Plastic and marine turtles: a review and call for research

The Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on Feeding, Function and Fecundity in the Marine Copepod Calanus helgolandicus

(2015) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals

(2015) N. M. Hall et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Oceanic loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta associate with thermal fronts: evidence from the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem

(2015) KL Scales et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Marine debris ingestion by Chelonia mydas (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on the Brazilian coast

(2015) Sarah da Silva Mendes et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Debris ingestion by juvenile marine turtles: An underestimated problem

(2015) Robson Guimarães Santos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The impact of debris on marine life

(2015) S.C. Gall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Oceanic loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta associate with thermal fronts: evidence from the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem

(2015) KL Scales et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Andrés Cózar et al.   PLoS One

Patterns and inferred processes associated with sea turtle strandings in Paraíba State, Northeast Brazil

(2014) C. Poli et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY

Understanding the sources and effects of abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear on marine turtles in northern Australia

(2014) Chris Wilcox et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Embryonic PCB Exposure Alters Phenotypic, Genetic, and Epigenetic Profiles in Turtle Sex Determination, a Biomarker of Environmental Contamination

(2014) Yuiko Matsumoto et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Mesoscale fronts as foraging habitats: composite front mapping reveals oceanographic drivers of habitat use for a pelagic seabird

(2014) K. L. Scales et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Plastic ingestion by fulmars and shearwaters at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

(2014) Alexander L. Bond et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Lethal lesions and amputation caused by plastic debris and fishing gear on the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). Three case reports from Terceira Island, Azores (NE Atlantic)

(2014) João P. Barreiros et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evaluating the impacts of marine debris on cetaceans

(2014) Sarah Baulch et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

How marine debris ingestion differs among megafauna species in a tropical coastal area

(2014) Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingestion and defecation of marine debris by loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, from by-catches in the South-West Indian Ocean

(2014) Ludovic Hoarau et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine litter in Mediterranean sandy littorals: Spatial distribution patterns along central Italy coastal dunes

(2014) Gianluca Poeta et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Documenting the Density of Subtidal Marine Debris across Multiple Marine and Coastal Habitats

(2014) Stephen D. A. Smith et al.   PLoS One

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nano-tags for neonates and ocean-mediated swimming behaviours linked to rapid dispersal of hatchling sea turtles

(2014) R. Scott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

First satellite tracks of neonate sea turtles redefine the 'lost years' oceanic niche

(2014) K. L. Mansfield et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Effects of Plastic Pollution on Aquatic Wildlife: Current Situations and Future Solutions

(2014) Michelle Sigler   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Three-dimensional distribution of plastic pellets in sandy beaches: shifting paradigms

(2014) Alexander Turra et al.   Scientific Reports

Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

(2014) AC Vegter et al.   Endangered Species Research

Global Analysis of Anthropogenic Debris Ingestion by Sea Turtles

(2013) QAMAR SCHUYLER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Surgical treatment of injuries caused by fishing gear in the intracoelomic digestive tract of sea turtles

(2013) A Di Bello et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

On the front line: integrated habitat mapping for olive ridley sea turtles in the southeast Atlantic

(2013) Stephen K. Pikesley et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

(2013) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sea turtle population structure and connections between oceanic and neritic foraging areas in the Atlantic revealed through trace elements

(2013) MC López-Castro et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Interaction between loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and marine litter in Sardinia (Western Mediterranean Sea)

(2013) Andrea Camedda et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Presence of plastic debris in loggerhead turtle stranded along the Tuscany coasts of the Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals (Italy)

(2013) Tommaso Campani et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Young green turtles, Chelonia mydas, exposed to plastic in a frontal area of the SW Atlantic

(2013) Victoria González Carman et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

A Model of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Habitat and Movement in the Oceanic North Pacific

(2013) Melanie Abecassis et al.   PLoS One

Ghostnet impacts on globally threatened turtles, a spatial risk analysis for northern Australia

(2013) C. Wilcox et al.   Conservation Letters

Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   Scientific Reports

Defining olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea management units in Australia and assessing the potential impact of mortality in ghost nets

(2013) MP Jensen et al.   Endangered Species Research

Hooks and sea turtles: a veterinarian's perspective

(2012) Maria L Parga   BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE

Beach Condition and Marine Debris: New Hurdles for Sea Turtle Hatchling Survival

(2012) Petra Triessnig et al.   CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY

