ARCHIE FAIRLY CARR, JR., PUBLICATIONS

1934.
  • The plankton and carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle in Lake Wauberg, Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida.
  • A key to the breeding songs of the Florida frogs. Florida Naturalist 7(2):19-23.
  • Notes on the habits of the short-tailed snake, Stilosoma extenuatum Brown. Copeia (3):138.

    1935.
  • The identity and status of two turtles of the genus Pseudemys. Copeia (3):147-148.

    1936.
  • A new species of Cyprinodon from Lake Eustis, Florida. Copeia (3):160-163.
  • The Gulf-Island cottonmouths. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 1:72-86.
  • A key to the fresh-water fishes of Florida. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 1:72-86.

    1937.
  • The geographic and ecological distribution of the reptiles and amphibians of Florida. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida.
  • A new turtle from Florida, with notes on Pseudemys floridana mobiliensis (Holbrook). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 348:1-7.
  • The status of Pseudemys scripta and Pseudemys troostii. Herpetologica 1:75-77.

    1938.
  • Pseudemys nelsoni, a new turtle from Florida. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8:305-310.
  • Another Bahamian fresh-water tortoise. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 17:75-76 (with T. Barbour).
  • A new subspecies of Pseudemys floridana, with notes on the floridana complex. Copeia (3):105-109.
  • Notes on the Pseudemys scripta complex. Herpetologica 1:131-135.

    1939.
  • Haideotriton wallacei, a new subterranean salamander from Georgia. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8:333-336.
  • Notes on escape behavior in the Florida marsh rabbit. Journal of Mammalogy 20(3):322-325.
  • A geckonid lizard new to the fauna of the United States. Copeia (4):232.
  • Notes on the breeding habits of the warmouth bass. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 4:108-112.

    1940.
  • A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publication, Biology Science Series 3(1):1-118.
  • Eumeces in the Miami area. Copeia (2):129 (with T. Barbour).
  • Dates of frog choruses in Florida. Copeia (1):55.
  • Notes on Elaphe and a new species. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8:337-342 (with T. Barbour).
  • Antillean terrapins. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 54(5):381-415. (with T. Barbour).

    1941.
  • Terrapin from Grand Cayman. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 18:57-60. (with T. Barbour).
  • The fishes of Alachua County, Florida. American Society of Fish Prevaricators and Reptile Fabricators. Dopeia, Ser. B., Vol. 3, Part Q, No. X.

    1942.
  • Notes on the courtship of the cottonmouth moccasin. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 20:1-6. (with M.H. Carr).
  • A new Pseudemys from Sonora, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1181:1-4.
  • A new turtle from the Chipola River, Florida. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 20:95-100. (with L.J. Marchand).
  • Notes on sea turtles. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 21:1-16.
  • The status of Pseudemys floridana texana, with notes on parallelism in Pseudemys. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 21:69-76.
  • Rehabilitation of Natrix sipedon taeniata Cope. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 21:47-54. (with C.J. Goin).

    1943.
  • Neoteny in Florida salamanders. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 6(1):37-40 (with C.J. Goin).

    1946.
  • Status of the mangrove terrapin. Copeia (3):170-172.

    1948.
  • Sea turtles on a tropical island. Fauna 10(2):50-55.

    1949.
  • Notes on eggs and young of the lizard Rhineura floridana. Copeia (1):77.
  • The identity of Malacoclemmys kohnii Baur. Herpetologica 5:9-10.
  • La Montana Llorona. The Scientific Monthly 68(4):225-234.
  • Hound Magic. Field and Stream 53(12):48-49, 145-148.

    1950.
  • The fishes of the Choluteca drainage of southern Honduras. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 523:1-38. (with L. Giovannoli).
  • Dschungel-Wuste-Wolkenwald. Die Umshau 50(1):24-26.
  • Outline for a classification of animal habitats in Honduras. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 94(10):567-594.

    1952.
  • Handbook of Turtles: The turtles of the United States, Canada and Baja California. Ithaca, N.Y.: Comstock. pp. xv + 542.

