[HTML][HTML] Persistent leatherback turtle migrations present opportunities for conservation

GL Shillinger, DM Palacios, H Bailey, SJ Bograd… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Effective transboundary conservation of highly migratory marine animals requires
international management cooperation as well as clear scientific information about habitat …

Large‐scale movements and high‐use areas of western Pacific leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea

SR Benson, T Eguchi, DG Foley, KA Forney… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The western Pacific leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), one of three genetically
distinct stocks in the Indo‐Pacific region, has declined markedly during past decades. This …

Internesting and Postnesting Movements and Foraging Habitats of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) Nesting in Florida

SA Eckert, D Bagley, S Kubis… - Chelonian …, 2006 - meridian.allenpress.com
We tracked 10 leatherback turtles by satellite from 2 Florida Atlantic Coast nesting beaches
for a period ranging from 38 days to more than 454 days. Movement and foraging areas …

Identification of high-use internesting habitats for eastern Pacific leatherback turtles: role of the environment and implications for conservation

GL Shillinger, AM Swithenbank, SJ Bograd… - Endangered Species …, 2010 - int-res.com
The numbers of leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the eastern Pacific Ocean have
declined by up to 90% in the past 2 decades. Initially, egg harvesting was determined to be …

Insights on leatherback turtle movements and high use areas in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

M López-Mendilaharsu, CFD Rocha, P Miller… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, undertake broad oceanic movements while
traveling between breeding and foraging areas. While satellite telemetry has been used to …

Identification of distinct movement patterns in Pacific leatherback turtle populations influenced by ocean conditions

H Bailey, SR Benson, GL Shillinger… - Ecological …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions with fisheries are believed to be a major cause of mortality for adult leatherback
turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), which is of particular concern in the Pacific Ocean, where …

Post-nesting migrations of loggerhead sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico: dispersal in highly dynamic conditions

C Girard, AD Tucker, B Calmettes - Marine Biology, 2009 - Springer
This study is the first report of post-nesting migrations of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta
caretta) nesting in Sarasota County (Florida, USA), their most important rookery in the Gulf of …

Adult migrations and habitat use

P Plotkin, PL Lutz, JA Musick… - The biology of sea …, 2002 - books.google.com
Adult sea turtles are among the largest living reptiles and the only reptiles that exhibit long-
distance migrations that rival those of terrestrial and avian vertebrates. Many details of these …

Migratory and reproductive movements of male leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)

MC James, SA Eckert, RA Myers - Marine Biology, 2005 - Springer
The biology of the endangered leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) at sea is poorly
understood. As research has been almost exclusively limited to studies of nesting females …

Satellite tracking reveals a dichotomy in migration strategies among juvenile loggerhead turtles in the Northwest Atlantic

KL Mansfield, VS Saba, JA Keinath, JA Musick - Marine Biology, 2009 - Springer
Few data are available on the movements and behavior of immature Atlantic loggerhead
sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from their seasonal neritic foraging grounds within the western …