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ABD MUTALIB, A.H., N. FADZLY & R. FOO. 2013. Striking a balance between tradition and conservation: general perceptions and awareness level of local citizens regarding turtle conservation efforts based on age factors and gender. Ocean & Coastal Management 78: 56-63. N. Fadzly, University of Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia. (E-mail: nroselnik@myvuw.ac.nz)

AL-MOHANNA, S.Y., A.S.Y. AL-ZAIDAN & P. GEORGE. 2013. Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) of the north-western Arabian Gulf, Kuwait: the need for conservation. Aquatic Conservation (DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2371). Amani S.Y. Al-Zaidan, Department of Biological Sciences, Marine Science Program, University of Kuwait, P.O. Box5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait. (E-mail: asysa_alzaidan@yahoo.co.uk)

ANDRAKA, S., M. MUG, M. HALL, M. PONS, L. PACHECO, M. PARRALES, L. RENDON, M.L. PARGA, T. MITUHASI, A. SEGURA, D. ORTEGA, E. VILLAGRAN, S. PEREZ, C. DE PAZ, S. SIU, V. GADEA, J. CAICEDO, L. ZAPATA, J. MARTINEZ, P. GUERRERO, M. VALQUI & N. VOGEL. 2013. Circle hooks: developing better fishing practices in the artisanal longline fisheries of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Biological Conservation 160: 214-224. S. Andraka, 400 M Sur Plaza Sol, POB 629-2350, San Jose, Costa Rica. (E-mail: sandra.andraka@wwf.panda.org)

ANONYMOUS. 2013. DNA reveals mating patterns of critically endangered sea turtle. Marine Pollution Bulletin 69: 5.

ANONYMOUS. 2013. Ghost nets threaten turtles in Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 67: 4.
AZANZA RICARDO, J., M.E. IBARRA MARTIN, G. GONZALEZ SANSON, F.A. ABREU GROBOIS, K.L. ECKERT, G. ESPINOSA LOPEZ & K. OYAMA. 2013. Nesting ecology of Chelonia mydas (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba. Revista de Biologia Tropical 61: 1935-1945. J. Azanza Ricardo, Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, Calla 16 No. 114, Playa, CP 11300, Ciudad Habana, Cuba. (E-mail: julia@cim.co.cu)

BELLINI, C., A.J.B. SANTOS, A. GROSSMAN, M.A. MARCOVALDI & P.C.R. BARATA. 2013. Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting on Atol das Rocas, north-eastern Brazil, 1990-2008. Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK 93: 1117-1132. C. Bellini, CLBI Setor Oeste, Projeto Tamar ICMBio, Ave Joaquim Patricio 4000, BR-59160530 Parnamirim, RN, Brazil. (E-mail: claudio@tamar.org.br)

BONELLI, M.A.D., D.C. DE OLIVEIRA, L.A.V.S. COSTA, J.G. FORATTINI, J.L.R. JUNIOR, F.L.G. LEITE & F.S. COSTA. 2013. Quantitiative computed tomography of the liver in the juvenile green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 44: 310-314. F.S. Costa, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, R. Dom Mansel de Medeiros S/N, Recife, 52171-900, Brazil (E-mail: fabianosellos@hotmail.com)

BROTZ, L. 2012. Of leatherbacks and lion's manes. The Sea Around Us Project Newsletter Issue 71: 1-4.

CAMACHO, M., P. CALABUIG, O.P. LUZARDO, L.D. BOADA, M. ZUMBADO & J. OROS. 2013. Crude oil as a stranding cause among loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Canary Islands, Spain (1998-2011). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49: 637-640. J. Oros, Veterinary Faculty, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Trasmontana s/n, 35416 Arucas (Las Palmas), Spain. (E-mail: joros@dmor.ulpgc.es)

CAMACHO, M., O.P. LUZARDO, L.D. BOADA, L.F. LOPEZ JURADO, M. MEDINA, M. ZUMBADO & J. OROS. 2013. Potential adverse effects of persistent organic pollutants on sea turtles: evidences from a cross-sectional study on Cape Verde loggerhead sea turtles. Science of the Total Environment 458: 283-289. O.P. Luzardo, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Dept Clinical Science, Toxicology Unit, P.O.Box 550, Las Palmas Gran Canaria 35080, Spain. (E-mail: operez@dcc.ulpgc.es)

