| Description |
xvi, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm |
| 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 [and others] -- 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 [and others] |
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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 [and others] -- 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Loggerhead turtle.
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| Author |
Bolten, Alan B., 1945-
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Witherington, Blair E., 1962-
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| LC no. |
2003045696 |
| ISBN |
1588341364 (alk. paper) |
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9781588341365 (alk. paper) |
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