Clinical pathology and health reference values for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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DOI: 10.1007/s00580-019-02985-0
Abstract: Anthropogenic impact and environmental threats can cause diseases to marine turtles and in severe cases death, contributing to population decline worldwide. The Gulf of Ulloa (GU) represents an important foraging habitat for loggerhead sea turtles… read more here.
Keywords: sea turtles; marine turtles; pathology; olive ridley ... See more keywords
Potential adaptability of marine turtles to climate change may be hindered by coastal development in the USA
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-020-01689-4
Abstract: Marine turtles may respond to projected climatic changes by shifting their nesting range to climatically suitable areas, which may result in either increased exposure to threats or fewer threats. Therefore, there is the need to… read more here.
Keywords: habitat; coastal development; change; marine turtles ... See more keywords
Prevalence of polygyny in a critically endangered marine turtle population
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2018.06.004
Abstract: Abstract Genetic analyses of nuclear DNA (e.g., microsatellites) are a primary tool for investigating mating systems in reptiles, particularly marine turtles. Whereas studies over the past two decades have demonstrated that polyandry (i.e., females mating… read more here.
Keywords: polygyny; marine turtles; prevalence polygyny; critically endangered ... See more keywords
To Swim or Not to Swim: Potential Transmission of Balaenophilus manatorum (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in Marine Turtles
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170789
Abstract: Species of Balaenophilus are the only harpacticoid copepods that exhibit a widespread, obligate association with vertebrates, i.e., B. unisetus with whales and B. manatorum with marine turtles and manatees. In the western Mediterranean, juveniles of… read more here.
Keywords: transmission; marine turtles; manatorum; turtle skin ... See more keywords