We document a tendency for published estimates of population size in sea turtles to be increasing rather than decreasing across the globe. To examine the population status of the seven species of sea turtle globally, we obtained 299 time series of annual nesting abundance with a total of 4417 annual estimates. The time series ranged in length from 6 to 47 years (mean, 16.2 years). When levels o...

Quantification of metabolic rates (MR) is fundamental to understanding an individual organism's physiology and life history, as well as overall population dynamics. Applications of MR measurements have increased both in quantity and quality across animal ecology over the past 50 years. Included in this trend, research on MRs of marine turtles and its consequences for these unique ectothermic ve...

feeding habits of caspian marine shad alosa braschnikowii (borodin, 1904), inhabiting in the western part of caspian sea such as prey spectrum and seasonal dynamics have been studied. as in other parts of caspian sea, throughout the year, the main hunt of caspian marine shad constituted kilkas, gobies and shrimps while other groups of zoobenthos were represented in a lesser extent. importance o...

Artificial night lights pose a major threat to multiple species. However, this threat is often disregarded in conservation management and action because it is difficult to quantify its effect. Increasing availability of high spatial-resolution satellite images may enable us to better incorporate this threat into future work, particularly in highly modified ecosystems such as the coastal zone. I...

An experiment was conducted to explore the pathogenic effect of WSSV infection in reproduction of the Indian white shrimp, Fenneropenaeus indicus by investigating the time-course expression of female reproduction gene, namely vitellogenin (Vg) and thrombospondin (TSP), following WSSV challenge. Increased levels of expression for both Vg and TSP was observed in the infected group at 30 h post-in...

Sea turtle is a long-lived marine reptile. The long evolution history of this animal results in great interests to understand its population traits. However, the endangered status of sea turtle prevents us from conducting extensive studies. In spite of great efforts have devoted to the researches on the biology of sea turtle, little progress was achieved for decades. Only in recent years, the a...

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A review of previous studies on Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) diet was combined with information on the diet of the species in the coastal waters of New York State. Juvenile Kemp's ridleys occupy coastal Long Island, New York waters during the summer and early autumn months. Both fecal and intestinal samples collected between 1985 and 1989 were analyzed to obtain information on...

Stable isotope analyses have become popular in sea turtle literature over the past decade, with an increasing year-to-year trend in published studies reporting insights into food web structure, diet, trophic interactions, ontogenetic shifts, geographic distributions, and more. Understanding the geographic distribution of migrating taxa within their sub-populations could enhance conservation and...