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1	Alicea, A. R., A. L. Chambers, K. M. Herpich, and J. A. Provancha. 2000. Nesting activity of marine turtles on Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, 1984–1998. Pages 278–280 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.
2	Appel, J. 1994. Vote yes on Amendment 3! League members urged to support the net ban. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (November):15–18.
3	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.
4	Bagley, D. A., T. J. Cascio, R. D. Owen, S. A. Johnson, and L. M. Ehrhart. 1994. Marine turtle nesting at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; 1987–1993: trends and issues. Pages 180–183 in K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, D. A. Johnson, and P. J. Eliazar, compilers. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-351.
5	Bagley, D. A., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1999. Characterization of a population of juvenile green turtles from an east central Florida developmental habitat. Florida Scientist 62(Supplement 1):36 (abstract).
6	Bresette, M., J. Gorham, and B. Perry. 2000. Preliminary survey of sea turtles in the southern region of the Indian River Lagoon system. Florida Scientist 63(Supplement 1):43–44 (abstract).
7	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.
8	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1984. So excellent a fishe. Revised edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA. 280pp.
9	Davis, P. W., P. S. Mikkelsen, J. Homcy, and P. J. Dowd. 1994. Sea turtle nesting activity at Jupiter/Carlin Parks in northern Palm Beach County, Florida. Pages 217–220 in B. A. Schroeder and B. E. Witherington, compilers. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-341.
10	Ehrhart, L. M. 1976. Studies of marine turtles at KSC and an annotated list of amphibians and reptiles of Merritt Island. Office of Graduate Studies and Research, Florida Technological University, Orlando, Florida, USA. 119pp.
11	Ehrhart, L. M. 1977. Marine turtle studies. Pages 1–91 in A continuation of baseline studies for environmentally monitoring space transportation systems (STS) at John F. Kennedy Space Center. Annual Report to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, Contract No. NASA 10-8986.
12	Ehrhart, L. M. 1979. Patterns of sea turtle mortality on the east-central Florida coast. Florida Scientist 42(Supplement 1):26 (abstract).
13	Ehrhart, L. M. 1981. Marine turtle mortality on the east-central Florida coast in 1980. Florida Scientist 44(Supplement 1):36 (abstract).
14	Ehrhart, L. M. 1983. Marine turtles of the Indian River lagoon system. Florida Scientist 46:337–346.
15	Ehrhart, L. M. 1984. Structure and status of loggerhead and green turtle populations in the central region of the Indian River, Florida. Page 108 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Combined Meeting of the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 28 July–3 August 1984, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
16	Ehrhart, L. M. 1985. Characterization of loggerhead and green turtle populations in the Indian River Lagoon system, Florida, with comments on use of the terms, "juvenile" and "subadult." American Zoologist 25:106A (abstract).
17	Ehrhart, L. M., and B. E. Witherington. 1986. The role of juveniles and subadults in the ecologic geography of Florida loggerheads and green turtles: evidence from the central region of the Indian River. Florida Scientist 49(Supplement 1):38 (abstract).
18	Ehrhart, L. M. 1992. Turtles of the worm-rock reefs. Florida Naturalist 65(2):9–11.
19	Ehrhart, L. M., and W. E. Redfoot. 1995. Composition and status of the marine turtle assemblage of the Indian River Lagoon system. Bulletin of Marine Science 57:279–280.
20	Ehrhart, L. M., W. E. Redfoot, and D. A. Bagley. 1996. A study of the population ecology of in-water marine turtle populations on the east-central Florida coast from 1982–96. Comprehensive Final Report to the U.S. Department of Commerce-NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, Florida, USA. Purchase Order No. 40GENF50015. 164pp.
21	Ehrhart, L., and B. Redfoot. 2000. UCF marine turtle research—Indian River Lagoon and near-shore worm reefs. Pages 47–48 in K. A. Bjorndal and A. B. Bolten, editors. Proceedings of a workshop assessing turtle abundance and trends for in-water sea turtle populations. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-445.
22	Ehrhart, L. M., W. E. Redfoot, and D. A. Bagley. 2000. Green turtles in three developmental habitats of the Florida Atlantic Coast: population structure, fibropapillomatosis and post-juvenile migratory destinations. Page 32 (abstract) in F. A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseno-Duenas, R. Marquez, and L. Sarti, compilers. Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-436.
23	Ehrhart, L. M. 2000. Is conservation working? The Melbourne Beach–Carr Refuge experience. Pages 44–47 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.
24	Ernest, R. G., R. E. Martin, N. Williams-Walls, and J. R. Wilcox. 1989. Population dynamics of sea turtles utilizing shallow coastal waters off Hutchinson Island, Florida. Pages 57–59 in S. A. Eckert, K. L. Eckert, and T. H. Richardson, compilers. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-232.
