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ALFARO-NUNEZ, A., M.P. JENSEN & F.A. ABREU-GROBOIS. 2015. Does polyandry really pay off? The effects of multiple mating and number of fathers on morphological traits and survival in clutches of nesting green turtles at Tortuguero. PeerJ 4: e880. A. Alfaro-Nunez, Univ Copenhagen, Nat Hist Museum Denmark, Ctr GeoGenet, Copenhagen, Denmark. (E-mail: alonzoalfaro@gmail.com)

ALLMAN, P., D. BARBOUR & A. AGYEKUMHENE. 2015. Loggerhead sea turtle nesting activity in Ghana. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 13-14.

ANGEL RAMOS, E. 2014-2015. Eyes in the sky help sea turtle research. SWOT Report Volume 10: 7.

ANGIELCZYK, K.D., R.W. BURROUGHS & C.R. FELDMAN. 2015. Do turtles follow the rules? Latitudinal gradients in species richness, body size & geographic range area of the world's turtles. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution 324B: 270-294. K.D. Angielczyk, Field Museum Nat Hist, Integrat Res Ctr, 1400 South Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605 USA. (E-mail: kangielczyk@fieldmuseum.org)

ANON. 2015. Ocean myth busted: ‘toddler’ sea turtles are very active swimmers. Eco (May): 15.

ANYEMBE, D. & C. VAN DE GEER. 2015. The first photo-documented hybrid of a green turtle, Chelonia mydas & a hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, in east Africa. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 42-45.

ARUNA, E. 2015. Guest Editorial: Impact of the Ebola virus disease outbreak on conservation efforts in Sierra Leone. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 5-6.

BARCENAS-IBARRA, A., H. DE LA CUEVA, I. ROJAS-LLEONART, F.A. ABREU-GROBOIS, R.I. LOZANO-GUZMAN, E. CUEVAS & A. GARCIA-GASCA. 2015. First approximation to congenital malformation rates in embryos and hatchlings of sea turtles. Birth Defects Research (Part A)-Clinical and Molecular Teratology 103: 203-224. A. Garcia-Gasca, Ctr Investi Alimentac & Desarrollo, Ave Sabalo Cerritos S-N, Mazatlan 82100, Sinaloa, Mexico. (E-mail: alegar@ciad.mx)

BAUDOUIN, M., B. DE THOISY, P. CHAMBAULT, R. BERZINS, M. ENTRAYGUES, L. KELLE, A. TURNY, Y. LE MAHO & D. CHEVALLIER. 2015. Identification of key marine areas for conservation based on satellite tracking of post-nesting migrating green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Biological Conservation 184: 36-41. M. Baudoin, CNRS-IPHC, Departement Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie, Unite Mixte de Recherche 7178 CNRS-ULP, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg cedex 2, France. (E-mail: marie-baudouin@live.fr)

BEHERA, S., B. TRIPATHY, K. SIVAKUMAR & B.C. CHOUDHURY. 2015. Stomach contents of olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) occurring in Gahirmatha, Odisha coast of India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society (Calcutta) 68: 91-95. S. Behera, Wildlife Inst India, POB 18, Dehra Dun 248001, Chandrabani, India. (E-mail: behera.satyaranjan@gmail.com)

BERNALDO DE QUIROS, Y., M. MOORE, D. GARCIA-PARRAGA, P. JEPSON, J.L. CRESPO-PICAZO, A. FAHLMAN & A. FERNANDEZ. 2014. Grand paradigm shift in diving physiology: the likelihood of the bends in marine vertebrates. 2014 APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology: 48-49.

BEZY, V.S., R.A. VALVERDE & C.J. PLANTE. 2015. Olive ridley sea turtle hatching success as a function of the microbial abundance in nest sand at Ostional, Costa Rica. PLoS One 10(2): e0118579. V.S. Bezy, Univ North Carolina, Dept Biology, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA. (E-mail: vanessa.bezy@gmail.com)

BHATPURIA, D., H.U. SOLANKI, S. VARGHESE & P. CHAUHAN. 2015. Applications of satellite derived meso-scale features and in-situ bycatch to understand sea turtle habitats along the Indian Coast. Current Science 108: 326-329. H. U. Solanki, ISRO, Space Application Center, Ahmadabad 380015, Gujarat, India. (E-mail: himmatsinh@sac.isro.gov.in)

