The effect of incubation temperatures on nest success of flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus)

2016 ◽  
Vol 163 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie van Lohuizen ◽  
Jason Rossendell ◽  
Nicola J. Mitchell ◽  
Michele Thums
2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Salmon ◽  
Mark Hamann ◽  
Jeanette Wyneken

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
GRAEME C. HAYS ◽  
ANNETTE C. BRODERICK ◽  
FIONA GLEN ◽  
BRENDAN J. GODLEY

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e31841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin R. Perrault ◽  
Debra L. Miller ◽  
Erica Eads ◽  
Chris Johnson ◽  
Anita Merrill ◽  
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Author(s):  
Ray M Chatterji ◽  
Mark N Hutchinson ◽  
Marc E H Jones

Abstract Chelonioidea (sea turtles) are a group where available morphological evidence for crown-group relationships are incongruent with those established using molecular data. However, morphological surveys of crown-group taxa tend to focus on a recurring subset of the extant species. The Australian flatback sea turtle, Natator depressus, is often excluded from comparisons and it is the most poorly known of the seven extant species of Chelonioidea. Previous descriptions of its skull morphology are limited and conflict. Here we describe three skulls of adult N. depressus and re-examine the phylogenetic relationships according to morphological character data. Using X-ray micro Computed Tomography we describe internal structures of the braincase and identify new phylogenetically informative characters not previously reported. Phylogenetic analysis using a Bayesian approach strongly supports a sister-group relationship between Chelonia mydas and N. depressus, a topology that was not supported by previous analyses of morphological data but one that matches the topology supported by analysis of molecular data. Our results highlight the general need to sample the morphological anatomy of crown-group taxa more thoroughly before concluding that morphological and molecular evidence are incongruous.


2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 519 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Parmenter

Two styles of plastic tags were used on flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus). In parallel with conventional metal flipper tagging, and internal PIT tagging methodologies, a total of 476 plastic tags were applied to 428 individual females in the 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1998 nesting seasons at Wild Duck Island, Queensland. Data are reported up to and including the 2000 nesting season demonstrating that plastic tags are inadequate for the long-term identification of these turtles, with failures of approximately 80% within three years of application.


2019 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-108
Author(s):  
RY Mejía-Radillo ◽  
AA Zavala-Norzagaray ◽  
JA Chávez-Medina ◽  
AA Aguirre ◽  
CM Escobedo-Bonilla
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