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Biology and conservation of sea turtles
- Author / Creator
- Conferences
- World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation (1979 : Washington, D.C.)
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"Still the most comprehensive review of the subject, Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles is now updated to reflect significant advances in sea turtle research. A new section summarizes developm...
"Still the most comprehensive review of the subject, Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles is now updated to reflect significant advances in sea turtle research. A new section summarizes developments and primary literature for fourteen areas of sea turtle biology and conservation - nesting; hatchling orientation; the early pelagic stage; telemetry and behavior; molecular genetic studies; applied and behavioral endocrinology; metabolism, physiology, and thermoregulation; diseases; temperature and sex ratio; growth and age; population models and structure; the current status of marine turtles worldwide; anthropogenic threats; and headstarting."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- edited by Karen A. Bjorndal
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Revised edition
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1995]
- ©1995
- Physical Details
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- 615 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781560986195, 1560986190
- OCLC
- ocm32508276
- "Proceedings of the World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation, Washington, D.C., 26-30 November 1979 with contributions on Recent advances in sea turtle biology and conservation, 1995."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Introduction / Karen A. Bjorndal -- Notes on the Behavioral Ecology of Sea Turtles / Archie Carr -- A Review of Sea Turtle Reproduction / L. M. Ehrhart -- The Role of Reproductive Physiology in the Conservation of Sea Turtles / David Wm. Owens -- Factors Influencing Beach Selection by Nesting Sea Turtles / Jeanne A. Mortimer -- Nesting Behavior of Sea Turtles with Emphasis on Physical and Behavioral Determinants of Nesting Success or Failure / J. R. Hendrickson -- Temperature Dependence of Sexual Differentiation in Sea Turtles: Implications for Conservation Practices / N. Mrosovsky and C. L. Yntema -- Behavioral Ecology of the West Caribbean Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Internesting Habitat / Anne Meylan -- Nesting Cycles in Sea Turtles - Typical or Atypical? / George R. Hughes -- Sea Turtle Migration - Evidence from Tag Returns / Anne Meylan -- Feeding Ecology of Sea Turtles / Jeanne A. Mortimer -- The Consequences of Herbivory for the Life History Pattern of the Caribbean Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas / Karen A. Bjorndal -- Growth Rates of Immature Green Turtles in the Hawaiian Archipelago / George H. Balazs -- Apparent Hibernation by Sea Turtles in North American Waters / Larry Ogren and Charles McVea, Jr. -- Estimation of Population Size in Sea Turtles / Anne Meylan -- Non-Human Predators of Sea Turtles and Their Control / Stephen E. Stancyk -- A Model for Diagnosis of Populations of Olive Ridleys and Green Turtles of West Pacific Tropical Coasts / Rene Marquez M., Cuauhtemoc Penaflores S., Aristoteles Villanueva O. and Juan Diaz F. -- The Population of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle in the Gulf of Mexico - Lepidochelys kempii / Rene Marquez M., Aristoteles Villanueva O. and Manuel Sanchez Perez -- An Experimental Population Model for the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) / James I. Richardson and Thelma H. Richardson -- Historical Review of the Decline of the Green Turtle and the Hawksbill / F. Wayne King -- Historical Decline of Loggerhead, Ridley, and Leatherback Sea Turtles / James Perran Ross -- Sea Turtles of the Pacific Coast of Mexico / Kim Cliffton, Dennis Oscar Cornejo and Richard S. Felger -- Status of Sea Turtles Along the Pacific Coast of Middle America / Stephen E. Cornelius -- Status of Sea Turtle Populations in the Central Eastern Pacific / Derek Green and Fernando Ortiz-Crespo -- Status of Sea Turtles in the Southeastern Pacific: Emphasis on Peru / Coppelia Hays Brown and William M. Brown -- Status of Sea Turtles in the Central Pacific Ocean / George H. Balazs -- Marine Turtles of the South Pacific / Peter C. H. Pritchard -- Marine