BUCCHIA, M., M. CAMACHO, M.R.D. SANTOS, L.D. BOADA, P. RONCADA, R. MATEO, M.E. ORTIZ-SANTALIESTRA, J. RODRIGUEZ-ESTIVAL, M. ZUMBADO, J. OROS, L.A. HENRIQUEZ-HERNANDEZ, N. GARCIA-ALVAREZ & O.P. LUZARDO. 2015. Plasma levels of pollutants are much higher in loggerhead turtle populations from the Adriatic Sea than in those from open waters (Eastern Atlantic Ocean). Science of the Total Environment 523: 161-169. O.P. Luzardo, Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Dept Clin Sci, Toxicol Unit, Plaza Dr Pasteur S-N, Las Palmas Gran Canaria 35016, Spain. (E-mail: octavio.perez@ulpgc.es)

BURCHFIELD, P.M. & L.J. PENA. 2014. Report on the Mexico/United States of America restoration project for the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, on the coasts of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 2014 season. Programa Binacional de la Tortuga Lora, 22pp. P. Burchfield, Gladys Porter Zoo, 500 Ringgold St., Brownsville, TX 78520 USA. (E-mail: ridley@gpz.org)

BURNS, T.J., D.J. MCCAFFERTY & M.W. KENNEDY. 2015. Core and body surface temperatures of nesting leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Journal of Thermal Biology 51: 15-22. T. J. Burns, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK. (E-mail: tomb-09@hotmail.co.uk)

CALVILLO GARCIA, Y., M.T. RAMIREZ-HERRERA, C. DELGADO-TREJO, G. LEGORRETA-PAULIN & N. CORONA. 2015. Modeling sea-level change, inundation scenarios & their effect on the Colola Beach Reserve - a nesting-habitat of the black sea turtle, Michoacan, Mexico. Geofisica Internacional 54: 179-190. M. T. Ramirez-Herrera, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Univ Geofis Ambiental, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. (E-mail: tramirez@igg.unam.mx)

CARPENTIER, A.S., D.T. BOOTH, K.E. ARTHUR & C.J. LIMPUS. 2015. Stable isotope relationships between mothers, eggs and hatchlings in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta. Marine Biology 162: 783-797. A.S. Carpentier, Univ Queensland, Sch Biol Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia. (E-mail: alice_s_carpentier@hotmail.com)

CHENG, I.-J., C.-H. LIN & C.-T. TSENG. 2015. Factors influencing variations of oxygen content in nests of green sea turtles during egg incubation with a comparison of two nesting environments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 471: 104-111. I-J. Cheng, Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan 202-24, Taiwan, ROC. (E-mail: b0107@mail.ntou.edu.tw)

COMER SANTOS, K. 2014-2015. Up "grade" your volunteer program with academic internships. SWOT Report Volume 10: 34-35.

D'CRUZE, N., M. BALASKAS, T. MORRISON & R. ALCOCK. 2014-2015. Sea turtle farming - past, present & future? SWOT Report Volume 10: 26-27.

DA SILVA MENDES, S., R.H. DE CARVALHO, A.F. DE FARIA & B.M. DE SOUSA. 2015. Marine debris ingestion by Chelonia mydas (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on the Brazilian coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin 92: 8-10. S.D. Mendes, Univ Fed Juiz de Fora, Dept Zool, Inst Ciencias Biol, Cidade Univ, BR-36036900 Juiz De Fora, MG, Brazil. (E-mail: sarahufjf@yahoo.com.br)

DANISE, S. & N.D. HIGGS. 2015. Bone-eating Osedax worms lived on Mesozoic marine reptile deadfalls. Biology Letters 11: 20150072. S. Danise, Univ Plymouth, Sch Geog Earth & Environm Sci, Plymouth PL4 8AA, Devon, England. (E-mail: silvia.danise@gmail.com)

DE MACEDO, G.R., T.B. TARANTINO, I.S. BARBOSA, T.T. PIRES, G. ROSTAN, D.W. GOLDBERG, L.F.B. PINTO, M.G.A. KORN & C.R. FRANKE. 2015. Trace elements distribution in hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas) tissues on the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin 94: 284-289. M.G.A. Korn, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Ondina, Campus UFBA, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. (E-mail: korn@ufba.br)