    1953.
  • Review of Tropical Rainforest, by P.W. Richards. Ecology 34(4):808-810.
  • High Jungles and Low. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida. pp. xvi + 226.

    1954.
  • Honduras and British Honduras. Encyclopedia Americana. 1954 Edition.
  • Entomological Report. Report on the control and development of Lake Nyasa and the Shire River, The Shire Valley Project. London: Sr. Wm. Halcrew and Partners, Vol. 2, Appendix 2, pp. 8-128. (with L. Berner).
  • The zoogeography and migration of sea turtles. Yearbook of the American Philosophical Society. pp. 138-140. Final report on Grants 1491 and 1558.
  • The passing of the fleet. Read at AIBS Conference, Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 6, 1954. A.I.B.S. Bulletin 4(5):17-19.

    1955.
  • The riddle of the Ridley. Animal Kingdom 58(3):145-156.
  • Guide to the Reptiles, Amphibians and Freshwater Fishes of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida. pp. ix + 341. (with C.J. Goin).
  • Natural history notes on the Atlantic Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta caretta. The Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 18(4):292-302. (with D.K. Caldwell and T.R. Hellier).
  • Black beach. Mademoiselle 41(3):71-78, 103-103.
  • Review of Elements of Ecology, by George L. Clark. Science 121(3156):907-908.

    1956.
  • The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores. New York: A. Knopf, Inc., pp. vii + 258.
  • A nest of the Atlantic Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea coriacea (Linnaeus), on the Atlantic coast of Florida, with a summary of American nesting records. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 18(4):279-284. (with D.K. Caldwell and T.R. Hellier).
  • The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, I: Results of field work in Florida, 1955. American Museum Novitates 1793:1-23. (with D.K. Caldwell).
  • Review of The Tropical Rain Forest by P.W. Richards. Copeia (2):129-130.
  • Don't give tag to baby. Florida Wildlife 9(11):30-31. (with D.K. Caldwell).

    1957.
  • The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, II: Results of field work in Costa Rica, 1955. American Museum Novitates 1835:1-32. (with L. Giovannoli).
  • A taxonomic reappraisal of the turtle Pseudemys alabamensis Baur. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 2(3):25-42. (with J.W. Crenshaw, Jr.).
  • Status of the sea turtle fishery in Florida. Transactions of the Twenty-second March 4,5, and 6, 1957 North American Wildlife Conference, 457-462. Wildlife Management Institute, Washington, D.C. (with D.K. Caldwell).
  • Notes on the zoogeography of the Atlantic sea turtles of the genus Lepidochelys. Revista de Biologia Tropical 6(2):245-269. (with D.K. Caldwell).

    1959.
  • Estan desapareciendo las tortugas? Hablemos Magazine, March 1, 1959:4-5.
  • The green turtle (Chelonia mydas mydas) in Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 9(3):315-320 (with R.M. Ingle).
  • The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, III: Dermochelys in Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates 1958:1-29. (with L. Ogren).
  • The Atlantic loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta caretta L.) in America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 4(10:293-348. (with D.K. Caldwell et al.).
  • Review of The Quest of the Divine, by Alexander F. Skutch. Revista de Filosofia de la Universidad de Costa Rica 1(1):87-88.
  • How Living Things are Classified - The Great Group of Plants - The Great Group of Animals. The Book of Knowledge. 1959 Edition. pp. 85-97. Grolier Society, Inc., New York.

    1960.
  • The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, IV: The green turtle in the Caribbean Sea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 121(1):1-48. (with L. Ogren).

    1961.
  • Social facilitation in green turtle siblings. Animal Behavior 9:68-70. (with H. Hirth).
  • The ridley mystery today. Animal Kingdom 64(1):7-12.
  • Nature, natural history and the future of Central America. Pages 125-133 in The Caribbean and Central American Area. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida.
  • Pacific turtle problem. Natural History 70(8):64-71.
  • Rätsel der Ridley-Schildkröte. Das Tier 12:32-36.

