In 1996, local sea turtle researcher Wallace "J" Nichols attached a tracking device to a 233-pound loggerhead turtle he had named Adelita. Adelita swam in the waters of Baja California, sunning and feasting on the rich sea life, as the equipment monitored her whereabouts. Then one day, Adelita plunged into…
April 12, 2007, Greencastle, Ind. - The work of Wallace J. Nichols, senior sea turtle scientist for the Ocean Conservancy and 1989 graduate of DePauw University, is in the spotlight this weekend. A story in the latest edition of Ocean Conservancy magazine tells of how Nichols, who goes by "J.",…
Wallace J. Nichols. 2007. 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico January 19-26, 2008. Marine Turtle Newsletter 117:15-17. President, International Sea Turtle SocietyPOB 324, Davenport, California 95017 USA (E-mail: wallacejnichols@mac.com) Venue and Theme: Our plans for the 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle…
S. Hoyt Peckham, Alejandro A. Aguilar, Edgar Caballero-Aspe, Wallace J. Nichols and Christobal I. Figler. 2007. Caguamas del Pacifico: ¿En las manos de quién? Loggerhead turtles of the Pacific: In whose hands? In: Mast, R.B., Hutchinson, B.J., and A.H. Hutchinson, compilers. 2007. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Symposium on Sea…
Wallace J. Nichols. 2007. A brave new ocean? Technology and the future of sea turtle research and conservation. In: Mast, R.B., Hutchinson, B.J., and A.H. Hutchinson, compilers. 2007. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-567, 205 p.
