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Alava, J.J., J.M. Keller, J.R. Kucklick, J. Wyneken, L. Crowder, G.I. Scott 2006. Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) egg yolk concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and lipid increase during the last stage of embryonic development.  Science of the Total Environment 367: 170-181. (coming soon)

Allen, L.K. 2000. Protected species and New England fisheries: an overview of the problem and conservation strategies. Northeastern Naturalist 7: 411-418.

Avens, L. and Goshe, L.R. 2007. Comparative skeletochronological analysis of Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and  loggerhead (Caretta caretta) humeri and scleral ossicles. Marine Biology 152:1309-1317. 

Avens, L. and Lohmann, K. 2003. Use of multiple orientation cues by juvenile loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta. Journal of Experimental Biology 206:4317-4325.

Avens, L. and Lohmann, K. 2004. Navigation and seasonal migratory orientation in juvenile sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Biology 207:1771-1778.

Avens, L., Braun-McNeill, J., Epperly, S.P., and Lohmann, K. 2003. Site fidelity and homing behavior in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta. Marine Biology 143:211-220.

Avens, L., Wang, J.H., Johnsen, S., Dukes, P., and Lohmann, K.J. 2003. Responses of hatchling sea turtles to rotational displacements. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 288:111-124.

Avens, L., Taylor, C., Goshe, L.R., Jones, T.T., and Hastings, M. 2009. Use of skeletochronological analysis to estimate the age of leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the western North Atlantic. Endangered Species Research 8:65-177. (Posted 10/2009)

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Barber, R.C., Fontaine, C.T., Flanagan, J.P., and Louis, E.E. Jr. 2003. Natural hybridization between a Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) confirmed by molecular analysis. Chelonian Conservation and Biology  4(3): 701-704. (Posted 10/2008).

Bass, A.L. and Witzell, W.N. 2000. Demographic composition of immature green sea turtles from the East Central Florida coast: evidence from mtDNA markers. Herpetologica 56: 357-367.

Bass, A.L., Epperly, S.P., and Braun-McNeill, J. 2004. Multi-year analysis of stock composition of a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) foraging habitat using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods. Conservation Genetics 5: 783-796. 

Bass, A.L., Epperly, S.P., and Braun-McNeill, J. 2006. Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) foraging and nesting aggregations in the Caribbean and Atlantic: impact of currents and behavior on dispersal. Journal of Heredity 2006: 97(4): 346-354. 

Bjorndal, K.A, Bolten, A.B., Schroeder, B.A., Shaver, D.J., Teas, W.G., and Witzell, W.N. 2001. Somatic growth function for immature loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in southeastern U.S. waters. Fishery Bulletin 99(2): 240-246.

Bowen, B.W., Bass, A.L., Chow, S.M., Bostrom, M., Bjorndal, K.A., Bolten, A.B., Okuyama, T., Bolker, B.M., Epperly, S., LaCasella, E., Shaver, D., Dodd, M., Hopkins-Murphy, S.R., Musick, J.A., Swingle, M., Rankin-Baransky, K., Teas, W., Witzell, W.N., and Dutton, P.H. 2004. Natal homing in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Molecular Ecology 13: 3797-3808. **This is an electronic version of an article published in Molecular Ecology: complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of Molecular Ecology, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal's website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/mec or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com**.

Braun, J. and Epperly, S.P. 1996. Aerial surveys for sea turtles in southern Georgia waters - June 1991. Gulf of Mexico Science 1996 (1): 39-44.

Braun, J., Epperly, S.P., and Collazo, J.A. 1997. Evaluation of a sonic telemetry system in three habitats of an estuarine environment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 212: 111-121.

Braun-McNeill, J. and Epperly, S.P. 2002. Spatial and temporal distribution of sea turtles in the western North Atlantic and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico from Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey (MRFSS). Marine Fisheries Review 64 (4): 50-56.

Braun-McNeill, J., Sasso, C.R.and Avens, L. 2007.  Estimates of realized survival for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the United States. Herpetological Conservation and Biology  2 (2): 100-105. 

Braun-McNeill, J., Epperly, S.P., Owens, D.W., Avens, L., Williams, E., and Harms, C.A. 2007.  Seasonal reliability of testosterone radioimmunoassay (RIA) for predicting sex ratios of juvenile loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtles.  Herpetologica 63(3): 275-284.

