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ABDULQADER, E.A.A. & J. MILLER. 2012. Marine turtle mortalities in Bahrain Territorial Waters. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 11: 133-138. J. Miller, Biol Res & Educ Consultants, Missoula, MT 59801 USA. (E-mail: bioresedcon@gmail.com)

ALFARO-SHIGUETO, J., J.C. MANGEL, P.H. DUTTON, J.A. SEMINOFF & B.J. GODLEY. 2012. Trading information for conservation: a novel use of radio broadcasting to reduce sea turtle bycatch. Oryx 46: 332-339. J. Alfaro-Shigueto, Univ Exeter, Ctr Ecology & Conservation, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Wales, UK. (E-mail: jas_26@yahoo.com)

ARENCIBIA, A., M.R. HIDALGO, J.M. VAZQUEZ, S. CONTRERAS, G. RAMIREZ & J. OROS. 2012. Sectional anatomic and magnetic resonance imaging features of the head of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). American Journal of Veterinary Research 73: 1119-1127. A. Arencibia, Dept of Morphology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35413 Arucas (Las Palmas), Spain. (E-mail: aarencibia@dmor.ulpgc.es)

BABONIS, L.S. & F. BRISCHOUX. 2012. Perspectives on the convergent evolution of tetrapod salt glands. Integrative and Comparative Biology 52: 245-256. L.S. Babonis, PBRC Univ Hawaii, Kewalo Marine Lab, 41 Ahui St, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA. (E-mail: babonis@hawaii.edu)

BAGDA, E., F. BARDAKCI & O. TURKOZAN. 2012. Lower genetic structuring in mitochondrial DNA than nuclear DNA among the nesting colonies of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Mediterranean. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 43: 192-199. F. Bardakci, Adnan Menderes Univ, Fac Arts & Sci, Dept Biol, TR-09010 Aydin, Turkey. (E-mail: fevzi.bardakci@gmail.com)

BARLOW, P.F. & J. BERKSON. 2012. Evaluating methods for estimating rare events with zero-heavy data: a simulation model estimating sea turtle bycatch in the pelagic longline fishery. Fishery Bulletin 110: 344-360. P.F. Barlow, Univ Georgia, Warnell School Forestry & Natural Resources, 180 E Green St, Athens, GA 30602 USA. (E-mail: pfbarlow@uga.edu)

BENHARDOUZE, W., M. AKSISSOU & M. TIWARI. 2012. Incidental captures of sea turtles in the driftnet and longline fisheries in northwestern Morocco. Fisheries Research 127: 125-132. W. Benhardouze, Fac Science, Dept Biology, P.O. Box 2121, Tetouan 93002, Morocco. (E-mail: wafae.benhardouze@gmail.com)

BERUBE, M.D., S.G. DUNBAR, K. RUTZLER & W.K. HAYES. 2012. Home range and foraging ecology of juvenile hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) on inshore reefs of Honduras. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11: 33-43. M. Berube, Dept of Earth and Biological Sciences, Griggs Hall, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA. (E-mail: mberube@llu.edu)

CADENA, E.A. & M.H. SCHWEITZER. 2012. Variation in osteocytes morphology vs. bone type in turtle shell and their exceptional preservation from the Jurassic to the present. Bone 51: 614-620. E.A. Cadena, Marine Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. (E-mail: eacadena@ncsu.edu)

CAFARCHIA, C., R. PARADIES, S. DE SANTIS & D. OTRANTO. 2012. Occurrence of Fusarium spp. in sea turtles with and without shell and skin lesions. Mycoses 55 Special Issue Supplement 4: 146. C. Cafarchia, Univ Bari, Dept Vet Publ Hlth & Anim Sci, Bari, Italy.

