Population genetics and phylogeography of sea turtles

BW Bowen, SA Karl - Molecular ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The seven species of sea turtles occupy a diversity of niches, and have a history tracing
back over 100 million years, yet all share basic life‐history features, including exceptional …

Vulnerability of marine turtles to climate change

ES Poloczanska, CJ Limpus, GC Hays - Advances in marine biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Marine turtles are generally viewed as vulnerable to climate change because of the role that
temperature plays in the sex determination of embryos, their long life history, long age-to …

Geomagnetic imprinting: A unifying hypothesis of long-distance natal homing in salmon and sea turtles

KJ Lohmann, NF Putman, CMF Lohmann - Proceedings of the National …, 2008 - pnas.org
Several marine animals, including salmon and sea turtles, disperse across vast expanses of
ocean before returning as adults to their natal areas to reproduce. How animals accomplish …

Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long‐term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks

KA Feldheim, SH Gruber, JD DiBattista… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Sharks are a globally threatened group of marine fishes that often breed in their natal region
of origin. There has even been speculation that female sharks return to their exact birthplace …

Effects of rising temperature on the viability of an important sea turtle rookery

JO Laloë, J Cozens, B Renom, A Taxonera… - Nature Climate …, 2014 - nature.com
A warming world poses challenges for species with temperature-dependent sex
determination, including sea turtles, for which warmer incubation temperatures produce …

The sensory ecology of ocean navigation

KJ Lohmann, CMF Lohmann… - Journal of Experimental …, 2008 - journals.biologists.com
How animals guide themselves across vast expanses of open ocean, sometimes to specific
geographic areas, has remained an enduring mystery of behavioral biology. In this review …

Conservation and population ecology of manta rays in the Maldives

GMW Stevens - 2016 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
This multi-decade study on an isolated and unfished population of manta rays (Manta alfredi
and M. birostris) in the Maldives used individual-based photo-ID records and behavioural …

Contrasting habitat use and population dynamics of reef manta rays within the Nusa Penida marine protected area, Indonesia

ES Germanov, L Bejder, DBH Chabanne… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Manta rays (Mobula spp.) are highly valued in nature-based tourism globally. In Indonesia,
although manta rays are protected, critical information is lacking on their habitat use …

Investigating the viability of photo-identification as an objective tool to study endangered sea turtle populations

G Schofield, KA Katselidis, P Dimopoulos… - Journal of experimental …, 2008 - Elsevier
We assessed the potential of using natural facial markings to identify individuals in an
endangered breeding population of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). We divided …

A review of how the biology of male sea turtles may help mitigate female-biased hatchling sex ratio skews in a warming climate

GC Hays, T Shimada, G Schofield - Marine biology, 2022 - Springer
In a warming climate, male sea turtles may become increasingly rare due to temperature-
dependent sex determination with females being produced at warmer temperatures. Hence …