Research & Conservation Tools

For contemporary research reports and peer-reviewed publications associated with a particular country, select the country of interest. For species-specific synopses and other general (including historical) literature, visit our Sea Turtle Biology page and click on the species of interest. If you are looking for something in particular and cannot find it here, please feel free to contact us.

Conservation Tools

Climate Change

WWF: Adaptation to Climate Change
WIDECAST

Coral Reefs

AGRRA: Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment Program

Ecosystem-Based Management

Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans
EBM: Tools Network
Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative
TNC: Toolkit for Marine Managers

General

UCN: Conservation Action Tools
WHMSI: Projects and Tools
WIDECAST: Database Management Software
WIDECAST: Beach Patrol and Population Monitoring
ACCSTR: Sea Turtle Online Bibliography

GIS

Geospatial Modeling Environment
Map Window: Open Source GIS
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET)
OBIS-SEAMAP: Applications and Tools
R: Open Source Statistical Program

Marine Protected Areas

NOAA: US National Marine Protected Areas Center
CaMPAM Network and Forum

Outreach

SWOT: Outreach Toolkit
Panos: Environment and Media

Satellite Tracking

STAT: Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
USGS: The Douglas Argos-Filter Algorithm

Sea Turtle Care and Medicine

WIDECAST

Socio-Economic Monitoring

CERMES: SocMon Caribbean