Talk:Threats to sea turtles

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 11:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

I cited the Sea Turtle Conservancy website once under the Oil and Marine Pollution section, once through a MLA in-text citation and once through introducing the information as such "According to the Sea Turtle Conservancy..." etc. If the page needs to have more references to this website please let me know, but that is easily fixable and shouldn't affect the standing of the entire page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChloeLitchfieldP (talk • contribs) 01:36, 9 December 2010

More links from other articles. In Sea turtles for example. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 00:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

TCO (talk) 07:57, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Moved Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 19:11, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Of the two refs, one is to a pretty minor non-profit (and not a scientific measurement type one, but one that does ecotourism). The comments about beach loss lack any numbers (and factually the rise in sea levels to date is only a few inches). The comments about coral are interesting, but are a bit WP:Synth-ey or OR-ey. The supporting ref just talks about coral bleaching, not about the impact of that on the turtles. Think we could better write something citing Ernst or the like. Obviously, global warming will have an impact on the turtles, but we ought to refer to scientific predictions and the like. TCO (talk) 07:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

You'd think that after Climategate rational people would stop blathering about "global warming". The section is total bullsh*t and should be removed from the article. — Quicksilver^{T @} 20:57, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

I think this section could use a revision. A lot has changed in regards to global warming since 6 years ago. Explaining the effects that increasing temperatures would have on the turtle's hatchlings will benefit the article. For example, I have come across an article that references the C. mydas populations and how global warming will effect male production rates in 2090. Here is the citation if considered reasonable to use:

Laloe, J., Esteban, N., Berkel, J., & Hays, G. (2016). Sand temperatures for nesting sea turtles in the caribbean: Implications for hatchling sex ratios in the face of climate change. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 474, 92-99. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2015.09.015 Patronus07 (talk) 18:35, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

I would like to add the following paragraphs at the end of the section titled Conservation efforts.

Evaluating the progress of conservation programs is difficult, because many sea turtle populations have not been assessed adequately.^[1] In the United States and much of the world, most information on sea turtle populations comes from counting nests on beaches, but this doesn’t provide an accurate picture of the whole sea turtle population.^[2]

In light of this problem, the National Marine Fisheries Service requested the National Research Council review current methods for assessing sea turtle populations, identify gaps in information, and suggest improvements. The National Research Council report concluded that more detailed information on sea turtles’ life cycles, such as birth rates and mortality, is needed to better understand and predict population trends, and develop successful management and conservation plans.^[3] Improved data management, coordination, and education would help researchers collect and analyze this demographic information.^[4]

Does anyone have any comments or edits to this? Bluntbono (talk) 19:23, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Since I posted that blurb I decided that my suggested edits were too long, so I came up with this, which is much shorter.

Evaluating the progress of conservation programs is difficult, because many sea turtle populations have not been assessed adequately.^[5] Most information on sea turtle populations comes from counting nests on beaches, but this doesn’t provide an accurate picture of the whole sea turtle population.^[6] A 2010 National Research Council report concluded that more detailed information on sea turtles’ life cycles, such as birth rates and mortality, is needed.^[7]

Does anyone have any comments to this edit? 144.171.145.46 (talk) 12:14, 27 July 2011 (UTC)