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Marine Turtle Newsletter 85:30-32, © 1999

Marine Turtle Newsletter-Online

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

This section is compiled by the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR), University of Florida. The ACCSTR maintains the Sea Turtle On-line Bibliography: (http://nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu/~accstr/biblio.html). It is requested that a copy of all publications (including technical reports and non-refereed journal articles) be sent to both:
  1. The ACCSTR for inclusion in both the on-line bibliography and the MTN. Address: Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, University of Florida, PO Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
  2. The editors of the Marine Turtle Newsletter to facilitate the transmission of information to colleagues submitting articles who may not have access to on-line literature reviewing services.
Readers should note that the Umigame Newsletter of Japan can be contacted by e-mail: bxl02325@nifty.ne.jp or makotoi@tkc.att.ne.jp

RECENT PAPERS

BALAZS, G. H. 1998. Sea turtles. In: S.P. Juvik & J.O. Juvik (Eds.). Atlas of Hawaii, Third Edition. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. pp. 115. (National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu Laboratory, 2570 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2396, USA)

BARRICK, R. E., A. G. FISCHER & W. J. SHOWERS. 1999. Oxygen isotopes from turtle bone: Applications for terrestrial paleoclimates? Palaios 14 (2): 186-91. (N. Carolina State Univ, Dept Marine Earth & Atmospher Sci, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA)

BRAND, S. J., J. M. LANYON & C. J. LIMPUS. 1999. Digesta composition and retention times in wild immature green turtles, Chelonia mydas: a preliminary investigation. Marine and Freshwater Research 50 (2): 145-47. (Univ. Queensland, Dept Zool, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia)

BUNKER, A. 1998. Human herpes responsible for turtles deaths? Marine Pollution Bulletin 36 (2): 115.

CASEY, R. N., S. L. QUACKENBUSH, T. M. WORK, G. H. BALAZS, P. R. BOWSER & J. W. CASEY. 1996. Identification of retroviruses associated with unaffected green sea turtles and turtles with fibropapilloma. Proceedings of the AQUAVET 20th Anniversary Conference, 14-17 November 1996. Abstract only.

CHAN, E. H., J. JOSEPH & H.C. LIEW. 1999. A study on the hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) of Pulau Gulisaan, Turtle Islands Park, Sabah, Malaysia. Sabah Parks Nature Journal 2: 11-22. (SEATRU, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia)

HIRAMA, S. & L. M. EHRHART. 1999. Prevalence and severity of green turtle fibropapillomatosis in the Indian River lagoon. Florida Scientist 62 (1): 35. (Dept. of Biology, University of Central Florida, P. O. Box 162368, Orlando, FL 32816-2368, USA)

KAMEI, Y., K. TANAKA, K. INATANI, C. KAJIHARA, A. OHTAKI & K. OOMUTA. 1999. Profiles of Inaka-hama Beach and Mae-hama Beach, Yakushima Island. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 40: 7-12. In Japanese.

KAMEZAKI, N. 1999. Natural History Notes: A stuffed olive ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea, found in Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi Island. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 40: 17. In Japanese.

MCGILVRAY, J. G., R. P. MOUNSEY & J. MACCARTIE. 1999. The AusTED II, an improved trawl efficiency device 1. Design theories. Fisheries Research 40 (1): 17-27. (R. P. Mounsey, No. Terr. Dept. Primary Ind. & Fisheries, Div. Fisheries; GPO 990; Darwin, NT 0801 Australia)

MOEIN, S. E., M. L. LENHARDT, D. E. BARNARD, J. A. KEINATH & J. A. MUSICK. 1993. Marine turtle auditory behavior. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America 93 (4) Pt.2: 2378. Abstract only. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA)

MOORE, M. K., T. M. WORK, G. H. BALAZS & D. E. DOCHERTY. 1998. Preparation, cryopreservation, and growth of cells prepared from the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Methods in Cell Science 19: 161-68. (U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, WI 53711 USA)

NATURE CONSERVATION DIVISION OF KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT. 1999. Advice for egg transplantation and hatchlings release as sea turtle conservation in Kagoshima Prefecture. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 40: 16-17. In Japanese.

