Reproductive seasonality and sexual dimorphism in green turtles

By Bj Godley, AC Broderick, R. Frauenstein, F. Glen, G. Hays. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The Ecology and Migrations of Sea Turtles 8. Tests of the Developmental Habitat Hypothesis (2011, background): “Furthermore, there is sexual size dimorphism in the green turtle that has gone undocumented until recently (Godley et al., 2002), so using one minimum size for both sexes compounds the error.”
Mediterranean sea turtles: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research (2018, unknown): “This explains why this is the major habitat for green turtles in the eastern Mediterranean and why they usually forage at depths less than 5 m (Godley et al. 2002b, Hays et al. 2002, Broderick et al. 2007, Stokes et al. 2015).”
Different male vs. female breeding periodicity helps mitigate offspring sex ratio skews in sea turtles (2014, background): “…the breeding grounds for male turtles is generally not well known, with the usual assumption being that males are only observed during the mating season and then are not seen during the nesting season, as they have departed to their foraging grounds (Godley et al., 2002; Schofield et al., 2013b).”
Investigating the potential impacts of climate change on a marine turtle population (2007, background): “…warmer SST, this may reflect more rapid egg production following mating as oogenesis is likely driven by prevailing environmental temperature (Hays et al., 2002; Hamann et al., 2003), and females are thought to migrate to the nesting beach ca. 1 month before beginning laying (Godley et al., 2002).”
Migratory and reproductive movements of male leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) (2005, background): “Frick et al. 2000; Godley et al. 2002 ), underwater studies of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) have shown that copulation also regularly takes place on the ocean floor (Booth and Peters 1972).”
Investigating the viability of photo-identification as an objective tool to study endangered sea turtle populations (2008, methodology): “Direct observations have been used to infer mating seasonality and the departure time of male turtles from breeding areas (e.g. Godley et al., 2002), while paternity in clutches can be assessed without sampling adult males themselves from which inferences about male-female encounters and male…”