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RECENT PAPERS

ALAVA, J.J. 2000. Las tortugas marinas en El Ecuador. In: Amorocho, D., F. Campo, J.A. Riascos & E. Parra. (Eds.). Memorias del Curso Taller en Biología y Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas y III Seminario Internacional de la Red Colombiana para la Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas. RETOMAR, Asociación WIDECAST-Colombia. pp. 14-17. In Spanish (E-mail: jj_alava@yahoo.com).

ALAVA, J.J. 2000. Estado actual de conservación de las Tortugas marinas en El Ecuador In: Amorocho, D., F. Campo, J.A. Riascos & E. Parra. (Eds.). 2000. Memorias del Curso Taller en Biología y Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas y III Seminario Internacional de la Red Colombiana para la Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas. RETOMAR, Asociación WIDECAST-Colombia. pp. 51-58. In Spanish (Address as above).

ALEYA, K. 2005. Perspectives of the traditional fishworkers on sea turtle conservation. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 7-8. (E-mail: otfwu@hotmail.com).

ALEYA, K. 2005. Initiatives toward consensus - the Orissa Marine Resources Conservation Consortium. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 12-13. (Address as above).

ANDRE, J., E. GYURIS & I.R. LAWLER. 2005. Comparison of the diets of sympatric dugongs and green turtles on the Orman Reefs, Torres Strait, Australia. Wildlife Research 32: 53-62. (E. Gyuris, James Cook Univ of North Queensland, Dept Trop Environm Studies & Geog, Townsville, Qld 4811 Australia. E-mail: emma.gyuris@jcu.edu.au).

ANON. 2005. Abstracts of papers presented in 15th Japanese Sea Turtle Conference in Tsuyazaki. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 63: 6-32. In Japanese. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org).

ANON. 2005. Abstract of papers presented in the 15th Japanese Sea Turtle Conference in Tuyazaki. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 64: 26. In Japanese. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org).

BARLEYCORN, A.A. & A.D. TUCKER. 2005. Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp’s Ridley Seaturtle) Diet. Herpetological Review 36: 58-59. (Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA. E-mail: barleycorn@mote.org).

BARNETT, J.B. 2005. Book review: Sea Turtles: A complete guide to their biology, behavior, and conservation. Library Journal 130: 112. (Univ. Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA).

BASS, A.L., S.P. EPPERLY & J. BRAUN-MCNEILL. 2004. Multi-year analysis of stock composition of a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) foraging habitat using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods. Conservation Genetics 5: 783-96. (Dept. of Biology, SCA 110, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620, USA. E-mail: abass@helios.acomp.usf.edu).

BELL, C.D.L., J. PARSONS, T.J. AUSTIN, A.C. BRODERICK, G. EBANKS-PETRIE & B.J. GODLEY. 2005. Some of them came home: the Cayman Turtle Farm headstarting project for the green turtle Chelonia mydas. Oryx 39: 137-48. (E-mail: cbell@seaturtle.org).

BILLON-BRUYAT, J.P., C. LECUYER, F. MARTINEAU & J.M. MAZIN. 2005. Oxygen isotope compositions of Late Jurassic vertebrate remains from lithographic limestones of western Europe: implications for the ecology of fish, turtles, and crocodilians. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 216: 359-75. (Hotel Halles, Off Culture Republ & Canton Jura, Sect Archeol & Paleontol, CH-2900 Porrentruy Switzerland. E-mail: jean-paul.billon@palaeojura.ch).

BJORNDAL, K.A., A.B. BOLTEN & M.Y. CHALOUPKA. 2005. Evaluating trends in abundance of immature green turtles, Chelonia mydas, in the Greater Caribbean. Ecological Applications 15: 304-14. (Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Dept. of Zoology, Box 118525, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. E-mail: kab@zoology.ufl.edu).

BRADSHAW, C.J.A. 2005. Survival of the fittest technology – problems estimating marine turtle mortality. Marine Ecology Progress Series 287: 261-62. (Charles Darwin Univ, Res Sch Environm Studies, Key Ctr Trop Wildlife Management, Darwin, NT 0909 Australia. E-mail: corey.bradshaw@cdu.edu.au).

DAY, R.D., S.J. CHRISTOPHER, P.R. BECKER & D.W. WHITAKER. 2005. Monitoring mercury in the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta. Environmental Science & Technology 39: 437-46. (Natl Inst Standards & Technol, Hollings Marine Lab, 331 Fort Johnson Rd, Charleston, SC 29412, USA. E-mail: russell.day@nist.gov).

