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1 1147 Breininger, D. R., M. J. Barkaszi, R. B. Smith, D. M. Oddy, and J. A. Provancha. 1994. Endangered and potentially endangered wildlife on John F. Kennedy Space Center and faunal integrity as a goal for maintaining biological diversity. NASA Technical Memorandum 109204, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. 451pp.
2 6487 Davidson, O. G. 2001. Fire in the turtle house: the green sea turtle and the fate of the ocean. PublicAffairs, New York, New York, USA. 258pp.
3 1800 Dickerson, D. D., and D. A. Nelson. 1988. Use of long wavelength lights to prevent disorientation of hatchling sea turtles. Pages 19–21 (abstract) in B. A. Schroeder, compiler. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-214.
4 1801 Dickerson, D. D., and D. A. Nelson. 1989. Recent results on hatchling orientation responses to light wavelengths and intensities. Pages 41–43 in S. A. Eckert, K. L. Eckert, and T. H. Richardson, compilers. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-232.
5 2167 Ehrhart, L. M. 1977. Cold water stunning of marine turtles in Florida East Coast lagoons: rescue measures, population characteristics and evidence of winter dormancy. Abstract in Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 19–25 June 1977, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
6 2180 Ehrhart, L. M. 1987. Marine turtle mortality in the vicinity of Port Canaveral, Florida, 1977–84. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 53:1–20.
7 2191 Ehrhart, L. M., and R. C. Lee. 1981. Hypothermic stunning of marine turtles in east-central Florida lagoons in 1981. Page 39 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the 29th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 9–14 August 1981, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
8 2283 Ernest, R. G., R. E. Martin, N. Williams-Walls, and J. R. Wilcox. 1989. Population dynamics of sea turtles utilizing shallow coastal waters off Hutchinson Island, Florida. Pages 57–59 in S. A. Eckert, K. L. Eckert, and T. H. Richardson, compilers. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-232.
9 2305 Estep, L. K. 2000. A telemetric study of the surfacing and submergence behavior of green turtles (Chelonia mydas). B.S. Thesis, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 72pp.
10 2433 Foley, A. 2001. Saving sea turtles in St. Joseph Bay. Florida Wildlife 55(5):23–25.
11 7500 Foley, A. M., A. E. Redlow, and K. E. Singel. 2002. Investigation of marine turtle cold stunning event in Northwest Florida. A final report submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. Contract No F2308-01-02-F. 5pp.
12 8939 Foley, A. M., C. E. Singel, P. H. Dutton, T. M. Summers, A. E. Redlow, and J. Lessman. 2007. Characteristics of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) assemblage in northwestern Florida determined during a hypothermic stunning event. Gulf of Mexico Science 25:131–143.
13 2528 Fritts, T. H., A. B. Irvine, R. D. Jennings, L. A. Collum, W. Hoffman, and M. A. McGehee. 1983. Turtles, birds, and mammals in the northern Gulf of Mexico and nearby Atlantic waters. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of Biological Services FWS/OBS-82/65. 455pp.
14 6613 Heithaus, M. R., A. Frid, and L. M. Dill. 2002. Shark-inflicted injury frequencies, escape ability and habitat use of green and loggerhead turtles. Marine Biology 140:229–236.
15 3071 Hirth, H. F. 1971. Synopsis of biological data on the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus) 1758. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 85.
16 3539 Knight, C. F. 1871. Remarks on the Florida turtles. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 14:16–18.
17 7908 Makowski, C. J. A. Seminoff, and M. Salmon. 2006. Home range and habitat use of juvenile Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas L.) on shallow reef habitats in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Marine Biology 148:1167–1179.
18 7058 Makowski, C., R. Slattery, and M. Salmon. 2003. "Shark fishing": a technique for estimating the distribution of juvenile green turtles (Caretta caretta) in shallow water developmental habitats, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. Page 241 (abstract) in J. A. Seminoff, compiler. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-503.
19 3916 Mann, T. M. 1977. Impact of developed coastline on nesting and hatchling sea turtles in southeastern Florida. M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 100pp.
20 9729 Martin, K. J., D. A. Mann, and S. C. Alessi. 2012. Auditory evoked potentials of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings and post-hatchlings. Page 95 (abstract) in L. Belskis, M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, A. F. Rees, and K. Williams, compilers. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-630.
21 9423 Martin, K. J., S. C. Alessi, D. Mann, G. Bauer, J. C. Gaspard, A. Cardwell, and K. Dziuk. 2010. Husbandry and research training with captive sea turtles to advance the understanding of wild populations. Pages 59−60 (abstract) in K. Dean and M. C. Lopez Castro, compilers. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-602.
22 7615 McMichael, E. 2005. Ecology of juvenile green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a temperate foraging area in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 108pp.
23 8340 McMichael, E., A. Norem, R. R. Carthy, and T. Summers. 2006. Summary of 2002 cold stun turtles in St. Joseph Bay, Florida. Pages 184–186 in N. J. Pilcher, compiler. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-536.
