442
The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II
Blood sampling, 399–400
Boat coating, contemporary use as, 317
Boat transect series, 295
Body mass
as health indicator, 398
measurement, 398
Bone conduction vs. water conduction hearing, 92
Bowman's glands, 95
Brachial plexus, 69–70
muscle innervation, 67
Brain, divisions, 71–72
Brazil
CBC projects in, 330–331
Project TAMAR (Projet Tartarugas Marinhas),
323, 330–331, 373
Breeding condition, 218
Brightness level, as stimulus, 88
Brown tides, 174
Buoyancy (bloating/floating), 166–167, 183, 426,
436-437
C
Calcides ocellatus (lizard), immunological
response to stress, 184
Calusa culture, 22–23
Cancun Island, zooarchaeological remains, 14
Cape Cod, thermal stress study, 167
Captivity
disease and, 389–390
health assessment and, 389, 390–391
rearing in, 411–440, see also Husbandry
Capture, implements of, 18
Capture/census methods, 292–297
Capture data, in health assessment, 397
Capture stress, 182–183
Carapaceal scutes, see Scutes
Carapace anatomy, 47–48
Carapace growth measurement method, 284
Carapace lesions, 437
rearing temperature and, in Caretta caretta
(loggerhead turtle), 418
Caretta caretta (loggerhead turtle)
abundance series, 278
age at sexual maturity (ASM), 285
behavior problems in captivity, 433-434
brain, 73
carapace lesions and rearing temperature, 418
claws, 47
color preference studies, 88–89
corticosterone downregulation, 149
developmental pattern, 248
dull-white and shiny-white suture syndrome in,
437
ecological roles, 261–262
external anatomy, 42
feeding formula for, 423–424
frenzy swimming in, 180–181
gonadal embryogenesis, 202
gonadal ontogeny, 211–212
growth rates, 281
GTFP in, 176–177
hearing, 92, 93
heat stress in hatchlings, 180
internesting weight gain, 149
kidney embryogenesis, 202
lactate concentration in hatchlings, 178–179
laparoscopic studies, 137
migrations and habitat use, 231
ovary, 143
overfeeding and bloating/floating, 426, 436-437
pivotal temperature, 106–107
plasma analysis variations, 394
population dynamics, 294
population structure, 291–292
rearing temperature and carapace lesions, 418
reproductive anatomy, 138
reproductive output, 148
retinal organization, 80–82
rhamphotheci, 45
satellite telemetry study, 149
sex ratios, 113, 116–117
shell, 44–45
skull, 50–51
spermatogenesis, 140
survival rates, 288
TEDs and, 342
thermal stressors, 166
transitional range of temperatures (TRT), 108
visual acuity, 85, 87
visual behavior on land, 88–89
zooarchaeological remains, 6, 17
Caribbean region, zooarchaeological remains, 6,
9–14
Caroline Islands, use as meat, 315
Carp, cortisone and testicular development, 183
Cartilage, 54
Catecholamines, environmental stress and, 183
Central nervous system, 71–74
brain, 71–72
cranial nerves, 72–74
Cervical plexus, 69–70
Chelonia agassizi (East Pacific green turtle; black
turtle)
courtship patterns, 142
migrations and habitat use, 232–233
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The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II
Blood sampling, 399–400
Boat coating, contemporary use as, 317
Boat transect series, 295
Body mass
as health indicator, 398
measurement, 398
Bone conduction vs. water conduction hearing, 92
Bowman's glands, 95
Brachial plexus, 69–70
muscle innervation, 67
Brain, divisions, 71–72
Brazil
CBC projects in, 330–331
Project TAMAR (Projet Tartarugas Marinhas),
323, 330–331, 373
Breeding condition, 218
Brightness level, as stimulus, 88
Brown tides, 174
Buoyancy (bloating/floating), 166–167, 183, 426,
436-437
C
Calcides ocellatus (lizard), immunological
response to stress, 184
Calusa culture, 22–23
Cancun Island, zooarchaeological remains, 14
Cape Cod, thermal stress study, 167
Captivity
disease and, 389–390
health assessment and, 389, 390–391
rearing in, 411–440, see also Husbandry
Capture, implements of, 18
Capture/census methods, 292–297
Capture data, in health assessment, 397
Capture stress, 182–183
Carapaceal scutes, see Scutes
Carapace anatomy, 47–48
Carapace growth measurement method, 284
Carapace lesions, 437
rearing temperature and, in Caretta caretta
(loggerhead turtle), 418
Caretta caretta (loggerhead turtle)
abundance series, 278
age at sexual maturity (ASM), 285
behavior problems in captivity, 433-434
brain, 73
carapace lesions and rearing temperature, 418
claws, 47
color preference studies, 88–89
corticosterone downregulation, 149
developmental pattern, 248
dull-white and shiny-white suture syndrome in,
437
ecological roles, 261–262
external anatomy, 42
feeding formula for, 423–424
frenzy swimming in, 180–181
gonadal embryogenesis, 202
gonadal ontogeny, 211–212
growth rates, 281
GTFP in, 176–177
hearing, 92, 93
heat stress in hatchlings, 180
internesting weight gain, 149
kidney embryogenesis, 202
lactate concentration in hatchlings, 178–179
laparoscopic studies, 137
migrations and habitat use, 231
ovary, 143
overfeeding and bloating/floating, 426, 436-437
pivotal temperature, 106–107
plasma analysis variations, 394
population dynamics, 294
population structure, 291–292
rearing temperature and carapace lesions, 418
reproductive anatomy, 138
reproductive output, 148
retinal organization, 80–82
rhamphotheci, 45
satellite telemetry study, 149
sex ratios, 113, 116–117
shell, 44–45
skull, 50–51
spermatogenesis, 140
survival rates, 288
TEDs and, 342
thermal stressors, 166
transitional range of temperatures (TRT), 108
visual acuity, 85, 87
visual behavior on land, 88–89
zooarchaeological remains, 6, 17
Caribbean region, zooarchaeological remains, 6,
9–14
Caroline Islands, use as meat, 315
Carp, cortisone and testicular development, 183
Cartilage, 54
Catecholamines, environmental stress and, 183
Central nervous system, 71–74
brain, 71–72
cranial nerves, 72–74
Cervical plexus, 69–70
Chelonia agassizi (East Pacific green turtle; black
turtle)
courtship patterns, 142
migrations and habitat use, 232–233
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