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Rare animals of Back Bay, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Pp. 148-155 In: H.G. Marshall and M.D. Norman (eds.), Proceedings of the Back Bay Ecological Symposium, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA.

Palmer, W.M., and A.L. Braswell. 1995.
Reptiles of North Carolina. Univ. North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 412 p.

Palomeque, J., P. Sese and J. Planas. 1977. 
Respiratory properties of the blood of turtles. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 57A: 479-483.

Panagopoulos, D., E. Sofouli, K. Teneketzis, and D. Margaritoulis. 2003.
Stranding data as an indicator of fisheries induced mortality of sea turtles in Greece. Pp. 202-206 In: D. Margaritoulis and A. Demetropoulos (eds.), Proceedings of the First Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles - Bern Convention - Bonn Convention (CMS), Nicosia, Cyprus. 270 p.

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Papi, F., P. Luschi, E. Crosio, and G.R. Hughes. 1997.
Satellite tracking experiments on the navigational ability and migratory behaviour of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta. Mar. Biol. 129:215-220.

Parent, G.H. 1981.
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The phylogeny of cheloniid sea turtles revisited. Chel. Conserv. & Biol. 2(4):548-554.

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Age and growth of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) of coastal Georgia: An assessment of skeletochronological age-estimates. Bull. Mar. Sci. 61:287-304.

Parke, M., and C.T. Dickinson. 1947.
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Parker, D.M., W.J. Cooke, and G.H. Balazs. 2005.
Diet of oceanic loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific. Fish. Bull. 103:142-152.

Parker, G.H. 1922.
The crawling of young loggerhead turtles toward the sea. J. Exp. Zool. 36:323-331.

Parker, G.H. 1922. 
The instinctive locomotor reactions of the loggerhead turtle in relation to its senses. Comp. Psychol. 2:425-429.

Parker, G.H. 1925.
The time of submergence necessary to drown alligators and turtles. Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: 157-159.

Parker, G.H. 1926.
The growth of turtles. Proc. U.S. Natl. Acad. Sci. 12:422-424.

Parker, G.H. 1929.
The growth of the loggerhead turtle. Amer. Nat. 63: 367-373.

Parker, H.W. 1939. 
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Parker, H.W. 1939. 
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Parker, W., and L. Dixon. 1980.
Endangered and threatened wildlife of Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. N.C. Agric. Extension Serv., Raleigh, NC, 116 p.

Parmenter, C.J. 1993.
Australian sea turtle research, conservation and management: a 1993 status review. Pp. 321-325 In: D. Lunney and D. Ayers (eds.), Herpetology in Australia. A diverse discipline. Trans. R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W., Mosman, N.S.W., Australia.

Parris, D.C., J.L. Dobie, and A.B. McPherson. 2000.
A fossil marine turtle from east central Louisiana. Texas J. Sci. 52:230-234.

Parris, L.B., M.M. Lamont, and R.R. Carthy. 2002.  
Increased incidence of red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) presence in loggerhead sea turtle (Testudines: Cheloniidae) nests and observations of hatchling mortality. Florida Entomol. 85:514-517.

Parrish, F.K. 1958. 
Miscellaneous observations on the behavior of captive sea turtles. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf Carib. 8(4):348-355.

Parsons, T.S. 1958. 
The choanal papillae of the Cheloniidae. Breviora No. 85. 7 p.

Parsons, T.S. 1968. 
Variation in the choanal structure of Recent turtles. Can. J. Zool. 46:1235-1262.

Parsons, T.S. 1970.
The nose and Jacobson's organ. Pp. 99-191 In: C. Gans and T. Parsons (eds.), Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 2 (Morphology B), Academic Press, New York.

Parsons, T.S., and J.E. Cameron. 1977.
Internal relief of the digestive tract. Pp. 159-223 In: C. Gans and T. Parsons (eds.), Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 6 (Morphology E), Academic Press, New York.

Pascual, X. 1985. 
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Pascual, X. 1989.
Contribución al estudio marinas en las costas españolas. II. Morfometria y marcaje de Caretta caretta (L.) en el litoral peninsular Mediterraneo. Treb. Soc. Cat. Ictio. Herp. 2(1989):224-231.

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Pasteur, C., and J. Bons. 1960.
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Patnaude, D. 1980. 
Loggerhead turtle - Cocoa Beach, Florida. Underwater Nat. 12(2):17.

Patterson, B., and A. Lawler. 1992.
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Patterson, R., and A. Bannister. 1987.
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Pearce, A.F. 2001.
Contrasting population structure of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. M.S. thesis, Univ. Florida, Gainesville. 71 p.

Pearse, A.S. 1949.
Observations on flatworms and nemerteans collected at Beaufort, N.C. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 100:25-38.

Pearson, A.K., G.Z. Wurst, and J.E. Cadle. 1983.
Ontogeny and immunocytochemical differentiation of the pituitary gland in a sea turtle, Caretta caretta. Anat. Embryol. 167:13-37.

Peckham, H., and W.J. Nichols. 2006.
An integrated approach to reducing mortality of North Pacific loggerhead turtles in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Pp. 49-57 In: I. Kinan (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research & Management Workshop. Volume II. North Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, Hawaii. 96 p.

