The available information regarding the 2 sea turtle species breeding in the Mediterranean
(loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta and green turtle Chelonia mydas) is reviewed, including …

The Natura 2000 (N2k) network is an important site-based protection tool for the protection
of biodiversity in Europe. However, for highly mobile and adaptable marine species, such a …

The IUCN Red List is widely used to guide conservation policy and practice. However, in
most cases the evaluation of a species using IUCN Red List criteria takes into account only …

Although sea turtles have received substantial focus worldwide, research on the immature
life stages is still relatively limited. The latter is of particular importance, given that a large …

The colonisation of new suitable habitats is crucial for species survival at evolutionary scale
under changing environmental conditions. However, colonisation potential may be limited …

Reductions in global fishing pressure are needed to end overfishing of target species and
maximize the value of fisheries. We ask whether such reductions would also be sufficient to …

Because of their propensity to ingest debris, sea turtles are excellent bioindicators of the
global marine debris problem. This review covers five decades of research on debris …

Marine turtles have been traditionally considered model organisms to study sex-biased
behaviour and dispersal. Although female philopatry has been identified in the loggerhead …

Although it is commonly assumed that female sea turtles always return to the beach they
hatched, the pathways they use during the years preceding their first reproduction and their …

The thermal environment of sea turtle embryos has marked effects on many aspects of their
development and energetics and has consequences for posthatching stages. Here we …