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

• 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

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...