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Marine Turtle Newsletter 155:29-33, © 2018

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS


This section consists of publications, books, reports, and academic theses that feature subject material relevant to marine turtles. Most references come from major search engines, and the editors encourage authors to submit their publications directly by email to the Recent Publications editor: mtnrecentpubs@gmail.com.

ALFARO-SHIGUETO, J., J.C. MANGEL, J. DARQUEA, M. DONOSO, A. BAQUERO, P.D. DOHERTY & B.J. GODLEY. 2018. Untangling the impacts of nets in the southeastern Pacific: Rapid assessment of marine turtle bycatch to set conservation priorities in small-scale fisheries. Fisheries Research 206: 185-192.

ANDRADES, R., R.G. SANTOS, J.-C. JOYEUX, D. CHELAZZI, A. CINCINELLI & T. GIARRIZZO. 2018. Marine debris in Trindade Island, a remote island of the South Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin 137: 180-184.

ASAAD, I., C.J. LUNDQUIST, M.V. ERDMANN & M.J. COSTELLO. 2018. Delineating priority areas for marine biodiversity conservation in the Coral Triangle. Biological Conservation 222: 198-211.

AVERY-GOMM, S., S.B. BORRELLE & J.F. PROVENCHER. 2018. Linking plastic ingestion research with marine wildlife conservation. Science of the Total Environment 637: 1492-1495.

AWABDI, D.R., D.C. TAVARES, A.C.V. BONDIOLI, C.A. ZAPPES & A.P.M. DI BENEDITTO. 2018. Influences of conservation action on attitudes and knowledge of fishermen towards sea turtles along the southeastern Brazil. Marine Policy 95: 57-68.

AYISSI, I., R. MAKOGE, J. NACK, N. NYECK & M. MPECK. 2018. Characterization of marine artisanal fisheries and the impact of bycatch on marine faunal in Southern Cameroon (West-Africa). HSOA Journal of Aquaculture and Fisheries 2: 010.

BECKWITH, V.K. & M.M. FUENTES. 2018. Microplastic at nesting grounds used by the northern Gulf of Mexico loggerhead recovery unit. Marine Pollution Bulletin 131: 32-37.

BEHERA, S., B. TRIPATHY, B.C. CHOUDHURY & K. SIVAKUMAR. 2018. Movements of olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the Bay of Bengal, India, determined via satellite telemetry. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 17: 44-53.

BELL, I. & M.P. JENSEN. 2018. Multinational genetic connectivity identified in western Pacific hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata. Wildlife Research 45: 307-315.

BOOTH, D.T. & A. DUNSTAN. 2018. A preliminary investigation into the early embryo death syndrome (EEDS) at the world’s largest green turtle rookery. PLoS ONE 13: e0195462.

BOWDEN, R.M. & R.T. PAITZ. 2018. Temperature fluctuations and maternal estrogens as critical factors for understanding temperature-dependent sex determination in nature. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 329: 177-184.

BRADSHAW, P., A.C. BRODERICK, C. CARRERAS, W. FULLER, R.T.E. SNAPE, L.I. WRIGHT & B.J. GODLEY. 2018. Defining conservation units with enhanced molecular tools to reveal fine scale structuring among Mediterranean green turtle rookeries. Biological Conservation 222: 253-260.

BROTHERS, J.R. & K.J. LOHMANN. 2018. Evidence that magnetic navigation and geomagnetic imprinting shape spatial genetic variation in sea turtles. Current Biology 28: 1325-1329. e2.

BURGESS, M.G., G.R. MCDERMOTT, B. OWASHI, L.E.P. REEVES, T. CLAVELLE, D. OVANDO, B.P. WALLACE, R.L. LEWISON, S.D. GAINES & C. COSTELLO. 2018. Protecting marine mammals, turtles, and birds by rebuilding global fisheries. Science 359: 1255-1258.

CAILLOUET, C.W., S.W. RABORN, D.J. SHAVER, N.F. PUTMAN, B.J. GALLAWAY & K.L. MANSFIELD. 2018. Did declining carrying capacity for the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle population within the Gulf of Mexico contribute to the nesting setback in 2010-2017? Chelonian Conservation & Biology 17: 123-133.

CANDAN, E.D. 2018. Molecular identification of fungal isolates and hatching success of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests. Archives of Microbiology 200: 911-919.

