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Taxonomy of the genus Natator Biodiversity of the family Cheloniidae

Bibliography of the genus
Natator (Flatback Sea Turtle)

(Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Natator depressus

Anonymous. 1967. Flatback Turtle. Australian Natural History 15: 342.

Anonymous. 2001. Red lists petitions results. Species 36: 31-34.

Blamires, S.J. 2004. Habitat preferences of coastal goannas (Varanus panoptes): are they exploiters of Sea Turtle nests at Fog Bay, Australia? Copeia 2004(2): 370-377.

Blamires, S.J.; Guinea, M.L. 2000. The influence of temperature on egg mortality, emergence success and hatchling sex ratio for Flatback Sea Turtles (Natator depressus) at Fog Bay, Northern Territory, Australia. pp. 198-203. In: Pilcher, N. & Ismail, G. (eds.). Sea turtles of the Indo-Pacific: research management and conservation. Proceedings of the Second ASEAN Symposium and Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. ASEAN Academic Press, London. 361 pp.

Blamires, S.J.; Guinea, M.L. 2003. Emergence success of Flatback Sea Turtles (Natator depressus) at Fog Bay, Northern Territory, Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 548-556.

Blamires, S.J.; Guinea, M.L.; Devonport, C.C. 2001. Using GIS for Sea Turtle research at the Fog Bay rookery in northern Australia. Marine Turtle Newsletter 92: 9-11.

Blamires, S.J.; Guinea, M.L.; Prince, R.I.T. 2003. Influence of nest site selection on predation of Flatback Sea Turtle (Natator depressus) eggs by varanid lizards in northern Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 557-563.

Blamires, S.J.; Whiting, S.D.; Guinea, M.L. 1999. Natural history notes: Natator depressus (Flatback Sea Turtle). Predation. Herpetological Review 30(3): 165.

Bustard, R. 1968. Protection for a rookery. Bundaberg Sea Turtles. Wildlife in Australia 5: 43-44.

Bustard, R. 1969. The flatback. Animals 12: 356-357.

Bustard, R.; Greenham, P.; Limpus, C. 1975. Nesting behaviour of loggerhead and Flatback Turtles in Queensland, Australia. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Biol. Med. Sci.) 78(2): 111-122.

Bustard, R.; Limpus, C. 1969. Observations on the Flatback Turtle Chelonia depressa Garman. Herpetologica 25: 29-34.

Dryden, J.; Grech, A.; Moloney, J.; Hamann, M. 2008. Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: does it afford greater protection for Marine Turtles? Wildlife Research 35(5): 477-485.

Fritsches, K.A. 2012. Australian Loggerhead Sea Turtle hatchlings do not avoid yellow. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 45(2): 79-89.

Fry, D.B. 1913. On the status of Chelonia depressa Garman. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 150-185.

Fuentes, M.M.P.B.; Blackwood, J.; Jones, B.; Kim, M.; Leis, B.; Limpus, C.J.; Marsh, H.; Mitchell, J.; Pouzols, F.M.; Pressey, R.L.; Visconti, P. 2015. A decision framework for prioritizing multiple management actions for threatened marine megafauna. Ecological Applications 25(1): 200-214.

Guinea, M.L.; Ryan, P.G.; Umback, L.; Hills, L. 1991. Nesting seasonality of the Flatback Turtle at Bare Sand Island, Northern Territory, Australia. Marine Turtle Newsletter 52: 4-5.

Hamann, M.; Grech, A.; Wolanski, E.; Lambrechts, J. 2011. Modelling the fate of marine turtle hatchlings. Ecological Modelling 222(8): 1515-1521.

Hays, G.C. 2001. The implications of adult morphology for clutch size in the Flatback Turtle (Natator depressa). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81(6): 1063-1064.

Hermanussen, S.; Matthews, V.; Paepke, O.; Limpus, C.J.; Gaus, C. 2008. Flame retardants (PBDEs) in Marine Turtles, dugongs and seafood from Queensland, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 57(6-12): 409-418.