Braun-McNeill, J., Epperly, S.P., Avens, L., Snover, M.L., and Taylor, J.C.  2008.Growth rates of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from the western North Atlantic.  Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3(2): 273-281. (Posted 12/2008)

Braun-McNeill, J., Sasso, C.R., Epperly, S.P., and Rivero, C.  2008. Feasibility of using sea surface temperature imagery to mitigate cheloniid sea turtle-fishery interactions off the coast of northeastern USA.  Endangered Species Research  5: 257-266, plus Appendix . (Posted 1/2009)  

Bullis, H.R., Jr. and Drummond, S.B. 1978. Sea turtle captures off the southeastern United States by exploratory fishing vessels 1950-1976. Florida Marine Research Publications No. 33 pp. 45-50.

Butler, R.W, Nelson, W.A., and  Henwood, T.A. 1987. A trawl survey method for estimating loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, abundance in five eastern Florida channels and inlets.  Fishery Bulletin 85 (3): 33 pp. 447-453.  

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Caillouet, C.W., Jr. 1984. Essai de prevention de l'extinction de la Tortue de Kemp. Les Carnets de Zoologie (Bulletin of the Zoological Society of Quebec) 44(2):28 34.

Caillouet, C.W., Jr. 1995. Egg and hatchling take for the Kemp's ridley headstart experiment.  Marine Turtle Newsletter 68: 13-15. (Posted 10/2008).

Caillouet, C.W., Jr. 1998. Testing hypotheses of the Kemp's ridley head-start experiment.  Marine Turtle Newsletter 80: 16-17. (Posted 10/2008).

Caillouet, C.W., Jr. 2005. Wild and head-started Kemp's ridley nesters, eggs, hatchlings, nesting beaches and adjoining nearshore waters in Texas should receive greater protection (guest editorial).  Marine Turtle Newsletter 110: 1-3. (Posted 10/2008).

Caillouet, C.W., Jr. and Revera, D.B. 1985. Brood stock of captive-reared Kemp's ridley to be listed in international species inventory system.  Marine Turtle Newsletter  34: 3-6. (Posted 10/2008).

Caillouet, C.W., Jr., Fontaine, C.T,  Manzella, S.A., Williams, T.D., and Rivera, D.B. 1986.  Scutes reserved for Living Tags.  Marine Turtle Newsletter  36: 5-6. (Posted 10/2008)

Caillouet, C.W., Jr., Duronslet, M.J., Landry, A.M. Jr., and Stabeneau, E.K. 1988.  Stockpiling sea turtle carcasses. Marine Turtle Newsletter 42: 11-12. (Posted 10/2008)

Caillouet, C.W., Jr., Duronslet, M.J., Landry, A.M., Jr., Revera, D.B., Shaver, D.J., Stanley, K.M., Heinly, R.W., and Stabenau, E.K. 1991. Sea turtle strandings and shrimping effort in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 1986-89. Fishery Bulletin, 89:712-718.

Caillouet, C.W., Jr., Fontaine, C.T., Manzella-Tirpak, S.A., and Shaver, D.J. 1995. Survival of head-started Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) released into the Gulf of Mexico or adjacent bays. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1:287-294.

Caillouet, C.W., Jr., Shaver, D.J., Teas, W.G., Nance, J.M., Revera, D.B., and Cannon, A.C. 1996. Relationship between sea turtle stranding rates and shrimp fishing intensities in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: 1986-1989 versus 1990-1993. U.S. Fishery Bulletin 94:237-249.

Caillouet, C.W., Jr., Robertson, B.A., Fontaine, C.T., Williams, T.D., Higgins, B.M., and Revera, D.B. 1997. Distinguishing captive-reared from wild Kemp's ridleys.   Marine Turtle Newsletter 77: 1-6. (Posted 10/2008)

Caldwell, D.K., Carr, A., Ogren, L.H., Berry, F.H., and Ragotzkie, R.A. 1959. The Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, in America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 4:293-349.

Carr, A. and Ogren, L. 1959. The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, 3: Dermochelys in Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates, Number 1958:1-29.

Carr, A. and Ogren, L. 1960. The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, 4: The green turtle in the Caribbean Sea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 121:Article 1, pp. 1-48.

Carr, A., Hirth, H., and Ogren L. 1966. The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, 6 The hawksbill turtle in the Caribbean Sea. American Museum Novitates, Number 2248:1-29.

