scholarly journals Tidal movements of East Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas at a foraging area in Baja California Sur, México

2009 ◽  
Vol 386 ◽  
pp. 263-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
LB Brooks ◽  
JT Harvey ◽  
WJ Nichols
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Foraging Area ◽  
East Pacific

Health Indices of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Along the Pacific Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. II. Body Condition Index

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Labrada-Martagón ◽  
Lia C. Méndez-Rodríguez ◽  
Susan C. Gardner ◽  
Victor H. Cruz-Escalona ◽  
Tania Zenteno-Savín
Keyword(s):  
Body Condition ◽  
Green Turtle ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Condition Index ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Body Condition Index ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
The Pacific

scholarly journals Small-scale gill-net fisheries cause massive green turtle Chelonia mydas mortality in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Oryx ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnese Mancini ◽  
Volker Koch ◽  
Jeffrey A. Seminoff ◽  
Bénédicte Madon
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
North West ◽  
Paralichthys Californicus ◽  
Gill Net ◽  
West Mexico ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe coastal waters of Baja California Sur, Mexico, include some of the most important foraging grounds of the East Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas. However, they are also important fishing grounds for artisanal fleets, leading potentially to high levels of bycatch mortality. We studied the impact of a small-scale gill-net fishery at San Ignacio lagoon, north-west Mexico, an important green turtle feeding ground. We conducted mortality censuses and interviewed local fishers to estimate total bycatch mortality at the lagoon. We also used marked drifters and carcasses to estimate stranding probabilities of turtles taken as bycatch. During 2006–2009 we found 262 dead turtles; 96% of the mortality occurred in May–August corresponding to the fishing season for halibut Paralichthys californicus and guitar-fish (Rhinobatus sp.). Stranding probability estimated from drifters was 0.062 (95% confidence interval, CI, 0.035–0.094), yielding a minimum mortality of 3,516 turtles during 2006–2008 (95% CI 2,364–6,057) or 1,172 animals per year. This is probably an underestimate of real mortality as the drifters have higher stranding probabilities than carcasses and most of the nets were set in the lower lagoon where carcasses rarely strand. Interviews with local fishers yielded a similar estimate of 1,087 (95% CI 901–1,286) dead turtles per year. This study is emblematic of the impact of artisanal fleets on marine turtles caused by overlap of fishing and turtle feeding areas. In 2009 strandings declined by > 97%, resulting from a change in fishing practices because of increased vigilance by enforcement authorities, underscoring the importance of law enforcement to protect threatened species.

Health Indices of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Along the Pacific Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. I. Blood Biochemistry Values

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Labrada-Martagón ◽  
Lia C. Méndez-Rodríguez ◽  
Susan C. Gardner ◽  
Melania López-Castro ◽  
Tania Zenteno-Savín
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Blood Biochemistry ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
The Pacific

Reconstructing 290 years of a data-poor fishery through ethnographic and archival research: The East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Baja California, Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle-María Early-Capistrán ◽  
Andrea Sáenz-Arroyo ◽  
José-Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedano ◽  
Gerardo Garibay-Melo ◽  
S Hoyt Peckham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
East Pacific

Discovery of a Major East Pacific Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Nesting Population in Northwest Costa Rica

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Luis G. Fonseca ◽  
Pilar Santidrián Tomillo ◽  
Wilbert N. Villachica ◽  
Wagner M. Quirós ◽  
Marta Pesquero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Green Turtle ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
East Pacific

Identifying critical foraging habitats of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) along the Pacific coast of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milagros López-Mendilaharsu ◽  
Susan C. Gardner ◽  
Jeffrey A. Seminoff ◽  
Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Baja California Peninsula ◽  
The Pacific

Learedius learedi Price, 1934 (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae), in Black Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) Hearts from Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico

10.1654/4113 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxana B. Inohuye-Rivera ◽  
Amaury Cordero-Tapia ◽  
Jorge Arellano-Blanco ◽  
Susan C. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Chelonia Mydas Agassizii ◽  
Magdalena Bay

Conservation Genetics of the East Pacific Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Michoacan, Mexico

Genetica ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Chassin-Noria ◽  
Alberto Abreu-Grobois ◽  
Peter H. Dutton ◽  
Ken Oyama
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Genetics ◽  
Green Turtle ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
East Pacific
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document