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ALAVA, J.J., J.M. KELLER, J.R. KUCKLICK, J. WYNEKEN, L. CROWDER & G.I. SCOTT. 2006. Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) egg yolk concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and lipid increase during the last stage of embryonic development. Science of the Total Environment 367: 170-181. J.M. Keller, NIST, Hollings Marine Lab, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA. (email: jennifer.keller@noaa.gov)

ANON. 2006. Abstracts of papers presented in 16th Japanese Sea Turtle Conference in Kuroshima. Umigame Newsletter of Japan No. 68: 2-9. in Japanese. (email: newsletter@umigame.org)

ANTWORTH, R.L., D.A. PIKE & J.C. STINER. 2006. Nesting ecology, current status, and conservation of sea turtles on an uninhabited beach in Florida, USA. Biological Conservation 130: 10-15. D.A. Pike, Canaveral National Seashore, 308 Julia St, Titusville, FL 32796, USA. (email: dapike22@hotmail.com)

BAKER, J.D., C.L. LITTNAN & D.W. JOHNSTON. 2006. Potential effects of sea level rise on the terrestrial habitats of endangered and endemic megafauna in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Endangered Species Research 4: 1-10. J.D. Baker, Pacific Islands Research Center, NMFS, NOAA, 2570 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. (email: jason.baker@noaa.gov)

BHUPATHY, S. & S. SARAVANAN. 2006. Status of marine turtles in the Gulf of Mannar, India. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 5: 139-41. S. Bhupathy, Salim Ali Ctr Ornithol & Nat Hist, Anaikatti PO, Coimbatore 641108 Tamil Nadu, India. (email: sb62in@yahoo.co.uk)

BURSEY, C.R., K.E. RICHARDSON & D.J. RICHARDSON. 2006. First North American records of Kathlania leptura and Tonaudia tonaudia (Nematoda : Kathlanidae), parasites of marine turtles. Comparative Parasitology 73: 134-35. D.J. Richardson, Quinnipiac Univ, Campus Box 71,275 Mt Carmel Ave, Hamden, CT 06518, USA. (email: cxb13@psu.edu)

CAMPBELL, L.M. & C. SMITH. 2006. What makes them pay? Values of volunteer tourists working for sea turtle conservation. Environmental Management 38: 84-98. L. M. Campbell, Nicholas School of Environment & Earth Sciences, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA. (email: lcampbe@duke.edu)

CARRANZA, A., A. DOMINGO & A. ESTRADES. 2006. Pelagic longlines: A threat to sea turtles in the Equatorial Eastern Atlantic. Biological Conservation 131: 52-57. A. Domingo, Direcc Nacl Recursos Acuat, Recursos Pelag, Constituyente 1497,CP 11-200, Montevideo, Uruguay. (email: alvardoc@fcien.edu.uy)

CHATTOPADHYAY, S., N.K. SINHA, S. BANERJEE, D. ROY, D. CHATTOPADHYAY & S. ROY. 2006. Small cationic protein from a marine turtle has beta-defensin-like fold and antibacterial and antiviral activity. Proteins - Structure Function and Bioinformatics 64: 524-31. S. Roy, Indian Inst Chem Biol, 4 Raja Sc Mullick Rd, Calcutta 700032 W Bengal, India. (email: sidroy_kolkata@rediffmail.com)

DE SILVA, A. 2006. An annotated bibliography of publications on marine turtles of Sri Lanka. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter No. 3: 12-26. 15/1 Dolosbage Road, Gampola, Sri Lanka. (email: kalds@sltnek.lk)

DEPECKER, M., S. RENOUS, X. PENIN & C. BERGE. 2006. Procrustes analysis: a tool to understand shape changes of the humerus in turtles (Chelonii). Comptes Rendus Palevol 5: 509-18. S. Renous, CNRS, FRE 2696, Museum Natl Hist Nat, 55 Rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. (email: renous@mnhn.fr)

DI BELLO, A., C. VALASTRO, F. STAFFIERI, & A. CROVACE. 2006. Contrast radiography of the gastrointestinal tract in sea turtles. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 47: 351-54. A. Di Bello, Univ Bari, DEOT, Div Vet Surg, Fac Vet Med, Italy SP Valenzano Sasamassima Km 3, I-70010 Bari Italy. (email: a.dibello@veterinaria.uniba.it)

