Sentences with phrase «of sea turtle populations»

Outcomes from Mariana's study provide crucial information for the future management and conservation of sea turtle populations as climate change progresses.

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

TURTLE TROUBLE Green sea turtle populations in parts of the Great Barrier Reef are becoming increasingly female because their eggs are being incubated at higher temperatures due to warming ocean wTURTLE TROUBLE Green sea turtle populations in parts of the Great Barrier Reef are becoming increasingly female because their eggs are being incubated at higher temperatures due to warming ocean wturtle populations in parts of the Great Barrier Reef are becoming increasingly female because their eggs are being incubated at higher temperatures due to warming ocean waters.

New research indicates that for loggerhead sea turtles in the Northwest Atlantic, the number of returning nesting females in the population and favorable climate conditions in the year or two prior to the nesting year are strongly related to the number of nests produced by these animals in a given year.

Saba, who has conducted modeling studies on the impacts of climate change on endangered leatherback turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean, says the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead study offers a new approach in understanding how climate variability affects sea turtle populations.

The cry of the green sea turtle was stilled long ago in the Caribbean; only a tiny fraction of the original population survives.

Twenty - mile castaway fishnets snare sea turtles, dolphins, and other animals, endangering their populations; birds mistake trash for food, eat it, and die; jellyfish get sick; gnarly junk washes back to shore — some of it hazardous waste.

This area is home to approximately 40 percent of the world's reef wildlife population, including more than 75 percent of coral species and some 3,000 individual species of fish, as well as sea turtles, mollusks, crustaceans, and marine mammals.

Co-author Dr Matthew Witt from the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Exeter added: «These findings further emphasize the regional and global importance of Gabon's nesting sea turtle populations and places the country in a better position to support and implement measures to protect them.»

Nest counts are the main source of demographic data for sea turtles, but it's hard to estimate population size from these counts.

Researchers investigating the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on sea turtles found that over 320,000 juvenile sea turtles from populations throughout the Atlantic Ocean were likely present in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the 87 - day oil spill.

More than 95 percent of sea turtles present at the spill site are thought to have originated from outside of the U.S., including from populations throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, northern South America, and western Africa.

Borrowing the parlance of sustainable development, a sustainably managed sea turtle population might be defined as one that meets the needs — ecological, economic, socio - cultural, political, aesthetic, spiritual — of the present without compromising the ability of the population to fulfill these roles in the future.

She also participated in a Spay and Neuter program in Mazunte, Mexico; this program reduces the local pet population and promotes the survival of endangered sea turtles that nest on the coast.

Dr. Rahm has a special interest in reptile medicine and during his senior year in veterinary school was able to participate in externships with two prominent reptile medicine specialists, where he was able to assist in treating various animals such as alligators, sea turtles, Burmese pythons, and snapping turtles, while also taking part in trap / neuter and release efforts with the wild population of iguanas in the Florida Keys.

As its name suggests, Turtle Town Maui is known for its high population of Hawaiian green sea turtles.

Sea turtles, angelfish and queen triggerfish make lazy passes around the upper decks, while the sands near the keep hide squirrelfish, purple mouth morays, flying gurnards and — for the keen - eyed observer, a population of seahorses.

Accessible only by boat or plane, this roadless wilderness of ocean, river, rainforest, and the jungle is home to 3 types of nesting sea turtles, an incredibly diverse bird population, Jaguars and howler monkeys, and of course, world - class Tarpon and Snook fishing.

According to the report, the robust population of juvenile sea turtles is a positive indicator of long - term health of the species as well as proof that a well - managed protected marine zone can produce positive results.

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 Hawaii Wildlife Fund sponsors a number of great volunteer programs on Maui, including activities that track and monitor hawksbill and green sea turtles in order to assess the population, protect nests, and assist injured creatures.

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.

Grupo Tortuguero is a grass - roots conservation organization working to protect and advocate for endangered populations of sea turtles.

This stretch of coastline is notorious for its high population of Hawaiian green sea turtles that can be seen in shallow waters as well as deeper areas.

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

Rated as one of the «Top 10 Beaches in Mexico» by TripAdvisor ® and with a name meaning «place of the turtle» in Mayan, Akumal is renowned for its beautiful beaches and green sea turtle population making this oasis a premium snorkeling location.

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.

Due to the intact connectivity of the extensive seagrass beds, desnse mangrove forests, and robust coral reefs, the remoteness of the area, and the history of protection from coastal development, the Gardens of the Queen represents a «baseline» for a nearly pristine Caribbean marine ecosystem; an ecosystem that includes healthy populations of apex predators like sharks and groupers, important grazers like Rainbow parrotfish and long - spine sea urchins, and recovering endangered species like elkhorn coral and hawksbill sea turtles.

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 Kemp's Ridley sea turtle sets itself apart from other turtle populations in several ways: They're the smallest of all the Gulf of Mexico turtle species, measuring only about 2 feet when fully grown; they're the world's most endangered sea turtle; and they're known for their synchronized nesting activities, called arribadas, in which hundreds or thousands of females come ashore on the same day to lay their eggs.

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.

In Australia alone, there are seven regional populations of green turtles that nest in different areas; the southern Great Barrier Reef, the northern Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea, the Gulf of Carpentaria, Western Australia's north - west shelf, the Ashmore and Cartier Reefs and Scott Reef.

With warming global temperatures and most sea turtle populations naturally producing offspring above the pivotal temperature [14], it is clear that climate change poses a serious threat to the persistence of these populations.

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.

The study authors, from NOAA's Marine Mammal and Turtle division in La Jolla, California, analyzed sea turtle populations on beaches at the northern and southern ends of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Nest counts are the main source of demographic data for sea turtles, but it's hard to estimate population size from these counts.

«isolated from population centers, mostly uninhabited» and supporting «endemic, depleted, migratory, endangered and threatened species of fish, giant clams, crabs, marine mammals, sea turtles, seabirds, migratory shorebirds and corals that are rapidly vanishing elsewhere in the world.»

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Operation Jairo II campaign, defends endangered populations of turtles...

This extraordinarily high level of bycatch can not be sustained and may ultimately drive this endangered sea turtle population to extinction.»

Nesting biology of sea turtles is strongly affected by temperature, both in timing and in the determination of the sex ratio of hatchlings (Hays et al., 2003), but implications for population size are unknown.

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.