiversity for multiple reasons. In sea
turtles, changes in local climate at nesting beaches can affect egg and hatchling survival …

Potential adaptability of marine turtles to climate change may be hindered by coastal development in the USA

MMPB Fuentes, AJ Allstadt, SA Ceriani… - Regional Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Marine turtles may respond to projected climatic changes by shifting their nesting range to
climatically suitable areas, which may result in either increased exposure to threats or fewer …