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INTRODUCTORY PAGES

• Foreword - by George Meyer [PDF] [HTML]
• Sea Turtles of the World [PDF] [HTML]
• Masthead and SWOT Advisory Boards [PDF] [HTML]

SPECIAL FEATURE—
THE UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF SEA TURTLES

• Unsolved Mysteries: The Sea Turtle Files - by Roderic B. Mast [PDF] [HTML]
• The Mystery of Lost Little Turtles: Where do sea turtles spend their first years of life? - by Blair Witherington [PDF] [HTML]
• The Mystery of Their Purpose: What are the ecological roles of sea turtles, and how many turtles are needed to fulfill those roles? - by Milani Chaloupka [PDF] [HTML]
• The Mystery of “Enough”: What proportion of males to females is necessary to maintain a healthy sea turtle population? - by Jeanette Wyneken and Selina Heppell [PDF] [HTML]
• The Mystery of Turtle Senses: How do sea turtles sense their environment? - by Catherine M. F. Lohmann [PDF] [HTML]
• The Mystery of Getting Where They Need to Go: How do sea turtles navigate? - by Kenneth J. Lohmann [PDF] [HTML]
• The Mystery of the Tumors: What causes fibropapillomas? - by Sue Schaf [PDF] [HTML]
• The Mystery of How They Will Adapt: How will climate change affect sea turtles? - by Jeff Miller [PDF] [HTML]
  
  

HABITAT

• Recovery at Ascension - by Annette Broderick [PDF] [HTML]
• The Natural History and Modern Challenges of the North Atlantic Loggerhead - by Alan B. Bolten [PDF] [HTML]
• Japan: Looking Beyond the Nesting Beach - by Yoshimasa Matsuzawa [PDF] [HTML]
• Baja Fishers Work to Conserve Loggerhead Foraging Grounds - by Hoyt Peckham, Johath Laudino Santillán, and Wallace J. Nichols [PDF] [HTML]
• Modern Genetics Reveals Ancient Diversity in the Loggerhead - by Brian J. Hutchinson [PDF] [HTML]
  
  

THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S SEA TURTLES

• A Global Snapshot of Loggerheads and Leatherbacks -
  by Brian J. Hutchinson and Alec Hutchinson [PDF] [HTML]
• SWOT Feature Map 1: Global Leatherback Nesting [PDF] [HTML]
• SWOT Feature Map 2: Global Loggerhead Nesting [PDF] [HTML]
• A Long-Term Trend of Sea Turtle Success in Brazil -
  by Neca Marcovaldi, Luciano Soares, and Milani Chaloupka [PDF] [HTML]
• Sea Turtles in the Middle East - by Nicolas Pilcher and Jeff Miller [PDF] [HTML]
  
  

POLICY & ECONOMICS

• Curbing the Balinese Sea Turtle Trade - by Ketut Putra and Lisa M. Bailey [PDF] [HTML]
• U.S. Marine Turtle Conservation Act: A Multinational Fund for
  Multinational Species - by Marydele Donnelly and Earl Possardt [PDF] [HTML]
• Controversial Conservation at Zakynthos - by Lily Venizelos and Prue Robinson [PDF] [HTML]
• Zanzibar Cleans Up with Ban on Plastic Bags [PDF] [HTML]
• The Net Gain of Working with Fishers to Reduce Bycatch - by Scott Eckert [PDF] [HTML]
• Life Carries on for Turtles in War-Torn Lebanon - by Mona Khalil [PDF] [HTML]
  

AWARENESS

• How Tourism, Tourists, and Coastal Residents Can Be Stewards of Sea Turtles - by Karen Eckert [PDF] [HTML]
• A Friend, Indeed  [PDF] [HTML]
• One Small Bag for Tourists Brings Big Benefit - by George Petro and Michelle Fletcher  [PDF] [HTML]
• Making the Connection: Human Health and Sea Turtle Consumption - by Jesse Marsh and Wallace J. Nichols  [PDF] [HTML]
• SWOT Report in Action  [PDF] [HTML]
• The Art of Conservation   [PDF] [HTML]

SWOT TEAM

• SWOT Data Contributors [PDF] [HTML]
• Acknowledgments [PDF] [HTML]
• In Memoriam [PDF] [HTML]