Paraíba State, Brazil is considered an area of great biological importance. The marine fauna
includes sea turtles. Based on interviews with local fishermen in different communities and …

Use of existing marine protected areas (MPAs) by far-ranging marine turtles can be
determined using satellite telemetry. Because of a lack of information on MPA use by marine …

The loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta is one of the large and long-lived species that
comprise the charismatic marine megafauna. The loggerhead is considered endangered …

In this paper, information is presented on green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting on Atol das
Rocas (Rocas Atoll), north-eastern Brazil. The temporal distribution of nesting events per …

Genetic studies on green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Eastern Atlantic have mostly
focused on reproductive females, with limited information available regarding juveniles and …

El Salvador has a series of nesting beaches that together host the highest remaining nesting
abundance of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata in the eastern Pacific Ocean …

Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting in the Southwest Atlantic has been monitored for
decades, but information from northern Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil) has been lacking until …

On the 2nd of April, 1999, a fisherman of Cap Esterias, Gabon, turned in a tag (number
BR15415) to sea turtle researchers working on a genetics project in West and Central Africa …

Adult loggerhead turtles usually have different nesting and foraging areas (ie areas where
turtles reside during the non-breeding season)(Schroeder et al. 2003). It is of great …

Atol das Rocas (3 52'S, 33 49'W), the only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean, is located 144
miles off the northeastern coast of Brazil. The ring-shaped atoll is of volcanic origin, formed …