Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions

AR Patrício, LA Hawkes, JR Monsinjon… - Endangered Species …, 2021 - int-res.com
Climate change is a threat to marine turtles that is expected to affect all of their life stages. To
guide future research, we conducted a review of the most recent literature on this topic …

Mediterranean sea turtles: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research

P Casale, AC Broderick, JA Camiñas… - Endangered species …, 2018 - int-res.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Environmental warming and feminization of one of the largest sea turtle populations in the world

MP Jensen, CD Allen, T Eguchi, IP Bell, EL LaCasella… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Climate change affects species and ecosystems around the globe [1]. The impacts of rising
temperature are particularly pertinent in species with temperature-dependent sex …

[HTML][HTML] Operational protocols for the use of drones in marine animal research

V Raoult, AP Colefax, BM Allan, D Cagnazzi… - Drones, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of drones to study marine animals shows promise for the examination of numerous
aspects of their ecology, behaviour, health and movement patterns. However, the responses …

Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation

SJ Jorgensen, F Micheli, TD White… - Endangered species …, 2022 - int-res.com
Over the past 4 decades there has been a growing concern for the conservation status of
elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). In 2002, the first elasmobranch species were added to …

[HTML][HTML] A global review of green turtle diet: sea surface temperature as a potential driver of omnivory levels

N Esteban, JA Mortimer, HJ Stokes, JO Laloë… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
To better understand dietary requirements, trophic shifts, and trophic interactions of the
threatened green turtle (Chelonia mydas), we conducted a comprehensive global review …

[HTML][HTML] Nesting range expansion of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean: Phenology, spatial distribution, and conservation implications

S Hochscheid, F Maffucci, E Abella, MN Bradai… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is affecting habitat quality and availability on our planet and some species
are predicted or are by now changing their distribution range. Here we show that …

Drones for research on sea turtles and other marine vertebrates–A review

G Schofield, N Esteban, KA Katselidis, GC Hays - Biological Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
We review how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often referred to as drones, are being
deployed to study the abundance and behaviour of sea turtles, identifying some of the …

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 …

First Atlantic satellite tracks of 'lost years' green turtles support the importance of the Sargasso Sea as a sea turtle nursery

KL Mansfield, J Wyneken, J Luo - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In-water behaviour and long-term movements of oceanic-stage juvenile sea turtles are not
well described or quantified. This is owing to technological or logistical limitations of tracking …