CAMPBELL, L.M. & M.H. GODFREY. 2013. Of legacies and icons: evolution of sea turtle science and conservation. Conservation Biology 27: 890-893. L.M. Campbell, Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of Environment, Beaufort, NC, USA. (E-mail: lcampbe@duke.edu)

CAPPER, A., L.J. FLEWELLING & K. ARTHUR. 2013. Dietary exposure to harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins in the endangered manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Florida, USA. Harmful Algae 28: 1-9. A. Capper, School of Marine and Tropical Biology and Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. (E-mail: angela.capper@jcu.edu.au)

CARLOS BAEZ, J., D. MACIAS, J. ANTONIO CAMINAS, J.M. ORTIZ DE URBINA, S. GARCIA-BARCELONA, J. JESUS BELLIDO & R. REAL. 2013. By-catch frequency and size differentiation in loggerhead turtles as a function of surface longline gear type in the western Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93: 1423-1427. J. C. Baez, Ctr Oceanog Malaga, Inst Espanol Oceanog, Puerto Pesquero S-N Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain. (E-mail: jcarlos.baez@ma.ieo.es)

CARRERAS, C., B.J. GODLEY, Y.M. LEON, L.A. HAWKES, O. REVUELTA, J.A. RAGA & J. TOMAS. 2013. Contextualising the last survivors: population structure of marine turtles in the Dominican Republic. PLoS One 8, no. 6: e66037. C. Carreras, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK. (E-mail: carlos_c_h@hotmail.com)

CURTIS, K.A. & J.E. MOORE. 2013. Calculating reference points for anthropogenic mortality of marine turtles. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23: 441-459. K.A. Curtis, NOAA-SWFSC, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr, La Jolla, CA USA. (E-mail: Katherine.Curtis.CC.97@aya.yale.edu)

DE OLIVEIRA ALVES, M.D., R. SCHWAMBORN, J.C. GOMES BORGES, M. MARMONTEL, A.F. COSTA, C.A. FRANCA SCHETTINI & M.E. DE ARAUJO. 2013. Aerial survey of manatees, dolphins and sea turtles off northeastern Brazil: Correlations with coastal features and human activities. Biological Conservation 161: 91-100. M. D. D. Alves, Fed Univ Pernambuco UFPE, Dept Oceanog, Cidade Univ S-N, BR-50670901 Recife, PE, Brazil. (E-mail: danisealves@hotmail.com)

DELFINO, M., T.M. SCHEYER, F. CHESI, T. FLETCHER, R. GEMEL, S. MACDONALD, M. RABI & S.W. SALISBURY. 2013. Gross morphology and microstructure of type locality ossicles of Psephophorus polygonus Meyer, 1847 (Testudines, Dermochelyidae). Geological Magazine 150: 767-782. M. Delfino, Univ. Turin, Dipartimento Sci Terra, Via Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125 Turin, Italy. (E-mail: massimo.delfino@unito.it)

DENKINGER, J., M. PARRA, J. PABLO MUNOZ, C. CARRASCO, J. CARLOS MURILLO, E. ESPINOSA, F. RUBIANES & V. KOCH. 2013. Are boat strikes a threat to sea turtles in the Galapagos Marine Reserve? Ocean & Coastal Management 80: 29-35. J. Denkinger, Univ San Francisco Quito, Galapagos Sci Ctr, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Galapagos, Ecuador. (E-mail: jdenkinger@usfq.edu.ec)

DUTTON, P.H., S.E. RODEN, K.R. STEWART, E. LACASELLA, M. TIWARI, A. FORMIA, J.C. THOME, S.R. LIVINGSTONE, S. ECKERT, D. CHACON-CHAVERRI, P. RIVALAN & P. ALLMAN. 2013. Population stock structure of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Atlantic revealed using mtDNA and microsatellite markers. Conservation Genetics 14: 625-636. P.H. Dutton, NOAA-NMFS SWFSC, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA. (E-mail: peter.dutton@noaa.gov)

