Migration is one of several marine vertebrate traits increasingly affected by human
encroachment. The Adriatic Sea is an important foraging and wintering site for loggerhead …

Based on an extensive sampling regime from both nesting populations and bycatch,
frequency analyses of mitochondrial (mt) DNA control region haplotypes in the …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is an important regional management unit (RMU) for the
conservation of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) because it hosts both nesting and …

In migratory species female‐and male‐mediated gene flow are important for defining
relevant Management Units, and for evaluating connectivity between these and their …

Loggerhead turtles nesting in the Mediterranean Sea exhibit remarkable genetic structuring.
This paper tests the hypothesis that young loggerhead turtles from different rookeries do not …

The wide north African continental shelf in the central Mediterranean is known to be one of
the few important areas in the basin for loggerhead turtles in the neritic stage. In order to …

Population structure and phylogeography of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) have
so far been assessed mainly by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) single-gene sequencing …

The assessment of the composition and dynamics of endangered populations is crucial for
management and conservation, and appropriate genetic markers are critical. The genetic …

As the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) is a philopatric species with a strong genetic
structure, the analysis of mtDNA can be used to track evolutionary and colonisation events …

Genetic markers have been widely used in marine turtles to assess population structuring
and origin of individuals in common feeding grounds, which are key elements for …