[HTML][HTML] Advances in the application of genetics in marine turtle biology and conservation

LM Komoroske, MP Jensen, KR Stewart… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Marine turtles migrate across long distances, exhibit complex life histories, and occupy
habitats that are difficult to observe. These factors present substantial challenges to …

Global review and inventory: how stable isotopes are helping us understand ecology and inform conservation of marine turtles

JC Haywood, WJ Fuller, BJ Godley, JD Shutler… - Marine Ecology …, 2019 - int-res.com
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) has become a powerful and widely utilised tool in ecological
studies, and more specifically has been used to answer conservation questions regarding …

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 …

Foraging Habits of Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

LN Howell, DJ Shaver - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Knowledge of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) foraging ecology in the northwestern Gulf of
Mexico (GOM) is critical as populations begin to recover from heavy harvesting in prior …

Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species

BP Wallace, ZA Posnik, BJ Hurley… - Endangered Species …, 2023 - int-res.com
Delineating spatial boundaries that accurately encompass complex, often cryptic, life
histories of highly migratory marine megafauna can be a significant conservation challenge …

A sea turtle population assessment for Florida's Big Bend, northeastern Gulf of Mexico

RM Chabot, RC Welsh, CR Mott, JR Guertin… - Gulf and Caribbean …, 2021 - aquila.usm.edu
Coastal waters of Florida's Big Bend, Gulf of Mexico (GOM) once supported one of the
largest sea turtle fisheries in the United States. To fill an information gap in this region on …

Effects of swimming behaviour and oceanography on sea turtle hatchling dispersal at the intersection of two ocean current systems

DZM Le Gouvello, MG Hart-Davis, BC Backeberg… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The knowledge gap on the early life-history of sea turtles during the “lost years” continues to
hinder research and conservation of this critical life stage when mortality rates are the …

Predicted distributions and abundances of the sea turtle 'lost years' in the western North Atlantic Ocean

NF Putman, EE Seney, P Verley, DJ Shaver… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oceanic dispersal characterizes the early juvenile life‐stages of numerous marine species
of conservation concern. This early stage may be a 'critical period'for many species, playing …

Green turtle mitochondrial microsatellites indicate finer-scale natal homing to isolated islands than to continental nesting sites

BM Shamblin, KM Hart, KJ Martin, SA Ceriani… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
In highly mobile philopatric species, defining the scale of natal homing is fundamental to
characterizing population dynamics and effectively managing distinct populations. Genetic …

Fibropapillomatosis prevalence and distribution in green turtles Chelonia mydas in Texas (USA)

DJ Shaver, JS Walker, TF Backof - Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2019 - int-res.com
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a neoplastic disease that can result in debilitating tumors in sea
turtles. Initially identified in Florida, USA in 1937, it has since been detected in green turtle …