scholarly journals Feeding behavior and visual field differences in loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles may explain differences in longline fisheries interactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Warraich ◽  
J Wyneken ◽  
N Blume
Keyword(s):  
Visual Field ◽  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Leatherback Sea Turtles ◽  
Longline Fisheries ◽  
Fisheries Interactions

Behavioral responses of sea turtles to lightsticks used in longline fisheries

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Wang ◽  
L. C. Boles ◽  
B. Higgins ◽  
K. J. Lohmann
Keyword(s):  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Longline Fisheries

COCCIDIAL INFECTION OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS OF LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA)

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 874-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara D. Ferguson ◽  
James F. X. Wellehan ◽  
Salvatore Frasca ◽  
Charles J. Innis ◽  
Heather S. Harris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Glands ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Dermochelys Coriacea ◽  
Coccidial Infection ◽  
Leatherback Sea Turtles

Tursiocola neliana sp. nov (Bacillariophyceae) epizoic on South African leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and new observations on the genus Tursiocola

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 453 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROKSANA MAJEWSKA
Keyword(s):  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Dermochelys Coriacea ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Freshwater Turtles ◽  
Diatom Genus ◽  
Leatherback Sea Turtles ◽  
Internal Side

Tursiocola, a presumably exclusively epizoic diatom genus, comprises species found on various aquatic animals such as cetaceans, manatees, and marine and freshwater turtles. The genus is characterised by linear or lanceolate valves with well-developed pseudosepta at both poles, a valvocopula with three pairs of siliceous tabs, and a butterfly-like structure extending from the central nodule on the internal side of the valve. The current study describes a novel species of Tursiocola, T. neliana Majewska sp. nov. that grows epizoically on leatherback sea turtles from the Eastern Coast of South Africa based on detailed observations using light and scanning electron microscopy. The new taxon resembles the other currently known sea turtle-associated Tursiocola species in possessing relatively small, slightly heteropolar valves with acute apices and a strongly reduced butterfly structure on the internal side. However, T. neliana differs from all other members of the genus in being distinctly dorsiventral, with a clearly bowtie-shaped central area, unequal stria density on two sides of the raphe-sternum, and up to 8 areolae per stria. The description of the new taxon brings the total number of the sea turtle-associated Tursiocola species known so far up to four. An emended description of Tursiocola is proposed based on the new observations presented in this and other recent reports. Furthermore, the current understanding of the genus ecology is summarised.

Reproductive Biology of Atlantic Leatherback Sea Turtles at Sandy Point, St. Croix: The First 30 Years

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne A. Garner ◽  
Duncan S. MacKenzie ◽  
Delbert Gatlin
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Biology ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Leatherback Sea Turtles

Investigation of plastic debris ingestion by four species of sea turtles collected as bycatch in pelagic Pacific longline fisheries

2017 ◽  
Vol 120 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 117-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine E. Clukey ◽  
Christopher A. Lepczyk ◽  
George H. Balazs ◽  
Thierry M. Work ◽  
Jennifer M. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Plastic Debris ◽  
Longline Fisheries
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