Research Papers

  1. Fuentes, M.M.B.P et al., including K. Shanker + team (2023) Adaptation of sea turtles to climate change: will phenological responses be sufficient to counteract changes in reproductive output? Global Change Biology.
  2. Rao, C., C. Pusapati, M. Muralidharan, N. Kale, A. Barnes, and K. Shanker (2023) Distribution patterns of offshore aggregations of olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Odisha, India: implications for spatial management measures. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 33: 379-388. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc. 3927.
  3. Kale, N., M. Muralidharan, D.K. Bharti, M. Poti and K. Shanker (2022) The island hoppers: how foraging influences turtle numbers over time and its implications within the Lakshadweep archipelago, India. Endangered Species Research.
  4. Pusapati, C., M. Manoharakrishnan, A.D. Phillott and K. Shanker (2021) Effect of hatchery nest environment on olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchling performance. Chelonian Conservation and Biology.
  5. Stelfox, M.R., A. Burian, K. Shanker, A.F. Rees, C. Jean, M.S. Willson, N.A. Manik and M. Sweet (2020) Tracing the origin of olive ridley turtles entangled in ghost nets in the Maldives: a phylogeographic assessment of populations at risk. Biological Conservation 245: 108499. [PDF]
  6. Rees, A. et al. including K. Shanker (2016) Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles? Endangered Species Research
  7. Hamann, M. et al. (including K. Shanker) (2010) Priorities for research to inform effective sea turtle conservation. Endangered Species Research 11: 245-269.
  8. Karnad, D., K. Isvaran, C.S. Kar and K. Shanker (2009) Lighting the way: reducing the impact of light on misorientation of olive ridley turtle hatchlings at Rushikulya, India. Biological Conservation 142: 2083 – 2088.
  9. Seminoff, J.A. and K. Shanker (2008) Marine turtles and IUCN Red Listing: a review of the process, pitfalls and novel assessment approaches. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 356: 52-68.
  10. Tripathy, B., K. Shanker & B.C. Choudhury (2006) The status of sea turtles and their habitats in the Lakshadweep archipelago, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 103(1): 33-43
  11. Shanker, K. & R. Kutty (2005) Sailing the flagship fantastic: myth and reality of sea turtle conservation in India. Maritime Studies 3(2) and 4(1): 213-240.
  12. Shanker, K., J. Rama Devi, B.C. Choudhury, L. Singh & R.K. Aggarwal (2004) Phylogeography of  olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) on the east coast of India: implications for conservation theory. Molecular Ecology 13: 1899-1909.
  13. Aggarwal, R.K., T.P. Velavan, D. Udaykumar, P.S. Hendre, K. Shanker and L. Singh (2004) evelopment and characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 77-79.
  14. Shanker, K., B. Pandav & B.C. Choudhury (2004) An assessment of the olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting population in Orissa, India.  Biological Conservation 115: 149 – 160.
  15. Tripathy, B., K. Shanker & B.C. Choudhury (2003) Important nesting habitats of olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea along the Andhra Pradesh coast of eastern India. Oryx 37: 454 – 463.
  16. Shanker, K. & N. Pilcher (2003) Marine Turtle Conservation in South and Southeast Asia: Hopeless cause or Cause for Hope?  Marine Turtle Newsletter 100: 43 – 51.
  17. Pandav, B., B.C. Choudhury & K. Shanker (1998) The Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)  in Orissa: an urgent call for an intensive and integrated conservation programme. Current Science 75: 1323-1328. 

