Marine turtles of the African east coast: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research

CH van De Geer, J Bourjea, AC Broderick… - Endangered Species …, 2022 - int-res.com
Although published literature regarding the 5 species of marine turtle found along the
continental African east coast has grown substantially over the last decades, a …

Estimates of marine turtle nesting populations in the south-west Indian Ocean indicate the importance of the Chagos Archipelago

JA Mortimer, N Esteban, AN Guzman, GC Hays - Oryx, 2020 - cambridge.org
Global marine turtle population assessments highlight the importance of the south-west
Indian Ocean region, despite data gaps for the Chagos Archipelago. The archipelago hosts …

Forty years of monitoring increasing sea turtle relative abundance in the Gulf of Mexico

JA Lasala, MC Macksey, KT Mazzarella, KL Main… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Longitudinal data sets for population abundance are essential for studies of imperiled
organisms with long life spans or migratory movements, such as marine turtles. Population …

The good and bad news of long-term monitoring: An increase in abundance but decreased body size suggests reduced potential fitness in nesting sea turtles

DZM Le Gouvello, M Girondot, S Bachoo, R Nel - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
Beach protection and monitoring has been used for about half a century to multiple
rookeries globally as an effective sea turtle conservation strategy with successful population …

Precision wildlife medicine: applications of the human‐centred precision medicine revolution to species conservation

J Whilde, MQ Martindale, DJ Duffy - Global Change Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The current species extinction crisis is being exacerbated by an increased rate of
emergence of epizootic disease. Human‐induced factors including habitat degradation, loss …

Two decades of community-based conservation yield valuable insights into marine turtle nesting ecology

CH Van De Geer, AC Broderick, MID Carter, AA Irei… - Oryx, 2024 - cambridge.org
For the Western Indian Ocean region, there is a significant knowledge gap regarding marine
turtle nesting on the continental coast of East Africa. Here we present results from a long …

Modeling the emergence of migratory corridors and foraging hot spots of the green sea turtle

M Dalleau, S Kramer‐Schadt, Y Gangat… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental factors shape the spatial distribution and dynamics of populations.
Understanding how these factors interact with movement behavior is critical for efficient …

Using expert opinion to identify and determine the relative impact of threats to sea turtles in Mozambique

JL Williams, SJ Pierce, M Hamann… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although robust and consistent long‐term datasets are lacking, it is commonly accepted that
sea turtle populations face significant human threats while using Mozambique's coastal …

The value of long-term, community-based monitoring of marine turtle nesting: a study in the Lamu archipelago, Kenya

MI Olendo, GM Okemwa, CN Munga, LK Mulupi… - Oryx, 2019 - cambridge.org
Monitoring of nesting beaches is often the only feasible and low-cost approach for assessing
sea turtle populations. We investigated spatio-temporal patterns of sea turtle nesting activity …

Human translocation as an alternative hypothesis to explain the presence of giant tortoises on remote islands in the south‐western Indian Ocean

L Wilmé, PO Waeber, JU Ganzhorn - Journal of Biogeography, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Giant tortoises are known from several remote islands in the Indian Ocean (IO). Our present
understanding of ocean circulation patterns, the age of the islands, and the life history traits …