ENGEMAN, R.M., R.E. MARTIN, H.T. SMITH, J. SOOLARD, C.K. CRADY, B. CONSTANTIN, M. STAHL & N.P. GRONINGER. 2006. Impact on predation of sea turtle nests when predator control was removed midway through the nesting season. Wildlife Research 33: 187-92. R.M. Engeman, Natl Wildlife Res Ctr, 4101 LaPorte Ave, Ft Collins, CO 80521 USA. (email: Richard.M.Engmann@aphis.usda.gov)

FERREIRA, B., M. GARCIA, B.P. JUPP & A. AL-KIYUMI. 2006. Diet of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Ra's Al Hadd, Sultanate of Oman. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 5: 141-46. B. Ferreira, Praceta 25 Abril, 5 Vale Figueira, P-2815874 Sobreda, Portugal. (email: ferreirabetania@hotmail.com)

FLEMMING, J.E.M., C. A. FIELD, M.C. JAMES, I.D. JONSEN & R.A. MYERS. 2006. How well can animals navigate? Estimating the circle of confusion from tracking data. Environmetrics 17: 351-62. J.E.M. Flemming, Dalhousie Univ, Dept Math & Stat, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada. (email: joanna.flemming@dal.ca)

FOLEY, A.M., S.A. PECK & G.R. HARMAN. 2006. Effects of sand characteristics and inundation on the hatching success of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) clutches on low-relief mangrove islands in southwest Florida. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 5: 32-41. A.M. Foley, Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commiss, Florida Fish & Wildlife Res Inst, Jacksonville Field Lab, 6135 Author Ave, Bldg 200, Jacksonville, FL 32221, USA. (email: allen.foley@fwc.state.fl.us)

FORMIA, A., B.J. GODLEY, J.-F. DONTAINE & M.W. BRUFORD. 2006. Mitochondrial DNA diversity and phylogeography of endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations in Africa. Conservation Genetics 7: 353-69. A. Formia, Biodiversity and Ecological Processes Research Group, School of Biosciences, University of Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 3TL, UK. (email: aformia@seaturtle.org)

GALLO, B.M.G., S. MACEDO, B.D. GIFFONI, J.H. BECKER & P.C.R. BARATA. 2006. Sea turtle conservation in Ubatuba, southeastern Brazil, a feeding area with incidental capture in coastal fisheries. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 5: 93-101. B.M.G. Gallo, Fundação Pro-TAMAR, Rua Antonio Athanasio 273, 11680000 Ubatuba SP Brazil. (email: tamaruba@tamar.org.br)

GLEN, F., A.C. BRODERICK, B.J. GODLEY & G.C. HAYS. 2006. Thermal control of hatchling emergence patterns in marine turtles. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 334: 31-42. F. Glen, Univ Exeter, Ctr Ecol & Conservat, Marine Turtle Research Group, Penryn TR10 9EZ Cornwall, England. (email: fglen1@hotmail.com)

GRIFFITHS, S.P., D.T. BREWER, D.S. HEALES, D.A. MILTON & I.C. STOBUTZKI. 2006. Validating ecological risk assessments for fisheries: assessing the impacts of turtle excluder devices on elasmobranch bycatch populations in an Australian trawl fishery. Marine and Freshwater Research 57: 395-401. S.P. Griffiths, CSIRO Marine & Atmospher Res, POB 120, Cleveland, Qld 4163, Australia. (email: shane.griffiths@csiro.au)

HAINSCHWANG, T. & L. LEGGIO. 2006. The characterization of tortoise shell and its imitations. Gems & Gemology 42: 36-52. T. Hainschwang, GIA GemTech Lab, Geneva, Switzerland. (email: thomas.hainschwang@gia.edu)

HAMANN, M., CHU THE CUONG, NGUYEN DUY HONG, PHAM THUOC, and BUI THI THUHIEN. 2005. Distribution and abundance of marine turtles in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. Biodiversity and Conservation. Published online: 15 June 2005. M. Hamann, School of Tropical Environmental Studies and Geography, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. (email: mark.hamann@jcu.edu.au)

