Regional management units for marine turtles: a novel framework for prioritizing conservation and research across multiple scales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resolving threats to widely distributed marine megafauna requires definition of the geographic distributions of both the threats as well as the population unit(s) of interest. In turn, because individual threats can operate on varying spatial scales, their impacts can affect different segments of a population of the same species. Therefore, integration of multiple tools and techniques--including site-based monitoring, genetic analyses, mark-recapture studies and telemetry--can facilitate robust definitions of population segments at multiple biological and spatial scales to address different management and research challenges.

Methodology/principal findings

To address these issues for marine turtles, we collated all available studies on marine turtle biogeography,

SUBMITTER: Wallace BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3003737 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature