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Now at Northgate! seat num.: Monday a; lissiontii ’ vo doors o( eie openejl low an even! istructedtoj >pen" wti irity guards ] ns. ty Tuesday i ‘it because ] police pro. f a repeat o( ] Id wait four ■ome to its xdlation lie e concertor profits. out Marine biologist Dr. David Owens will use this elaborate photoelectric network known as the Kleerekoper tank system to study Atlantic Ridley turtles. The project is funded by Texas A&M’s Sea Grant Program. :M biologist heads study efforts joined to save turtles MSC Camera Committee's 1979 BONFIRE PHOTOS on sale Dec. 3-7 Orders can be picked up at table on main floor MSC. FALL PHOTO ENTRIES may also be picked up at this time. j sgmsc AGGIE CMNEMAmmmW*' I them and shed arouni' lestionofrail ^ Texas A&M University marine ilogist who was 21 when he first I 1 the ocean is now spearheading arch that will be used in the —.perative international effort to in talks at!iL ve the world s most endangered nulay. HcsilLjgs 0 f sea turtle, the Ridley, y studentsayp ewer than 2,000 adult Ridley n them, titles are believed to exist today, ent of Lib)i» j) r David Owens, and their e event. Kjtat near Rancho Nuevo in S. retal ■jj iau ]{p as Mexico, has been long thetofi» ea t ene( l even more by oil from administrate runaway Campache Bay spill, tur, 15-niinr#Several turtles have died from tonal Set: Lparently mistaking globs of oil for ent Carter■ygsh they sometimes eat, he said. ■Although many of the current tur- il decision tie conservation projects utilize the juestion at:; ihnomenon of imprinting, in which one wouldijn animal instinctively recalls its place of birth, no scientific study has i from a tc-jvcr confirmed that Ridleys, or any nd diplomaifttles; use imprinting to find their i of relations! way back to the Mexican nesting would ben-beaches, Owens said, s sections | Nor h'as imprinting been proven as a factor in the United States rein- continued feduet ion and preservation project ention ondfeking place on Padre Island and s in Iran, - Galveston where Owens will borrow arly release the turtles for his special research Is said thcbproject. gunpoint,isBUnder a $36,000 Sea Grant Col- ige program, Owens is attempting fe first such study of imprinting and equent deil nents madeit e to be coal will obtain special permission from the United States and Mexico to bring Ridleys to College Station for extensive behavior studies. Owens’ findings are aimed at tell ing federal conservation programs in both countries whether imprinting plays a role in the turtle’s return to its nesting site. If it does, Ridley eggs can be trans planted to Padre Island and, theore tically, those animals that survive will come back to Texas to nest and reproduce where scientstists can watch them. If imprinting is not present in Rid leys, new methods must be mapped out to protect their breeding. Said Owens. In the past the economic value of the turtle has caused thousands of Ridleys to be slaughtered as they came ashore 200 miles south of Texas’ tip to lay eggs, Owens said. In nature only two or three turtles might survive from an estimated five-yiear production bf*T,500 eggs 4 '' per female, underscoring the poten tial value and need for protection during breeding and the first weeks of life, he said. Owens will conduct a number of behavioral tests on the Ridleys as they mature in the Kleerekoper tank system here that is used to study swimming species such as sharks, other fish and turtles. Developed by Texas A&M biology professor emeritus Herman Kleere koper, the tanks use photoelectric cells and computers to map be havioral preferences and patterns of movement. Council paw i urging then i hostages b uistersaid surely” bef 1 es at the tit Is holding! Battalion classifieds Call 845-2611 oils urged for Texas roads Toll roads can alleviate the problem of declining highway mainte nance in Texas and adjoining states, says Texas A&M University’s vice president for engineering and non-renewable resources Fred J. Benson. “Transportation of both people and goods in Texas and the nation is, with the exception of long range travel by airplane, almost completely dependent on highway vehicles,” Benson said. 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