Sea turtles have existed for millions of years, making them fascinating subjects of study. In the last 20 years, the science of sea turtle biology has expanded at an exponential rate, leading to major advances in many areas. This book synthesizes the results of these advances and focuses on how these endangered marine reptiles operate in, adapt to, and are dependent upon particular features of their marine environment. New technology in data gathering, such as DNA analyses, remote sensing, and physiological monitoring techniques, has led to a much greater understanding of the biology of the sea turtle at all stages of their life history.
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"The concise writing, the numerous instructive diagrams and figures as well as the tables make this volume an excellent treatise and summary of current knowledge on sea turtles." Ethology, October 1999
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This review is from: Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
A complete up-to-date review of marine turtle biology featuring contributions from 22 of the world's foremost sea turtle authorities. Such well known reearchers as Pritchard, Bjorndal, Lutz, Musick, and Limpus provide comprehensive coverage of a wide range of relevant topics including sea turtle evolution, phylogeny, current conservation status, reproduction, orientation and navigation, habitat utilization and migration, health problems and diseases, human impacts and much, much more. Also included are 8 color and 14 b/w photos, several b/w line illustrations, numerous graphs and tables, and multiple bibliographies. Truly a "Must Have Volume" for every marine turtle library.
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Turtles, being reptiles and tied to the terrestrial environment for oviposition (with the single partial exception of the chelid Chelodina rugosa [Kennett, 1993]), are generally assumed to have had terrestrial origins. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
salt gland fluid, warm temperate feeding area, cheloniid species, curved carapace length, artificial light fields, enforced submergence, immature sea turtles, postnatal development phase, sea turtle development, sea turtle biology, immature green turtles, feeding ground distribution, living cheloniids, turtle locomotion, green turtle stock, captive sea turtles, hatchling green turtles, postfrenzy swimming, juvenile green turtles, renourished beaches, simultaneous beating, oceanic nurseries, sea turtle stocks, titanium tags, reef feeding ground Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Gulf of Mexico, Costa Rica, Great Barrier Reef, Smithsonian Institution Press, Chesapeake Bay, Ascension Island, South Carolina, North Atlantic, North Carolina, Academic Press, Cape Canaveral, Biology of the Reptilia, Gulf Stream, Marine Turtle Conservation Workshop, Pacific Ocean, Baja California, Long Island, United States, National Marine Fisheries Service, Puerto Rico, College Station, Department of Commerce, New England, University of Florida New!
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Turtles, being reptiles and tied to the terrestrial environment for oviposition (with the single partial exception of the chelid Chelodina rugosa [Kennett, 1993]), are generally assumed to have had terrestrial origins. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
salt gland fluid, warm temperate feeding area, cheloniid species, curved carapace length, artificial light fields, enforced submergence, immature sea turtles, postnatal development phase, sea turtle development, sea turtle biology, immature green turtles, feeding ground distribution, living cheloniids, turtle locomotion, green turtle stock, captive sea turtles, hatchling green turtles, postfrenzy swimming, juvenile green turtles, renourished beaches, simultaneous beating, oceanic nurseries, sea turtle stocks, titanium tags, reef feeding ground Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Gulf of Mexico, Costa Rica, Great Barrier Reef, Smithsonian Institution Press, Chesapeake Bay, Ascension Island, South Carolina, North Atlantic, North Carolina, Academic Press, Cape Canaveral, Biology of the Reptilia, Gulf Stream, Marine Turtle Conservation Workshop, Pacific Ocean, Baja California, Long Island, United States, National Marine Fisheries Service, Puerto Rico, College Station, Department of Commerce, New England, University of Florida New!
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- Sea Turtles (Blastoff! Readers: Oceans Alive) by Ann Herriges on 17 pages
- Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 15: Development B by Carl Gans on 11 pages
- Encyclopedia of Turtles by Dr. Peter C. H. Pritchard on 4 pages
- Turtles of Venezuela (Contributions to herpetology) by Peter Charles Howard Pritchard on 4 pages
- Turtles: Perspectives and Research by Marion Harless on page 73, page 78, and page 79
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