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A Bibliography for the Gulf of California

Compiled by R. C. Brusca

Raimondi, P. T. 1988. Rock type affects settlement, recruitment, and zonation of the barnacle Chthamalus anisopoma Pilsbury. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 123:253–267. [On the acorn barnacle, Chthamalus anisopoma. ]

———. 1988. Settlement cues and determination of the vertical limit of an intertidal barnacle. Ecology 69 (2):400–407. [On the acorn barnacle, Chthamalus anisopoma. ]

———. 1990. Patterns, mechanisms, consequences of variability in settlement and recruitment of an intertidal barnacle. Ecological Monographs 60 (3):283–309. [The life of Chthamalus anisopoma in the Northern Gulf.]

———. 1992. Adult plasticity and rapid larval evolution in a recently isolated barnacle population. Biological Bulletin 182:210–220.

Raimondi, P. T., S. Forde, L. Delph, and C Lively. 1993. Processes structuring communities: evidence for trait-mediated indirect effects through induced polymorphisms. Oikos 91(2): 353–261.

Randall, J. E. 1976. The endemic shore fishes of the the Hawaiian Islands, Lord Howe Island and Easter Island. Travaux et Documents O.R.S.T.O.M. 47:49–73.

Readdie, M. D., M. Ranelletti and R. M. McCourt. 2006. Common Seaweeds of the Gulf of California . Sea challengers, Monterey, CA.

Rebón G. F. 1997. Análisis de la avifauna presente en el Archipiélago de las Islas Marietas y sus aguas adyacentes, Nayarit, México. Tesis de Maestría, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Reeves, R. R., B. S. Stewart, P. J. Clapham, and J. A. Powell. 2002. Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Knopf, New York. 527 pp.

Reichle, M. S. 1975. A seismological study of the Gulf of California: Sonobuoy and teleseismic observations, and tectonic implications. Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla. 249 pp.

Reish, D. 1972. Marine Life of Southern California–Emphasizing Marine Life of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. California State College, Long Beach, CA.

Resendiz, A., B. Resendiz, W. J. Nichols, J. A. Seminoff, and N. Kamezaki. 1998. First confirmation of a trans-Pacific migration of a tagged loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ), released in Baja California. Pacific Science 52:151–153.

Reyes, S. and D. L. Cadet. 1986. Atmospheric water vapor and surface flow patterns over the tropical Americas during May-August 1979. Monographs and Weather Reviews 114:582–593.

Reyes-Bonilla, H., R. Riosmena-Rodríguez, and M. S. Foster. 1997. Hermatypic corals associated with rhodolith beds in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Pacific Science 51:328–337.

Reynolds, W. W., and D. A. Thomson. 1974. Responses of young Gulf grunion, Leuresthes sardina , to gradients of temperature, light, turbulence and oxygen. Copeia 1974:747–758.

Rice, D. W. 1974. Whales and whale research in the eastern North Pacific. Pp. 170–195 in W. E. Shevill (ed.), The Whale Problem. A Status Report. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.

———. 1989. Sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus ). Pp. 177–233 in S. H. Ridgway and R. Harrison (eds.), Handbook of Marine Mammals , Vol. 4. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

———. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Society of Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. University of Central Florida, Orlando. 231 pp.

Rice, D. W., A. A. Wolman, D. E. Withrow, and L. A. Fleischer, 1981. Gray whales on the winter grounds in Baja California. Report of the International Whaling Commission 31:477–489.

Ricketts, E., E. J. Calvin, J. W. Hedgpeth, and D. Phillips. 1985. Between Pacific Tides. 5th ed. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. 652 pp.

Riddle, B. R., D. J. Hafner, and L. F. Alexander. 2000. Comparative phylogeography of Bailey's pocket mouse ( Chaetodipus baileyi ) and the Peromyscus eremicus species group: Historical vicariance of the Baja California peninsular desert. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17:161–172.

Riddle, B. R., D. J. Hafner, L. F. Alexander, and J. R. Jaeger. 2000a. Phylogeography and systematics of the Peromyscus species group and the historical biogeography of North American warm regional deserts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17:145–160.