CARON, A.G., C.R. THOMAS, K.L. BERRY, C.A. MOTTI, E. ARIEL & J.E. BRODIE. 2018. Validation of an optimised protocol for quantification of microplastics in heterogenous samples: A case study using green turtle chyme. MethodsX 5: 812-823.

CASALE, P., A.C. BRODERICK, J.A. CAMIÑAS, L. CARDONA, C. CARRERAS, A. DEMETROPOULOS, W.J. FULLER, B.J. GODLEY, S. HOCHSCHEID. Y. KASKA, B. LAZAR, D. MARGARITOULIS, A. PANAGOPOULOU, A.F. REES, J. TOMÁS & O. TÜRKOZAN. 2018. Mediterranean sea turtles: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research. Endangered Species Research 36: 229-267.

CASINI, S., I. CALIANI, M. GIANNETTI, L. MARSILI, S. MALTESE, D. COPPOLA, N. BIANCHI, T. CAMPANI, S. ANCORA, C. CARUSO, G. FURII, M. PARGA, A. D’AGOSTINO & M.C. FOSSI. 2018. First ecotoxicological assessment of Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean Sea using an integrated nondestructive protocol. Science of the Total Environment 631-632: 1221-1233.

CASTHELOGE, V.D., M.R.D. DOS SANTOS, J.C. DE CISTILHOS, P.R.D. FILHO, L.D. GOMES, R.B.G. CLEMENTE-CARVALHO & P.D. FERREIRA. 2018. Pivotal temperature and hatchling sex ratio of olive ridley sea turtles Lepidochelys olivacea from the South Atlantic coast of Brazil. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13: 488-496.

CHATTING, M., D. SMYTH, I. AL-MASLAMANI, J. OBBARD, M. AL-ANSI, S. HAMZA, S.F. AL-MOHANADY, A.J. AL-KUWARI & C.D. MARSHALL. 2018. Nesting ecology of hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, in an extreme environmental setting. PLoS ONE 13(9): e0203257.

CHENG, I.J., W.H. CHENG & Y.T. CHAN. 2018. Geographically closed, yet so different: Contrasting long-term trends at two adjacent sea turtle nesting populations in Taiwan due to different anthropogenic effects. PLoS ONE 13(7): e0200063.

CLUSA, M., C. CARRERAS, L. CARDONA, A. DEMETROPOULOS, D. MARGARITOULIS, A.F. REES, A.A. HAMZA, M. KHALIL, Y. LEVY, O. TURKOZAN, A. AGUILAR & M. PASCUAL. 2018. Philopatry in loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta: beyond the gender paradigm. Marine Ecology Progress Series 588: 201-213.

CONRAD, C., L.P. BARCELÓ, J.A. SEMINOFF, C.T. TOMASZEWICZ, M. LABONTE, B.M. KEMP, E.L. JONES, M. STOYKA, K. BRUNER & A. PASTRON. 2018. Ancient DNA analysis and stable isotope ecology of sea turtles (Cheloniidae) from the Gold Rush-era (1850s) Eastern Pacific Ocean. Open Quaternary 4(1): p.3.

CRUZ, L.M., G.L. SHILLINGER, N.J. ROBINSON, P.S. TOMILLO & F.V. PALADINO. 2018. Effect of light intensity and wavelength on the in-water orientation of olive ridley turtle hatchlings. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 505: 52-56.

CRUZ-QUINTANA, A., V. GUZMÁN-HERNÁNDEZ, M.A. RODRÍGUEZ-SANTIAGO & J. CANALES-DELGADILLO. 2018. Blood chemical profiles and symbiotic relationships of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting in Campeche, Mexico. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 17: 109-115.

CUEVAS, E., V. GUZMAN-HERNANDEZ, A. URIBE-MARTINEZ, A. RAYMUNDO-SANCHEZ & R. HERRERA-PAVON. 2018. Identification of potential sea turtle bycatch hotspots using a spatially explicit approach in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 17: 78-93.

DE BROIN, F.D., X. MURELAGA, A. PEREZ-GARCIA, F. FARRES & J. ALTIMIRAS. 2018. The turtles from the upper Eocene, Osona County (Ebro Basin, Catalonia, Spain): new material and its faunistic and environmental context. Fossil Record 21: 237-284.

DEEMING, D.C. 2018. Nesting environment may drive variation in eggshell structure and egg characteristics in the Testudinata. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 329: 331-342.

DO, T.H., M. KROTT, N. JUERGES & M. BÖCHER. 2018. Red Lists in conservation science-policy interfaces: A case study from Vietnam. Biological Conservation 226: 101-110.

