For most of their lifetime, sea turtles have to organize their underwater activities around the
necessity to return to the surface to breathe. This group of animals has developed …

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are recognised as a key component of an ecosystem-based
approach to managing the marine environment more effectively and sustainably. Marine top …

Dramatic population declines among species of pelagic shark as a result of overfishing have
been reported, with some species now at a fraction of their historical biomass. Advanced …

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 sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, are highly migratory predators that feed
exclusively on gelatinous zooplankton, thus playing a unique role in coastal and pelagic …

Predator–prey interactions are critical in shaping behavior, ecology, population dynamics,
and life histories and are central to community and ecosystem dynamics. Sea turtles …

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …

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 …

Three out of the five threatened species of sea turtle occurring in the SW Atlantic Ocean are
regularly found in the coastal waters of Argentina: green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead …

Strandings of marine vertebrates along beaches have been widely used to infer threats and
causes of mortality in adjacent waters. Understanding the influence of anthropogenic …