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| View Larger Image | Sea Turtles: An Ecological Guide
by David Gulko, Karen L. Eckert
| | List Price: | $22.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 176177 | | Studio: | Mutual Publishing | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 122 | | Publication Date: | December 31, 1969 | | Publisher: | Mutual Publishing |
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Book Description
Explore the amazing world of sea turtles – their natural history, their life cycles, habitats and their struggles against the mounting threats posed by humans. Sea Turtles: An Ecological Guide is a must-have for educators, biologists, conservationists, and divers. Over 200 photographs and illustrations clearly depict every facet of a sea turtle’s life and habitat. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book benefits the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST.) Dr. Gulko is a widely recognized expert in coral reef ecosystems who is now a coral reef ecology manager for the state of Hawaii. Dr. Eckert is a sea turtle ecologist and a professor at Duke University. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 5 reviews)
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Sea Turtles: An Ecological Guide 
Recommended as a resource text for a marine lab weekend on sea turtles, this brightly illustrated book is appropriate for both adult and younger readers.
September 30, 2007 | |
Sea Turtles
Fantastic book! I could not put it down. The information was presented in a wonderful format. I watched other first time readers glued to this book during a workshop on Loggerhead turtles.
August 02, 2006 | |
We Would Shout and Swim About, Resting Our Head on the Sea Bed
Sea Turtles: An Ecological Guide is outstanding. I recommend it to anyone interested in learning about our mellow, reptilian friends.
The book is arranged almost as a series of articles. Each article is a few pages in length and describes a facet of sea turtle biology or behavior. Example articles include "The Anatomy of a Sea Turtle," "The Problem of Salt Regulation (Or How an Aquatic Turtle Can Die of Thirst)", "A Short Guide to Dining Out with Sea Turtles," and "How Fishing Efforts Can Have Ecological Effects on Sea Turtles."
For those who care about such things, the book is soft covered and full-color with heavy, high quality pages.
So, why the heck am I rating it so highly? Well, Sea Turtles isn't dry--and that can sometimes be hard to come by in an ecology/biology book. The articles are (to me, at least) interesting, and although the writing gets scientific at times, each article is filled with photographs and diagrams. The visual aids make the information much easier to digest.
Also, sections of the book heavily underscore the hazards sea turtles face from industries and from individual humans. According to the back cover, a portion of the proceeds (although it doesn't say how large-or small-of a portion) gained from the book are donated to a group dedicated to sea turtle conservation.
January 24, 2006 | |
Information first, entertainment second
David Gulko and Karen Eckert collaborated on a great book about sea turtles with this volume. It follows the same format and style as in Gulko's earlier book, Hawaiian Coral Reef Ecology.
This book is written for the visually oriented reader. It has so many pictures and diagrams that you imagine it weighs more than it should (really!). It is comprehensive, current, and informative, with factoids throughout. I would rate it as appropriate for 8th graders through undergraduates. There are intricacies in many of the figures that you don't even notice until you've looked at them for the fourth time. The price is right, and I understand a teacher's guide has also been developed (available from the publisher). Although Gulko hails from Hawaii, and Eckert from the Caribbean, this book does credit to all sea turtles in all oceans. I was especially appreciative of the focus on conservation challenges.
October 01, 2005 | |
Good, but... 
also buy "Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation" by James R. Spotila. Both books have lots of useful information and Gulko and Eckert is a bit cheaper, but Spotila's book is stunning. By both, but if you are cash strapped, buy Spotila's book first.
September 03, 2005 | |
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