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Sea Turtle Links

Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources
                - Government web page about sea turtles in Australia including links.
Caribbean Conservation Corporation
                - All about sea turtle conservation in the Caribbean including programs and program nesting data.
Chelonian Research Foundation
                - Educational site with journal article resources regarding sea turtles and sea turtle funds (for grants).
Chicago Herpetological Society
                - A more general site, contains information about the activities of the society and herpetological articles.
Euro Turtle
                - European site for sea turtle biology and conservation.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
                - Useful information about sea turtles in Florida and the laws which protect them.
Indian Ocean - South-East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (IOSEA)
                - Indian Ocean and Asian sea turtle information web page.
International Sea Turtle Society
                - Information regarding international symposiums.
IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group
                - Organization with information about sea turtle research and publications.
Leatherback.org
                - Main site for The Leatherback Trust (below). Contains facts and data from leatherback nesting beaches, mostly those in Costa Rica.
Marine Turtle Interactive Mapping System
                - Very fun. An interactive global map showing sea turtle distributions.
Marine Turtle Newsletter   
                - MTN is a newsletter which publishes short articles about sea turtle research and sea turtle news.
Marine Turtle Newsletter - Job Board
                - List of sea turtle and related jobs by region.
Mote Marine Laboratory
                - Mote Aquarium and turtle monitoring activities for Sarasota, Florida. Includes volunteering and internship opportunities.
Parismina
                - Sea Turtle conservation and volunteering in Parismina, Costa Rica.
Save the Turtles Inc.
                - Sea Turtle conservation activities in Costa Rica.
Seaturtle.org
                - Very useful site. Includes satellite tracking, images, maps, news, links, and more.
Sea Turtle, Inc.
                - Sea turtle conservation, research and education from South Padre Island, TX. Includes resources for students and teachers, the "Turtle Lady", a sea turtle shop, a live web cam, biological and ecological information, and more!
The Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research
                - Educational resources for university level students and researchers and various communication tools for the serious sea turtle enthusiast.
The Leatherback Trust
                - Contains information about Leatherback turtles and their important nesting site at Playa Grande, Costa Rica.
The Nature Conservancy
                - General conservation web site, but it also has turtle monitoring based on the east coast of the US, with volunteering opportunities and more.
Turtle Time Inc.
                - Contains species descriptions, anatomy, newspaper clippings, beach lighting information, links, strandings, and nesting data from the turtle monitoring group Turtle Time Inc. based in Florida.
Turtle Trax
                - A fun, Hawaiian based web site all about sea turtles.


Useful Journal Article Databases

Blackwell Synergy
                - Database and publisher of a wide range of journals.
CSIRO
                - Publishes Australian journal articles.
ISI Web of Knowledge
                - Not my personal favorite, but some find this a good search engine.
Jstor
                - Not the biggest database, but a good one, with limited access to full-text articles depending on your institution.
Scopus
                - My favorite and most used journal article database, but requires an institutional subscription (through your school or uni).



Created by Kaseen Cook, September 2007.