Sentences with phrase «turtle populations with»

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

Not exact matches

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.

«In addition to the unpredictability of a shark attack over such a large area, it is possible that fishing of tiger sharks has reduced their populations to levels that no longer pose a significant threat to turtles, with other factors becoming more important such as the need to avoid boat strikes»

«These declining catch rates align with our survival rate estimates of green turtles exposed to the Nicaragua turtle fishery and population modelling, which suggested the fishery was not sustainable at high take levels reported in the 1990s,» said Dr. Cathi Campbell.

«If we succeed with our project in introducing a new, viable population of alligator snapping turtles, it's likely that no one will see them,» Phillips said.

In more recent years, Mark has been involved in an ongoing study of population genetics with box turtles, in collaboration with scientists at Princeton University, and has worked with the Princeton Neuroscience Institute to guide his students through the process of peer review for the online neuroscience journal Frontiers for Young Minds.

(The increase in strandings may have less to do with temperature than with the fact that there are just more turtles around as the populations recover, Prescott cautioned.)

As reptiles with a significant pelagic component, marine turtles may resemble marine fisheries more than terrestrial populations.

There are shallow coves all over the lake, where huge turtles live, and at the swampy end, with its high reeds and grass, the bird population is extraordinary.

(Only 2 % of the population homeschools and can act like turtles, taking their homes with them as they walk.

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.

This beach is most well - known as a place where the declining population of leatherback turtles comes to nest, with many coming on shore to lay eggs during the nesting season.

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

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.

Follow up on data collection for sharks, turtles and ray population locally around Gilis as well as linking with organizations studying marine megafauna.

Known as one of the best dive sites in Asia, Sipadan is lush with coral life, an extraordinary marine ecosystem, and healthy green turtle and reef shark populations.

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.

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.

After the meal a presentation on Sea Turtles was shared with the guests, mentioned the species living in our oceans, behavioral traces, reproduction and some concern regarding population reduction.

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.

The giant, ancient, endangered turtles, some the size of a Smart Car, have until now only been known to nest in four spots in the United States — with about three dozen females a year laying eggs on beaches along the east coast of Florida and slightly larger nesting populations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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.

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.

With fewer males in the population, birth rates among turtles could decline as rates of inbreeding increase.