ERLACHER-REID, C.D., T.M. NORTON, C.A. HARMS, R. THOMPSON, D.J. REESE, M.T. WALSH & M.A. STAMPER. 2013. Intestinal and cloacal strictures in the free-ranging and aquarium-maintained green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 44: 408-429. C. D. Erlacher-Reid, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Univ Florida College of Veter Med, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA. (E-mail: Claire.dvm@gmail.com)

FAUQUIER, D.A., L.J. FLEWELLING, J. MAUCHER, C.A. MANIRE, V. SOCHA, M.J. KINSEL, B.A. STACY, M. HENRY, J. GANNON, J.S. RAMSDELL & J.H. LANDSBERG. 2013. Brevetoxin in blood, biological fluids and tissues of sea turtles naturally exposed to Karenia brevis blooms in central west Florida. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 44: 364-375. D. A. Fauquier, Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA. (E-mail: fauquierd@gmail.com)

FOLEY, A.M., B.A. SCHROEDER, R. HARDY, S.L. MACPHERSON, M. NICHOLAS & M.S. COYNE. 2013. Postnesting migratory behavior of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta from three Florida rookeries. Endangered Species Research 21: 129-142. A.M. Foley, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Jacksonville Field Laboratory, Jacksonville, Florida 32218, USA. (E-mail: allen.foley@myfwc.com)

FREY, A., P.H. DUTTON & G.H. BALAZS. 2013. Insights on the demography of cryptic nesting by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the main Hawaiian Islands from genetic relatedness analysis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 442: 80-87. A. Frey, NOAA-NMFS SWFSC Protected Resources Div, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA. (E-mail: Amy.Frey@noaa.gov)

GRIFFIN, D.B., S.R. MURPHY, M.G. FRICK, A.C. BRODERICK, J.W. COKER, M.S. COYNE, M.G. DODD, M.H. GODFREY, B.J. GODLEY, L.A. HAWKES, T.M. MURPHY, K.L. WILLIAMS & M.J. WITT. 2013. Foraging habitats and migration corridors utilized by a recovering subpopulation of adult female loggerhead sea turtles: implications for conservation. Marine Biology (DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013- 2296-3). D.B. Griffin, SCDNR, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464, USA. (E-mail: dubosegriffin@seaturtle.org)

GUEBERT, F.M., M. BARLETTA & M.F. COSTA. 2013. Threats to sea turtle populations in the Western Atlantic: poaching and mortality in small-scale fishery gears. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 65: 42-47. F.M. Guebert, LEGECE, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura s/n, Cidade Universitaria, Recife, PE, Brazil. CEP: 50740-550. (E-mail: guebertf@yahoo.com.br)

GUERRANTI, C., S. ANCORA, N. BIANCHI, G. PERRA, E. L. FANELLO, S. CORSOLINI, M.C. FOSSI & S.E. FOCARDI. 2013. Perfluorinated compounds in blood of Caretta caretta from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 73: 98-101. C. Guerranti, Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy. (E-mail: guerranticri@unisi.it)

HART, K.A., T. GRAY & S.M. STEAD. 2013. Consumptive versus non-consumptive use of sea turtles? Stakeholder perceptions about sustainable use in three communities near Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica. Marine Policy 42: 236-244. K.A. Hart, Newcastle University, School Marine Science & Technology, Ridley Bldg 2,Claremont Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England, UK. (E-mail: K.A.hart@newcastle.ac.uk)

HART, K.M., M.M. LAMONT, A.R. SARTAIN, I. FUJISAKI & B.S. STEPHENS. 2013. Movements and habitat-use of loggerhead sea turtles in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the reproductive period. PLoS One 8: e66921. K.M. Hart, USGS, Southeast Ecological Science Center, 3205 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314, USA. (E-mail: kristen_hart@usgs.gov)

HART, K.M., D.G. ZAWADA, I. FUJISAKI & B.H. LIDZ. 2013. Habitat-use of breeding green turtles Chelonia mydas tagged in Dry Tortugas National Park: making use of local and regional MPAs. Biological Conservation 161: 142-154. K. M. Hart, US Geological Survey, SE Ecological Science Center, 305 College Ave. Davie, FL 33314 USA. (E-mail: kristen_hart@usgs.gov)

HATASE, H. 2013. Studies on migratory ecology and life histories of sea turtles. Nippon Nogei Kagakukaishi; Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 79: 634-37.

