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Turtles

Diet and trophic ecology of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) from South African waters

Matthew L. Dicken, Nigel E. Hussey, Heather M. Christiansen, Malcolm J. Smale, Nomfundo Nkabi, Geremy Cliff, Sabine P. Wintner

published 08 Jun 2017

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The Agassiz’s desert tortoise genome provides a resource for the conservation of a threatened species

Marc Tollis, Dale F. DeNardo, John A. Cornelius, Greer A. Dolby, Taylor Edwards, Brian T. Henen, Alice E. Karl, Robert W. Murphy, Kenro Kusumi

published 31 May 2017

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Are thermal barriers "higher" in deep sea turtle nests?

Pilar Santidrián Tomillo, Luis Fonseca, Frank V. Paladino, James R. Spotila, Daniel Oro

published 18 May 2017

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Characterization of the juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) microbiome throughout an ontogenetic shift from pelagic to neritic habitats

James T. Price, Frank V. Paladino, Margaret M. Lamont, Blair E. Witherington, Scott T. Bates, Tanya Soule

published 11 May 2017

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Variability in age and size at maturation, reproductive longevity, and long-term growth dynamics for Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico

Larisa Avens, Lisa R. Goshe, Lewis Coggins, Donna J. Shaver, Ben Higgins, Andre M. Landry Jr., Rhonda Bailey

published 23 Mar 2017

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Inter-nesting movements and habitat-use of adult female Kemp’s ridley turtles in the Gulf of Mexico

Donna J. Shaver, Kristen M. Hart, Ikuko Fujisaki, David Bucklin, Autumn R. Iverson, Cynthia Rubio, Thomas F. Backof, Patrick M. Burchfield, Raul de Jesus Gonzales Diaz Miron, Peter H. Dutton, Amy Frey, Jaime Peña, Daniel Gomez Gamez, Hector J. Martinez, Jaime Ortiz

published 20 Mar 2017

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Hypothermic stunning of green sea turtles in a western Gulf of Mexico foraging habitat

Donna J. Shaver, Philippe E. Tissot, Mary M. Streich, Jennifer Shelby Walker, Cynthia Rubio, Anthony F. Amos, Jeffrey A. George, Michelle R. Pasawicz

published 17 Mar 2017

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Transcriptomic responses to environmental temperature by turtles with temperature-dependent and genotypic sex determination assessed by RNAseq inform the genetic architecture of embryonic gonadal development

Srihari Radhakrishnan, Robert Literman, Jennifer Neuwald, Andrew Severin, Nicole Valenzuela

published 15 Mar 2017

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Wfs1 is expressed in dopaminoceptive regions of the amniote brain and modulates levels of D1-like receptors

Triin Tekko, Triin Lakspere, Anni Allikalt, Jaanus End, Karl Rene Kõlvart, Toomas Jagomäe, Anton Terasmaa, Mari-Anne Philips, Tanel Visnapuu, Fred Väärtnõu, Scott F. Gilbert, Ago Rinken, Eero Vasar, Kersti Lilleväli

published 07 Mar 2017

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The use of mesoscale eddies by juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the southwestern Atlantic

Peter Gaube, Caren Barceló, Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr., Andrés Domingo, Philip Miller, Bruno Giffoni, Neca Marcovaldi, Yonat Swimmer

published 01 Mar 2017

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Identification and evaluation of semiochemicals for the biological control of the beetle Omorgus suberosus (F.) (Coleoptera: Trogidae), a facultative predator of eggs of the sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz)

Vieyle Cortez, José R. Verdú, Antonio J. Ortiz, Gonzalo Halffter

published 13 Feb 2017

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Diatoms on the carapace of common snapping turtles: Luticola spp. dominate despite spatial variation in assemblages

Shelly C. Wu, Elizabeth A. Bergey

published 13 Feb 2017

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Anti-predator meshing may provide greater protection for sea turtle nests than predator removal

Julie M. O’Connor, Colin J. Limpus, Kate M. Hofmeister, Benjamin L. Allen, Scott E. Burnett

published 10 Feb 2017

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