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Marine Turtle Newsletter 11:8, © 1979

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The American Society of Zoologists: Research Symposium
"The Behavioral and Reproductive Biology of Sea Turtles"


This symposium will be held in Tampa, Florida between 27-30 December 1979. The invited speakers include R. Ackerman, A. Carr., J. Hendrickson, H. Hirth, P. Licht, N. Mrosovsky, D. Owens, P. Pritchard, W. Rainey, R. Witham, J. Wood, F. Wood and R. Zangerl. The papers, ranging from Migratory Behavior to Endocrine Physiology, will be published in a 1980 volume of the American Zoologist. Ample time for discussion will also be available.

Contributed papers from anyone doing research on the biology of sea turtles will be scheduled the day after the Symposium. All interested researchers are urged to submit contributed papers (you do not have to be a member1 of the American Society of Zoologists) and/or to attend these always interesting meetings. The abstracts of the contributed papers will be published in the Fall 1979 issue of the American Zoologist. Registration fees (advanced) are $25.00 regular and $12.50 for graduate students2. Abstracts are due 31 August 1979. For more information contact:

Dave Owens
Department of Biology
Texas A&M University
College Station, Tx. 77843
U.S.A.
Telephone: (713) 845-6131 or
(home):    (713) 693-7031

OR

Ms. Mary Wiley
American Society of Zoologists
Box 2739
California Lutheran College
Thousand Oaks, Ca. 91360
U.S.A.
Telephone: (805) 492-4055

1   In this case a member of the society must sign the abstract; the member signing forfeits the right to give a paper at that meeting.

2   To join the society costs only $7.50 USA for a student; this entitles the student to nearly all the benefits of being a member.