The BIOLOGY of SEA TURTLES (Volume II) - CHAPTER 6 pptx

... Is Stress? 163 6. 2 Why Sea Turtles Are at Special Risk 164 6. 3 Stressors 166 6. 3.1 Temperature 166 6. 3.1.1 Hypothermia 166 6. 3.1.2 Hyperthermia 169 6. 3.2 Chemical Pollutants 169 6. 3.2.1 Bioaccumulation ... that the smallest turtles were found on the first day of the cold snap, and largest turtles on the last day; over the 9 years of the study, nearly half...

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... LLC 80 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II 3.1 INTRODUCTION The study of sensory biology in sea turtles is still in its infancy. Even the basic morphology of the eye, ear, and nose of sea turtles ... organization of the main features of the retina as well as the spatial variation of the photoreceptor cells of large juvenile loggerhead sea turt...

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... Conservation of Sea Turtles, Bjorndal, K.A., Ed., Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1982. Owens, D.W., Hormones in the life history of sea turtles, in The Biology of Sea Turtles, Lutz, P.L. ... LLC 160 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II Pritchard, P.C.H., Studies on the systematics and reproduction of the genus Lepidochelys, Ph.D. thesis, Uni...

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... the use of satellite telemetry and other electronic technologies for the study of marine turtles, with reference to the first year long tracking of leatherback sea turtles, in Proceedings of the ... S.J. et al., Migration corridor for sea turtles, Nature, 384, 319, 19 96. Mortimer, J.A., Feeding ecology of sea turtles, in Biology and Conservation of Sea Turt...

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... at certain seasons of the year, there to lay their eggs” on the Isle of Savona off the coast of Hispaniola, as well as on the west coast of mainland Hispaniola (Esquemeling, 168 4). Neither area ... or 16 5 86 million 50-kg green turtles. This range nearly encompasses the range of 33 66 0 million adult green turtles of Jackson (1997). The estimates of K vary by...

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... 330 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II that their involvement in research and management activities will be critical to the survival of sea turtles in the region. The project combines ... North-East Trinidad. In Tourism and Marine Turtles: Can We Live Together? IUCN-MTSG Committee on the Impact of Tourism on Marine Turtles. 3 6. © 2003 CRC Press LLC 322 The Bio...

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... 2001. Stock assess- ments of loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles and an assessment of the impact of the pelagic longline fishery on the loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles of the western North ... Fish. Bull. 96: 271–284. © 2003 CRC Press LLC 344 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II 13.4.2 LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea...

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... possible to estimate the number of © 2003 CRC Press LLC 368 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II that light does not reach the beach) without diminishing the value of sea turtles (i.e., prevent ... 359 14.4 The Value of Sea Turtle Parts and Sums 359 14.5 Sea Turtle Supply and Demand 362 14 .6 Measuring Sea Turtle Value 364 14.7 Sea Turtle Value and Traged...

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... pathogenesis of sea turtle diseases have been poorly studied. Therefore, there remains a tremendous need for basic research involving health assessment and disease of sea turtles. The purpose of this chapter ... histopathology of representative tissues © 2003 CRC Press LLC 3 96 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II 1993). Negative-staining electron microscopy, on the...

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... 424 16. 6.4 Post-Hatchlings 424 16. 6.5 Growth and Survival 424 16. 6 .6 Feeding Problems 4 26 16. 7 Stocking Densities 4 26 16. 8 Routine Cleaning 427 16. 8.1 Turtles 427 16. 8.2 Rearing Containers 427 16. 9 ... Infections and Gray-Patch Disease (GPD) 4 36 16. 12.2 Bloating–Floating 4 36 16. 12.3 Carapace Lesions 4 36 References 438 16. 1 INTRODUCTION Sea turtle husbandry is...

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