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After decades of research, monitoring, and analysis, we still have
so much to learn about sea turtles. As reptiles, they are
environmentally sensitive animals and thus can sense acute changes
in their habitat. This rudimentary tactic of ectothermic animals
has possibly conceded to the survival of sea turtle populations
over millions of years. They have endured cooling and warming of
the earth. The habitats they depend on have endured fierce
hurricanes and erosion. Now the question remains if sea turtle
populations and their habitats will survive the challenges and
pressures that humans place on the world. The anthology of research
presented in this textbook is diverse and yet so interconnected. We
cannot work to conserve wildlife populations without a fundamental
understanding of habitat or the range of changes that individuals
within a population can tolerate. Sea turtles are no exception.
Changes in migration patterns due to climate change, diversity of
food sources between species, acute habitat selection for nesting,
mutations in genetics, and differences in anatomy, physiology, and
biochemistry between species and even individuals make the study of
sea turtles dynamic and challenging.
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