The BIOLOGY of SEA TURTLES (Volume II) - CHAPTER 16 (END) pdf

... 2003 CRC Press LLC 438 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 and ... plane of water, crowding the turtles at the surface or on the bottom. In any large group of loggerheads, there will be a few turtles that cannot coexist with...

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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. ... 2001. Owens, D.W., The comparative reproductive physiology of sea turtles, Am. Zool., 20, 549, 1980. Owens, D., The role of reproductive physiology in the...

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... 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 of the green turtles recovered were in the ... LLC 166 The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II Sea turtles are at particular risk from the stresses presented by degraded tropical coastal marine environmen...

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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 ... understanding of the naviga- tional abilities of adult sea turtles, but the mechanisms used to guide them during migration remain speculative (Papi and Luschi, 1996;...

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... account of the activities of buccaneers in America, described turtles that “resort in huge multitudes at certain seasons of the year, there to lay their eggs” on the Isle of Savona off the coast of Hispaniola, ... consumers of seagrasses, sponges, and jellyfish. 3. Therefore, the virtual ecological extinction of sea turtles in the Caribbean must have resulted in...

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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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... 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 ... 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 l...

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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 ... obtain and keep that number of turtles. The answer to the first question will depend on what we think we need the turtles for; the answer to the second is beyond...

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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 ... of laboratory rats and mice, ILAR J., 39, 272–290, 1998. Wibbels, T., Diagnosing the sex of sea turtles in foraging habitats, in Research and Manage- ment Tec...

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