Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions

AR Patrício, LA Hawkes, JR Monsinjon… - Endangered Species …, 2021 - int-res.com
Climate change is a threat to marine turtles that is expected to affect all of their life stages. To
guide future research, we conducted a review of the most recent literature on this topic …

Temperature‐dependent sex determination in sea turtles in the context of climate change: uncovering the adaptive significance

P Santidrián Tomillo, JR Spotila - BioEssays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The adaptive significance of temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) in reptiles
remains unknown decades after TSD was first identified in this group. Concurrently, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Nesting range expansion of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean: Phenology, spatial distribution, and conservation implications

S Hochscheid, F Maffucci, E Abella, MN Bradai… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is affecting habitat quality and availability on our planet and some species
are predicted or are by now changing their distribution range. Here we show that …

Priorities for Mediterranean marine turtle conservation and management in the face of climate change

AD Mazaris, C Dimitriadis, M Papazekou… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
As climate-related impacts threaten marine biodiversity globally, it is important to adjust
conservation efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. Translating scientific …

Changes in mean body size in an expanding population of a threatened species

GC Hays, A Taxonera, B Renom… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
With some taxa, a reduction in the mean size of individuals may reflect over-harvesting
and/or trophy hunting. However, we show that in sea turtles, a reduction in the mean size of …

Trialling seawater irrigation to combat the high nest temperature feminisation of green turtle Chelonia mydas hatchlings

CE Smith, DT Booth, A Crosby, JD Miller… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Global increases in beach sand temperatures are predicted to skew hatchling sex ratios of
marine turtle populations towards female bias. Currently, shade structures and freshwater …

Warmer incubation temperature influences sea turtle survival and nullifies the benefit of a female-biased sex ratio

S Martins, E Silva, E Abella, N de Santos Loureiro… - Climatic change, 2020 - Springer
Climate change plays a key role in the development and survival of oviparous ectotherms
such as sea turtles. Higher environmental temperatures are expected to lead to increased …

Potential impacts of sea level rise and beach flooding on reproduction of sea turtles

S Martins, J Patino, E Abella… - Climate Change …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change scenarios predict an increase in global temperature and sea level rise. For
sea turtles, the association between sea level rise, nest water content and temperature …

Plastic pollution can affect the emergence patterns of loggerhead turtle hatchlings

D Sousa‐Guedes, N Sillero, F Bessa… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal urbanization, plastic pollution and climate change are increasingly affecting marine
turtles' nesting habitats. In addition to facing risks of mortality due to saltwater inundation or …

Global warming facilitates the nesting of the loggerhead turtle on the Mediterranean coast of Spain

L Cardona, J San Martín, L Benito, J Tomás… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ranges of many species are shifting poleward as global warming intensifies, but this
process might be less intense in philopatric species, ie those with the tendency to reproduce …