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ACKERMANN, M., M. KORIABINE, F. HARTMANN-FRITSCH, P.J. DE JONG, T.D. LEWIS, N. SCHETLE, T.M. WORK, J. DAGENAIS, G.H. BALAZS & J.C. LEONG. 2012. The genome of Chelonid Herpesvirus 5 harbors atypical genes. PLoS ONE 7: e46623. M. Ackermann, Univ Zurich, Inst Virology, Zurich, Switzerland. (E-mail: email@vetvir.uzh.ch)

AMANDE, M.J., E. CHASSOT, P. CHAVANCE, H. MURUA, A.D. DE MOLINA & N. BEZ. 2012. Precision in bycatch estimates: the case of tuna purse-seine fisheries in the Indian Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 69: 1501-1510. M.J. Amande, Univ Montpellier 2, IFREMER, IRD, UMR EME 212, Ave Jean Monnet, BP 171, F-34203 Sete, France. (E-mail: monin-justin. amande@ird.fr)

ANON. 2012. El Nino and climate change threaten survival of baby leatherback sea turtles. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64: 1275.

ANON. 2012. International Symposium on Circle Hooks in Research, Management and Conservation, Coral Gables, FL, USA, May 04 -06, 2011. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 791-815.

ANON. 2012. Pollutants could pose health risks for five sea turtle species. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64: 1516.

ARENDT, M.D., J.A. SCHWENTER, J. BOYNTON, A.L. SEGARS, J.I. BYRD, J.D. WHITAKER & L. PARKER. 2012. Temporal trends (2000-2011) and influences on fishery- independent catch rates for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) at an important coastal foraging region in the southeastern United States. Fishery Bulletin 110: 470-483. M.D. Arendt, Marine Resources Division, SC DNR, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412 USA. (E-mail: arendtm@dnr.sc.gov)

ARENDT, M.D., J.A. SCHWENTER, A.L. SEGARS, J.I. BYRD, J.D. WHITAKER, D.W. OWENS, G. BLANVILLAIN, J.M. QUATTRO & M.A. ROBERTS. 2012. Spatial clustering of loggerhead sea turtles in the Northwest Atlantic: implications for management surveys. Endangered Species Research 18: 219-231. (Address above)

BELL, I., L. SCHWARZKOPF & C. MANICOM. 2012. High survivorship of an annually decreasing aggregation of hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, found foraging in the northern Great Barrier Reef. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 22: 673-682. I. Bell, James Cook Univ, Sch Trop & Marine Biol, Townsville, Qld 4814, Australia. (E-mail: ian.bell@my.jcu.edu.au)

BURKHOLDER, D.A., M.R. HEITHAUS, J.A. THOMSON & J.W. FOURQUREAN. 2011. Diversity in trophic interactions of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas on a relatively pristine coastal foraging ground. Marine Ecology Progress Series 439: 277-293. D.A. Burkholder, Dept of Biological Sciences, Marine Sciences Program, Florida International Univ, Biscayne Bay Campus, North Miami, FL 33181 USA. (E-mail: derek.burkholder@fiu.edu)

CAMBIE, G., R. MUINO, J. FREIRE & T. MINGOZZI. 2012. Effects of small (13/0) circle hooks on loggerhead sea turtle bycatch in a small-scale, Italian pelagic longline fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 719-730. G. Cambie, Univ Coruna, Fac Ciencias, Grp Recursos Marinos & Pesquerias, Rua Fraga 10, La Coruna 15008, Spain. (E-mail: giulia.cambie@gmail.com)

CASALE, P., D. FREGGI, A. CINA & M. ROCCO. 2012. Spatio- temporal distribution and migration of adult male loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea: further evidence of the importance of neritic habitats off North Africa. Marine Biology (Online Prepublication DOI 10.1007/S00227-012-2125- 0): 16 pp. 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)

CERIANI, S.A., J.D. ROTH, D.R. EVANS, J.F. WEISHAMPEL & L.M. EHRHART. 2012. Inferring foraging areas of nesting loggerhead turtles using satellite telemetry and stable isotopes. PLoS ONE 7: e45335. S.A. Ceriani, Marine Turtle Research Group and Dept of Biological Sciences, Univ of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA. (E-mail: simona.ceriani@gmail.com)

