Plasma biochemistry values in wild female hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), during nesting and foraging seasons in Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Ehsanpour ◽  
Mohammad Reza Ahmadi ◽  
Amir Houshang Bahri ◽  
Majid Afkhami ◽  
Kimberly J. Reich
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Plasma Biochemistry ◽  
Wild Female ◽  
Qeshm Island ◽  
Eretmochelys Imbricata ◽  
Hawksbill Turtles

scholarly journals Plasma Biochemistry values in wild female hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) during nesting in Mexican coast

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. e134727
Author(s):  
Patricia Ishisaki Salvarani ◽  
Jaime Rendón von Osten ◽  
Fernando Morgado
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cell ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Plasma Chemistry ◽  
Plasma Biochemistry ◽  
Wild Female ◽  
Eretmochelys Imbricata ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Red Blood Cell Count ◽  
White Blood Cell Counts

To obtain plasma biochemistry values, blood was collected for 47 nesting females of apparently healthy Eretmochelys imbricata sea turtles using sodium heparin as an anticoagulant. Blood samples were collected in April-Jun for two years (nesting season). Hematologic characteristics, including packed cell volume, white blood cell counts, red blood cell count and hemoglobin level; and plasma chemistry values, including creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, uric acid, triglyceride, total cholesterol, and glucose were measured. The data generated from this study may be useful for clinical assessment of health and disease of wild hawksbill sea turtles on nearshore habitats in the Gulf of Mexico, thus contributing to a conservation of this species.

Plasma Biochemistry and Hematology Values in Juvenile Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) Undergoing Rehabilitation

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Caliendo ◽  
Peter McKinney ◽  
David Robinson ◽  
Warren Baverstock ◽  
Kevin Hyland
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Biochemistry ◽  
Eretmochelys Imbricata ◽  
Hawksbill Turtles

scholarly journals Epibiont Assemblages on Nesting Hawksbill Turtles Show Site-Specificity in the Persian Gulf

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Loghmannia ◽  
Ali Nasrolahi ◽  
Mohsen Rezaie-Atagholipour ◽  
Bahram H. Kiabi
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
National Park ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Eretmochelys Imbricata ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Harpacticoid Copepods ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Hawksbill Turtles

Sea turtle epibionts can provide insights into the hosts' habitat use. However, at present, there is a lack of information on sea turtle epibiont communities in many locations worldwide. Here, we describe the epibiont communities of 46 hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Persian Gulf. Specifically, we sampled 28 turtles from the Dayyer-Nakhiloo National Park (DNNP) in the northern Gulf and 18 turtles from Shibderaz beach in the Strait of Hormuz. A total of 54 macro, meio, and micro-epibiont taxa were identified, including 46 taxa from Shibderaz and 29 taxa from DNNP. The barnacles Chelonibia testudinaria and Platylepas hexastylos, as well as harpacticoid copepods and Rotaliid foraminifers, had the highest frequency of occurrence found on almost all turtle individuals. Harpacticoids were the most abundant epizoic taxa (19.55 ± 3.9 ind. per 9 cm2) followed by forams (Quinqueloculina spp.: 6.25 ± 1.5 ind. per 9 cm2 and Rotaliids: 6.02 ± 1.3 ind. per 9 cm2). Our results showed significant differences between the study sites in the composition of micro and macro-epibiont communities found on hawksbill turtles. We speculate that the differences in epibiont communities were largely influenced by local environmental conditions.

scholarly journals Khorbas: a Lower Palaeolithic site on Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf

Antiquity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (358) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirvan Mohammadi Ghasrian
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Fars Province ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
Zagros Mountains ◽  
The West ◽  
Qeshm Island ◽  
Late Pliocene ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Lower Palaeolithic

Despite the potential importance of southern Iran, and the Persian Gulf area in particular, for discussions on the dispersal of early hominins from Africa into Eurasia during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene (Bar-Yosef & Belfer-Cohen 2001; Rose 2010), this area has remained almost unexplored until recently. Historically, Palaeolithic survey and excavations in Iran have mainly concentrated in western regions, especially the Zagros Mountains. As a result of recent studies, however, evidence for Palaeolithic sites in the southern regions of Iran, from Fars province to Qeshm Island, has greatly increased (Dashtizade 2009, 2010). Even with this improvement, no sites of Lower Palaeolithic date have yet been reported from the southern coastal areas on one of the proposed early hominin routes into Eurasia. As a result, it has been suggested that the few Lower Palaeolithic sites reported from other parts of Iran, especially in the west (e.g. Biglari & Shidrang 2006), were not populated from the south.

Mites of the genera Leioseius Berlese and Protogamasellus Karg (Mesostigmata, Ascidae) in mangrove forests in southern Iran, with a key to the genera and species of Ascidae recorded from Iran

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1319-1336
Author(s):  
Shahrooz Kazemi
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Littoral Zone ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Qeshm Island ◽  
Southern Iran ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Intraspecific Variations ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Persian Gulf

In a survey on the edaphic mesostigmatic mites in mangrove forests of Qeshm Island, eastern of the Persian Gulf, two species of the family Ascidae were collected in broken cockleshells and sand in littoral zone: Leioseius sepidehae sp. nov. and Protogamasellus mica (Athias-Henriot, 1961). This is the first record of the genus Leioseius from Iran. Leioseius sepidehae sp. nov. is described from adult females. Intraspecific variations of some characters of P. mica are discussed, and based on those, P. primitivus machadoi Genis, Loots & Ryke, 1967 and P. primitivus similis Genis, Loots & Ryke, 1967 are herein synonymized under P. mica. Finally, the occasional presence of the gland pores gv1 in Ascidae is reviewed, and a key to the Iranian genera and species of Ascidae is presented.

scholarly journals Natal foraging philopatry in eastern Pacific hawksbill turtles

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 170153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander R. Gaos ◽  
Rebecca L. Lewison ◽  
Michael P. Jensen ◽  
Michael J. Liles ◽  
Ana Henriquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Research ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Marine Turtle ◽  
Natal Philopatry ◽  
Eretmochelys Imbricata ◽  
Turtle Species ◽  
Marine Turtles ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Natal Homing ◽  
Hawksbill Turtles

The complex processes involved with animal migration have long been a subject of biological interest, and broad-scale movement patterns of many marine turtle populations still remain unresolved. While it is widely accepted that once marine turtles reach sexual maturity they home to natal areas for nesting or reproduction, the role of philopatry to natal areas during other life stages has received less scrutiny, despite widespread evidence across the taxa. Here we report on genetic research that indicates that juvenile hawksbill turtles ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) in the eastern Pacific Ocean use foraging grounds in the region of their natal beaches, a pattern we term natal foraging philopatry. Our findings confirm that traditional views of natal homing solely for reproduction are incomplete and that many marine turtle species exhibit philopatry to natal areas to forage. Our results have important implications for life-history research and conservation of marine turtles and may extend to other wide-ranging marine vertebrates that demonstrate natal philopatry.

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