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1 186 Anderson, T. 1987. The Kemp's ridley puzzle. Oceans 20(3):42–49.
2 371 Anonymous. 1988. Regional news: Region 4. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin 13(2):9.
3 414 Anonymous. 1991. Gulf coast haven proposed for sea turtles. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (January):32.
4 437 Anonymous. 1991. Thirty ridleys die of human stupidity. Reprinted in Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 8(2):15–16.
5 474 Anonymous. 1993. Research efforts in Florida. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 63:29.
6 543 Anonymous. 1999. South Florida multi-species recovery plan. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 2172pp.
7 707 Bacon, P. R., F. Berry, K. Bjorndal, H. Hirth, L. Ogren, and M. Weber, editors. 1984. Proceedings of the western Atlantic turtle symposium. RSMAS Publication, Miami, Florida, USA. Volume 1, 306pp.; Volume 2, 318pp.; Volume 3, 514pp.
8 8405 Barichivich, W. J. 2006. Characterization of a marine turtle aggregation in the Big Bend of Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 57pp.
9 7493 Barichivich, W., K. Sulak, and R. Carthy. 1997. Characterization of Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Florida Big Bend Area during 1997. Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Annual report to National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Panama City, Florida, USA. 12pp.
10 1148 Breininger, D. R., M. J. Barkaszi, R. B. Smith, D. M. Oddy, and J. A. Provancha. 1998. Prioritizing wildlife taxa for biological diversity conservation at the local scale. Environmental Management 22:315–321.
11 1292 Caillouet, C. W., Jr., C. T. Fontaine, S. A. Manzella-Tirpak, and D. J. Shaver. 1995. Survival of head-started Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempi) released into the Gulf of Mexico or adjacent bays. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1:285–292.
12 1299 Caldwell, D. K., and A. Carr. 1957. Status of the sea turtle fishery in Florida. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference 22:457–462.
13 1624 Coston-Clemens, L., and D. E. Hoss. 1983. Synopsis of data on the impact of habitat alteration on sea turtles around the southeastern United States. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-117, Southeast Fisheries Center, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA. 57pp.
14 2059 Donnelly, M. 1994. Sea turtle mariculture. A review of relevant information for conservation and commerce. Center for Marine Conservation, Washington, D.C., USA. 113pp.
15 8792 Eaton, C., E. McMichael, B. Witherington, A. Foley, R. Hardy, and A. Meylan. 2008. Developing a statewide program of in-water monitoring of sea turtles in Florida. Page 208 (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.
16 2211 Eisler, P., and D. Carney. 1990. Use of TEDs good in Florida, poor in other Gulf states, official says. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (June):24.
17 9866 Epperly, S. P., A. Nunes, H. Zwartepoorte, L. Byrd, M. Koperski, L. Stokes, M. Bragança, A. D. Tucker, and C. R. Sasso. 2013. Repatriation of a Kemp’s Ridley from the eastern North Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 136:1–2.
18 2433 Foley, A. 2001. Saving sea turtles in St. Joseph Bay. Florida Wildlife 55(5):23–25.
19 2442 Fontaine, C. T., S. A. Manzella, T. D. Williams, R. M. Harris, and W. J. Browning. 1989. Distribution, growth and survival of head started, tagged and released Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempi) from year-classes 1978–1983. Pages 124–144 in C. W. Caillouet, Jr., and A. M. Landry, Jr., editors. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Biology, Conservation and Management. TAMU-SG-89-105, Sea Grant Program, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, USA.
20 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.
21 2538 Fuller, D. A. 1981. The habits, distribution and incidental capture of sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. Pages A1–A36 in Final environmental impact plan for the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United States waters. Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council, Tampa, Florida, USA.
22 2992 Henwood, T. A. 1987. Sea turtles of the southeastern United States, with emphasis on the life history and population dynamics of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta. Dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 181pp.
23 3065 Hipes, D., D. R. Jackson, K. NeSmith, D. Printiss, and K. Brandt. 2001. Field guide to the rare animals of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
24 3418 Joyce, J. C. 1982. Protecting sea turtles while dredging. The Military Engineer, No. 481 (July–August):282–285.
25 3519 Klima, E. F., and J. P. McVey. 1995. Headstarting the Kemp's ridley turtle, Lepidochelys kempi. Pages 481–487 in K. A. Bjorndal, editor. Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Revised edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
26 3860 Lowe, D. W., J. R. Matthews, and C. J. Moseley, editors. 1990. The official World Wildlife Fund guide to endangered species of North America. Beacham, Washington, D.C., USA. 1180pp.
27 3876 Lund, F. 1978. Atlantic ridley, Lepidochelys kempii (Garman). Pages 25–26 in R. W. McDiarmid, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume 3. Amphibians and reptiles. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
28 3904 Mager, A., Jr. 1985. Five-year status reviews of sea turtles listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C., USA. 90pp.
29 4276 Meylan, A. B., and D. Ehrenfeld. 2000. Conservation of marine turtles. Pages 96–125 in M. W. Klemens, editor. Turtle conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
30 7782 Morreale, S. J., and E. A. Standora. 2005. The western North Atlantic waters: crucial developmental habitat for Kemp's ridley and loggerhead sea turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:872–882.
31 10548 National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2015. Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) 5-year review: summary and evaluation. Silver Spring, Maryland, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. ?pp.