CAILLOUET, C.W. JR., D.J. SHAVER, A.M. JR. LANDRY, D.W. OWENS & P.C.H. PRITCHARD. 2011. Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii). Age at first nesting. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 10: 288-293. C.W. Caillouet, Jr., 119 Victoria Drive West, Montgomery, TX 77356-8446, USA. (E-mail: waxmanjr@aol.com)

CAMACHO, M., L.D. BOADA, J. OROS, P. CALABUIG, M. ZUMBADO & O.P. LUZARDO. 2012. Comparative study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in plasma of Eastern Atlantic juvenile and adult nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Marine Pollution Bulletin 64: 1974-1980. O.P. Luzardo, Toxicology Unit, Dept of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, P.O. Box 550, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. (E-mail: operez@dcc.ulpgc.es)

CASALE, P., G. PALILLA, A. SALEMI, A. NAPOLI, M. PRINZI, L. GENCO, D. BONAVIRI, A. MASTROGIACOMO, M. OLIVERIO & M. LO VALVO. 2012. Exceptional sea turtle nest records in 2011 suggest an underestimated nesting potential in Sicily (Italy). Acta Herpetologica 7: 181-188. P. Casale, Dept of Biology and Biotechnologies 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome "La Sapienza", Viale dell Universita 32, 00185 Rome, Italy. (E-mail: paolo.casale@tiscali.it)

CASALE, P., G. SIMONE, C. CONOSCITORE, M. CONOSCITORE & P. SALVEMINI. 2012. The Gulf of Manfredonia: a new neritic foraging area for loggerhead sea turtles in the Adriatic Sea. Acta Herpetologica 7: 1-12. (Address same as above)

CHAN, B.K.K. & R. HAYASHI. 2012. Epibiotic barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) collected by the Kumejima 2009 Expedition, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3367: 21-48. B.K.K. Chan, Acad Sinica, Biodivers Res Ctr, Taipei 115, Taiwan. (E-mail: chankk@gate.sinica.edu.tw)

COELHO, F.N., H.T. PINHEIRO, R.G. DOS SANTOS, C.Q. DE ALBUQUERQUE & A.S. MARTINS. 2012. Spatial distribution and diet of Cephalopholis fulva (Ephinephelidae) at Trindade Island, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 10: 383-388. F.N. Coelho, Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Dept Oceanografia & Ecol, Av Fernando Ferrari 514, BR-29075910 Vitoria, ES, Brazil. (E-mail: coelhofn@hotmail.com)

DITMER, M.A. & S.P. STAPLETON. 2012. Factors affecting hatch success of hawksbill sea turtles on Long Island, Antigua, West Indies. PLoS ONE 7: e38472. M.A. Ditmer, Univ Minnesota, Dept Fisheries Wildlife & Conservation Biology, St Paul, MN 55108 USA. (E-mail: ditme004@umn.edu)

DUARTE, A., P. FAISCA, N.S. LOUREIRO, R. ROSADO, S. GIL, N. PEREIRA & L. TAVARES. 2012. First histological and virological report of fibropapilloma associated with herpesvirus in Chelonia mydas at Principe Island, West Africa. Archives of Virology 157: 1155-1159. A. Duarte, Univ Tecn Lisboa, Fac Med Vet, CIISA, Ave Univ Tecn, P-1300477 Lisbon, Portugal. (E-mail: anaduarte@fmv.utl.pt)

DUCHENE, S., A. FREY, A. ALFARO-NUNEZ, P.H. DUTTON, M.T.P. GILBERT & A. PHILLIP. 2012. Marine turtle mitogenome phylogenetics and evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 241-250. P.H. Dutton, Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. (E-mail: peter.dutton@noaa.gov)

FOSSETTE, S., N.F. PUTMAN, K.J. LOHMANN, R. MARSH & G.C. HAYS. 2012. A biologist’s guide to assessing ocean currents: a review. Marine Ecology Progress Series 457: 285-301. S. Fossette, Dept of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton Pk, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam Wales, UK. (E-mail: sabrina.fossette@gmail.com)

GAOS, A.R., R.R. LEWISON, B.P. WALLACE, I.L. YANEZ, M.J. LILES, A. BAQUERO & J.A. SEMINOFF. 2012. Dive behaviour of adult hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata, Linnaeus 1766) in the eastern Pacific Ocean highlights shallow depth use by the species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 432-433: 171-178. A.R. Gaos, 3193 B Street, San Diego, CA 92102, USA. (E-mail: gaos@hawsbill.org)

GARNIER, J., N. HILL, A. GUISSAMULO, I. SILVA, M. WITT & B. GODLEY. 2012. Status and community-based conservation of marine turtles in the northern Querimbas Islands (Mozambique). Oryx 46: 359-367. J. Garnier, Zool Soc London, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY, England, UK. (E-mail: juliegarnier@hotmail.com)

