Baseline health indicators of Eastern Pacific Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Baja California Sur, Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1309-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Reséndiz ◽  
Helena Fernández-Sanz ◽  
María Mónica Lara-Uc
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Baseline Health

Basic oxidative stress metabolites in eastern Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii)

2007 ◽  
Vol 146 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paloma A. Valdivia ◽  
Tania Zenteno-Savín ◽  
Susan C. Gardner ◽  
A. Alonso Aguirre
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Chelonia Mydas Agassizii ◽  
Stress Metabolites

Diet selection by immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Bahía Magdalena foraging ground in the Pacific Coast of the Baja California Peninsula, México

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milagros López-Mendilaharsu ◽  
Susan C. Gardner ◽  
Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez ◽  
Jeffrey A. Seminoff
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Gastric Lavage ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Baja California Peninsula ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Turtle Conservation ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Preferred Species ◽  
Conservation Plans

In order to determine if eastern Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) exhibit feeding preferences samples of recently ingested food items were compared to the food resources available in the marine environment where C. mydas congregates. Stomach samples were collected by conducting gastric lavage and, at the same time, vegetation transects were conducted during spring and winter. Green turtles in our study selectively consumed seaweeds, with Codium amplivesiculatum and Gracialaria textorii as preferred species. Differences in the consumption of species were found across the two mentioned seasons and were consistent with changes in the availability of different algae species in the environment. Based on these results, it is recommended that sea turtle conservation plans along the Baja California Peninsula include Pacific coastal mangrove channels with a high diversity of algae species as priority areas for protection.

Learedius learedi Price, 1934 (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae), in Black Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) Hearts from Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico

10.1654/4113 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxana B. Inohuye-Rivera ◽  
Amaury Cordero-Tapia ◽  
Jorge Arellano-Blanco ◽  
Susan C. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Chelonia Mydas Agassizii ◽  
Magdalena Bay

scholarly journals Molecular Characterization of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 in a Black Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Fibropapilloma from Baja California Sur, Mexico

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Eduardo Reséndiz ◽  
Helena Fernández-Sanz ◽  
José Francisco Domínguez-Contreras ◽  
Amelly Hyldaí Ramos-Díaz ◽  
Agnese Mancini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Epidermal Hyperplasia ◽  
Routine Monitoring ◽  
Hematological Values

During routine monitoring in Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, Mexico, a juvenile black turtle (Chelonia mydas) was captured, physically examined, measured, weighed, sampled, and tagged. The turtle showed no clinical signs suggestive of disease. Eleven months later, this turtle was recaptured in the same area, during which one lesion suggestive of fibropapilloma on the neck was identified and sampled for histopathology and molecular analysis. Histopathology revealed hyperkeratosis, epidermal hyperplasia, acanthosis, papillary differentiation and ballooning degeneration of epidermal cells, increased fibroblasts in the dermis, and angiogenesis, among other things. Hematological values were similar to those reported for clinically healthy black turtles and did not show notable changes between the first capture and the recapture; likewise, clinicopathological evaluation did not show structural or functional damage in the turtle’s systems. The chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) UL30 gene was amplified and sequenced for phylogeny; Bayesian reconstruction showed a high alignment with the genus Scutavirus of the Eastern Pacific group. This is one of the first reports of ChHV5 in a cutaneous fibropapilloma of a black turtle in the Baja California peninsula.

Fine scale daily movements and habitat use of East Pacific green turtles at a shallow coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico

2010 ◽  
Vol 391 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 92-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Senko ◽  
Volker Koch ◽  
William M. Megill ◽  
Raymond R. Carthy ◽  
Robert P. Templeton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Coastal Lagoon ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Baja California Sur ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
East Pacific

scholarly journals Expanding the coastal forager paradigm: long-term pelagic habitat use by green turtles Chelonia mydas in the eastern Pacific Ocean

2018 ◽  
Vol 587 ◽  
pp. 217-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
CN Turner Tomaszewicz ◽  
JA Seminoff ◽  
L Avens ◽  
LR Goshe ◽  
JM Rguez-Baron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Pelagic Habitat
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