32 8129 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1995. Endangered and threatened wildlife; revised sea turtle/shrimp fishery emergency response plan. Federal Register 60:52121–52128.
33 8125 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1995. Sea turtle conservation; restrictions applicable to shrimp trawling activities; additional Turtle Excluder Device requirements within certain fishery statistical zones. Federal Register 60:42809–42813.
34 8123 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1996. Sea turtle conservation; revisions to sea turtle conservation requirements; restrictions to shrimp trawling activities. Federal Register 61:66933–66947.
35 4581 National Research Council. 1990. Decline of the sea turtles: causes and prevention. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 280pp
36 4733 Ogren, L. H. 1992. Atlantic ridley turtle, Lepidochelys kempii (Garman). Pages 100–104 in P. E. Moler, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume III. Amphibians and reptiles. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
37 4756 Oravetz, C. A. 1989. The National Marine Fisheries Service's Kemp's ridley sea turtle research and management plan: progress and needs. Pages 10–13 in C. W. Caillouet and A. M. Landry, editors. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Biology, Conservation and Management, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, USA.
38 4781 Owens, D., J. Alvarado, R. A. Byles, R. Marquez, L. Ogren, and P. Pritchard. 1992. Recovery plan for the Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 48pp.
39 9894 Pike, D. A. 2013. Forecasting range expansion into ecological traps: climate‐mediated shifts in sea turtle nesting beaches and human development. Global Cange Biology 19:3082–3092.
40 4929 Poole, L. K. 1987. Turtles and TEDs. ENFO (Florida Conservation Foundation) 87(2):1–5.
41 4939 Possardt, E. E. 1991. A conservation program for sea turtles in the southeastern continental United States. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 62:35–47.
42 4975 Pritchard, P. C. H. 1976. Endangered species: Kemp's ridley turtle. Florida Naturalist 49(3):15–19.
43 4990 Pritchard, P. C. H. 1992. Sea turtles: a cornucopia of issues. Florida Naturalist 65(2):8–9, 12–13, 16.
44 4993 Pritchard, P. C. H. 1995. Know your sea turtles. Florida Naturalist 68(4):20–21.
45 4995 Pritchard, P. C. H. 1996. Kemp's ridley, lost in France, returns to Florida. Florida Naturalist 69(2):13, 22.
46 4998 Pritchard, P. C. H. 1999. Overview of the status of Florida turtles (take a thousand anecdotes and soon you have some real data). Abstract in G. L. Heinrich and P. A. Meylan, coordinators. A Second Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles and the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, 8–11 October 1999, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
47 5187 Ross, J. P., S. Beavers, D. Mundell, and M. Airth-Kindree. 1989. The status of Kemp's ridley. Center for Marine Conservation, Washington, D.C., USA. 51pp.
48 5227 Rudloe, A., and J. Rudloe. 1994. Sea turtles: in a race for survival. National Geographic Magazine 185:94–121.
49 5232 Rudloe, J. 1979. Time of the turtle. Penguin Books, New York, New York, USA. 273pp.
50 5235 Rudloe, J. 1988. The wilderness coast: adventures of a Gulf Coast naturalist. E. P. Dutton, New York, New York, USA. 262pp.
51 5236 Rudloe, J. 1995. Search for the Great Turtle Mother. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, USA. 271pp.
52 6831 Rudloe, J. 2003. Return of the ridley. Florida Wildlife 57(5):26–27.
53 5237 Rudloe, J., and A. Rudloe. 1989. Shrimpers and lawmakers collide over a move to save the sea turtles. Smithsonian 20(9):44–55.
54 8265 Schmid, J. R., and W. J. Barichivich. 2006. Lepidochelys kempii – Kemp’s ridley. Pages 128–141 in P. A. Meylan, editor. Biology and conservation of Florida turtles. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 3.
55 5347 Schroeder, B. A. 1987. 1986 annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January–December 1986. National Marine Fisheries Service, Coastal Research Division Contribution No. CRD 87/88-12. 45pp.
56 5349 Schroeder, B. A. 1989. Marine turtle data base management: National Marine Fisheries Service's—Miami laboratory. Pages 153–156 in C. W. Caillouet and A. M. Landry, editors. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Biology, Conservation and Management, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, USA.
57 5444 Sheppard, C., editor. 1998. Recovery plan for south Florida's endangered species. Marine Pollution Bulletin 36:179.
58 5651 Stewart, V. 1977. Record cold affects creatures of the sea. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Florida Conservation News 12(6):3–4.
59 5793 Thompson, N. B. 1988. The status of loggerhead, Caretta caretta; Kemp's ridley, Lepidochelys kempi; and green, Chelonia mydas, sea turtles in U.S. waters. Marine Fisheries Review 50:16–23.
60 5908 Turtle Expert Working Group. 1998. An assessment of the Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtle populations in the western North Atlantic. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-409. 96pp.
61 5919 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1980. Selected vertebrate endangered species of the seacoast of the United States: Kemp's (Atlantic) ridley sea turtle. Biological Services Program, FWS/OBS-80/01.30. 7pp.
62 5954 Van Meter, V. B. n.d. Florida's sea turtles. Florida Power and Light Company, Miami, Florida, USA. 46pp.

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