SWOT Report, Vol. XIII
Explore the sea turtles of Japan, with the first comprehensive maps of sea turtle nesting and satellite telemetry throughout Pacific Ocean and of the French Territories.
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INTRODUCTORY PAGES
Opening and Editor's Note: Congratulations, but... (PDF) | by RODERIC MAST
Meet the Turtles (PDF)
RESEARCH AND STATUS
Rapid Assessment Tool Helps Prioritize Nesting Beaches for Study and Protection | by NEIL COUSINS, ALAN REES, and BRENDAN GODLEY
Green Turtles as Silent Sentinels of Pollution in the Great Barrier Reef | by AMY L. HEFFERNAN, C. ALEXANDER VILLA, and CHRISTINE A. MADDEN HOF
Solving the Mysteries of Male Turtles in the Caribbean | by MARCO A. GARCÍA-CRUZ, CATHI CAMPBELL, KAREN BJORNDAL, LUIS CARDONA PASCUAL, KATHRYN M. RODRÍGUEZ-CLARK, MARGARITA LAMPO, HANNAH VANDER ZANDEN, MARIANA M. P.B. FUENTES, LUIS PIBERNAT, EDIS SOLORZANO, and ALAN BOLTEN
The Pacific Loggerhead, So Excellent a Connector | by JEFFREY A. SEMINOFF, F. ALBERTO ABREU-GROBOIS, JOANNA ALFARO-SHIGUETO, GEORGE H. BALAZS, HIDEO HATASE, T. TODD JONES, COLIN J. LIMPUS, JEFFREY C. MANGEL, WALLACE J. NICHOLS, S. HOYT PECKHAM, ALAN ALFREDO ZAVALA NORZAGARAY, and YOSHIMASA MATSUZAWA
Map: Loggerhead Turtle Satellite Telemetry Data in the Pacific Ocean
Sea Turtles of the French Territories / In French: Les tortues marines des territoires français (PDF) | by KATIA BALLORAIN, MATHIEU BARRET, JÉRÔME BOURJEA, ALICE CARPENTIER, FRANÇOISE CLARO, CAROLINE CREMADES, MAYEUL DALLEAU, JEANNE DE MAZIÈRES, JOLT EVVA, ANAÏS GAINETTE, FRANÇOIS GALGANI, DELPHINE GAMBAIANI, CÉCILE GASPAR, ALEXANDRE GIRARD, MARC GIRONDOT, CLAIRE JEAN, LAURENT KELLE, JULIE-ANNE KÉRANDEL, RODERIC MAST, MICHEL ANTONY NALOVIC, JEAN-MARIE PÉRICARD, CAROLINE RINALDI, and JACQUES SACCHI
Map: Nesting Biogeography of Sea Turtles in French Territories / Carte: Biogéographie des Pontes de Tortue Marines dans les Territoires Français
SPECIAL FEATURE: JAPAN
Sea Turtle Conservation in the Land of Urashima Tarō | by YOSHIMASA MATSUZAWA
Feature Map: Nesting Biogeography of Sea Turtles in Japan
POLICY AND ECONOMICS
The Conservation Status of Kemp's Ridley Worldwide | by THANE WIBBELS and ELIZABETH BEVAN
The Wayuu: Shepherds of the Sea | by HECTOR BARRIOS-GARRIDO
Building Bycatch Solutions from the Ground Up for the East Pacific Leatherback | by JUAN MANUEL RODRIGUEZ BARON, AMANDA WILLIARD, MARINO EUGENIO ABREGO, ALEXANDER TOBON, DANIA BERMUDEZ, and YEHUDI ARRIATTI
Why Europe Needs to Adopt Turtle Excluder Devices | by AIMEE LESLIE, THEA JACOB, EMA FATIMA, VINOD MALAYILETHU, MICHEL NALOVIC, and LAURENT KELLE
OUTREACH AND ACTION
Itapuã, Brazil: A Case Study for Urban Engagement in Turtle Conservation | by EDUARDO C. SALIÉS, NATHALIA BERCHIERI, LILIANA P. COLMAN, MANUELA R. B. BOSQUIROLLI, ALEXSANDRO SANTOS, FREDERICO TOGNIN, MARIA A. MARCOVALDI, VALÉRIA ROCHA, and PAULO H. LARA
Addressing the Plastic Pollution Challenge in Uruguay | by DANIEL GONZÁLEZ-PAREDES and ANDRÉS ESTRADES
Michoacán's Black Turtle: Back from the Brink | by CARLOS DELGADO TREJO
Scientific Tourism, Fibropapillomatosis, and Learning to Stay Out of Nature's Way | by MARCELO RENAN SANTOS and YHURI NÓBREGA
SWOT TEAM
Why Sharing Data with SWOT is Good for You ... and Good for Your Turtles | by BRYAN WALLACE, RODERIC MAST, BRIAN HUTCHINSON, and CONNIE KOT
SWOT Data Citations (PDF)
Authors and Affiliations (PDF)