Turtles of Micronesia / Peter C. H. Pritchard -- Subsistence Hunting of Turtles in the Western Pacific: the Caroline Islands / Mike A. McCoy -- Status of Marine Turtle Populations in Papua New Guinea / C. Sylvia Spring -- Subsistence Hunting of Marine Turtles in Papua New Guinea / C. Sylvia Spring -- The Status of Australian Sea Turtle Populations / Colin J. Limpus -- Subsistence Hunting of Sea Turtles in Australia / John Kowarsky -- Sea Turtles in the Waters Adjacent to Japan / Itaru Uchida and Masaharu Nishiwaki -- Distribution of Sea Turtles in China Seas / Huang Chu-Chien -- The Status of Research, Exploitation, and Conservation of Marine Turtles in the Philippines / Nelma Carrascal de Celis -- The Status of Sea Turtle Populations in East Malaysia and the South China Sea / G. S. de Silva -- Status and Conservation of Estuarine and Sea Turtles in West Malaysian Waters / Siow Kuan Tow and Edward O. Moll -- Marine Turtles in Indonesia / Ismu Sutanto Suwelo, Njoman Sumertha Nuitja and Iman Soetrisno -- Sea Turtle Populations of Indonesia and Thailand / Nicholas V. C. Polunin and Njoman Sumertha Nuitja -- Status of Sea Turtles in the Eastern Indian Ocean / C. S. Kar and Satish Bhaskar -- Review of Sea Turtles in the Arabian Area / James Perran Ross and Mohammed Amour Barwani -- Status of Sea Turtles in the Central Western Indian Ocean / Jack Frazier -- Subsistence Hunting in the Indian Ocean / Jack Frazier -- Conservation of Sea Turtles in the Southern Africa Region / George R. Hughes -- Marine Turtles of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean / L. D. Brongersma -- Sea Turtles in the Eastern Mediterranean and Northern Red Sea / Igal Sella -- Status of Sea Turtle Populations (Caretta c. caretta and Chelonia m. mydas) in the Northern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey / Remzi Geldiay, Tufan Koray and Suleyman Balik -- Status of Sea Turtle Populations Nesting in Surinam with Notes on Sea Turtles Nesting in Guyana and French Guiana / Joop P. Schulz -- The Cultural Context of Sea Turtle Subsistence Hunting in the Caribbean and Problems Caused by Commercial Exploitation / Bernard Nietschmann -- A Historical Review of the Status of Sea Turtle Populations in the Western Gulf of Mexico / Henry H. Hildebrand -- Options and Limitations in the Conservation of Sea Turtles / David Ehrenfeld -- Farming and Ranching as a Strategy for Sea Turtle Conservation / Henry A. Reichart -- Does Sea Turtle Aquaculture Benefit Conservation? / C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. -- Headstarting the Kemp's Ridley Turtle, Lepidochelys kempi / Edward F. Klima and James P. McVey -- Worldwide Incidental Capture of Sea Turtles / Hilburn O. Hillestad, J. L. Richardson, Charles McVea, Jr. and J. M. Watson, Jr. -- Development of a Sea Turtle Excluder Shrimp Trawl for the Southeast U.S. Penaeid Shrimp Fishery / Wilber R. Seidel and Charles McVea, Jr. -- Recovered Sea Turtle Populations and U.S. Recovery Team Efforts / Peter C. H. Pritchard -- Planning for Protection of Sea Turtle Habitat / Stephen V. Shabica -- Disruption of Sea Turtle Habitat with Emphasis on Human Influence / Ross Witham -- Conservation and Management of Sea Turtles: A Legal Overview / Daniel Navid -- Problems of Enforcing Sea Turtle Conservation Laws in Developing Countries / Edgardo D. Gomez -- Enforcement of Restrictions on Importation of Sea Turtle Products / Clark R. Bavin -- Sea Turtles, Animals of Divisible Part: International Trade in Sea Turtle Products / David Mack, Nicole Duplaix and Susan Wells -- Sea Turtle Conservation Strategy -- Nesting Biology of Sea Turtles / J. D. Miller -- Hatchling Orientation / Blair E. Witherington -- Biology of the Early Pelagic Stage - The "Lost Year" / Alan B. Bolten and George H. Balazs -- Telemetry and the Behavior of Sea Turtles / Scott A. Eckert -- Molecular Genetic Studies of Marine Turtles / Brian W. Bowen -- Applied and Behavioral Endocrinology / David Wm. Owens -- Metabolism, Physiology, and Thermoregulation / James R. Spotila -- Diseases of Marine Turtles / Lawrence H. Herbst and Elliott R. Jacobson -- Temperature and Sex Ratio / N. Mrosovsky -- Growth and Age of Sea Turtles / Karen A. Bjorndal and George R. Zug -- Population Models and Structure / Deborah T. Crouse and Nat B. Frazer -- Global Overview of the Status of Marine Turtles: A 1995 Viewpoint / Colin J. Limpus -- Anthropogenic Threats to Sea Turtles / Karen L. Eckert -- Headstarting as a Management Tool / Jeanne A. Mortimer