Scheelings, Titus Franciscus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0571-1309
Moore, Robert J.
Van, Thi Thu Hao
Klaassen, Marcel
Reina, Richard D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Holsworth Wildlife Endowment
Article History
Received: 4 March 2020
Accepted: 22 April 2020
First Online: 7 May 2020
Ethics approval
: This study was approved by the Biological Sciences Animal Ethics Committee of Monash University (approval 14,694). Green sea turtles and loggerhead turtles were sampled under the permit WITK17730216 from the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Australia. Hawksbill turtles and flatback turtles were sampled under the permit 01–000121-1 from the Department of Parks and Wildlife Western Australia. Olive ridley turtles were sampled under the permit 60,298 from the Parks and Wildlife Commission Northern Territory, Australia. Leatherback turtles were sampled under the permit MTP-18-205A from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, USA and samples were imported into Australia under the CITES permit PWS2018-AU-000738 and quarantine permit 0003027044. Kemp’s ridley turtles were sampled under the permit 00663/19 from the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Mexico, exported under the CITES permit MX100214, and imported into Australia under the CITES permit PWS2019-AU-000981 and quarantine permit 0003027044.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.