DETJEN, M., E. STERLING & A. GOMEZ. 2015. Stable isotopes in barnacles as a tool to understand green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) regional movement patterns. Biogeosciences Discussions 12: 4655-4669. M. Detjen, Dept of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA. (E-mail: md2986@caa.columbia.edu)

DODGE, K.L., B. GALUARDI & M. E. LUTCAVAGE. 2015. Orientation behaviour of leatherback sea turtles within the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20143192. K. L. Dodge, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA. (E-mail: kara.dodge@post.harvard.edu)

DOMENECH, F., F.J. BADILLO, J. TOMAS, J.A. RAGA & F.J. AZNAR. 2015. Epibiont communities of loggerhead marine turtles (Caretta caretta) in the western Mediterranean: influence of geographic and ecological factors. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 95: 851-861. F. Domenech, Univ Valencia, Marine Zool Unit, Cavanilles Inst Biodivers & Evolutionary Biol, Valencia 46980, Spain. (E-mail: francesc.domenech@uv.es)

DONNELLY, K., T.B. WALTZEK, J.F.X. JR. WELLEHAN, D.A. SUTTON, N.P. WIEDERHOLD & B.A. STACY. 2015. Phaeohyphomycosis resulting in obstructive tracheitis in three green sea turtles Chelonia mydas stranded along the Florida coast. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 113: 257-262. B.A. Stacy, Univ Florida, NOAA, Natl Marine Fisheries Service, Duty Stn, POB 110885, 2187 Mowry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA. (E-mail: brian.stacy@noaa.gov)

DUNBAR, S.G. & H. ITO. 2014-2015. Picture perfect: photography for turtle monitoring. SWOT Report Volume 10: 10-11.

EWERS-SAUCEDO, C., M.D. ARENDT, J.P. WARES & D. RITTSCHOF. 2015. Growth, mortality & mating group size of an androdioecious barnacle: implications for the evolution of dwarf males. Journal of Crustacean Biology 35: 166-176. C. Ewers-Saucedo, Univ Georgia, Dept Genetics, 120 E Green St, Athens, GA 30602 USA. (E-mail: chewers@uga.edu)

FERREIRA, R. 2015. Sea turtle artisans of Sao Tome and Principe. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 25-33.

FONSECA, L.G., R. ARAUZ, D. CHACON-CHAVERRI, R. MAST, C. MARIO ORREGO, S. TROENG, D. GODFREY, E. HARRISON & R.A. VALVERDE. 2014-2015. Costa Rica: a superlative sea turtle country. SWOT Report Volume 10: 18-23.

FRETEY, J. 2015. Updates from West Africa! African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 21-24.

FUENTES, M.M.P.B., I. BELL, R. HAGIHARA, M. HAMANN, J. HAZEL, A. HUTH, J.A. SEMINOFF, S. SOBTZICK & H. MARSH. 2015. Improving in-water techniques of marine turtle abundance by adjusting aerial survey counts for perception and availability biases. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 471: 77-83. H. Marsh, College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. (E-mail address: helene.marsh@jcu.edu.au)

FUENTES, M.M.P.B., J. BLACKWOOD, B. JONES, M. KIM, B. LEIS, C. J. LIMPUS, H. MARSH, J. MITCHELL, F.M. POUZOLS, R.L. PRESSEY & P. VISCONTI. 2015. A decision framework for prioritizing multiple management actions for threatened marine megafauna. Ecological Applications 25: 200-214. M.M.P.B. Fuentes, James Cook Univ, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. (E-mail: mfuentes@fsu.edu)

GONZALEZ CARMAN, V., N. MACHAIN & C. CAMPAGNA. 2015. Legal and institutional tools to mitigate plastic pollution affecting marine species: Argentina as a case study. Marine Pollution Bulletin 92: 125-133. V. G. Carman, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Inst Nacl Invest & Desarrollo Pesquero INIDEP, Paseo Victoria Ocampo 1,B7602HSA, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (E-mail: vgcarman@inidep.edu.ar)

GROSS, M. 2015. Can we avert mass extinctions? Current Biology 25: R209-R212.

