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A worldwide travel guide to sea turtles

Nichols, Wallace J.,

A worldwide travel guide to sea turtles [electronic resource] / Wallace J. Nichols, Brad Nahill, and Melissa Gaskill. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Marine, maritime, and coastal books . - Marine, maritime, and coastal books. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes index.

Foreword / by Stephen Curley -- Preface -- Sea turtles and the threats to their survival -- Sea turtle species -- The nesting experience -- Threats to sea turtles -- A traveler's guide to sea turtles -- United States -- California and the West Coast -- Florida -- Georgia -- Hawaii -- North Carolina -- South Carolina -- Texas -- Caribbean islands -- Cayman Islands sea turtle farming -- Cuba -- Dominica -- Grenada -- Puerto Rico -- St. Eustatius -- Trinidad and Tobago -- US Virgin Islands -- Mexico -- Baja California Sur -- Colima -- Guerrero -- Oaxaca -- Quintana Roo -- Central America -- Costa Rica -- El Salvador -- Guatemala -- Nicaragua -- Panama -- South America -- Brazil -- Uruguay -- Mediterranean Sea -- Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles, Athens -- The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Zakynthos -- Africa -- Cape Verde -- Gabon -- Ghana -- Kenya, Watamu Turtle Program -- Mozambique -- South Africa -- Indian Ocean -- India -- Oman -- South Pacific -- National Park of American Samoa/National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa -- Australia -- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- Indonesia -- Ulithi Sea Turtle Project, Micronesia -- Samoa -- Arnavons Community Marine Conservation Area, Solomon Islands -- Captive encounters -- Reef HQ Aquarium, Australia -- Neotropical Foundation, Tenerife, Canary Islands -- Xcaret, Quintana Roo, Mexico -- South Africa -- United States -- Resources and organizations.

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Sea turtles--Conservation.


Electronic books.

QL666.C536 / N53 2014

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