DONLAN, E.M., J.H. TOWNSEND & E.A. GOLDEN. 2004. Predation of Caretta caretta (Testudines: Cheloniidae) eggs by larvae of Lanelater Sallei (Coleoptera: Elateridae) on Key Biscayne, Florida. Caribbean Journal of Science 40: 415-20. (J. H. Townsend, Division of Herpetology, Florida Museum of Natural History, Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA. E-mail: jtownsend@flmnh.ufl.edu).

FISH, M. R., I.M. COTE, J.A. GILL, A.P. JONES, S. RENSHOFF & A.R. WATKINSON. 2005. Predicting the impact of sea-level rise on Caribbean sea turtle nesting habitat. Conservation Biology 19: 482-91. (I. M. Cote, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. E-mail: i.cote@uea.ac.uk).

FOLEY, A.M., B.A. SCHROEDER, A.E. REDLOW, K.J. FICK-CHILD & W.G. TEAS. 2005. Fibropapillomatosis in stranded green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the eastern United States (1980-98): Trends and associations with environmental factors. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41: 29-41. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, Jacksonville Field Laboratory, 6134 Authority Avenue, Building 200, Jacksonville, FL 32221, USA. E-mail: allen.foley@fwc.state.fl.us).

FRICK, M.G., K.L. WILLIAMS, E.J. MARKESTEYN, J.B. PFALLER & R.E. FRICK. 2004. New records and observations of epibionts from loggerhead sea turtles. Southeastern Naturalist 3: 613-20. (Caretta Research Project, P.O. Box 9841, Savannah, GA 31412 USA. E-mail: caretta05@aol.com).

FUJIMURA, A. & A. OMURA. 2005. The attendance at 25th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 64: 2-4. In Japanese. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org).

HARMS, C.A., M.G. PAPICH, A. STAMPER, P.M. ROSS, M.X. RODRIGUEZ & A.A. HOHN. 2004. Pharmacokinetics of oxytetracycline in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after single intravenous and intramuscular injections. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35: 477-88. (Environmental Medicine Consortium and Dept of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough, Raleigh, NC 27606 USA. E-mail: craig-harms@ncsu.edu).

HAWKES, L.A., A.C. BRODERICK, M.H. GODFREY & B.J. GODLEY. 2005. Status of nesting loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta at Bald Head Island (North Carolina, USA) after 24 years of intensive monitoring and conservation. Oryx 39: 65-72. (Univ Exeter, Center for Ecology & Conservation, Marine Turtle Res Grp, Tremough Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ England. E-mail: lhawkes@seaturtle.org).

HAYS, G.C. 2005. Book Review: Sea turtles: A complete guide to their biology, behavior, and conservation. Nature 433: 109. (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK. E-mail: g.hays@swan.ac.uk).

HEITHAUS, M.R., A. FRID, A.J. WIRSING, L. BEJDER & L.M. DILL. 2005. Biology of sea turtles under risk from tiger sharks at a foraging ground. General and Comparative Endocrinology 141: 259-70. (Florida Int Univ, Marine Biol Program, Dept Biol Sci, Biscayne Bay Campus ACI 371, 3000 NE 151 St, N. Miami, FL 33181 USA. E-mail: heithaus@fiu.edu).

HOCHSCHEID, S., F. BENTIVEGNA & G.C. HAYS. 2005. First records of dive durations for a hibernating sea turtle. Biology Letters 1: 82-86. (Stazione Zoologica “Anton Dohrn”, Villa Comunale 1, I-80121 Naples, Italy. E-mail: hochs@szn.it).

HOCHSCHEID, S., F. MAFFUCCI, F. BENTIVEGNA & R.P. WILSON. 2005. Gulps, wheezes, and sniffs: how measurement of beak movement in sea turtles can elucidate their behaviour and ecology. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 316: 45-53. (Address as above)

INADA, Y. 2005. A study on hawksbill turtle hydrodynamics. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 64: 5-13. In Japanese with English summary. (Email: newsletter@umigame.org).

JAMES, M.C., C.A. OTTENSMEYER & R.A. MYERS. 2005. Identification of high-use habitat and threats to leatherback sea turtles in northern waters: new directions for conservation. Ecology Letters 8: 195-201. (Dalhousie Univ, Dept Biol, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada. E-mail: mjames@mscs.dal.ca).

JESSOP, T.S. & M. HAMANN. 2005. Interplay between age class, sex and stress response in green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 131-36. (M. Hamann, School of Tropical Environmental Studies and Geography, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. E-mail: mark.hamann@jcu.edu.au).

