Sea turtles are basically creatures that spend their entire lives in marine or estuarine
habitats. Their only remaining reptilian ties to terrestrial habitats are for nesting and …

Marine turtles depart functionally and moiphologically from other chelonian lin eages. Their
form of locomotion and of their locomotor adaptations, perhaps more than any other …

Somos una fundación empresarial patrocinada únicamente por Empresas Polar, dedicada a
programas de utilidad colectiva e interés general con el fin de instalar capacidades en la …

1. Sea turtles have a high fecundity, high mortality, great longevity life history strategy. 2. 2.
With the exception of the leatherback, turtle distribution is constrained by the 20° C surface …

Abstract During 1955–2003, flipper tags were attached to 46,983 green turtles and ten
turtles were fitted with satellite transmitters at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Eight satellite-tracked …

This paper presents data on the incidental catch of sea turtles in both the Brazilian exclusive
economic zone and adjacent international waters (both areas are located mainly in the …

This article presents biological data and an assessment of the conservation of the olive
ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) population nesting in the States of Sergipe and …

The movements of 8 green turtles Chelonia mydas in Brazilian coastal waters were tracked
using transmitters linked to the Argos system for periods of between 1 and 197 d. These …

Recoveries of Atlantic green turtles tagged at the Ascension Island nesting ground confirm
an exclusively Brazilian origin for the island colony and show its renesting and remigration …

Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, are highly migratory, spending most of their lives
submerged or offshore where their feeding habits are difficult to observe. In order to …