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Authors
Aoki, Derek M.
Bishop, William R.
Guertin, Jeffrey R.
Page, Annie
Persaud, Selena
Shillinger, George L.
Perrault, Justin R.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation
Upwell Turtles
Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (22-PBL; 24-PBL)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (GAA1975)
Private doners
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Article History
Received: 23 March 2026
Accepted: 17 May 2026
First Online: 3 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Procedures are conducted under Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Marine Turtle Permit #205 and Florida Atlantic University’s IACUC #A21-05. All procedures for fieldwork in Pacuare Nature Reserve followed approved protocol under the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences’ Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (Research Protocol No. F-CBL-19-01; Satellite tracking and in-water monitoring of Northwest Atlantic leatherback turtles ( Dermochelys coriacea ) nesting at Pacuare Reserve, Costa Rica), and the Costa Rican Ministerio Del Ambiente y Energia, Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC), Área de Conservación La Amistad Caribe (ACLAC) (RESOLUCIÓN N° R-SINAC-PNI-ACLAC-018-2019 Exp. Dig. N° M-PC-SINAC-PNI-ACLAC-020-2019). The study was performed in accordance with the approved guidelines.
Consent for publication: Consent for publication of photographs by partner organizations was obtained prior to their inclusion in the manuscript.
Competing interests: Authors declare that they have no competing interests.
