Tracking leatherback turtles from the world's largest rookery: assessing threats across the South Atlantic

MJ Witt, E Augowet Bonguno… - … of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite extensive work carried out on leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the
North Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, very little is known of the at-sea distribution of this species in …

Pan-Atlantic analysis of the overlap of a highly migratory species, the leatherback turtle, with pelagic longline fisheries

S Fossette, MJ Witt, P Miller… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Large oceanic migrants play important roles in ecosystems, yet many species are of
conservation concern as a result of anthropogenic threats, of which incidental capture by …

Leatherback turtles satellite-tagged in European waters

TK Doyle, JDR Houghton, PF O'Súilleabháin… - Endangered Species …, 2008 - int-res.com
The North Atlantic is considered a stronghold for the critically endangered leatherback sea
turtle. However, limited information exists regarding the movements of individuals to and …

A review of the importance of south-east Australian waters as a global hotspot for leatherback turtle foraging and entanglement threat in fisheries

GC Hays, M Morrice, JJ Tromp - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
Australia's largest sea turtle is the leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea). Leatherbacks do not
nest, or only rarely, in Australia, and hence receive relatively little research attention. Here …

Aerial surveying of the world's largest leatherback turtle rookery: A more effective methodology for large-scale monitoring

MJ Witt, B Baert, AC Broderick, A Formia, J Fretey… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
For many marine megavertebrate species it is challenging to derive population estimates
and knowledge on habitat use needed to inform conservation planning. For marine turtles …

Coastal leatherback turtles reveal conservation hotspot

NJ Robinson, SJ Morreale, R Nel, FV Paladino - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Previous studies have shown that the world's largest reptile–the leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea–conducts flexible foraging migrations that can cover thousands of …

Canadian waters provide critical foraging habitat for leatherback sea turtles

MC James, SA Sherrill-Mix, K Martin, RA Myers - Biological Conservation, 2006 - Elsevier
From 1998–2005, we collected 851 geo-referenced records of leatherback turtles,
Dermochelys coriacea, from a volunteer network of commercial fishers and tour boat …

High-resolution movements of critically endangered hawksbill turtles help elucidate conservation requirements in northern Australia

X Hoenner, SD Whiting, M Hamann… - Marine and …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Despite being critically endangered, the at-sea behaviour of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys
imbricata) remains insufficiently understood to support a global conservation strategy …

Long-term insights into marine turtle sightings, strandings and captures around the UK and Ireland (1910–2018)

ZLR Botterell, R Penrose, MJ Witt… - Journal of the Marine …, 2020 - cambridge.org
With over a century of records, we present a detailed analysis of the spatial and temporal
occurrence of marine turtle sightings and strandings in the UK and Ireland between 1910 …

Predicting bycatch hotspots for endangered leatherback turtles on longlines in the Pacific Ocean

JH Roe, SJ Morreale, FV Paladino… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Fisheries bycatch is a critical source of mortality for rapidly declining populations of
leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea. We integrated use-intensity distributions for 135 …