OGASAWARA MARINE CENTER. 1999. Nesting status of green turtles in Chichijima Islands, Ogasawara, in 1998. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 40: 3-6. In Japanese.

PENA, J. C. 1998. Quiscalus mexicanus (Passeriformes : Icteridae) predates on Lepidochelys olivacea (Reptilia: Cheloniidae) neonates. Revista de Biologia Tropical 46 (3): 845-46. In Spanish. (Univ Nacl, Escuela Ciencias Biol, Lab Recursos Nat & Vida Silvestre, Heredia 863000, Costa Rica)

ROBINS, J. B & J. G. MCGILVRAY. 1999. The AusTED II, an improved trawl efficiency device 2. Commercial performance. Fisheries Research 40 (1): 29-41. (Queensland Dept. Primary Ind., So. Fisheries Ctr., P. O. Box 76; Deception Bay, QLD 4508, Australia. E-mail: robinsj@dpi.qld.gov.au)

SATO, K., Y. MATSUZAWA, H. TANAKA, T. BANDO, S. MINAMIKAWA, W. SAKAMOTO & Y. NAITO. 1998. Internesting intervals for loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, and green turtles, Chelonia mydas, are affected by temperature. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76 (9): 1651-62. (Natl. Inst. Polar Res., 1-9-10 Kaga, Tokyo 1738515, Japan. E-mail: ksato@nipr.ac.jp)

SENTIES, A., J. ESPINOZA-AVALOS & J.C. ZIRUTA. 1999. Epizoic algae of nesting sea turtles Caretta caretta (L.) and Chelonia mydas (L.) from the Mexican Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 64 (1): 185-88. (Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Hidrobiol, AP 55-535, Mexico City 09340, DF, Mexico)

TANAKA, K., N. UMEDA, S. SHIMOKURA & C. KAJIHARA. 1999. Research report of the loggerhead sea turtle's nesting on the Fukiage Beach in 1998. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 40: 13-15. In Japanese.

WIBBELS, T. R., Z-M. HILLIS-STARR & B. PHILLIPS. 1999. Female-biased sex ratios of hatchling hawksbill sea turtles from a Caribbean nesting beach. Journal of Herpetology 33(1): 142-44. (Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, USA. E-mail: biof009@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu)

TECHNICAL REPORTS

FAIR, P. A., & L. J. HANSEN. 1998. Report of the Sea Turtle Health Assessment Workshop, 2-3 February 1998, Part I: Background and Information Needs. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS-NCCOS-CCEHBR-0003, 169 pp. (Copies may be obtained by writing the authors or: National Technical Information Service, 5258 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, USA)

SHAVER, D. J. 1997. Kemp's ridley turtles from international project return to Texas to nest. In: (Compiler) University of New Orleans. Proceedings from the Sixteenth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting. Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, MMS 97-0038. pp. 38-40. (U.S. Geological Survey, Padre Island National Seashore, 9405 S. Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas 78418, USA)

WORK, T. W. 1999. Evaluating methods to assess humoral and cell mediated immune response in captive green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-99-02C. 16 pp. (Honolulu Lab., Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396, USA)

ZAMZOW, J. P. 1998. Investigation of green turtle fibropapillomatosis and the potential role of cleaner fishes and reef habitat characteristics in disease transmission in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-98-06. 15 pp. (Address as per WORK above)

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

COLES, W. C. 1999. Aspects of the biology of sea turtles in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Ph.D. Dissertation, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA, 197 pp. (Department of Fisheries, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Pt., Va. 23062, U.S.A. E-mail: wcoles@VIMS.EDU. Also available at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) website, <http://www.vims.edu/library/> under Theses and Dissertations. The file is in a PDF format, which requires the Acrobat Reader plugin)