GUILDER, J., B. BARCA, S. ARROYO-ARCE, R. GRAMAJO & R. SALOM-PEREZ. 2015. Jaguars (Panthera onca) increase kill utilization rates and share prey in response to seasonal fluctuations in nesting green turtle (Chelonia mydas mydas) abundance in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica. Mammalian Biology 80: 65-72. J. Guilder, GVI Costa Rica, 230-60601 Quepos, Costa Rica. (E-mail: jamesguilder@gmail.com)

HAMILTON, R.J., T. BIRD, C. GERENIU, J. PITA, P.C. RAMOHIA, R. WALTER, C. GOERLICH & C. LIMPUS. 2015. Solomon Islands largest hawksbill turtle rookery shows signs of recovery after 150 years of excessive exploitation. PLoS One 10(4): e0121435. R. J. Hamilton, Nature Conservancy, Asia Pacific Division, 245 Riverside Dr, Brisbane, Qld 4101, Australia. (E-mail: rhamilton@tnc.org)

HANCOCK, J.M., H. CARVALHO, B. LOLOUM, H. LIMA & L. OLIVEIRA. 2015. Review of olive ridley nesting in Sao Tome and Principe Islands, West Africa, with a new nesting occurrence in Principe Island. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 34-38.

ISHIHARA, T. and M. UETSUKI. 2014. Report of 24th Japanese Sea Turtle Symposium in Makinohara. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 98: 8-9. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

JACKSON, F.D., D.J. VARRICCHIO, R.A. JACKSON, A.D. WALDE & G.A. BISHOP. 2015. Taphonomy of extant desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting sites: implications for interpreting the fossil record. Palaios 30: 207-223. F.D. Jackson, Montana State Univ, Dept Earth Science, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA. (E-mail: frankiej@montana.edu)

KAMROWSKI, R.L., C. LIMPUS, K. PENDOLEY & M. HAMANN. 2014. Influence of industrial light pollution on the sea-finding behaviour of flatback turtle hatchlings. Wildlife Research 41: 421-434. R. L. Kamrowski, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. (E-mail: ruth.kamrowski@my.jcu.edu.au)

KAWAZU, I., M. KAYOU & K. MAEDA. 2014. A loggerhead turtle with a remigration interval of one year: first record from Jashiki Kunigami of Okinawa Island, Japan. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 100: 17-21. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

KAWAZU, I., M. KINO, K. MAEDA & H. TERUYA. 2015. Age and body size of captive hawksbill turtles at the onset of follicular development. Zoo Biology 34: 178-182. I. Kawazu, Okinawa Churashima Fdn, 888 Ishikawa, Motobu, Okinawa 9050206, Japan. (E-mail: i-kawazu@okichura.jp)

KAWAZU, I. & H. OKABE. 2014. Mating season of loggerhead turtles in western waters of Okinawa Island. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 100: 2-7. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

KAYOU, M. & I. KAWAZU. 2014. Observation of a nesting loggerhead turtle with a missing rear flipper. Umigame Newsletter of Japan No. 100: 21-25. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

KELLY, T. R., J. BRAUN MCNEILL, L. AVENS, A.G. HALL, L.R. GOSHE, A.A. HOHN, M.H. GODFREY, A.N. MIHNOVETS, W.M. CLUSE & C.A. HARMS. 2015. Clinical pathology reference intervals for an in-water population of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in Core Sound, North Carolina, USA. PLoS One 10(3): e0115739. C.A. Harms, Center for Marine Sciences and Technology and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557, USA. (E-mail: craig_harms@ncsu.edu)

KINASTON, R.L., D. ANSON, P. PETCHEY, R. WALTER, K. ROBB & H. BUCKLEY. 2015. Lapita diet and subsistence strategies on Watom Island, Papua New Guinea: new stable isotope evidence from humans and animals. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 157: 30-41. R.L. Kinaston, Univ Otago, Dept Anat, POB 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. (E-mail: rebecca.kinaston@gmail.com)

KINO, M. & I. KAWAZU. 2014. A stranding report of a young juvenile olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) at Yagajijima Island, Okinawa. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 100: 7-11. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

KNIGHT, K. 2015. Magnetic sense essential for correct turtle turning. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 963. (E-mail: kathryn@biologists.com)

KOBAYASHI, H. and T. GOTO. 2014. Current nesting status and historical utilization of sea turtles on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 98: 2-6. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

