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  <dc:contributor>T. Wibbels</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>B. Phillips</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Z. Hillis-Starr</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>A. Meylan</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>P. Meylan</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>C. Diez</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>R. Van Dam</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>A. Geis</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2003</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Hawksbill&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Seaturtles&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;have temperature-dependent&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sex&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;determination. As such, the resulting&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sex&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;ratios are of conservational and ecological significance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Buck&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Island&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Reef&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is an interesting location for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sex&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ratio&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;studies since it represents a natural and unexploited foraging ground for hawksbills in the Caribbean. To examine&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sex&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;ratios, blood samples were obtained from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;juvenile&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Hawksbill&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Seaturtles&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;captured on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Buck&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Island&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Reef&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;over a four-year period. We used a radioimmunoassay to determine testosterone levels in those samples and compared those values to testosterone levels of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;juvenile&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;hawksbills from the Caribbean whose&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sex&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;has been verified by laparoscopy. The results of this study reveal a significantly female-biased&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sex&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ratio&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(approximately 80% female) occurs in this&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;juvenile&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;aggregation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;inhabiting&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Buck&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Island&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Reef&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0400:PSROJH]2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>BioOne</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Predicted sex ratio of juvenile Hawksbill Seaturtles inhabiting Buck Island Reef national monument, U.S. Virgin Islands</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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