25	Foote, J. J., N. L. Park, and J. M. Sprinkel. 1998. An increase in marine turtle deaths along the west central coast of Florida: (1995–1996): is red tide the culprit? Pages 180–182 in S. P. Epperly and J. Braun, compilers. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-415.
26	Fritts, T. H., A. B. Irvine, R. D. Jennings, L. A. Collum, W. Hoffman, and M. A. McGehee. 1983. Turtles, birds, and mammals in the northern Gulf of Mexico and nearby Atlantic waters. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of Biological Services FWS/OBS-82/65. 455pp.
27	George, D. H., A. L. Leach, and M. A. Mercadante. 1994. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station sea turtle preservation program. Pages 225–228 in K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, D. A. Johnson, and P. J. Eliazar, compilers. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-351.
28	Groombridge, B., and R. Luxmoore. 1989. The green turtle and hawksbill (Reptilia: Cheloniidae): world status, exploitation and trade. Secretariat of CITES, Lausanne, Switzerland. 601pp.
29	Guseman, J. L., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1990. Preliminary assessment of a marine turtle population inhabiting the sabellariid reefs off of Indian River County, Florida, with comparisons to a nearby lagoon population. Florida Scientist 53(Supplement 1):23 (abstract).
30	Guseman, J. L., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1990. Green turtles on sabellariid worm reefs: initial results from studies on the Florida Atlantic coast. Pages 125–127 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	Helmstetter, A., and D. Atencio. 1997. Eglin Air Force Base and sea turtle nesting: a success story. University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, Endangered Species Update 14(9 & 10):3–5.
32	Henwood, T. A. 1987. Sea turtles of the southeastern United States, with emphasis on the life history and population dynamics of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta. Dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 181pp.
33	Hirth, H. F. 1971. Synopsis of biological data on the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus) 1758. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 85.
34	Holland, N. 1986. The edge of extinction: sea turtles again seek haven in Indian River. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 3(1):8–12.
35	Holloway-Adkins, K. G., S. A. Kubis, A. M. Maharaj, and L. M. Ehrhart. 2002. Extraordinary capture rates of juvenile green turtles over a near shore reef at Sebastian, Florida in the summer of 1999. Pages 265–266 in A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost, compilers. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-477.
36	Johnson, S. A. 1994. Recent trends in nesting of the Florida green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Florida Scientist 57(Supplement 1):36 (abstract).
37	Jordan, E. R. 1994. Effects of a nest screening program on racoon predation of sea turtle eggs at Canaveral National Seashore. Pages 66–67 in K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, D. A. Johnson, and P. J. Eliazar, compilers. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-351.
38	Martin, R. E., R. G. Ernest, N. W. Walls, and J. R. Wilcox. 1989. Size distribution and seasonal abundance of loggerhead and green turtles in nearshore waters off Hutchinson Island, Florida. Pages 334–335 in L. Ogren, F. Berry, K. Bjorndal, H. Kumpf. R. Mast, G. Medina, H. Reichart, and R. Witham, editors. Proceedings of the Second Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-226.
39	Mendonca, M. T., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1978. Preliminary findings of population structure and movements in a lagoonal sea turtle population. ASB Bulletin 25:74 (abstract).
40	Mendonca, M. T., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1982. Activity, population size and structure of immature Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida. Copeia 1982:161–167.
41	Meylan, A., B. Schroeder, and A. Mosier. 1995. Sea turtle nesting activity in the State of Florida 1979–1992. Florida Marine Research Publication No. 52. 51pp.
42	Milton, S. L., S. Leone-Kabler, A. A. Schulman, and P. L. Lutz. 1994. Effects of Hurricane Andrew on the sea turtle nesting beaches of south Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 54:974–981.
43	Mullin, K. 2000. Estimates of sea turtle abundance from aerial surveys. Pages 66–70 in K. A. Bjorndal and A. B. Bolten, editors. Proceedings of a workshop assessing turtle abundance and trends for in-water sea turtle populations. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-445.
44	National Research Council. 1990. Decline of the sea turtles: causes and prevention. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 280pp
45	Nicholas, M. A., A. R. Jacks, and R. G. Hoggard. 1998. Sea turtle nest monitoring and hurricane impacts within Gulf Islands National Seashore's Florida District. Pages 250–251 in S. P. Epperly and J. Braun, compilers. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-415.
46	Owen, R. D., S. A. Johnson, J. L. Prusak, W. E. Redfoot, and L. M. Ehrhart. 1994. Marine turtle activity at the Archie Carr NWR in 1992: a third consecutive year of above-average loggerhead activity and the best season on record for the Florida green turtle. Pages 256–258 in B. A. Schroeder and B. E. Witherington, compilers. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-341.
47	Owen, R. D., S. A. Johnson, W. E. Redfoot, and L. M. Ehrhart. 1994. Marine turtle nest production and reproductive success at Archie Carr NWR: 1982–1993. Pages 109–111 in K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, D. A. Johnson, and P. J. Eliazar, compilers. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-351.
