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1	Abstein, J. 1977. Slow and steady win the race. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Florida Conservation News 12(10):7–8.
2	Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1953. The green turtle. Florida Wildlife 7(4):19, 32.
3	Anonymous. 1978. Final Environmental Impact Statement: listing and protecting the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), and Pacific ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. 144pp.
4	Anonymous. 1987. Draft supplement to the final Environmental Impact Statement on listing and protecting the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, and Pacific ridley sea turtle under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and regulatory review/regulatory flexibility analysis for regulations which require the use of turtle excluder devices by shrimpers to conserve sea turtles. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service.
5	Anonymous. 1994. Battle threatened over turtles, TEDS. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (April):28.
6	Artman, P. n.d. Florida Keys wildlife. Florida Keys, Printing & Publishing, Key West, Florida, USA. 12pp.
7	Audubon, J. J. 1926. The turtlers. Pages 194–202 in Delineations of American scenery and character. G. A. Baker, New York, New York, USA.
8	Bacon, P. R., F. Berry, K. Bjorndal, H. Hirth, L. Ogren, and M. Weber, editors. 1984. Proceedings of the western Atlantic turtle symposium. RSMAS Publication, Miami, Florida, USA. Volume 1, 306pp.; Volume 2, 318pp.; Volume 3, 514pp.
9	Beltz, E. 1996. HerPET-POURRI: large turtle breeding. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 31(4):65.
10	Beltz, E. 1998. Herp news from around the world: PC sea turtles. Vivarium 9(3):11.
11	Blatchley, W. S. 1932. In days agone: notes on the fauna and flora of subtropical Florida in the days when most of its area was a primeval wilderness. Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 338pp.
12	Bowen, J. D. 1960. To save the green turtle. Americas 12(12):14–17.
13	Brice, J. J. 1896. The fish and fisheries of the coastal waters of Florida. Report to the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries 22:263–342.
14	Buck, S. V. 1998. The sea turtle industry in the Florida Keys. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (September–October):30–34, 36.
15	Bullis, H. R., Jr., and S. B. Drummond. 1978. Sea turtle captures of the southeastern United States by exploratory fishing vessels 1950–1976. Pages 45–50 in G. E. Henderson, editor. Proceedings of the Florida and interregional conference on sea turtles. Florida Marine Research Publication No. 33.
16	Calahane, V. H. 1947. The Everglades—yesterday, today and tomorrow. Nature Magazine 40:512–517, 550.
17	Caldwell, D. K., and A. Carr. 1957. Status of the sea turtle fishery in Florida. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference 22:457–462.
18	Caldwell, D. K. 1960. Sea turtles of the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fisheries Leaflet No. 492. 20pp.
19	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
20	Carr, A. F., Jr., and D. K. Caldwell. 1956. The ecology and migration of sea turtles. I. Results of fieldwork in Florida, 1955. American Museum Novitates No. 1793. 23pp.
21	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1972. Great reptiles, great enigmas. Audubon Magazine 74(2):24–35.
22	Carr, A., Jr., A. Meylan, K. Bjorndal, and T. Carr. 1982. Surveys of sea turtle populations and habitats in the western Atlantic. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-91. 82pp.
23	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1984. So excellent a fishe. Revised edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA. 280pp.
24	Cato, J. C., F. J. Prochaska, and P. C. H. Pritchard. 1978. An analysis of the capture, marketing, and utilization of marine turtles. National Marine Fisheries Service, Environmental Assessment Division, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 119pp.
25	Committee on Sea Turtle Conservation. 1990. Decline of the sea turtles: causes and prevention. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., USA. 259pp.
26	Davidson, O. G. 2001. Fire in the turtle house: the green sea turtle and the fate of the ocean. PublicAffairs, New York, New York, USA. 258pp.
27	Derr, M. 1998. Some kind of paradise: a chronicle of man and the land in Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 416pp.
28	Dickerson, D. D., D. A. Nelson, M. Wolff, and L. Manners. 1992. Summary of dredging impacts on sea turtles: King's Bay, Georgia and Cape Canaveral, Florida. Pages 148–151 in M. Salmon and J. Wyneken, compilers. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-302.
29	Ehrhart, L. M. 1983. Marine turtles of the Indian River lagoon system. Florida Scientist 46:337–346.
30	Ehrhart, L. M., P. W. Raymond, J. L. Guseman, and R. D. Owen. 1990. A documented case of green turtles killed in an abandoned gill net: the need for better regulation of Florida's gill net fisheries. Pages 55–58 in T. H. Richardson, J. I. Richardson, and M. Donnelly, compilers. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-278.