ISHIHARA, T. 2006. 26th International Sea Turtle Symposium (ISTS). An attendance report on 26th International Sea Turtle Symposium in Crete, Greece. Umigame Newsletter of Japan No. 68: 14-16. in Japanese. (email: newsletter@umigame.org)

KAKODKAR, A. 2006. Perceptions of local stakeholders about marine turtles on the Sindhudurg coast of southern Maharashtra, India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter No. 3: 1-5. DD's Cross Building, Agalli, Fatorda, Margao, Goa 403 602, India. (email: adiz@myself.com)

KASKA, Y., C. ILGAZ, A. OZDEMIR, E. BASKALE, O. TURKOZAN, I. BARAN & M. STACHOWITSCH. 2006. Sex ratio estimations of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings by histological examination and nest temperatures at Fethiye beach, Turkey. Naturwissenschaften 93: 338-43. Y. Kaska, Pamukkale Univ, Fen Edebiyat Fak, Denizli, Turkey. (email: caretta@pamukkale.edu.tr)

KORNARAKI, E., D.A. MATOSSIAN, A.D. MAZARIS, Y.G. MATSINOS & D. MARGARITOULIS. 2006. Effectiveness of different conservation measures for loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests at Zakynthos Island, Greece. Biological Conservation 130: 324-30. A.D. Mazaris, Univ Aegean, Dept Environm Studies, Biodivers Conservat Lab, GR-81100 Mitilene, Greece. (email: amazar@env.aegean.gr)

KUMAR, A.B. & G.R. DEEPTHI. 2006. Trawling and by-catch: Implications on marine ecosystem. Current Science 90: 922-31. A. B. Kumar, NSS Coll, Dept Zool Res, Pandalam 689501 India. (email: abiju@rediffmail.com)

KUROYANAGI, K. 2006. A report on loggerhead turtles landing to nest and hatchlings from their clutch found in the Chita Peninsula, Aichi, in 2005. Umigame Newsletter of Japan No. 68: 11-13. in Japanese. (email: newsletter@umigame.org)

LOHMANN, K.J. & C.M.F. LOHMANN. 2006. Sea turtles, lobsters, and oceanic magnetic maps. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 39: 49-64. K. J. Lohmann, Univ N Carolina, Dept Biol, CB 3280,Coker Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. (email: klohmann@email.unc.edu)

LUSCHI, P., J.R.E. LUTJEHARMS, R. LAMBARDI, R. MENCACCI, G.R. HUGHES & G.C. HAYS. 2006. A review of migratory behaviour of sea turtles off southeastern Africa. South African Journal of Science 102: 51-58. P. Luschi, Dept. of Ethology, Ecology, Evolution, University of Pisa, Via A. Volta 6, I-56126 Pisa, Italy. (email: luschi@discau.unipi.it)

MAST, R.B., B.J. HUTCHINSON & N.J. PILCHER. 2006. The burning issues for global sea turtle conservation, 2006: the hazards and urgent priorities in sea turtle conservation. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter No. 3: 29-31. R. Mast, Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, 1919 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA. (email: r.mast@conservation.org)

MCMAHON, C.R. & G.C. HAYS. 2006. Thermal niche, large-scale movements and implications of climate change for a critically endangered marine vertebrate. Global Change Biology 12: 1330-1338. G. C. Hays, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP Wales, UK. (email: g.hays@swansea.ac.uk)

MURUGAN, A. & V. NAGANATHAN. 2006. A note on the green sea turtles rescued in Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter No. 3: 10-11. A. Murugan, Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, 44 Beach Road, Tuticorin 628 001, India. (email: muruganrsa@sancharnet.in)

OLIVER, G. & A. PIGNO. 2005. Première observation d'une Tortue de Kemp, Lepidochelys kempii (Garman, 1880), (Reptilia, Chelonii, Cheloniidae) sur les côtes françaises de Méditerranée. Bulletin De La Société Herpétologique De France 116: 31-38. O. Guy (email: oliver@univ-perp.fr)

OUELLET, M., C. FORTIN, P. GALOIS & P. NASH. 2006. Les tortues marines: un plan d'action pour mieux cerner leur situation au Quebec. Le Naturaliste Canadien 130, no. 1: 37-43.

