This report provides a review of our knowledge of the bycatches, defined as discarded dead,
from the tropical tuna purse seine fisheries of the world. The major fishing grounds involved …

I studied the post-reproductive migrations of 30 male and female olive ridley sea turtles
Lepidochelys olivacea in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) using satellite telemetry …

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …

Globally distributed marine taxa are well suited for investigations of biogeographic impacts
on genetic diversity, connectivity, and population demography. The sea turtle genus …

One of the most remarkable and mysterious elements of sea turtle biology is the ability of
turtles to return to nest in the same geographic area from which they originated. This …

In Australia, the olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea has received little research
attention and monitoring. The Australian populations are relatively small and their …

We developed a Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) stock assessment model to evaluate
the relative contributions of conservation efforts and other factors toward this critically …

Nesting by the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii has increased on
the Texas coast during recent years. Movements of 28 individual adult females that nested …

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) …

Concentrations of lead were assessed in the sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, from a
nesting colony of the Eastern Pacific. Twenty-five female turtles were sampled and a total of …