JOURDAN, J. & M.M.P.B. FUENTES. 2013. Effectiveness of strategies at reducing sand temperature to mitigate potential impacts from changes in environmental temperature on sea turtle reproductive output. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (DOI 10.1007/S11027-013-9482-y). M.M.P.B. Fuentes, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville 4811 Queensland, Australia. (E-mail: mariana.fuentes@jcu.edu.au)

KARAA, S., I. JRIBI, A. BOUAIN, M. GIRONDOT & M.N. BRADAI. 2013. On the occurrence of leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761), in Tunisian waters (central Mediterranean Sea) (Testudines: Dermochelydae). Herpetozoa 26: 65-75. S. Karaa, University of Sfax , Tunisia & Natl Inst Sea Sci & Technol, Dept Life Sci, Sfax Fac Sci, POB 1035, Sfax 3018, Tunisia. (E-mail: k-sami@hotmail.fr)

LABRADA-MARTAGON, V., L.C. MENDEZ-RODRIGUEZ, M. MANGEL & T. ZENTENO-SAVIN. 2013. Applying generalized linear models as an explanatory tool of sex steroids, thyroid hormones and their relationships with environmental and physiologic factors in immature East Pacific green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology 166: 91-100. V. Labrada- Martagon, Programa de Planeacion Ambiental y Conservacion, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (E-mail: vlabrada@cibnor.mx)

LAM, T., XU LING, K. TAKAHASHI & E.A. BURGESS. 2012. Market Forces: an examination of marine turtle trade in China and Japan. TRAFFIC East Asia, Hong Kong: 48 pp. <http://www.traffic.org/species-reports/traffic_species_reptiles34.pdf‎>

MACDONALD, B.D., S.V. MADRAK, R.L. LEWISON, J.A. SEMINOFF & T. EGUCHI. 2013. Fine scale diel movement of the east Pacific green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in a highly urbanized foraging environment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 443: 56-64. B.D. MacDonald, NOAA- NMFS SWFSC, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA. (E-mail: bradley.macdonald@gmail.com)

MAFFUCCI, F., I. D'ANGELO, S. HOCHSCHEID, M. CIAMPA, G. DE MARTINO, A. TRAVAGLINI, G. TREGLIA & F. BENTIVEGNA. 2013. Sex ratio of juvenile loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean Sea: is it really 1:1? Marine Biology 160: 1097-1107. F. Maffucci, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale I, 80121 Naples, Italy. (E-mail: fulvio.maffucci@szn.it)

MANIRE, C.A., E.T. ANDERSON, L. BYRD & D.A. FAUQUIER. 2013. Dehydration as an effective treatment for brevetoxicosis in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 44: 447-452. C.A. Manire, Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital , Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA. (E-mail: cmanire@mote.org)

MAZOR, T., N. LEVIN, H.P. POSSINGHAM, Y. LEVY, D. ROCCHINI, A.J. RICHARDSON & S. KARK. 2013. Can satellite-based night lights be used for conservation? The case of nesting sea turtles in the Mediterranean. Biological Conservation 159: 63-72. T. Mazor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. (E-mail: tessa.mazor@uqconnect.edu.au)

MEYLAN, A.B., P.A. MEYLAN & C. ORDONEZ ESPINOSA. 2013. Sea turtles of Bocas del Toro Province and the Comarca Ngobe-Bugle, Republic of Panama. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 12: 17-33. A.B. Meylan, Florida FWCC, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 8th Ave. SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. (E-mail: Anne.Meylan@MyFWC.com)

MORTIMER, J.A. & R.G. VON BRANDIS. 2013. Mortality of adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at the nesting beaches of Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 12: 151-157. J.A. Mortimer, Seychelles Island Foundation, P.O. Box 853, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles. (E-mail: mortimer@ufl.edu)

