Publications from the LAC Marine Turtle Programme
Manual of Best Practices for Safeguarding Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches
Choi, Ga-Young and Karen L. Eckert. 2009. Manual of Best Practices for Safeguarding Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches. Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) Technical Report No. 9. Ballwin, Missouri. 86 pp.
Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods.
Workshop on Climate Change and Adaptation Options for Cetaceans and Other Marine Biodiversity of the Eastern Pacific
Fonseca, A., D. Palacios, J. Hoffman & M. Simmonds. 2009. Meeting Report: “Workshop on Climate Change and Adaptation Options for Cetaceans and Other Marine Biodiversity of the Eastern Pacific,” Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica, 9-11 February 2009
Cetaceans and Other Marine Biodiversity of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Options for Adapting to Climate Change.
In recognition of the potential threat posed by climate change to the ecology of the Eastern Pacific and in support of the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) initiatives regarding the impact of climate change on cetaceans, the government of Costa Rica hosted a workshop on Climate Change and Adaptation Options for Cetaceans and Other Marine Biodiversity of the Eastern Pacific, in Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica, 9-11 February 2009.
Field report to Belize Marine Program
Establish protocol for nesting beach monitoring and in-water monitoring for sea turtles at Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve (GRMR), and provide training to caye owners, Fisheries Department staff, and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) staff to conduct long-term monitoring program.
Hawksbill sea turtles: can phylogenetics inform harvesting?
Clearly, the situation regarding harvesting and its impacts on regional nesting populations is more complex than presented in Mortimer et al. (2007) and Bowen et al. (2007).
Extensive hybridization in hawksbill turtles nesting in Brazil
Here, we report the distribution and frequency of interspecific hybrids among hawksbills nesting in Bahia, Brazil, evaluated using mtDNA markers.
However, the uniparental nature of mtDNA limits the inferences that can be made about this ongoing hybridization process, highlighting the need to further analyze this population using biparentally inherited nuclear markers.
Turning the Tide: Exploitation, Trade and Management of Marine Turtles
When TRAFFIC completed a review of the exploitation, trade, and management of marine turtles in 11 countries and territories in the Northern Caribbean in 2001, the overall picture revealed was a patchwork of national management regimes. Some countries had allocated significant resources to manage and conserve marine turtles, while next to nothing has been done in others. Relevant regulations were rigidly enforced in some territories; in others, for a variety of reasons, enforcement was virtually absent.
Report on the 2007 green turtle program at Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Hawksbill nesting density was very low throughout the season in 2007, with only two nests recorded; one in May, the other in July.
Whose turtles are they, anyway?
The hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), listed since 1996 by the IUCN as Critically Endangered and by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) as an Appendix I species, has been the subject of attention and controversy during the past 10 years due to the efforts of some nations to re-open banned international trade.