A review of how the biology of male sea turtles may help mitigate female-biased hatchling sex ratio skews in a warming climate

GC Hays, T Shimada, G Schofield - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
In a warming climate, male sea turtles may become increasingly rare due to temperature-
dependent sex determination with females being produced at warmer temperatures. Hence …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the application of genetics in marine turtle biology and conservation

LM Komoroske, MP Jensen, KR Stewart… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Marine turtles migrate across long distances, exhibit complex life histories, and occupy
habitats that are difficult to observe. These factors present substantial challenges to …

Climate change resilience of a globally important sea turtle nesting population

AR Patrício, MR Varela, C Barbosa… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Few studies have looked into climate change resilience of populations of wild animals. We
use a model higher vertebrate, the green sea turtle, as its life history is fundamentally …

Temperature‐dependent sex determination in sea turtles in the context of climate change: uncovering the adaptive significance

P Santidrián Tomillo, JR Spotila - BioEssays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The adaptive significance of temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) in reptiles
remains unknown decades after TSD was first identified in this group. Concurrently, there is …

A review of patterns of multiple paternity across sea turtle rookeries

PLM Lee, G Schofield, RI Haughey, AD Mazaris… - Advances in marine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Why females would mate with multiple partners and have multiple fathers for clutches or
litters is a long-standing enigma. There is a broad dichotomy in hypotheses ranging from …

Balanced primary sex ratios and resilience to climate change in a major sea turtle population

AR Patrício, A Marques, C Barbosa… - Marine Ecology …, 2017 - int-res.com
Global climate change is expected to have major impacts on biodiversity. Sea turtles have
temperature-dependent sex determination, and many populations produce highly female …

Enhanced, coordinated conservation efforts required to avoid extinction of critically endangered Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles

Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Failure to improve the conservation status of endangered species is often related to
inadequate allocation of conservation resources to highest priority issues. Eastern Pacific …

Revisiting the genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) breeding populations in the Xisha (Paracel) Islands …

M Li, T Zhang, Y Liu, Y Li, JJ Fong, Y Yu, J Wang, H Shi… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Abstract The Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) is an umbrella species in the South China
Sea, a Chinese national first-level protected wild animal, and the only sea turtle that nests in …

Toxicological effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on freshwater turtles in the United States

JE Baker, BV Kjellerup - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Prediction of vertebrate health effects originating from persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has remained a challenge for decades thus …

When population-advantageous primary sex ratios are female-biased: Changing concepts to facilitate climate change management in sea turtles

P Santidrián Tomillo - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
Sea turtles have temperature-dependent sex determination. Because females are produced
at high temperatures, increasing global temperature may lead to population feminization …