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1) The ACCSTR for inclusion in both the on-line bibliography and the MTN. Address: Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, University of Florida, PO Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

2) The editors of the Marine Turtle Newsletter to facilitate the transmission of information to colleagues submitting articles who may not have access to on-line literature reviewing services.

RECENT PAPERS

BARNETT, L.K., C. EMMS, A. JALLOW, A.M. CHAM & J.A. MORTIMER. 2004. The distribution and conservation status of marine turtles in The Gambia, West Africa: a first assessment. Oryx 38: 203-8. (Makasutu Wildlife Trust, P.O. Box 2164, Gambia.)

CASALE, P., L. LAURENT & G. DE METRIO. 2004. Incidental capture of marine turtles by the Italian trawl fishery in the north Adriatic Sea. Biological Conservation 119: 287-95.(Via Antonio Calderara 29, I-00125 Roma, Italy. E-mail: paolo.casale@tiscali.it)

CORDERO-TAPIA, A.A., S.C. GARDNER, J. ARELLANO-BLANCO & R.B. INOHUYE-RIVERA. 2004. Learedius learedi infection in black turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii), Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Parasitology 90: 645-47. (S. C. Gardner, CIBNOR, Mar Bermejo 195, Playa Santa Rita, AP 128, La Paz 23090, Baja California, Mexico).

FERRAROLI, S., J.Y. GEORGES, P. GASPAR & Y. LE MAHO. 2004. Endangered species - Where leatherback turtles meet fisheries. Nature 429: 521-22. (WWF France, F-97300 Cayenne, Guyane Francais, French Guiana. E-mail: sandra.ferraroli@c-strasbourg.fr)

FRICK, M.G., K.L. WILLIAMS, A.B. BOLTEN, K.A. BJORNDAL & H.R. MARTINS. 2004. Diet and fecundity of Columbus crabs, Planes minutus, associated with oceanic-stage loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, and inanimate flotsam. Journal of Crustacean Biology 24: 350-355. (Caretta Research Project, P.O. Box 9841, Savannah, GA 31412, USA. E-mail: caretta05@aol.com)

HATASE, H. & W. SAKAMOTO. 2004. Forage-diving behaviour of adult Japanese female loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) inferred from Argos location data. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84: 855-56. (Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo 164-8639, Japan. E-mail: hatase@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

HAYS, G.C. 2004. Good news for sea turtles. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 349-51. (School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. E-mail: g.hays@swan.ac.uk)

HAYS, G.C., J.D.R. HOUGHTON & A.E. MYERS. 2004. Pan-Atlantic leatherback turtle movements. Nature 429: 522. (Address as above)

HAYS, G.C., J.D. METCALFE, A.W. WALNE & R.P. WILSON. 2004. First records of flipper beat frequency during sea turtle diving. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 303: 243-60. (Address as above)

JESSOP, T.S., M. HAMANN & C.J. LIMPUS. 2004. Body condition and physiological changes in male green turtles during breeding. Marine Ecology Progress Series 276: 281-88. (Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92112, USA. E-mail: tjessop@sandiegozoo.org)

JESSOP, T.S., C.J. LIMPUS & J.M. WHITTIER. 2004. Comparison of plasma androgen profiles in green and hawksbill sea turtles inhabiting Queensland waters. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 293-301. (Address as above)

JESSOP, T.S. & M. HAMANN. 2004. Hormonal and metabolic responses to nesting activities in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 308: 253-67. (M. Hamann, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1735, Bundaberg, Queensland Q4670, Australia. E-mail: mark.hamann@epa.qld.gov.au)

KELEZ, S., X. VÉLEZ-ZUAZO & C. MANRIQUE. 2003. New evidence on the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758) in Peru. Ecologia Aplicada 2: 141-42. (E-mail: skelez@yahoo.com)

KELLER, J.M., J.R. KUCKLICK, M.A. STAMPER, C.A. HARMS & P.D. MCCLELLAN-GREEN. 2004. Associations between organochlorine contaminant concentrations and clinical health parameters in loggerhead sea turtles from North Carolina, USA. Environmental Health Perspectives 112: 1074-79. (Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Hollings Marine Lab, 331 Ft. Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA. E-mail: jennifer.keller@noaa.gov)

KELLER, J.M. & P. MCCLELLAN-GREEN. 2004. Effects of organochlorine compounds on cytochrome P450 aromatase activity in an immortal sea turtle cell line. Marine Environmental Research 58: 347-51. (P. McClellan-Green, Duke Univ, Marine Lab, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd., Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.)

