Sea Turtle Secrets. Barry Estabrook.
by Estabrook, Barry; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 26Science. Publisher: Estabrook/Barry, 2001ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Animal life cycles | Animal migration | Endangered species | Loggerhead turtle | Wildlife conservation | Azores | FloridaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The loggerhead's life history had an enormous gap....Hatchling loggerheads that swim away from American beaches are not seen here again until they are half-mature, weigh 60 pounds, and are the size of a garbage-can lid. Until the 1990s, no one could say for sure where the little turtles go and how long they stay there. What was known is that during these lost years, something happens that kills all but a very few." (WILDLIFE CONSERVATION) This article investigates the life history of the loggerhead turtle and explores conservation efforts to preserve this threatened sea turtle species.
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Originally Published: Sea Turtle Secrets, March/April 2001; pp. 44-49.
"The loggerhead's life history had an enormous gap....Hatchling loggerheads that swim away from American beaches are not seen here again until they are half-mature, weigh 60 pounds, and are the size of a garbage-can lid. Until the 1990s, no one could say for sure where the little turtles go and how long they stay there. What was known is that during these lost years, something happens that kills all but a very few." (WILDLIFE CONSERVATION) This article investigates the life history of the loggerhead turtle and explores conservation efforts to preserve this threatened sea turtle species.
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