DUJON, A.M., G. SCHOFIELD, R.E. LESTER, K. PAPAFITSOROS & G.C. HAYS. 2018. Complex movement patterns by foraging loggerhead sea turtles outside the breeding season identified using Argos-linked Fastloc-Global Positioning System. Marine Ecology 39: e12489.

DUNCAN, E.M., J. ARROWSMITH, C. BAIN, A.C. BRODERICK, J. LEE, K. METCALFE, S.K. PIKESLEY, R.T.E. SNAPE, E. VAN SEBILLE & B.J. GODLEY. 2018. The true depth of the Mediterranean plastic problem: extreme microplastic pollution on marine turtle nesting beaches in Cyprus. Marine Pollution Bulletin 136: 334-340.

ESPINOZA-ROMO, B.A., J.C. SAINZ-HERNANDEZ, C.P. LEY-QUINONEZ, C.E. HART, R. LEAL-MORENO, A.A. AGUIRRE & A.A. ZAVALA-NORZAGARAY. 2018. Blood biochemistry of olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles foraging in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. PLoS ONE 13(7): e0199825.

FAILLA, G., A. CALAIS JÚNIOR, L. PAVANELLI & L. NUNES. 2018. Histomorphometric analysis of gonads of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) stranded on the coast of Espírito Santo state, Brazil. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia 70: 213-221.

FITAK, R.R. & S. JOHNSEN. 2018. Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) population history indicates important demographic changes near the mid-Pleistocene transition. Marine Biology 165: 110.

FLOWER, J.E., T.M. NORTON, K.M. ANDREWS, C.E. PARKER, L.M. ROMERO, K.E. ROCKWELL & M.A. MITCHELL. 2018. Baseline corticosterone, hematology, and biochemistry results and correlations to reproductive success in nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 49: 9-17.

FRAGA, N.S., A.S. MARTINS, D.R. FAUST, H. SAKAI, A. BIANCHINI, C.C. DA SILVA & A.A. AGUIRRE. 2018. Cadmium in tissues of green turtles (Chelonia mydas): A global perspective for marine biota. Science of the Total Environment 637: 389-397.

FREITAS, C., R. CALDEIRA, J. REIS & T. DELLINGER. 2018. Foraging behavior of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the open ocean: from Levy exploration to area-restricted search. Marine Ecology Progress Series 595: 203-215.

FUKUDA, T., T. EITSUKA, K. DONAI, M. KURITA, T. SAITO, H. OKAMOTO, K. KINOSHITA, M. KATAYAMA, H. NITTO, T. UCHIDA, M. ONUMA, H. SONE, M. INOUE-MURAYAMA & T. KIYONO. 2018. Expression of human mutant cyclin dependent kinase 4, Cyclin D and telomerase extends the life span but does not immortalize fibroblasts derived from loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Scientific Reports 8: 9229.

GAOS, A.R., R.L. LEWISON, M.J. LILES, A. HENRIQUEZ, S. CHAVARRIA, I.L. YANEZ, K. STEWART, A. FREY, T.T. JONES & P.H. DUTTON. 2018. Prevalence of polygyny in a critically endangered marine turtle population. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 506: 91-99.

GATTO, C.R., A. ROTGER, N.J. ROBINSON & P.S. TOMILLO. 2018. A novel method for photo-identification of sea turtles using scale patterns on the front flippers. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 506: 18-24.

GOPPER, B.M., N.M. VOOGT & A. GANSWINDT. 2018. First record of the marine turtle leech (Ozobranchus margoi,) on hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the inner granitic Seychelles. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 85(1): a1604.

GRAY, C.A. & S.J. KENNELLY. 2018. Bycatches of endangered, threatened and protected species in marine fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 28: 521-541.

GRUSS, A., M.D. DREXLER, C.H. AINSWORTH, J.J. ROBERTS, R.H. CARMICHAEL, N.F. PUTMAN, P.M. RICHARDS, E. CHANCELLOR, E.A. BABCOCK & M.S. LOVE. 2018. Improving the spatial allocation of marine mammal and sea turtle biomasses in spatially explicit ecosystem models. Marine Ecology Progress Series 602: 255-274.

GUIMARAES, S.M., D.C. TAVARES & C. MONTEIRO-NETO. 2018. Incidental capture of sea turtles by industrial bottom trawl fishery in the Tropical South-western Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98: 1525-1531.

