A systematic review of acoustic telemetry as a tool to gain insights into marine turtle ecology and aid their conservation

EE Hardin, MMPB Fuentes - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While widely applied in fisheries science, acoustic telemetry remains an underutilized
method in the field of marine turtle biotelemetry. However, with the ability to provide fine …

Satellite Tracking of Head-Started Juvenile Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Reveals Release Effects and an Ontogenetic Shift

N Barbour, H Bailey, WF Fagan, W Mustin, V Baboolal… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tracking juvenile animals is often difficult due to their small body sizes. We
put miniature satellite tags on 40 captive-raised (“head-started”) green sea turtles (Chelonia …

Effects of postovipositional hypoxia and hyperoxia on leatherback turtle reproductive success and hatchling performance

SA Williamson, AL Hoover, RG Evans… - … Zoology Part A …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Leatherback egg clutches typically experience lower hatching success (~ 50%) than those of
other sea turtle species (> 70%). The majority of embryonic death (> 50%) occurs at early …

Origins of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Bahamas: A comparison of recent and historical rookery contributions

C Kynoch, MMPB Fuentes, PH Dutton… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) benefits from knowledge of population
connectivity across life stages. Green turtles are managed at the level of genetically discrete …

Novel Microsatellite Tags Hold Promise for Illuminating the Lost Years in Four Sea Turtle Species

T Candela, J Wyneken, P Leijen, P Gaspar… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Observing juvenile sea turtles at sea is challenging due to their small sizes
and cryptic behaviors and is compounded by the vastness of the ocean. The first phases of …