What proportion of male to female marine turtles is necessary to maintain a healthy population?
Conservation priorities are based upon how healthy and stable a population is. For marine turtles, it is still unknown what constitutes a healthy population. Understanding the proportion of males to females necessary for a population to stabilize and grow will help guide conservation efforts on a global scale. How do marine turtles sense their environment? Marine turtles can locate translucent jellyfish at the surface of the ocean and identify sharks as potential predators. How they accomplish these feats is still largely unknown. Understanding marine turtles’ basic sensory abilities will aid in mitigating many of the hazards they face around the world. How do marine turtles navigate? Marine turtles traverse the globe, crossing entire ocean basins to locate feeding and mating grounds. Many return to the exact beach where they hatched to lay their own eggs. Just how they navigate the seas, seeming to know exactly how, when, and where to go, is a mystery that continues to elude scientist
