This document reviews the salient and current literature on the biology of the green turtle,
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) including taxonomy, distribution, physiology, morphology …

This is the eleventh issue in the FAO series of worldwide annotated and illustrated
catalogues of major groups of organisms that enter marine fisheries. The present volume …

We collected data on nesting ecology and identified individual turtles that nested at Parque
Nacional Las Baulas, Costa Rica, one of the few remaining nesting sites for Pacific …

Abstract At Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, St Croix, US Virgin Islands, natural beach
erosion results in the loss of 45–60% of the leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea …

Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea nesting has declined on Pacific beaches and as a
result the species is considered Critically Endangered. Atlantic populations are, however …

Heavy erosion and dwindling offshore sand sources have resulted in increased pressure to
find alternate sand sources for Florida beach renourishment. One potential economically …

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 …

Five species of sea turtles occur in the Gulf of Mexico: Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) …

Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting activity was monitored, individual
movements via flipper tag recoveries and satellite telemetry were determined, and illegal …

The effect is modeled of a positive relationship between clutch size and offspring fitness on
the optimal investment in offspring. In species which meet the assumptions of the model, the …