Conservation of marine megafauna through minimization of fisheries bycatch

R Žydelis, BP Wallace, EL Gilman… - Conservation …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Many populations of marine megafauna, including seabirds, sea turtles, marine mammals,
and elasmobranchs, have declined in recent decades due largely to anthropogenic …

The world's largest leatherback rookeries: A review of conservation-oriented research in French Guiana/Suriname and Gabon

S Fossette, L Kelle, M Girondot, E Goverse… - Journal of experimental …, 2008 - Elsevier
The Atlantic Ocean hosts a major part of the world's leatherback population, with the largest
rookeries being located in the northern part of South America (Suriname/French Guiana) …

Leatherback sea turtle nesting at Gandoca Beach in Caribbean Costa Rica: management recommendations from fifteen years of conservation

D Chacón-Chaverri, KL Eckert - Chelonian Conservation …, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
Field research was conducted, from 1990 to 2004, at Gandoca Beach (9° 59.972′ N, 82°
60.530′ W), located within the Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge at the …

Roaming characteristics and feeding practices of village dogs scavenging sea‐turtle nests

E Ruiz‐Izaguirre, A van Woersem… - Animal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Village dogs are reported to prey on sea‐turtle nests at various beaches worldwide. Sea‐
turtle species present in M exico include six species, which are listed under the I nternational …

Leatherback nests increasing significantly in Florida, USA; trends assessed over 30 years using multilevel modeling

K Stewart, M Sims, A Meylan… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding population status for endangered species is critical to developing and
evaluating recovery plans mandated by the Endangered Species Act. For sea turtles …

Assignment tests, telemetry and tag‐recapture data converge to identify natal origins of leatherback turtles foraging in Atlantic Canadian waters

KR Stewart, MC James, S Roden… - Journal of Animal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Investigating migratory connectivity between breeding and foraging areas is critical to
effective management and conservation of highly mobile marine taxa, particularly …

Globally significant nesting of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Panama

J Patino-Martinez, A Marco, L Quiñones… - Biological Conservation, 2008 - Elsevier
We describe the results of extensive monitoring of leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
nesting in the Gulf of Uraba, Colombia and the Caribbean coast of southern Panama. On …

[HTML][HTML] Secondary nesting beaches for leatherback turtles on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica

P Santidrián-Tomillo, NJ Robinson… - Latin american journal …, 2017 - SciELO Chile
Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) have declined dramatically in the eastern
Pacific Ocean (EP) in recent decades. Traditionally, population assessments have relied on …

Identification of the Gulf of Mexico as an important high‐use habitat for leatherback turtles from Central America

DR Evans, RA Valverde, C Ordoñez, RR Carthy - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Endangered leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are wide‐ranging, long‐
distance migrants whose movements are often associated with environmental cues. We …

[PDF][PDF] Dermochelys coriacea (Northwest Atlantic ocean subpopulation)

Northwest Atlantic Leatherback Working … - The IUCN red list of …, 2019 - widecast.org
This subpopulation exceeds thresholds for all range and population size criteria (B, C, D),
therefore we compiled time series datasets from across the range of the Northwest Atlantic …