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Saving Sea Turtles
James R. Spotila
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Description for Saving Sea Turtles
Hardcover. His inspirational story of dedicated individuals, creative endeavors, and adventure reveals what is being done and what else we must do in order to ensure that these fascinating animals continue swimming in the oceans. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12, 12 colour plates. BIC Classification: PSVW5; RNKH1; WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
In April 2007, eleven leatherback turtles captured the imagination of the public worldwide as they "raced" from Costa Rica toward the Galapagos Islands. Known as the Great Turtle Race, this event tracked these critically endangered sea turtles, drawing attention to their fragile status and generating data on the turtles vital to efforts to study and protect them. But the Great Turtle Race is just one of many tools marine conservationists use to inform people about the status, biology, and lives of the seven sea turtle species. Due to human actions, once-plentiful sea turtle population levels plummeted throughout much of ... Read more
In April 2007, eleven leatherback turtles captured the imagination of the public worldwide as they "raced" from Costa Rica toward the Galapagos Islands. Known as the Great Turtle Race, this event tracked these critically endangered sea turtles, drawing attention to their fragile status and generating data on the turtles vital to efforts to study and protect them. But the Great Turtle Race is just one of many tools marine conservationists use to inform people about the status, biology, and lives of the seven sea turtle species. Due to human actions, once-plentiful sea turtle population levels plummeted throughout much of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801899072
SKU
V9780801899072
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99-50
About James R. Spotila
James R. Spotila is a professor of biology and the Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science at Drexel University. He is one of the world's leading sea turtle researchers and conservationists and the author of the award-winning book Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Saving Sea Turtles
An interesting overview on the threats to the survival of sea turtles. Birdbooker Report 2011