HALL, R.J., S.K.A. ROBSON & E. ARIEL. 2018. Colour vision of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings: do they still prefer blue under water? Peerj 6: e26642v1.

HALLS, J.N., J.M. HILL, R.E. URBANEK & H. SUTTON. 2018. Distribution pattern of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) dens and spatial relationships with sea turtle nests, recreation, and environmental characteristics. Isprs International Journal of Geo-Information 7: 247.

HALLS, J.N. & A.L. RANDALL. 2018. Nesting patterns of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): development of a multiple regression model tested in North Carolina, USA. Isprs International Journal of Geo-Information 7: 348.

HAMA, F.L., C. DYC, A.S.O. BILAL, M.M. WAGNE, W. MULLIE, Z.E.A.O. SIDATY & J. FRETEY. 2018. Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta nesting activity along the Mauritanian coast. SALAMANDRA 54: 45-55.

HART, C.E., A. MALDONADO-GASCA, C.P. LEY-QUINONEZ, M. FLORES-PEREGRINA, J.D. ROMERO-VILLARRUEL, O.S. ARANDA-MENA, L.J. PLATA-ROSAS, M. TENA-ESPINOZA, I. LLAMAS-GONZALEZ, A.A. ZAVALA-NORZAGARAY, B.J. GODLEY & F.A. ABREU-GROBOIS. 2018. Status of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) after 29 years of nesting rookery conservation in Nayarit and Bahia de Banderas, Mexico. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 17: 27-36.

HATASE, H. & K. OMUTA. 2018. Nest site selection in loggerhead sea turtles that use different foraging areas: do less fecund oceanic foragers nest at safer sites? Journal of Zoology 305: 232-239.

HERNÁNDEZ-CORTÉS, J.A., E. NÚÑEZ-LARA, E. CUEVAS & V. GUZMÁN-HERNÁNDEZ. 2018. Natural beach vegetation coverage and type influence the nesting habitat of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Campeche, Mexico. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 17: 94-103.

HERREN, R.M., D.A. BAGLEY, M.J. BRESETTE, K.G. HOLLOWAY-ADKINS, D. CLARK & B.E. WITHERINGTON. 2018. Sea turtle abundance and demographic measurements in a marine protected area in the Florida Keys, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13: 224-239.

HERRMANN, B., M. EIGHANI, S.Y. PAIGHAMBARI & J. FEEKINGS. 2018. Effect of hook and bait size on catch efficiency in the Persian Gulf recreational fisheries. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 10: 314-324.

HU, Z.Y., H.D. HU & Y.X. HUANG. 2018. Association between nighttime artificial light pollution and sea turtle nest density along Florida coast: A geospatial study using VIIRS remote sensing data. Environmental Pollution 239: 30-42.

HUNT, C.A. & E. VARGAS. 2018. Turtles, Ticos, and tourists: protected areas and marine turtle conservation in Costa Rica. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 36: 101-114.

JEANTET, L., F. DELL’AMICO, M.A. FORIN-WIART, M. COUTANT, M. BONOLA, D. ETIENNE, J. GRESSER, S. REGIS, N. LECERF, F. LEFEBVRE, B. DE THOISY, Y. LE MAHO, M. BRUCKER, N. CHATELAIN, R. LAESSER, F. CRENNER, Y. HANDRICH, R. WILSON & D. CHEVALLIER. 2018. Combined use of two supervised learning algorithms to model sea turtle behaviours from tri-axial acceleration data. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb177378.

JINO, N., H. JUDGE, O. REVOH, V. PULEKERA, A. GRINHAM, S. ALBERT & H. JINO. 2018. Community-based conservation of leatherback turtles in Solomon Islands: local responses to global pressures. Conservation & Society 16: 459-466.

JONES, K., M. JENSEN, G. BURGESS, J. LEONHARDT, L. VAN HERWERDEN, J. HAZEL, M. HAMANN, I. BELL & E. ARIEL. 2018. Closing the gap: mixed stock analysis of three foraging populations of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the Great Barrier Reef. PeerJ 6: e5651

JUNG, M.R., G.H. BALAZS, T.M. WORK, T.T. JONES, S.V. ORSKI, V. RODRIGUEZ C, K.L. BEERS, K.C. BRIGNAC, K.D. HYRENBACH & B. JENSEN. 2018. Polymer identification of plastic debris ingested by pelagic-phase sea turtles in the Central Pacific. Environmental Science & Technology 52: 11535-11544.

