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Number 118 October 2007

Editors: Lisa M. Campbell Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Beaufort, NC 28516 USA Matthew H. Godfrey NC Sea Turtle Project NC Wildlife Resources Commission 1507 Ann St. Beaufort, NC 28516 USA

Founding Editor: Nicholas Mrosovsky University of Toronto, Canada

Editorial Board: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick (Editors Emeriti) George Balazs Angela Formia Colin Limpus Nicholas J. Pilcher Manjula Tiwari Kartik Shanker Jeanette Wyneken

Editorial

Conservation Conflicts, Conflicts of Interest, and Conflict Resolution: What Hopes for Marine Turtle Conservation? - Lisa M. Campbell

Articles

From Hendrickson (1958) to Monroe & Limpus (1979) and Beyond: An Evaluation of the Turtle Barnacle Tubicinella cheloniae - Arnold Ross† & Michael G. Frick

Nest relocation as a conservation strategy: looking from a different perspective - Oguz Türkozan & Can Yılmaz

Linking Micronesia and Southeast Asia: Palau Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking and Flipper Tag Returns - Sarah Klain, Joshua Eberdong, Ann Kitalong, Yalap Yalap, Elizabeth Matthews, Adalbert Eledui, Mista Morris, Wayne Andrew, Damien Albis & Peace Kemesong

Morphometrics of the Green Turtle at the Atol das Rocas Marine Biological Reserve, Brazil - Alice Grossman, Pablo Mendonça, Marcus Rodrigues da Costa & Cláudio Bellini

Notes

Epibionts of Olive Ridley Turtles Nesting at Playa Ceuta, Sinaloa, Mexico - Lydia Angulo-Lozano, Paul E. Nava-Duran & Michael G. Frick

Self-Grooming by Loggerhead Turtles in Georgia, USA - Michael G. Frick and Greg McFall

IUCN-MTSG Quarterly Report

IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Quarterly Update - Nicolas J. Pilcher , Roderic B. Mast & Brian J. Hutchinson

Announcements

Raine Island, World's Largest Green Turtle Nesting Population, Given Highest Protection Status - Colin J. Limpus

Update: 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico January 19-26, 2008 - Wallace J. Nichols

Democracy in International Sea Turtle Society - Board of Directors, International Sea Turtle Society

Organizational Profile: Peyu Project – Sea Turtles of Argentina - José Luis Di Paola, Marcela Iglesias, Cintia Echenique, Luis Maina, Daniela Campanella, Susana Lapergola, Natalia Gonzalez, Natalia Irurita, Mercedes Barbara, Tania Giuliani, Lucas Dalessandro & Laura Prosdocimi

The Sixth Reunion of Mediterranean Sea Turtle Specialists at the 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology (Myrtle Beach, SC, USA, 24 February 2007) - Dimitris Margaritoulis & Paolo Casale

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