Sea turtles as a non-consumptive tourism resource especially in Australia

Sea turtles

their disciplines, it seemed a possibly useful contribution to write a book that would draw from all the relevant disciplines about the past, from primatology to historical linguistics, with genetics as the common thread to weave all these findings together into a coherent narrative. I was amazed at how much detail can now be filled in on the largely blank pages of human prehistory extending fr...

Cancer in sea turtles.

Sea Turtles Sea turtles are one of the oldest extant groups of animals, and they have changed little in basic anatomy for millions of years. Sea turtles are found throughout the world, and depending on the species, range from warm tropical water to frigid oceans near the arctic. They can be herbivores, omnivores, or carnivores and can be quite large. For example, the largest species of sea turt...

Metallothionein biosynthesis as a detoxification mechanism of heavy metals (Hg,Cd,Pb,Cu,Zn) in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)

In this study, heavy metals (Hg,Cd,Pb,Cu,Zn) and metallothionein (MT) biosynthesis were measured in blood of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting on the northern coast of the Sea of Oman. Heavy metals concentrations in the sea water, the sediments, the blood samples ranged between 0.02-8.43 μg/l, 0.06-10.32 μg/l, and 0.16-36.78μg/g (ww), respectively.The highest concentration...

The worth of giants: The consumptive and non‐consumptive use value of the giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)

Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA Correspondence Ana Sofía Guerra, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Univers...

Large-scale Movement Patterns of Male Loggerhead Sea Turtles (caretta Caretta) in Shark Bay, Australia