KELLER, J.M., P.D. MCCLELLAN-GREEN, A.M. LEE, M.D. ARENDT, P.P. MAIER, A.L. SEGARS, J.D. WHITAKER, D.E. KEIL & M.M. PEDEN-ADAMS. 2005. Mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation in loggerhead sea turtles: comparison of methods and effects of gender, plasma testosterone concentration, and body condition on immunity. Verterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 103: 269-81. (Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Hollings Marine Lab, 331 Ft Johnson Rd, Charleston, SC 29412 USA. E-mail: jennifer.keller@noaa.gov).

KITSOS, M.S., M. CHRISTODOULOU, C. ARVANITIDIS, M. MAVIDIS, I. KIRMITZOGLOU & A. KOUKOURAS. 2005. Composition of the organismic assemblage associated with Caretta caretta. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 257-61. (Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Dept Zool, Sch Biol, Thessaloniki 54124 Greece. E-mail: akoukour@bio.auth.gr).

KUCHLING, G. 2004. Male biased sex ratio and occurrence of intersexes in pelagic juvenile Caretta caretta washed up at Perth beaches (Western Australia) during winter storms. Amphibia-Reptilia 25: 425-29. (Univ Western Australia, School of Animal Biology, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. E-mail: kuchling@cyllene.uwa.edu.au).

LOPEZ-MENDILAHARSU, M., S.C. GARDNER, J.A. SEMINOFF & R. RIOSMENA-RODRIGUEZ. 2005. Identifying critical habitats of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) along the Pacific coast of Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 15: 259-69. Available at: <http://karumbe.8k.com/publicaciones/Mendilaharsu2005.pdf>

MAKOWSKI, C., R. SLATTERY & M. SALMON. 2005. “Shark fishing”: a method for determining the abundance and distribution of sea turtles at shallow reef habitats. Herpetological Review 36: 36-38. (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Box 3091, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991, USA. (E-mail: salmon@fau.edu).

MARTIN, R.E., R.M. ENGEMAN, H.T. SMITH, C.K. CRADY, M. STAHL & B. CONSTANTIN. 2005. Cheloniidae (Marine Turtle). Nest predation by bobcats. Herpetological Review 36: 56-57. (R. M. Engeman, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 Laporte Ave., Ft Collins, CO 80521 USA. E-mail: richard.m.engeman@aphis.usda.gov).

MCALPINE, D.F., S.A. ORCHARD, K.A. SENDALL & R. PALM. 2004. Status of marine turtles in British Columbia waters: A reassessment. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 72-76. (New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Ave, St John, NB E2K 1E5 Canada. E-mail: dmcalpin@nb.aibn.com).

NAKATA, F., T. AMAKAWA, K. KUROYANAGI, N. KAMEZAKI & T. SHIMA. 2005. Visual electric response of a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). Umigame Newsletter of Japan 64: 14-21. In Japanese with English summary. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

OKUYAMA, T. & B.M. BOLKER. 2005. Combining genetic and ecological data to estimate sea turtle origins. Ecological Applications 15: 315-25. (Dept. of Zoology, Box 118525, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8525, USA. E-mail: toshi@zoo.ufl.edu).

OMUTA, Y. 2005. A black turtle entangled by fishing net and stranded on Maehama Beach, Yakushima. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 63: 2-3. In Japanese. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org).

OROS, J., A. TORRENT, P. CALABUIG & S. DENIZ. 2005. Diseases and causes of mortality among sea turtles stranded in the Canary Islands, Spain (1998-2001). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 63: 13-24. (Univ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Fac Vet, Unit Hist & Pathol, Trasmontana S-N, Arucas 35416 Las Palmas Spain. E-mail: joros@dmor.ulpgc.es).

OZDEMIR, A., O. TURKOZAN, C. IGLAZ & R. MARTIN. 2004. Nest site factors and invertebrate infestation of loggerhead turtle nests. Israel Journal of Zoology 50: 333-40. (O. Turkozan, Adnan Menderes Univ, Fac Sci & Arts, Dept Biol, TR-09010 Aydin, Turkey. E-mail: oturkozan@adu.edu.tr).

PANDAV, B. 2005. Casuarina plantations along sea turtle nesting beaches in Orissa. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 27-28. (Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box #18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248 001, Uttaranchal, India. E-mail: pandavb@wii.gov.in).

PARHAM, J.F. 2005. A reassessment of the referral of sea turtle skulls to the genus Osteopygis (Late Cretaceous, New Jersey, USA). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25: 71-77. (Univ Calif Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA. E-mail: parham@socrates.berkeley.edu).

