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Horrocks, J.A. (1992) WIDECAST Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Barbados. CEP Technical Report No. 12 (K.L. Eckert, Ed.) Kingston: UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme. Available Here

Bass, A.L., Good, D.A., Bjorndal, K.A., Richardson, J.I., Hillis, Z.-M., Horrocks, J.A., and Bowen, B.W. (1996) Testing models of female reproductive migratory behaviour and population structure in the Caribbean hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with mtDNA sequences. Molecular Ecology 5: 321-328. Available Here

Horrocks, J.A., Vermeer, L.A., Krueger, B., Coyne, M., Schroeder, B.A., and Balazs, G.H. (2001) Migration routes and destination characteristics of post-nesting hawksbill turtles satellite-tracked from Barbados, West Indies. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1): 107-114. Available Here

Horrocks, J.A. (2002) Reducing Threats on Foraging Grounds, p.121-126. in: K.L. Eckert, and F.A. Abreu Grobois (Editors), Proceedings of the Regional Meeting: “Marine Turtle Conservation in the Wider Caribbean Region: A Dialogue for Effective Regional Management”, Santo Domingo, 16-18 November 1999. WIDECAST, IUCN-MTSG, WWF and UNEP-CEP, 154 pp.

Eckert, K.L. and J.A. Horrocks (Ed.) (2002) Proceedings of "Sea Turtles and Beachfront Lighting: An Interactive Workshop for Industry Professionals and Policy-Makers in Barbados", 13 October 2000. Sponsored by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDCAST), the Barbados Sea Turtle Project, and the Tourism Development Corporation of Barbados. WIDECAST Technical Report 1. v+44 pp Available Here

Luke, K., Horrocks, J.A., LeRoux, R.A., and Dutton, P.H. (2003) Origins of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding aggregations around Barbados. Marine Biology 144(4): 799-805. Available Here

Krueger, B., Horrocks, J.A., Beggs, J.A. (2003) International Movements of Adult Female and Juvenile Hawksbill Turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, from Barbados, West Indies. p. 230 in: N.J. Pilcher (Editor), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-536. Available Here

Beggs, J.A., Horrocks, J.A. and Kruger, B. (2003) Nesting of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, in Barbados, West Indies. p. 169 in: N.J. Pilcher (Editor), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-536. Available Here

Krueger, B.H. Beggs, J. A. and Horrocks, J.A. (2004) Distribution and abundance of hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) on the western bank reef of Barbados, West Indies. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. San Jose, Costa Rica, 22-29 February, 2004.

Eckert, K.L. and Beggs, J. (2006) Marine Turtle Tagging: A manual of recommended practices. Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) Technical Report No. 2. Revised Edition. Beaufort, North Caolina. 40 pp. Available Here

Abreu-Grobois, F.A., Horrocks, J.A., Formia, A., Dutton, P.H., LeRoux, R.A., Vélez-Zuazo, X., Soares, L., and Meylan, P. (2006) New mtDNA dloop primers which work for a variety of marine turtle species may increase the resolution capacity of mixed stock analyses. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Island of Crete, Greece, 2-8 April, 2006.

Abreu-Grobois, F.A., Horrocks, J.A., Krueger, B., Formia, A., Browne, D., and Beggs, J. (2006) Hawksbill turtles foraging around Barbados, West Indies, originate from rookeries both within and outside of the wider Caribbean. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology, 2-8 April, 2006.

Grazette, S., Horrocks, J.A., Phillip, P.E. and Isaac, C.J. (2007) An assessment of the marine turtle fishery in Grenada, West Indies. Oryx 41: 330-336.

Browne, D.C., Abreu-Grobois, F.A., King, R., Lloyd, C., Isaac, C.A. and Horrocks, J.A. (2007) Population structure of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at rookeries and foraging areas in Grenada, West Indies, based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology, 22-28 February, 2007.

Beggs, J.A., Horrocks, J.A., and Krueger, B.H. (2007) Increase in hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata nesting in Barbados, West Indies. Endangered Species Research 3: 159-168.

Leighton, P.A., Horrocks, J.A., Krueger, B.H., Beggs, J.A. and Kramer, D.L. (2008) Predicting species interactions from edge responses: mongoose predation on hawksbill sea turtle nests in fragmented beach habitat. Proceedings of the Royal Academy Biological Sciences DOI 10.1098/rspb.2008.0667

Harewood, A. and Horrocks, J.A. (2008) Impacts of coastal development on hawksbill hatchling survival and swimming success during the initial offshore migration. Biological Conservation 141: 394-401. Available Here

Varela-Acevedo, E., Eckert, K.L., Eckert, S.A., Cambers, G. and Horrocks, J.A. (2009) Sea Turtle Nesting Beach Characterization Manual. p.46-97. In: Examining the Effects of Changing Coastline Processes on Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Nesting Habitat. Master’s Project, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University. Beaufort, North Carolina USA.

Knowles, J.E., Eckert, K.L. and Horrocks, J.A. (2009) In The Spotlight: An assessment of beachfront lighting at four hotels in Barbados, with recommendations for reducing threats to sea turtles. Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) Technical Report No. 12. Ballwin, Missouri and Bridgetown, Barbados. 128 pp. Available Here

Browne, D.C., Horrocks, J.A. and Abreu-Grobois, F.A. (2010) Population subdivision in hawksbill turtles nesting on Barbados, West Indies, determined from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences. Conservation Genetics 11: 1541-1546

 
other publications and resources
Other useful sea turtle publications may be available through the WIDECAST Resource Library and the Seaturtle.org Library.
 
 
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