scholarly journals Hybridization Between a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, and the First Record of a Green Turtle in Atlantic Canada

2004 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. James ◽  
Kathleen Martin ◽  
Peter H. Dutton
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Green Turtle ◽  
Loggerhead Turtle ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
First Record ◽  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Northwest Atlantic

The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) principally occupies tropical and subtropical waters, although juveniles are known to occur seasonally in temperate coastal waters. Collaboration with commercial fishers in eastern Canada yielded the most northerly records of this species in the northwest Atlantic. Here we report on the first confirmed record of a Green Turtle in eastern Canada and on the occurrence of a rare Green Turtle–Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) hybrid. Hybridization between the Carettini and Chelonini is extraordinary given that these groups have been genetically distinct for 50 million years or more.

Association of herpesvirus with fibropapillomatosis of the green turtle Chelonia mydas and the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in Florida

1999 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
JK Lackovich ◽  
DR Brown ◽  
BL Homer ◽  
RL Garber ◽  
DR Mader ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Loggerhead Turtle ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Caretta Caretta

Proliferative dermatitis in a loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, and a green turtle, Chelonia mydas, associated with novel papillomaviruses

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 227-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Manire ◽  
Brian A. Stacy ◽  
Michael J. Kinsel ◽  
Heather T. Daniel ◽  
Eric T. Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Loggerhead Turtle ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Caretta Caretta

Factors Influencing Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Reproductive Success on a Mixed Use Beach in Florida

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekah Lindborg ◽  
Emily Neidhardt ◽  
Blair Witherington ◽  
J. Rachel Smith ◽  
Anne Savage
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Green Turtle ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Mixed Use

Increase of sea turtles stranding records in Rhodes Island (eastern Mediterranean Sea): update of a long-term survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (7) ◽  
pp. 1991-2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Corsini-Foka ◽  
Gerasimos Kondylatos ◽  
Elias Santorinios
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Loggerhead Turtle ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Fishing Ground ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Loggerhead Turtles

A total of 209 strandings of sea turtles (152 loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta, 42 green turtles Chelonia mydas, 15 unidentified) were recorded during the period 1984–2011 along the coasts of Rhodes (Aegean Sea, Greece). The proportion of dead to live individuals was different in the two species. Stranded Caretta caretta were larger than Chelonia mydas. The size range of stranded green turtles, usually juveniles, appeared to increase since 2000, including the largest specimens ever observed in Greek waters. For both species, a tendency to strand more frequently on the west coast of the island, along fishing ground areas, was noted. The higher incidence of loggerhead turtle strandings was observed in summer, while more green turtle strandings were documented in winter. Factors involved in the increased trend of stranding records of both species, along with the acceleration of this phenomenon in the last decade, are discussed. Data from Rhodes provide evidence that human activities detrimentally affect mainly larger-sized loggerhead turtles living in shallow waters.

scholarly journals Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines, Cheloniidae), as a new host of Monticellius indicum Mehra, 1939 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) and associated lesiond to spirorchiid eggs

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Werneck ◽  
C. Nunes ◽  
H. Jerdy ◽  
E. C. Q. Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Present Note ◽  
Endocrine System ◽  
Loggerhead Turtle ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Pathological Changes ◽  
New Host ◽  
Eretmochelys Imbricata

SummaryThe present note describes the occurrence of Monticellius indicum Mehra, 1939 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in an adult loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), found on the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pathological changes due to spirorchiid eggs (type 1 and 3) were found in gastrointestinal system, endocrine system, and heart. This parasite has previously been described in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758), from Pakistan, Brazil and Costa Rica as well as in the hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766), in Brazil. This note reports the loggerhead turtle as a new host for M. indicum.

scholarly journals First record of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta in Sebastián Vizcaíno Bay, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-149
Author(s):  
Helena Fernández-Sanz ◽  
Fabián Castillo Romero ◽  
Joaquín Rivera Rodríguez ◽  
Noé López Paz ◽  
Gabriel Arturo Zaragoza Aguilar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Baja California Peninsula ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles ◽  
Biometric Data ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtle

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is an endangered species which distributes around the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula. In Baja California Sur, the conservation efforts for this species were focused in the Gulf of Ulloa; however, within the Pacific coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Sebastián Vizcaíno Bay (SVB) biological active center suit the optimal conditions for the presence of loggerheads. This study aimed to investigate SVB as a potential foraging area for loggerheads. Between July and August 2018, three prospective surveys were conducted, in search of marine turtles in SVB. A total of three loggerhead turtles and one eastern Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) were captured; biometric data were recorded, and organisms were classified as juveniles. This is the first report of the loggerhead sea turtles in the SVB and given the oceanographic characteristics of the bay, it is a potential foraging and development area for the species.

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