———. 2000b. Cryptic vicariance in the historical assembly of a Baja California peninsular desert biota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97:14438–14443.

Riemann, H., and E. Ezcurra. 2005. Plant endemism and natural protected areas in the peninsula of Baja California, Mexico. Biological Conservation 122: 141–150

———. 2007. Endemic regions of the vascular flora of the peninsula of Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 327–336.

Riginos, C. 2006. Cryptic vicariance in Gulf of California fishes parallels vicariant patterns found in Baja, California mammals and reptiles. Evolution 59:2678–2690.

Riginos, C. and M. W. Nachman. 2001. Population subdivision in marine environments: The contributions of biogeography, geographical distance and discontinuous habitat to genetic differentiation in a blennioid fish, Axoclinus nigricaudus . Molecular Ecology 10:1439–1453.

Riginos, C., and B. C. Victor. 2001. Larval spatial distributions and other early life-history characteristics predict genetic differentiation in eastern Pacific blennioid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 268:1931–1936.

Riosmena-Rodríguez, R. 2002. Taxonomy of the Order Corallinales (Rhodophyta) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Ph.D. dissert., La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. 200 pp.

Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., and D. A. Siqueriros-Beltrones. 1996. Taxonomy of the genus Amphiroa (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the southern Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Phycologia 35(2): 135–147.

Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., and W. J. Woelkerling. 2000. Taxonomic biodiversity of Corallinales (Rhodophyta) in the Gulf of California, Mexico: towards an initial assessment. Cryptogamie Algologie 21(4): 315–354.

Riosmena-Rodríguez, R., W. J. Woelkerling, and M. S. Foster. 1999. Taxonomic reassessment of rhodolith-forming species of Lithophyllum (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Phycologia 38 (5) (Sep):401–417.

Ripa, P. 1990. Seasonal circulation in the Gulf of California. Journal of Geophysical Research 8:559–564.

———. 1997. Towards a physical explanation of the seasonal dynamics and thermodynamics of the Gulf of California. Journal of Physical Oceanography 27:597–614.

Ripa, P., and G. Velázquez. 1993. Modelo unidimensional de la marea en el Golfo de California. Geofísica Internacional 32:41–56.

Rivera, M. G., R. Riosmena-Rodríguez, and M. S. Foster. 2004. Age and growth of Lithothamnion muellerii (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the southwestern Gulf of California, Mexico. Ciencias Marinas 30 (1B):235–249.

Rivera, M. G. and R. Scrosati. 2006. Population dynamics of Sargassum lapazeanum (Fucales, Phaeophyta) from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Phycologia 45(2): 178–189.

Roberts, N. C. 1989. Baja California Plant Field Guide. Natural History Publishing Company, La Jolla, CA.

Robertson, D. R. 2001. Population maintenance among tropical reef-fishes: inferences from the biology of small-island endemics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98:5668–5670.

Robertson, D. R., and G. R. Allen. 2002. Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific: an information system. CD-ROM Version 1.0.0. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.

Robertson, D. R., J. S. Grove, and J. E. McCosker. 2004. Tropical transpacific shore fishes. Pacific Science 58(4):507–565.

Robins, C. R. 1972. The state of knowledge of the coastal fish fauna of the Panamic region prior to the construction of an interoceanic sea-level canal. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 2:159–166.

Robinson, J., and D. A. Thomson. 1992. Status of the Pulmo Croal Reefs in the lower Gulf of California. Environmental Conservation 19:261–264.

Robinson, M. K. 1973. Atlas of monthly mean sea surface and subsurface temperatures in the Gulf of California, Mexico. San Diego Society of Natural History, Memoir No. 5. 97 pp.

Robison, B. H. 1972. Distribution of the midwater fishes of the Gulf of California. Copeia (3):448–461.

Robles, A., and M. A. Carvajal. 2001. The sea and fishing. Pp. 293–300 in P. Robles-Gil, E. Ezcurra, and E. Mellink (eds.), The Gulf of California. A world apart . Agrupación Sierra Madre, México, D.F.