GOATLEY, C.H.R., A.S. HOEY & D.R. BELLWOOD. 2012. The role of turtles as coral reef macroherbivores. PLoS ONE 7: e39979. C.H.R. Goatley, James Cook Univ, Australian Res Council Ctr Excellence Coral Reef, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. (E-mail: christopher.goatley@jcu.edu.au)

GONZALEZ-CARMAN, V., N. MACHAIN, D. ALBAREDA, H. MIANZAN & C. CAMPAGNA. 2012. Legal and institutional tools to mitigate marine turtle bycatch: Argentina as a case study. Marine Policy 36: 1265-1274. V. Gonzalez-Carman, Inst Nacl Invest & Desarrollo Pesquero INIDEP CON, Lab Zooplancton, Paseo Victoria Ocampo S-N B7602HSA, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (E-mail: vgcarman@gmail.com)

GRACAN, R., M. BURSIC, I. MLADINEO, M. KUCINIC, B. LAZAR & G. LACKOVIC. 2012. Gastrointestinal helminth community of loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta in the Adriatic Sea. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 99: 227-236. B. Lazar, Dept of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 6 Roosevelt Sq, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. (E-mail: Bojan.Lazar@hpm.hr)

HAWKES, L.A., J. TOMAS, O. REVUELTA, Y.M. LEON, J.M. BLUMENTHAL, A.C. BRODERICK, M. FISH, J.A. RAGA, M.J. WITT & B.J. GODLEY. 2012. Migratory patterns in hawksbill turtles described by satellite tracking. Marine Ecology Progress Series 461: 223-232. L.A. Hawkes, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor Univ, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK. (E-mail: l.hawkes@bangor.ac.uk)

HAZEN, E.L., S.M. MAXWELL, H. BAILEY, S.J. BOGRAD, M. HAMANN, P. GASPAR, B.J. GODLEY & G.L. SHILLINGER. 2012. Ontogeny in marine tagging and tracking science: technologies and data gaps. Marine Ecology Progress Series 457: 221-240. E.L. Hazen, Univ Hawaii, Joint Inst Marine & Atmospheric Res, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA. (E-mail: elliott. hazen@noaa.gov)

HOENNER, X., S.D. WHITING, M.A. HINDELL & C.R. MCMAHON. 2012. Enhancing the use of Argos satellite data for home range and long distance migration studies of marine animals. PLoS ONE 7: e40713. X. Hoenner, Charles Darwin Univ, Res Inst Environm & Livelihoods, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia. (E-mail: xavier.hoenner@cdu.edu.au)

LANCI, A.K.J., S.E. RODEN, A. BOWMAN, E.L. LACASELLA, A. FREY & P.H. DUTTON. 2012. Evaluating buccal and cloacal swabs for ease of collection and use in genetic analyses of marine turtles. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 11: 144-148. A.K.J. Lanci, Ocean Associates Inc, 4007 N Abingdon St, Arlington, VA 22207 USA. (E-mail: amy.lanci@noaa.gov)

LEBLANC, A.M., K.K. DRAKE, K.L. WILLIAMS, M.G. FRICK, T. WIBBELS & D.C. ROSTAL. 2012. Nest temperatures and hatchling sex ratios from loggerhead turtle nests incubated under natural field conditions in Georgia, United States. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 11: 108-116. A.M. LeBlanc, Georgia So Univ, Dept Biol, POB 8042, Statesboro, GA 30460 USA. (E-mail: annemarielbeich@gmail.com)

MADREN, C. 2012. Tracking turtles from space. Scientific American 307: 27.

MANSFIELD, K.L., J. WYNEKEN, D. RITTSCHOF, M. WALSH, C.W. LIM & P. RICHARDS. 2012. Satellite tag attachment methods for tracking neonate sea turtles. Marine Ecology Progress Series 457: 181-192. K.L. Mansfield, Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, SE Fisheries Sci Ctr, Miami, FL 33149 USA. (E-mail: kate. mansfield@noaa.gov)

