Integrating amphibian movement studies across scales better informs conservation decisions

LL Bailey, E Muths - Biological Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerous papers have highlighted the need to integrate amphibian research and
conservation across multiple scales. Despite this, most amphibian movement studies focus …

Conservation implications of sea turtle nesting trends: elusive recovery of a globally important loggerhead population

SA Ceriani, P Casale, M Brost, EH Leone… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding population status and trends is important for developing and evaluating
management and conservation actions for threatened species. Monitoring population status …

The climatic debt of loggerhead sea turtle populations in a warming world

JR Monsinjon, J Wyneken, K Rusenko… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phenological shifts, by initiating reproductive events earlier, in response to advanced
seasonal warming is one of the most striking effects currently observed in wild populations …

[HTML][HTML] Warming seas increase cold-stunning events for Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the northwest Atlantic

LP Griffin, CR Griffin, JT Finn, RL Prescott, M Faherty… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Since the 1970s, the magnitude of turtle cold-stun strandings have increased dramatically
within the northwestern Atlantic. Here, we examine oceanic, atmospheric, and biological …

[HTML][HTML] Marine mammals and sea turtles listed under the US Endangered Species Act are recovering

A Valdivia, S Wolf, K Suckling - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The US Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a powerful environmental law protecting imperiled
plants and animals, and a growing number of marine species have been protected under …

Trace metals in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabiting two southern California coastal estuaries

AD Barraza, LM Komoroske, C Allen, T Eguchi… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Foraging aggregations of east Pacific green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabit the Seal
Beach National Wildlife Refuge (SBNWR) and San Diego Bay (SDB), two habitats in …

Thermal heterogeneity along the migration corridors of sea turtles: implications for climate change ecology

V Almpanidou, V Markantonatou, AD Mazaris - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Increased temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change are becoming a major
challenge for species. In particular, species that migrate over long distances are affected by …

Genetic analysis and satellite tracking reveal origin of the green turtles in San Diego Bay

PH Dutton, RA LeRoux, EL LaCasella, JA Seminoff… - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Understanding population structure and migration patterns is critical for conservation of
marine species that undertake seasonal migrations, often spanning entire oceans, between …

Cytotoxicity of organic and inorganic compounds to primary cell cultures established from internal tissues of Chelonia mydas

KA Finlayson, FDL Leusch, JP van de Merwe - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chemical contaminants have been found in the tissues of sea turtles from all over the world;
however, very little is known about the effects. Recently, in vitro alternatives to live animal …

Primary green turtle (Chelonia mydas) skin fibroblasts as an in vitro model for assessing genotoxicity and oxidative stress

KA Finlayson, FDL Leusch, JP van de Merwe - Aquatic Toxicology, 2019 - Elsevier
Little is known about the effects of contaminants that accumulate in sea turtles. When in vivo
exposure studies have ethical and logistical barriers, as is the case with sea turtles, in vitro …