CLUSA, M., C. CARRERAS, M. PASCUAL, A. DEMETROPOULOS, D. MARGARITOULIS, A.F. REES, A.A. HAMZA, M. KHALIL, M. AUREGGI, Y. LEVY, O. TURKOZAN, A. MARCO, A. AGUILAR & L. CARDONA. 2013. Mitochondrial DNA reveals Pleistocenic colonisation of the Mediterranean by loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 439: 15-24. M. Clusa, Dept of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, Univ of Barcelona, Av Diagonal 643, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. (E-mail: mclusa@ub.edu)

COELHO, R., M.N. SANTOS & S. AMORIM. 2012. Effects of hook and bait on targeted and bycatch fishes in an equatorial Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 449-467. R. Coelho, Inst Nacl Recursos Biol INRB IP IPIMAR, Ave 5 Outubro S-N, P-8700305 Olhao, Portugal. (E-mail: rpcoelho@ualf.pt)

CURRAN, D. & S. BEVERLY. 2012. Effects of 16/0 circle hooks on pelagic fish catches in three South Pacific albacore longline fisheries. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 485-497. D. Curran, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2570 Dole St, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA. (E-mail: Daniel.Curran@noaa.gov)

DALLEAU, M., S. CICCIONE, J.A. MORTIMER, J. GARNIER, S. BENHAMOU & J. BOURJEA. 2012. Nesting phenology of marine turtles: insights from a regional comparative analysis on green turtle (Chelonia mydas). PLoS ONE 7: e46920. M. Dalleau, Univ La Reunion, UMR Espace Dev, St Denis, Reunion. (E-mail: mayeuldalleau@kelonia.org)

DE OLIVEIRA, J.F., J.L. ROSSI JUNIOR, F.L. GUIAO LEITE, D.C. DE OLIVEIRA, L.A. VESCOVI SELLOS COSTA, I.C. CORREIA DA SILVA, M.W. TEIXEIRA & F.S. COSTA. 2012. Densitometry of dorsal vertebrae, pleural bone and neural bone in healthy green sea turtles by quantitative computed tomography. Ciencia Rural 42: 1440-1445. Portuguese. F.S. Costa, Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco UFRPE, Dept Med Vet, BR-52070000 Recife, PE, Brazil. (E-mail: fabianosellos@hotmail.com)

DOMINGO, A., M. PONS, S. JIMENEZ, P. MILLER, C. BARCELO & Y. SWIMMER. 2012. Circle hook performance in the Uruguayan pelagic longline fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 499-511. A. Domingo, Direcc Nacl Recursos Acuat DINARA, Dept Recursos Pelag, Montevideo, Uruguay. (E-mail: dimanchester@gmail.com)

DUCHENE, S., A. FREY, A. ALFARO-NUNEZ, P.H. DUTTON, M.T.P. GILBERT & P.A. MORIN. 2012. Marine turtle mitogenome phylogenetics and evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 241-250. P.A. Morin, NOAA, Protected Resources Div, SW Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA. (E-mail: phillip.morin@noaa.gov)

EASTMAN, S.F. & C.B. EASTMAN. 2012. Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 43: 473. (E-mail: Scott.Eastman@dep.state.fl.us; CatherineEastman@gmail.com)

ELWEN, S.H. & R.H. LEENEY. 2011. Interactions between leatherback turtles and killer whales in Namibian waters, including possible predation. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 41: 205-209. S.H. Elwen, Mammal Research Institute, Univ. of Pretoria, c/o Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa. (E-mail: simon.elwen@gmail.com)

ENDRES, C.S. & K.J. LOHMANN. 2012. Perception of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) by loggerhead sea turtles: a possible mechanism for locating high-productivity oceanic regions for foraging. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 3535-3538. C.S. Endres, Univ of North Carolina, Dept of Biology, CB 3280, Coker Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA. (E-mail: endres@email.unc.edu)

EPPERLY, S.P., J.W. WATSON, D.G. FOSTER & A.K. SHAH. 2012. Anatomical hooking location and condition of animals captured with pelagic longlines: the Grand Banks experiments 2002-2003. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 513-527. S.P. Epperly, NOAA, NMFS, SE Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Dr, Miami, FL 33149 USA. (E-mail: Sheryan.Epperly@noaa.gov)

FERREIRA, R., H. MARTINS, A. BOLTEN & K. ERZINI. 2011. Turtle troubles. Global Marine Environment Issue 14: 22-23. H.R. Martins, Univ Azores, Dept of Oceanography & Fisheries, P-990186 Horta, Azores, Portugal. (E-mail: hrmartins@oma.pt)