MARCO, A., E. ABELLA, A. LIRIA, S. MARTINS, N. LOUREIRO & L.F. LOPEZ-JURADO. 2012. Manual for the monitoring of sea turtles in the Cape Verde Islands. Zoologia Caboverdiana 3: 1-23. A. Marco, CSIC, Dept Biodivers Conservat, Estn Biol Donana, Americo Vespucio S-N, Seville 41092, Spain. (E-mail: amarco@ebd.csic.es)

MARCO, A., E. ABELLA, A. LIRIA-LOZA, S. MARTINS, O. LOPEZ, S. JIMENEZ-BORDON, M. MEDINA, C. OUJO, P. GAONA, B.J. GODLEY & L.F. LOPEZ-JURADO. 2012. Abundance and exploitation of loggerhead turtles nesting in Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde: the only substantial rookery in the eastern Atlantic. Animal Conservation 15: 351-360. (Address same as above)

MARTIN, K.J., S.C. ALESSI, J.C. GASPARD, A.D. TUCKER, G.B. BAUER & D.A. MANN. 2012. Underwater hearing in the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta): a comparison of behavioral and auditory evoked potential audiograms. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 3001-3009. A.D. Tucker, Mote Marine Lab, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA. (E-mail: tucker@mote.org)

MELTZER, L., N.S. BLINICK & A.B. FLEISHMAN. 2012. Management implications of the biodiversity and socio-economic impacts of shrimp trawler by-catch in Bahia de Kino, Sonora, Mexico. PLoS ONE 7: e35609. L. Meltzer, Prescott College, Environmental Studies Faculty, Prescott, AZ, USA. (E-mail: lmeltzer@prescott.edu)

MONZON-ARGUEELLO, C., F. DELL'AMICO, P. MORINIERE, A. MARCO, L.F. LOPEZ-JURADO, G.C. HAYS, R. SCOTT, R. MARSH, & P.L.M. LEE. 2012. Lost at sea: genetic, oceanographic and meteorological evidence for storm-forced dispersal. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9: 1725-1732. P.L.M. Lee, Swansea Univ, Coll Sci, Dept Biosci, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam, Wales, UK. (E-mail: p.l.m.lee@swansea.ac.uk)

MURPHY, C., D. KELLIHER & J. DAVENPORT. 2012. Shape and material characteristics of the trachea in the leatherback sea turtle promote progressive collapse and reinflation during dives. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 3064-3071. D. Kelliher, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland. (E-mail: d.kelliher@ucc.ie)

NDIAYE, P.I., Y. QUILICHINI, A. SENE, V.V. TKACH, C.T. BA & B. MARCHAND. 2012. Ultrastructural study of the spermatozoon of the digenean Enodiotrema reductum Looss, 1901 (Platyhelminthes, Plagiorchioidea, Plagiorchiidae), parasite of the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) in Senegal. Parasitology Research 111: 859-864. Y. Quilichini, Univ Corsica, CNRS UMR 6134, Lab Parasites & Mediterranean Ecosyst, F-20250 Corte, Corsica, France. (E-mail: quilichini@univ-corse.fr)

NODA, T., J. OKUYAMA, T. KOIZUMI, N. ARAI & M. KOBAYASHI. 2012. Monitoring attitude and dynamic acceleration of free-moving aquatic animals using a gyroscope. Aquatic Biology 16: 265-276. T. Noda, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, 606-8501 Kyoto, Japan. (E-mail: noda@bre.sco.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

OKUYAMA, J., K. KATAOKA, M. KOBAYSHI, O. ABE, K. YOSEDA & N. ARAI. 2012. The regularity of dive performance in sea turtles: a new perspective from precise activity data. Animal Behaviour 84: 349-359. J. Okuyama, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida Hon-Machi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. (E-mail: okuyamajunichi@gmail.com)

PLOT, V., F. CRISCUOLO, S. ZAHN & J.-Y. GEORGES. 2012. Telomeres, age and reproduction in a long-lived reptile. PLoS ONE 7: e40855. V. Plot, Univ Strasbourg, Inst Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Strasbourg, France. (E-mail: virginie.plot@iphc.cnrs.fr)

POPPI, L., A. ZACCARONI, D. PASOTTO, G. DOTTO, F. MARCER, D. SCARAVELLI & S. MAZZARIOL. 2012. Post- mortem investigations on a leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea stranded along the Northern Adriatic coastline. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 100: 71-76. S. Mazzariol, Dept of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell'Universita 16, Legnaro (PD) 35020, Italy. (E-mail: sandro.mazzariol@unipd.it)