PARKER, D.M., W.J. COOKE & G.H. BALAZS. 2005. Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific. Fishery Bulletin 103: 142-52. (NOAA, Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, NW Fisheries Sci Ctr, Newport, OR 97365, USA. E-mail: denise.parker@noaa.gov).

PILCHER, N.J. 2004. To fix or not to fix? A review of Mrosovsky’s ‘Predicting extinction’. Endangered Species Research 5:Published online <http://www.int-reg.com/journals/esr/esr-home/> (E-mail: pilcher@tm,net.my).

PRICE, E.R., B.P. WALLACE, R.D. REINA, J.R. SPOTILA, F.V. PALADINO, R. PIEDRA & E. VELEZ. 2004. Size, growth, and reproductive output of adult female leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea. Endangered Species Research 5: 1-8. Published online <http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/esr-home/> (Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA. E-mail: Edwin.Price@mso.umt.edu).

PROJECT SWARAJYA. 2005. Turtle conservation from the perspective of Orissa’s trawling industry. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 8-9.

REES, A.F. & D. MARGARITOULIS. 2004. Beach temperatures, incubation durations and estimated hatchling sex ratio for loggerhead sea turtle nests in southern Kyparissia Bay, Greece. Testudo 6: 23-36. (ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Solomou 57, GR-104 32, Athens, Greece. E-mail: alan@archelon.gr).

REINA, R.D., K.J. ABERNATHY, G.J. MARSHALL & J.R. SPOTILA. 2005. Respiratory frequency, dive behaviour and social interactions of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea during the inter-nesting interval. Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology 316: 1-16. (School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. E-mail: richard.reina@sci.monash.edu.au).

ROBERTS, M.A., C.J. ANDERSON, B. STENDER, A. SEGARS, J.D. WHITTAKER, J.M. GRADY & J.M. QUATTRO. 2005. Estimated contribution of Atlantic Coastal loggerhead turtle nesting populations to offshore feeding aggregations. Conservation Genetics 6: 133-39. (J. M. Quattro, Univ South Carolina, Dept Biol Sci, Marine Sci Program, Columbia, SC 29208 USA. E-mail: quattro@mail.biol.sc.edu).

SAMUEL, Y., S.J. MORREALE, C. W. CLARK, C.H. GREENE & M.E. RICHMOND. 2005. Underwater, low-frequency noise in a coastal sea turtle habitat. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117: 1465-72. (Cornell Univ, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, Ocean Resources & Ecosyst Program, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA. E-mail: ys88@cornell.edu).

SEA TURTLE ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN. 2005. Report on the 15th Japanese Sea Turtle Conference in Tsuyazaki, 12-14 Nov., 2004. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 63: 4-5. In Japanese. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org).

SEABORN, G.T., M.K. MOORE & G.H. BALAZS. 2005. Depot fatty acid composition in immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) residing at two near-shore foraging areas in the Hawaiian Islands. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 140: 183-95. (Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, 219 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA. E-mail: Gloria.Seaborn@noaa.gov).

SEKHSARIA, P. 2004. Arribadas and goodbyes. Sanctuary Asia 24: 38-43.

SEKHSARIA, P. 2005. The Dhamra Port in Orissa. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 14-16.

SEMINOFF. J.A. 2005. Book Review: The Chelonian Emperor has no clothes: When and where did Red Listing go wrong? Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 37-38. (Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS, 8604 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92038, USA. E-mail: Jeffrey.Seminoff@noaa.gov).

SHANKER, K., B. TRIPATHY & B. PANDAV. 2005. Biological studies on sea turtles on the coast of Orissa. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 10-11. (ATREE, 659 5th A Main Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka 560 024, India. E-mail: kartikshanker@vsnl.net).

SOUTHWOOD, A.L., R.D. ANDREWS, F.V. PALADINO & D.R. JONES. 2005. Effects of diving and swimming behavior on body temperatures of Pacific leatherback turtles in tropical seas. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78: 285-97. (JIMAR, University of Hawaii, 2570 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. E-mail: amanda.southwood@noaa.gov).

SRIDHAR, A., B. TRIPATHY & K. SHANKER. 2005. A review of legislation and conservation measures for sea turtles in Orissa, India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 1-7. (ATREE, 659 5th A Main Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka 560 024, India. E-mail: aarthi@atree.org).

STORELLI, M.M., A. STORELLI, R. D’ADDABBO, C. MARANO, R. BRUNO & G.O. MARCOTRIGIANO. 2005. Trace elements in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea: overview and evaluation. Environmental Pollution 135: 163-70. (Univ Bari, Fac Med Vet, Chem & Biochem Sect, Pharmacol Biol Dept, Strada Prov Casamassima Km 3, I-70010 Valenzano Ba, Italy. E-mail: g.o.marcotrigiano@veterinaria.uniba.it).

