Juveniles and where to find them: a basin-scale habitat model for the lost years of loggerhead sea turtles in the North Atlantic
The model offers a first basin-scale prediction of the seasonal distribution of juvenile loggerheads in the North-Atlantic, which shows consistency with stranding and bycatch data in the basin. This study represents a first step towards a broader scale understanding of juveniles' habitat preferences that can be used to quantify the magnitude and extent of the threats that they face.
Authors
- Hugo Parra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-1201)
- Thomas Dellinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2424-8620)
- Florence Dell’Amico
- Frédèric Vandeperre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3947-6917)
- M. A. R. Santos
- K. A. Bjorndal
- L. F. López-Jurado
- A. B. Bolten
- C. Sasso
- N. Varo-Cruz
- M. Bartolini
- R. Dietz
- E. L. Hazen
- D. Cejudo
- J. A. Bermejo Dominguez
Institutions
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (US)
- Universidade dos Açores (PT)
- Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES)
- Sea Turtle Conservancy (US)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Energias de Portugal (Portugal) (PT)
- Roche (France) (FR)
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center (US)
- Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ES)
- Institute of Marine Research (PT)
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center (US)
- Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spain) (ES)
- Universidade da Madeira (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Movement Ecology
- Published
- 2026-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-026-00640-2
- Primary Topic
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00