Sentences with phrase «turtle populations»

Our recent study published in Nature Climate Change found that by altering the sex ratio of turtle populations in favour of females, climate change could lead to a population increase in the short term.

Archeology indicates that the indigenous communities hunted the Arnavon hawksbill population for thousands of years without seriously impacting turtle populations.

What is still unclear is whether or not sea turtle populations are being helped enough that they may recover after the substantial losses they're suffering.

This would ensure that these bycatch reductions are successful in recovering sea turtle populations... The bottom line is, we have the tools and the knowledge to save these iconic but threatened animals.

The world's oceans are changing at an unprecedented pace, and scientists» methods for assessing sea turtle populations must evolve rapidly too.

For the study, scientists caught green turtles at the Howick Group of islands where both northern and southern green turtle populations forage in the Great Barrier Reef.

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.

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 extinction.

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.

A relative lack of tourism in northern Cyprus has been a boon to turtle populations, which are threatened by development and beach erosion, as well as predators, marine trash, and getting caught in fishing nets.

Jellyfish blooms (which impact fisheries, recreation, and other maritime activities) have been linked to decrease in sea turtle populations.

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.

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.

PHOTO IDENTIFICATION METHOD However, with the invention of the GoPro most divers now have access to easy to use underwater cameras which we can use to track our turtle populations in a none invasive way.

With the expansion of human settlement and activity in the area, turtle populations have declined.

We are delighted though that at around the Gili Island's, Lombok and also in the Bunaken Marine Park the green sea turtle populations are thriving!

Scientists are using wound - healing lasers and medical - grade honeycomb to give sea turtle populations a fighting chance.

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

The long - term variability of marine turtle populations remains poorly understood, limiting science and management.

Many sea turtle populations are in decline and climate change is expected to exacerbate these declines because turtle eggs are vulnerable to high temperatures.

More research is needed to fully understand the importance of basking and the effect climate change will have on basking behaviors of green turtle populations around the world.

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.»

«Experts we surveyed found that entanglement in plastic and other pollution could pose a long term impact on the survival of some turtle populations and is a greater threat to them than oil spills.

The fisheries are an important source of finance, protein and cultural identity, but information can be scarce on their status — despite often being listed as one of the major threats to turtle populations.

In the 1980s and 1990s, 42 percent of all deaths of Florida panthers were caused by cars, and a recent study concluded that road mortality is so high that it may threaten the persistence of some turtle populations in the northeastern United States.

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 steep declines in green turtle catch rates, the researchers maintain, indicate a potential decline of green turtle populations that use Nicaragua's foraging grounds, particularly smaller rookeries in the Caribbean.

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 waters.

Sea turtle populations can get by with fewer males than females (SN: 3/4/17, p. 16), but scientists aren't sure how many is too few.

Given that leatherback turtle populations have declined by 98 % in the past 40 years (mostly due to being caught in fishing nets), this migration map is crucial in helping to save leatherback lives: thanks to this map, the scientists have already singled out 11 countries that can be invited to help conserve this endangered species.

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

Scientists have known that warming ocean waters are skewing sea turtle populations toward having more females, but quantifying the imbalance has been hard.

Warming waters are turning some sea turtle populations female — to the extreme.

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.

That turtle had recently been released in the area to bolster the state - endangered turtle population in southwest Illinois.

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.

There are immediate implications for marine turtle population ecology and management.

Future studies should consider environmental baselines in assessments of marine turtle population variability and persistence.

Though the ecological effects of these climate oscillations have been described in various settings, the influence of decadal indices to long - term marine turtle population trends is largely unexplored.

However, the growth in tourism activities, changes in climatic conditions, and damage caused to reefs have led to a decline in turtle population.

The turtle population has really grown!

Surf Cherating: A sleepy seaside community, Cherating is known for its turtle population, surf and more recently kiteboarding.

Calis has its own water park and parts of the beach are also popular with the local turtle population, who come in to lay their eggs in the sand.

Located along what is known as «Sea Turtle Corridor», the island boasts a healthy turtle population with nesting and foraging areas for Hawksbills and Green Turtles

When they are cultivated properly by a stable turtle population then the system works.

Ostional's international fame is due to the teeming ocean turtle population that shows up regularly to lay eggs here.

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.

A sleepy seaside community located between Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, Cherating is known more for its turtle population, surf and more recently kiteboarding than its lacklustre selection of accommodation, and will appeal to those content with a no - frills, affordable beach break.

Faced with the probability that the project was likely to damage the Blanding's turtle population at Ostrander Point, the Tribunal overruled the provincial government and its ministries.

Comparing the results of the two studies Eisernberg estimates «the decline in this pig - nosed turtle population to be more than 50 % since 1981... such a decline is likely to be widespread as the species is under similar pressures elsewhere in Papua New Guinea.»