Book Chapters

  1. Shanker, K. (2018) Sea turtles and climate change. In: Biodiversity and climate change: an Indian perspective. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (eds. J.R, Bhatt, A.A. Das and K. Shanker), Government of India. New Delhi, India.
  2. Dutton, P.H. and Shanker, K. (2015) Genetic studies of leatherback turtles: phylogeny, phylogeography and population genetics. In: Biology of leatherback turtles (eds. J.R. Spotila et al.). Johns Hopkins Press, USA.
  3. Nel, R., K. Shanker and G. Hughes (2015) Leatherbacks in the Indian Ocean. In: Biology of leatherback turtles (eds. J.R. Spotila et al.). Johns Hopkins Press, USA.
  4. Shanker, K. (2014) Warm turtle in cold waters: the leatherback’s journey. In: Nature Chronicles of India: Essays on Wildlife (edited by Ananda Bannerjee). Rupa Publications, New Delhi. India.
  5. Shanker, K., N. Namboothri and BC Choudhury (2012) Marine turtles in India: Research and conservation. In: Coral Reefs in India: status, threats and conservation measures (Eds. JR Bhatt, JK Patterson Edward, DJ Macintosh and BP Nilaratna). Mangroves for the Future-India, IUCN.
  6. Shanker, K. (2007) Deconstructing sea turtle conservation in India. In: Making Conservation Work  (eds. G. Shahabuddin and M. Rangarajan), pp. 89-110. Permanent Black, New Delhi, India.
  7. Cornelius, S.E, R. Arauz, J. Fretey, M.H. Godfrey, R. Márquez-M & K. Shanker (2007) Effect of land-based harvest of Lepidochelys. In: Biology and Conservation of ridley turtles (ed. P. Plotkin), pp. 231-251. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, USA.
  8. Frazier, J.G., R. Arauz, R. Márquez-M & K. Shanker (2007) Exploitation of Lepidochelys at sea. In: Biology and Conservation of ridley turtles (ed. P. Plotkin), pp. 253-295. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, USA.
  9. Shanker, K. & B.C. Choudhury (2006) Marine turtles in the Indian subcontinent: A brief history. In: Marine turtles of the Indian subcontinent (eds. K. Shanker and B.C. Choudhury), pp 3-16. Universities Press, Hyderabad, India.
  10. Tripathy, B., K. Shanker & B.C. Choudhury (2006) Sea turtles and their nesting habitats along the Andhra Pradesh coast. In: Marine turtles of the Indian subcontinent (eds. K. Shanker and B.C. Choudhury), pp 68-87. Universities Press, Hyderabad, India.
  11. Tripathy, B., K. Shanker & B.C. Choudhury (2006) Sea turtles and their habitats in the Lakshadweep Islands. In: Marine turtles of the Indian subcontinent (eds. K. Shanker and B.C. Choudhury), pp 119-136. Universities Press, Hyderabad, India.
  12. Shanker, K., B. Pandav & B.C. Choudhury (2006) A review of olive ridley nesting and mortality in Orissa. In: Marine turtles of the Indian subcontinent (eds. K. Shanker and B.C. Choudhury), pp 3-16. Universities Press, Hyderabad, India.

