Editing Sea turtle (section)

=== Thermoregulation ===
All sea turtles are [[poikilotherm]]s.<ref name=":30">{{cite journal|title = Feasibility of Using Sea Surface Temperature Imagery to Mitigate Cheloniid Sea Turtle – Fishery Interactions off the Coast of Northeastern USA|last1 = Braun-McNeill|first1 = Joanne|date = December 2008|journal = Endangered Species Research|doi = 10.3354/esr00145|last2 = Sasso|first2 = Christopher|last3 = Epperly|first3 = Sheryan|last4 = Rivero|first4 = Carlos|volume = 5|pages = 257–266|doi-access = free|hdl = 1834/30782|hdl-access = free}}</ref> However, leatherback sea turtles (family [[Dermochelyidae]]) are able to maintain a body temperature {{Convert|8|C-change}} warmer than the ambient water by thermoregulation through the trait of [[gigantothermy]].<ref name=":30" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Paladino|first1=Frank V.|last2=O'Connor|first2=Michael P.|last3=Spotila|first3=James R.|date=1990-04-26|title=Metabolism of leatherback turtles, gigantothermy, and thermoregulation of dinosaurs|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/344858a0|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=344|issue=6269|pages=858–860|doi=10.1038/344858a0|bibcode=1990Natur.344..858P|s2cid=4321764|issn=1476-4687|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Green sea turtles in the relatively cooler Pacific are known to haul themselves out of the water on remote islands to bask in the sun.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|url = http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/species/turtlesymposium1997.pdf#page=82|title = Basking in Galapagos Green Turtles|last = Green|first = Derek|date = March 1997|journal = Proceedings of the 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium}}</ref> This behavior has only been observed in a few locations, including the [[Galapagos]], Hawaii, [[Europa Island]], and parts of Australia.<ref name=":2" /> [[Image:Chelonia mydas got to the surface to breath.jpg|thumb|A green sea turtle breaks the surface to breathe.|left]]