Loggerhead sea turtles /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bolten, Alan B., 1945-, Witherington, Blair E., 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, [2003]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The loggerhead sea turtle - a most excellent fishe / Alan B. Bolten
  • What is a loggerhead turtle? The genetic perspective / Brian W. Bowen
  • What is a loggerhead turtle? The morphological perspective / Naoki Kamezaki
  • Orientation methods of hatchling loggerheads / Kenneth J. Lohmann and Catherine M.F. Lohmann
  • Active swimmers-passive drifters : the oceanic juvenile stage of loggerheads in the Atlantic system / Alan B. Bolten
  • Ecology of immature loggerheads on foraging grounds and adults in internesting habitat in the eastern United States / Sally R. Hopkins-Murphy, David W. Owens and Thomas M. Murphy
  • Biology of the loggerhead turtle in western South Pacific Ocean foraging areas / Colin J. Limpus and Duncan J. Limpus
  • Nesting patterns, reproductive migrations, and adult foraging areas of loggerhead turtles / Barbara A. Schroeder, Allen M. Foley and Dean A. Bagley
  • Nest site selection, oviposition, eggs, development, hatching, and emergence of loggerhead turtles / Jeffrey D. Miller, Colin J. Limpus and Matthew H. Godfrey
  • Incubation environment of loggerhead turtle nests : effects on hatching success and hatchling characteristics / Raymond R. Carthy, Allen M. Foley and Yoshimasa Matsuzawa
  • Loggerhead turtles in the Atlantic Ocean : geographic distribution, abundance, and population status / Llewellyn M. Ehrhart, Dean A. Bagley and William E. Redfoot
  • Loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean Sea : present knowledge and conservation perspectives / Dimitris Margaritoulis ... [et al.]
  • Loggerhead turtles in the equatorial and southern Pacific Ocean : a species in decline / Colin J. Limpus and Duncan J. Limpus
  • Loggerhead turtles nesting in Japan / Naoki Kamezaki ... [et al.]
  • Loggerhead turtles in the Indian Ocean / Robert Baldwin, George R. Hughes and Robert I.T. Price
  • Roles of loggerhead sea turtles in marine ecosystems / Karen A. Bjorndal
  • Population models for Atlantic loggerheads : past, present and future / Selina S. Heppell ... [et al.]
  • Stochastic simulation modeling of loggerhead population dynamics given exposure to competing mortality risks in the western South Pacific / Milani Chaloupka
  • Biological conservation of loggerheads : challenges and opportunities / Blair E. Witherington.