MYCOO, M.A. & J.F. GOBIN. 2013. Coastal management, climate change adaptation and sustainability in small coastal communities: leatherback turtles and beach loss. Sustainability Science 8: 441-453. M.A. Mycoo, Univ. of the West Indies, Fac Engn, Dept Geomat Engn & Land Management, St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago. (E-mail: michelle.mycoo@sta.uwi.edu)

NARAZAKI, T., K. SATO, K.J. ABERNATHY, G.J. MARSHALL & N. MIYAZAKI. 2013. Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) use vision to forage on gelatinous prey in mid-water. PLoS ONE 8, no. 6: e66043. T. Narazaki, Univ. of Tokyo, Atmosphere & Ocean Res Inst, Int Coastal Res Ctr, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. (E-mail: tnarazaki@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

NISHIZAWA, H., Y. NAITO, H. SUGANUMA, O. ABE, J. OKUYAMA, K. HIRATE, S. TANAKA, E. INOGUCHI, K. NARUSHIMA, K. KOBAYASHI, H. ISHII, S. TANIZAKI, M. KOBAYASHI, A. GOTO & N. ARAI. 2013. Composition of green turtle feeding aggregations along the Japanese archipelago: implications for changes in composition with current flow. Marine Biology (DOI: 10.1007/S00227-013-2261-1): 15 pp. H. Nishizawa, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Informatics, Dept of Social Informatics, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. (E-mail: nishiza@bre.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

NISHIZAWA, H., T. NODA, T. YASUDA, J. OKUYAMA, N. ARAI & M. KOBAYASHI. 2013. Decision tree classification of behaviors in the nesting process of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from tri-axial acceleration data. Journal of Ethology 31: 315-332. H. Nishizawa, Kyoto Univ. Graduate School of Informatics, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. (E-mail: nishiza@bre.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

OKUYAMA, J., K. NAKAJIMA, T. NODA, S. LIMURA, H. KAMIHATA, M. KOBAYASHI, N. ARAI, S. KAGAWA, Y. KAWABATA & H. YAMADA. 2013. Ethogram of immature green turtles: behavioral strategies for somatic growth in large marine herbivores. PLoS One 8, no. 6: e65783. J. Okuyama, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida Hon-Machi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. (E-mail: okuyamajunichi@gmail.com)

PARSONS, A.W., T.R. SIMONS, A.F. O'CONNELL JR. & M.K. STOSKOPF. 2013. Demographics, diet, movements, and survival of an isolated, unmanaged raccoon Procyon lotor (Procyonidae, Carnivora) population on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Mammalia 77: 21-30. A.W. Parsons, NCSU, USGS, North Carolina Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Dept Biology, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA. (E-mail: ahwaldst@ncsu.edu)

PASCOE, S., J. INNES, A. NORMAN-LOPEZ, C. WILCOX & N. DOWLING. 2013. Economic and conservation implications of a variable effort penalty system in effort-controlled fisheries. Applied Economics 45: 3880-3890. S. Pascoe, CSIRO Marine & Atm Res, EcoSci Precinct, Wealth Oceans Flagship, POB 2583, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia. (E-mail: sean.pascoe@csiro.au)

PERON, C., D. CHEVALLIER, M. GALPIN, A. CHATELET, E. J. ANTHONY, Y. LE MAHO & A. GARDEL. 2013. Beach morphological changes in response to marine turtles nesting: a preliminary study of Awala-Yalimapo beach, French Guiana (South America). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 65: 99-104. C. Peron, CNRS Guyane, USR 3456, 2 Avenue Gustave Charlery, 97300 Cayenne, French Guiana. (E-mail: christina.peron@univ-littoral.fr)

PERRAULT, J.R., D.L. MILLER, J. GARNER & J. WYNEKEN. 2013. Mercury and selenium concentrations in leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea): population comparisons, implications for reproductive success, hazard quotients and directions for future research. Science of the Total Environment 463/464: 61-71. J.R. Perrault, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Box 3091, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991, USA. (E-mail: jperrau2@fau.edu)

