PACIFIC SEA TURTLES BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library

WORLD WIDE WEB

AMNH---Expedition: Endangered (Leatherback Sea Turtle)

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/turtle/turtle.html

Web site focuses on education, preservation, and conservation of the endangered Leatherback sea turtle and its habitat.

ASUPUTOMA---Sea Turtle Protection

http://www.mexonline.com/tortuga.htm

Non-profit organization and sea turtle sanctuary that focuses on the environment and preservation effort of sea turtles along the coast of Baja California.  Provides environmental education for students, adults, children, and tourists.

Black Sea Turtles of Baja Project Photography

http://www.oxygengroup.com/earthwatchinstitute/nichols/ew.html

Documentary-like photographs of the capture, satellite tagging, and release of a Black Sea turtle.

Costa Rica---Pacific Ridley Sea Turtle

http://www.infocostarica.com/fauna/ridley.html

Brief summary on the distribution, habitat, diet, behavior, and nesting of the Pacific Ridley sea turtle.

Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary---Loggerhead Sea Turtle

http://www.graysreef.nos.noaa.gov/articles/art5.html

Brief summary of the physiology, diet, and habitat of the Loggerhead sea turtle.

Green Sea Turtle

http://www.hpa.edu/TurtleTagging/GreenTurtle.html

Provides distinctions between species variation, diet, breeding and nesting behavior of Green sea turtles.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

http://www.orecity.k12.or.us/ochs/departments/science/species/Leatherback_SeaTurtle.html

Web site presents a general but informative description, habitat, diet, reproduction and development, range and population, diving abilities, and possible endangering threats to the Leatherback sea turtle.

The Remarkable Journey of Adelita, the Loggerhead Sea Turtle

http://www.turtles.org/adelita.htm

Details the satellite tracking for over a year of Adelita, a Loggerhead sea turtle, from Mexico to Japan.

Sea Turtle Conservation & Research

http://www.seaturtle.org/links/

Sea turtle web site links on general information, preservation, conservation, education, volunteering, sea turtle photographs, legal acts and issues, turtle hospitals and rehabilitation throughout the world.

Sea Turtle Conservation Network of the Californias

http://baja.seaturtle.org

The Sea Turtle Conservation Network of the Californias is an organization that brings together individuals and organizations working for the recovery of Baja California's sea turtles.  Contains photographs, research, and conservation efforts.

A Sea Turtle Library

http://www.turtles.org/library.htm

Web site full of links to sea turtle periodicals, books, videos, and government documents.

Sea Turtle Migration---Tracking Education Program

http://www.cccturtle.org/sat1.htm

Contains web site links to various on-going sea turtle satellite migration tracking programs.

Sea Turtle Species

http://www.floridasmart.com/subjects/ocean/animals_ocean_turtlespec.htm

Provides a plethora of web site links to the 8 different species of sea turtles.

Tracking the Loggerhead

http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/where_in_the_world/loggerhead_turtles.html

Short news story on the migration route of Loggerhead sea turtles.

U.S Fish & Wildlife Service---Hawksbill Sea Turtle

http://endangered.fws.gov/i/C0F.html

Web site raises awareness for the protection of the endangered Hawksbill sea turtle through turtle history, press releases, and current recovery activities.  Provides sea turtle contacts through U.S. F&W services.

U.S Fish & Wildlife Service---Leatherback Sea Turtle

http://endangered.fws.gov/i/C0D.html

Web site raises awareness for the protection of the endangered Leatherback sea turtle through history, press releases, and current recovery activities.  Provides sea turtle contacts through U.S. F&W services.

U.S Fish & Wildlife Service---Loggerhead Sea Turtle

http://endangered.fws.gov/i/c1t.html

Web site raises awareness for the protection of the endangered Loggerhead sea turtle through history, press releases, and current recovery activities.  Provides sea turtle contacts through U.S. F&W services.

U.S Fish & Wildlife Service---Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

http://endangered.fws.gov/i/c1v.html

Web site raises awareness for the protection of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtle through history, press releases, and current recovery activities. Provides sea turtle contacts through U.S. F&W services.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife---Species of Concern

http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/wlm/diversty/soc/status/seaturtl/orstxsum.htm

Provides a brief general overview of Olive Ridley diet, habitat, reproduction and nesting behavior.

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BOOKS

Agassiz, Louis. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. New York: Arno Press, 1978. Main QL155 .A53 1978.

Ainley, D.G.  Beached Marine Birds and Mammals of the North American West Coast: A Revised Guide to Their Census and Identification, with Supplemental Keys to Beached Sea Turtles and Sharks. San Francisco, CA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, 1994.  M&O & Main REF QL681 .B42 1994.

Alderton, David. Turtles & Tortoises of the World. New York: Facts on File, 1988. Main REF QL666 .C5 A43 1988.

Balazs, George H. and Pooley, Samuel G(eds.) Research Plan to Assess Marine Turtle Hooking Mortality: Results of an Expert Workshop Held in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 16-18, 1993. Honolulu, HI: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, [Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 1994] Main Serials SH11 .A2858 no.201.

Beaman, Kent R (ed.) Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Turtles & Tortoises: Conservation and Captive Husbandry, Chapman University, August 9-12,1990. Van Nuys, CA: California Turtle & Tortoise Club, 1991. Herp QL666 .C5 I49 1990.

Bjorndal, Karen A (ed.) Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles: Proceedings of the World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation, Washington, D.C., 26-30 November 1979. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press in cooperation with World Wildlife Fund, 1981, c1982. Herp QL666 .C5 W68 1979.

Brongersma, L. D. Notes Upon Some Sea Turtles. Leiden: E.J. Brill, c1961. Main Serials  QL1 .L72 no.51.

