Concern about the effects of maritime vessel collisions with marine animals is increasing
worldwide. To date, most scientific publications on this topic have focused on the collisions …

Since 2011, beach inundation of massive amounts of pelagic Sargassum algae has
occurred around the Caribbean nations and islands. Previous studies have applied satellite …

Mortality from being struck by a motorized watercraft is considerable for many aquatic
vertebrates around the world, including sea turtles. We studied stranded (ie, dead, sick, or …

Hydrocarbon (ie oil) extraction, transport, consumption, and pollution occur daily in marine
environments, threatening vulnerable natural resources, habitats, and biodiversity. However …

Despite exponential growth of anthropogenic marine debris in recent decades, plastic
ingestion by marine turtles in the Gulf of Mexico is not well understood. Gastrointestinal …

Abstract The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world
(Fautin et al. PLoS One 5 (8): e11914, 2010). Twenty-one species of marine mammals and …

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 …

Sea turtle strandings provide important mortality information, yet knowledge of turtle carcass
at-sea drift and decomposition characteristics are needed to better understand and manage …

Reptile growth is influenced by many ecological processes that can cumulatively give rise to
divergent somatic growth rates within spatially structured populations. As somatic growth …

A phytoplankton bloom covering an area> 11,000 km 2 has been reported in the
northeastern Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi River Delta in August 2010 (30°–28° N …