Nichols, WJ. 2003. Biology and conservation of sea turtles in Baja California, Mexico. Doctoral thesis. University of Arizona. 488 pp. ABSTRACTI studied the in-water anthropogenic impacts on sea turtles, origins of sea turtles on foraging and developmental areas, their migration routes, and described regionally appropriate conservation needs. Sea turtles inhabiting…
Bird, K, WJ Nichols and CR Tambiah. 2003. The value of local knowledge in sea turtle conservation: A case from Baja Califorania, Mexico. In: Putting Fishers’ Knowledge to Work: Conference Proceedings, August 27-30, 2001. Fisheries Centre Research Reports, 2003 Volume 11 Number 1. Pages 178-183. ABSTRACT The use of sea…
Jeffret A. Seminoff, Wallace J. Nichols, Antonio Resendiz, and Louise Brooks, Occurrence of hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata (Reptilia: Cheloniidae), near the Baja California Peninsula, México, Pacific Science 57(1): 9-16. Abstract From 1997 to 2001 the occurrence of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) was characterized at neritic foraging habitats along the Pacific…
KENNETH R. WEISS | TIMES STAFF WRITER A group of conservationists from the United States and Mexico on Wednesday asked Pope John Paul II to declare sea turtles to be "meat," as opposed to "fish," in an effort to halt the Mexican tradition of eating endangered turtles during Lent. Wildcoast,…
Nichols, WJ, JA Seminoff and A Resendiz. 1998. Plastic Rototags May Be Linked To Sea Turtle Bycatch. Marine Turtle Newsletter 79:20-21. PLASTIC "ROTOTAGS" MAY BE LINKED TO SEA TURTLE BYCATCH Throughout the course of our investigations of black [Eastern Pacific Green] sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) ecology in Bahia de…
