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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022

Trends in Reproductive Indicators of Green and Hawksbill Sea Turtles over a 30-Year Monitoring Period in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Their Conservation Implications.

Melania C López-Castro, Eduardo Cuevas, Vicente Guzmán Hernández, Ángeles Raymundo Sánchez, Rosa C Martínez-Portugal, Diana J Lira Reyes, Jorge Ángel Berzunza Chio

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  3. Smaller Size of Nesting Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Northwest Florida.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  4. Global Decline in the Size of Sea Turtles.Global change biology · 2025
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Melania C López-CastroPronatura Península de Yucatán, A.C., Programa para la Conservación de la Tortuga Marina, Merida 97205, Yucatán, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2624-8218
Eduardo CuevasDepartamento de Recursos del Mar, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología-Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional Unidad Mérida, Merida 97310, Yucatán, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-3814-7211
Vicente Guzmán HernándezComisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Laguna de Términos, Ciudad del Carmen 24129, Campeche, Mexico.
Ángeles Raymundo SánchezDépartement des Sciences du Bois et de la Forêt, Faculté de Foresterie et de Géomatique, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3418-4840
Rosa C Martínez-PortugalComisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Veracruz 91919, Veracruz, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-7215-7451
Diana J Lira ReyesPronatura Península de Yucatán, A.C., Programa para la Conservación de la Tortuga Marina, Merida 97205, Yucatán, Mexico.
Jorge Ángel Berzunza ChioSecretaría de Medio Ambiente, Biodiversidad, Cambio Climático y Energía de Campeche, Subdirección de Vida Silvestre, San Francisco de Campeche 24095, Campeche, Mexico.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term monitoring programs of species at risk are efficacious tools to assess population changes, evaluate conservation strategies, and improve management practices to ensure populations reach levels at which they can fulfill their ecological roles. For sea turtles, annual nesting beach surveys are the most accessible method to estimating the population abundance and reproductive output, especially when these are done in primary nesting sites. However, little data exist on the long-term assessment of these parameters. Here, we present the trends of the nest abundance, female size, hatching, and emergence success of hawksbill (

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green turtlehawksbill turtlelong-term monitoringpopulation trendsreproductive parameters

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PMCPMC9739169

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