PERRIN, M. 2013. Between the tides: in search of sea turtles. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 43: 90. Research Centre for African Parrot Conservation, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. (E-mail: perrin@ukzn.ac.za)

PIKESLEY, S.K., P. DIDIER AGAMBOUE, E. AUGOWET BONGUNO, F. BOUSSAMBA, F. CARDIEC, J.M. FAY, A. FORMIA, B.J. GODLEY, W.F. LAURANCE, B. DIDIER KOUMBA MABERT, C. MILLS, G. AVERY MOUNGUENGUI MOUNGUENGUI, C. MOUSSOUNDA, S. NGOUESSONO, R.J. PARNELL, G-P. SOUNGUET, B. VERHAGE, L. WHITE & M.J. WITT. 2013. Here today, here tomorrow: beached timber in Gabon, a persistent threat to nesting sea turtles. Biological Conservation 162: 127-132. A. Formia, WCS, Global Conservation Program, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10460, USA. (E-mail: aformia@wcs.org)

PIKESLEY, S.K., S.M. MAXWELL, K. PENDOLEY, D.P. COSTA, M.S. COYNE, A. FORMIA, B.J. GODLEY, W. KLEIN, J. MAKANGA-BAHOUNA, S. MARUCA, S. NGOUESSONO, R.J. PARNELL, E. PEMO-MAKAYA & M.J. WITT. 2013. On the front line: integrated habitat mapping for olive ridley sea turtles in the southeast Atlantic. Diversity and Distributions (DOI: 10.1111/ ddi.12118). M.J. Witt, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Tremough, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK. (E-mail: m.j.witt@exeter.ac.uk)

PLOT, V., T. JENKINS, J-P. ROBIN, S. FOSSETTE & J-Y. GEORGES. 2013. Leatherback turtles are capital breeders: morphometric and physiological evidence from longitudinal monitoring. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86: 385-397. V. Plot, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA. (E-mail: virginie.plot@iphc.cnrs.fr)

PUTMAN, N.F. & E. NARO-MACIEL. 2013. Finding the 'lost years' in green turtles: insights from ocean circulation models and genetic analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20131468. N. F. Putman, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State Univ., 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA. (E-mail: nathan.putman@gmail.com)

REES, A.F., A. AL HAFEZ, J.R. LLOYD, N. PAPATHANASOPOULOU & B.J. GODLEY. 2013. Green turtles, Chelonia mydas, in Kuwait: nesting and movements. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 12: 157-163. A.F. Rees, Marine Turtle Research Group, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9EZ, UK. (E-mail: arees@seaturtle.org)

REISSER, J., M. PROIETTI, I. SAZIMA, P. KINAS, P. HORTA & E. SECCHI. 2013. Feeding ecology of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at rocky reefs in western South Atlantic. Marine Biology (DOI: 10.1007/S00227-013-2304-7). J. Reisser, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Caixa Postal 474, Av. Italia km 8, 96201-300 Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (E-mail: jroceano@hotmail.com)

RISKAS, K.A. & M. TIWARI. 2013. An overview of fisheries and sea turtle bycatch along the Atlantic coast of Africa. Munibe Monographs Nature Series 1: 71-82. K.A. Riskas, Marine Turtle Ecology and Assessment Program, Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS, La Jolla, CA, USA. (E-mail: kimmieriskas@gmail.com)

RODEN, S.E., P.A. MORIN, A. FREY, G.H. BALAZS, P. ZARATE, I-J. CHENG & P.H. DUTTON. 2013. Green turtle population structure in the Pacific: new insights from single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites. Endangered Species Research 20: 227-34. S.E. Roden, NOAA-NMFS SWFSC 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. (E-mail: suzanne.roden@noaa.gov)

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ROUPHAEL, A.B., A. ABDULLA, O. ATTUM, N. MARSHALL & U. GHAZALI. 2013. Do marine protected areas in the Red Sea afford protection to dugongs and sea turtles? Journal of Biodiversity & Endangered Species 1: 1000102. A.B. Rouphael, Marine Biodiv & Conserv Science Group, IUCN Global Marine Program, Perth, Australia. (E-mail: tony.rouphael@gmail.com)

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