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Number 97 July 2002

Editors: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick Marine Turtle Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Wales Swansea Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP Wales U.K.

Editorial Board: Nicholas Mrosovsky Karen L. Eckert Jack G. Frazier Matthew H. Godfrey Peter L. Lutz Roderic B. Mast Jeff D. Miller Nicholas J. Pilcher Anders G. J. Rhodin Rold‡n Valverde

Articles

Cold Stunned Loggerhead Turtles in the South Adriatic Sea - Flegra Bentivegna, Paolo Breber & Sandra Hochscheid

Use of Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags to Quantify Mortality of Marine Turtles Incidentally Captured in Longline Fishing Gear - Yonat Swimmer, Richard Brill & Michael Musyl

Satellite Tracking of Post-Nesting Movements of Green Turtles Chelonia mydas from the Gangkou Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve, China, 2001 - Xiaojun Song,Huajie Wang,Wenzhi Wang,Hexiang Gu,Simon Chan& Haisheng Jiang

Notes

Happenstance or Design: An Unusual Association between a Sea Turtle, Octocoral and Barnacle - Michael G. Frick and Arnold Ross

Apparent Beach Basking of an Atlantic Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida - Chad Smith

A Record of the Northernmost, Verified Leatherback Sea Turtle Nesting Event on the East Coast of the USA - Michael G. Frick, Kristina L. Williams and David C. Veljacic

Leatherback Turtles in Mid-South Atlantic Waters - Richard W. White & Tara J. George

Meeting Reports

Signs of Success: Fourth Annual Meeting of the Sea Turtle Conservation Network of the Californias (Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias) - Chris Pesenti & Wallace J. Nichols

Announcements

23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17-21 March, 2003 - Nicolas J. Pilcher

Travel Grants to Attend the 22nd Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation in Miami, FL, USA - Jeffrey A. Seminoff

First Announcement: 2nd International Congress on Chelonian Conservation, Saly (near Dakar), Senegal (June 18-22, 2003)

Could Sea Turtle Bones Store a Record of Oceanic Salinity? - Alan Coulson

Book Review

Biology of Marine Birds - Stuart Bearhop

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

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Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Pat L. Akrabawi, Stephanie L. Brady, S. Jean Cantwell, Stephen M.H. Connett, Deborah T. Crouse, Dana L. Drake, Ann B. Humphrey, John A. Musick, Ocean Park Corporation, People's Trust for Endangered Species, Donald N. Riemer, Carl Safina, Sea World, Inc., Senckenbergische Bibliothek, and Jeanette Wyneken.

The following organizations support the MTN: Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Center for Marine Conservation, Chelonian Research Foundation, Conservation International, Sea World, Inc., US Fish & Wildlife Service, US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources.

The MTN-Online is produced and managed by Michael Coyne. Angela M. Mast translates and produces the Spanish edition, Noticiero de Tortugas Marinas with assistance from Roderic B. Mast, Christine Mittermeier and Ricardo Zambrano.

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