Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century

M Hamann, MH Godfrey, JA Seminoff, K Arthur… - Endangered species …, 2010 - int-res.com
Over the past 3 decades, the status of sea turtles and the need for their protection to aid
population recovery have increasingly captured the interest of government agencies, non …

First satellite tracks of neonate sea turtles redefine the 'lost years' oceanic niche

KL Mansfield, J Wyneken… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Few at-sea behavioural data exist for oceanic-stage neonate sea turtles, a life-stage
commonly referred to as the sea turtle 'lost years'. Historically, the long-term tracking of …

[HTML][HTML] The status of marine megafauna research in Macaronesia: a systematic review

AJ McIvor, CT Williams, F Alves, A Dinis… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine megafauna serve valuable ecological and economical roles globally, yet, many
species have experienced precipitous population declines. The significance of marine …

Sea turtle strandings along the Northwestern Moroccan coast: Spatio-temporal distribution and main threats

B Mghili, W Benhardouze, M Aksissou… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present the first research carried out on a large spatio-temporal scale (324 km) on sea
turtle strandings during a 24-year period (1998–2022) in northwestern Morocco. A total of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Geographic patterns of genetic variation in a broadly distributed marine vertebrate: new insights into loggerhead turtle stock structure from expanded …

BM Shamblin, AB Bolten, FA Abreu-Grobois… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Previous genetic studies have demonstrated that natal homing shapes the stock structure of
marine turtle nesting populations. However, widespread sharing of common haplotypes …

Molecular genetics of sea turtles

MP Jensen, NN FitzSimmons, PH Dutton… - The biology of sea …, 2013 - books.google.com
Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles (Lutz and Musick, 1997), studies using
molecular techniques to address a variety of questions about sea turtle biology and life …

Simulating transoceanic migrations of young loggerhead sea turtles: merging magnetic navigation behavior with an ocean circulation model

NF Putman, P Verley, TJ Shay… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Young loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from eastern Florida, USA, undertake a
transoceanic migration in which they gradually circle the Sargasso Sea before returning to …

Population structure and conservation implications for the loggerhead sea turtle of the Cape Verde Islands

C Monzón-Argüello, C Rico, E Naro-Maciel… - Conservation …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract The Cape Verde Islands harbour the second largest nesting aggregation of the
globally endangered loggerhead sea turtle in the Atlantic. To characterize the unknown …

Turtle groups or turtle soup: dispersal patterns of hawksbill turtles in the Caribbean

JM Blumenthal, FA Abreu‐Grobois, TJ Austin… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Despite intense interest in conservation of marine turtles, spatial ecology during the oceanic
juvenile phase remains relatively unknown. Here, we used mixed stock analysis and …