Somatic growth is an integrated, individual‐based response to environmental conditions,
especially in ectotherms. Growth dynamics of large, mobile animals are particularly useful as …

Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a tumor disease that affects all sea turtle species but is mainly
seen in green turtles Chelonia mydas. The pathology of FP has been described extensively …

Anthropogenic activities are increasingly linked to emerging diseases that cause mortality
across many taxa. Human interference arising from ecotourism, in particular, can increase …

Contamination in marine ecosystems is of the most critical threats to marine turtles. The
identification of useful biomarkers to detect and monitor the physiological and clinical effects …

Capture–mark–recapture studies that fail to account for the frequency and dynamics of
marker loss risk generating biased demographic estimates. In this study, we used …

The presence of fibropapilloma and its associated chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) was
assessed in 82 wild sea turtles. Olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea (n= 58) were …

Interactions such as mutualism and facilitation are common in ecosystems established by
foundation species; however, their outcomes vary and show conditionality. In a Mexican …

A priority for sea turtle conservation is the identification of early biomarkers of environmental
perturbation effects on the health of populations. The micronucleus (MN) assay is a …

Growth curve models play an instrumental role to quantify the growth of biological processes
and have immense practical applications across disciplines. In the modelling approach, the …

This study provides, for the first time, reference intervals of sex steroids and thyroxine
concentrations from free-living green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabiting the coast of …