Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends: Integrating Demography and Abundance

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4	Abundance and Trends	55
	Review of Techniques for Measuring Population Trends at Nesting Beaches,	55
	Review of Techniques for Measuring Population Trends in Oceanic and Neritic Habitats,	59
	Conclusions and Recommendations,	68
5	Demographic Rates	73
	Breeding Rates and Adult-Recruitment Probabilities,	74
	Fecundity,	75
	Survival Probabilities,	79
	Dispersal Probabilities,	81
	Somatic Growth and Age at Sexual Maturity,	83
	Sex Ratios,	84
	Density Dependence,	84
	Strandings Data,	86
	Recommendations,	89
6	Integrating Demographic Information with Abundance Estimates	91
	Models for Population Assessment,	92
	Tools for Assessment,	92
	Trend Evaluation and Extinction Risk,	93
	Assessment Procedures for Scientific Review of Data and Models,	100
	Conclusions,	106
	Recommendations,	107
7	Cross-Cutting Issues: Data, Education, Permits, and Coordination	109
	Data Management,	109
	Education and Capacity Building,	114
	Allocation of Management and Research Funds,	116
	Permitting,	116
	Recommendations,	118
8	Conclusions and Recommendations	121
	References	125
	Appendixes
	A Brief History of Alternative Genetic Markers	155
	B Population-Structure Models	157
	C Committee and Staff Biographies	159

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