Environmental and Nesting Variables Associated with Atlantic Leatherback Sea Turtle () Embryonic and Hatching Success Rates in Grenada, West Indies.

Annual monitoring of leatherback sea turtle () nesting grounds in Grenada, West Indies has identified relatively low hatch rates compared to worldwide trends. This study investigated the impact of selected environmental variables on leatherback sea turtle embryonic development and hatching success rates on Levera Beach in Grenada between 2015-2019. The mean number of nests per year and eggs per nest were 667.

Comparative mitochondrial and chloroplast genomics of a genetically distinct form of contributing to recent "Golden Tides" in the Western Atlantic.

Over the past 5 years, massive accumulations of holopelagic species of the brown macroalga in coastal areas of the Caribbean have created "golden tides" that threaten local biodiversity and trigger economic losses associated with beach deterioration and impact on fisheries and tourism. In 2015, the first report identifying the cause of these extreme events implicated a rare form of the holopelagic species (form ). However, since the first mention of in the 1930s, based solely on morphological characters, no molecular data have confirmed this identification.