Robles, A., E. Ezcurra, and C. León. 1999. The Sea of Cortés . Editorial Jilguero/México Desconocido, México, D.F.

Robles Gil, P. 1996a. Mexican Diversity of Cultures. 2nd ed. CEMEX, Mexico, D.F. [text by Víctor Manuel Toledo; foreword by José Sarukhán].

———. 1996b. Mexican Diversity of Fauna. 2nd ed. CEMEX, Mexico, D.F. [text by Gerardo Ceballos and Fulvio Eccardi; foreword by Russell A. Mittermeier].

———. 1996c. Mexican Diversity of Flora. 2nd ed. CEMEX, Mexico, D.F. [text by Rodolfo Dirzo; foreword by Peter Raven].

Robles Gil, P., E. Ezcurra, and E. Mellink (eds.). 2001. The Gulf of California. A World Apart . Agrupación Sierra Madre. Mexico, D.F.

Robichaux, R.H., ed. 1999. Ecology of Sonoran Desert Plants and Plant Communities . University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Rocha-Olivares, A., R. A. Leal-Navarro, C. Kimbrell, E. A. Lynn, and R. D. Vetter. 2003. Microsatellite variation in the Mexican rockfish, Sebastes macdonaldi . Scientia Marina 67 (4):451–460.

Rocha-Olivares, A., R. H. Rosenblatt, and R. D. Vetter. 1999. Molecular evolution, systematics, and zoogeography of the rockfish subgenus Sebastomus ( Sebastes , Scorpaenidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b and control region sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11:441–458.

Rocha-Olivares, A. and J. R. Sandoval-Castillo. 2003. Diversidad mitocondrial y estructura génetica en poblaciones alopátricas del huachinango del Pacífico Lutjanus peru (Mitochondrial diversity and genetic structure in allopatric populations of the Pacific red snapper Lutjanus peru ). Ciencias Marinas 29 (2):197–209.

Roden, G. I. 1958. Oceanographic and meteorological aspects of the Gulf of California. Pacific Science 12(1):21–45.

———. 1964. Oceanographic aspects of the Gulf of California. Pp. 30–58 in T. H. Van Andel and G. G. Shor, Jr. (eds.), Marine Geology of the Gulf of California: A Symposium. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 3.

Roden, G. I. and G. W. Groves. 1959. Recent oceanographic investigations in the Gulf of California. Marine Research Journal 18 (1):10–35.

Rodríguez, C. A., K. W. Flessa, and D. L. Dettman. 2001. Effects of upstream diversion of Colorado River water on the estuarine bivalve mollusc Mulinia coloradoensis. Conservation Biology 15:249–258.

Rodríguez, C. A., K. W. Flessa, M. A. Téllez-Duarte, D. L. Dettman, and G. E. Avila-Serrano. 2001. Macrofaunal and isotopic estimates of the former extent of the Colorado River estuary, Upper Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 49:183–193.

Rodríguez-R., J., L. A. Abitia-Cárdenas, J. De la Cruz-Agüero, and F. Galván-Magaña. 1992. Systematic list of marine fishes of Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Ciencias Marinas 18 (1):85–95.

Rodríguez-R., J., L. A. Abitia-C., F. Galván-M., J. Arvizu, and B. Aguilar-P. 1998. Ecology of fish communities from the soft bottoms of Bahía Concepción, México. Archive of Fishery and Marine Research 46:61–76.

Rodríguez-R., J., L. A. Abitia-C., F. Galván-M., and H. Chávez. 1994. Composition, abundance and specific richness of fishes from Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Ciencias Marinas . 20 (3):321–350.

Rodríguez-R., J., A. F. Muhlia-Melo, F. Galván-M., F. J. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, and V. Gracia-Lopez. 2005. Fish assemblages around Espiritu Santo Island and Espiritu Santo seamount in the lower Gulf of California, Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 77:33–50.

Rohde, K., and M. Heap. 1996. Latitudinal ranges of teleost fish in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. American Naturalist 147:659–665.

