Successful conservation strategies for sea turtles : achievements and challenges / Maria Monica Lara Uc, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, and Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez, editors.

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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.

Chapter 4: QUANTIFYING SEA TURTLE NESTING HABITAT: USING BEACH PROFILING AND NEST DISTRIBUTION AS A CONSERVATION TOOLABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; FUTURE STUDIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: "SEA TURTLE PROTECTION NETWORK": AN INDICATOR FOR TOURIST AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AT LOS CABOS, B.C.S.-MÉXICO; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; "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.

CONCLUSIONREFERENCES; 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 CALIFORNIAACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; EDITORS' CONTACT INFORMATION; INDEX.

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.

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