Using movement models and systematic conservation planning to inform marine protected area design for a multi-species predator community

MPM van Zinnicq Bergmann, TL Guttridge… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly applied to regulate fishing and conserve
marine biodiversity. Yet, MPAs are often designed without sufficient ecological knowledge of …

A systematic review of acoustic telemetry as a tool to gain insights into marine turtle ecology and aid their conservation

EE Hardin, MMPB Fuentes - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While widely applied in fisheries science, acoustic telemetry remains an underutilized
method in the field of marine turtle biotelemetry. However, with the ability to provide fine …

Cumulative threats to juvenile green turtles in the coastal waters of southern and southeastern Brazil

MMPB Fuentes, N Wildermann, TBR Gandra… - Biodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
Management of marine turtles at broad spatial scales is challenging due to the costs and the
logistical feasibility of collecting ecological data and information on multiple threats at this …

A sea turtle population assessment for Florida's Big Bend, northeastern Gulf of Mexico

RM Chabot, RC Welsh, CR Mott, JR Guertin… - Gulf and Caribbean …, 2021 - aquila.usm.edu
Coastal waters of Florida's Big Bend, Gulf of Mexico (GOM) once supported one of the
largest sea turtle fisheries in the United States. To fill an information gap in this region on …

Effectiveness and design of marine protected areas for migratory species of conservation concern: a case study of post-nesting hawksbill turtles in Brazil

AJB Santos, C Bellini, EAP Santos, G Sales… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are among the most widely used strategy to protect marine
ecosystems and are typically designed to protect specific habitats rather than a single and/or …

Contrasted habitats and individual plasticity drive the fine scale movements of juvenile green turtles in coastal ecosystems

P Chambault, M Dalleau, JB Nicet, P Mouquet… - Movement ecology, 2020 - Springer
Background A strong behavioural plasticity is commonly evidenced in the movements of
marine megafauna species, and it might be related to an adaptation to local conditions of the …

Fine‐scale movement and habitat use of juvenile, subadult, and adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a foraging ground at Ningaloo Reef, Australia

RD Pillans, SD Whiting, AD Tucker… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The residence, home range, and habitat use of juvenile (42.0–63.5 cm midline curved
carapace length, CCL), subadult (68.6–84.6 cm CCL), and adult (81.9–104.2 cm CCL) …

Foraging ecology of critically endangered Eastern Pacific hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Gulf of California, Mexico

L Martínez-Estévez, DL Steller, KM Zilliacus… - Marine Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Pacific hawksbill sea turtle population is one of the most endangered
of all sea turtle species. Here, we examine the foraging ecology of 47 hawksbill turtles (40.5 …

Identifying sea turtle home ranges utilizing citizen-science data from novel web-based and smartphone GIS applications

DS Baumbach, EC Anger… - … 25 Years as the …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Animals are tracked using a wide range of methods. Some researchers track animals by
manually recording global positioning system locations while others combine manually …

Origins of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Bahamas: A comparison of recent and historical rookery contributions

C Kynoch, MMPB Fuentes, PH Dutton… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) benefits from knowledge of population
connectivity across life stages. Green turtles are managed at the level of genetically discrete …