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Marine Turtle Newsletter 47:16-17, © 1989

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ARIANOUTSOU, M. 1988. Assessing the impacts of human activities on nesting of loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta L., on Zakynthos Island, Western Greece. Environ. Conserv. 15(4):327-334. M. Arianoutsou, Div. Ecol., Dept. Biol., Univ. Thessaloniki, 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece.

BJORNDAL, K. A. and CARR, A. 1989. Variation in clutch size and egg size in the green turtle nesting population at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Herpetologica 45(2):181-189. K.A. Bjorndal, Center Sea Turtle Res., Dept. Zool., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA.

CHAN, E. H. 1989. White spot development, incubation, and hatching success of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs from Rantau Abang, Malaysia. Copeia 1:42-47. E.H. Chan, Fish. Marine Sci. Center, Univ. Pertanian Malaysia, Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

DAVENPORT, J., ANTIPAS, S. and BLAKE, E. 1989. Observations of gut function in young green turtles, Chelonia mydas. Herp. J. 1:336-342. J. Davenport, Anim. Biol. Group, Mar. Sci. Lab., Menai Bridge, Gwynedd LL59 5EH, North Wales, U. K.

ECKERT, K. L., ECKERT, S. A., ADAMS, T. W. and TUCKER, A. D. 1989. Inter-nesting migrations by leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the West Indies. Herpetologica 45(2):190-194. K.L. Eckert, NOAA/NMFS Southwest Fisheries Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, California 92037 USA.

GRAMENTZ, D. 1988. Prevalent epibiont sites on Caretta caretta in the Mediterranean Sea. Naturalista sicil., S. IV, XII (1-2):33-46. D. Gramentz, Földerichstrabe 7 D-1000 Berlin 20, Federal Republic of Germany.

KARL, H. V. 1989. Die Schildkröten aus dem marinen Mitteloligozän de DDR (Reptilia, Testudines). Mauritiana (Altenburg) 12(1989)2, S. 225-242. (German) H.V. Karl, Postfach 508, Erfurt, DDR-5010.

MANDAL, D. K., RAY, A. K. and SINHA, N. K. 1989. Physical and chemical characterization of macroglobulin from marine turtle eggwhite. Int. J. Biol.Macromol. 11(2):100-104. D.K. Mandal, Dept. Chemistry, Bose Inst., 93/1 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Calcutta 700009, India.

MANZELLA, S. A., CAILLOUET, C. W., Jr., FONTAINE, C. T. 1988. Kemp's ridley, Lepidochelys kempi, sea turtle head start tag recoveries: distribution, habitat and method of recovery. Marine Fisheries Review 50(3):24-32.

MARGARITOULIS, D. N. 1988. Nesting of the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, on the shores of Kiparissia Bay, Greece, in 1987. Mésogée 48:59-65. D.N. Margaritoulis, Sea Turtle Protection Society, P.O. Box 51154 GR-145, 10 Kifissia, Greece.

MAXWELL, J. A., MOTARA, M. A. and FRANK, G. H. 1988. Micro-environmental study of the effect of temperature on the sex ratios of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, from Tongaland, Natal, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Zool. 32(4):342-350. J.A. Maxwell, Dept. Zool., Univ. Durban-Westville, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 S. Africa.

MORTIMER, J. A. 1988. Management options for sea turtles: re-evaluating priorities. Florida Defenders of the Environment Bulletin 25. J. Mortimer, Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA.

TARR, P. W. 1987. Non-nesting emergence by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at the Cunene river mouth, South West Africa-Namibia. Madoqua. 15(3):267-268. P.W. Tarr, Directorate Nature Conservation, Private Bag 5018, Swakopmund 9000.

YIN, F. Y., FRAIR, W. and MAO, S. H. 1989. Physical and chemical properties of some turtle blood albumins with taxonomic implications. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Comp. Biochem. 93(2):283-290. Dep. Biol. Anatomy, Natl. Defense Med. Center, Taipei, Taiwan 10700.