Peckham, H., J.L. Santillan, and W.J. Nichols. 2006.
Baja: Fishers work to conserve loggerhead foraging grounds. SWOT Rep. 2:17.

Peckham, S.H., D. Maldonado Diaz, A. Walli, G. Ruiz, L.B. Crowder, and W.J. Nichols. 2007.
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Peiter, A. 2005.
Growth, feeding behaviour and digestion dynamics of captive juvenile loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata). Diploma Thesis, Univ. Bremen, Germany.

Pellegrin, J. 1912. 
Reptiles, batrachiens et poissons du Maroc. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 37:255-262.

Pendoley, K. 1997.
Sea turtles and management of marine seismic programs in Western Australia. PESA Jour. 25:8-16.

Penhallurick, R.D. 1973.
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Penhallurick, R.D. 1990.
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Pernkopf, E., and J. Lehner. 1937. 
Vergleichende Beschreibungen des Vorderdarms bei den einzelnen Klassen der Cranioten. Pp. 349-476 In: L. Bolk, E. Kallius, E. Goppert and W. Lubosch (eds.), Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbeltiere, Urban und Schwarzenberg, Berlin und Vienna, Vol. 3.

Perry, G. 1984.
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Perry, G., and G.P. Gerber. 2006.
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Perry, S.F., C. Darian-Smith, J. Alston, C.J. Limpus, and J.E. Maloney. 1989.
Histological structure of the lungs of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, before and after hatching. Copeia 1989:1000-1010.

Perugini, M., A. Giammarino, V. Olivieri, S. Guccione, O.R. Lai, and M. Amorena. 2006.
Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticide levels in tissues of Caretta caretta from the Adriatic Sea. Dis. Aquat. Org. 71:155-161.

Peters, A., and K.J.F. Verhoeven. 1994.
Impact of artificial lighting on the seaward orientation of hatchling loggerhead turtles. J. Herp. 28:112-114.

Peters, A., and K.J.F. Verhoeven, and H. Strijbosch. 1994.
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Peters, A., and K.J.F. Verhoeven, D.C.G. van Piggelen, and H. Strijbosch. 1994.
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Peters, W.C.H. 1838.
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Petpaidit, V.C. 1953. 
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Petruzzelli, R., G. Aureli, E. Casale, M. Nardini, M. Rizzi, P. Ascenzi, M. Coletta, G. De Sanctis, A. Desideri, A. Galtieri, and M. Bolognesi. 1993.
Structural studies on the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) myoglobin. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 31:19-24.

Petruzzelli, R., G. Aureli, A. Lania, A. Galtieri, A. Desideri, and B. Giardina. 1996.
Diving behaviour and haemoglobin function: The primary structure of the alpha- and beta-chains of the sea turtle Caretta caretta and its functional implications. Biochem. J. 316: 959-965.

Pfaller, J.B., K.A. Bjorndal, K.J. Reich, K.L. Williams, and M.G. Frick. 2006.
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Phasuk, B., and S. Rongmuangsart. 1973. 
Growth studies on the olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea olivacea Eschscholtz, in captivity and the effect of food preferences on growth. Phuket Mar. Biol. Center Res. Bull. No. 1:1-13.

Phelan, S.M., and K.L. Eckert. 2006.
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Philippi, R.A. 1887.
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Philippi, R.A. 1899.
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Phillips, E.J. 1972. 
100 to 1. Int. Turtle & Tortoise Soc. J. 6(2):23, 37.

Phillott, A.D. 2004.
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Phillott, A.D. and C.J. Parmenter. 2001.
The distribution of failed eggs in green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtle nests and the subsequent appearance of fungi. Aust. J. Zool. 49:713-718.

Phillott, A.D., C.J. Parmenter, and C.J. Limpus. 2001.
Mycoflora identified from failed green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtle eggs at Heron Island, Australia. Chel. Conserv. Biol. 4(1):170-172.

Phillott, A.D., C.J. Parmenter, and S.C. McKillup. 2006.
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New reports of parasites of marine turtles stranded along the Italian coasts. 207-211 In: D. Margaritoulis and A. Demetropoulos (eds.), Proceedings of the First Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles - Bern Convention - Bonn Convention (CMS), Nicosia, Cyprus. 270 p.

Piggelen, D.C.G. van, and H. Strijbosch. 1993.
The nesting of sea turtles, (Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas) in the Göksu Delta, Turkey, June-August, 1991. Do_a-Tr. J. Zool. 17:137-149.

Pike, D.A., R.L. Antworth, and J.C. Stiner. 2006.
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Pike, D.A., and J.C. Stiner. 2007.
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Pilcher, N. (compiler). 2006.
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Pilcher, N., and J. Miller. 2006.
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Pilsbry, H.A. 1910.
Stomatolepas, a barnacle commensal in the throat of the loggerhead turtle. Amer. Nat. 44:304-306.

Pilsbry, H.A. 1916.
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Pinckney, J. 1990.
Correlation analysis of adult female, egg and hatchling sizes in the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (L.), nesting at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, USA. Bull. Mar. Sci. 47:670-679.

Pinedo, M.C. and T. Polacheck. 2004.
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Plotkin, P. 2002.
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Polovina, J.J., D.R. Kobayashi, D.M. Parker, M.P. Seki and G.H. Balazs. 2000.
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