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Climate variability; Dermochelys coriacea; ENSO; gelatinous zooplankton; global warming; jellyfish; leatherback sea turtles
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Bottom-Up And Climatic Forcing On The Worldwide Population Of Leatherback Turtles, Vs Saba, Jr Spotilia, Fp Chavez, Ja Musick
Bottom-Up And Climatic Forcing On The Worldwide Population Of Leatherback Turtles, Vs Saba, Jr Spotilia, Fp Chavez, Ja Musick
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Nesting populations of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Atlantic and western Indian Oceans are increasing or stable while those in the Pacific are declining. It has been suggested that leatherbacks in the eastern Pacific may be resource limited due to environmental variability derived from the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), but this has yet to be tested. Here we explored bottom-up forcing and the responding reproductive output of nesting leatherbacks worldwide. We achieved this through an extensive review of leatherback nesting and migration data and by analyzing the spatial, temporal, and quantitative nature of resources as indicated by net …