Share This Author
The hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, in Queensland : population structure within a southern Great Barrier Reef feeding ground
- C. Limpus
- Environmental Science
- 1992
Growth data from these turtles indicate that they will be decades old at first breeding, and a key for sexing and assessing reproductive maturity of E. imbricata is provided.
GLOBAL POPULATION STRUCTURE AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN TERMS OF MATRIARCHAL PHYLOGENY
- B. Bowen, A. Meylan, J. Ross, C. Limpus, G. Balazs, J. Avise
- Biology, Environmental ScienceEvolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 August 1992
Overall, the global matriarchal phylogeny of Chelonia mydas appears to have been shaped by both geography (ocean basin separations) and behavior (natal homing on regional or rookery‐specific scales) that suggests a strong propensity for natal homing by females.
Nonparametric regression modelling of green sea turtle growth rates (southern Great Barrier Reef)
- C. Limpus, M. Chaloupka
- Environmental Science
- 10 April 1997
Distinct sex-specific growth patterns were found, adults displayed constant negligible growth while inter-annual variability in immature female growth attributable to major oceanographic events was evident, and growth characteristics for green sea turtles resident in the southern Great Barrier Reef foraging grounds were modelled using nonparametrlc regression.
The genetic structure of Australasian green turtles (Chelonia mydas): exploring the geographical scale of genetic exchange
- K. Dethmers, D. Broderick, R. Kennett
- Environmental Science, BiologyMolecular Ecology
- 1 November 2006
The emerging general picture is one of dynamic population structure influenced by the capacity of females to relocate among proximal breeding sites, although this may be conditional on large population sizes as existed historically across this region.
Hatchling sex in the marine turtle Caretta caretta is determined by proportion of development at a temperature, not daily duration of exposure
- A. Georges, C. Limpus, R. Stoutjesdijk
- Environmental Science
- 1 December 1994
A mathematical model explains why mean temperature is a poor predictor of hatchling sex ratios and provides an explanation of why secondary factors such a hydric conditions and oxygen potentials might influence hatchlingsex, even if temperature acts directly to influence sex ratios rather than through its influence on overall developmental rate.
Encouraging outlook for recovery of a once severely exploited marine megaherbivore
- M. Chaloupka, K. Bjorndal, M. Yamaguchi
- Environmental Science
- 1 March 2008
It is shown that six of the major green turtle nesting populations in the world have been increasing over the past two to three decades following protection from human hazards such as exploitation of eggs and turtles, suggesting that the green turtle is not on the brink of global extinction.
Geographic structure of mitochondrial and nuclear gene polymorphisms in Australian green turtle populations and male-biased gene flow.
- N. FitzSimmons, C. Moritz, C. Limpus, L. Pope, R. Prince
- BiologyGenetics
- 1 December 1997
The genetic data combined with results from physical tagging studies indicate that the lack of nuclear gene divergence through the GBR is likely due to the migration of sGBR turtles through the courtship area of the nGBR population, rather than male-biased dispersal.
Trans-Pacific migrations of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) demonstrated with mitochondrial DNA markers.
- B. Bowen, F. Abreu-Grobois, G. Balazs, N. Kamezaki, C. Limpus, R. Ferl
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 25 April 1995
To determine the origin of the Baja California feeding aggregate and North Pacific fishery mortalities, samples from nesting areas and pelagic feeding aggregates were compared with genetic markers derived from mtDNA control region sequences and found that 57 of 60 pelagic samples match haplotypes seen only in Japanese nesting areas, implicating Japan as the primary source of turtles in the North Pacific Current and around Bijuana California.
...
...