KOBAYASHI, H., K. OMUTA & T. GOTO. 2014. First record of green turtle nesting in Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagosima prefecture. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 100: 15-17. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

KOLINSKI, S.P., J. CRUCE, D.M. PARKER, G.H. BALAZS & R. CLARKE. 2014. Migrations and conservation implications of post-nesting green turtles from Gielop Island, Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesica 2014: 1-9. J. Cruce, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Guam National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 8134 MOU-3, Dededo, Guam 96929, USA. (E-mail: jencruce@gmail.com)

LAI, O. R., A. DI BELLO, S. SOLOPERTO, D. FREGGI, G. MARZANO, L. CAVALIERE & G. CRESCENZO. 2015. Pharmacokinetic behavior of meloxicam in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after intramuscular and intravenous administration. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51: 509-512. O.R. Lai, Univ Bari, Dept Vet Med, Sp Casamassima Km 3, I-70010 Valenzano, BA, Italy. (E-mail: olimpia.lai@uniba.it)

LAMONT, M. M., I. FUJISAKI & R. R. CARTHY. 2015. Estimates of vital rates for a declining loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) subpopulation: implications for management. Marine Biology 162: 491. M.M. Lamont, USGS, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Gainesville, FL 32653 USA. (E-mail: mlamont@usgs.gov)

LEE-GONZALES, I., A. RUIZ-URQUIOLA & E.P.B.L.J. PEREZ-BERMUDEZ. 2015. Ethological and phenetic characterization of sea turtle's fishing stock in Jardines del Rey archipelago (Cuba). International Journal of Marine Science 5: 1-16. A. Ruiz-Urquiola, Center for Marine Research (CIM-UH), University of Havana, 16 Street #114, Playa, La Habana, Cuba. (E-mail: ariel.urquiola@cim.uh.cu)

LEVY, Y., N. PERRY, D. TCHERNOV & G. RILOV. 2014. Use of an intensive care tank for treatment of sea turtles. Herpetological Review 45: 632-635. Y. Levy, Israel’s Sea Turtle Rescue Centre, Nature & Parks Authority, Mevoot Yam, P.O.B. 1174 Michmoret 40297, Israel. (E-mail: yaniv@npa.org.il)

LI, T.-H., C.-C. CHANG, I.-J. CHENG & S.-C. LIN. 2015. Development of a summarized health index (SHI) for use in predicting survival in sea turtles. PLoS One 10(3): e0120796. C-C. Chang, Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Public Health, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan, ROC. (E-mail: changcc@dragon.nchu.edu.tw)

LILES, M.J., M.J. PETERSON, J.A. SEMINOFF, E. ALTAMIRANO, A.V. HENRIQUEZ, A.R. GAOS, V. GADEA, J. URTEAGA, P. TORRES, B.P. WALLACE & T.R. PETERSON. 2015. One size does not fit all: Importance of adjusting conservation practices for endangered hawksbill turtles to address local nesting habitat needs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Biological Conservation 184: 405-413. M. J. Liles, Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. (E-mail: mliles@hawksbill.org)

MANCINI, A., I. ELSADEK & B. MADON. 2015. When simple is better: Comparing two sampling methods to estimate green turtles abundance at coastal feeding grounds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 465: 113-120. A. Mancini, Hurghada Environm Conservat & Protect Assoc, Hurghada, Egypt. (E-mail: agnese@boomerang4conservation.org)

MARGARITOULIS, D., T. E. RIGGALL & A. F. REES. 2014-2015. A tale of two beaches in Greece. SWOT Report Volume 10: 24-25.

MARTIN, S. L., S. M. STOHS & J. E. MOORE. 2015. Bayesian inference and assessment for rare-event bycatch in marine fisheries: a drift gillnet fishery case study. Ecological Applications 25: 416-429. S. L. Martin, Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, 9500 Gilman Dr Dept 0208, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA. (E-mail: s2martin@ucsd.edu)

MCDERMID, K.J., J.A. LEFEBVRE & G.H. BALAZS. 2015. Nonnative seashore Paspalum, Paspalum vaginatum (Poaceae), consumed by Hawaiian green turtles: evidence for nutritional benefits. Pacific Science 69: 48-57. K.J. McDermid, Marine Science Department, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 West Käwili Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA. (E-mail: mcdermid@hawaii.edu)

MILTON, S., G. BOSSART, L. FLEWELLING, C. WALSH & C. COCILOVA. 2014. Brevetoxin metabolism and physiology using freshwater turtles as a model to measure morbidity in endangered sea turtles. 2014 APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology: 56.

