Number 156

January 2019

Three rescued juvenile green turtles from the Gulf of Venezuela (see pages 41-43). Photo credit: GTTM-GV, Laboratory of General Ecology-University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Article

Nesting Green Turtle Tagged in Cuba, Recaptured in Florida - Félix Moncada, Christina M. Coppenrath, Sarah Hirsch, Gonzalo Nodarse, Annie Page-Karjian, Ashley M. Reeves & Justin R. Perrault

First Record of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Nesting in Almofala, Western Coast of Ceará, Brazil - Eduardo H. S. M. Lima, Maria Thereza D. Melo & Fernando Diógenes Alves Ferreira

The Threat of Predatory Fire Ants to Loggerhead Turtles Nesting on Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA - C. Tate Holbrook, John W. Mahas, Breanna L. Ondich & Kimberly M. Andrews

Sea Turtle Observations On and Around Siniya Island, Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates - Roxanne Whelan, Chris Clarke, Rob Gubiani & Sabir Bin Muzaffar

Turtle Watching - Combining Conservation and Tourism: A Case Study in New Caledonia - Tyffen C. Read, Marion Petit, Marion Magnan & Richard Farman

Identification of Chelonia mydas Populations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Through Regional Genetic Analyses - Michael P. Jensen, Jeff Miller, Nancy N. FitzSimmons & Mustafa Al-Merghani

Unusual Mortality Event of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Southern Coast of São Paulo State, Brazil - Shany Mayumi Nagaoka, Daniela Ferro de Godoy, François Lamou Boussamba, Angela Formia & Guy-Philippe Sounguet

Rescue and Rehabilitation of Loggerhead Sea Turtles Caretta caretta from Dahanu Coast, Maharashtra, India - Prachi Hatkar, Dinesh Vinhenkar & Dhaval Kansara

A Juvenile Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Tagged in Cuba is Recaptured In Colombian Waters - Félix Moncada, Cristian Ramírez-Gallego, Juana Camero, Marcos Gonzalez, Gonzalo Nodarse & Karla G. Barrientos-Muñoz

Using Bamboo Nest Covers to Prevent Predation on Sea Turtle Eggs - Emma Korein, Alba Caballol, Pascall Lovell, Laura Exley, Carlos Porras Marin, José Carillo, Grace Bond, Loris Capria, Samantha Earl, Olivia M. Ferrari, Joseph Hamm, Sarah Johnson-Gutierrez, Courtney King, Atenea Malmierca, Laura McAnally, Ellen Price, Ellen Riddick & Lauren Stokes

Albinism In Florida Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchlings: Ratio-Based Evidence Of Basic Mendelian Recessiveness - Justin R. Perrault & Christina M. Coppenrath

Marine Debris and Marine Turtles in the Venezuelan Guajira Peninsula: A New Menace - Héctor Barrios-Garrido, María José Petit-Rodríguez, Nínive Espinoza-Rodríguez & Natalie Wildermann

Report

Report: The Second Annual Workshop on the Use of UAVs in Sea Turtle Research and Conservation at the 38th International Sea Turtle Symposium: 19 Feb 2018 - ALan F. Rees & Raymond R. Carthy

President’s Report, 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation, Kobe, Japan, 18-23 February 2018 - Yoshimasa Matsuzawa

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