Leatherback turtle – Dermochelys coriacea
Strandings of Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) along the western and southern coast of the Gulf of Venezuela
... Abstract.—Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) strandings in the Gulf of Venezuela (GV) were evaluated to estimate: (1) the area of most frequent strandings; (2) the period of greatest ...
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Behaviour and buoyancy regulation in the deepest diving reptile: the leatherback turtle
... In the face of the physical and physiological challenges of performing breath-hold deep dives, marine vertebrates have evolved different strategies. Although behavioural strategies in marine mammals and seabirds have ...
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Salt and water regulation by the leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea
... 2001), leatherback hatchlings on some beaches must crawl more than 100 m to reach the ...of leatherback hatchlings during these important first few days of ...sea turtle salt gland physiology have ...
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Fat head: an analysis of head and neck insulation in the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
... Adult leatherback turtles are gigantothermic/endothermic when foraging in cool temperate waters, maintaining a core body temperature within the main body cavity of ...the leatherback would have structural ...
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Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in Irish waters
... A turtle that swims into this vertical wall of netting just bounces off ...a turtle will become fouled when sections of the net become slack and fold back on ...a turtle has no problem coming to the ...
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The role of infrequent and extraordinary deep dives in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)
... the turtle may cease transit and remain within that area, waiting for prey to approach the surface at ...a leatherback within a meso-scale feature in the temperate north east Atlantic (Doyle et ...the ...
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Pleated turtle escapes the box – shape changes in Dermochelys coriacea
... that leatherback life history and foraging strategy are only compatible with a structure that allows substantial alterations in size and shape over relatively short periods (weeks to ...green turtle ...
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Pelagic movements of pacific leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) reveal the complex role of prey and ocean currents
... Modeling summary The principle behind our modeling approach was to evaluate choices that the moving animal made in refe- rence to choices the animal could have made. The approach may be thought of as a resource selection ...
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Factors affecting survivorship of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles of South Africa
... 61 leatherback females were recorded whereas during the 2010/2011 season 614 loggerhead and 68 leatherback females were ...whereas leatherback nests were spread evenly along the nesting ...sea ...
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Remains of Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at Mid-Late Holocene archaeological sites in coastal Oman: clues of past worlds
... this turtle includes scores bones other than ossicles, most of which are larger than ...Mid-Miocene turtle P. polygonus, and ossicles of the living D. coriacea (Delfino et ...
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Bioenergetics and diving activity of internesting leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica
... In order for female leatherbacks to reproduce, they must harvest and store sufficient energy to facilitate nest construction, egg production and survival at sea between nesting events. Of those components, only energy ...
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Swim speed and movement patterns of gravid leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) at St Croix, US Virgin Islands
... edited by the senior investigator and obviously erroneous data were discarded (e.g. the bearing indicated that the turtle was in the center of the island). To further reduce reception error, we often used ...
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Tortuga laúd – Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761
... Witt, M. J., Broderick, A. C., Johns, D. J., Martin, C., Penrose, R., Hoogmoed, M. S., Godley, B. J. (2007). Prey landscapes help identify potential foraging habitats for leatherback turtles in the NE Atlantic. ...
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Beach Nourishment: Effects on the Hatching & Emergence Success Rates of Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), Loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and Green (Chelonia mydas) Sea Turtles
... the Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea, Loggerhead, Caretta caretta, and Green, Chelonia mydas, ...Sea Turtle Conservation Program (BCSTCP) collects yearly data in order to study these ...
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Opening and closing mechanisms of the leatherback sea turtle larynx: a crucial role for the tongue
... A combination of dissection and computed tomography scanning has provided significant novel insights into the structure and function of the Dermochelys coriacea larynx and its associated muscles. Several ...
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Predicting residence time using a continuous‐time discrete‐space model of leatherback turtle satellite telemetry data
... of leatherback turtle satellite telemetry ...Pacific leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) to develop a habitat-based model of their motility (and conversely residence time) using a ...
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The Indo Pacific Redbrown Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta, caretta gigas, Deraniyagala, and the Leathery Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (Linne), in Tasmanian waters
... Range: Indo-Pacific (probably to Pacific generally; possibly travelling up round West African coast to Mediterranean).. Dcrrnochelys coriacea (Linne).[r] ...
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Crying a river: how much salt laden jelly can a leatherback turtle really eat?
... body volume h −1 ). Salt gland secretion is calculated here to be 8.64 l h −1 , leaving about 15.4 l h −1 to be allocated to cutaneous, respiratory, urinary and faecal losses. Insufficient information is available to ...
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Shape and material characteristics of the trachea in the leatherback sea turtle promote progressive collapse and reinflation during dives
... of Dermochelys, based on the O-shaped tracheal rings of reptiles, but with minimal connective tissue, appears to be advantageous for ...the leatherback undertakes a great number of dives each ...the ...
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Predicting residence time using a continuous‐time discrete‐space model of leatherback turtle satellite telemetry data
... animal behavior; Bayesian; biologging; CTDS; leatherback turtles; movement; telemetry... 4 Introduction.[r] ...
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