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🌊🐢Researching sea turtle ecology to inform conservation
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New paper out! 🌊🐢 OA 🙌🏻 We reviewed studies tracking male sea turtles, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population.
#spatial
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#biologging
#seaturtles
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https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01417
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Overexploited for their beautiful and malleable shells, hawksbills suffered major declines. They are very rare in West Africa, with a small population nesting in Guinea-Bissau. We saw 5 this August, including our oldest record, nesting since 2007! 🤩🤩 Learn more:
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Overexploited for their shells, hawksbills suffered major declines. In West Africa they are very rare, with a small population in Guinea-Bissau. We saw 5 during our field mission, including our oldest, nesting since 2007! 💚 Read about hawksbills in West Africa:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New paper out! 🌊🐢 OA 🙌🏻 We reviewed studies tracking male sea turtles, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population.
#spatial
ecology
#biologging
#seaturtles
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https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01417
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Martin Beal
4 months ago
A fun review we did on the spatial ecology of male sea turtles. Male sea turtles don't come ashore to lay eggs, making them harder to track and therefore more 'elusive'. Check it out!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Endangered Species Research
4 months ago
🐢🦤🌐🧪 New paper! We reviewed all male sea turtle tracking studies to date, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight major knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population.
#spatialecology
#biologging
#seaturtles
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New paper alert: Status of a Hawksbill Sea Turtle population from West Africa 👍🐢🌊 Check here:
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Status and biology of hawksbill turtles at Poilão Island, Guinea-Bissau: a key stronghold for the species in West Africa - Biodiversity and Conservation
This study provides the first detailed assessment of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting population from Poilão island, in the Bijagós archipelago of Guinea-Bissau, the only document...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03084-z?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20250509&utm_content=10.1007/s10531-025-03084-z
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Sea turtle conservation is improving globally, but key threats persist— new global assessment with input from 145 experts across 50 countries highlights progress and priorities for RMUs. 🐢🌍
#SeaTurtles
#Conservation
#IUCN
OPEN ACCESS:
www.int-res.com/articles/esr...
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https://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2025/56/n056p247.pdf
6 months ago
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So happy to be able to study green turtles at Prampram, Ghana! Very small juveniles forage along the shoreline, and John (in green) will use genetics to find which population they come from 🌊🐢🧬🤩
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Magical to see so many grey reef sharks in a healthy reef in the Maldives 🤩🌊❤️🦈 sharks are vital for healthy reefs and to keep fish populations balanced, but shark fin trade is a major threat !
#sharks
#healthyreefs
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New article on trophic interactions: input of sea turtles to coastal ecosystems
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Nutrient Input from Green Turtle Eggs and Hatchlings in a West Africa Island and Its Nearshore Environment - Estuaries and Coasts
Sea turtle nesting brings marine-derived nutrients into sandy beach ecosystems, potentially influencing their dynamics. We investigated nutrient input from green turtle Chelonia mydas eggs and hatchli...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-025-01500-9
8 months ago
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Beautiful article by @FrancescoVentura on Poilão Island, where record-breaking numbers of green turtles nest, conservation meets culture, and nature’s magic unfolds under the moonlight. 🐢✨
#SeaTurtles
#Bijagós
www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feat...
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How will we ever count them all?
WHOI biologist Francesco Ventura recounts a conservation win for sea turtles in remote Guinea-Bissau
https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/francesco-ventura-turtle-africa-guinea-bissau-counting/?utm_campaign
8 months ago
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Julie Mestre
9 months ago
I’m thrilled to share the recent publication of our work on the movement patterns of green 🐢 at a major foraging ground in Mauritania. Paper is freely accessible using the following link:
rdcu.be/d1AXJ
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Poilão Island is truly magic 🤩 the sacred status of this island among the Bijagos people contributed to the conservation of one of the largest green
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populations globally Our Bijagos friends are also magic 🤩❤️
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Sea turtle research and conservation in Guinea-Bissau ❤️🇬🇼 we had a beautiful fieldwork week at Poilão Island 🌊🐢 with @IBAP Project STM2
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9 months ago
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Last week in Joal-Fadiouth MPA of Senegal, researching green sea turtles spatial distribution and foraging habits 🌊🐢❤️
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11 months ago
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