Notes and commentaries

  1. Shanker, K. F. A. Abreu-Grobois, V. Bezy, R. Briseño, L. Colman, A. Girard, M. Girondot, M. Jensen, M. Manoharakrishnan, J.M. Rguez-Baron, R.A. Valverde and L. West (2021) Olive ridleys: the quirky turtles that conquered the world. State of the World’s Turtles 16: 24-31.
  2. Godley, B.J., A.C. Broderick, L.P. Colman, A. Formia, M.H. Godfrey, M. Hamann, A. Nuno, L.C.M. Omeyer, A.R. Patrício, A.D. Phillott, A.F. Rees and K. Shanker (2020) Editorial: Reflections on Sea Turtle Conservation. Oryx.
  3. Phillott, A.D. and K. Shanker (2018) Best practices in sea turtle hatchery management for South Asia. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 28 Ramesh, M. and K. Shanker (2018) From fishe to flagship: the making of a marine icon. Seminar 702: 37-40.
  4. Shanker, K. and M. Muralidharan (2017) Do olive ridley turtles migrate en-masse along the east coast of India ? Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 25: 2-3.
  5. Namboothri, N., A. Swaminathan and K. Shanker (2015) Olive ridley mass nesting at Cuthbert Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Middle Andaman Island. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 21: 7-9.
  6. Shanker, K. and M.H. Godfrey (2013) A deep diving olive ridley in the Bay of Bengal. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 18: 16-17.
  7. Shanker, K. (2013) Leatherback turtles on the mainland coast of India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 17: 15-17
  8. Shanker, K. and N. Namboothri (2012) Sea turtle surveys and research in the Andamans and Nicobar Islands. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 16: 1-3.
  9. Namboothri, N., A. Swaminathan and K. Shanker (2012) A compilation of data from Satish Bhaskar’s sea turtle surveys of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 16: 4-13.
  10. Namboothri, N., A. Swaminathan and K. Shanker (2012) Post-nesting migratory routes of Leatherback Turtles from Little Andaman Island. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 16: 21-23.
  11. Shanker, K. and Schauble, C. (2012) How it all started. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 15: 1.
  12. Fatima, E., H. Andrews, S. John & K. Shanker (2011) Status of Marine Turtles in Cuthbert Bay, Middle Andaman Islands. Marine Turtle Newsletter 130: 6-9.
  13. Swaminathan, A., N. Namboothri and K. Shanker (2011) Post-tsunami status of leatherback turtles on Little Andaman Island. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 14: 5-9.
  14. Shanker, K., N. Namboothri and A. Swaminathan (2011) Tracking the voyage of the leatherback: the research programme in the Andaman Islands. Survey of the Environment 2010: 79-82.
  15. Shanker, K. (2010) The endangered world of sea turtles. Survey of the Environment 2010: 42-45.
  16. Shanker, K. (2010) Special profile: Satish Bhaskar. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 12: 23.
  17. Shanker, K. and J. Lenin (2010) Satish Bhaskar’s publications and surveys. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 12: 29-32.
  18. Shanker, K. (2009) Ridleys in Orissa: Another reply to Mohanty Hejmadi. Marine Turtle Newsletter 126: 20.
  19. Lenin et al. (2009) Editorial: The IUCN’s new clothes: an update on the Dhamra – turtle saga. Marine Turtle Newsletter 126: 2-5.
  20. Shanker, K., J. Lenin and Fernandez (2009) Peeling the onion: the politics of conservation and corporations at a sea turtle nesting beach. Survey of the Environment 2009: 96-99
  21. Shanker, K. et al. (2009) A little learning …: the price of ignoring politics and history. Marine Turtle Newsletter 124: 3-5.
  22. Shanker, K. (2008) My way or the highway: where conservationists and corporations meet. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 8: 10–14. (Marine Turtle Newsletter 121:16-18)
  23. Sridhar, A. and K. Shanker (2007) Lessons from marine paradigms. Seminar No. 577 (2007) pp 63 – 68.  
  24. Shanker, K. (2006) The real impact of the 2004 tsunami. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 4: 1-2.
  25. Shanker, K. & A. Sridhar (2005) Editorial: Surmounting the people vs parks conundrum – conservation lessons from marine resource management. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 2: 1-2
  26. Sankaran, S., B. Tripathy & K. Shanker (2005) A bibliography for sea turtles on the mainland coast of India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 2: 15-33.
  27. Sridhar, A., B. Tripathy & K. Shanker (2005) A review of legislation and conservation measures for sea turtles in Orissa, India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 1: 1-7
  28. Tripathy, B., M.A. Oommen, B. Pandav & K. Shanker (2005) A bibliography of literature on sea turtles in Orissa, India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 1: 28-36.
  29. Shanker, K. (2004) Natal homing and mass nesting in olive ridleys. Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour (ed. Marc Bekoff). Greenwood Press, USA.
  30. Shanker, K. (2003) Thirty years of sea turtle conservation on the Madras coast. Kachhapa 8: 16-19.
  31. Andrews, H. & K. Shanker (2002) A significant population of leatherback turtles in the Indian ocean. Kachhapa 6: 17
  32. Shanker, K. (2002) The swampland of sea turtle conservation: in search of a philosophy (Guest Editorial). Marine Turtle Newsletter 95: 3-6.
  33. Shanker, K. & B. Mohanty (1999) Operation Kachhapa: In search of a solution for the Olive Ridleys of Orissa (Guest Editorial) Marine Turtle Newsletter 86: 1-3.
  34. Shanker, K., B. Pandav & B.C. Choudhury (1999) Olive Ridleys in Orissa: further comments. Current Science 76: 1522-1523.
  35. Shanker, K. (1994) Conservation of sea turtles on the Madras Coast. Marine Turtle Newsletter 64:3-6.
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