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Marine Turtle Newsletter 29:9, © 1984

Special Publication from Cochin, India

Sea Turtle Research and Conservation, 1984, Bulletin 35, pp. 1-82, of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (P.B. 1912, Cochin 682 018, India) was published in February. It contains papers by E.G. Silas, M. Rajagopalau, M. Vijayakumaran, A.B. Fernando and S.S. Dan. Titles of papers are:

1. Sea turtle research and conservation--some problem areas
2. Recovery programme for olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) along Madras Coast
3. Yolk utilization in the egg of the olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea
4. Are turtle eggs cleidoic or non-cleidoic?
5. Food intake and conversion in hatchlings of olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea fed animal and plant food
6. Studies on the growth of olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea in captivity
7. Some health problems observed in the hatchlings and juveniles of sea turtles in captivity
8. Observations on turtles at sea and in the Lakshadweep
9. Turtle poisoning
10. Observations on the mass nesting and immediate post-mass nesting influxes of the olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea at Gahirmatha, Orissa--1984 Season.