24 9031 McMichael, E., J. Seminoff, and R. Carthy. 2008. Growth rates of wild green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a temperate foraging habitat in the northern Gulf of Mexico: assessing short-term effects of cold-stunning on growth. Journal of Natural History 42:2793–2807.
25 4208 Mendonca, M. T. 1978. Preliminary observations on movements and food habits of lagoonal sub-adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Abstract in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 26th Annual Meeting of The Herpetologists' League, and 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 31 May–2 June 1978, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
26 4332 Mitchell, J. 1994. Sea turtle success at St. Joseph. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Resource Management, Resource Management Notes 6(2):7.
27 4645 Nelson, D. A., and B. Blihovde. 1998. Nesting sea turtle response to beach scarps. Page 113 in R. Byles and Y. Fernandez, compilers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-412.
28 4731 Ogren, L., and C. McVea, Jr. 1995. Apparent hibernation by sea turtles in North American waters. Pages 127–132 in K. A. Bjorndal, editor. Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Revised edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
29 6813 Perrine, D. 2003. Sea turtles of the world. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA. 144pp.
30 7335 Provancha, J. A., M. J. Mota, K. G. Holloway-Adkins, E. A Reyier, R. H. Lowers, D. M. Scheidt, and M. Epstein. 2005. Mosquito Lagoon sea turtle cold stun event of January 2003, Kennedy Space Center/Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. Florida Scientist 68:114–121.
31 8767 Redfoot, W. E., and L. M. Ehrhart. 2008. Tracking juvenile green turtles with GPS and TDRS provides a high resolution record of short-term diel movements and dive profiles. Page 55 (abstract) in A. F. Rees, M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, and K. Williams, compilers. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-569.
32 5214 Rouse, N. 1989. Swimming with turtles. Underwater Naturalist 18:39–40.
33 5235 Rudloe, J. 1988. The wilderness coast: adventures of a Gulf Coast naturalist. E. P. Dutton, New York, New York, USA. 262pp.
34 5261 Salmon, M., J. Wyneken, E. Fritz, and M. Lucas. 1992. Sea-finding by hatchling sea turtles: role of brightness silhouette and beach slope as orientation cues. Behaviour 122(1–2):56–77.
35 5355 Schroeder, B. A., L. M. Ehrhart, J. L. Guseman, R. D. Owen, and W. E. Redfoot. 1990. Cold stunning of marine turtles in the Indian River lagoon system, Florida, December 1989. Pages 67–69 in T. H. Richardson, J. I. Richardson, and M. Donnelly, compilers. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-278.
36 6610 Smith, C. 2002. Apparent beach basking of an Atlantic green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 97:11.
37 8842 Smith, M. M. 2007. Activity and habitat selection by loggerhead (Caretta caretta l.) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas l.) hatchlings : a laboratory and field study. M.S. Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 41pp.
38 8770 Smith, M. M., and M. Salmon. 2008. Habitat selection in loggerhead (Caretta caretta L.) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas L.) hatchlings: a comparative laboratory and fied study. Pages 63–64 (abstract) in A. F. Rees, M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, and K. Williams, compilers. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-569.
39 9421 Sobin, J. M., and A. D. Tucker. 2010. Dive behavior of internesting loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) and green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and risks of boat impacts. Pages 53−54 (abstract) in K. Dean and M. C. Lopez Castro, compilers. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-602.
40 5548 Spoczynska, J. O. I. 1971. A green turtle study. International Turtle & Tortoise Society Journal 5(3):12–14.
41 5651 Stewart, V. 1977. Record cold affects creatures of the sea. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Florida Conservation News 12(6):3–4.
42 7757 Summers, T., A. Redlow, A. Foley, K. Singel, and T. Blackwelder. 2005. Massive marine turtle stranding due to cold stress in St. Joseph Bay, Florida. Pages 334–335 (abstract) in M. S. Coyne and R. D. Clark, compilers. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-528.
43 6222 Witherington, B. E. 1986. Human and natural causes of marine turtle clutch and hatchling mortality and their relationship to hatchling production on an important Florida nesting beach. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 141pp.
44 6223 Witherington, B. E. 1989. Beach lighting and the seaward orientation of hatchling sea turtles. Pages 189–190 (abstract) in S. A. Eckert, K. L. Eckert, and T. H. Richardson, compilers. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-232.
45 6241 Witherington, B. E., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1985. Hypothermic stunning of marine turtles in Florida east-coast lagoons in January 1985: a comparison with two previous cold-stunning episodes. Page 84 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 4–9 August 1985, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
46 6243 Witherington, B. E., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1989. Hypothermic stunning and mortality of marine turtles in the Indian River Lagoon System. Copeia 1989:696–703.
47 6372 Wyneken, J., and M. Salmon. 1990. Swimming the offshore marathon: analysis of early swimming activity in loggerhead, green turtle and leatherback hatchlings. Pages 109–110 in T. H. Richardson, J. I. Richardson, and M. Donnelly, compilers. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-278.
48 6373 Wyneken, J., and M. Salmon. 1992. Frenzy and postfrenzy swimming activity in loggerhead, green, and leatherback hatchling sea turtles. Copeia 1992:478–484.

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