Carr, A., Ogren, L., and McVea, C. 1980. Apparent hibernation by the Atlantic loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, off Cape Canaveral, Florida. Biological Conservation 19:7-14.

Chester, A.J., Braun, J., Cross, F.A, Epperly, S.P., Merriner, J.V., and Tester, P.A. 1994. AVHRR imagery and the near real time conservation of endangered sea turtles in the Western North Atlantic, p. 184-189. In Proceedings of the WMO/ IOC Technical Conference on Spaced based Ocean Observation, September, 1993, Bergen, Norway WMO/TD-No. 649.

Colbert, A.A., Woodley, C.M. and Seaborn, G.T. 1999. Forensic aspects, p. 232-235. In Eckert, K.L., Bjorndal, K.A., Abreu-Grobois, F.A., and Donnelly, M. (eds.) Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles, IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Publication No. 4. (Posted 11/2008)

Collard, S.B. and Ogren, L.H. 1990. Dispersal scenarios for pelagic post-hatchling sea turtles. Bulletin of Marine Science 47: 233-243.

Collazo, J.A. and Epperly, S.P 1995. Accuracy test for sonic telemetry studies in an estuarine environment. Journal of Wildlife Management 59: 181-188.

Coyne, M.S. 1998. Sea turtles on the internet (Guest Editorial).  Marine Turtle Newsletter 81: 1-4.  (Posted 11/2008)

Coyne, M.S. 1999. GIS Workshop.  Marine Turtle Newsletter 85: 14.  (Posted 11/2008)

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Demas, S., Duronslet, M., Wachtel, S., Caillouet, C., and Nakamura, D. 1990. Sex-specific DNA in reptiles with temperature sex determination. The Journal of Experimental Zoology 253:319-324.

Dobie, J.L., Ogren, L.H., and Fitzpatrick, J.F., Jr. 1961. Food notes and records of the Atlantic ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) from Louisiana. Copeia, 1961(1):109-110.

Duronslet, M., Nakamura, D., Caillouet, C.W., and Demas, S.  1989. Sex identification in young Kemp's ridley sea turtles.  Marine Turtle Newsletter 47: 2-3. (Posted 10/2008).

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Epperly, S.P. 2003. Fisheries related mortality and turtle excluder devices (TEDs), p.339-353. In Lutz, P.L., Musick, J.A. and Wyneken, J. (eds.) The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II, CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Epperly, S.P. and Teas, W.G. 2002. Turtle excluder devices - Are the escape opening large enough? Fishery Bulletin 100: 466-474.

Epperly, S.P, Braun, J., and Chester, A.J. 1995. Aerial surveys for sea turtles in North Carolina inshore waters. Fishery Bulletin 93: 254-261.

Epperly, S.P., Braun, J., and Veishow, A. 1995. Sea turtles in North Carolina waters. Conservation Biology 9: 384-394.

Epperly, S.P., Braun, J., Chester, A.J., Cross, F.A, Merriner, J.V., and Tester, P.A. 1995. Winter distributions of sea turtles in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras and their interaction with the summer flounder trawl fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science 56: 547-568.

Epperly, S.P., Braun, J., Chester, A.J., Cross, F.A, Merriner, J.V., Tester, P.A., and Churchill, J.H. 1996. Beach strandings as an indictor of at-sea mortality of sea turtles. Bulletin of Marine Science 59: 289-297.

Epperly, S.P., Braun, J., and Richards, P.M. 2007. Trends in catch rates of sea turtles in North Carolina, USA. Endangered Species Research 3: 283-293. 

Epperly, S.P., Wyneken, J., Flanagan, J.P., Harms, C.A., and Higgins, B.  2007. Attachment of popup archival transmitting tags to loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Herpetological Review 38(4): 419-425. 

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Foley, A.M., Dutton, P.H., Singel, K.E., Redlow, A.E., and Teas, W.G. 2003. The first records of olive ridleys in Florida, USA. Marine Turtle Newsletter (101)2003:23-25. 

Fontaine, C.T., Williams, T.D., and Camper, J.D. 1987. Ridleys tagged with passive integrated transponder (PIT).  Marine Turtle Newsletter 41: 9. (Posted 10/2008).

Fontaine, C. and D. Shaver. 2005. Head-starting the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, at the NMFS Galveston Laboratory, 1978-1992: A review. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4: 838-845.

