Young sea turtles of the pelagic Sargassum-dominated drift community: habitat use, population density, and threats

By B. Witherington, S. Hirama, R. Hardy. 2012

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Ryther revisited: nutrient excretions by fishes enhance productivity of pelagic Sargassum in the western North Atlantic Ocean (2014, background): “Pelagic Sargassum is widely recognized as a keystone taxon that provides habitat for a diverse assemblage of invertebrates, fishes, sea turtles, pelagic birds, and marine mammals (Butler et al., 1983; Casazza and Ross, 2008; Haney, 1986; Witherington et al., 2012; Fig.”
Plastic and marine turtles: a review and call for research (2016, background): “This spatial overlap potentially creates an ecological trap for young turtles (Carr, 1987; Tomás et al., 2002; Battin, 2004; Witherington et al., 2012; Cózar et al., 2014).”
Factors controlling the seasonal distribution of pelagic Sargassum (2018, background): “Buoyancy of Sargassum floats is diminished at relatively shallow depths, and they are fully compromised by excursions to 120 m (Johnson & Richardson 1977, Woodcock 1993).”