New insight into the swimming kinematics of wild Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) by Nick van der Geest, Lorenzo Garcia, Roy Nates, Daniel A. Godoy

“…Abstract Biomechanically, sea turtles could be perceived as birds of the ocean as they glide and flap their forelimbs to produce the necessary forces required for locomotion, making sea turtles an interesting animal to study. …”
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Incubation temperature effects on hatchling performance in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). by Leah R Fisher, Matthew H Godfrey, David W Owens

“…Incubation temperature also affects traits that can influence survival, a theory that is verified in this study for the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). We conducted controlled laboratory incubations and experiments to test for an effect of incubation temperature on performance of loggerhead hatchlings. …”
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Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles? by Rees, AF, Alfaro-Shigueto, J, Barata, PCR, Bjorndal, KA, Bolten, AB, Bourjea, J, Broderick, AC, Campbell, LM, Cardona, L, Carreras, C, Casale, P, Ceriani, SA, Dutton, PH, Eguchi, T, Formia, A, Fuentes, MMPB, Fuller, WJ, Girondot, M, Godfrey, MH, Hamann, M, Hart, KM, Hays, GC, Hochscheid, S, Kaska, Y, Jensen, MP, Mangel, JC, Mortimer, JA, Naro-Maciel, E, Ng, CKY, Nichols, WJ, Phillott, AD, Reina, RD, Revuelta, O, Schofield, G, Seminoff, JA, Shanker, K, Tomás, J, de Merwe, JPv, Van Houtan, KS, Vander Zanden, HB, Wallace, BP, Wedemeyer-Strombel, KR, Work, TM, Godley, BJ

“…In 2010, an international group of 35 sea turtle researchers refined an initial list of more than 200 research questions into 20 metaquestions that were considered key for management and conservation of sea turtles. …”
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A Global Assessment of the Potential for Ocean-Driven Transport in Hatchling Sea Turtles by Morgan J. DuBois, Nathan F. Putman, Susan E. Piacenza

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle as Possible Source of Transmission for Zoonotic Listeriosis in the Marine Environment by Silva Rubini, Matilde Baruffaldi, Roberta Taddei, Giulia D’Annunzio, Erika Scaltriti, Martina Tambassi, Ilaria Menozzi, Giulia Bondesan, Sandro Mazzariol, Cinzia Centelleghe, Giorgia Corazzola, Federica Savini, Valentina Indio, Andrea Serraino, Federica Giacometti

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Comparing Acoustic Tag Attachments Designed for Mobile Tracking of Hatchling Sea Turtles by Aimee L. Hoover, George L. Shillinger, George L. Shillinger, George L. Shillinger, Jennifer Swiggs, Helen Bailey

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Sea turtle populations are overestimated worldwide from remigration intervals: correction for bias by Casale, P, Ceriani, SA

“…This is particularly challenging for marine animals, like sea turtles, with ocean-scale distribution and migratory nature. …”
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Sea turtle rehabilitation success increases with body size and differs among species by L Baker, W Edwards, DA Pike

“…We quantified the success rates for 1700 sea turtles admitted to rehabilitation facilities in Florida (USA) between 1986 and 2004. …”
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Sea turtle density surface models along the United States Atlantic coast by A DiMatteo, JJ Roberts, D Jones, L Garrison, KM Hart, RD Kenney, WA McLellan, K Lomac-MacNair, D Palka, ME Rickard, KE Roberts, AM Zoidis, L Sparks

“…Surveys rarely detect sea turtles smaller than 40 cm, so these age classes are not represented. …”
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Oil spills and sea turtles: documented effects and considerations for response and assessment efforts by Wallace, BP, Stacy, BA, Cuevas, E, Holyoake, C, Lara, PH, Marcondes, ACJ, Miller, JD, Nijkamp, H, Pilcher, NJ, Robinson, I, Rutherford, N, Shigenaka, G