Simulating transoceanic migrations of young loggerhead sea turtles: merging magnetic navigation behavior with an ocean circulation model

(2012) N. F. Putman et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2012) B Witherington et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

The Role of Turtles as Coral Reef Macroherbivores

(2012) Christopher H. R. Goatley et al.   PLoS One

To Eat or Not to Eat? Debris Selectivity by Marine Turtles

(2012) Qamar Schuyler et al.   PLoS One

Plastic Debris in a Nesting Leatherback Turtle in French Guiana

(2011) Virginie Plot et al.   CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY

Health Indices of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Along the Pacific Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. I. Blood Biochemistry Values

(2011) Vanessa Labrada-Martagón et al.   CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY

Modelling the fate of marine turtle hatchlings

(2011) Mark Hamann et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Plastic Pollution at a Sea Turtle Conservation Area in NE Brazil: Contrasting Developed and Undeveloped Beaches

(2011) Juliana Assunção Ivar do Sul et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Demographic implications of alternative foraging strategies in juvenile loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta of the North Pacific Ocean

(2011) SH Peckham et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

A quantification of the standing stock of macro-debris in Majuro lagoon and its effect on hard coral communities

(2011) Zoe T. Richards et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Coastal habitat degradation and green sea turtle diets in Southeastern Brazil

(2011) Robson G. Santos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Small plastic debris changes water movement and heat transfer through beach sediments

(2011) Henry S. Carson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Oceanic Diet and Distribution of Haplotypes for the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Central North Pacific

(2011) Denise M. Parker et al.   PACIFIC SCIENCE

Sea turtle strandings reveal high anthropogenic mortality in Italian waters

(2010) Paolo Casale et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Predation of Leatherback Turtle Hatchlings During the Crawl to the Water

(2010) Pilar Santidrián Tomillo et al.   CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY

Health Surveillance of Stranded Green Turtles in Southern Queensland, Australia (2006–2009): An Epidemiological Analysis of Causes of Disease and Mortality

(2010) Mark Flint et al.   EcoHealth

Effects of El Niño-driven environmental variability on black turtle migration to Peruvian foraging grounds

(2010) Javier Quiñones et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Behaviour and buoyancy regulation in the deepest-diving reptile: the leatherback turtle

(2010) S. Fossette et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Predicting the impacts of climate change on a globally distributed species: the case of the loggerhead turtle

(2010) M. J. Witt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ingestion of marine debris by loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the Adriatic Sea

(2010) Bojan Lazar et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Turtle cleaners: reef fishes foraging on epibionts of sea turtles in the tropical Southwestern Atlantic, with a summary of this association type

(2010) Cristina Sazima et al.   Neotropical Ichthyology

Using gut contents to assess foraging patterns of juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas in the Paranaguá Estuary, Brazil

(2010) FM Guebert-Bartholo et al.   Endangered Species Research

Potential impacts of projected sea-level rise on sea turtle rookeries

(2009) MMPB Fuentes et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Blood Biochemistry of Sea Turtles Captured in Gillnets in the Lower Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA

(2009) Jessica E. Snoddy et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Leatherback turtles: The menace of plastic

(2009) N. Mrosovsky et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Is marine debris ingestion still a problem for the coastal marine biota of southern Brazil?

(2009) Paula S. Tourinho et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings--entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions

(2009) M. R. Gregory   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A critical analysis of the biological impacts of plasticizers on wildlife

(2009) J. Oehlmann et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evidence for transoceanic migrations by loggerhead sea turtles in the southern Pacific Ocean

(2009) M.C. Boyle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Climate change and marine turtles

(2009) LA Hawkes et al.   Endangered Species Research

Foraging ecology of oceanic-stage loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta

(2009) MG Frick et al.   Endangered Species Research

Diving behavior and movements of juvenile hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata on a Caribbean coral reef

(2008) J. M. Blumenthal et al.   CORAL REEFS

Marine litter in coral reef areas along the Jordan Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

(2008) Ahmad Abu-Hilal et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The stomach contents of post-hatchling green and loggerhead sea turtles in the southwest Pacific: an insight into habitat association

(2008) M. C. Boyle et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Ontogenetic changes in diet and habitat use in green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) life history

(2008) KE Arthur et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Foraging ecology of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta in the central Mediterranean Sea: evidence for a relaxed life history model

(2008) P Casale et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES