[PDF][PDF] Direct evidence of swimming demonstrates active dispersal in the sea turtle “lost years”

NF Putman, KL Mansfield - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Although oceanic dispersal in larval and juvenile marine animals is widely studied, the
relative contributions of swimming behavior and ocean currents to movements and …

Loggerhead sea turtle environmental sex determination: implications of moisture and temperature for climate change based predictions for species survival

J Wyneken, A Lolavar - Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
It has been proposed that because marine turtles have environmentally determined sex by
incubation temperature, elevated temperatures might skew sex ratios to unsustainable …

Magnetic navigation behavior and the oceanic ecology of young loggerhead sea turtles

NF Putman, P Verley, CS Endres… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
During long-distance migrations, animals navigate using a variety of sensory cues,
mechanisms and strategies. Although guidance mechanisms are usually studied under …

Perinates of a new species of Iguanodon (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the lower Barremian of Galve (Teruel, Spain)

FJ Verdu, R Royo-Torres, A Cobos, L Alcala - Cretaceous Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Although Iguanodon is one of the most abundant and well-known of Europe's dinosaur
genera, fossils of young specimens are very rare. Indeed, the fossil record contains very few …

Golden opportunities: A horizon scan to expand sandy beach ecology

TA Schlacher, MA Weston, DS Schoeman… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Robust ecological paradigms and theories should, ideally, hold across several ecosystems.
Yet, limited testing of generalities has occurred in some habitats despite these habitats …

Oceanic loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta associate with thermal fronts: evidence from the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem

KL Scales, PI Miller, N Varo-Cruz, DJ Hodgson… - Marine Ecology …, 2015 - int-res.com
Oceanographic fronts are physical interfaces between water masses that differ in properties
such as temperature, salinity, turbidity and chlorophyll a enrichment. Bio-physical coupling …

Mixed stock analysis of a resident green turtle, Chelonia mydas, population in New Caledonia links rookeries in the South Pacific

TC Read, NN FitzSimmons, L Wantiez… - Wildlife …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Migratory species are known to pose a challenge for conservation because it is
essential to understand their complex life history in order to implement efficient conservation …

Ocean heat content reveals secrets of fish migrations

J Luo, JS Ault, LK Shay, JP Hoolihan, ED Prince… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
For centuries, the mechanisms surrounding spatially complex animal migrations have
intrigued scientists and the public. We present a new methodology using ocean heat content …

Dispersal and dive patterns during the post-nesting migration of olive ridley turtles from French Guiana

V Plot, B de Thoisy, JY Georges - Endangered Species Research, 2015 - int-res.com
Behavioral plasticity allows migrating animals to adjust their migration patterns in relation to
the environmental conditions they encounter during their movements. Sea turtles display …

Seasonal variation in sea turtle density and abundance in the southeast Florida current and surrounding waters

CM Bovery, J Wyneken - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Assessment and management of sea turtle populations is often limited by a lack of available
data pertaining to at-sea distributions at appropriate spatial and temporal resolutions …