KARAA, S. & M.N. BRADAI. 2017. Migration des tortues caouannes, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Cheloniidae), de Méditerranée vers les eaux tunisiennes: importance des suivis satellitaires comme outil de gestion de la conservation. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 161: 3-12.

KEMP, B., J. SEMINOFF, C. TURNER TOMASZEWICZ, M. LABONTE, E.L. JONES, M. STOLYKA, K. BRUNER, A. PASTRON & C. CONRAD. 2018. Ancient DNA analysis and stable isotope ecology of sea turtles (Cheloniidae) from the Gold Rush-era (1850s) Eastern Pacific Ocean. Open Quaternary 4: 3.

KOBAYASHI, S., N. AOKURA, R. FUJIMOTO, K. MORI, Y. KUMAZAWA, Y. ANDO, T. MATSUDA, H. NITTO, K. ARAI, G. WATANABE & T. SAITO. 2018. Incubation and water temperatures influence the performances of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings during the dispersal phase. Scientific Reports 8: 11911.

LAWRANCE, M.F., K.L. MANSFIELD, E. SUTTON & A.E. SAVAGE. 2018. Molecular evolution of fibropapilloma-associated herpesviruses infecting juvenile green and loggerhead sea turtles. Virology 521: 190-197.

LENNOX, R.J., A.J. GALLAGHER, E.G. RITCHIE & S.J. COOKE. 2018. Evaluating the efficacy of predator removal in a conflict-prone world. Biological Conservation 224: 277-289.

LUCCHETTI, A., V. ANGELINI, G. FURII, S. PARI, C. VASAPOLLO & M. VIRGILI. 2018. Evidence of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta, Linnaeus, 1758) injuries caused by Rapido (beam) trawling in the Mediterranean. Herpetological Journal 28: 134-136.

MANGEL, J.C., J. WANG, J. ALFARO-SHIGUETO, S. PINGO, A. JIMENEZ, F. CARVALHO, Y. SWIMMER & B.J. GODLEY. 2018. Illuminating gillnets to save seabirds and the potential for multi-taxa bycatch mitigation. Royal Society Open Science 5: 180254.

MARTINSON, S.A., S.J. GREENWOOD, D. WADOWSKA & K. MARTIN. 2018. Histopathological, ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic analysis of a novel microsporidium in a loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 129: 31-39.

MASHKOUR, N., A. MACLAINE, G.W. BURGESS & E. ARIEL. 2018. Discovery of an Australian Chelonia mydas papillomavirus via green turtle primary cell culture and qPCR. Journal of Virological Methods 258: 13-23.

MAXWELL, S.M., M.J. WITT, G. ABITSI, M.P. ABORO, P.D. AGAMBOUE, G.M. ASSEKO, F. BOUSSAMBA, E. CHARTRAIN, M.S. GNANDJI & B.D.K. MABERT. 2018. Sea turtles and survivability in demersal trawl fisheries: Do comatose olive ridley sea turtles survive post-release? Animal Biotelemetry 6: 11.

MCNEILL, J.B., A.G. HALL & P.M. RICHARDS. 2018. Trends in fishery-dependent captures of sea turtles in a western North Atlantic foraging region. Endangered Species Research 36: 315-324.

MURRIE, B.C., A.A. LOBO, D. SCHOLFIELD, F. ARCOS, N.M. GARCÍA, J.C. STOM & J. ACEVEDO. 2018. New record of black turtle Chelonia mydas agassizii in high latitudes of Eastern South Pacific Ocean. Journal of Life Sciences 12: 150-158.

NG, C.K.Y., H.X. GU, T.H. LI, M.B. YE, Z.R. XIA, F.Y. ZHANG, J.X. DUAN, C.K. HSU, G.H. BALAZS & M.B. MURPHY. Insights into identifying habitat hot spots and migratory corridors of green turtles in the South China region. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28: 1181-1191.

NIVIÈRE, M., P. CHAMBAULT, T. PÉREZ, D. ETIENNE, M. BONOLA, J. MARTIN, C. BARNÉRIAS, F. VÉDIE, J. MAILLES & É. DUMONT-DAYOT. 2018. Identification of marine key areas across the Caribbean to ensure the conservation of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle. Biological Conservation 223: 170-180.

NUNO, A., J.M. BLUMENTHAL, T.J. AUSTIN, J. BOTHWELL, G. EBANKS-PETRIE, B.J. GODLEY & A.C. BRODERICK. 2018. Understanding implications of consumer behavior for wildlife farming and sustainable wildlife trade. Conservation Biology 32: 390-400.