MILTON, S., P. KEATING & P. SPOSATO. 2014. Ecosystem health and environmental influences on innate immune function in the loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle. 2014 APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology: 76.

MONCADA, F. G. & S. ROMERO. 2015. Nota sobre los registros del genero Lepidochelys (Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) en Cuba. Solenodon 12: 161-163. F.G. Moncada, Ctr Invest Pesqueras, 5ta Ave & 248, La Habana, 19100, Cuba. (E-mail: tortugas@cip.alinet.cu)

MULLIE, W.C., A. DJIBA & A. DIAGNE. 2015. Sea turtle strandings between Dakar and Saint Louis, Senegal: Witness of a sad reality. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 7-9.

NICHOLS, W. J. 2014-2015. The true value of sea turtles. SWOT Report Volume 10: 32-33.

OKAMOTO, K., S. UENO & N. KAMEZAKI. 2014. Bibliography of the sea turtles in Japan: additional literatures part II. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 98: 7. (E-mail: newsletter@umigame.org)

OYERONKE MOJISOLA, A., O. FISAYO CHRISTIE, O. JUSTINA & A. STEPHANIE. 2015. Sea turtles still nest in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 17-20.

PENIE, I., M. LOZANO & K. SLATER. 2014-2015. Ancient Mayan "Place of the Turtles" copes with modern-day tourism. SWOT Report Volume 10: 28-29.

PEREIRA, M.A.M. 2015. Official celebration of 20 years of monitoring and conservation of marine turtles at the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, Mozambique. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 39.

PERRAULT, J.R., J.R. SCHMID, C.J. WALSH, J.E. YORDY & A.D. TUCKER. 2015. Brevetoxin exposure, superoxide dismutase activity and plasma protein electrophoretic profiles in wild caught Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in southwest Florida. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55 (Suppl. 1): E314. Notes: Meeting Abstract: P3.99. J. R. Perrault, Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL USA. (E-mail: jperrault@mote.org)

PFALLER, J.B., J. ALFARO-SHIGUETO, B. GIFFONI, T. ISHIHARA, J.C. MANGEL, S.H. PECKHAM, K.A. BJORNDAL & J.A. BAEZA. 2014. Social monogamy in the crab Planes major, a facultative symbiont of loggerhead sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461: 124-132. J.B. Pfaller, Univ Florida, ACCSTR, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA. (E-mail: jpfaller@ufl.edu)

PIEAU, C. 2015. Remembering Nicholas Mrosovsky. African Sea Turtle Newsletter 3: 46-47.

PILCHER, N., M. ANTONOPOULOU, L. SHRAKE PERRY & O. KERR. 2014-2015. Important turtle areas in the Persian Gulf. SWOT Report Volume 10: 12-13.

PROSDOCIMI, L., L. BUGONI, D. ALBAREDA & M. I. REMIS. 2015. Are stocks of immature loggerhead sea turtles always mixed? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 466: 85-91. L. Prosdocimi, Laboratorio Genetica de Poblaciones, Dpto. Ecologia, Genetica y Evolucion, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Guiraldes 2160, C1428EGA Capital Federal Buenos Aires, Argentina. (E-mail: lprosdo@yahoo.com.ar)

PUTMAN, N.F. 2015. The role of geomagnetic change on the ecology and evolution of magnetic navigation systems in animals. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55 (Suppl. 1): E147.
NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Sci Ctr, Silver Spring, MD USA. (E-mail: nathan.putman@gmail.com)

PUTMAN, N.F. & K.L. MANSFIELD. 2015. Direct evidence of swimming demonstrates active dispersal in the sea turtle ‘‘lost years.’ Current Biology 25: 1221-1227. N.F. Putman, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, 75 Virginia Beach Dr., Miami, FL 33149, USA. (E-mail: nathan.putman@gmail.com)

PUTMAN, N.F., P. VERLEY, C.S. ENDRES & K.J. LOHMANN. 2015. Magnetic navigation behavior and the oceanic ecology of young loggerhead sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 1044-1050. (Address same as above)

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