    1962.
  • The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, V: Comparative features of isolated green turtle colonies. American Museum Novitates 2091:1-42. (with H. Hirth).
  • Guideposts of Animal Navigation. A.I.B.S. Boston, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Co., pp. 1-36. Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Pamphlet.
  • Orientation problems in the high seas travel and terrestrial movements of marine turtles. American Scientist 50(3):359-374.
  • The green turtle and man. Foreword by Archie Carr (pp. v-viii). University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida. 126 pp.

    1963.
  • The reptiles. Time-Life, Inc., New York. 192 pp. (with editors of Life).
  • Panspecific reproductive convergence in Lepidochelys kempi. Ergebnisse de Biologie (Advances in Biology) 26:298-303.
  • Orientation problems in high seas travel and terrestrial movements of marine turtles. Pages 179-193 in Lloyd Slater (ed.), Bio-Telemetry. Pergamon Press, New York.
  • Why Research? Official Souvenir Football Program, Nov. 30, 1963:2-3, 45-47.
  • Carne para el futuro. Life (Spanish Ed.) 21(1):87-88.

    1964.
  • Ulendo: Travels of a Naturalist in and our of Africa. New York: A. Knopf, Inc. xvii + 258 + v.
  • Transoceanic migrations of the green turtle. Bioscience 14(8):49-52.
  • African Underground Movement. The New York Times Magazine. Sept. 20, pp. 51-52, 60, 62.
  • The Land and Wildlife of Africa. Time-Life, Inc., New York. 200 pp. (with editors of Life).

    1965.
  • The voyages of the green turtle. Nature and Science 3(4):2-6.
  • The navigation of the green turtle. Scientific American 212(5):79-86.

    1966.
  • The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, VI: The hawksbill turtle in the Caribbean Sea. American Museum Novitates 2248:1-29. (with H. Hirth and L. Ogren).
  • Adaptive aspects of the scheduled travel of Chelonia. Pages 35-55 in Robert M. Storm (ed.), Animal Orientation and Navigation. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon.
  • Die Navigation der Suppenschildkröten. Das Tier 5:4-9.

    1967.
  • The role of vision in the sea-finding orientation of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Animal Behavior 15:25-36. (with David Ehrenfeld).
  • Alligators: Dragons in distress. National Geographic Magazine 131(1):133-148.
  • Caribbean green turtle; imperiled gift of the sea. National Geographic Magazine 131(6):876-890.
  • Preference for light of short wavelengths in hatchling green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, tested on their natural nesting beaches. Behavior 28:217-231. (with N. Mrosovsky).
  • 100 Turtle Eggs. Natural History 56(7):46-51.
  • Chelonia depressa Garman re-investigated. Breviora 271:1-15. (with E.E. Williams and A.G.C. Grandison).
  • The Reptiles. Young Readers Edition. Time-Life, Inc., New York. 192 pp. (with editors of Life).
  • No one knows where the turtles go. Natural History 76(8):40-43, 52-59.
  • So Excellent a Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles. Natural History Press, Garden City, New York. 249 pp.

    1968.
  • Returns of tagged pen-reared green turtles. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 31(1):49-50 (with R. Witham).
  • Turtles endangered. Florida Naturalist 41:81-83.
  • Las Tortugas Marinas: Un patrimonio que se extingue. La Conservacion de la Naturaleza y la Prensa en la America Latina, 3:107-129. San Jose, Costa Rica.
  • 100 turtle eggs. Nature and Science 6(7):2-4.
  • Sea Turtles: A Vanishing Asset. IUCN Publications, New Series, No. 13.

