Context Migratory species are known to pose a challenge for conservation because it is
essential to understand their complex life history in order to implement efficient conservation …

In this study we assessed the breeding population, or Management Unit (MU), origin of
green turtles (Chelonia mydas) present at Yadua Island and Makogai Island foraging …

A solid understanding of the spatial ecology of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) is
fundamental to their effective conservation. Yet this species, like many marine migratory …

Migratory marine species present challenges for conservation because of complex threats
within their pelagic dispersal zones, including coastal foraging areas and extensive …

Migratory marine animals have long puzzled researchers who try to monitor and understand
their complex life history. Having various stages of their lifecycle separated by large …

The green turtle Chelonia mydas undertakes wide-ranging migrations between feeding and
nesting sites, resulting in mixing and isolation of genetic stocks. We used mtDNA control …

An understanding of population dynamics is needed to assess the viability of migratory
species. Monitoring of marine turtles at foraging grounds may detect changes in population …

To examine the stock composition of Hawaiian foraging populations and evaluate current
life-history hypotheses, mtDNA control region sequences from immature and adult green …

Genetic structure and natal origins of green turtle mixed stocks in southern Brazil were
assessed based on analyses of mtDNA control region sequences from the Arvoredo Island …

In~ April 2007, a villager from Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands went to nearby Erikub Atoll
to hunt turtles. Erikub Atoll is one of the important green turtle, Chelonia mydas, rookeries …