ORÓS, J., M. LOPEZ-YANEZ, F. RODRIGUEZ, P. CALABUIG & P.L. CASTRO. 2018. Immunohistochemical staining patterns of alpha-keratins in normal tissues from two reptile species: implications for characterization of squamous cell carcinomas. BMC Veterinary Research 14: 219.

PATEL, S.H., S.G. BARCO, L.M. CROWE, J.P. MANNING, E. MATZEN, R.J. SMOLOWITZ & H.L. HAAS. 2018. Loggerhead turtles are good ocean-observers in stratified mid-latitude regions. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 213: 128-136.

PATRÍCIO, A.R., M.R. VARELA, C. BARBOSA, A.C. BRODERICK, M.B.F. AIRAUD, B.J. GODLEY, A. REGALLA, D. TILLEY & P. CATRY. 2018. Nest site selection repeatability of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, and consequences for offspring. Animal Behaviour 139: 91-102.

PERRAULT, J.R. & N.I. STACY. 2018. Note on the unique physiologic state of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) during nesting season as evidenced by a suite of health variables. Marine Biology 165: 71.

PFALLER, J.B., M. CHALOUPKA, A.B. BOLTEN & K.A. BJORNDAL. 2018. Phylogeny, biogeography and methodology: a meta-analytic perspective on heterogeneity in adult marine turtle survival rates. Scientific Reports 8: 5852.

POAPOLATHEP, S., R. MAPONGPENG, W. LAOVECHPRASIT, P. SINPHITHAKKUL, U. JERMNAK, C. SAKULTHAEW, M. GIORGI & A. POAPOLATHEP. 2018. Pharmacokinetics of ceftriaxone in the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas): preliminary study. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 41: 137-137.

PRICE, J.T., B. DRYE, R.J. DOMANGUE & F.V. PALADINO. 2018. Exploring the role of artificial lighting in loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nest-site selection and hatchling disorientation. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13: 415-422.

RAMAKRISHNAN, A., M. PALANIVELRAJAN, M. THANGAPADIYAN, D. SUMATHI & K. SENTHILKUMAR. 2018. Haematology analysis of rescued olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 6: 1128-1131.

REES, A.F., L. AVENS, K. BALLORAIN, E. BEVAN, A.C. BRODERICK, R.R. CARTHY, M.J.A. CHRISTIANEN, G. DUCLOS, M.R. HEITHAUS, D.W. JOHNSTON, J.C. MANGEL, F. PALADINO, K. PENDOLEY, R.D. REINA, N.J. ROBINSON, R. RYAN, S. SYKORA-BODIE, D. TILLEY, M.R. VARELA, E.R. WHITMAN, P.A. WHITTOCK, T. WIBBELS & B.J. GODLEY. 2018. The potential of unmanned aerial systems for sea turtle research and conservation: a review and future directions. Endangered Species Research 35: 81-100.

RESÉNDIZ, E., H. FERNÁNDEZ-SANZ & M.M. LARA-UC. 2018. Baseline health indicators of Eastern Pacific Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Comparative Clinical Pathology 27: 1309-1320.

RESÉNDIZ, E. & M.M. LARA-UC. 2018. Health assessments in free-ranging sea turtles: perspective of animal welfare in wildlife. In: Abubakr M. & S. Manzoor (Eds.). Animal Welfare. IntechOpen, pp. 1-29 .

RIVAS, M., M. SPÍNOLA, H. ARRIETA & M. FAIFE-CABRERA. 2018. Effect of extreme climatic events resulting in prolonged precipitation on the reproductive output of sea turtles. Animal Conservation 21: 387-395.

RODGERS, M.L. & C.D. RICE. 2018. Monoclonal antibodies against loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, IgY isoforms reveal differential contributions to antibody titers and relatedness among other sea turtles. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 87: 12-15.

RODRÍGUEZ-ZÁRATE, C.J., J. SANDOVAL-CASTILLO, E. VAN SEBILLE, R.G. KEANE, A. ROCHA-OLIVARES, J. URTEAGA & L.B. BEHEREGARAY. 2018. Isolation by environment in the highly mobile olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20180264.

SALLEH, S.M., H. NISHIZAWA, T. ISHIHARA, S.A.M. SAH & A.J.K. CHOWDHURY. 2018. Importance of sand particle size and temperature for nesting success of green turtles in Penang Island, Malaysia. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 17: 116-122.

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