Edited by Peter L. Lutz, John A. Musick and Jeanette Wyneken CRC Press (2002) pp. 472. ISBN 0849311233 $99.95
The study of marine turtles as a discipline has expanded tremendously since the early 1980s. Much of the increase in research on these marine vertebrates was brought about by an increasing concern, more than three decades ago, that many of the seven extant species of turtle were heading towards extinction and that a better understanding was needed to preclude their demise. Publication of The Biology of Sea Turtles, edited by Peter Lutz and John Musick,in 1996 represented a natural progression to this rapidly growing discipline. Featuring 15 review chapters on sea turtles, provided by 21 contributors, the stated objective of the first review volume was “not a mere compilation,its focus is on how sea turtles operate in, are adapted to, and are dependent upon their marine environment” (Lutz and...
