Table of Contents:
- Taxonomy, evolution and zoogeography / Peter C.H. Pritchard
- Methods
- Collecting and marking / Michael V. Plummer
- Telemetry / Warren K. Legler
- Life history techniques / Terry E. Graham
- Photographic analysis / Charles C. Carpenter
- Laboratory maintenance / Howard W. Campbell and Stephen D. Busack
- Anesthesia and surgery / James H. Maxwell
- Vial functions
- Cardiovascular system / Crawford G. Jackson, Jr.
- Respiration / Donald C. Jackson
- Central nervous system / Alice S. Powers and Anton J. Reiner
- Thermoregulation / Victor H. Hutchinson
- Feeding, drinking and excretion / I.Y. Mahmoud and John Klicka
- Sensory processes
- Eyes and their sensitivity to light of differing wavelengths / A.M. Granda
- Chemical senses / Thomas R. Scott, Jr.
- Olfaction and behavior / Marion L. Manton
- Reproduction and development
- Reproductive cycles and adaptations / Edward O. Moll
- Embryo and its egg: development and natural history / Michael A. Ewert
- Behavior
- Behavior associated with nesting / David W. Ehrenfeld
- Locomotion / Warren F. Walker, Jr.
- (cont) Learning / Henry Morlock
- Social behavior / Marion Harless
- Emotional reactivity / Irwin M. Spigel
- Rhythms / Eugene V. Gourley
- Population dynamics
- Population dynamics of sea turtles / H. Robert Bustard
- Demography of terrestrial turtles / Walter Auffenberg and John B. Iverson
- Population ecology of freshwater turtles / R. Bruce Bury.