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ADDISON, D.S., J.A. GORE, J. RYDER & K. WORLEY. 2002. Tracking post-nesting movements of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) with sonic and radio telemetry on the southwest coast of Florida, USA. Marine Biology 141: 201-5. (Conservancy SW Florida, 1450 Merrihue Dr., Naples, FL 34102 USA. E-mail: DaveA@conservancy.org)

ANAN, Y., T. KUNITO, H. SAKAI & S. TANABE. 2002. Subcellular distribution of trace elements in the liver of sea turtles. Marine Pollution Bulletin 45: 224-229. (S. Tanabe, Ehime Univ, Ctr Marine Environm Studies, Tarumi 3-5-7, Matsuyama, Ehime 7908566, Japan. E-mail: shinsuke@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp)

BAEZ, J.C., J.A. CAMINAS, J. VALEIRAS, F. CONDE & A. FLORES-MOYA. 2001. First record of the epizoic red seaweed Polysiphonia carettia Hollenberg in the Mediterranean Sea. Acta Botanica Malacitana 26: 197-201. (Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Malaga, Spain.)

BRAX, J. 2002. Zoning the Oceans: Using the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and the Antiquities Act to Establish Marine Protection Areas and Marine Reserves in America. Ecology Law Quarterly 29: 71-129.

BRODERICK, A.C., F. GLEN, B.J. GODLEY & G.C. HAYS. 2002. Estimating the number of green and loggerhead turtles nesting annually in the Mediterranean. Oryx 36: 227-235. (Marine Turtle Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, Singleton Park, University of Wales, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. E-mail: mtn@swan.ac.uk)

BUITRAGO, J. & H.J. GUADA. 2002. The hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Venezuela. Interciencia 27: 392. (Fundac Salle Ciencias Nat, EDIMAR, Apartado 144, Porlamar, Venezuela. E-mail: edimar_estudespecial@unete.com.ve)

CAMPBELL, L.M. 2002. Science and sustainable use: Views of marine turtle conservation experts. Ecological Applications 12: 1229-46. (Univ Western Ontario, Dept Geog, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada. E-mail: lcampbe@uwo.ca).

CHITTICK, E.J., M.A. STAMPER, J.F. BEASLEY, G.A. LEWBART & W.A. HORNE. 2002. Medetomidine, ketamine & sevoflurane for anesthesia for injured loggerhead sea turtles: 13 cases (1996-2000). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 221: 1019-25. (W. A. Horne, Sea World Orlando, 7007 Sea World Drive, Orlando, FL 32821, USA.)

COBERLEY, S S., R.C. CONDIT, L.H. HERBST & P.A. KLEIN. 2002. Identification and expression of immunogenic proteins of a disease-associated marine turtle herpesvirus. Journal of Virology 76: 10553-58. (P. A. Klein, Univ Florida, Dept Pathol Immunol & Lab Med, Coll Med, P.O. Box 100275, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA. E-mail: paklein@ufl.edu)

CRAY, C., R. VARELLA, G.D. BOSSART & P. LUTZ. 2001. Altered in vitro immune responses in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomatosis. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 32: 436-40. (Univ Miami, Div Comparat Pathol, P. O. Box 016960, R-46, Miami, FL 33101 USA).

CRIM, J.L., L.D. SPOTILA, J.R. SPOTILA, M. O'CONNOR, R. REINA, C.J. WILLIAMS & F.V. PALADINO. 2002. The leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, exhibits both polyandry and polygyny. Molecular Ecology 11: 2097-106. (L. D. Spotila, Drexel Univ, Sch Environm Sci Engn & Policy, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. E-mail: spotilld@drexel.edu)

DEGAWA, Y. 2002. Arribada / Proyecto de aprovechamiento racional y conservacion del huevo de la tortuga marina lora en Ostional, Costa Rica. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 53: 9-14. Address above.

DELLI CASTELLI, D., E. LOVERA, P. ASCENZI & M. FASANO. 2002. Unfolding of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) myoglobin: A H-1-NMR and electronic absorbance study. Protein Science 11: 2273-76.

DUGUY, R., P. MORINIERE & A. MEUNIER. 2002. Observations tortues marines en 2001 (Atlantique et Manche). [Observations on marine turtles in 2001 (Atlantic and English Channel).]. Annales de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de la Charente-Maritime 9: 161-72. French; English summary. (Aquarium de La Rochelle, BP 4-17002, La Rochelle Cedex 1, France.)

