Identification of the Gulf of Mexico as an important high‐use habitat for leatherback turtles from Central America

DR Evans, RA Valverde, C Ordoñez, RR Carthy - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Endangered leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are wide‐ranging, long‐
distance migrants whose movements are often associated with environmental cues. We …

Link between green turtles foraging in Brazil and nesting in Costa Rica

E Lima, S Troëng - Mar Turtle Newsl, 2001 - tamar.org.br
The largest known foraging and nesting populations of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the
Atlantic are found along the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica (Bjorndal et al …

An analysis of the role of local fishermen in the conservation of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in Pontal do Ipiranga, Linhares, ES, Brazil

A de Padua Almeida, SL Mendes - Biological Conservation, 2007 - Elsevier
The role of researchers and fishermen in the clutch management of loggerhead sea turtles
was evaluated for 10 nesting seasons at Pontal do Ipiranga TAMAR station, Linhares, ES …

Post-nesting movements of marine turtles (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) tagged in the Guianas

PCH Pritchard - Copeia, 1976 - JSTOR
Six recoveries of leatherback turtles tagged while nesting in the Guianas and caught in the
United States, Mexico, Venezuela, and Ghana are among the longest recorded migrations …

Life stages, anthropogenic impact, and temporal variation of stranded sea turtles in southern Brazil

AL Scherer, FC Leal Valls, AB Basler… - Chelonian …, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract The coastline of Rio Grande do Sul State is classified as an area of extreme
biological importance for sea turtles and serves as an important feeding and development …

High-use areas, seasonal movements and dive patterns of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

C Barceló, A Domingo, P Miller, L Ortega… - Marine Ecology …, 2013 - int-res.com
Characterizing the behaviors of sea turtles and identifying high-use areas as they vary in
time and space is important for conservation planning, particularly when turtles overlap with …

Post-Nesting Migrations of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Jamursba-Medi, Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia

SR Benson, PH Dutton, C Hitipeuw… - Chelonian …, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
Nine leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) were tracked for 111–695 days via satellite
telemetry from one of the largest remaining western Pacific leatherback turtle nesting …

Evaluating potential tagging effects on leatherback sea turtles

SA Sherrill-Mix, MC James - Endangered Species Research, 2008 - int-res.com
Although the use of satellite tracking to study the leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys
coriacea continues to increase, there has been little inquiry into the effects of this research …

Loggerhead released in Brazil recaptured in Azores

AB Bolten, HR Martins, ML Natali, JC Thome… - Marine Turtle …, 1990 - tamar.org.br
On 17 June 1989, a tagged, juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), 17.25 kg and
46.0 cm standard straight carapace length (SCL), was dip-netted by a fisherman north of …

Ghost nets haunt the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) near the Brazilian Islands of Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas

AJB Santos, C Bellini, LF Bortolon, R Coluchi - 2012 - repositorio.icmbio.gov.br
Fernando de Noronha (3.8333° S, 32.4167° W) and Atol das Rocas (3.8666° S, 33.8000° W)
are Brazilian offshore islands that host breeding populations of Green Turtles (Chelonia …