    1969.
  • Animal Orientation and Tracking. Space Biology Summer Study, University of California at Santa Cruz. Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences (with panel).
  • Thoughts on wilderness preservation and a Central American ethic. Audubon 71:50-55.
  • How do turtles find the sea? Nature and Science 6(8):12-14.
  • The problems of open-sea navigation: The migration of the green turtle to Ascension Island. Journal of Theoretical Biology 22:163-179. (with D. Ehrenfeld and A.L. Koch).
  • A naturalist at large. Natural History 78(3):18-24, 68-70.
  • Sea turtle resources of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Read at the Symposium on Investigation and Resources of the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Nov. 18-26, 1968. IUCN Bulletin 2(10):74-83.
  • Long-range recovery of a tagged yearling Chelonia on the east coast of North America. Biological Conservation 1(4):341-342. (with D. Sweat).
  • Carne para el futuro. Tecnica Pesquera 23:23-26.
  • Survival outlook of the Western Caribbean green turtle colony. In Proceedings of the Working Meeting of the Marine Turtle Specialists, IUCN, Supplementary Paper No. 20, pp. 13-16.

    1970.
  • Ecologic implications of size and growth in Chelonia. Copeia (4):783-786 (with D. Goodman).
  • Green sea turtles in peril. National Parks and Conservation Magazine 44(271):19-24.
  • Modulated reproductive periodicity in Chelonia. Ecology 51(2):335-337. (with M.H. Carr).
  • Recruitment and remigration in a green turtle nesting colony. Biological Conservation 2(4):282-284.
  • The green turtle in the Golf of Aden and the Seychelles Islands. Verhandelingen van Koninklijke Nedelandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 58(5):1-44. (with H. Hirth).

    1971.
  • Research and conservation problems in Costa Rica. Proceedings of the 2nd Working Meeting of Marine Turtle Specialists. IUCN Publications, New Series, Supplementary Paper No. 31, pp. 29-33.
  • In praise of snakes. Audubon 73(4):18-27.
  • The moss forest. Audubon 73(5):36-51.
  • Black water, green light. Audubon 73(6):50-59, 62-71.

    1972.
  • Site fixity in the Caribbean green turtle. Ecology 53(3):425-429 (with M.H. Carr).
  • Great reptiles, great enigmas. Audubon 74(2):24-35.
  • The case for long-range chemoreceptive piloting in Chelonia. Pages 469-483 in Animal Orientation and Navigation. NASA Publication S. P. No. 262.

    1973.
  • The Everglades. Time-Life Books. The American Wilderness Series, New York. 184 pp. (with the editors of Life).
  • Report on an inquiry into ecological implications of a turtle farming project. Commonwealth of Australia (with A.R. Main).

    1974.
  • Internesting behavior of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, at a mid-ocean island breeding ground. Copeia (3):703-706 (with P. Ross and S. Carr).
  • Seafloor spreading theory and the odyssey of the green turtle. Nature 249:128-130 (with P. Coleman).
  • Systematics and distribution of some freshwater fishes from Honduras and Nicaragua. Copeia (1):120-125 (with R.R. Miller).

    1975.
  • Observation on the ecology and survival outlook of the hawksbill turtle. Biological Conservation 8:161-172 (with S. Stanyck).
  • The Ascension Island green turtle colony. Copeia (3):547-555.
  • Questions and answers on sea turtle conservation. Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida (with F.W. King).

    1976.
  • A review of The Hot-blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in Paleontology, by A. Desmond. Saturday Review, March 30, pp. 19-21.
  • Operation Mermaid. International Wildlife 6:12-17.

    1977.
  • Last chance for the sea turtle. World Book Year Book of Events of 1976, pp. 137-152.
  • Key to breeding songs of Florida frogs. Florida Naturalist 50:18-23.

    1978.
  • The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, 7. The West Caribbean green turtle colony. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 162(1):1-46 (with M.H. Carr and A.B. Meylan).

    1979.
  • Turtles of the Bahamas. The Bahamas Naturalist 4(2):17-20 (with K. Bjorndal).

    1980.
  • Evidence of passive migration of green turtle hatchlings in sargassum. Copeia (2):366-368 (with A.B. Meylan).
  • Apparent hibernation by the Atlantic loggerhead turtle off Cape Canaveral, Florida. Biological Conservation 19(1980-81):7-14 (with L. Ogren and C. McVea).
  • Some problems of sea turtle ecology. American Zoologist 20:489-498.
  • Extinction or rescue for the hawksbill? Oryx 15:449-450 (with A.B. Meylan).

