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1 7 Abstein, J. 1977. Slow and steady win the race. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Florida Conservation News 12(10):7–8.
2 632 Audubon, J. J. 1926. The turtlers. Pages 194–202 in Delineations of American scenery and character. G. A. Baker, New York, New York, USA.
3 1037 Blatchley, W. S. 1932. In days agone: notes on the fauna and flora of subtropical Florida in the days when most of its area was a primeval wilderness. Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 338pp.
4 1156 Brice, J. J. 1896. The fish and fisheries of the coastal waters of Florida. Report to the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries 22:263–342.
5 1428 Carr, A. F., Jr., and D. K. Caldwell. 1956. The ecology and migration of sea turtles. I. Results of fieldwork in Florida, 1955. American Museum Novitates No. 1793. 23pp.
6 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.
7 1789 Derr, M. 1998. Some kind of paradise: a chronicle of man and the land in Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 416pp.
8 1988 Dodd, C. K., Jr. 1982. Nesting of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (L.) in Florida: historic review and present trends. Brimleyana 7:39–54.
9 1989 Dodd, C. K., Jr. 1982. Nesting of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in Florida. Page 66 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the 30th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 1–6 August 1982, North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
10 2171 Ehrhart, L. M. 1979. Reproductive characteristics and management potential of the sea turtle rookery at Canaveral National Seashore, Florida. Pages 397–399 in R. M. Linn, editor. Proceedings of the First Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks, Volume 1. U.S. National Park Service Transactions and Proceedings Series No. 5.
11 2177 Ehrhart, L. M. 1983. Marine turtles of the Indian River lagoon system. Florida Scientist 46:337–346.
12 2273 Engelhardt, G. P. 1912. The turtle market at Key West. Museum News, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science 7:73–74.
13 2322 Evermann, B. W., and B. A. Bean. 1896. Indian River and its fisheries. Report to the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries 22:227–248.
14 2345 Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Florida. 1984. The WPA guide to Florida: the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s Florida [with a new introduction by J. I. McCollum]. Pantheon Books, New York, New York, USA. 600pp.
15 2463 Fowler, H. W. 1906. Some cold-blooded vertebrates from the Florida Keys. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 58:77–113.
16 7599 Gifford, J. 1906. The Florida Keys. National Geographic Magazine 17:5–16.
17 2842 Hammond, E. A., editor. 1970. Sanibel Island and its vicinity, 1833, a document. Florida Historical Quarterly 48:392–411.
18 3496 King, F. W. 1995. Historical review of the decline of the green turtle and the hawksbill. Pages 183–188 in K. A. Bjorndal, editor. Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Revised edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
19 3539 Knight, C. F. 1871. Remarks on the Florida turtles. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 14:16–18.
20 7600 La Gorce, J. O. 1930. Florida, the fountain of youth. National Geographic Magazine 57:1–93.
21 9671 Lee, D. S. 2012. The Key West Turtle Kraals Museum --- but a short step back in time. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 47:81–88.
22 3808 Loennberg, E. 1894. Notes on reptiles and batrachians collected in Florida in 1892 and 1893. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 17:317–339.
23 4404 Monk, J. F. 1991. Sea turtles and the Cedar Key turtle fishery; compiled for Cedar Key Historical Museum Research Library. J. F. Monk, Miami, Florida, USA. 210pp.
24 4493 Munroe, R. M. 1897. The green turtle, and the possibilities of its protection and consequent increase on the Florida coast. Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission 18:273–274.
25 6834 Munroe, T. M., and V. Gilpin. 1930. The Commodore's story. I. Washburn, New York, USA. 384pp. [Reprinted in 1966 by the Historical Association of South Florida.]
26 4507 Murphy, J. M. 1987. Turtling in Florida (1890). Pages 75–81 in F. Oppel and T. Meisel, editors. Tales of Old Florida. Castle, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
27 4844 Parsons, J. J. 1962. The green turtle and man. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 126pp.
28 5004 Provancha, J. 1999. Sea turtles and habitats in transition. Florida Naturalist 72(1):24–25.
29 9893 Rieser, A. 2012. The case of the green turtle: an uncensored history of a conservation icon. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 352pp.
30 5363 Schroeder, W. C. 1924. Fisheries of Key West and the clam industry of southern Florida. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 962. 74pp.
31 5364 Schroeder, W. C. 1931. The turtle industry of Key West, Florida. Memoirs of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries S-239:1–4.
32 5892 True, F. W. 1884. The useful aquatic reptiles and batrachians. Section 1, Part 2. Pages 137–162 in The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
33 5893 True, F. W. 1887. Fisheries and methods. Section 5, Volume 2, Part 19. In The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
34 6113 Whitehead, C. E. 1991. The camp-fires of the Everglades or wild sports in the South. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 281pp. [First edition 1860]
35 6137 Wilcox, W. A. 1896. Commercial fisheries of Indian River, Florida. Report of the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries 22:249–262.
36 6200 Winter, N. O. 1918. Florida: the land of enchantment; including an account of its romantic history from the days of Ponce de Leon and the other early explorers and settlers, and the story of its native Indians; a survey of its climate, lakes and rivers and a description of its scenic wonders and abundant animal and bird life; and a comprehensive review of the Florida of to-day, as a state important for its industries, agriculture and educational advantages as well as the unsurpassed and justly celebrated winter resort of America, with unparalleled attractions for health and pleasure seekers, nature lovers, motorists and sportsmen. The Page Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 380pp.
37 6391 Zieman, J. C., and R. T. Zieman. 1989. The ecology of the seagrass meadows of the West coast of Florida: a community profile. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 85(7.25). 155pp.

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