K. Papafitsoros

Underreported in-water behaviours of the loggerhead sea turtle: Foraging on sea cucumbers

The paper reports four observations of loggerhead sea turtles foraging on sea cucumbers, noting the rarity of this behavior and potential dietary preferences in one individual.

Underreported in-water behaviours of the loggerhead sea turtle: Getting buried in the sand

The paper reports that loggerhead sea turtles actively bury themselves in sand by moving their front flippers, a previously undocumented behavior observed in three males at Zakynthos island.

A social media-based framework for quantifying temporal changes to wildlife viewing intensity: Case study of sea turtles before and during COVID-19

The paper develops a social media-based framework to quantify changes in wildlife viewing pressure over time, applied to sea turtles before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social media mining and photo-identification detects the shift of long-term seasonal foraging habitat for a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle

Social media reveals consistently disproportionate tourism pressure on a threatened marine vertebrate

The paper uses social media data to show that tourism pressure disproportionately affects resident loggerhead sea turtles in Laganas Bay, Greece, despite their low disturbance tolerance.