Predation of sea turtle eggs by rats and crabs

HJ Stokes, N Esteban, GC Hays - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Egg predation by invasive and native species may have severe impacts on endangered
species and negatively affect species recovery. We assessed the levels of egg predation …

Recent decline of green turtle Chelonia mydas nesting trend at Tortuguero, Costa Rica

J Restrepo, EG Webster, I Ramos… - Endangered Species …, 2023 - int-res.com
Trends in abundance of different life stages present important opportunities to manage the
conservation of threatened species. For marine turtles, most trend assessments are based …

Warm beach, warmer turtles: Using drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors to monitor sea turtle nesting activity

B Sellés-Ríos, E Flatt, J Ortiz-García… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
For decades sea turtle projects around the world have monitored nesting females using
labor-intensive human patrolling techniques. Here we describe the first empirical testing of a …

Tracing the origins of sea turtle eggs in the markets of Costa Rica

H Pheasey, A Albert Fonseca… - … Science and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Unsustainable wildlife trade is a major contributor to biodiversity loss; however, trade
regulations have failed to prevent the decline of high‐profile species. Where wildlife is …

[HTML][HTML] Future sea-level rise impacts to Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) and Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting habitat on the Osa Peninsula, Costa …

I Beber, B Sellés-Ríos, A Whitworth - Climate Change Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Global sea turtle populations are in decline and so a global network of sea turtle nesting
conservation programs have been established worldwide with the goal to protect vulnerable …

Multidecadal underwater surveys reveal declines in marine turtles

J Saltzman, AR Hearn, MMPB Fuentes… - … science and practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Marine turtles are a group of imperiled marine megafauna particularly vulnerable to
anthropogenic stressors. Most long‐term studies of marine turtles are based on nesting …

Satellite tracking reveals critical habitats and migratory pathways for green and hawksbill turtles nesting in Montserrat, Eastern Caribbean

J Wiggins, BJ Godley, J Jeffers, K Metcalfe… - Endangered Species …, 2024 - int-res.com
The United Kingdom Overseas Territory of Montserrat supports modest but regionally
important nesting populations of green and hawksbill turtles. However, knowledge of the …

Seasonal deposition of marine debris on an important marine turtle nesting beach in Costa Rica

M Damian, A Harris, J Aussage, GS Fraser - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine debris pollution poses a threat for wildlife and can negatively impact the economy of
communities whose livelihoods depend on tourism. Playa Norte, in northeastern Costa Rica …

Sustainability strategy for turtle conservation in Kelapa Dua Island, Kepulauan Seribu District, Jakarta, Indonesia

GS Gulo, SS Tumuyu, MP Patria - Biodiversitas Journal of Biological …, 2024 - smujo.id
Gulo GS, Tumuyu SS, Patria MP. 2024. Sustainability strategy for turtle conservation in
Kelapa Dua Island, Kepulauan Seribu District, Jakarta, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 25: 2307 …

Illegal take of nesting sea turtles in Tortuguero, Costa Rica: Conservation, trade, or tradition?

D Rojas-Cañizales, J Restrepo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Tortuguero, Costa Rica is considered the second largest green turtle (Chelonia
mydas) rookery in the world. By 1950, Tortuguero was one of the sites with the greatest take …