Saving sea turtles : : extraordinary stories from the battle against extinction / / James R. Spotila.

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Place / Publishing House:Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2011.
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (231 pages) :; color illustrations
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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?