Hewavisenthi, S.; Parmenter, C.J. 2000. Hydric environment and sex determination in the Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus Garman) (Chelonia: Cheloniidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 48(6): 653-659.

Hewavisenthi, S.; Parmenter, C.J. 2001. Influence of incubation environment on the development of the Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus). Copeia 2001(3): 668-682.

Hewavisenthi, S.; Parmenter, C.J. 2002. Incubation environment and nest success of the Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus) from a natural nesting beach. Copeia 2002(2): 302-312.

Ikonomopoulou, M.P.; Olszowy, H.; Limpus, C.; Francis, R.; Whittier, J. 2011. Trace element concentrations in nesting Flatback Turtles (Natator depressus) from Curtis Island, Queensland, Australia. Marine Environmental Research 71(1): 10-16.

IUCN Red List Standards & Petitions Subcommittee. 1996. Natator depressus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T14363A4435952. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14363A4435952.en.

Kamrowski, R.L.; Limpus, C.J.; Pendoley, K.; Hamann, M. 2014. Influence of industrial light pollution on the sea-finding behaviour of Flatback Turtle hatchlings. Wildlife Research 41(5): 421-434.

Kitchener, D.J. 1996. The status of green and Hawksbill Turtle rookeries in Nusa Tenggara and Maluku Tenggara, eastern Indonesia - with observations on other marine turtles in the region. pp. 97-109. In: Kitchener, D.J. & Suyanto, A. (eds.). Proceedings of the first international conference on Eastern Indonesian-Australian vertebrate fauna held at Manado, Indonesia, November 22-26, 1994. Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia. 174 pp.

Koch, A.U.; Guinea, M.L. 2006. Lower nesting success of Flatback Turtles caused by disorientation. Marine Turtle Newsletter 114: 16.

Koch, A.U.; Guinea, M.L.; Whiting, S.D. 2006. The effect of clutch size and nest depth on the incubation duration of Flatback Sea Turtles, Natator depressus, in the Northern Territory, Australia. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 536: 149-150.

Koch, A.U.; Guinea, M.L.; Whiting, S.D. 2007. Effects of sand erosion and current harvest practices on incubation of the Flatback Sea Turtle (Natator depressus). Australian Journal of Zoology 55(2): 97-105.

Koch, A.U.; Guinea, M.L.; Whiting, S.D. 2008. Asynchronous emergence of flatback seaturtles, Natator depressus, from a beach hatchery in Northern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 42(1): 1-8.

Koch, A.U.; Willan, R.C. 2007. Natural history notes: Natator depressus (Flatback Sea Turtle). Habitat. Herpetological Review 38(4): 448.

Limpus, C.J. 1971. The Flatback Turtle, Chelonia depressa Garman in southeast Queensland, Australia. Herpetologica 27: 431-446.

Limpus, C.J.; Couper, P.J.; Couper, K.L.D. 1993. Crab Island revisited: reassessment of the world's largest Flatback Turtle rookery after twelve years. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1): 277-289.

Limpus, C.J.; Fleay, A.; Baker, V. 1984. The Flatback Turtle, Chelonia depressa, in Queensland: reproductive periodicity, philopatry and recruitment. Australian Wildlife Research 11(3): 579-587.

Limpus, C.J.; Gyuris, E.; Miller, J.D. 1988. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of the Sea Turtle genus Natator McCulloch, 1908, with a redescription of the genus and species. Transactions Royal Society of South Australia 112(1-2): 1-9.

Limpus, C.J.; Parmenter, C.J.; Baker, V.; Fleay, A. 1983. The Flatback Turtle, Chelonia depressa, in Queensland: post-nesting migration and feeding ground distribution. Australian Wildlife Research 10(3): 557-561.

Limpus, C.J.; Parmenter, C.J.; Parker, R.; Ford, N. 1981. The Flatback Turtle Chelonia depressa in Queensland: the Peak Island rookery. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 13(1): 14-18.

Limpus, C.J.; Parmenter, J.; Limpus, D.J. 2002. The status of the Flatback Turtle, Natator depressus, in eastern Australia. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 477: 140-142.