PAPI, F. 2006. Navigation of marine, freshwater and coastal animals: concepts and current problems. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 39: 3-12. Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Biol, Via A Volta 6, I-56126 Pisa, Italy. (email: papi@discau.unipi.it)

PHILLOTT, A.D., C.J. PARMENTER & S.C. MCKILLUP. 2006. Calcium depletion of eggshell after fungal invasion of sea turtle eggs. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 5: 146-49. A.D. Phillott, Univ Cent Queensland, Sch Biol & Environm Sci, Rockhampton, Qld 4702, Australia. (email: a.phillott@cqu.edu.au)

PILCHER, N.J. & R.B. MAST. 2006. Hook, line and bycatch: Setting the agenda for mitigation of bycatch in longline fisheries. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter No. 3: 32. N. Pilcher, Marine Research Foundation, 136 Lorong Pokok Seraya 2, Taman Khidmat, 88450 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (email: pilcher@tm.net.my)

POCOCK, C. 2006. Turtle riding on the Great Barrier Reef. Society & Animals 14: 129-46. (email: celmara.pocock@utas.edu.au)

POLOVINA, J., I. UCHIDA, G.H. BALAZS, E.A. HOWELL, D. PARKER & P. DUTTON. 2006. The Kuroshio Extension Bifurcation Region: a pelagic hotspot for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles. Deep-Sea Research II 53: 326-39. J.J. Polovina, Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Ctr., NNFS-NOAA, 2570 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822-2396, USA. (email: jeffrey.polovina@noaa.gov)

PRADHAN, N.C. & P. LEUNG. 2006. A Poisson and negative binomial regression model of sea turtle interactions in Hawaii's longline fishery. Fisheries Research 78: 309-22. P. Leung, Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Mol Biosci & Bioengn, 1955 E W Rd Room 218, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. (email: psleung@hawaii.edu)

RAIDAL, S.R., P.L. SHEARER & R.I.T. PRINCE. 2006. Chronic shoulder osteoarthritis in a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). Australian Veterinary Journal 84: 231-34. S.R. Raidal, Charles Stuart Univ, Sch Agr & Vet Sci, Boorooma St, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678 Australia. (email: shraldal@murdoch.edu.au)

REECE, J.S., L.M. EHRHART & C.L. PARKINSON. 2006. Mixed stock analysis of juvenile loggerheads (Caretta caretta) in Indian River Lagoon, Florida: implications for conservation planning. Conservation Genetics 7: 345-52. L. Ehrhart, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816-2368, USA. (email: lehrhart@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu)

RIVALAN, P., P.H. DUTTON, E. BAUDRY, S.E. RODEN & M. GIRONDOT. 2006. Demographic scenario inferred from genetic data in leatherback turtles nesting in French Guiana and Suriname. Biological Conservation 130: 1-9. P. Rivalan, Univ New Brunswick, Dept Biol, Fredericton, NB E3B 6E1, Canada. (email: philippe.rivalan@ese.u-psud.fr)

SAENZ-ARROYO, A., C.M. ROBERTS, J. TORRE, M. CARINO-OLVERA & J.P. HAWKINS. 2006. The value of evidence about past abundance: marine fauna of the Gulf of California through the eyes of 16th to 19th century travellers. Fish and Fisheries 7: 128-46. A. Saenz-Arroyo, Comunidad & Biodivers AC, Blvd Agua Marina 297 Entre Jaiba & Tiburon Coloni, Guaymas 85420 Sonora, Mexico. (email: asaenz@cobi.org.mx)

SAZIMA, I., and A. GROSSMAN. 2006. Turtle riders: remoras on marine turtles in Southwest Atlantic. Neotropical Ichthyology 4, no. 1: 123-26. I. Sazima, Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Zool, Caixa Postal 6109, BR-13083970 Campinas SP, Brazil. (email: isazima@unicamp.br)