Rojas-Bracho, L., and A. M. Jaramillo-Legorreta. 2002. Vaquita ( Phocoena sinus ). Pp. 1277–1280 in W. F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and J. G. M. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Rojas-Bracho, L., R. R. Reeves, and A. Jaramillo-Legorreta. 2006. Conservation of the vaquita Phocoena sinus. Mammal Review 36 (3):179–216.

Rojas-Bracho, L. and B. L. Taylor. 1999. Risk factors affecting the vaquita ( Phocoena sinus ). Marine Mammal Science 15 (4):974–989.

Román-Rodríguez, M. J. 1998. Los sciaenidos en la reserva de la biosfera Alto Golfo de California. Pesca y Conservación 2:7–8.

Román-Rodríguez, M. J., and M. G. Hammann. 1997. Age and growth of totoaba, Totoaba macdonaldi (Sciaenidae), in the upper Gulf of California. Fishery Bulletin 95:620–628.

Romero-C., J. M. 1978. Composición y variabilidad de la fauna de acompañamiento del camarón en la zona norte del Golfo de California. Tesis de maestría [master's thesis], Escuela de Ciencias Marítimas y Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey-Campus Guaymas, Sonora.

Romo, S. F. 2004. Riqueza, distribución y taxonomía de cetáceos pertenecientes a las familias Kogiidae y Ziphiidae en Bahía de Banderas Nayarit-Jalisco, México. Bachelor's thesis, Instituto Tecnológico del Mar No. 6. 56 pp.

Rosales-Juárez, F. 1976. Composición y variabilidad de la fauna de acompañamiento del camarón en alta mar, frente a las costas de Sinaloa, México. Pp. 25–80 in Instituto Nacional de la Pesca (ed.), Memorias de la Reunión sobre los Recursos de la Pesca Costera en México, 23–25 Nov. 1976, Veracruz, México.

Rosenblatt, R. H. 1959. A revisionary study of the blennioid family Tripterygiidae. Ph.D. dissert., University of California, Los Angeles. 371 pp.

———. 1967. The zoogeographic relationships of the marine shore fishes of tropical America. Studies in Tropical Oceanography 5:570–592.

Rosenblatt, R. H., J. E. McCosker, and I. Rubinoff. 1972. Indo-West Pacific fishes from the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama. Contributions in Science of the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County 234:1–18.

Rosenblatt, R. H. and T. D. Parr 1969. The Pacific species of the clinid fish genus Paraclinus . Copeia 1969 (1):1–20.

Rosenblatt, R. H., and L. R. Taylor, Jr. 1971. The Pacific species of the clinid fish tribe Starksiini. Pacific Science 25 (3):436–463.

Rosenblatt, R. H., and R. S. Waples. 1986. A genetic comparison of allopatric populations of shore fish species from the eastern and central Pacific Ocean: dispersal or vicariance? Copeia 1986 (2):275–284.

Rosso, A. 2003. Bryozoan diversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeographia 24:227–250.

Rowell, K., K. W. Flessa, D. L. Dettman, and M. Román. 2005. The importance of Colorado River flow to nursery habitats of the Gulf corvina ( Cynoscion othonopterus ). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:2874–2885.

Rowell, K., K. W. Flessa, D. L. Dettman, M. J. Román, L. R. Gerber, and L. T. Findley. In preparation. Pre- versus post-dam estuarine nursery habitat and life history of an endangered Mexican fish, Totoaba macdonaldi .

Rubio C., N. T., S. L. Mesnick, R. Vázquez-Juárez, J. Urbán R., C. A. J. Jodard, R. Payne, and A. E. Dizon. 2006. Genetic sex determination supports the Gulf of California as an important habitat for male and female sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus ). The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 5 (2):125–128.

Ruíz-Cooley, R. I., D. Gendron, S. Aguinaga-García, S. L. Mesnick, and L. D. Carriquiry. 2004. Trophic relationships between sperm whales and the jumbo squid using stable isotopes of C and N. Marine Ecology Progress Series 277:275–283.

