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 …

Background Sea turtles (Chelonoidea) are a charismatic group of marine reptiles that
occupy a range of important ecological roles. However, the diversity and evolution of their …

An individual's foraging ecology can affect its growth and survival. Stable isotope analysis
has been commonly used to investigate the foraging ecology of marine turtles. However …

Effective management of protected sea turtle populations requires knowledge not only of
mean values for demographic and life-history parameters, but also temporal and spatial …

Simple Summary Florida red tides are large algal blooms of the toxic organism Karenia
brevis and can have severe ecological impacts along the Gulf Coast regions of Florida, USA …

Reptile growth is influenced by many ecological processes that can cumulatively give rise to
divergent somatic growth rates within spatially structured populations. As somatic growth …

The first step in understanding how sympatric species share habitat is defining spatial
boundaries. While home range data for juvenile sea turtles exists, few studies have …

Animals co‐occurring in a region (sympatry) may use the same habitat (syntopy) within that
region. A central aim in ecology is determining what factors drive species distributions (ie …

Five species of sea turtles occur in the Gulf of Mexico: Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) …

Data on Karenia brevis red tides (≥ 10 5 cells l-1) and on dead or debilitated (ie stranded)
Kemp's ridleys Lepidochelys kempii, loggerheads Caretta caretta, green turtles Chelonia …