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Marine Turtle Newsletter 78:27-30, © 1997

RECENT PAPERS

BOWEN, B. W. and A. L. BASS. 1997. Movement of hawksbill turtles: what scale is relevant to conservation, and what scale is resolvable with mtDNA data? Chelonia Conservation and Biology 2:240-242. B. Bowen, Dept. Fish. Aquatic Sci., Univ. Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653 USA.

CAILLOUET, C. W., Jr., C. T. FONTAINE, T. D. WILLIAMS and S. A MANZELLA-TIRPAK. 1997. Early growth in weight of Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in captivity. Gulf Research Reports 9(4):239-246. C. Caillouet, NMFS/SEFSC Galveston Lab, 4700 Avenue U, Galveston, Texas 77551-5997 USA.

HECK, J., D. MacKENZIE, D. ROSTAL, K. MEDLER D. OWENS. 1997. Estrogen induction of plasma vitellogenin in the Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempi). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 107:280-288. D. MacKenzie, Dept. of Biology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843-3258 USA.

KAMEZAKI, N. and M. MATSUI. 1997. Allometry in the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta. Chelonian Conservation Biology 2(3):421-425. N. Kamezaki, Graduate School of Human and Environ. Studies, Kyoto Univ., Yoshida Nihonmatsucho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-01 JAPAN.

KAMEZAKI, N. and M. MATSUI. 1997. A review of biological studies on sea turtles in Japan. Jap. J. Herpetol. 17(1):16-32. N. Kamezaki (as above).

MARCOVALDI, M. A., M. H. GODFREY and N. MROSOVSKY. 1997. Estimating sex ratios of loggerhead turtles in Brazil from pivotal incubation durations. Can. J. Zool. 75:755-770. M. Marcovaldi, Projeto TAMAR-IBAMA, Fundacao Pró-TAMAR, C.P. 2219, CEP 40210-970, Salvador, Bahia, BRAZIL.

MOON, D. Y., D. MacKENZIE and D. OWENS. 1997. Simulated hibernation of sea turtles in the laboratory: I. Feeding, breathing frequency, blood pH, and blood gases. J. Exp. Zool. 278:372-380. D. Owens, Biology Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843-3258 USA.

MORREALE, S. J. and V. J. BURKE. 1997. Conservation and Biology of Sea Turtles in the Northeastern United States, p.41-46. In: T. Tyning (Editor), Status and Conservation of Turtles of the Northeastern United States. Serpents Tale Natural History Book Distributors, Lanesboro, Minnesota. V. Burke, School of Natural Resources, Univ. Missouri, 112 Stephens Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211 USA.

MROSOVSKY, N. 1997. Movement of hawksbill turtles: a different perspective on the DNA data. Chelonia Conservation and Biology 2:438-439. N. Mrosovsky, Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5 CANADA.

MROSOVSKY, N. 1997. A general strategy for conservation through use of sea turtles. J. Sustainable Use 1(1):42-46. N. Mrosovsky (as above).

PLOTKIN, P. T., D. C. ROSTAL, R. A. BYLES and D. W. OWENS. 1977. Reproductive and Developmental Synchrony in Female Lepidochelys olivacea. J. Herpetology 31:17-22. P. Plotkin, Dept. Entomology and Applied Ecology, 248 Townsend Hall, Univ. Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19717-1303 USA.

RENAUD, M. L., J. M. NANCE, E. SCOTT-DENTON and G. R. GITSCHLAG. 1997. Incidental capture of sea turtles in shrimp trawls with and without TEDs in U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Waters. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(3):425-427. M. Renaud, NOAA/ NMFS, 4700 Ave. U, Galveston, Texas 77550 USA.

RESTER, J. and R. CONDREY. 1996. The occurrence of the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, along the Louisiana coast. Gulf of Mexico Science 2:112-114. J. Rester, Coastal Fisheries Inst., Ctr. Wetland Resources, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 USA.

VAN DAM, R. P. and C. E. DIEZ. 1997. Surfacing behavior of the marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata. J. Herpetol. 31(2):313-316. R. Van Dam, Univ. Amsterdam, Inst. Systematics and Population Biology, P. O. Box 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS.

VAN DAM, R. P. and C. E. DIEZ. 1997. Diving behavior of immature hawksbill turtles(Eretmochelys imbricata) in a Caribbean reef habitat. Coral Reefs 16:133-138. R. Van Dam (as above).

VAN DAM, R. P. and C. E. DIEZ. 1997. Predation by hawksbill turtles on sponges at Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Proc. 8th Intl. Coral Reef Symp. 2:1421-1426. R. Van Dam (as above).

BARATA, PAULO CESAR ROSITO. 1996. Um Modelo para a Estimaçao do NPoundmero de Tartarugas Marinhas Desovando em uma Praia em uma Temporada. [A Model for the Estimation of the Annual Number of Sea Turtles Nesting on a Beach.] Ph.D. Dissertation, Inst. de Biologia da Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Brazil. Available from: Unicamp - Biblioteca Central - Comut, C.P. 6136 - Barao Geraldo, 13081-970 Campinas - SP, BRAZIL (email: bidsp@turing.unicamp.br). in Portuguese.

CARTHY, RAYMOND RAOUL. 1996. The Role of the Eggshell and Nest Chamber in Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Egg Incubation. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida. [UMI, 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 USA; order no. GAX97-09214]

KARAM M., SAMANTHA GABRIELA. 1997. Patrones de Sustitucion Nucleotidica de la Region de Control del DNA Mitocondrial de Tortugas Marinas. Thesis Biologa, Facultad de Ciencias, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México. In Spanish.

KICHLER, KRISTINA. 1996. Micosatellites and Conservation Genetics: Genetic Variability and Mating Behavior of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, Lepidochelys kempii. Master of Science Thesis, Texas A&M University.

NELSON, DAVID ALLEN. 1996. Subadult Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Behavior in St. Mary's Entrance Channel, Georgia, United States. Ph.D. Dissertation, The College of William and Mary. [UMI, 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 USA; order no. GAX97-09103]

PEARE, TIGERIN. 1996. The Conservation Genetics of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas): Consequences of Philopatry and Mating Behavior. The Ohio State Univ. [UMI, 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 USA; order no. GAX97-10643]

PENICK, DAVID NORMAN. 1996. Thermoregulatory Physiology of Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and Green (Chelonia mydas) Sea Turtles. Ph.D. Dissertation, Drexel University. [UMI, 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 USA; order no. GAX96-39744]

STEINTZ, MARY JULIE. 1996. The Effects of Beach Renourishment on the Nesting Behavior and Hatching Success of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle at Jupiter Island, Florida: A Seven Year Study. Master of Science Thesis, Florida Atlantic University. [UMI, 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 USA; order no. GAX13-78889]

VAN DAM, ROBERT P. 1997. Ecology of Hawksbill Turtles on Feeding Grounds at Mona and Monita Islands, Puerto Rico. Inst. Systematics and Population Biology, University of Amsterdam.

HIRTH, H. F. 1997. Synopsis of the Biological Data on the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus 1758). Biol. Rept. 97(1):1-120. U.S. Fish Wildl. Service. Available from: Leslie Dierauf, U.S. Fish Wildl. Service, P. O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 USA.