EPPERLY, S.P. & W.G. TEAS. 2002. Turtle excluder devices - Are the escape openings large enough? Fishery Bulletin 100: 466-74. (NMFS/SEFSC Miami Lab., 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149, USA. E-mail: sheryan.epperly@noaa.gov)

GIORDANO, M. 2002. The Internationalization of Wildlife and Efforts Towards its Management: A Conceptual Framework and the Historic Record. Geo. Int'l Envtl. Law Review 14: 607-27.

HAMANN, M., C.J. LIMPUS & J.M. WHITTIER. 2002. Patterns of lipid storage and mobilisation in the female green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 172: 485-93. (IUCN Vietnam Office, Vietnam. E-mail: mark.hamann@iucn.org.vn)

HAMANO, T. 2002. Natural History Notes: Turtle's head knot. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 54: 7-8. Address above.

HATASE, H., M. KINOSHITA, T. BANDO, N. KAMEZAKI, K. SATO, Y. MATSUZAWA, K. GOTO, K. OMUTA, Y. NAKASHIMA, H. TAKESHITA & W. SAKAMOTO. 2002. Population structure of loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, nesting in Japan: bottlenecks on the Pacific population. Marine Biology 141: 299-305. (Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Agr, Lab Fisheries & Environm Oceanog, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068502, Japan. E-mail: hatase@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

HATASE, H., Y. MATSUZAWA, W. SAKAMOTO, N. BABA & I. MIYAWAKI. 2002. Pelagic habitat use of an adult Japanese male loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta examined by the Argos satellite system. Fisheries Science 68: 945-47. (Address as above)

HAYS, G.C., A.C. BRODERICK, F. GLEN & B.J. GODLEY. 2002. Change in body mass associated with long-term fasting in a marine reptile: the case of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Ascension Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1299-302. (School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. E-mail: g.hays@swan.ac.uk)

HOEKERT, W.E.J., H. NEUFÉGLISE, A.D. SCHOUTEN & S. B. J. MENKEN. 2002. Multiple paternity and female-biased mutation at a microsatellite locus in the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). Heredity 89: 107-13. (Biotopic Foundation, Plantage Middenlaan 45, 1018 DC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: hoekert@biotopic.demon.nl)

HIRUTA, I. 2002. Conflict between free trade system and environmental conservation: shrimp fishery or seaturtle. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 53: 5-8. Address above.

KANEKO, M. 2002. Natural History Notes: Turtle nesting on Maehama, Hahajima Island, Ogasawara group. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 54: 7. Address above.

KAWAMURA, G., F. MATSUNAGA & Y. TANAKA. 2002. Color sense of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta as determined by discrimination conditioning. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 68: 542-46. (Kagoshima Univ, Fac Fisheries, Kagoshima 8900056, Japan. E-mail: kawamura@fish.kagoshima-ac.jp)

KONDO, T. 2002. Natural History Notes: Dominant flipper of a green turtle. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 54: 8-9. Address above.

KONDOU, T., T. SAKO & A. KAWAMOTO. 2002. The first case of reproductive activity of farmed green turtle C. mydas at the Ogasawara Marine Center. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 53: 2-4. Address above.

KUBOTA, R., T. KUNITO & S. TANABE. 2002. Chemical speciation of arsenic in the livers of higher trophic marine animals. Marine Pollution Bulletin 45: 218-23. (S. Tanabe, Ehime Univ, Ctr Marine Environm Studies, Tarumi 3-5-7, Matsuyama, Ehime 7908566, Japan. E-mail: shinsuke@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp)

MALLO, K.M., C.A. HARMS, G.A. LEWBART & M.G. PAPICH. 2002. Pharmacokinetics of fluconazole in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after single intravenous and subcutaneous injections & multiple subcutaneous injections. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 33: 29-35. (C. A. Harms, Ctr Marine Sci & Technol, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC 28557 USA.)

MIYAHIRA, H. & M. WAKATSUKI. 2002. Abnormal eggs laid in the Ino Beach, Zamami Island. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 53: 19. Address above.

NAKAMURA, K. & T. HAMANO. 2002. Digestive canal contents of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta from the East China Sea. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 54: 2-6. Address above.

