Atlantic sea turtle population threatened by egg infection
Saturday, October 30, 2010 - 12:20
in Biology & Nature
An international team of Mycologists and Ecologists studying Atlantic sea turtles at Cape Verde have discovered that the species is under threat from a fungal infection which targets eggs. The research, published in FEMS Microbiology Letters, reveals how the fungus Fusarium solani may have played a key role in the 30-year decline in turtle numbers...