Research and Management Techniques
for the Conservation of Sea Turtles
Karen E. Eckert,
Karen Bjorndal,
F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois,
Marydele Donnelly
editors

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Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Overview

• An Introduction to the Evolution, Life History, and Biology of Sea Turtles ....................................... A. B. Meylan and P. A. Meylan
• Designing a Conservation Program ..................................................................................................................................... K. L. Eckert
• Priorities for Studies of Reproduction and Nest Biology........................................................................................... J.I. Richardson
• Priorities for Research in Foraging Habitats .............................................................................................................. K. A. Bjorndal
• Community-Based Conservation .................................................................................................................................... J. G. Frazier

2. Taxonomy and Species Identification

• Taxonomy, External Morphology, and Species Identification. ..............................................P. C. H. Pritchard and J.A. Mortimer

3. Population and Habitat Assessment

• Habitat Surveys................................................................................................................................ C. E. Diez and J. A. Ottenwalder
• Population Surveys (Ground and Aerial) on Nesting Beaches ............................................................. B. Schroeder and S. Murphy
• Population Surveys on Mass Nesting Beaches ............................................................................ R. A. Valverde and C. E. Gates
• Studies in Foraging Habitats: Capturing and Handling Turtles ......................................................... L. M. Ehrhart and L. H. Ogren
• Aerial Surveys in Foraging Habitats ......................................................................................... T. A. Henwood and S. P. Epperly
• Estimating Population Size .............................................................................................................. T. Gerrodette and B. L. Taylor
• Population Identification ......................................................................................... N. FitzSimmons, C. Moritz and B. W. Bowen

4. Data Collection and Methods

• Defining the Beginning: the Importance of Research Design ........................................................ J. D. Congdon and A. E. Dunham
• Data Acquisition Systems for Monitoring Sea Turtle Behavior and Physiology .............................................................. S. A. Eckert
• Databases ................................................................................................................... R. Briseño-Dueñas and F. A. Abreu-Grobois
• Factors to Consider in the Tagging of Sea Turtles.......................................................................................................... G. H. Balazs
• Techniques for Measuring Sea Turtles ............................................................................................................................ A. B. Bolten
• Nesting Periodicity and Internesting Behavior................................................................................... J. Alvarado and T. M. Murphy
• Reproductive Cycles and Endocrinology........................................................................................................................ D. Wm. Owens
• Determining Clutch Size and Hatching Success.............................................................................................................. J. D. Miller
• Determining Hatchling Sex........................................................................................................................................... H. Merchant Larios
• Estimating Hatchling Sex Ratios........................................................................................................ M. Godfrey and N. Mrosovsky
• Diagnosing the Sex of Sea Turtles in Foraging Habitats................................................................................................... T. Wibbels
• Diet Sampling and Diet Component Analysis............................................................................................................... G. A. Forbes
• Measuring Sea Turtle Growth.......................................................................................................................................... R. P. van Dam
• Stranding and Salvage Networks......................................................................................................... D. J. Shaver and W. G. Teas
• Interviews and Market Surveys.......................................................................................................................................... C. Tambiah

5. Reducing Threats

• Reducing Threats to Turtles.................................................................................................... M. A. G. Marcovaldi and C. A.Thomé
• Reducing Threats to Eggs and Hatchlings: In Situ Protection..................................................................................... R. H. Boulon, Jr.
• Reducing Threats to Eggs and Hatchlings: Hatcheries.............................................................................................. J. A. Mortimer
• Reducing Threats to Nesting Habitat.................................................................................................................... B. E. Witherington
• Reducing Threats to Foraging Habitats........................................................................................................ J. Gibson and G. Smith
• Reducing Incidental Catch in Fisheries..................................................................................................................... C. A. Oravetz

6. Husbandry, Veterinary Care, and Necropsy

• Ranching and Captive Breeding Sea Turtles: Evaluation as a Conservation Strategy......................................................... J. P. Ross
• Rehabilitation of Sea Turtles................................................................................................................................................ M. Walsh
• Infectious Diseases of Marine Turtles................................................................................................................................ L. H. Herbst
• Tissue Sampling and Necropsy Techniques ................................................................................................................ E. R. Jacobson

7. Legislation and Enforcement

• Grassroots Stakeholders and National Legislation..................................................................................................... H. A. Reichart
• Regional Collaboration......................................................................................................................... R. B. Trono and R. V. Salm
• International Conservation Treaties........................................................................................................................................... D. Hykle
• Forensic Aspects............................................. A. A. Colbert, C. M. Woodley, G. T. Seaborn, M. K. Moore and S. B. Galloway