
Number 99 January 2003
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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.
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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
Roldán Valverde
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Obituary
OBITUARY: John Roscoe Hendrickson 1921-2002 - David Owens
Editorial
EDITORIAL: Living Tag, Living Reputation - N. Mrosovsky & M. H. Godfrey
Articles
A Conservation Success: Leatherback Turtles in the British Virgin Islands - Mervin Hasting
Epibionts of Hawksbill Turtles in a Caribbean Nesting Ground: A Potentially Unique Association with Snapping Shrimp (Crustacea: Alpheidae) - Michael G. Frick, Peri A. Mason, Kristina L. Williams, Kimberly Andrews & Heidi Gerstung
Predation on Loggerhead and Leatherback Post-Hatchlings by Gray Snapper - Frederic E. Vose & Burton V. Shank
Marine Turtle Conservation Initiatives at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar (Arabian Gulf) - Muhammad Rehan Tayab & Paulo Quiton
The Surf Crab (Arenaeus cribrarius): A Predator and Prey Item of Sea Turtles - Michael G. Frick
Notes
First Record of Juvenile Leatherback Stranding in Mona Island, Puerto Rico - Ximena Vélez-Zuazo, María Rondón & Carlos E. Diez
Juvenile Green Turtle Tagged in Florida Recorded at Tortuguero, Costa Rica - Sebastian Troëng, Robert Wershoven & Emma Harrison
First Record of Olive Ridley Nesting in the State of Ceará, Brazil - Eduardo H.S.M. Lima, Maria Thereza D. Melo & Paulo C. R. Barata
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: The Animal Behaviour Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution (Second Edition) - Kartik Shanker
BOOK REVIEW: Practical Handbook of Marine Science (Third Edition) - Brendan J. Godley
BOOK REVIEW: The Anatomy of Sea Turtles - Matthew H. Godfrey
BOOK REVIEW: The Ecology of Seashores - Brendan J. Godley
BOOK REVIEW: Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage - Brendan J. Godley
BOOK REVIEW: Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage - Douglas Hykle
Announcements
Your Help is Needed to Estimate Turtle Bycatch from Longline Fisheries World-wide! - Rebecca Lewison
FINAL UPDATE: 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation - Nicolas J. Pilcher
Divine Intervention: Lobbying the Vatican to Save Sea Turtles - Wallace J. Nichols1,2, Carl Safina & Lisa Grossman
OBIS-SEAMAP: Mapping Marine Vertebrates - David Hyrenbach
Organisational Profile: Caretta Research Project - Heather Miller Woodson, Kristina Williams Carroll & Michael G. Frick
"The Mediterranean Sea A Source Of Live" - Lily Venizelos
NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS
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Acknowledgements:
Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Lisa Campbell, Janet Clarke, Leslie Cox, Allen Foley, Suhashini Hewavisenthi, Arthur H Kopelman, Rainer Krause, Project Karumbe, Sandra E. Shumway, Gerald Soslau, George R. Zug.
The following organizations support the MTN: Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Center for Marine Conservation, Chelonian Research Foundation, Coastal Wildlife Club, Conservation International, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, 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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