Editorials, Opinions and Commentaries

Year Citation
2021 Shanker, K. 2021. Olive ridleys and River Mouths: Speculations About the Evolution of Nest Site Selection. Marine Turtle Newsletter 162: 1-3.
2021 Kale, N., M. Muralidharan and K. Shanker. 2021. Dietary Components of Green Turtles in the Lakshadweep Islands, India. Marine Turtle Newsletter 162: 6-10.
2020 B. J. Godley, 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. April, 2020. Reflections on sea turtle conservation. Oryx 54(3).
2017 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.
2015 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.
2013 Shanker, K. and M.H. Godfrey. 2013. A deep diving olive ridley in the Bay of Bengal. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 18: 16-17.
2013  Shanker, K. 2013. Leatherback turtles on the mainland coast of India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 17: 15-17
2012  Shanker, K. and N. Namboothri. 2012. Sea turtle surveys and research in the Andamans and Nicobar Islands. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 16: 1-3.
2012 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.
2012  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
2011 Fatima, E., H. Andrews, S. John and K. Shanker. 2011. Status of Marine Turtles in Cuthbert Bay, Middle Andaman Islands. Marine Turtle Newsletter 130: 6-9
2011  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.
2011  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
2010 Shanker, K. 2010. The endangered world of sea turtles. Survey of the Environment 2010: 42-45
2010 Shanker, K. 2010. Special profile: Satish Bhaskar. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 12: 23
2010 Shanker, K. and J. Lenin. 2010. Satish Bhaskar’s publications and surveys. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 12: 29-32
2010 Shanker, K., B.C. Choudhury, A. Fernandes, S. Gopal, A. Hamid, C. Kar, S. Kumar, J. Lenin, B. Mohanty, B. Pandav, S. Rodriguez, A. Sridhar, W. Sunderraj, B. Tripathy, R. Whitaker, S. Worah and B. Wright. 2009. Editorial: The IUCN’S New Clothes: An Update on the Dhamra – Turtle Saga. Marine Turtle Newsletter 126: 2-5
2009   Lenin, J., A. Fernandes, A. Sridhar, B.C. Choudhury, J. Frazier, S. Gopal, A. Hamid, S. Kloff, B. Mohanty, B. Pandav, S. Rodriguez, B. Tripathy, R. Whitaker, S. Worah, B. Wright and K. Shanker. 2009. Editorial: A Little Learning …The Price of Ignoring Politics and History. Marine Turtle Newsletter 124:3-5
2009 Lenin et al. .2009. Editorial: The IUCN’s new clothes: an update on the Dhamra – turtle saga. Marine Turtle Newsletter 126: 2-5
2009   Shanker, K. 2009. Ridleys in Orissa: Another reply to Mohanty Hejmadi. Marine Turtle Newsletter 126: 20
2009  Shanker, K., J. Lenin and A. Fernandez. 2009. Peeling the onion: the politics of conservation and corporations at a sea turtle nesting beach. Survey of the Environment 2009: 96-99
2008 Rodrigues, S. and A. Sridhar. 2008. Dhamra Port: How Environmental Regulatory Failure Fuels Corporate Irreverence. Marine Turtle Newsletter 121:21-24
2008 aena, Rocellaria and Lamychaena (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Gastrochaenoidea). Journal of Palaeontology 82(1): 102-117.
2008 Rodrigues, S. and A. Sridhar. 2008. Dhamra Port: How Environmental Regulatory Failure Fuels Corporate Irreverence. Marine Turtle Newsletter 121:21-24