TRIPATHY, B. 2004. Distress call of an ancient mariner - the sea turtle story. Science Reporter 41: 16-19. (ATREE, 659 5th A Main Rd., Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka 560 024, India. E-mail: tripathyb@atree.org).

TRIPATHY, B. 2005. Letters to the Editor: Lighting and sea turtle hatchlings in Rushikulya. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 26-27. (Address as above)

TRIPATHY, B. 2005. Status of the loggerhead turtle in India. Current Science 88: 535-36. (Address as above).

TRIPATHY, B., M.A. OOMMEN, B. PANDAV & K. SHANKER. 2005. A bibliography of literature on sea turtles in Orissa, India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 28-36. (Address as above)

UEMATSU, M. & H. NARUSE. 2005. The first record of green turtle landing and nesting in the Izu-Islands, Japan. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 64: 22-25. In Japanese with English summary. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org).

WAYCOTT, M., B.J. LONGSTAFF & J. MELLORS. 2005. Seagrass population dynamics and water quality in the Great Barrier Reef region: A review and future research directions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 51: 343-50. (James Cook Univ, Sch Trop Biol, Townsville, Qld 4811 Australia. E-mail: michelle.waycott@jcu.edu.au).

WITZELL, W.N. 2005. Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp’s Ridley Sea turtle). Nest architecture. Herpetological Review 36: 59. (National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149, USA. E-mail: wayne.witzell@noaa.gov).

WITZELL, W.N., A.A. GEIS, J.R. SCHMID & T. WIBBELS. 2005. Sex ratio of immature Kemp’s ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) from Gullivan Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, south-west Florida. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 205-8. (Address as above)

WORK, T.M. 2005. Cancer in sea turtles. Hawaii Medical Journal 64: 23-24. (US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Hawaii Field Station, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 5-231, Honolulu, HI 96850, USA. E-mail: thierry_work@usgs.gov).

WRIGHT, B. & B. MOHANTY. 2005. Operation Kachhapa & the sea turtles of Orissa. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter Issue 1: 16-18. (B. Mohanty, Wildlife Society of Orissa, Shantikunj, Link Road, Cuttack 753012, India. E-mail: biswajit_m@vsnl.com).

TECHNICAL REPORTS

AUREGGI, M., C. RIZK & L. VENIZELOS. 2005. Survey on sea turtle nesting activity, South Lebanon 2004. Available at: <http://Tofino.Ex.Ac. Uk/Euroturtle/Medas/Pdf/Lebanon_Report_2004.Pdf> 35 pp.

COYNE, M.S. & R.D. CLARK. Compilers. 2005. Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-528: 368 pp. (Available online at <http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/PDFdocs/TM_528_Coyne_Clark_21.pdf> or send mailing label to: Lisa Belskis, NMFS, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149, USA. Please include phone number with your request.)

HILTERMAN, M.L. & E. GOVERSE. 2005. Annual Report on the 2004 Leatherback Turtle Research and Monitoring Project in Suriname. World Wildlife Fund - Guianas Forests and Environmental Conservation Project (WWF-GFECP) Technical Report of the Netherlands Committee for IUCN (NC-IUCN), Amsterdam, the Netherlands: 18 pp. M. L. Hilterman, Programme Officer Asia, NC-IUCN/ Small Grants Programmes (Wetlands and Tropical Rain Forests), Plantage Middenlaan 2k, 1018 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (E-mail:maartje.hilterman@nciucn.nl)

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

BENHARDOUZE, W. 2004. La tortue marine Caretta caretta (Reptilia, Cheloniidae): interaction avec les pêcheries, échouages et utilisation au NW du Maroc. Master Thesis, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Morocco: 87pp. (E-mail: benhardouze@hotmail.com).

FRUTCHEY, K.P. 2004. Plasma levels of vitamins A and E in marine turtles (Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta). M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando: 67 pp.

JONES, T.T. 2004. A comparison of the ontogeny of energy consumption in leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea, and olive ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea, sea turtle hatchlings. M.S. Thesis. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton: 57 pp. (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA).

MAHARAJ, A.M. 2004. A comparative study of the nesting ecology ofthe leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) in Florida and Trinidad. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando: 80 pp.

MAKOWSKI, C. 2004. Home range and movements of juvenile Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas L.) on shallow reef habitats in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. M.S. Thesis. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton: 37 pp.

PLOG, L.B. 2004. Sea turtle nutrient inputs to dune vegetation: a stable isotope analysis. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando: 39 pp.