Marine turtles are of the highest ecological concern in terms of conservation and restoration
programs and marine territorial ordering. Marine resource-extracting industries have severe …

Marine turtles are globally endangered species that spend more than 95% of their life cycle
in in-water habitats. Nevertheless, most of the conservation, recovery and research efforts …

Six threatened and endangered sea turtle species use the Gulf of Mexico: Kemp's ridley
(Lepidochelys kempii), green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), hawksbill …

Understanding the distribution of marine turtles is key to the establishment of management
measures that account for population size, direct conservation efforts, and increase public …

Planning for marine ecosystems management demands spatially explicit information about
structural and functional components, in a tradeoff between including the most taxa and …

Effective management of human activities affecting listed species requires understanding
both threats and animal habitat-use patterns. However, the extent of spatial overlap between …

Abstract Globally, Marine Protected Areas are an important tool in the conservation of large
marine vertebrates. Recent studies have highlighted the use of protected areas by imperiled …

Marine turtles are challenging species to protect because they occur over large geographic
scales. Tagging individual turtles at nesting beaches and foraging areas, and the resulting …

The first documented long-term sea turtle research and conservation project in the world
was officially launched in Latin America (Tortuguero, Costa Rica) in 1955. Despite the …

Marine turtle populations have become seriously depleted throughout the world as a result
of factors such as overharvesting and habitat degradation. Conservation efforts in Cuba …