Vulnerability of marine turtles to climate change

ES Poloczanska, CJ Limpus, GC Hays - Advances in marine biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Marine turtles are generally viewed as vulnerable to climate change because of the role that
temperature plays in the sex determination of embryos, their long life history, long age-to …

A review of long‐distance movements by marine turtles, and the possible role of ocean currents

P Luschi, GC Hays, F Papi - Oikos, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Sea turtle movements often occur in open‐sea unsheltered areas, and are therefore likely to
be influenced by major oceanographic processes. Only recently has work started to examine …

Behaviour of leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, during the migratory cycle

MC James, RA Myers… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, undertake broad oceanic movements. While
satellite telemetry has been used to investigate the post-nesting behaviour of female turtles …

Water temperature and internesting intervals for loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles

GC Hays, AC Broderick, F Glen, BJ Godley… - Journal of Thermal …, 2002 - Elsevier
Temperature loggers were attached to the carapace of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at
Ascension Island and Cyprus and to loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) at Cyprus, in order …

Long‐term satellite telemetry of the movements and habitat utilisation by green turtles in the Mediterranean

BJ Godley, S Richardson, AC Broderick, MS Coyne… - …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
There is a relative paucity of data regarding the at‐sea distribution and behaviour of marine
turtles. This is especially true for the critically endangered green turtle Chelonia mydas …

Evidence from genetic and Lagrangian drifter data for transatlantic transport of small juvenile green turtles

C Monzón‐Argüello, LF López‐Jurado… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A key life‐history component for many animals is the need for movement between
different geographical locations at particular times. Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings …

Using satellite tracking to optimize protection of long-lived marine species: olive ridley sea turtle conservation in Central Africa

SM Maxwell, GA Breed, BA Nickel… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Tractable conservation measures for long-lived species require the intersection between
protection of biologically relevant life history stages and a socioeconomically feasible …

Marine animal behaviour: neglecting ocean currents can lead us up the wrong track

P Gaspar, JY Georges, S Fossette… - … of the Royal …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Tracks of marine animals in the wild, now increasingly acquired by electronic tagging of
individuals, are of prime interest not only to identify habitats and high-risk areas, but also to …

Microhabitat selection by sea turtles in a dynamic thermal marine environment

G Schofield, CM Bishop, KA Katselidis… - Journal of Animal …, 2009 - JSTOR
1. Reproductive fitness is often compromised at the margins of a species' range due to sub-
optimal conditions. 2. Set against this backdrop, the Mediterranean's largest loggerhead sea …

Patterns of lipid storage and mobilisation in the female green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

M Hamann, C Limpus, J Whittier - Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2002 - Springer
Reproductive data from southern Queensland indicate that vitellogenesis in female
Chelonia mydas takes approximately 8 months and is followed by a migration to a breeding …