Ruíz-Luna, A., and C. A. Berlanga-Robles. 1999. Modifications in coverage patterns and land use around the Huizache-Caimanero lagoon system, Sinaloa, Mexico: A multi-temporal analysis using Landsat images. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 49:37–44.

Rusnak, G. A., and R. L. Fisher. 1964. Structural history and evolution of gulf of California. Pp. 144–156 in T. H. van Andel and G. G. Shor, Jr. (eds.), Marine Geology of the Gulf of California–A symposium. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 3.

Russell, G. A., D. P. Middaugh, and M. J. Hemmer. 1987. Reproductive rhythmicity of the false grunion, Colpichthys regis , from Estero del Soldado, Mexico. California Fish and Game 73 (3):169–174.

Russell, P., and M. E. Johnson. 2000. Influence of seasonal winds on coastal carbonate dunes from the Recent and Plio-Pleistocene at Punta Chivato (Baja Californa Sur, Mexico). Journal of Coastal Research 16:709–723.

Russell, S. M. and G. Monson. 1998. The Birds of Sonora. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

Sáez-Arroyo, A., C. M. Roberts, J. Torre, and M. Cariño-Olvera. 2005a. Using fisher's anecdotes, naturalists' observations and grey literature to reassess marine species at risk: the case of the Gulf grouper in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Fish and Fisheries 6:121–133.

Sáez-Arroyo, A., C. M. Roberts, J. Torre, M. Cariño-Olvera, and R. R. Enríquez-Andrade. 2005. Rapidly shifting environmental baselines among fishers of the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272:1957–1962b.

SAGARPA (Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Ministry). 2004. Carta Nacional Pesquera. Diario Oficial de la Federación , México, D.F., Monday March 15, 2004.

Sala, E. 2000. Manejo de peces de arrecife, conceptos y estrategias (Management of reef fishes, concepts and strategies). Pp. 107–111 in O. Aburto-Oropeza and C. A. Sánchez-Ortiz (eds.), Recursos arrecifales del Golfo de California, estrategias de manejo para las especies marinas de ornato [Reef resources of the Gulf of California, management strategies for the marine ornate species]. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz. 138 pp.

Sala, E., O. Aburto-Oropeza, G. Paredes, I. Parra, J. C. Barrera, and P. K. Dayton. 2002. A general model for designing networks of marine reserves. Science 298:1991–1993.

Sala, E., O. Aburto-Oropeza, G. Paredes, and G. Thompson. 2003. Spawning aggregations and reproductive behavior of reef fishes in the Gulf of California. Bulletin of Marine Science 72 (1):103–121.

Sala, E., O. Aburto-Oropeza, M. Reza, G. Paredes, and L. G. López-Lemus. 2004. Fishing down coastal food webs in the Gulf of California. Fisheries 29 (3):19–25.

Sale, P. F. 1980. The ecology of fishes on coral reefs. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review 18:367–421.

Sánchez-Ortiz, C., J. L. Arreola-Robles, O. Aburto-Oropeza, and M. Cortés-Hernández. 1997. Peces de arrecife en la región de La Paz, B.C.S. Pp. 177–188 in J. Urbán-Ramírez and M. Ramírez-Rodríguez (eds.), La Bahía de La Paz, investigación y conservación. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz. 345 pp.

Sánchez-Velasco, L., B. Shirasago, and M. A. Cisneros-Mata. 2000. Spatial distribution of small pelagic fish larvae in the Gulf of California and its relation to the El Niño 1997–1998. Journal of Plankton Research 22 (8):1611–1618.

Sánchez-Velasco, L., J. E. Valdez-Holguín, B. Shirasago, M. A. Cisneros-Mata, and A. Zárate. 2002 Changes in the spawning environment of Sardinops caeruleus in the Gulf of California during El Niño 1997–1998. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 54:207–217.

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Sandoval-Castillo, J., A. Rocha-Olivares, C. Villavicencio-Garayzar, and E. Balart. 2004. Cryptic isolation of Gulf of California shovelnose guitarfish evidenced by mitochondrial DNA. Marine Biology 145:983–988.

