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Avens, L.I. 2003. Homing behavior, navigation & orientation of juvenile sea turtles. Ph.D dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 127p.

Bellmund, S.A. 1988. Assessing environmental stress on the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in Virginia waters. Master's Thesis, The College of William and Mary, Virginia, 103p. 

Blair, K. 2005. Determination of accurate sex ratios and their relationship to nest temperature of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta, L.) hatchlings produced along the southeastern Atlantic coast. Master's Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, 86p. 

Byles, R.A. 1988. Behavior and ecology of sea turtles from Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. Ph.D dissertation, The College of William and Mary, Virginia, 138p. 

Coyne, M.S. 2000. Population sex ratio of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii): problems in population modeling. Ph.D dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, 136p. (Posted 11/2008)

Desjardin, N.A. 2005. Spatial, temporal and dietary overlap of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and ocean sunfishes (Family Molidae). Master's Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, 89p. 

D'Agrosa, C.E. 2004. The application of spatial analytical techniques toward the conservation of long-lived marine vertebrates: the pelagic longline fishery as a case study. Ph.D dissertation, Duke University, North Carolina, 155p.  

Francisco Pearce, A. 2001. Contrasting population structure of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. Master's Thesis, University of Florida, Florida, 78p.

Gardner, B. 2007. Spatial and temporal modeling of sea turtle interactions with the pelagic longline fishery in the western North Atlantic. Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University, 124 pp. (Posted 10/2008)

Goshe, L.  2009. Age at maturation and growth rates of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) along the southeastern U.S. Atlantic coast estimated using skeletochronology.. Master's Thesis, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 78 pp. (Posted 5/2009)

Hedges, M.E. 2007. Development and application of a multistate model to the northern subpopulation of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Master's Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, 155p. 

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. Ph.D dissertation, Auburn, Alabama, 179p. 

Keller, J.M. 2003. Occurrence and effects of organochorine contaminants in sea turtles. Ph.D dissertation, Duke University, North Carolina, 366p.

Lutcavage, M. 1981. The status of marine turtles in Chesapeake Bay and Virginia coastal waters. Master's thesis, College of William and Mary, Virginia, 154p.

Keinath, J.A. 1993. Movements and behavior of wild and head-started sea turtles. Ph.D dissertation, College of William and Mary, Virginia, 258p. 

Mansfield, C.J. 2006. Sources of mortality, movement and behavior of sea turtles in Virginia. Ph.D dissertation, College of William and Mary, Virginia, 367p. 

McDaniel, M.K. 1998. A spatial analysis of sea turtle abundance and shrimping intensity in the Gulf of Mexico: recommendations for conservation and management. Master's Thesis, Duke University, North Carolina, 147p. (Posted 11/2009)

Moore, M.K. 2000. Determining paternity in loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests on Melbourne Beach, Florida using microsatellite markers. Master's Thesis, University of Charleston, South Carolina, 80p.

Mooreside, P.D. 2000. Integration of physical oceanography with spatio-temporal patterns of stranded sea turtles in North Carolina. Master's Thesis, Duke University, North Carolina, 80p.

Moran, K.L. 2003. Simulated green turtle grazing: effects on structure and productivity of seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) in the central Bahamas. Ph.D dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida, 137p. (Posted 4/2009)

Morreale, S.J. 1999. Oceanic migrations of sea turtles.  Ph.D dissertation, Cornell University, New York, 155p. (Posted 5/2009)

Schmid, J.R. 2000. Activity patterns and habitat associations of Kemp's ridley turtles, Lepidochelys kempi, in the coastal waters of the Cedar Keys, Florida. Ph.D dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, 197p.

Scott-Denton, E.  2007.  United States southeastern shrimp and reef fish resources and their management.  Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 413p. 

Snover, M.L. 2002. Growth and ontogeny of sea turtles using skeletonochronology: methods, validation and application to conservation. Ph.D dissertation, Duke University, North Carolina, 156p.

Stephens, S.H. 2003. Genetic analysis of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) with estimates of effective population size. Master's Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 100p. (Posted 7/2009)

Stokes, L. 2003. A seasonal and latitudinal assessment of early growth rates in northern and southeastern loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta L.), Master's Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, 62p. 


  
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