Fontaine, C.T., and Schexnayder, M.A. 1995. Recognition of a captured head-started Kemp's ridley turtle by its living tag.  Marine Turtle Newsletter 70: 9-10. (Posted 10/2008).

Fontaine, C.T., Williams, T.D., and Caillouet, C.W. 1988. Scutes reserved for living tags: an update. Marine Turtle Newsletter 43: 8-9. (Posted 10/2008).

Fontaine, C.T., Williams, T.D., and Turner, C. 1988. Hatchling Kemp's ridley strands at Galveston Island, Texas. Marine Turtle Newsletter 43: 6. (Posted 10/2008).

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Gallaway, B.J., Cole, J.G., Nance, J.M., Hart, R.A., and Graham, G.L. 2008. Shrimp loss associated with turtle excluder devices: are historical estimates statistically biased? North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28: 203-211. (Posted 10/2008).

Gardner, B., Sullivan, P.J., Epperly, S.P., and Morreale, S.J.   2008.  Hierarchical modeling of bycatch rates of sea turtles in the western North Atlantic.  Endangered Species Research  5: 279-289. (Posted 1/2009)

Gardner, B., Sullivan, P.J.,  Morreale, S.J., and Epperly, S.P.  2008. Spatial and temporal statistical analysis of bycatch data: patterns of sea turtle bycatch in the North Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences  65: 2461-2470. (Posted 11/2008)

Geis, A.A., Barichivich, W.J., Wibbels, T., Coyne, M., Landry, A.M., and Owens, D. 2005. {Predicted sex ratio of juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtles captured near Steinhatchee, Copeia 2005(2): 393-398. (Posted 11/2008)

Gitschlag, G.R. and Herczeg, B.A. 1994. Sea turtle observations at explosive removals of energy structures. Marine Fisheries Review 56(2): 1-8.

Godley, B.J., Ouerghi, A., and Coyne, M.S. 2001.  Resources available to individuals and organisations involved with marine turtle research and conservation in the Mediterranean. Zoology in the Middle East 24: 155-160. (Posted 5/2009)

Gregory, L.F. and Schmid, J.R. 2001. Stress responses and sexing of wild Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. General and Comparative Endocrinology 124:66-74.


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Haas, H., LaCasella, E., LeRoux, R., Milliken, H., and Hayward, B. 2008. Characteristics of sea turtles incidentally captured in the U.S. Atlantic sea scallop dredge fishery. Fisheries Research, Volume 93, Issue 3, 28 September 2008, Pages 289-295. (Posted 11/2008)


Harms C.A., Keller, J.M., Kennedy-Stoskopf S. 2000. Use of a two-step Percoll gradient for separation of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36:535-540. (Posted 5/2009)

Harms, C., Papich, M., Stamper, A., Ross, P., Rodriguez, M., and Hohn, A. 2004. Pharmacokinetics of oxytetracycline in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after single intravenous and intramuscular injections. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35: 477-488. 

Henwood, T.A. 1987. Movements and seasonal changes in loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) aggregations in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral, Florida (1978-84).  Biological Conservation 40 (1987):191-202.

Henwood, T.A. and Epperly, S.P. 1999. Aerial surveys in foraging habitats, p. 65 - 66. In Eckert, K.L., Bjorndal, K.A., Abreu-Grobois, F.A., and Donnelly, M. (eds.) Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles, IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Publication No. 4.

Henwood, T.A. and Ogren, L.H. 1987. Distribution and migrations of immature Kemp's ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) and green turtles (Chelonia mydas) off Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Northeast Gulf Science 9(2):153-159.

Henwood, T.A. and Stuntz, W.E. 1987. Analysis of sea turtle captures and mortalities during commercial shrimp trawling. Fishery Bulletin 85(4): 813-817. 

Heppell, S.S., Crowder, L.B., Crouse, D.T., Epperly, S.P., and Frazer, N.B. 2003. Population models for Atlantic Loggerheads: Past, present, and future, p 255-273. In: Bolten, A.B. and B.E. Witherington (eds.) Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.

Heppell, S.,  Crouse, D.,  Crowder, L.,  Epperly, S., Gabriel, W.,  Henwood, T.,  Marquez, R,. and  Thompson, N. 2005. A population model to estimate recovery time, population size, and management impacts on Kemp's ridleys. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:767-773.

Higgins, B., 2003. Sea turtle husbandry,  p.411-440.  In Lutz, P.L., Musick, J.A. and Wyneken, J. (eds.) The Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. II, CRC Press, Boca Raton. 

