Reference

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Bjorndal, K.A. 1979. Urine concentrations of ammonia, urea and uric acid in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 63A, 509-510.
(urea is major component, unexplained colour variation of urine from pale yellow to dark green).

K.A. Bjorndal
Dept. of Zoology
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
USA, 32611

Carrasca;-de Celis, N.
Turtle tagging in Looc Bay. Canopy, 4(10), 2pp. (published by Ministry of Natural Resources, Philippines).
(Capture of turtles at night by divers for tagging project started at Mindoro Occidental).

Nelma Carrascal-de Celis
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Chau, T.H. & J.I. Furtado. 1979
Conservation of the leathery turtle in Peninsula Malaysia. Malays. appl. Biol., 8, 97-101.
(background information and difficulties in maintaining hatchery; "The Malayan Nature Society hopes to obtain 15% (ca. 180, 000 eggs) of all eggs laid each year. However, inflation has made this impossible in previous years...")

T.H. Chua
Dept. of Zoology
University of Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Fletemeyer, J.R. 1978. Sea turtle monitoring project. Report Submitted to the Broward County Environmental Quality Control Board, Fla., 8 pp.
(a survey of turtles in Hollywood-Hallandale and in Dania, Florida; mortality from being run-over by power boats).

J.R. Fletemeyer
620 S.E. Fifth Court
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
33301, USA

Gibson, T.S.H. 1979. Green turtle turtle (Chelonia mydas (L)) nesting activity at Aldabra Atoll. Philos. Trans. Roy. Sec. London, B, 286, 255-263.
(700 turtles estimated to nest per year; all year round nesting but peaks for different parts of atoll occur in different months).

T.S.H. Gibson
School of Life Sciences
Leicester Polytechnic
P.O. Box 143
Leicester, LE1 9BH, U.K.

McKeown, A. 1977. Marine turtles of the Solomon Islands. Report to Ministry of Natural Resources, Solomon Islands, 47pp.
(mainly about hawksbills, their nesting areas, clutch sizes, weights and morphology; decline in numbers and in export trade despite higher prices for shell; some data on other species).

A. McKeown
Minister of Natural Resources
Fisheries Division
Honiara,
Solomon Islands

Musick, J.A. 1979. The marine turtles of Virginia. Sea Grant Program, Educational Series No. 24, 16pp.
(notes on identification and natural history).

J.A. Musick
Virginia Institute of Marine Sci.
Gloucester, Point, Va.
23062, USA

Pritchard, P.C.H. 1979. 'Head- starting' and other conservation techniques for marine turtles Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae. International Zoo Yearbook, 19, 38-42.

P.C.H. Pritchard
Florida Audubon Society
P.O. Drawer 7
Maitland, Fla. 32751, USA

Sapsford, C.W. & M. van der Riet. 1979. Uptake of solar radiation by the sea turtle, Caretta caretta, during voluntary surface basking. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 63A, 471-474.
(temperature of a 42 kg loggerhead 3.75°C above ambient).

C.W. Sapsford
Dept. of Biological Sciences
University of Natal
Durban, South Africa

Solomon, S.E. & T. Baird. 1979. Aspects of the biology of Chelonia mydas L. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev., 17, 347-361.
(mostly review; authoritative section on egg formation; storage of sperm at least for one year thought likely).

S.E. Solomon
Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy
Glasgow University
Glasgow, Scotland U.K.

van Rhijn, F.A. 1979. Optic orientation in hatchlings of the sea turtle, Chelonia mydas I. Brightness: Not the only optic cue in sea-finding orientation. Mar. Behav. Physiol., 6, 105-121.
(hatchlings not influenced by sun's position, geotactic effects, form vision proposed, and other challenges for current theories of sea-finding).

F.A. van Rhijn
Laboratory of Comparative Physiol.
University of Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands