Bahia state hosts over 90% of hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) nests registered in the
main nesting sites monitored by Projeto Tamar-IBAMA in Brazil. The genetic diversity of this …

Conserving and managing populations of marine vertebrates can be complex when they
occupy the waters of multiple nations, crossing heterogeneous legal and management …

Understanding spatial and temporal habitat-use patterns to protect both foraging and
breeding grounds of species of concern is crucial for successful conservation. Saona Island …

The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) has feeding and nesting areas largely lying in the tropics
and is considered “Endangered” by the World Conservation Union (Hilton-Taylor 2000). The …

To determine habitat-use patterns of sub-adult hawksbills Eretmochelys imbricata, we
conducted satellite-and acoustic-tracking of 3 turtles captured in August 2008 within Dry …

Although it is commonly assumed that female sea turtles always return to the beach they
hatched, the pathways they use during the years preceding their first reproduction and their …

The hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is circumtropically distributed and inhabits
coastal waters in the Caribbean and tropical western Atlantic (Witzell, 1983; Marquez, 1990) …

Satellite tracking studies can reveal much about turtles' spatial use of breeding areas,
migration zones, and foraging sites. We assessed spatial habitat-use patterns of 10 adult …

Hawksbill turtles move between nesting colonies and feeding grounds, but in most cases it
is not known which reproductive populations occupy a particular feeding habitat. In this …

Hawksbills have been the focus of conservation efforts over several decades and their status
in the Caribbean is continuously being evaluated. Surprisingly, it appears that the island of …