Non-migratory breeding by isolated green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Indian Ocean: biological and conservation implications

SD Whiting, W Murray, I Macrae, R Thorn… - …, 2008 - Springer
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) are renowned for their long-distance migrations but
have less fame for short-distance migrations or non-migratory behavior. We present satellite …

Satellite tracking of migrating loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) displaced in the open sea

P Luschi, GR Hughes, R Mencacci, E De Bernardi… - Marine Biology, 2003 - Springer
Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are known to migrate towards fixed, individually-specific
residential feeding grounds. To study their spatial behaviour and their navigational ability …

[PDF][PDF] Long‐term residence of juvenile loggerhead turtles to foraging grounds: a potential conservation hotspot in the Mediterranean

P Casale, AC Broderick, D Freggi… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2012 - cyprusturtles.org
Identifying highly frequented areas is a priority for sea turtle conservation. Although juveniles
represent the bulk of the population, a minority of studies have investigated their movement …

Age and residency duration of loggerhead turtles at a North Pacific bycatch hotspot using skeletochronology

CNT Tomaszewicz, JA Seminoff, L Avens… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
For migratory marine animals, like sea turtles, effective conservation can be challenging
because key demographic information such as duration of life stages and exposure to …

Genetic analysis and satellite tracking reveal origin of the green turtles in San Diego Bay

PH Dutton, RA LeRoux, EL LaCasella, JA Seminoff… - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Understanding population structure and migration patterns is critical for conservation of
marine species that undertake seasonal migrations, often spanning entire oceans, between …

Natal origin of loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, in the neritic habitat off the Italian coasts, Central Mediterranean

F Maffucci, W Kooistra, F Bentivegna - Biological conservation, 2006 - Elsevier
Shallow (neritic) waters close to the Italian coasts (Central Mediterranean Sea) are
frequently visited by foraging loggerhead turtles, but the nesting populations which rely on …

Reconstruction of paternal genotypes over multiple breeding seasons reveals male green turtles do not breed annually

LI Wright, WJ Fuller, BJ Godley, A McGOWAN… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
For species of conservation concern, knowledge of key life‐history and demographic
components, such as the number and sex ratio of breeding adults, is essential for accurate …

Ontogenetic diet shifts of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a mid-ocean developmental habitat

CM Burgett, DA Burkholder, KA Coates, VL Fourqurean… - Marine Biology, 2018 - Springer
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) arrive on the geographically isolated Bermuda platform
as small juveniles and remain until they are approaching sexual maturity, at which point …

Only some like it hot—quantifying the environmental niche of the loggerhead sea turtle

LA Hawkes, AC Broderick, MS Coyne… - Diversity and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Although the Atlantic waters of North America support hundreds of thousands of loggerhead
sea turtles (Caretta caretta), remarkably little is known regarding their migratory ecology and …

Distribution of genetic diversity reveals colonization patterns and philopatry of the loggerhead sea turtles across geographic scales

M Baltazar-Soares, JD Klein, SM Correia, T Reischig… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the processes that underlie the current distribution of genetic diversity in
endangered species is a goal of modern conservation biology. Specifically, the role of …