Armando J.B. Santos,^1,* C. Bellini,² Luis F.W. Bortolon,¹ Barb Outerbridge,³ Darren C. Browne,⁴ Alexsandro Santos,⁵ Anne Meylan,^6,7 Peter Meylan,^8,7 Berenice M.G. Silva,⁹ Juçara Wanderlinde,¹⁰ Eduardo H.S. Lima,¹¹ Cecilia Baptistotte,¹² Maria A. Marcovaldi<sup>5

1</sup>1Fundação Pro-Tamar, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil [armando@tamar.org.br; luisfwb@hotmail.
²2Centro Nacional de Proteção e Pesquisa das Tartarugas Marinhas (Projeto TAMAR), Instituto Chico Men
³3Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, 40 North Shore Road, Flatts FL 04, Bermuda [bcouterbridge@gov.bm]
⁴4Barbados Sea Turtle Project, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of the West
⁵5Fundação Pro-Tamar, Mata de São João, Bahia, Brazil [alex@tamar.org.br; neca@tamar.org.br]
⁶6Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 8th Av
⁷8Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, 40 North Shore Road, Flatts FL 04, Bermuda (Research Associate)
⁸7Natural Sciences, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33711 USA [meylan
⁹9Fundação Pro-Tamar, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil [bere@tamar.org.br]
¹⁰10Fundação Pro-Tamar, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil [ju@tamar.org.br]
¹¹11Fundação Pro-Tamar, Itarema, Ceará, Brazil [eduardo.lima@tamar.org.br]
¹²12Centro Nacional de Proteção e Pesquisa das Tartarugas Marinhas (Projeto TAMAR), Instituto Chico Me

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