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Arendt, M.D., A.L. Segars, J.I. Byrd and J.D. Whitaker. In press. Seasonal distribution and behavior patterns of juvenile and adult male loggerheads in the Southeastern United States. 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 22-28 Feb 2007.

Arendt, M.D., B.W. Stender, A. Segars, D.W. Whitaker, D. Owens, and S. Murphy. 2001. Length-weight of trawl caught sea turtles on the southeast coast. Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Blanvillain, G., A. Pearse, D.C. Rostal, D.W. Owens and A.L. Segars. In Press. Comparison of ultrasound and laparoscopy to evaluate the reproductive activity in adult male loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles. Proceedings of the Twenty Eight Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Blanvillian, G., D.W. Owens, D.C. Rostal, D.S. Rotstein, M.D. Arendt and A.L. Segars. In Press. Evaluation of the reproductive activity of adult male loggerhead sea turtles collected in April 2006 in Cape Canaveral, FL. Proceedings of the Twenty Seventh Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Byrd, Julia I., Mike D. Arendt, Albert L. Segars, and J. David Whitaker. In press. Does bottom type or prey availability affect the occurrence of loggerhead turtles? 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 22-28 Feb 2007.

Crowder, Larry B., Sally R. Hopkins-Murphy, and J. Andrew Royle. 1994. The effect of turtle-excluder devices on loggerhead sea turtle strandings in South Carolina. p. 32-33. In: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Karen Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Dale A. Johnson, and Peter J. Eliazar (compilers). NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-351, 323 pp.

Griffin, DuBose B. and Sally R. Murphy. 2003. Characterization of internesting habitat, migratory corridors, and resident foraging areas for loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from a South Carolina nesting beach using GIS and remote sensing applications. Proceedings of the Twenty Second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Griffin, DuBose B. and Sally R. Murphy. 2003. Comparison of resident foraging areas utilized by loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from a South Carolina nesting beach using GIS and remote sensing applications. Proceedings of the Twenty Second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Griffin, DuBose B., Sally R. Murphy, Thomas M. Murphy, Michael G. Frick and Kristina L. Williams. 2006. An approach for maximizing limited satellite data for a sea turtle home range: creating a composite sea turtle. p. 91-92. In: Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, A.F. Rees and K. Williams (compilers). International Sea Turtle Society, 376 pp.

Hopkins-Murphy, Sally R. 1987. Sea turtle recovery efforts in the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Third Southeastern Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Symposium. 8-10 August, Athens, GA.

Hopkins-Murphy, Sally R. 2002. Contributions by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources to the history and growth of the sea turtle symposium. p. 221-223. In: Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Andrea Mosier, Allen Foley, and Beth Brost (compilers). NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477, 369 pp.

Hopkins, Sally R. and Thomas M. Murphy. 1982. Testing lithium chloride aversion to mitigate raccoon depredation of loggerhead turtle nests. (PDF) Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 36:484-491.

Hopkins-Murphy, Sally R., and Thomas M. Murphy. 1988. Status of the loggerhead turtle in South Carolina. p. 35-37. In: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Barbara A. Schroeder (compilers). NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-214, 136 pp.

Hopkins-Murphy, Sally R. and Thomas M. Murphy. 1994. Status of the loggerhead nesting population in South Carolina: a five year update. p. 62-64. In: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Karen Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Dale A. Johnson, and Peter J. Eliazar (compilers). NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-351, 323 pp.

Hopkins-Murphy, S. R., T. M. Murphy, C. P. Hope, J. W. Coker and D. B. Griffin. 2005. Sea turtle conservation in South Carolin: Three decades. Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. (in press).

Hopkins, S.R., T.M. Murphy, K.B. Stansell, and P.M. Wilkinson. 1978. Biotic and abiotic factors affecting nest mortality in the Atlantic loggerhead turtle. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 32:213-223.

Keller, J.M., Thorvalson, K., Sheridan, T., Harms, C.A., Segars, A.L., Beasley, J., Day, R., Peden-Adams, M.M., Kucklick, J.R., Norton, T. In press. Organic contaminant concentrations change in debilitated loggerhead turtle plasma during recovery in rehabilitation. 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 22-28 Feb 2007.

Mazzarella, Kristen T., Al Segars, Sally R. Murphy, Joseph M Quattro, and Thomas W. Greig. 2006. Analysis of stranded loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in North and South Carolina using mitochondrial DNA and stranding records. p. 255-256. In: Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, A.F. Rees and K. Williams (compilers). International Sea Turtle Society, 376 pp.

Murphy, Thomas M. 1985. Telemetric monitoring of nesting loggerhead sea turtles subjected to disturbance on the beach.  Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. 13-16 March, Waverly, GA.

Murphy, Thomas M. and Sally R. Hopkins-Murphy. 1990. Homing of translocated gravid loggerhead turtles. p. 123-124. In: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. T.H. Richardson, J.I. Richardson, and M. Donnelly (compilers). NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-278, 286 pp.

Segars, Al, J. David Whitaker, Mike Arendt, Fred Holland, Sally Murphy, and Bruce W. Stender. 2001. Analyses of blood chemistry in loggerheads and Kemp's ridley turtles during year 1 of SCDNR index study off southeast USA. Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Stender, Bruce, David Whitaker, Al Segars, Mike Arendt, and Sally Murphy. 2001. Overview for 1st of a 3-year study to develop an in-the-water index of relative abundance for sea turtles off southeast USA. Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Whitaker, J. David, Sally R. Murphy, and Julia I. Byrd. In press. Analysis of size frequencies of historical loggerhead sea turtle strandings with comparison to size frequencies of in-water collections from the South Carolina coast. 27th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 22-28 Feb 20