Some people who love sea turtles and wish to protect them from injury and disturbance may be hesitant to allow research to be conducted on turtles that may appear to effect the turtles physically or behaviorally. While such concerns are well-intentioned, these concerns can be misinformed and serve to impede the progress of research and conservation of sea turtles.
Without conducting standard types of research on sea turtles, we cannot answer important questions about their origins, their history, their population numbers, their relations to other populations, their health, their migration routes, threats to their existence, and their behavioral responses to changes in the environment. This kind of information is vitally important for managing sea turtle populations and protected areas, and for developing policies for the protection of sea turtles species around the world.
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Comparing diets of marine turtles. |
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Determining the diet and distribution of turtles in different habitat types |
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Genetic Studies |
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Linking marine turtles in the Dominican Republic to other rookeries around the Caribbean |
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Growth Studies |
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The effect of tissue sampling on sea turtle growth rates |
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Habitat Studies |
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Using satellite tracking to determine habitat useage of marine turtles |
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Capture and recaptures of juvenile hawksbills in an ecological study |
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Monitoring Sudies |
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Monitoring and Research at Buck Island Reef NM, St Croix, US Virgin Islands |
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Nesting Studies |
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Sand temperatures for nesting turtles in the Caribbean |
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Nest temperature and sex ratio implications in the Caribbean region |
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In-Water Studies |
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In-water studies of sea turtles in Florida, USA |
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In-water survey and rehabilitation internship in Costa Rica |
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In-water survey and tissue sample collection in South Carolina, USA |
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In-Water sea turtle population study and satellite tagging in North Carolina, USA |
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In-water sea turtle population study in Bermuda |
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In-water sea turtle population census in Belize |
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In-water surveys, flipper taggings and tissue sample at Gallow's Point, Belize |
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In-water study of Juvenile Hawksbills in Roatan, Honduras |
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Flipper Tagging |
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Flipper tagging for population estimates in Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
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Tracking Studies |
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Long-term tracking studies, Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
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Long-term tracking studies of Hawksbill Turtle, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
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Benchmarking Research Studies |
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Methods used by sea turtle researchers |
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Links to in-water sea turtle research methods |
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Research Support Letters |
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The Florida Hawksbill Project |
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E-Force Scuba Project |
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Newsletter |
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Sea Turtle Habitat Conservation and Population Studies |
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International Student Volunteers |
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International student volunteer in sea turtle research |
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Sea Turtle Recognition |
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Computerized recognition of Hawksbills |
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