Carr, Archie Fairly. Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Ithaca: Comstock Pub. Associates, c1995. Herp QL666 .C5 C34 1995.

Carr, Archie Fairly. So Excellent a Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles. Garden City, N.Y.: Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] Natural History Press,  1967. Herp & S.A.QL666 .C5 C36 1967.

Committee on Sea Turtle Conservation, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council. Decline of the Sea Turtles: Causes and Prevention. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1990. Herp & Biodiv REF & S. A. QL666 .C536 D43 1990.

Cornelius, Stephen E. The Sea Turtles of Santa Rosa National Park. [S.l.]: Fundación de Parques Nacionales, 1986. Herp QL666 .C5 C67 1986.

Crouse, Deborah Townsend. Incidental Capture of Sea Turtles by Commercial Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1984. Herp Serials.

Ditmars, Raymond Lee. The Reptiles of North America; A Review of the Crocodilians, Lizard, Snakes, Turtles and Tortoises Inhabiting the United States and Northern Mexico. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran & Company, inc., 1936. Herp & Main QL651 .D57 1936.

Eckert, Karen L. (ed.) Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles. Washington, D.C.: IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, c1999. S.A. QL666 .C536 R48 1999.

Ernst, Carl H. Turtles of the United States and Canada. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1994. Herp & Main REF QL666 .C5 E76 1994.

Groombridge, Brian. The Green Turtle and Hawksbill (Reptilia: Cheloniidae): World Status, Exploitation, and Trade. Lausanne, Switzerland: Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1989. Biodiv REF QL666 .C536 G759 1989.

The Hawaiian Sea Turtle Recovery Team. Interim Recovery Plan for Hawaiian Sea Turtles. Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 1992. Main Serials SH11 .A175 no.92-01.

Hirth, Harold F. and Ogren, Larry H. Some Aspects of the Ecology of the Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea at Laguna Jalova, Costa Rica. Seattle, WA: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1987. Herp QL666 .C546 H57 1987.

Iverson, John B. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Richmond, IN: [s.n.], 1992. Herp QL666 .C5 I84 1992.

King, Wayne F. and Russell L Burke (eds.) Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Main Reference. Washington, DC: Association of Systematics Collections, 1989. Herp QL666 .C5 C76 1989.

Mao, Shou-Hsian. Turtles of Taiwan: A Natural History of the Turtles. Taipei: Commercial Press, 1971. Herp QL666 .C5 M26 1971.

Margavio, Anthony V. Caught in the Net: The Conflict Between Shrimpers and Conservationists. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, c1996. Biodiv SH380.62 .U6 M37 1996.

Marion Harless, Marion and Henry Morlock (eds.) Turtles: Perspectives and Research. New York: Wiley, c1979. Herp QL666 .C5 T87 1979.

Márquez, René. Sea Turtles of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Sea Turtle Species Known to Date. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1990. Herp & Main REF QL666 .C5 M37 1990.

Pritchard, Peter Charles Howard. Encyclopedia of Turtles. Neptune, NJ: T.F.H., c1979. Herp, Main REF & S.A. QL666 .C5 P61 1979.

Pritchard, Peter Charles Howard. Living Turtles of the World. Jersey City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, c1967. S.A QL666 .C5 P62 1967.

Ross, James P. The Status of Kemp's Ridley. Washington, DC: Center for Marine Conservation, 1989. Biodiv Main REF QL666 .C536 S72 1989.

Status Report on the Leatherback Turtle  in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, 1981.  Main Serials QL644.73 .C2 S72 Leath.

Taylor, Edward Harrison. Amphibians and Turtles of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1921. Herp QL661 .T3 1921 & . Main Serials 506 P538 BM, no.15.

Zangerl, Rainer. A Redescription of the Australian Flatback Sea Turtle, Natator depressus. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1988. Main Serials QL1 .B57 no.1

Zug, George R. Age Determination of Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, by Incremental Growth Marks in the Skeleton. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Main Serials QL1 .S54 no.427.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

 Arnosky, Jim. Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher. New York: Beech Tree Books, c1991. Pub Juv QL60 .A76 1991.

Ancona, George. Turtle Watch. New York: Macmillan;  London: Collier Macmillan, c1987. Pub Juv QL666 .C5 A53 1987.

Biel, Timothy L. Turtles. Mankato, Minn.: Creative Education, c1991. Biodiv Juv QL666 .C5 B47 1991.

Chatfield, June. A Look Inside Reptiles. [Pleasantville, N.Y.]: Reader's Digest Young Families, c1995. Pub Juv QL644.2 .C5 1995.

The Cousteau Society. Turtles. New York: Little Simon, c1992. Pub Juv QL666 .C536 T6613 1992.

Houbre, Gilbert. La Tortuga. Madrid: SM Saber, c1994. Biodiv Juv QL666 .C5 H6818 1994.

Ling, Mary. Asombrosos Reptiles. Madrid: Bruño, c1991. Pub Juv. QL644.2 .L5618 1991.

Ryder, Joanne. Inside Turtle's Shell, and Other Poems of the Field. New York: Macmillan, c1985. Pub Juv PS3568 .Y399 I5 1985.

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VIDEOS

Farewell Ancient Mariner. S.l.: Produced by Omni Film Productions Ltd., c1988. Biodiv QL666 .C5 F37 1988.

TEDs: Responsible Fishing Technology for the '90s. San Francisco, CA: Earth Island Institute, 1993. Biodiv QL666 .C536 T43 1993.

Ancient Sea Turtles: the Last Voyage? San Francisco, CA: Sea Turtle Restoration Project;  [Oakland, CA]: Distributed by The Video Project, 1991. Biodiv Media QL666 .C5 A52 1991.

Amazing Armored Animals. [S.l.]: DK Vision, c1996. Pub. AV Matlimedia QL940 .A43 1996.

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