PHILLOTT, A.D. 2002. Minimizing fungal invasion during the artificial incubation of sea turtle eggs. Herpetological Review 33: 41-42. (School of Biological & Environmental Science, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Qld 4702, Australia. E-mail: phillota@topaz.cqu.edu.au)

REECE, S.E., A.C. BRODERICK, B.J. GODLEY & S.A. WEST. 2002. The effects of incubation environment, sex and pedigree on the hatchling phenotype in a natural population of loggerhead turtles. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 737-48. (Univ Edinburgh, Inst Cell Anim & Populat Biol, Ashworth Labs, W. Mains Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Midlothian, Scotland. E-mail: sarah.reece@ed.ac.uk)

REINA, R.D., T.T. JONES & J.R. SPOTILA. 2002. Salt and water regulation by the leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 1853-60. (Drexel Univ, Sch Environm Sci Engn & Policy, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. E-mail:Richard.Reina@drexel.edu)

REINA, R.D., P. MAYOR, J.R. SPOTILA, R. PIETRA & F.V. PALADINO. 2002. Nesting ecology of the Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica: 1988-1989 to 1999-2000. Copeia 2002: 653-64. (Address as above)

ROMERO, L.M. 2002. Seasonal changes in plasma glucocorticoid concentrations in free-living vertebrates. General and Comparative Endocrinology 128: 1-24. (Tufts Univ, Dept Biol, Medford, MA 02155 USA. E-mail: mromero@tufts.edu)

SALAZAR-VALLEJO, S. I. 2002. Tropical storms and tropical coastal biodiversity. Revista de Biologia Tropical 50: 415-28. (El Colegio Frontera Sur, Dept Ecol Acuat, Chetumal 77000, QR, Mexico. E-mail: salazar@ecosur-qroo.mx)

SEMINOFF, J.A., J. ALVARADO, C. DELGADO, J.L. LOPEZ & G. HOEFFER. 2002. First direct evidence of migration by an East Pacific green seaturtle from Michoacan, Mexico to a feeding ground on the Sonoran coast of the Gulf of California. Southwestern Naturalist 47: 314-16. (Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-NMFS, 8604 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92038, USA. E-mail: Jeffrey.Seminoff@noaa.gov)

SEMINOFF, J.A., A. RESENDIZ, W.J. NICHOLS & T.T. JONES. 2002. Growth rates of wild green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a temperate foraging area in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Copeia 2002: 610-617. (Address as above)

SEMINOFF, J.A., A. RESENDIZ & W.J. NICHOLS. 2002. Diet of East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the central Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 36, no. 3: 447-53. (Address same as above)

SEMINOFF, J.A., A. RESENDIZ & W.J. NICHOLS. 2002. Home range of green turtles Chelonia mydas at a coastal foraging area in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series 242: 253-65. (Address as above)

STEADMAN, D.W., A. PLOURDE & D.V. BURLEY. 2002. Prehistoric butchery and consumption of birds in the Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific. Journal of Archaeological Science 29: 571-84. (Univ Florida, Florida Museum Nat Hist, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA. E-mail: steadman@flmnh.ufl.edu)

STEADMAN, D.W. & A.V. STOKES. 2002. Changing exploitation of terrestrial vertebrates during the past 3000 years on Tobago, West Indies. Human Ecology 30: 339-67. (Address as above)

SUGANUMA, H. 2002. Attendance at the Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research and Management Workshop. Umigame Newsletter of Japan 53: 15-16. Address above.

TISDELL, C. & C. WILSON. 2002. Ecotourism for the survival of sea turtles and other wildlife. Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 1521-38. (Univ Queensland, Sch Econ, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia. E-mail: c.tisdell@economics.uq.edu.au)

TIWARI, M. 2002. An evaluation of the perceived effectiveness of international instruments for sea turtle conservation. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 5: 145-56. (Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Dept. of Zoology, Box 118525, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. E-mail: mtiwari@zoo.ufl.edu)

TOVAR, L.R., M.E. GUTIERREZ & G. CRUZ. 2002. Fluoride content by ion chromatography using a suppressed conductivity detector and osmolality of bitterns discharged into the Pacific Ocean from a saltworks: Feasible causal agents in the mortality of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Analytical Sciences 18: 1003-7. (Natl Polytechn Inst, Ctr Interdisciplinary Res Environm & Dev, Av. Miguel Othon de Mendizabal 485, Mexico City 07738, DF, Mexico. E-mail: lrtovar@avantel.net)

