News and Comment Marine Turtle Newsletter (108) April 2005
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News and Comment Marine Turtle Newsletter (108) April 2005. 36 pages: ARTICLES: Record 42 Kemp’s Ridley The Marine Turtle Newsletter is edited by Brendan J. nests found in Texas in 2004 — Sea turtle strandings and Godley and Annette C. Broderick, Marine Turtle Research mortality in Ecuador 1994-1999 — Observations of marine Group, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of turtles during seismic surveys off Bahia, northwestern Brazil Exeter in Cornwall, Tremough Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ — Zakynthos sea turtle odyssey — A political ball game — United Kingdom; e-mail [email protected]; Fax +44 1392 NOTES: Hurricane effects on nesting Caretta caretta — Log- 263700. Subscriptions and donations towards the production gerhead Turtles in the Dalyan River, Mullga Province, Turkey, of the MTN can be made online at <http://www.seaturtle. 2004 — IUCNMTSG UPDATE — MEETING REPORTS — org/mtn/> or postal mail to Michael Coyne (online Editor) BOOK REVIEWS — ANNOUNCEMENTS — NEWS & LEGAL Marine Turtle Newsletter, 1 Southampton Place, Durham, BRIEFS — RECENT PUBLICATIONS. North Carolina 27705 USA (e-mail: [email protected]). The Boreal Dip Net/L’Epuisette Boreale: Newsletter of the Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network/ Reseau Canadien de Conservation des Amphibiens et des Reptiles 9(1) April 2005 Editor’s Note (Kerrie Serben) — Snakes on tour — CARC- note (Frederick W. Schueler) — CARCNET increases mem- NET and Sciensational Ssnakes!! Team up to provide public bership fees to $29 per year (David A. Galbraith) — 9th Annual education (Jeff Hathaway) — South Okanagan spotlight on Living Lakes Conference (Larry Halverson) — Upcoming species: Tiger Salamander (Susan L. Ashpole and Peter Ord) Meetings of interest — Recent articles of interest. — Evaluation of the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake public Membership in CARCNET/RECCAR (contact Bruce Pauli, education and outreach program in the Bruce Peninsula and Canadian Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Research Centre, eastern Georgian Bay region (Sean Liipere) — Notes from Carleton University, Raven Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3. the field (Larry Halverson) — Herping in Costa Rica (Jonathan Web site: http://www.carcnet.ca/). Choquette) — Advances in anuran apprehension, a technical Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre Science and Information Newsletter 10(1) Winter 2005 Contents of this 20 page issue: NHIC adopts BIOTICS Two invasive aquatic plants: Fanwort and European Frog-bit software — Protecting Ontario’s biota: Your species field notes — NatureServe develops invasive species assessment protocol — Shadowdragons in the dark: Another new dragonfly for — NHIC participates in Canadian river heritage conference Ontario — NHIC staff coordinate atlassing trip to the Pen — Trent University internships in conservation biology — Islands — Riverine alvars and prairies in southern Ontario Prince Edward County herp data files archived in NHIC — — NHIC produces data summaries on Niagara escarpment NHIC a partner in northern Ontario plant database project — NHIC explores electronic handheld technology — General — NHIC adopts NatureServe’s benchmark data content status of wild species update — Species at risk element standards — NatureServe Canada and Canadian Wildlife occurrence records added — NHIC’s involvement in the Service join forces — sharing agreement with NatureServe Canada-Ontario agreement respecting the Great Lakes Basin and NatureServe Canada — Rook Reviews — NHIC staff — Project to update species at risk data for National Parks information. — Species at risk Spotted Turtles in Muskoka and Parry Mailing address for Natural Heritage Information Centre, Sound districts — Species at risk EO data polygon delineation Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 300 Water Street, 2nd project — Great Lakes conservation blueprint for biodiversity Floor, North Tower, P.O. Box 7000, Peterborough, Ontario nears completion — The new species at risk (SARO) list — K9J 8M5, Canada; www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic.cfm. CITES Control List 2005 Available on the CITES-CANADA web site www.cites.ec. gc.ca 319 320 THE CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST Vol. 119 42nd North American Moose Conference, 12–16, 2006 Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources is hosting the North American Moose Conference and Workshop held at the Inverary Resort in the scenic community of Baddeck, Nova Scotia. The conference aim is to facilitate the exchange of scientific and experimental knowledge among Moose biologists throughout North America and beyond. Conference theme: “Management Challenges of Extremes in Population Density” Details at: http://gov.ns.ca/natr/mooseconference. Anthony (Tony) L. Nette, Chair, 2005 North American Moose Conference & Workshop, Manager, Wildlife Resources, Wildlife Division, 136 Exhibition Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia B4N 4E5 or call (902) 679-6140; Fax (902) 679-6176, or e-mail [email protected]. Erratum: The Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(1) Seasonal diets of Newfoundland Martin, Martes americana attrata JOHN W. GOSSE AND BRIAN J. HEARN Page 46: Addition to Literature Cited: Gosse, J., J. W. Cox, and S. W. Avery. 2005. Home-range characteristics and habitat use by American martins in eastern Newfoundland. Journal of Mammalogy 86: 1156-1163..