Hirth, H.F. and Ogren, L.H. 1987. Some aspects of the ecology of the leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea at Leguna Jalova, Costa Rica. NOAA Technical Report NMFS-56: 1-19.

Hoggard, W. 1991. First recorded turtle nesting on Mississippi's man-made beach.  Marine Turtle Newsletter 52: 11-12. (Posted 10/2008).

Horrocks, J.A., Vermeer, L.A., Kruger, B., Coyne, M., Schroeder, B.A., and Balazs, G.H. 2001.  2001.  Migration routes and destination characteristics of post-nesting hawksbill turtles satellite-tracked from Barbados, West Indies.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1): 107-114. (Posted 12/2008)

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Jacobson, E.R., Homer, B.L., Stacy, B.A., Greiner, E.C., Szabo, N.J., Chrisman, C.L., Origgi, F., Coberley, S., Foley, A.M., Landsberg, J.H., Flewelling, L., Ewing, R.Y., Moretti, R., Schaf, S., Rose, C., Mader, D.R., Harman, G.R., Manire, C.A., Mettee, N.S., Mizisin, A.P., and Shelton, G.D. 2006. Neurological disease in wild loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 70: 139-154.

Joseph, J.D., Ackman, R.G. and Seaborn, G.T. 1985. Effects of diet on depot fatty acid composition in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Vol 80B(1): 15- 22. (Posted 5/2009)

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Keller, J.M., Kucklick, J.R., Stamper, M.A., Harms, C.A., and McClellan-Green, P.D. 2004.  Associations between organochlorine contaminant concentrations and clinical health parameters in loggerhead sea turtles from North Carolina. Environmental Health Perspectives 112(10): 1074-1079. (Posted 12/2008)

Keller, J.M., Kucklick, J.R., Harms, C.A., and McClellan-Green, P.D. 2004. Organochlorine contaminants in sea turtles: correlations between whole blood and fat. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23: 726-738. (coming soon)

Keller, J.M., Kucklick, J.R., and McClellan-Green, P.D. 2004. Organochlorine contaminants in loggerhead sea turtle blood: extraction techniques and distribution among plasma and red blood cells. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 46: 254-264. (Posted 5/2009)

Keller, J.M., Kannan, K., Taniyasu, S., Yamashita, N., Day, R.D., Arendt, M.D., Segards, A.L., and Kucklick, J.R. 2005.  Perfluorinated compounds in the plasma of loggerhead and Kemp's ridley sea turtles from the southeastern coast of the United States.  Environmental Science and Technology 39: 9101-9108. (Posted 12/2008)

Keller J.M., McClellan-Green P.D., Lee A.M., Arendt M.D., Maier P.P., Segars A.L., Whitaker J.D., Keil D.E., Peden-Adams M.M. 2005. Mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation in loggerhead sea turtles: comparison of methods and effects of gender, plasma testosterone concentration, and body condition on immunity. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 103: 269-281. (coming soon)

Keller, J.M., McClellan-Green, P.D., Kucklick, J.R., Keil, D.E., and Peden-Adams, M.M. 2006.  Effects of organochlorine contaminants on loggerhead sea turtle immunity: comparison of a correlative field study and in vitro exposure experiments. Environmental Health Perspectives 114(1): 70-76. (Posted 12/2008)

Kelly, T.R., Harms, C.A., Lemons, C., McLellan, C., and Hohn, A.A. 2006.  Influence of preoperative oxytetracycline administration on community composition and antimicrobial susceptibility of cloacal bacterial flora of loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, post-hatchlings.  Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 16(1): 9-14.

Klima, E.D., Gitschlag, G.G., and Renaud, M.L. 1998. Impacts of explosive removal of offshore petroleum platforms on sea turtles and dolphins.  Marine Fisheries Review 50(3): 33-42. (Posted 10/2008).

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Landry, A.M., Costa, D.T., Kenyon, F.L., II, and Coyne, M.S.2005. Population characteristics of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in nearshore waters of the upper Texas and Lousiana coasts.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(4): 801-807. (Posted 12/2008)

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MacLean, R.A., Harms, C.A., and Braun-McNeill, J.  2008. Propofol anesthesia in loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Volume 44(1):  143-150. (Posted 11/2008)

McDaniel, C.J., Crowder, L.B., and Priddy, J.A. 2008. Spatial dynamics of sea turtle abundance and shrimping intensity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Conservation Ecology 4(1):  1-16. (Posted 11/2008)

Manzella, S.A., Caillouet, C.W., Jr., and 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.