KENNETT, R., N. MUNUNGURRITJ & D. YUNUPINGU. 2004. Migration patterns of marine turtles in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia: implications for Aboriginal management. Wildlife Research 31: 241-48. (Kakadu National Park, P.O. Box 71, Jabiru, NT 0886, Australia. E-mail: rod.kennett@ea.gov.au)

OROS, J., C. DELGADO, L. FERNANDEZ & H.E. JENSEN. 2004. Pulmonary hyalohyphomycosis caused by Fusarium spp in a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempi): an immunohistochemical study. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 52: 150-152. (ULPGC, Vet Fac, Unit Histol & Pathol, Transmontana S-N, Las Palmas Gran Canaria 35416, Spain. E-mail: oros@cicei.ulpgc.es)

PHILLOTT, A.D. & S.A. M. ELSMORE. 2004. Black Noddies (Anous minutus) and Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinis pacificus) as potential hosts for fungi invading sea turtle nests at Heron Island, Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 128: 73-76. (Univ Cent Queensland, Sch Biol & Environm Sci, Rockhampton, QLD 4702, Australia. E-mail: phillota@topaz.cqu.edu.au)

PIEAU, C. & M. DORIZZI. 2004. Oestrogens and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles: all is in the gonads. Journal of Endocrinology 181: 367-77. (Inst Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR 7592, 2 PL Jussieu, F-75251 Paris 05, France.)

POSPISIL, L. & J. CANDERLE. 2004. Chlamydia (Chlamydophila) pneumoniae in animals: a review. Veterinarni Medicina - Czech Republic 49: 129-34. (Vet Res Inst, Hudcova 70, CS-62132 Brno, Czech Republic).

ROBERTS, M.A., T.S. SCHWARTZ & S.A. KARL. 2004. Global population genetic structure and male-mediated gene flow in the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas): Analysis of microsatellite loci. Genetics 166: 1857-70. (Univ. of South Florida, Dept Biol, SCA 110, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL, 33620 USA. E-mail: karl@chuma.cas.usf.edu)

SALA, E. 2004. The past and present topology and structure of Mediterranean subtidal rocky-shore food webs. Ecosystems 7: 333-40. (Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, Ctr Marine Biodivers & Conservat, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. E-mail: esala@coast.ucsd.edu)

SHANKER, K., J. RAMADEVI, 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: 1899-909. (R. Aggarwal, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad - 500007, India. E-mail: rameshka@ccmb.res.in)

STEWART, K.R. & J. WYNEKEN. 2004. Predation risk to loggerhead hatchlings at a high-density nesting beach in Southeast Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 74: 325-35. (Duke Univ., Marine Lab, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd., Beaufort, NC 28516, USA. E-mail: kelly.stewart@duke.edu)

WEISHAMPEL, J.F., D.A. BAGLEY & L.M. EHRHART. 2004. Earlier nesting by loggerhead sea turtles following sea surface warming. Global Change Biology 10: 1-4. (4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA. E-mail: jweisham@mail.ucf.edu).

TECHNICAL REPORTS

TROENG, S. & C. DREWS. 2004. Money Talks: Economic Aspects of Marine Turtle Use and Conservation. WWF - International, Gland, Switzerland <http://www.panda.org> 64 pp. (S. Troeng, Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Apdo. Postal 246-2050, San Pedro, Costa Rica. E-mail: sebastian@cccturtle.org)

MARGARITOULIS, D. & A. DEMETROPOULOS, Editors. 2003. Proceedings of the First Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles. Barcelona Convention – Bern Convention – Bonn Convention (CMS). Nicosia, Cyprus : 270 pp. Copies of this volume can be freely downloaded from: <http://www.medturtleconf.net> <https://seaturtle.org> <http://www.cms.int> <http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Environment/>

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

TIWARI, M. 2004. Density-dependent effects on hatchling production in the green turtle nesting population in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Florida, Gainesville: 88 pp.