Marine Turtles Nesting Season: a tool to analyze and compare marine turtles nesting season

by Marc Girondot

Omeyer, L.C.M.; McKinley, T.J.; Bréheret, N.; Bal, G.; Balchin, G.P.; Bitsindou, A.; Chauvet, E.; Collins, T.; Curran, B.K.; Formia, A.; et al. Missing data in sea turtle population monitoring: a Bayesian statistical framework accounting for incomplete sampling Frontiers in Marine Science 2022, 9, 817014, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.817014.

Fretey, J.; Read, T.; Carron, L.; Fontfreyde, C.; Fourdrain, A.; Kérandel, J.-A.; Liardet, V.; Oremus, M.; Reix-Tronquet, M.; Girondot, M. From terra incognita to hotspot: the largest South Pacific green turtle nesting population in the forgotten reefs of New Caledonia. Oryx 2023, 57, 626-636, doi:10.1017/S0030605323000108.

Morales-Mérida, B.A.; Muccio, C.; Girondot, M. Validating trends in olive ridley nesting track counts in Guatemala in the light of a national hatchery protection strategy. Oryx 2023, 57, 48-54, doi:10.1017/S0030605322000382.

Tello-Sahagún, L.A.; Ley-Quiñonez, C.P.; Abreu-Grobois, F.A.; Monsinjon, J.R.; Zavala-Norzagaray, A.A.; Girondot, M.; Hart, C.E. Neglecting low season nest protection exacerbates female biased sea turtle hatchling production through the loss of male producing nests. Biological Conservation 2023, 277, 109873, doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109873.

Bourgogne, H.; Oremus, M.; Mangeas, M.; Vidal, E.; Girondot, M. Innovative monitoring scheme adapted to remote, scattered nesting aggregation reveals a major loggerhead turtle rookery in New Caledonia, South Pacific. PLoS One 2024, 19, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299748.

Girondot, M.; Dejoie, A.; Charpentier, M. The mystery of bimodal nesting seasons in marine turtles. Ecological Modelling 2024, 490, 110653, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110653.

Delcroix, E., S. Bédel, G. Santelli, and M. Girondot. 2013. Monitoring design for quantification of marine turtle nesting with limited human effort: a test case in the Guadeloupe Archipelago. Oryx 48:95-105.

Girondot, M. 2010. Editorial: The zero counts. Marine Turtle Newsletter, 129, 5-6.

Hassine, S. B., Jribi, I., Bradai, M. N., Bouain, A. & Girondot, M. 2011. Origin in variability of nesting period of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in Kuriat islands (Tunisia). Marine Turtle Newsletter. 131:48-50.

Girondot, M. 2010. Estimating density of animals during migratory waves: application to marine turtles at nesting site. 12: 85-105.

Girondot, M., P. Rivalan, R. Wongsopawiro, J.-P. Briane, V. Hulin, S. Caut, E. Guirlet, and M. H. Godfrey. 2006. Phenology of marine turtle nesting revealed by a statistical model of the nesting season. BMC Ecology 6:11.

Godgenger, M.-C., N. Bréheret, G. Bal, K. N’Damité, A. Girard, and M. Girondot. 2009. Nesting estimation and analysis of threats for Critically Endangered leatherback Dermochelys coriacea and Endangered olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea marine turtles nesting in Congo. Oryx 43:556-563.