Caretta caretta
Gas Exchange in the Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta Caretta
... Pulmonary CO diffusion capacity D L C O , lung volume VL, oxygen uptake V o and pulmonary blood flow QL were measured simultaneously in the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta Linna[r] ...
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Haemodynamic changes occurring in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) during mechanical ventilation under general anaesthesia
... Please cite this article as: Monticelli P, Hedley J, Pinelas R, Haemodynamic changes occurring in a loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ) during mechanical ventilation under general [r] ...
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Underwater hearing in the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta): a comparison of behavioral and auditory evoked potential audiograms
... AEP waveforms obtained from averaged responses to tone pip stimuli were present at approximately 7–10ms after tone initiation. Responses consisted of a waveform that was twice the presented frequency. The resulting ...
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The practical use of computed tomography in evaluation of shell lesions in six loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta
... Animals. Six adult loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) were found stranded and rescued in the sea near Sicily within a period of 12 months (Table 1). They were transported to a wildlife rehabilitation cen- ...
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Magnetic orientation and navigation behavior of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings (Caretta caretta) during their transoceanic migration
... Hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) embark on a long-distance migration around the north Atlantic gyre, a current system that encircles the Sargasso Sea. Previous experiments suggest that ...
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Ontogenetic investigation of underwater hearing capabilities in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) using a dual testing approach
... turtles Caretta caretta (19–62 cm straight carapace length) to determine whether these migratory turtles exhibit an ontogenetic shift in underwater auditory detection and (2) evaluate whether hearing ...
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BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY REFERENCE VALUES FOR WILD JUVENILE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES (CARETTA CARETTA) FROM MADEIRA ARCHIPELAGO
... ABSTRACT: Standard biochemical parameters were determined in wild juvenile loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta living offshore Madeira Island, northeast Atlantic. We analyzed the influence of age, sex, ...
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Pharmacokinetics of florfenicol in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after single intravenous and intramuscular injections
... Abstract: The pharmocodynamics of single injections of florfenicol in yearling loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) were determined. Eight juvenile loggerhead sea turtles weighing 1.25 ( 6 0.18) kg were ...
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Pharmacokinetics of fluconazole in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after single intravenous and subcutaneous injections, and multiple subcutaneous injections
... Abstract: Superficial and systemic mycotic infections are common among clinically ill sea turtles, which places growing importance on the establishment of pharmacokinetic-based dosage regimens for antifungal drugs. The ...
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Changes of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) dive behavior associated with tropical storm passage during the inter nesting period
... ( Caretta caretta ) is listed as threatened under the US Federal Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 1977 and the North West Atlantic subpopulation is International Union for Conservation of Nature ...
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Endoscopic evaluation of the esophagus and stomach in three loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and a malaysian giant turtle (Orlitia borneensis)
... Abstract: Three loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and a Malaysian giant turtle (Orlitia borneensis) were presented with suspected or confirmed esophageal foreign bodies. Esophagoscopy was performed ...
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The ontogenetic scaling of bite force and head size in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): implications for durophagy in neritic, benthic habitats
... Sea turtles are long-lived animals with complex life histories. They undergo drastic changes in body size (Owens, 1997) and exhibit ontogenetic shifts in both diet and habitat (Musick and Limpus, 1997; Reich, et al., ...
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Do oceanic loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta associate with oceanographic fronts? Evidence from the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem
... turtles Caretta caretta nesting at Cape Verde (n = 12), we tested the hypothesis that oceanic- foraging logger- heads associate with mesocale (10s to 100s of km) thermal ...
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Forelimb kinematics and motor patterns of swimming loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): are motor patterns conserved in the evolution of new locomotor strategies?
... Novel functions in animals may evolve through changes in morphology, muscle activity or a combination of both. The idea that new functions or behavior can arise solely through changes in structure, without concurrent ...
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Pharmacokinetics of oxytetracycline in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after single intravenous and intramuscular injections
... Abstract: The pharmacokinetics of oxytetracycline in 2-yr-old loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after single i.v. and i.m. injections were studied for biologic marking and therapeutic applications. ...
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Establishing physiological blood parameters in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
... Abstract The loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ), one of the three sea turtle species inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea, is an endangered species. However, although frequent- ly treated in marine ...
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Maintenance of neutral buoyancy by depth selection in the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
... Sea turtles, which use pulmonary gas exchange, can selectively move lung gas to the front, back, right or left of the lungs to compensate for changes in body weight (Jacobs, 1939), and dive data from a loggerhead turtle ...
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Environmental ethics and biodiversity policy in tourism:the Caretta caretta case in Greece
... of Caretta-caretta on Zakynthos and Crete and the emerging interactions, collaborations and conflicts, of all the relevant actors at an international, national and local ...
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Clinical ultrasonography in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): imaging of pathological features
... The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a common inhabitant of the Mediterranean Sea. This species nests particularly on the Sicilian and Calabrian coasts. As an endangered species, its conservation ...
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Deciphering function of the pulmonary arterial sphincters in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)
... Tissues were obtained opportunistically (under the Official Permit of Conselleria de Agricultura, Medio Ambiente, Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Rural) from five loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta ...
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