Loggerhead Sea Turtles Book

	Preface	vii
	List of Contributors	ix
	Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Conventions	xv
	Introduction: The Loggerhead Sea Turtle--A Most Excellent Fishe	1
Part 1	Biology and Ecology	5
Chapter 1	What Is a Loggerhead Turtle? The Genetic Perspective	7
Chapter 2	What Is a Loggerhead Turtle? The Morphological Perspective	28
Chapter 3	Orientation Mechanisms of Hatchling Loggerheads	44
Chapter 4	Active Swimmers--Passive Drifters: The Oceanic Juvenile Stage of Loggerheads in the Atlantic System	63
Chapter 5	Ecology of Immature Loggerheads on Foraging Grounds and Adults in Internesting Habitat in the Eastern United States	79
Chapter 6	Biology of the Loggerhead Turtle in Western South Pacific Ocean Foraging Areas	93
Chapter 7	Nesting Patterns, Reproductive Migrations, and Adult Foraging Areas of Loggerhead Turtles	114
Chapter 8	Nest Site Selection, Oviposition, Eggs, Development, Hatching, and Emergence of Loggerhead Turtles	125
Chapter 9	Incubation Environment of Loggerhead Turtle Nests: Effects on Hatching Success and Hatchling Characteristics	144
Part 2	Geographic Distribution, Abundance, and Population Status	155
Chapter 10	Loggerhead Turtles in the Atlantic Ocean: Geographic Distribution, Abundance, and Population Status	157
Chapter 11	Loggerhead Turtles in the Mediterranean Sea: Present Knowledge and Conservation Perspectives	175
Chapter 12	Loggerhead Turtles in the Equatorial and Southern Pacific Ocean: A Species in Decline	199
Chapter 13	Loggerhead Turtles Nesting in Japan
Chapter 14	Loggerhead Turtles in the Indian Ocean	218
Part 3	Syntheses	233
Chapter 15	Roles of Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Marine Ecosystems	235
Chapter 16	Population Models for Atlantic Loggerheads: Past, Present, and Future	255
Chapter 17	Stochastic Simulation Modeling of Loggerhead Population Dynamics Given Exposure to Competing Mortality Risks in the Western South Pacific	274
Chapter 18	Biological Conservation of Loggerheads: Challenges and Opportunities	295
	Index	313