Understanding population status and trends is important for developing and evaluating
management and conservation actions for threatened species. Monitoring population status …

Diet items and habitat constitute some of the environmental resources that may be used
differently by individuals within a population. Long-term fidelity by individuals to particular …

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests on sand beaches, has both oceanic and
neritic life stages, and migrates internationally. We analyzed an 18‐year time series of Index …

We document a tendency for published estimates of population size in sea turtles to be
increasing rather than decreasing across the globe. To examine the population status of the …

Loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta have been listed as threatened under the US
Endangered Species Act since 1978, and a change in their listing status to endangered was …

The green sea turtle is one of the long-lived species that comprise the charismatic marine
megafauna. The green turtle has a long history of human exploitation with some stocks …

Satellite telemetry and ground-based tagging studies are complementary methods to define
the spatial and temporal patterns of nesting behavior by migratory sea turtles. Estimates of …

A 24-year set of data from monitoring of a nesting beach at Bald Head Island, North
Carolina, USA, was analysed in parallel with limited data from nearby rookeries to …

Estimating the absolute number of individuals in populations and their fecundity is central to
understanding the ecosystem role of species and their population dynamics as well as …

We measured sea turtle hatchling production on 16 sea turtle nesting beaches (219.6 km) in
Florida (USA) from 2002 to 2012. A standard protocol was used to sample 19701 …