Manzella, S.A., Fontaine, C.T., and Schroeder, B.A. 1988. Loggerhead sea turtle travels from Padre Island, Texas to the mouth of the Adriatic Sea. Marine Turtle Newsletter  42: 7. 

Manzella, S.A. and Williams, J.A. 1992. The distribution of Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) along the Texas coast: an atlas. NOAA Technical Report NMFS-110, 51p.

Mitchell, J.F. 2001. Turtle excluder device (TED) technology transfer to Latin American shrimp fisheries.  Marine Turtle Newsletter 56: 5-7. (Posted 10/2008).

Moore, M. K. and R. M. Ball, Jr. 2002. Multiple paternity in loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests on Melbourne Beach, Florida: a microsatellite analysis. Molecular Ecology 11(2): 281-288. (coming soon)

Moore, M. K., Bemiss, J.A., Rice, S.M., Quattro, J.M., and Woodley, C.M. 2003. Use of restriction fragment length polymorphisms to identify sea turtle eggs and cooked meats to species. Conservation Genetics 4(1): 95-103. (Posted 5/2009)

Murray, K.T. 2004. Magnitude and distribution of sea turtle bycatch in the sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) dredge fishery in two areas of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, 2001-2002. Fishery Bulletin 102: 671-681.

Murray, K.T. 2009. Characteristics and magnitude of sea turtle bycatch in US mid-Atlantic gillnet gear. Endangered Species Research 8: 211-224. (Posted 10/2009)

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Ogren, L.H., Watson, J.W., Jr., and Wickham, D.A. 1977. Loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, encountering shrimp trawls. Marine Fisheries Review 1270, Vol 39, No. 11, pp 15-17.

Oravetz, C.A. and Grant, C.J. 1986. Trawl efficiency device shows promise. Australian Fisheries 45(2): 37-40.

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Renuad, M., Gitschlag, G., Kilma, E., Shah, A., Koi, D., and Nance, J. 1992. Loss of shrimp by turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in coastal waters of the United States, North Carolina to Texas: March 1988-August 1990. Fishery Bulletin 91: 129-137 (1993).

Renuad, M., and Carpenter, J.A. 1994.  Movements and submergence patterns of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Gulf of Mexico determined through satellite telemetry.  Bulletin of Marine Science  55(1): 1-15. (Posted 10/2008).

Renuad, M., Nance, J.M., Scott-Denton, E., and Gitschlag, G.R. 1997.  Incidental capture of sea turtles in shrimp trawls with and without TEDs in U.S. Atlantic and Gulf waters.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology  2(3): 425-427. (Posted 7/2009)

Renaud, M.L. and J.A. Williams. 2005. Kemp's ridley sea turtle movements and migrations. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:808-816. 

Rice, S.M., and Moore, M.K. 2008. Trade secrets: a ten year overview of the illegal import of sea turtle products into the United States.  Marine Turtle Newsletter 121: 1-5. (Posted 11/2008)

Richards, W.J. (Editor). 1988. Research accomplishments of the NMFS Southeast Fisheries Center. Marine Fisheries Review 50 (4): 77-94.

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Valentine, K.H., Harms, C.A., Cadenas, M.B., Birkenheuer, A.J., Marr, H.S., Braun-McNeill, J., Maggi, R.G., and Breitschwerdt, E.B. 2007.  Bartonella DNA in loggerhead sea turtles.  Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(6): 949-950. 

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Witzell, W.N., Bass, A.L., Bresette, M.J., Singewald, D.A., and Gorham, J.C. 2002. Origin of immature loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) at Hutchinson Island, Florida: Evidence from mtDNA markers. Fishery Bulletin 100:624-631.

Witzell, W., Geis, A., Schmid, J., and Wibbels, T. 2005. Sex ratio of immature Kemp's ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempi) from Gullivan Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, south-west Florida. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. (2005) 85: 205-208.

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Witzell, W.N., Burchfield, P.M., Pena, Marquez-M, R. and Ruiz-M, G. 2007.  Nesting success of Kemp's ridley sea turtles, Lepidochelys kempi, at Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1982-2004. Marine Fisheries Review 69: 46-52. 

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