“…Our goals were to (1) summarize available information about oil spills and their effects on sea turtles; (2) identify major knowledge gaps; and (3) provide recommendations related to oil spills and sea turtles for managers, researchers, and conservation groups around the world. …”
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Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions by MMPB Fuentes, E McMichael, CY Kot, I Silver-Gorges, BP Wallace, BJ Godley, AML Brooks, SA Ceriani, AA Cortés-Gómez, TM Dawson, KL Dodge, M Flint, MP Jensen, LM Komoroske, S Kophamel, MD Lettrich, CA Long, SE Nelms, AR Patrício, NJ Robinson, JA Seminoff, M Ware, ER Whitman, D Chevallier, CE Clyde-Brockway, SA Korgaonkar, A Mancini, J Mello-Fonseca, JR Monsinjon, I Neves-Ferreira, AA Ortega, SH Patel, JB Pfaller, MD Ramirez, C Raposo, CE Smith, FA Abreu-Grobois, GC Hays

“…Sea turtles are an iconic group of marine megafauna that have been exposed to multiple anthropogenic threats across their different life stages, especially in the past decades. …”
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Satellite-tracking dataset of loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean by Sara Abalo-Morla, Eduardo J. Belda, Jesús Tomás, Jose Luis Crespo-Picazo, Adolfo Marco, Ohiana Revuelta

“…We provide the raw data of 44 satellite-tracked loggerhead sea turtles from different life-stages collected between 2016 and 2018. …”
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Spatial Dynamics of Sea Turtle Abundance and Shrimping Intensity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by Carrie J. McDaniel, Larry B. Crowder, Jeffery A. Priddy

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A brighter future? Stable and growing sea turtle populations in the Republic of Maldives by Jillian A. Hudgins, Emma J. Hudgins, Stephanie Köhnk, Enas Mohamed Riyad, Martin R. Stelfox

“…The Indian Ocean represents a significant data gap in the evaluation of sea turtle population status and trends. Like many small island states, the Republic of Maldives has limited baseline data, capacity and resources to gather information on sea turtle abundance, distribution and trends to evaluate their conservation status. …”
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Evaluating outcomes of long-term satellite tag attachment on leatherback sea turtles by Kayla M. Hamelin, Michael C. James

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Comparative cranial morphology of the Late Cretaceous protostegid sea turtle Desmatochelys lowii by Irena Raselli

“…Whereas the parasphenoid in confirmed to be absent in hard-shelled sea turtles, ist possible presence in Desmatochelys lowii is unclear. …”
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Gastrointestinal investigation of parasites and Enterobacteriaceae in loggerhead sea turtles from Italian coasts by Antonino Pace, Laura Rinaldi, Davide Ianniello, Luca Borrelli, Giuseppe Cringoli, Alessandro Fioretti, Sandra Hochscheid, Ludovico Dipineto

“…Indeed, many species commonly inhabiting the sea turtle gastrointestinal tract exhibit an opportunistic behaviour. …”
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Effect of sand granulometry on the egg hatchling success of the sea turtle Caretta caretta by Maria Fernanda Tacchi, Fernanda Peres Quirino, Diego Júnior Martins Ferreira, Lílian Gomes Afonso, Federico Tognin, Daniel Negreiros

“…The environmental characteristics of nesting sites of sea turtles may directly interfere with the egg hatchling success. …”
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The gut bacterial microbiota of sea turtles differs between geographically distinct populations by Scheelings, TF, Moore, RJ, Van, TTH, Klaassen, M, Reina, RD

“…The mechanisms by which these factors may influence bacterial microbial composition of sea turtle gastrointestinal tracts warrants further investigation. …”
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Modeling the emergence of migratory corridors and foraging hot spots of the green sea turtle by Mayeul Dalleau, Stephanie Kramer‐Schadt, Yassine Gangat, Jérôme Bourjea, Gilles Lajoie, Volker Grimm

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