PUTMAN, N.F., R. SCOTT, P. VERLEY, R. MARSH & G.C. HAYS. 2012. Natal site and offshore swimming influence fitness and long-distance ocean transport in young sea turtles. Marine Biology (Online Prepublication DOI: 10.1007/S00227-012-1995- 5): 10 pp. N.F. Putman, North Carolina State Univ, Initiative for Biological Complexity, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. (E-mail: nathan.putman@gmail.com)

REVUELTA, O., Y.M. LEON, P. FELIZ, B.J. GODLEY, J.A. RAGA & J. TOMAS. 2012. Protected areas host important remnants of marine turtle nesting stocks in the Dominican Republic. Oryx 46: 348-358. O. Revuelta, Univ Valencia, Cavanilles Inst Biodivers & Evolutionary Biol, POB 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain. (E-mail: ohiana.revuelta@uv.es)

SABA, V.S., C.A. STOCK, J.R. SPOTILA, F.V. PALADINO & P. SANTIDRIAN TOMILLO. 2012. Projected response of an endangered marine turtle population to climate change. Nature Climate Change (Online Prepublication: DOI: 10.1038/ Nclimate1582): 7 pp. V.S. Saba, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton Univ, 300 Forrestal Road, Sayre Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. (E-mail: Vincent.Saba@noaa.gov)

SANTOS, A.J.B., C. BELLINI, L.F. BORTOLON & R. COLUCHI. 2012. Ghost nets haunt the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) near the Brazilian Islands of Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas. Herpetological Review 43: 245-246. A.J.B. Santos, Fundacao ProTAMAR, Alameda Boldro S-No, BR- 53990000 Fernando De Noronha, PE, Brazil. (E-mail: armando@tamar.org.br)

SATO, T., T. KONISHI, R. HIRAYAMA & M.W. CALDWELL. 2012. A review of the Upper Cretaceous marine reptiles from Japan. Cretaceous Research 37: 319-340. T. Sato, Tokyo Gakugei Univ, Dept Astron & Earth Sci, Nukui Kita Machi 4-1-1, Koganei, Tokyo 1848501, Japan. (E-mail: tsato@u-gakugei.ac.jp)

SCHUYLER, Q., B.D. HARDESTY, C. WILCOS & K. TOWNSEND. 2012. To eat or not to eat? Debris selectivity by marine turtles. PLoS ONE 7: e40884. Q. Schuyler, School of Biological Sciences, Moreton Bay Research Station, Univ. of Queensland, Dunwich, Queensland, Australia. (E-mail: q.schuyler@uq.edu.au)

SHAMBLIN, B.M., B.E. BERRY, D.M. LENNON, D.A. BAGLEY, L.M. EHRHART & C.J. NAIRN. 2012. Tetranucleotide microsatellite loci from the endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 783-785. C.J. Nairn, Univ Georgia, Daniel B Warnell Sch Forestry & Nat Resources, Athens, GA 30602 USA. (E-mail: jnairn@warnell.uga.edu)

SHILLINGER, G.L., H. BAILEY, S.J. BOGRAD, E. HAZEN, B. GODLEY, M. HAMANN, P. GASPAR & J.R. SPOTILA. 2012. Tagging through the stages: technical and ecological challenges in observing life histories through biologging. Marine Ecology Progress Series 457: 165-170. G.L. Shillinger, Stanford Univ, Center for Ocean Solutions, 99 Pacific St, Suite 155A, Monterey, CA 93940, USA. (E-mail: georges@stanford.edu)

SUZUKI, K., J. NODA, M. YANAGISAWA, I. KAWAZU, K. SERA, D. FUKUI, M. ASAKAWA & H. YOKOTA. 2012. Particle-induced X-ray emission analysis of elements in plasma from wild and captive sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata, Chelonia mydas, and Caretta caretta) in Okinawa, Japan. Biological Trace Element Research 148: 302-308. K. Suzuki, Rakuno Gakuen Univ, Sch Vet Med, Dept Large Anim Clin Sci, 582 Midorimati, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 0698501, Japan. (E-mail: kazuyuki@rakuno.ac.jp)

