Entries for category "Publications"

Marine Turtle Newsletter: Plastic pollution.

Colette Wabnitz and Wallace J. Nichols. 2010. Plastic Pollution: An Ocean Emergency. Marine Turtle Newsletter 129: 1-4. The oceans have become one giant refuse bin for all manner of plastics. Environmental and health concerns associated with plastic pollution are a long recognised international problem (Carpenter & Smith 1972). Whilst approximately…

Endangered Species Research: Priorities

Hamann, M, MH Godfrey, JA Seminoff, K Arthur, PCR Barata, KA Bjorndal, AB Bolten, AC Broderick, LM Campbell, C Carreras, P Casale, M Chaloupka, SKF Chan, MS Coyne, LB Crowder, CE Diez, PH Dutton, SP Epperly, NN FitzSimmons, A Formia, M Girondot, GC Hays, IJ Cheng, Y Kaska, R Lewison,…

Endangered Species Research: Monitoring

Melania C. López-Castro, Volker Koch, Antonio Mariscal-Loza, Wallace J. Nichols, Long-term monitoring of black turtles, Chelonia mydas, at coastal areas off the Baja California Peninsula, Endangered Species Research, 2010, Volumber 11, Pages 35-35, http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v11/n1/p35-45/ Abstract Monthly in-water monitoring was conducted at 5 foraging areas off the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico,…

Pacific Science: Sea turtle foraging.

Jesse Senko, Melania C. López-Castro, Volker Koch, Wallace J. Nichols. 2010. Immature east Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) use multiple foraging areas off the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico, Pacific Science 64(1): 125-130. Abstract Since 2001, Grupo Tortuguero has been conducting monthly inwater monitoring of East Pacific green…