Jeffret A. Seminoff, Wallace J. Nichols, Antonio Resendiz, and Louise Brooks, Occurrence of hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata (Reptilia: Cheloniidae), near the Baja California Peninsula, México, Pacific Science 57(1): 9-16. Abstract From 1997 to 2001 the occurrence of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) was characterized at neritic foraging habitats along the Pacific…
JA Seminoff, A Resendiz, WJ Nichols. 2002. Home range of green turtles Chelonia mydas at a coastal foraging area in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 242: 253-265. ABSTRACT: The green turtle Chelonia mydas is a circumglobal species that is susceptible to overexploitation as a food resource…
By Deborah Knight To be an endangered sea turtle near Punta Abreojos on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula is to be a lucky animal. In this remote fishing village, the local fishing cooperative cracks down on any member caught with a turtle. For the first offense, you lose fishing privileges for three…
Seminoff, JA, A Resendiz, WJ Nichols, 2002. Diet of east Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Central Gulf of California, México, Journal of Herpetology 36(3): 447-453. Abstract We studied the diet of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Bahía de los Angeles in the Gulf of California, México. From…
Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Antonio Resendiz, Wallace J. Nichols, T. Todd Jones, and C. Guyer (2002) Growth Rates of Wild Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a Temperate Foraging Area in the Gulf of California, México. Copeia: August 2002, Vol. 2002, No. 3, pp. 610-617. Abstract Growth rates recorded between 1995 and…
