Green turtle  (Chelonia mydas)

Authentication

Authenticated (11/10/02) by Brendan Godley, Marine Turtle Newsletter.
http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/

Glossary

  • Bycatch: in the fishing industry, the part of the catch made up of non-target species.
  • Carapace: the top shell of a turtle. In arthropods (insects, crabs etc), the fused head and thorax (the part of the body located near the head) also known as ‘cephalothorax’.
  • Molluscs: a diverse group of invertebrates, mainly marine, that have one or all of the following; a horny, toothed ribbon in the mouth (the radula), a shell covering the upper surface of the body, and a mantle or mantle cavity with a type of gill. Includes snails, slugs, shellfish, octopuses and squid.
  • Omnivore: an organism that feeds on both plants and animals.
  • Plastron: in reptiles, the ventral shell of a turtle or tortoise.
  • Subspecies: a different race of a species, which is geographically separated from other populations of that species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (April, 2008)
    http://www.safmc.net/Portals/0/ProtRes/New_PR/Spaccounts_sptable/pdf%20versions/Green%20Sea%20Turtle.pdf
  3. CITES (April, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Global Register of Migratory Specie (April, 2008)
    http://www.groms.de/
  5. Burnie, D. (2001) Animal.Dorling Kindersley, London.
  6. Spotila, J.R. (2004) Sea turtles: a complete guide to their biology, behavior, and conservation.John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  7. MarineBio (August, 2009)
    http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=51
  8. Ripple, J. (1996) Sea Turtles.Voyager Press, Stillwater, USA.
  9. Fritz, U. and Havas, P. (2007) Checklist of Chelonians of the World.German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and Museum of Zoology Dresden, Bonn and Dresden.
  10. Godley, B.J., Broderick, A.C., Frauenstein, R., Glen, F. and Hays, G.C. (2002) Reproductive Seasonality and Sexual Dimorphism in Green Turtles. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 226: 125 - 133.
  11. WWF (September, 2002)
    http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/index.cfm
  12. Zug, G.R., Vitt, L.J. and Caldwell, J.P. (2001) Herpetology.Academic Press, London.
  13. Godley, B. (2002) Pers. comm.
  14. The IOSEA Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (August, 2009)
    http://www.ioseaturtles.org/electronic_lib2.php?cat_id=3
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