WITZELL, W.N., A.L. BASS, M.J. BRESETTE, D.A. SINGEWALD & J.C. GORHAM. 2002. Origin of immature loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) at Hutchinson Island, Florida: evidence from mtDNA markers. Fishery Bulletin 100: 624-31. (National Marine Fisheries Service, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149, USA. E-mail: wayne.witzell@noaa.gov)

CHALOUPKA, M. 2002. Assessment of the suitability of Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service sea turtle data for use in models of the population dynamics of the southern Great Barrier Reef green turtle stock. Research Publication 74, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: 42pp. (Department of Economics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia. E-mail: m.chaloupka@mailbox.uq.edu.au)

KOLINSKI, S. P. 2001. Sea turtles and their marine habitats at Tinian and Aguijan, with projections on resident turtle demographics in the southern arc of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu Laboratory, Administrative Report H-01-06C. 89 pp. (Marine Ecology Research and Resource Management Consultant, MSC 574, 1711 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848-1711, USA).

MEDASSET-MEDITERRANEAN ASSOCIATION TO SAVE THE SEA TURTLES & P. YILMAZ. 2002. Update report and review of nature conservation measures in Patara Spa, Turkey. Council of Europe - Bern Convention. T-PVS/Files (2002) 14: 10 pp. (1c Licavitou St., 106 72 Athens, Greece. E-mail: medasset@hol.gr)

MEDASSET-MEDITERRANEAN ASSOCIATION TO SAVE THE SEA TURTLES. 2002. Update report on marine turtle conservation in Zakynthos (Laganas Bay), Greece. Council of Europe - Bern Convention. T-PVS/Files (2002) 15: 22 pp. (Address as above)

SENOL, A. 2002. Monitoring and protection of sea turtles [in northern Cyprus]. Project Report 2001. Ministry of Tourism and Environment, Department of Environmental Protection. Contract No. WSE-PS01-4071, United Nations Office for Project Services, Programme Management Unit - Cyprus : 18 pp. (1 Nurullah Atac Str., Lefkosa, Mersin - 10, Turkey. E-mail: asenol@north-cyprus.net)

BEYER, K. 2002. Investigations into the Reproductive Biology and Ecology of Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) Eschscholtz, 1829 at Old Ningo Beach, Ghana, West Africa. Thesis. University of Bremen: 119 pp. (An der Pfeffermuehle 1, 38820 Halberstadt, Germany. E-mail: klacke7@yahoo.de)

GARCIA CRUZ, M. A. 2002. Aspectos biologicos y ecologicos de las poblaciones de tortugas marinas en la localidad de Chirimena, Estado Miranda, en la costa central de Venezuela. Licenciado En Biologia Thesis. Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas: 104 pp.

HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ, R. A. 2002. Evaluacion de la anidacion de la tortuga cardon, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) (Reptilia, Dermochelyidae), en playa Parguito, Isla de Margarita, durante la temporada 2001. Tecnico Superior En Acuicultura y Oceanografia Thesis. Instituto Universitario De Tecnologia Del Mar - Fundacion La Salle Dse Ciencias Naturales. Isla De Margarita, Venezuela: 119 pp.

MARTINEZ ACOSTA, I. A. C. 2001. Evaluacion del exito de eclosion y reclutamiento en nidos trasladados de tortuga laud Dermochelys coriacea, playa Cipara, Peninsula de Paria, Venezuela. Biologo Con Mencion En Biologia Marina Thesis. Universidad Del Valle, Santiago De Cali, Colombia: 51 pp.

MUNOZ ARROYAVE, D. A. 2001. Estimacion de la mortalidad embrionaria en nidadas reubicadas de tortuga laud Dermochelys coriacea, de acuerdo al metodo de colecta de huevos empleado. Biologo Con Mencion En Biologia Marina Thesis. Universidad Del Valle, Santiago De Cali, Colombia: 58 pp.
PENALOZA, C. 2000. Demografia y viabilidad de la poblacion de tortuga verde, Chelonia mydas, en Isla de Aves. Licenciatura En Biologia Thesis. Universidad Simon Bolivar, Sartenejas, Venezuela: 98 pp.

SOUTHWOOD, A. L. 2002. The effects of seasonal cold exposure on the metabolism and behaviour of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of British Columbia, Vancouver : 117 pp.