FOSTER, D.G., S.P. EPPERLY, A.K. SHAH & J.W. WATSON. 2012. Evaluation of hook and bait type on the catch rates in the western North Atlantic Ocean pelagic longline fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 529-545. D.G. Foster, NOAA, NMFS, SE Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Labs, 3209 Frederic St, Pascagoula, MS 39567 USA. (E-mail: Daniel.G.Foster@noaa.gov)

FRAZIER, J. & R. ISHIHARA-BRITO. 2012. The occurrence of tortoiseshell on a pre-Hispanic Maya mosaic mask. Antiquity 86: 825-837. J. Frazier, Smithsonian Institution, Natl Museum Natural History, Dept Vertebrate Zool Amphibians & Reptiles, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 USA. (E-mail: kurma@shentel.net)

GIANNETTI, M., S. CASINI, L. MARSILI, S. MALTESE, T. CAMPANI, L. CARLETTI & M.C. FOSSI. 2012. First evidence of induction of CYP1A in Caretta caretta skin biopsy slices treated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organochlorines and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 163: S18-S19. Meeting Abstract. M. Giannetti, Univ Siena, Dept Environm Sci, I-53100 Siena, Italy.

GILMAN, E., M. CHALOUPKA, A. READ, P. DALZELL, J. HOLETSCHEK & C. CURTICE. 2012. Hawaii longline tuna fishery temporal trends in standardized catch rates and length distributions and effects on pelagic and seamount ecosystems. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 22: 446-488. E. Gilman, Hawaii Pacific Univ, 3661 Loulu St., Honolulu, HI 96822 USA. (E-mail: EricLGilman@gmail.com)

GONZALEZ C.V., V. FALABELLA, S. MAXWELL, D. ALBAREDA, C. CAMPAGNA & H. MIANZAN. 2012. Revisiting the ontogenetic shift paradigm: The case of juvenile green turtles in the SW Atlantic. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 429: 64-72. V.G. Carman, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Inst Natl Invest & Desarrollo Pesquero INIDEP, Paseo Victoria Ocampo S-N, RA-7600 Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (E-mail: vgcarman@inidep.edu.ar)

HAZEL, J., M. HAMANN & I.R. LAWLER. 2012. Home range of immature green turtles tracked at an offshore tropical reef using automated passive acoustic technology. Marine Biology (Online Prepublication DOI 10.1007/S00227-012-2117-0): 11 pp. J. Hazel, Cent Trop Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. (E-mail: julia.hazel@jcu.edu.au)

HUNT, K.E., C. INNIS & R.M. ROLLAND. 2012. Corticosterone and thyroxine in cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43: 479-493. K.E. Hunt, New England Aquarium, 1 Cent Wharf, Boston, MA 02110 USA. (E-mail: huntk@neaq.org)

IKONOMOPOULOU, M.P., R.C. ALAND, K. IBRAHIM, E. GOSDEN & J.M. WHITTIER. 2012. Quantitative sex identification of hatchling green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Journal of Herpetology 46: 331-337. M.P. Ikonomopoulou, Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Level 2 N, Serv Rd, Bldg 80, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. (E-mail: m.ikonomopoulou@uq.edu.au)

JENNINGS, D.E., J.D. DIBATTISTA, K.L. STUMP, N.E. HUSSEY, B.R. FRANKS, R.D. GRUBBS & S.H. GRUBER. 2012. Assessment of the aquatic biodiversity of a threatened coastal lagoon at Bimini, Bahamas. Journal of Coastal Conservation 16: 405-428. D.E. Jennings, Univ South Florida, Dept Integrated Biology, 4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620 USA. (E-mail: dejennin@mail.usf.edu)

JONES, T.T., B.L. BOSTROM, M.D. HASTINGS, K.S. VAN HOUTAN, D. PAULY & D.R. JONES. 2012. Resource requirements of the Pacific leatherback turtle population. PLoS ONE 7: e45447. T.T. Jones, Dept of Zoology, Univ of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4. (E-mail: todd.jones@noaa.gov)

KAMROWSKI, R.L., C. LIMPUS, J. MOLONEY & M. HAMANN. 2012. Coastal light pollution and marine turtles: assessing the magnitude of the problem. Endangered Species Research 19: 85-98. M. Hamann, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. (E-mail: ruth.kamrowski@my.jcu.edu.au)

