Sentences with phrase «largest sea turtle populations»

Environmental warming and feminization of one of the largest sea turtle populations in the world.

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These models were then used to assess observed changes in nest counts and to project future nesting trends in the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle population, the largest in the world.

The resident green sea turtle (Chelonia Mydas) population is one of the highlights of diving around the Gili Islands and you'll find large numbers of them on the surrounding shallow reefs.

The reserve is well known for its large population of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles and their nesting sites particularly during the months between July and December.

In fact, we house the second largest population of nesting Loggerhead Sea Turtles in the world.

Large populations of nurse sharks and stingrays live in this part of the reef, and you might also see octopi, eels, and sea turtles.

There is a splendid 17 mile beach on the northcoast of the island, this is usually only used by sea turtles to lay their eggs because of the large mosquito population.

In the waters of the park, visitors can expect to see pristine coral reefs, steep walls dropping from the reef crest to the abyss, large populations of fish including Goliath grouper weighing up to 400 lbs, large schools of multiple snapper species, large rainbow and midnight parrotfishes, eagle rays, sea turtles and much more.

The most comprehensive global evaluation of fisheries bycatch impacts on large marine species, published this month in the journal Ecosphere, revealed that sea turtle populations in the East Pacific, North Atlantic, Southwest Atlantic, and Mediterranean face higher bycatch and mortality rates.

Their study, titled Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Largest Sea Turtle Populations in the World, warns that global warming could turn the world's sea turtle populations female, possibly leading to their extinctiSea Turtle Populations in the World, warns that global warming could turn the world's sea turtle populations female, possibly leading to their Populations in the World, warns that global warming could turn the world's sea turtle populations female, possibly leading to their extinctisea turtle populations female, possibly leading to their populations female, possibly leading to their extinction.

Today, the Arnavons are home to the South Pacific's largest rookery for endangered hawksbill sea turtles — a population that very nearly went extinct.

From sharks to whales, giant clams, sea turtles, and tuna, the disproportionate threat to larger marine organisms reflects the «unique human propensity to cull the largest members of a population,» the authors write.