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1 online resource (231 pages) : color illustrations |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Sea turtles in the modern world : where do we stand today? -- Life in the egg : buried alive under two feet of sand -- Race to the sea : coatis, crabs, and night herons, oh my! -- To the horizon : the first day -- Lost and found : life as a juvenile -- The deadliest catch : the other side of fishing -- Out of the fire : the gauntlet continues -- Return to the beach : you can't go home anymore -- Nesting : taking back the night -- Las Baulas : the last hope for Pacific leatherbacks -- Ostional : the egg-stained sands of Costa Rica -- Global warming : rising seas, lost beaches, and genders -- The great turtle race : a new approach to conservation education -- Sea turtles and satellites : tales of technology -- 2100 : a world with, or without, sea turtles? |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Sea turtles.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spotila, James R. Saving sea turtles : extraordinary stories from the battle against extinction. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 xi, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm 9780801899072 (OCoLC)ocn643322595 |
| ISBN |
9780801899072 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0801899079 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781421402109 (electronic bk.) |
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