THORSON, J.T., A.E. PUNT & R. NEL. 2012. Evaluating population recovery for sea turtles under nesting beach protection while accounting for nesting behaviours and changes in availability. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 601-610. J.T. Thorson, Univ Washington, Sch Aquatic & Fishery Science, Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195 USA. (E-mail: jimthor@uw.edu)

TOMILLO, P.S., V.S. SABA, G.S. BLANCO, C.A. STOCK, F.V. PALADINO & J.R. SPOTILA. 2012. Climate driven egg and hatchling mortality threatens survival of Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles. PLoS ONE 7: e37602. P.S. Tomillo, Drexel Univ, Dept Biology, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. (E-mail: ms454@drexel.edu)

TRIESSNIG, P., A. ROETZER & M. STACHOWITSCH. 2012. Beach condition and marine debris: new hurdles for sea turtle hatchling survival. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 11: 68-77. P. Triessnig, Univ Vienna, Dept Evolutionary Biol, Fac Life Sci, Althanstr 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. (E-mail: petra_triessnig@hotmail.com)

VALVERDE, R.A., C.M. ORREGO, M.T. TORDOIR, F.M. GOMEZ, D.S. SOLIS, R.A. HERNANDEZ, G.B. GOMEZ, L.S. BRENES, J.P. BALTODANO, L.G. FONSECA & J.R. SPOTILA. 2012. Olive ridley mass nesting ecology and egg harvest at Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 11: 1-11. R.A. Valverde, Dept of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402, USA. (E-mail: roldan.valverde@selu.edu)

VAN HOUTAN, K.S., J.N. KITTINGER, A.L. LAWRENCE, C. YOSHINAGA, V.R. BORN & A. FOX. 2012. Hawksbill sea turtles in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 11: 117-121. K.S. Van Houtan, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Isl Fisheries Sci Ctr, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA. (E-mail: kyle.vanhoutan@gmail.com)

VANDER ZANDEN, H.B., K.A. BJORNDAL, W. MUSTIN, J.M. PONCIANO & A.B. BOLTEN. 2012. Inherent variation in stable isotope values and discrimination factors in two life stages of green turtles. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 431- 441. H.B. Vander Zanden, Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 118525, Gainesville, Florida 32611. (E-mail: hvz@ufl.edu)

VERA, V. & J. BUITRAGO. 2012. Actividad reproductiva de Chelonia mydas (Testudines: Cheloniidae) en Isla de Aves, Venezuela (2001-2008). Revista de Biologia Tropical 60: 745-758. J. Buitrago, Estacion de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita, Fundacion Las Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Final Calle Colon, Punta de Piedras Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. (E-mail: jbuitrago@edimar.org)

WILLIAMS, S.R., M.A. SIMS, L. ROTH-JOHNSON & B. WICKES. 2012. Surgical removal of an abscess associated with Fusarium solani from a Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43: 402-406. S.R. Williams, Natl Marine Life Ctr, 120 Main St, P.O. Box 269, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532 USA. (E-mail: rwilliams@nmlc.org)

WITHERINGTON, B.E., S. HIRAMA & R. HARDY. 2012. Young sea turtles of the pelagic Sargassum-dominated drift community: habitat use, population density, and threats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 463: 1-22. B. Witherington, Florida FWCC - Florida FWRI, 9700 South A1A, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951, USA. (E-mail: blair.witherington@MyFWC.com)

YILMAZ, C., O. TURKOZAN, F. BARDAKCI, M. WHITE & E. KARARAJ. 2012. Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) foraging at Drini Bay in Northern Albania: genetic characterization reveals new haplotypes. Acta Herpetologica 7: 155-162. O. Turkozan, Adnan Menderes Univ, Faculty of Science and Arts, Dept of Biology, 09010 Aydin, Turkey. (E-mail: turkozan@adu.edu.tr)

VELEZ-RUBIO, G. 2011. Estudio de los varamientos de tortugas marinas en Uruguay, un area critica de alimentacion y desarrollo en el Atlantico Sur Occidental. Tesis De Master. Facultat De Ciencies Biologiques, Universitat De Valencia: 78 pp.

WILLIAMS, N.C. 2012. Diet characterization in immature, neritic green turtles, Chelonia mydas, using gut contents and stable isotope analyses. M.S. Thesis. Univ of Florida, Gainesville: 68 pp.