Lohuizen, S. van; Rossendell, J.; Mitchell, N.J.; Thums, M. 2016. The effect of incubation temperatures on nest success of Flatback Sea Turtles (Natator depressus). Marine Biology (Berlin) 163(7): 150.

McCulloch, A.R. 1908. A new genus and species of turtle from North Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 126-128.

Parmenter, C.J. 2003. Plastic flipper tags are inadequate for long-term identification of the Flatback Sea Turtle (Natator depressus). Wildlife Research 30(5): 519-521.

Parmenter, C.J.; Limpus, C.J. 1995. Female recruitment, reproductive longevity and inferred hatchling survivorship for the Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus) at a major eastern Australian rookery. Copeia 1995(2): 474-477.

Pendoley, K. 2002. Sea Turtle records Barrow Island, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 23(3): 207-209.

Pendoley, K.; Kamrowski, R.L. 2015. Influence of horizon elevation on the sea-finding behaviour of hatchling Flatback Turtles exposed to artificial light glow. Marine Ecology Progress Series 529: 279-288.

Pendoley, K.L.; Bell, C.D.; McCracken, R.; Ball, K.R.; Sherborne, J.; Oates, J.E.; Becker, P.; Vitenbergs, A.; Whittock, P.A. 2014. Reproductive biology of the flatback turtle Natator depressus in Western Australia. Endangered Species Research 23(2): 115-123.

Pendoley, K.L.; Schofield, G.; Whittock, P.A.; Ierodiaconou, D.; Hays, G.C. 2014. Protected species use of a coastal marine migratory corridor connecting marine protected areas. Marine Biology (Berlin) 161(6): 1455-1466.

Pereira, C.M.; Booth, D.T.; Limpus, C.J. 2012. Swimming performance and metabolic rate of flatback Natator depressus and loggerhead Caretta caretta Sea Turtle hatchlings during the swimming frenzy. Endangered Species Research 17(1): 43-51.

Phillott, A.D.; Parmenter, C.J. 2006. The ultrastructure of Sea Turtle eggshell does not contribute to interspecies variation in fungal invasion of the egg. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(9): 1339-1344.

Prince, R.I.T.; Crane, K.R.C. 1996. First records of stranded juvenile Flatback Turtles, and some new records of stranded juvenile Hawksbill Turtles from the southwest coast of western Australia. Marine Turtle Newsletter 72: 5-8.

Riskas, K.A.; Fuentes, M.M.P.B.; Hamann, M. 2016. Justifying the need for collaborative management of fisheries bycatch: a lesson from marine turtles in Australia. Biological Conservation 196: 40-47.

Salmon, M.; Hamann, M.; Wyneken, J. 2010. The development of early diving behavior by juvenile Flatback Sea Turtles (Natator depressus). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9(1): 8-17.

Salmon, M.; Hamann, M.; Wyneken, J.; Schauble, C. 2009. Early swimming activity of hatchling Flatback Sea Turtles Natator depressus: a test of the 'predation risk' hypothesis. Endangered Species Research 9(1): 41-47.

Schauble, C.; Kennett, R.; Winderlich, S. 2006. Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus) nesting at field island, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 1990-2001. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5(2): 188-194.

Schnittmann, W. 2007. Beobachtungen bei der Eiablage von Meeresschildkröten. Ein Besuch des Naturschutzgebietes Mon Repos in Queensland, Australia. Radiata 16(2): 23-28.

Sim, E.L.; Booth, D.T.; Limpus, C.J. 2014. Non-modal scute patterns, morphology, and locomotor performance of Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Flatback (Natator depressus) Turtle hatchlings. Copeia 2014(1): 63-69.

Sim, E.L.; Booth, D.T.; Limpus, C.J.; Guinea, M.L. 2014. A comparison of hatchling locomotor performance and scute pattern variation between two rookeries of the Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus). Copeia 2014(2): 339-344.

Sperling, J.B. 2008. Two new dive types with a gradual ascent phase in Flatback Turtles (Natator depressus). Marine Turtle Newsletter 120: 9-11.