48	Provancha, J., M. J. Provancha, and C. T. Gaetz. 1984. Sea turtle nesting at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Florida Scientist 47(Supplement 1):45 (abstract).
49	Provancha, J., M. Mota, R. Lowes, D. Scheidt, and M. Corsello. 1998. Relative abundance and distribution of marine turtles inhabiting Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, U.S.A. Pages 84–85 in S. P. Epperly and J. Braun, compilers. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-415.
50	Provancha, J. 2000. Relative abundance of marine turtles in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida. Pages 53–60 in K. A. Bjorndal and A. B. Bolten, editors. Proceedings of a workshop assessing turtle abundance and trends for in-water sea turtle populations. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-445.
51	Prusak, J. L. 1997. Characterization of marine turtle population utilizing neritic reefs in northern Indian River County, Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 52pp.
52	Redfoot, W. E., L. M. Ehrhart, and J. L. Guseman. 1990. Results of marine turtle nesting beach productivity studies conducted in central and south Brevard County, Florida, in 1989. Pages 7–9 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.
53	Redfoot, W. E. 1997. Population structure and feeding ecology of green turtles utilizing the Trident Submarine Basin, Cape Canaveral, Florida as developmental habitat. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 72pp.
54	Schmid, J. R., and L. H. Ogren. 1990. Results of a tagging study at Cedar Key, Florida, with comments on Kemp's ridley distribution in the southeastern U.S. Pages 129–130 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.
55	Schmid, J. R. 1995. Marine turtle populations of the east-central coast of Florida: results of tagging studies of Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1986–1991. Fishery Bulletin 93:139–151.
56	Schmid, J. R. 1998. Marine turtle populations on the west-central coast of Florida: results of tagging studies at the Cedar Key, Florida, 1986–1995. Fishery Bulletin 96:589–602.
57	Schroeder, B. A., L. M. Ehrhart, J. L. Guseman, R. D. Owen, and W. E. Redfoot. 1990. Cold stunning of marine turtles in the Indian River lagoon system, Florida, December 1989. Pages 67–69 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.
58	Schroeder, B. A., and D. W. Owens. 1994. Sex ratio of immature green turtles in an east central Florida developmental habitat. Pages 157–161 in B. A. Schroeder and B. E. Witherington, compilers. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-341.
59	Schroeder, B. A., and A. M. Foley. 1995. Population studies of marine turtles in Florida Bay. Page 117 (abstract) in J. I. Richardson and T. H. Richardson, compilers. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-361.
60	Schroeder, B. A., A. M. Foley, B. E. Witherington, and A. E. Mosier. 1998. Ecology of marine turtles in Florida Bay: population structure, distribution, and occurrence of fibropapillomas. Pages 281–283 in S. P. Epperly and J. Braun, compilers. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-415.
61	Schroeder, B., and B. Witherington. 2000. Sea turtle populations in Florida Bay. Pages 73–74 in K. A. Bjorndal and A. B. Bolten, editors. Proceedings of a workshop assessing turtle abundance and trends for in-water sea turtle populations. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-445.
62	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.
63	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.
64	Wilcox, W. A. 1896. Commercial fisheries of Indian River, Florida. Report of the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries 22:249–262.
65	Wilcox, J. R., G. Bouska, J. Gorham, B. Peery, and M. Bressette. 1998. Knee deep in green turtles: recent trends in capture rates at the St. Lucie nuclear power plant. Pages 147–148 in R. Byles and Y. Fernandez, compilers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-412.
66	Wilmers, T. J. . 1994. Characteristics and management potential of sea turtle nesting areas in the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges. Pages 164–165 in K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, D. A. Johnson, and P. J. Eliazar, compilers. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-351.
67	Witham, R. 1974. Neonate sea turtles from stomach of a pelagic fish. Copeia 1974:548.
68	Witham, R. 1991. On the ecology of young sea turtles. Florida Scientist 54:179–190.
69	Witherington, B. E., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1985. Hypothermic stunning of marine turtles in Florida east-coast lagoons in January 1985: a comparison with two previous cold-stunning episodes. Page 84 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 4–9 August 1985, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
70	Witherington, B. E. 1986. Human and natural causes of marine turtle clutch and hatchling mortality and their relationship to hatchling production on an important Florida nesting beach. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 141pp.
71	Witherington, B. E., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1989. Hypothermic stunning and mortality of marine turtles in the Indian River Lagoon System. Copeia 1989:696–703.
72	Witherington, B. E., and L. M. Ehrhart. 1989. Status and reproductive characteristics of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting in Florida. Pages 351–352 in L. Ogren, F. Berry, K. Bjorndal, H. Kumpf. R. Mast, G. Medina, H. Reichart, and R. Witham, eds. Proceedings of the Second Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-226.
73	Witherington, B. E., and C. M. Koeppel. 2000. Sea turtle nesting in Florida, USA, during the decade 1989–1998: an analysis of trends. Pages 94–96 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.

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