KATSELIDIS, K.A., G. SCHOFIELD, G. STAMOU, P. DIMOPOULOS & J.D. PANTIS. 2012. Females first? Past, present and future variability in offspring sex ratio at a temperate sea turtle breeding area. Animal Conservation 15: 508-518. K.A. Katselidis, Univ Ioannina, Dept Environm & Nat Resources Management, G Seferi 2, GR-30100 Agrinion, Greece. (E-mail: kostason@gmail.com)

LEE, D.S. 2012. The Key West Turtle Kraals Museum - but a short step back in time. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 47: 81-88. D.S. Lee, The Tortoise Reserve, PO Box 7082, White Lake, NC 28337 USA. (E-mail: torresinc@aol.com)

LOPEZ-CASTRO, M.C., F. VILLEGAS-NAVA, M.E. GONZALEZ PAYAN, K. COMER SANTOS & W.J. NICHOLS. 2012. Viviendo al borde del peligro: Las tortugas marinas en las aguas de Los Cabos, Baja California Sur. P. Ganster, O. Arizpe C. & A. Ivanova (Eds.). Los Cabos: Prospectiva De Un Paraiso Natural y Turistico. San Diego State University Press, San Diego CA USA. pp. 81-103.

MARSHALL, C.D., A. GUZMAN, T. NARAZAKI, K. SATO, E.A. KANE & B. STERBA-BOATWRIGHT. 2012. The ontogeny of bite performance in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): implications for foraging ecology in neritic benthic habitats. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 4166-4174. C.D. Marshall, Dept of Marine Biology, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Bldg 3029, Room 253, Texas A&M Univ, Galveston, TX 77553 USA.

MAY, C.K. 2012. Active non-participation among local natural resource-dependent communities: The case of North Carolina fisheries governance. Journal of Environmental Management 113: 407-416. Dept of Sociology, Colorado State University, B 254 Clark Building, Fort Collins, CO 80525-1784 USA. (E-mail: Candace.May@Colostate.edu)

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)

PAJUELO, M., K.A. BJORNDAL, K.J. REICH, H.B. VANDER ZANDEN, L.A. HAWKES & A.B. BOLTEN. 2012. Assignment of nesting loggerhead turtles to their foraging areas in the Northwest Atlantic using stable isotopes. Ecosphere 3: Article 89. M. Pajuelo, Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, Dept of Biology, PO Box 118525, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA. (E-mail: mpajuelo@ufl.edu)

PARGA, M.L. 2012. Hooks and sea turtles: a veterinarian's perspective. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 731-741. M.L. Parga, SUBMON, Rabassa 49-51, Barcelona 08024, Spain. (E-mail: mariluz@submon.org)

PARISKY, K.M. 2012. Camera-laden leatherbacks document feeding. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: VI. Brandeis Univ, Waltham, MA 02254, USA. (E-mail: kparisky@brandeis.edu)

PEREZ-BERMUDEZ, E., A. RUIZ-URQUIOLA, I. LEE- GONZALEZ, B. PETRIC, N. ALMAGUER-CUENCA, A. SANZ-OCHOTORENA & G ESPINOSA-LOPEZ. 2012. Ovarian follicular development in the hawksbill turtle (Cheloniidae: Eretmochelys imbricata L.). Journal of Morphology 273: 1338- 1352. Departamento de Biologia Animal y Humana, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, CP 10400, Cuba.

RAMIREZ ACEVEDO, L.M., S.S. MARTINEZ BLAS & G. FUENTES-MASCORRO. 2012. Hemogram and morphological characteristics of blood cells in the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) of Oaxaca, Mexico. Revista Cientifica-Facultad De Ciencias Veterinaris 22: 468-476. Spanish. (E-mail: lirauabjo@gmail.com)

REES, A.F., D. MARGARITOULIS, R. NEWMAN, T.E. RIGGALL, P. TSAROS, J.A. ZBINDEN & B.J. GODLEY. 2012. Ecology of loggerhead marine turtles Caretta caretta in a neritic foraging habitat: movements, sex ratios and growth rates. Marine Biology (Online Prepublication: DOI 10.1007/S00227-012-2107- 2): 11 pp. A.F. Rees, ARCHELON, Solomou 57, 104 32 Athens, Greece. (E-mail: afr203@exeter.ac.uk)