STORELLI, M.M., G. BARONE, N. SANTARNARIA & G.O. MARCOTRIGIANO. 2006. Residue levels of DDTs and toxic evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Scyliorhinus canicula liver from the Mediterranean Sea (Italy). Marine Pollution Bulletin 52: 696-700. G.O. Marcotrigiano, Univ Bari, Fac Vet Med, Chem & Biochem Sect, Dept Pharmacol Biol, Strada Prov Casmassima Km 3, I-70010 Valenzano BA Italy. (email: g.o.marcotrigiano@veterinaria.uniba.it)

SUNDERRAJ, S.F.W. & J. JOSHUA. 2006. Status report on the UNEP - CMS sea turtle project on the Gujarat coast, India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter No. 3: 6-10. Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, P.O. Box 83, Oppt Changleshwar Temple, Mundra Road, Bhuj - 370 001, Kachchh, Gujarat, India. (email: wesley.s@rediffmail.com)

TANAKA, K. & T. ISHIHARA. 2006. A record of tail elongation of a male loggerhead turtle recaptured on his way to maturation. Umigame Newsletter of Japan No. 68: 10. in Japanese. (email: newsletter@umigame.org)

THAMMASIRIRAK, S., P. PONKHAM, S. PREEECHARRAM, R. KHANCHANUAN, P. PHONYOTHEE, S. DADUANG, C. SRISOMSAP, T. ARAKI & J. SVASTI. 2006. Purification, characterization and comparison of reptile lysozymes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C - Toxicology & Pharmacology 143: 209-17. S. Thammasirirak, Khon Kaen Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Biochem, Khon Kaen 40002 Thailand. (email: somkly@kku.ac.th)

WALLACE, B.P., J.A. SEMINOFF, S.S. KILHAM, J.R. SPOTILA & P.H. DUTTON. 2006. Leatherback turtles as oceanographic indicators: stable isotope analyses reveal a trophic dichotomy between ocean basins. Marine Biology 149: 953-60. B.P. Wallace, Drexel Univ, Dept Biosci & Biotechnol, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. (email: bwallace@duke.edu)

WILLIAMS, E.H. & L. BUNKLEY-WILLIAMS. 2006. Early fibropapillomas in Hawaii and occurrences in all sea turtle species: The panzootic, associated leeches wide-ranging on sea turtles, and species of study leeches should be identified. Journal of Virology 80: 4643. E.H. Williams, Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Marine Sci, Caribbean Aquat Anim Hlth Project, POB 9013, Mayaguez, PR 00861, USA. (email: ewilliams@uprm.edu)

WILSON, R.P. & C.R. MCMAHON. 2006. Measuring devices on wild animals: what constitutes acceptable practice? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 147-54. R. P. Wilson, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, School of Environment and Society, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK. (email: r.p.wilson@swansea.ac.uk)

WINKLER, J.D. & M.R. SANCHEZ-VILLAGRA. 2006. A nesting site and egg morphology of a Miocene turtle from Urumaco, Venezuela: Evidence of marine adaptations in Pelomedusoides. Palaeontology 49: 641-46. J. D. Winkler, Univ Tubingen, Dept Zool, Auf Morgenstelle 28, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany. (email: jadawinkler@hotmail.com)

YALCIN-OZDILEK, S. & M. AUREGGI. 2006. Strandings of juvenile green turtles at Samandag, Turkey. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 5: 152-54. S. Yalcin-Ozdilek, Univ Mustafa Kemal, Fac Sci & Letters, Dept Biol, TR-31040 Antakay Hatay, Turkey. (email: sytrtr@yahoo.com)

YALCIN-OZDILEK, S. & B. SONMEZ. 2006. Some properties of new nesting areas of sea turtles in north-eastern Mediterranean situated on the extension of the Samanda Beach, Turkey. Journal of Environmental Biology 27: 537-44. S. Yalcin-Ozdilek, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart Univ, Educ Fac, Anafartalar Campus, TR-17100 Canakkale Turkey. (email: yalcin.ozdilek@gmail.com)

YASUDA, T., H. TANAKA, K. KITTIWATTANAWONG, H. MITAMURA, W. KLOM-IN & N. ARAI. 2006. Do female green turtles exhibit reproductive seasonality in a year-round nesting rookery? Journal of Zoology 269: 451-57. T. Yasuda, Dept. of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. (email: tohya@bre.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

