Notes and articles
Hamadryad:
1977. The Gulf of Mannar Islands. Hamadryad 2(2): 12. 1978. Coral reefs. Hamadryad 3(2): 5-6.
1978. Sea turtles in theArabian Sea islands of Lakshadweep. Tigerpaper, FAO, Bangkok (cited in: Bull. Cent. Mar. Fish. Inst. No. 35, Feb, 1984).
1978. Notes from Gulf of Kutch. Hamadryad 3(3): 9–11. 1979. Sea turtles in the SouthAndaman Islands. Hamadryad4(1): 3–5.
1980. Sea turtle survey in the Andaman and Nicobars.Hamadryad 4(3): 1–26.
1979. Notes from Lakshadweep. Hamadryad 4(1): 7-9.
1979. Letters from the Andamans. Hamadryad 4(2): 3-6.
1981. Travels in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 1979. Hamadryad 6(1): 2–8.
1981. Turtle meat kills three. Hamadryad 6(1): 8-10.
1982. Turtle tracking in Gujarat. Hamadryad 7(1): 13–14. 1985. Letters from the dark unknown. Hamadryad 10(1&2): 3-9.
1985. Satish Bhaskar writes from Irian Jaya. Hamadryad 10(3): 19-20.
Other:
1978. Turtle egg collection. Tiger Paper 5: 21-22.
1978 Sea turtles and other marine life in Lakshadweep. Hornbill April-June. pp. 21-26.
1978 Rodent control in the Lakshadweep Islands (with R. Whitaker) Rodent Newsletter 2 (4).
1979 Marine turtles in India’s Lakshadweep islands. Marine Turtle Newsletter 11: 3-4.
1980. Save our coral reefs. Compassionate Friend.
1981 Preliminary report on the status and distribution of sea turtles in Indian waters. Indian Forester 107(11): 707-711. 1981 Greenhorn in the Andamans. Nature Clubs of India Newsletter 6(3): 12-14.
1982 Project 3045 – Sea turtle conservation. WWF Yearbook. pp. 178-179.
1983 (with E.O. Moll & J. Vijaya) Update on the olive ridley on the east coast of India. IUCN/SSC/ Marine Turtle Newsletter 25: 2-4.
1983. (with R. Whitaker) Sea turtle resources in the Andamans. In: Mariculture potential in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: An indicative survey. Bull. Cent. Mar. Fish. Inst. 34: 94–97.
1983. Surveying sea turtles. WWF-India Newsl. 474(4): 5.
1984. Kinds of sea turtles in India: their status and distribution. Proceedings of the workshop on sea turtle conservation. CMFRI Special Publication 18: 21-35.
1984. Locating and conserving sea turtle nesting grounds in the Andamans. In: Spirit of enterprise: The 1984 Rolex Awards. London: Aurum Press. pp. 190–193.
1988. The last of the savages. Express Magazine 13. pp. 8. 1990. Turtle Extravaganza. Sanctuary Asia XI (1): 36-43.
1991. Turtles: India’s heritage from the sea. Swagat. October. Media Transasia Ltd. Pp. 49-52.
1993. (with H.V. Andrews). Action plan for sea turtles in 29the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Marine Turtle Newsletter (60): 23.
1994. The Dugong: Siren of the seas. Sanctuary Asia 14: 42–45.
1996. Re-nesting intervals in the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) on South Reef Island, Andaman Islands, India. Hamadryad 21: 19–22.
1996. Sea kraits on South Reef Island, Andaman Islands, India. Hamadryad 21: 27–35.
1992. (with G.C. Rao). Present status of some endangered animals in the Nicobar Islands. J. Andaman Sci. Assoc. 8(2): 181–186.
National reviews:
1982. (with C.S. Kar). Status of sea turtles in the Eastern Indian Ocean. In: Biology and conservation of sea turtles (ed. K A Bjorndal). Pp 365–372. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
1984. The distribution and status of sea turtles in India. In: Proceedings of the Workshop Sea Turtle Conservation (ed. E.G. Silas). Pp. 21-35. Kochi: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Special Publication No. 18.
Survey reports on the Indian coast:
1981. Sea turtle survey of southern Tamil Nadu. Report to WWF–India. 5 pp.
1981. Sea turtle survey of the Goa coast. Report to WWF–India. 4 pp.
1981. Sea turtle survey of the Kerala coast. Report to WWF–India. 6 pp.
1981. Sea turtles of Gujarat state, western India. Report to WWF–India. 11 pp.
1981. Survey of sea turtle nesting beaches on the west coast of Saurashtra. Report to WWF–India. 3 pp.
1982. Sea turtle survey of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Report to WWF–India. 6 pp.
1982. Sea turtles of Suheli Valiyakara Island, Lakshadweep, India. Report to WWF–India. 4 pp.
1984. Sea turtle survey in the Indian Sunderbans, Gahirmata and Wheeler islands, Orissa. 12 pp.
1990. Batagur Project, Final Report. 26 pp. 7 maps.
Survey reports in the Andamans:
1981. Sea turtle surveys of Great Nicobar and LittleAndaman Islands. Report to WWF–India. 5 pp.
1984. Sea turtles in North Andaman and other Andaman Islands. Report to WWF– India. 46 pp.
1992. Sea turtle study and survey project. Phase I (Great Nicobar Island). Report submitted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department and Madras Crocodile Bank Trust.
1993.Andaman and Nicobar sea turtle project. Phase II (South Reef Island). Report submitted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department and Madras Crocodile Bank Trust.
1993. Andaman and Nicobar sea turtle project. Phase III. Report submitted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department and Centre for Herpetology/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust.
1993. The status and ecology of sea turtles in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Centre for Herpetology/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. Publication No. ST 1/93.
1994. Andaman and Nicobar sea turtle project. Phase IV. Report submitted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department and Centre for Herpetology/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust.
1994. Andaman and Nicobar sea turtle project. Phase V. Report submitted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department and Centre for Herpetology/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust.
1994. Andaman and Nicobar sea turtle project. Phase VI. Report submitted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Environmental Team (ANET). 21 pp.
1995. Andaman and Nicobar sea turtle project. Phase VII. 30 Report submitted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Environmental Team (ANET).
1995. Andaman and Nicobar sea turtle project. Phase VIII. Report submitted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Environmental Team (ANET).
Surveys reports in Irian Jaya:
1985. The leatherback sea turtle nesting population of Irian Jaya. Paper presented at the Project Review Meeting, WWF/IUCN Conservation for Development Programme, 11 Nov 1985, Jakarta. 5 pp.
1985. Management and Research of Marine Turtle Nesting sites on the North Vogelkop coast of Irian Jaya Progress Report. 5 Nov. 1984 – 30 April 1985. WWF/IUCN Project 1528. 14 pp.
1985. Management and Research of Marine Turtle Nesting sites on the North Vogelkop coast of Irian Jaya Interim Report. 10 May 1984 – 28 Feb 1985. WWF/IUCN Project 1528. 8 pp.
1986. Leatherback beaches of the Vogelkop Peninsula, Irian Jaya. Final report to WWF-Indonesia.
Table 1: Details of the Andaman surveys
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