31	Engelhardt, G. P. 1912. The turtle market at Key West. Museum News, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science 7:73–74.
32	Evermann, B. W., and B. A. Bean. 1896. Indian River and its fisheries. Report to the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries 22:227–248.
33	Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Florida. 1984. The WPA guide to Florida: the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s Florida [with a new introduction by J. I. McCollum]. Pantheon Books, New York, New York, USA. 600pp.
34	Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida. 1939. Florida: a guide to the southernmost state. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA. 600pp.
35	Gregg, S. S. 1988. Of soup and survival: the plight of the sea turtles. Sea Frontiers 34:297–302.
36	Groombridge, B., and R. Luxmoore. 1989. The green turtle and hawksbill (Reptilia: Cheloniidae): world status, exploitation and trade. Secretariat of CITES, Lausanne, Switzerland. 601pp.
37	Hammond, E. A., editor. 1970. Sanibel Island and its vicinity, 1833, a document. Florida Historical Quarterly 48:392–411.
38	Hartley, W., and E. Hartley. 1967. Comeback for the sea turtle. Science Digest 62(3):33–37.
39	Hill, G. D., Jr. 1979. The troubled turtle. NOAA Magazine 9(1):20–23.
40	Hillestad, H. O., J. I. Richardson, C. McVea, Jr., and J. M. Watson, Jr. 1995. Worldwide incidental capture of sea turtles. Pages 489–495 in K. A. Bjorndal, editor. Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Revised edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
41	Hirth, H. F. 1971. Synopsis of biological data on the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus) 1758. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 85.
42	Holland, N. 1986. The edge of extinction: sea turtles again seek haven in Indian River. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 3(1):8–12.
43	Homer, B. L., A Foley, K. J. Fick, M. C. Lores, A. E. Redlow, E. Williams, S. Tucker, B. Heaton-Jones, E. C. Greiner, and E. R. Jacobson. 2000. Traumatic causes of stranding in marine turtles in Florida. Pages 224–226 in H. J. Kalb and T. Wibbels, compilers. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-443.
44	Hopkins, S. R., and J. I. Richardson, editors. 1984. A recovery plan for marine turtles. National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C., USA. 355pp.
45	Ingle, R. M., and F. G. W. Smith. 1949. Sea turtles and the turtle industry of the West Indies, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, with annotated bibliography. Special Publication University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. 107pp.
46	Ingle, R. M. 1972. Florida's sea turtle industry in relation to restrictions imposed in 1971. Florida Department of Natural Resources Laboratory, Contribution No. 201. 8pp.
47	Knight, C. F. 1871. Remarks on the Florida turtles. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 14:16–18.
48	Laycock, G. 1964. The great turtle mystery. Field & Stream 68(11):10–12, 112.
49	Loennberg, E. 1894. Notes on reptiles and batrachians collected in Florida in 1892 and 1893. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 17:317–339.
50	Mager, A., Jr. 1985. Five-year status reviews of sea turtles listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C., USA. 90pp.
51	Million, J. 1952. Turtle patrol. Florida Outdoors 3(10):35–39.
52	Monk, J. F. 1991. Sea turtles and the Cedar Key turtle fishery; compiled for Cedar Key Historical Museum Research Library. J. F. Monk, Miami, Florida, USA. 210pp.
53	Munroe, R. M. 1897. The green turtle, and the possibilities of its protection and consequent increase on the Florida coast. Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission 18:273–274.
54	Munroe, T. M., and V. Gilpin. 1930. The Commodore's story. I. Washburn, New York, USA. 384pp. [Reprinted in 1966 by the Historical Association of South Florida.]
55	Murphy, J. M. 1987. Turtling in Florida (1890). Pages 75–81 in F. Oppel and T. Meisel, editors. Tales of Old Florida. Castle, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
56	Murrill, W. A. 1945. Reptiles good and bad. William A. Murrill, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 32pp.
57	National Marine Fisheries Service. 1978. Final Environmental Impact Statement: listing and protecting the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), and Pacific ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C., USA. 144pp.
58	National Research Council. 1990. Decline of the sea turtles: causes and prevention. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 280pp
59	Parsons, J. J. 1962. The green turtle and man. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 126pp.
60	Philcox, P., and B. Boe. 1999. The Sunshine State almanac and book of Florida-related stuff. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, USA. 354pp.