Santamaría-del-Angel, E., S. Alvarez-Borrego, and F. E. Muller-Karger. 1994a. Gulf of California biogeographic regions based on coastal zone color scanner imagery. Journal of Geophysical Research 99:7411–7421.

———. 1994b. The 1982–1984 El Niño in the Gulf of California as seen in coastal zone color scanner imagery. Journal of Geophysical Research 99:7423–7431.

Santamaría-del-Angel, E., S. Alvarez-Borrego, R. Millán-Nuñez and F. E. Muller-Karger. 1999. Sobre el efecto de las surgencias de verano en la biomasa fitoplanctónica del Golfo de California. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 49:207–212.

Sarti, L., S. A. Eckert, P. Dutton, A. Barragan, and N. Garcia. 2000. The current situation of the leatherback population on the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America, abundance and distribution of the nestings: an update. Pp. 85–87 in H.J. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. U.S. Department of Commerce. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Sarti Martínez, A. L., A. R. Barragán, D. García-Muñoz, P. Huerta, and F. Vargas. 2007. Conservation and biology of the leatherback turtle in the Mexican Pacific. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6(1):70–78.

Sawlan, M. G., and J. G. Smith. 1984. Petrologic characteristics, age and tectonic setting of Neogene volcanic rocks in northern Baja California Sur, Mexico. Pp. 219–236 in V. A. Frizzell, Jr., (ed.), Geology of the Baja California Peninsula, Pacific Section 39. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Los Angeles, California.

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Schaadt, C. P. 1989. Intraspecific comparisons of sexual and geographic variation in the growth of migratory and sedentary ospreys. Ph.D. dissert., McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

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Schwartzlose, R. A., and S. Alvarez-Borrego. 2002. The history of oceanography along the Mexican Pacific coast. Pp. 167–173 in K. R. Benson and P. F. Rehbock (eds), Oceanographic History, The Pacific and Beyond. University of Washington Press, Seattle.

Schwartzlose, R. A., D. Alvarez-Millán, and P. Brueggeman. 1992. Golfo de California: Bibliografía de las Ciencias Marinas [Gulf of California: Bibliography of Marine Sciences]. Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, México. 425 pp.

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Scoffin, T. P., D. R. Stoddart, A. W. Tudhope, and C. Woodroffe. 1985. Rhodoliths and coralliths of Muri Lagoon, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Coral Reefs 4:71–80.

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Secretaria de Pesca. 1992. Legal Framework for Fisheries 1992. Secretaria de Pesca, México, D. F.

SEDUE. 1989. Información básica sobre las Áreas Naturales Protegidas de México. Subsecretaría de Ecología-SINAP. México, D.F. pp. 18–26.

SEMARNAP (Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries Ministry). 2000. Carta Nacional Pesquera. Diario Oficial de la Federación , México, D.F. Monday, August 28, 2000.

Seminoff, J. A. 1994. Conservation of the marine turtles of Mexico: A survey of nesting beach conservation projects. Master's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson. 185 pp.

———. 2000. The biology of the East Pacific green turtle ( Chelonia mydas agassizii ) at a warm temperate foraging area in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Ph.D. dissert., University of Arizona, Tucson. 248 pp.

Seminoff, J. A., J. Alvarado, C. Delgado, J. L. Lopez, And G. Hoeffer. 2002d. First Direct Evidence of Migration by an East Pacific Green Sea Turtle from Michoacán, Mexico, to A Foraging Ground on the Sonoran Coast of the Gulf of California. Southwestern Naturalist 47:314–316.

Seminoff, J. A., and P. H. Dutton. 2007. Leatherback sea turtles ( Dermochelys coriacea ) in the Gulf of California: distribution, demography, and human interactions. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:137–141

Seminoff, J. A., T. T. Jones, A. Resendiz, W. J. Nichols, and M. Y. Chaloupka. 2003a. Monitoring green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) at a coastal foraging area in Baja California, Mexico: multiple indices describe population status. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 83:1355–1362.

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