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... Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium, Epperly, S.P. and Braun, J., Compilers, NOAA Tech. Memo., NMFS-SEFSC-415, 19 98, 91, Miami, FL. © 2003 CRC Press LLC 2 38 The Biology of Sea Turtles, ... P.T., Comparison of the migratory behavior of the congeneric sea turtles Lepidochelys olivacea and L. kempii, in Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual...

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... 293:629–6 38. King, F.W. 1 982 . Historical review of the decline of the green turtle and hawksbill. Pages 183 – 188 in K.A. Bjorndal, editor. Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles. Smith- sonian Institution ... on the Isle of Savona off the coast of Hispaniola, as well as on the west coast of mainland Hispaniola (Esquemeling, 1 684 ). Neither area supports such...

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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 ... Press LLC 88 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II adults. The type of visual stimuli used by sea turtles (whether shapes, colors, or brightness cu...

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... Int., 27, 381 , 2001. Owens, D.W., The comparative reproductive physiology of sea turtles, Am. Zool., 20, 549, 1 980 . Owens, D., The role of reproductive physiology in the conservation of sea turtles, ... in Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles, Bjorndal, K.A., Ed., Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1 982 . Owens, D.W., Hormones in the life history...

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... richness of meanings 6 © 2003 CRC Press LLC 1 68 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II Island between 1 985 and 1 987 . It appears that larger Kemp’s ridley turtles either do not make much use of this ... to seagrass die-offs in turtle feeding grounds worldwide. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Durako, University of North Carolina.) © 2003 CRC Press LLC 186 The Biology o...

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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 ... buying their travel product.” The attractiveness of turtles is speculated on, rather than studied, but the researchers and the tour companies recognize the symbolic role of...

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... 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, are the largest of the sea turtles and ... program of a nation is comparable to that of the U.S. is their TED design. Currently there are two sets of regulations in the U.S. The required minimum size of t...

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... The estimated cost of the procedure was $35,000 U.S. dollars (USD) and the reported cost of the prosthetics was $200,000 USD in 1 984 (Miami Herald, 25/9 /83 , 4/10 /83 , 13/10 /83 , 17/1 /84 , 18/ 1 /84 ). ... lighting. Herpetologica 48: 31–39. © 2003 CRC Press LLC 384 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II Witherington, B.E. 1997. The problem of photopollution for se...

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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 ... CRC Press LLC 388 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II Implicit in the health assessment process is the establishment or availability of normative data,...

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... 2003 CRC Press LLC 4 38 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II REFERENCES Bjorndal, K.A. 1997. Foraging ecology and nutrition of sea turtles, pp. 199–231, in: The Biology of Sea Turtles. P.L. Lutz ... mid- May, which correlates to the departure of the large turtles. pH peaks in September just prior to the arrival of loggerhead hatchlings. 30.2 28. 3 28. 3 30....

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