RICHARDS, P.M., S.P. EPPERLY, J.W. WATSON, D.G. FOSTER, C.E. BERGMANN & N.R. BEIDEMAN. 2012. Can circle hook offset combined with baiting technique affect catch and bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries? Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 589-603. P.M. Richards, NOAA, NMFS, SE Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Dr, Miami, FL 33149 USA. (E-mail: paul.richards@noaa.gov)

RODENBUSCH, C.R., F.S. MARKS, C.W. CANAL & J. RECK. 2012. Marine leech Ozobranchus margoi parasitizing loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria 21: 301-303. Laboratorio de Virologia, Faculdade de Veterinaria, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

SANTOS, M.N., R. COELHO, J. FERNANDEZ-CARVALHO & S. AMORIM. 2012. Effects of hook and bait on sea turtle catches in an equatorial Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 683-701. M.N. Santos, IPIMAR, INRB IP, Ave 5 Outubro S-N, P-8700305 Olhao, Portugal. (E-mail: mnsantos@ipimar.pt)

SCHOLIK-SCHLOMER, A.R. & J. GEDAMKE. 2012. Underwater sound from pile driving and protected marine species issues. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 132: 2034. A.R. Scholik-Schlomer, Office of Protected Resources, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Hwy, SSMC3, Room 13605, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA. (E-mail: amy.scholik@noaa.gov)

SERAFY, J.E., S.J. COOKE, G.A. DIAZ, J.E. GRAVES, M. HALL, M. SHIVJI & Y. SWIMMER. 2012. Circle hooks in commercial, recreational & artisanal fisheries: research status and needs for improved conservation and management. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 371-391. J.E. Serafy, NOAA, SE Fisheries Sci Ctr, Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, Miami, FL 33149 USA. (E-mail: serafy@noaa.gov)

STOKES, L.W., S.P. EPPERLY & K.J. MCCARTHY. 2012. Relationship between hook type and hooking location in sea turtles incidentally captured in the United States Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 703-718. L.W. Stokes, NOAA, NMFS, SE Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL 33149, USA. (E-mail: Lesley.Stokes@noaa.gov)

VILACA, S.T., S.M. VARGAS, P. LARA-RUIZ, E. MOLFETTI, E.C. REIS, G. LOBO-HAJDU, L.S. SOARES & F.R. SANTOS. 2012. Nuclear markers reveal a complex introgression pattern among marine turtle species on the Brazilian coast. Molecular Ecology 21: 4300-4312. F.R. Santos, Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, LBEM, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, BR-31270010 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. (E-mail: fsantos@icb.ufmg.br)

WALLMO, K. & D.K. LEW. 2012. Public willingness to pay for recovering and downlisting threatened and endangered marine species. Conservation Biology 26: 830-839. K. Wallmo, Office Science & Technology, Economics & Social Analysis Div F ST5, SSMC 3, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA. (E-mail: kristy.wallmo@noaa.gov)

WILLIAMS, T. & S. COSIER. 2012. Incite beach bullies. Audubon 114: 58-62, 64, 66.

YAMAMOTO, K.H., R.L. POWELL, S. ANDERSON & P.C. SUTTON. 2012. Using LiDAR to quantify topographic and bathymetric details for sea turtle nesting beaches in Florida. Remote Sensing of the Environment 125: 125-133. K.H. Yamamoto, Univ of Denver, Dept of Geography, 2050 East Iliff Ave, Denver, CO 80208 USA. (E-mail: khyamamoto@gmail.com)

YOKOTA, K., T. MITUHASI, H. MINAMI & M. KIYOTA. 2012. Perspectives on the morphological elements of circle hooks and their performance in pelagic longline fisheries. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 623-629. T. Mituhasi, Overseas Fishery Cooperat Fdn Japan, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1070052, Japan. (E-mail: taka. mituhasi@gmail.com)

BELSKIS, L., M. FRICK, A. PANAGOPOULOU, A. REES & K. WILLIAMS, Compilers. 2012. Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA NMFS-SEFSC-630: 192 pp. <http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/species/turtles/publications.htm>

FREITAS, O. 2012. Sea Turtles and the TAMAR Project: a story of love for life. Tartarugas Marinhas e Projeto TAMAR: uma historia de amor de vida. Spring Editora. Sao Paulo, Brazil: 132 pp.

JONES, T.T. & B.P. WALLACE, Compilers. 2012. Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA NMFS- SEFSC-631: 306 pp. <http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/species/turtles/publications.htm>