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	journal = {Biological ConservationBiological Conservation},
	volume = {127},
	number = {2},
	year = {2006},
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	month = {2006///},
	pages = {183-189},
	abstract = {Shallow (neritic) waters close to the Italian coasts (Central Mediterranean Sea) are frequently visited by foraging loggerhead turtles, but the nesting populations which rely on this area have not been determined. To estimate the rookery origins of this feeding cohort, mitochondrial DNA control region sequences were analysed from 106 juvenile loggerhead turtles and compared to those published for key nesting populations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions using a Bayesian based stock analysis program. Six distinct haplotypes were detected, of which two have previously been reported from both Mediterranean and Atlantic nesting beaches and one only from Atlantic nesting populations. The remaining three haplotypes could not be assigned to a rookery of origin. Mixed stock analysis indicated that the waters along the Southern Italian coasts are utilised primarily by Mediterranean nesting populations, with approximately 68\% of the individuals provided by the genetically homogeneous Greece/South eastern Mediterranean nesting aggregate and 23\% by the Turkish management unit. 7\% of the loggerhead turtles were assigned to Atlantic stock. Our results suggest that only a small proportion of the Atlantic juveniles which enter the Mediterranean to forage in its pelagic waters utilise also the neritic areas along the Italian coasts. This is consistent with theory of juvenile homing, according to which oceanic stage juveniles preferentially recruit to neritic developmental habitats within their natal region, and implies that the elevated human-induced mortality occurring in this area impacts almost exclusively the smaller and demographically more vulnerable Mediterranean loggerhead turtle stock. {\textcopyright} 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Caretta caretta, conservation, loggerhead turtle, migration, Mixed stock analysis, Neritic habitat, Reptilia},
	author = {Maffucci, F. and Kooistra, W.H.C.F. and Bentivegna, F.}
}
@article {4319,
	title = {Genetic structuring of immature loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea reflects water circulation patterns},
	journal = {Marine BiologyMarine Biology},
	volume = {149},
	number = {5},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {1269-1279},
	publisher = {Springer},
	abstract = {Abstract  The analysis of mitochondrial DNA in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from eight foraging grounds in the Mediterranean and the adjoining Atlantic revealed deep genetic structuring within the western Mediterranean. As a consequence, the foraging grounds off the North-African coast and the Gimnesies Islands are shown to be inhabited mainly by turtles of the Atlantic stocks, whereas the foraging grounds off the European shore of the western Mediterranean are shown to be inhabited mainly by turtles from the eastern Mediterranean rookeries. This structuring is explained by the pattern of sea surface currents and water masses and suggests that immature loggerhead sea turtles entering the western Mediterranean from the Atlantic and the eastern Mediterranean remain linked to particular water masses, with a limited exchange of turtles between water masses. As the north of the western Mediterranean comprises mostly individuals from the highly endangered eastern Mediterranean rookeries, conservation plans should make it a priority to reduce the mortality caused by incidental by-catch in these areas.},
	keywords = {Reptilia},
	author = {Carreras, C. and Pont, S. and Maffucci, F. and Pascual, M. and Barcel{\'o}, A. and Bentivegna, F. and Cardona, L. and Alegre, F. and SanF{\'e}lix, M. and Fern{\'a}ndez, G.}
}
