Entries for date "January 2010"

SC Sentinel: New rules proposed to protect turtles

By. GENEVIEVE BOOKWALTER SANTA CRUZ -- New rules proposed to protect endangered leatherback turtles off the West Coast could have far-reaching effects on Monterey Bay clean energy, desalination and other projects as federal officials seek a balance between increased human demands on the sea and resources that the rare creatures…

Pacific Science: Sea turtle foraging.

Jesse Senko, Melania C. López-Castro, Volker Koch, Wallace J. Nichols. 2010. Immature east Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) use multiple foraging areas off the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico, Pacific Science 64(1): 125-130. Abstract Since 2001, Grupo Tortuguero has been conducting monthly inwater monitoring of East Pacific green…