First Assessment of the Sex Ratio for an East Pacific Green Sea Turtle Foraging Aggregation: Validation and Application of a Testosterone ELISA

Determining sex ratios of endangered populations is important for wildlife management, particularly species subject to sex-specific threats or that exhibit temperature-dependent sex determination. Sea turtle sex is determined by incubation temperature and individuals lack external sex-based traits u...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 10; p. e0138861
Main Authors:	Allen, Camryn D., Robbins, Michelle N., Eguchi, Tomoharu, Owens, David W., Meylan, Anne B., Meylan, Peter A., Kellar, Nicholas M., Schwenter, Jeffrey A., Nollens, Hendrik H., LeRoux, Robin A., Dutton, Peter H., Seminoff, Jeffrey A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 14.10.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Agglomeration Animal Distribution - physiology Animals Aquatic reptiles Bayes Theorem Bayesian analysis California Caretta caretta Chelonia Chelonia mydas Chelydra serpentina Climate change Comparative analysis Conservation Demography Dermochelys coriacea Embryos Endangered populations Endangered Species Endocrinology Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - standards Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary Eretmochelys imbricata Female Females Fisheries Green turtle Laparoscopy Male Males Marine mammals Mathematical models Physiological aspects Radioimmunoassay Reptiles & amphibians Science Sea turtles Sensitivity and Specificity Sex Sex determination Sex Determination Processes - physiology Sex Ratio Sexes Sexing Sexual maturity Species Temperature Temperature dependence Testosterone Testosterone - blood Turtles - physiology Wildlife Wildlife conservation Wildlife management California United States La Jolla California United States > US Malaysia Australia Florida South Carolina Great Barrier Reef
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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