Successful conservation strategies for sea turtles : achievements and challenges / Monica Lara Uc, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, and Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez (Departamento de Biología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Mexico), editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lara Uc, Monica, editor.

Rguez-Baron, Juan M. (Juan Manuel), editor.

Riosmena-Rodríguez, Rafael, editor.

Series:

JARE data reports. Marine biology.

Marine biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea turtles--Conservation.

Sea turtles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After decades of research, monitoring, and analysis, we still have so much to learn about sea turtles. As reptiles, they are environmentally sensitive animals and thus can sense acute changes in their habitat. This rudimentary tactic of ectothermic animals has possibly conceded to the survival of sea turtle populations over millions of years. They have endured cooling and warming of the earth. The habitats they depend on have endured fierce hurricanes and erosion. Now the question remains if sea turtle populations and their habitats will survive the challenges and pressures that humans place o

Contents:

""SUCCESSFUL CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR SEA TURTLES: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES""; ""SUCCESSFUL CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR SEA TURTLES: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: HISTORY, SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN CHILE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HISTORY BEFORE THE HISTORY""; ""STUDIES SINCE THE BEGINNINGS AND NATURAL HISTORY""; ""BYCATCH""; ""LEGISLATION AND CONSERVATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 2: THE ROLE OF RESIDENTS, TOURISTS AND STUDENTS IN MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF SEA TURTLES ON NESTING BEACHES: DATASETS AND BASIC EVALUATIONS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PURPOSE""; ""1. CENSUS OF SEA TURTLE NESTS""; ""2. ESTIMATION OF POPULATION PARAMETERS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF NESTS""; ""3. ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF NESTING FEMALES""; ""4. TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN ABUNDANCE OF NESTING""; ""5. POPULATION AND REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE OF NESTING FEMALES""

""“SEA TURTLE PROTECTION NETWORK�""""THE COMPLEXITY OF THE RELATIONS THAT INTEGRATE THE PROTECTION NETWORK""; ""TRAINING: ESSENTIAL GROUND TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION ACTIONS""; ""AN INDICATOR OF TOURISM AND ENVIERONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AT LOS CABOS, B.C.S. DESTINATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: HEALTH ISSUES IN SEA TURTLES: BARNACLES, SNAILS AND LEECHES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""SEA TURTLES AND THEIR EPIBIONTS""; ""EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF EPIBIONTS AND PARASITES ON GREEN SEA TURTLES""; ""THE USE OF EPIBIONTS TO EXPLORE THE DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT USE BY SEA TURTLES""

""CONCLUSION""""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN MEXICO""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 8: SEA TURTLES AND CONSERVATION CHALLENGES IN THE PENINSULA OF BAJA CALIFORNIA""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""GENERALITIES OF SEA TURTLE""; ""THREATS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""EDITORS� CONTACT INFORMATION""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63463-401-2

OCLC:

900409109