    1981.
  • Incredible journeys. A review of the Mystery of Migration, edited by Robin Baker. The Sciences 21(10):22-24.
  • Het mysterie van het verloren saar. TamTam 15(2):26-27.

    1982.
  • Notes on the behavioral ecology of sea turtles. Pages 19-26 in Karen Bjorndal (ed.), Biology & Conservation of Sea Turtles. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C.
  • Surveys of sea turtle populations and habitats in the western Atlantic. National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-91, 91 pp.
  • Armadillo dilemma. Animal Kingdom 85(5):40-44.

    1983.
  • Guess who's coming to dinner. Animal Kingdom 85(6):46-47.
  • Old Faithful. Animal Kingdom 85:49-50.
  • Triple clutchers. Animal Kingdom 86(2):46-47, 49.
  • Daphne jubilee. Animal Kingdom 86(3):6-7.
  • Homosassa jubilee. Animal Kingdom 86(4):6-7, 50-51.
  • Wacahoota jubilee. Animal Kingdom 86(6):8-9.
  • A tiny country does things right. International Wildlife 13(5):18-25 (with D. Carr).
  • All the way down upon the Suwannee River. Audubon 85(2):78-101.
  • Sea Turtle Conservation in the Caribbean. The Nature Conservancy News 33(5):11-15.
  • Lepidochelys kempi (Garman) from Malta. Verhandelingen van Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C, 86(4):445-454 (with L.D. Brongersma).
  • Probing the mystery of the turtles' "lost year." World Wildlife Fund Monthly Report, June 1983, Project 1800.
  • Manual of Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Techniques, Second Edition. (edited by K.A. Bjorndal and G.H. Balazs). Center for Environmental Education, Washington, D.C.

    1984.
  • Plight of the panther. Animal Kingdom 87(2):10, 46.
  • What's for dinner? Animal kingdom 87(2):12, 46.
  • So Excellent a Fishe, The Classic Study of the Lives of Sea Turtles. Revised Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
  • Of water hyacinths, blowfish, and infant prawns. Animal Kingdom 87(4):8-9, 51.
  • Refugium im Schatten der Raketen. Geo C1334F(3):54-60.
  • Mystery of the missing year. The Sciences 24(4):44-49.
  • Water hyacinths--animal hideaway. Animal Kingdom 87(5):12, 55.
  • Secrets of the sea turtles. Animal Kingdom 87(6);11-18.
  • Dermochelys coriacea (leather back sea turtle). Herp Review 15(4):113 (with A.B. Meylan).
  • The reproductive ecology and behavior of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Ascension Island. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 17:257-270 (with J. Mortimer).

    1985.
  • Reproductive biology of the hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, with notes on the ecology of the species in the Caribbean. Biological Conservation 34:353-368 (with K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Meylan, and J.A. Mortimer).
  • Floating islands. Animal Kingdom 88(1):8-9, 51.
  • Tails of lizards. Animal Kingdom 88(3):6-7, 50.
  • Bartram's puzzling legacy. Animal Kingdom 88(4):46-47.
  • Carnivorous plants. Animal Kingdom 88(6):10, 44-45.

    1986.
  • Rips, FADS, and little loggerheads. Bioscience 36(2):92-100.
  • Wewa Pond. Animal Kingdom 89(3):8-9, 50.
  • Two blue herons. Animal Kingdom 89(5):56-58.
  • The Sea Turtle So Excellent a Fishe. Revised Edition. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas.

    1987.
  • The ducks of Wewa Pond. Animal Kingdom 90(1):8-10.
  • Thoughts brought on by Cobias. Animal Kingdom 90(3):48-50.
  • Impact of nonbiodegradable marine debris on the ecology and survival outlook of sea turtles. Marine Pollution Bulletin 18(6B):352-356.
  • Reproduction and migrations of the Ascension Island green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Copeia (1):103-113 (with J.A. Mortimer).

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