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Marine Turtle Newsletter 31:11-12, © 1984

Sea Turtle Papers at ASIH/HL/SSAR Joint Meetings

The following presentations were among the many papers and poster sessions delivered at the (Combined Meetings) 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), 32nd Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League (HL), and 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) - University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, 28 July - 3 August, 1984. A very limited number of copies of the Proceedings (abstracts only) are available from Dr. Victor Hutchison, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019 USA, for US $3.50. Checks should be made payable to "ASIH/HL/SSAR".

M. BENABIB-NISENRAUM and R. C. VOGT. (Instituto de Biologia, Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico). Environmental sex determination in Dermochelys coriacea on natural nesting beaches - significance of nest position and laying date.

B. E. DIAL (Texas A&M University). Anaerobic metabolism during nest emergence and the hatchling frenzy in hatchling sea turtles (Caretta caretta).

L. M. EHRHART (University of Central Florida). Structure and status of loggerhead and green turtle populations in the central region of the Indian River, Florida.

J. S. FERRIS and H. GUCINSKI. (Ecological-Analysts, Inc. and Anne Arundel Community College). Role of measured light intensities in successful seaward orientation of hatchling loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta.

N. B. FRAZER and J. I. RICHARDSON. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Georgia). Reproductive variation in loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta.

P. W. RAYMOND (University of Central Florida). Sea turtle hatchling disorientation and artificial beachfront lighting: a review of the problem and potential solutions.

E. N. SMITH, N. C. LONG and J. WOOD. (Hansen Research Foundation, Oberlin College and Cayman Island Turtle Farms, Ltd.). Evaporative water loss in the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.

E. N. SMITH, N. C. LONG and J. WOOD. (Hansen Research Foundation, Oberlin College and Cayman Island Turtle Farms, Ltd.). Thermoregulation in green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas.