noun, Cell Biology. 1. a network of tubular membranes within the cytoplasm of the cell, occurring either with a smooth surface (smooth endoplasmic reticulum) or studded with ribosomes (rough endoplasmic reticulum) involved in the transport of materials.
The most widely distributed of all sea turtles; found in the Gulf of Alaska and south of the Bering Sea in the northeastern Pacific to Chile in the southeastern Pacific. In the Barents Sea, Newfoundland and Labrador in the North Atlantic; around Argentina and South Africa in the South Atlantic.
Green turtles are widely harvested for meat in many tropical countries. An estimated 100,000 are killed in the Indo-Australian archipelago each year. Equally as worrying are the high numbers, in some areas, of green turtles suffering from debilitating and potentially lethal tumours.