interested in seeing sea turtles nesting or hatching. As part of their visit, visitors are able to learn about the biology of and … threats to marine turtles. A sample of visitors were surveyed in order to determine whether their experiences at Mon Repos … changed their conservation attitudes and their intended behaviours for protecting sea turtles. Using these results, the role …

The effect of the tumour-forming disease, fibropapillomatosis, on the somatic growth dynamics of green turtles resident … repeated growth measurements on some turtles. Somatic growth rates were found to be nonlinear functions of carapace size and … lower for turtles with advanced fibropapillomatosis, which suggests a limited or threshold-specific disease effect. However …

Considers the role that tourism-based sea turtle-hatcheries can play in conserving populations of sea turtles by … the impacts of turtle hatcheries on the conservation of sea turtles and enables ecological consequences of tourism, based …

There is little doubt that marine turtles are a flagship species for wildlife tourism. In some cases, this has turned … its historical context and its contribution to conservation is discussed. Headstart projects for sea turtles in Sri Lanka … visitors are on the whole convinced of this, their effects on turtle conservation is uncertain. The farming of sea turtles …

tourists visiting Mon Repos Beach near Bundaberg, Queensland for the purpose of watching marine turtles. The results enable … between specific socio-economic variables and willingness of tourists to pay for the protection of sea turtles. Furthermore …