Sperling, J.B.; Grigg, G.C.; Limpus, C.J. 2003. Internesting diving behavior in Flatback Sea Turtles (Natator depressus). NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 503: 232.

Sperling, J.B.; Grigg, G.C.; Limpus, C.J. 2010. Diving behaviour in two distinct populations of gravid Flatback Turtles Natator depressus. Australian Zoologist 35(2): 291-306.

Sperling, J.B.; Guinea, M.L. 2004. A harness for attachment of satellite transmitters on Flatback Turtles. Marine Turtle Newsletter 103: 11-13.

Sutherland, R.W.; Sutherland, E.G. 2003. Status of the Flatback Sea Turtle (Natator depressus) rookery on Crab Island, Australia, with notes on predation by crocodiles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 612-619.

Theissinger, K.; FitzSimmons, N.N.; Limpus, C.J.; Parmenter, C.J.; Phillott, A.D. 2009. Mating system, multiple paternity and effective population size in the endemic Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus) in Australia. Conservation Genetics 10(2): 329-346.

Thums, M.; Whiting, S.D.; Reisser, J.W.; Pendoley, K.L.; Pattiaratchi, C.B.; Harcourt, R.G.; McMahon, C.R.; Meekan, M.G. 2013. Tracking Sea Turtle hatchlings - a pilot study using acoustic telemetry. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 440: 156-163.

Waayers, D.A.; Smith, L.M.; Malseed, B.E. 2011. Inter-nesting distribution of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Flatback Turtles (Natator depressus) at the Lacepede Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 94(2): 359-364.

Walker, T.A. 1991. Juvenile Flatback Turtles in proximity to coastal nesting islands in the Great Barrier Reef province. Journal of Herpetology 25(2): 246-248.

Walker, T.A.; Parmenter, C.J. 1990. Absence of a pelagic phase in the life cycle of the Flatback Turtle, Natator depressa (Garman). Journal of Biogeography 17(3): 275-278.

White, D.; Gill, J. 2007. A "lost years" Flatback Turtle Natator depressus (Garman, 1858) found. Northern Territory Naturalist 19: 51-53.

Whiting, A.U.; Milani, C.; Limpus, C.J. 2013. Comparing sampling effort and errors in abundance estimates between short and protracted nesting seasons for sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 449: 165-170.

Whiting, A.U.; Thomson, A.; Chaloupka, M.Y.; Limpus, C.J. 2008. Seasonality, abundance and breeding biology of one of the largest populations of nesting Flatback Turtles, Natator depressus: Cape Domett, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 56(5): 297-303.

Whiting, S.D.; Guinea, M.L. 1999. Nocturnal foraging by the black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus on Sea Turtle hatchlings. Emu 99(2): 145-147.

Whiting, S.D.; Guinea, M.L. 2006. The nesting biology of Flatback Turtles in the tropics: seven years of surveys on Bare Sand Island, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 536: 159.

Whiting, S.D.; Whiting, A.U. 2011. Predation by the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) on Sea Turtle adults, eggs, and hatchlings. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 10(2): 198-205.

Whittock, P.A.; Pendoley, K.L.; Hamann, M. 2014. Inter-nesting distribution of Flatback Turtles Natator depressus and industrial development in Western Australia. Endangered Species Research 26(1): 25-38.

Whittock, P.A.; Pendoley, K.L.; Hamann, M. 2016. Flexible foraging: post-nesting Flatback Turtles on the Australian continental shelf. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 477: 112-119.

Whittock, P.A.; Pendoley, K.L.; Hamann, M. 2016. Using habitat suitability models in an industrial setting: the case for internesting flatback turtles. ECOSPHERE 7(11): e01551.

Williams, E.E.; Grandison, A.G.C.; Carr, A.F. 1967. Chelonia depressa Garrnan re-investigated. Breviora 271: 1-15.

Zangerl, R.; Hendrickson, L P; Hendrickson, J.R. 1988. A redescription of the Australian flatback Sea Turtle, Natator depressus. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 1: 1-69.