Status review of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Engangered Species Act

JA Seminoff, CD Allen, GH Balazs, PH Dutton, T Eguchi… - 2015 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The Green Turtle Status Review Team (SRT) has undertaken a review consistent with
section 4 (a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), using the best available scientific …

Marine reptiles

AR Rasmussen, JC Murphy, M Ompi, JW Gibbons… - PLOS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Of the more than 12,000 species and subspecies of extant reptiles, about 100 have re-
entered the ocean. Among them are seven species of sea turtles and about 80 species and …

A global phylogeny of turtles reveals a burst of climate-associated diversification on continental margins

RC Thomson, PQ Spinks, HB Shaffer - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - pnas.org
Living turtles are characterized by extraordinarily low species diversity given their age. The
clade's extensive fossil record indicates that climate and biogeography may have played …

A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods

NE Campione, DC Evans - BMC biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Body size is intimately related to the physiology and ecology of an organism.
Therefore, accurate and consistent body mass estimates are essential for inferring …

A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names

WG Joyce, J Anquetin, EA Cadena, J Claude… - Swiss Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Over the last 25 years, researchers, mostly paleontologists, have developed a system of
rank-free, phylogenetically defined names for the primary clades of turtles. As these names …

Multilocus phylogeny and statistical biogeography clarify the evolutionary history of major lineages of turtles

AG Pereira, J Sterli, FRR Moreira… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite their complex evolutionary history and the rich fossil record, the higher level
phylogeny and historical biogeography of living turtles have not been investigated in a …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information

K Healy, L McNally, GD Ruxton, N Cooper, AL Jackson - Animal behaviour, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Animals vary in their ability to perceive changes in their environment
visually.•Temporal perception can be quantified using critical flicker fusion (CFF).•High CFF …

Detection and population genomics of sea turtle species via noninvasive environmental DNA analysis of nesting beach sand tracks and oceanic water

JA Farrell, L Whitmore, N Mashkour… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Elusive aquatic wildlife, such as endangered sea turtles, are difficult to monitor and
conserve. As novel molecular and genetic technologies develop, it is possible to adapt and …

Evidence from genetic and Lagrangian drifter data for transatlantic transport of small juvenile green turtles

C Monzón‐Argüello, LF López‐Jurado… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A key life‐history component for many animals is the need for movement between
different geographical locations at particular times. Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings …

6 Molecular Genetics

MP Jensen, NN FitzSimmons… - The Biology of Sea …, 2013 - books.google.com
6 Molecular Genetics Page 155 6 Molecular Genetics CONTENTS 6.1 of Sea Turtles
Michael P. Jensen, Nancy N. FitzSimmons, and Peter H. Dutton Introduction …