Saving sea turtles
Spotila, James R., 1944-
Saving sea turtles extraordinary stories from the battle against extinction / [electronic resource] : James R. Spotila. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 216 p., [8] p. of plates :) col. ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
Sea turtles in the modern world : where do we stand today? -- Life in the egg : buried alive under two feet of sand -- Race to the sea : coatis, crabs, and night herons, oh my! -- To the horizon : the first day -- Lost and found : life as a juvenile -- The deadliest catch : the other side of fishing -- Out of the fire : the gauntlet continues -- Return to the beach : you can't go home anymore -- Nesting : taking back the night -- Las Baulas : the last hope for Pacific leatherbacks -- Ostional : the egg-stained sands of Costa Rica -- Global warming : rising seas, lost beaches, and genders -- The great turtle race : a new approach to conservation education -- Sea turtles and satellites : tales of technology -- 2100 : a world with, or without, sea turtles?
9781421402109 1421402106
Sea turtles.
Electronic books.
QL666.C536 / S688 2011
639.9/77928
Saving sea turtles extraordinary stories from the battle against extinction / [electronic resource] : James R. Spotila. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 216 p., [8] p. of plates :) col. ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
Sea turtles in the modern world : where do we stand today? -- Life in the egg : buried alive under two feet of sand -- Race to the sea : coatis, crabs, and night herons, oh my! -- To the horizon : the first day -- Lost and found : life as a juvenile -- The deadliest catch : the other side of fishing -- Out of the fire : the gauntlet continues -- Return to the beach : you can't go home anymore -- Nesting : taking back the night -- Las Baulas : the last hope for Pacific leatherbacks -- Ostional : the egg-stained sands of Costa Rica -- Global warming : rising seas, lost beaches, and genders -- The great turtle race : a new approach to conservation education -- Sea turtles and satellites : tales of technology -- 2100 : a world with, or without, sea turtles?
9781421402109 1421402106
Sea turtles.
Electronic books.
QL666.C536 / S688 2011
639.9/77928