152 CHELONIANCONSERVATION AND BIO LOGY,Volume 3, Number 1 - 1998 Literature Cited 2. DECARLO, LISA, SALMON,M., AND WYNEKEN,J. Compara­ tive studies of retinal design among sea turtles: histologi­ APFELBAUM, B. (Ed.). 1990. Beneath the Ice: The Art ofFish Decoys. cal and behavioral correlates of the visual streak. (Dept. of New York: Mus. American Folkart, 86 pp. Biology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, CIFFRI,O.KP. 1993. AnatredaRichiamo. Milano: Be. Ma Ed., 140pp. USA). $250. ENGERS,J. (Ed.). 1990. The Great Book of Waterfowl Decoys. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 320 pp. Posters FUHRMANN,H. 1987. Europiiische Lockenten. Stuttgart, 222 pp. R.E. 1998. Lockenten: Jagdkultur vom Untersee. Jagd & HONEGGER, 1. BARRAGAN, ANA R., ANDDUTTON, P. Genetic population Natur 2:62-67. structure of the leatherback turtle in the eastern Pacific: RossINI, G. 1994. Appleants de France du Midi et d' Ailleurs. conservation implications. (Laboratorio de Tortugas Ma­ Marguerittes: Equinoxe, 111 pp. rinas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico). $500. RENE E. HONEGGER, Curator of Herpetology, Zoological Garden ofZilrich, CH-8044 Zilrich, Switzerland, Phone: 41- 2. CURTIS,CAITLIN, WILLIAMS, C.J ., ANDSPOTILA, J .R. Mating 1-251-5411, Fax: 41-1-261-3124, E-mail: [email protected] system of Caribbean leatherback turtles as indicated by analysis of rnicrosatellite DNA from hatchlings and adult females. (Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel The 18th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium - University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA). $250. 2. GAMEZ, LETICIA, ORD6JiiEz,C., AND BENABIB,M. Compari­ Student Paper A wards son of techniques used to sex leatherback hatchlings. (Laboratorio de Tortugas Marinas, Universidad Nacional ANDERS G.J. RIIODIN Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico). $250. AND F. ALBERTO ABREU GROBOIS ANDERS G. J. RHODIN, Chelonian Research Foundation, 168 Goodrich St., Lunenburg, Massachusetts 01462 USA; The 18th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium was held in F. ALBERTOABREU GROBOIS, Estacion Mazatlan, Ins ti tu to March 1998 in Mazatlan, Mexico. Over 650 participants de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia (UNAM), AP 811, from over 43 nations attended and 265 scientific papers and Mazatlan, Sinaloa, 82000 Mexico posters were presented. Student presentations were entered and judged in a competition for the Archie Carr Best Student Presentation Awards. These awards have been co-sponsored Symposium on the Status and and jointly presented by the Sea Turtle Symposium and Conservation of Florida Turtles Chelonian Research Foundation since the 17th Annual Sym­ posium in 1997. Student papers and posters were judged on GEORGE L. HEINRICH both the scientific quality and research significance of their content as well as the professionality of their presentation. A Second Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Forty -seven student presentations (22 papers, 25 post­ Florida Turtles will be held at Eckerd College in St. Peters ­ ers) were evaluated by the Awards Committee: Anders G.J. burg, Florida on 8-11 October 1999. Co-sponsored by Eckerd Rhodin (Chair), Javier Alvarado, Frank V. Paladino, Rich­ College, the Gopher Tortoise Council, and the Florida Turtle ard D. Reina, James I. Richardson, Edward A. Standora, Conservation Trust, this symposium will address the prob­ Robert P. van Dam, and Blair E. Witherington. A total of lems faced by Florida turtle species, as well as conservation $2000 was awarded in prizes to one winner and two runners­ strategies and specific recovery solutions. up in each of the two presentation categories. Student award Paper session topics include populations, habitat, dis­ winners are listed in bold type. ease, commercial trade, and conservation measures. In addi­ tion to a poster session and field trips, workshops on the Papers identification of emydid turtles, field methods, and environ ­ mental education are scheduled. 1. BoucHARD,SARAH S., ANDBJORNDAL, K.A. Nutrient trans­ A volume describing the conservation biology of Florida fer and energy flow from marine to terrestrial ecosystems turtles at the end of the 20th century is planned. We antici­ by loggerhead sea turtles at Melvoume Beach, Florida, pate that it will include 25, mostly multi -authored, accounts. USA. (Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, Uni­ Anyone wishing to contribute to one or more species ac­ versity of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA). $500. counts is asked to contact Peter Meylan at 2.MATsuzAwA,YosHIMAsA,SAKAMOTO,W.,SATo,K.,GoTou, <[email protected]>. For more information about the K., OHMUTA,K., AsAI, Y., ANDUEDA, H. Sand color, symposium, contact: temperature, and sex ratio of emerging hatchlings on loggerhead nesting beaches in Japan. (Laboratory ofFish­ GEORGE L. HEINRICH, Gopher Tortoise Council, 1223 eries Environmental Oceanography, Kyoto University, Alhambra Way S., St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 USA, Kyoto, Japan) . $250. Phone: 813-865-6255, E-mail: [email protected] .