61	Poole, L. K. 1987. Turtles and TEDs. ENFO (Florida Conservation Foundation) 87(2):1–5.
62	Provancha, J. 1999. Sea turtles and habitats in transition. Florida Naturalist 72(1):24–25.
63	Rebel, T. P. 1974. Sea turtles and the turtle industry of the West Indies, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Revised edition. University of Miami Press., Coral Gables, Florida, USA. 250pp.
64	Reese, A. M. 1917. Reptiles as food. Science Monthly 5:545–550.
65	Riedman, S. R., and R. Witham. 1974. Turtles: extinction or survival? Abelard-Schuman, New York, New York, USA. 156pp.
66	Ritchie, B. 1994. Man arrested for turtle possession. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (November):28.
67	Samek, K. 2001. $10,000 reward offered in sea turtle killing. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 92:30.
68	Sandburg, H., and G. Crile, Jr. 1969. Above and below: a journey through our national underwater parks. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, New York, USA. 302pp.
69	Schroeder, W. C. 1924. Fisheries of Key West and the clam industry of southern Florida. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 962. 74pp.
70	Schroeder, W. C. 1931. The turtle industry of Key West, Florida. Memoirs of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries S-239:1–4.
71	Sherrill, C., and R. Aiello. 1978. Key West: the last resort. Key West Book & Card Company, Key West, Florida, USA. 186pp.
72	Smith, F. G. W. 1954. Taxonomy and distribution of sea turtles. Pages 513–515 in Gulf of Mexico: its origin, waters, and marine life. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin 89, Washington, D.C., USA.
73	Thompson, N. B. 1988. The status of loggerhead, Caretta caretta; Kemp's ridley, Lepidochelys kempi; and green, Chelonia mydas, sea turtles in U.S. waters. Marine Fisheries Review 50:16–23.
74	Thorbjarnarson, J., C. J. Lagueux, D. Bolze, M. W. Klemens, and A. B. Meylan. 2000. Human use of turtles: a worldwide perspective. Pages 33–84 in M. W. Klemens, editor. Turtle conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
75	True, F. W. 1884. The useful aquatic reptiles and batrachians. Section 1, Part 2. Pages 137–162 in The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
76	True, F. W. 1887. Fisheries and methods. Section 5, Volume 2, Part 19. In The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
77	Van Meter, V. B. n.d. Florida's sea turtles. Florida Power and Light Company, Miami, Florida, USA. 46pp.
78	Weber, M. 1987. TEDs: salvation for sea turtles? Defenders, Magazine of Defenders of Wildlife 62(1):8–13.
79	Wells, P., and S. Bellmund. 1990. Sea turtle activity in the Florida Keys 1980–1989. Pages 25–28 in T. H. Richardson, J. I. Richardson, and M. Donnelly, compilers. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-278.
80	Wershoven, R. W., and J. L. Wershoven. 1992. Stomach content analysis of stranded juvenile and adult green turtles in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Florida. Pages 124–126 in M. Salmon and J. Wyneken, compilers. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-302.
81	Whitehead, C. E. 1991. The camp-fires of the Everglades or wild sports in the South. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 281pp. [First edition 1860]
82	Wilcox, W. A. 1896. Commercial fisheries of Indian River, Florida. Report of the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries 22:249–262.
83	Williams, F. R. V. 1945. Key West. Pages 308–316 in N. A. Hill, editor. Florida cruise. George W. King Printing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
84	Williams, J. L. 1962. The Territory of Florida or sketches of the topography, civil and natural history, of the country, the climate, and the Indian tribes, from the first discovery to the present time. [A facsimile reproduction of the 1837 edition, with an introduction by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.] University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 304pp.
85	Williams, J. 1987. The Florida Keys: a history & guide. Random House, New York, New York, USA. 226pp.
86	Winter, N. O. 1918. Florida: the land of enchantment; including an account of its romantic history from the days of Ponce de Leon and the other early explorers and settlers, and the story of its native Indians; a survey of its climate, lakes and rivers and a description of its scenic wonders and abundant animal and bird life; and a comprehensive review of the Florida of to-day, as a state important for its industries, agriculture and educational advantages as well as the unsurpassed and justly celebrated winter resort of America, with unparalleled attractions for health and pleasure seekers, nature lovers, motorists and sportsmen. The Page Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 380pp.
87	Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Florida. 1949. A guide to Key West. Revised second edition. Hastings House, New York, New York, USA. 122pp.
88	Zieman, J. C., and R. T. Zieman. 1989. The ecology of the seagrass meadows of the West coast of Florida: a community profile. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 85(7.25). 155pp.

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