Marine turtles are generally viewed as vulnerable to climate change because of the role that
temperature plays in the sex determination of embryos, their long life history, long age-to …

Because of their propensity to ingest debris, sea turtles are excellent bioindicators of the
global marine debris problem. This review covers five decades of research on debris …

Identifying the foraging habitat of marine predators is vital to understanding the ecology of
these species and for their management and conservation. Foraging habitat for many …

The leatherback, Dermochelyscoriacea, is a large sea turtle that feeds primarily on jellyfish.
Floating plastic garbage could be mistaken for such prey. Autopsy records of 408 …

The endangered leatherback turtle is a large, highly migratory marine predator that
inexplicably relies upon a diet of low-energy gelatinous zooplankton. The location of these …

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

Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are endangered, and declining population
trends suggest that they are vulnerable to becoming extinct in the Pacific Ocean. Population …

Identifying key marine megavertebrate habitats has become ever more important as concern
increases regarding global fisheries bycatch and accelerated climate change. This will be …

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 …

We present the first study conducted in a wide spatio-temporal scale on marine turtles
strandings (N= 1,107) over a 12-year period (1999–2010) in Uruguay. Five species were …