Marine turtles occupy a wide range of terrestrial and marine habitats, and many aspects of
their life history have been demonstrated to be closely tied to climatic variables such as …

Locomotion performance plays a vital role in determining hatchling green turtle Chelonia
mydas survival in the first few hours after emerging from their nests as hatchlings crawl and …

The choice of a suitable nest habitat by oviparous reptiles that deposit eggs into a nest and
provide no subsequent parental care is likely to play a major role in the survival of the …

Swimming effort and oxygen consumption of newly emerged green turtle Chelonia mydas
hatchlings was measured simultaneously and continuously for the first 18 h of swimming …

The purpose of this study was to determine the ontogenic change in offshore dispersal
movement of sea turtles from the shore during frenzy to the post-frenzy periods. Migration …

Marine turtle hatchlings emerge from nests on oceanic beaches, crawl to the surf zone and
migrate offshore. Predators in shallow water can take many hatchlings, but once the turtles …

Hatchling marine turtles emerge at night from underground nests, enter the ocean, and swim
offshore. Here, we measured the intensity (hours swimming) and the temporal patterning …

Previously, we showed that during their first six days of swimming hawksbill hatchlings are
less active than the hatchlings of other marine turtle species. Here, we document that …

Adult leatherbacks are large animals (300–500 kg), overlapping in size with marine
pinniped and cetacean species. Unlike marine mammals, they start their aquatic life as 40 …

Electroretinographic recordings were made from hatchling loggerhead and leatherback sea
turtle eyecup preparations during presentation of sinusoidally modulated lights of different …