YOSEDA, K., and T. SHIMIZU. 2006. Technology development for spontaneous spawning, egg management and juvenile stocking in endangered sea turtles. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 72: 476-79. K. Yoseda, Fisheries Res Agcy, Yaeyama Stn, Stock Enhancemnt Technol Stn, Ishigaki Trop Stn,Seikai Natl Fisheries Res Inst, Okinawa 9070451 Japan. (email: kenzoy@fra.affrc.go.jp)

ZBINDEN, J., D. MARGARITOULIS & R. ARLETTAZ. 2006.2006. Metabolic heating in Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle clutches. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 334, no. 1: 151-57. J. Zbinden, Zoological Institute, Division of Conservation Biology, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. (email: judith.zbinden@nat.unibe.ch)

ZEEBERG, J., A. CORTEN & E. DE GRAAF. 2006. Bycatch and release of pelagic megafauna in industrial trawler fisheries off Northwest Africa. Fisheries Research 78, no. 2-3: 186-95. J. Zeeberg, Netherlands Inst Fisheries Res, Haringkade 1, Ijmuiden, Netherlands. (email: jaapjan.zeeberg@wur.nl)

CROSS, H., C. RIZK, M. KHALIL & L. VENIZELOS. 2006. Marine Turtle Conservation in the Mediterranean: Population Status and Conservation Activities on Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches in South Lebanon, 2005. Prepared for MEDASSET-Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles: 1-39. Available at: <http://www.medasset.org/pdf/Lebanon_Report_2005.pdf>.

ECKERT, K.L. & J. BEGGS. 2006. Marine turtle tagging: a manual of recommended practices. Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) Technical Report No. 2 Revised Edition. Beaufort, North Carolina. 40 pp. (email: widecast@ix.netcom.com)

FRICK, M., A. PANAGOPOULOU, A.F. REES & K. WILLIAMS, Compilers. 2006. Book of Abstracts. 26th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. International Sea Turtle Society, Athens, Greece: 376 pp. Available at: <https://seaturtle.org./ists/>. For a hard copy, write: ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Solomou 57, GR-104 32 Athens, Greece.

RYDER, C.E., T.A. CONANT & B.A. SCHROEDER. 2006. Report of the Workshop on Marine Turtle Longline Post-Interaction Mortality. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/OPR-29. 36 pp. Available at: <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/publications>.

WHITE, M., I. HAXHIU, V. KOUROUTOS, A. GACE, A. VASO, S. BEQIRAJ, A. PLYTAS & Z. DEDEJ. 2006. Rapid assessment survey of important marine turtle and monk seal habitats in the coastal area of Albania, 2005. Prepared for MEDASSET-Mediterranean Assoc. to Save the Sea Turtles: 36 pp. Available at: <http://www.medasset.org/pdf/albanian_report/albanian_report.pdf>.

BROCK, K.A. 2005. Effects of a shore protection project on loggerhead and green turtle nesting activity and reproduction in Brevard County, Florida. M.S. Thesis. University of Central Florida, Orlando 66 pp. (email: ke166018@ucf.edu)

DARRÉ E. 2006. Hábitos alimentarios de juveniles de tortuga verde (Chelonia mydas) en Cerro Verde, Rocha. Informe de Pasantía. Licenciatura en Ciencias Biológicas. Profundización en Etología. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay. 56 pp. (email: fenixdemetal@msn.com).

GUZMÁN, C.R. 2006. Determination of genetic damage in olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) using the micronucleus assay. Thesis Project. Universidad Popular Autónoma Del Estado De Puebla. Puebla, Pue, México.

MANSFIELD, K.L. 2006. Sources of mortality, movements and behavior of sea turtles in Virginia. Ph.D. Dissertation. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary; Gloucester Point, VA. 343 pp. (email: ktlm@vims.edu)

PONS M. 2006. El cangrejo Planes cyaneus (Dana, 1851) (Brachyura, Grapsidae) y su relación con la tortuga cabezona Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). Licenciatura en Ciencias Biológicas. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay. 26 pp. (email: maitepons@adinet.com.uy)