ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions/events of ISTS Symposium43. Please select a date or location to show only sessions/events held on that day or location. Please select a single oral or poster session for a detailed view of each submission (includes abstracts).
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Session Overview | |
| Location: Omari Hall |
| Date: Saturday, 22/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 6:00pm |
Workshop 3: Sea Turtle Rehabilitation, Care and Medicine Workshop Location: Omari Hall |
| Date: Sunday, 23/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 4:00pm |
Regional Meeting: Africa Location: Omari Hall |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
Student Mixer Location: Omari Hall See here for further information |
| Date: Monday, 24/Mar/2025 | |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Fisheries and Threats #1 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Eunice Konadu Asamoah Chair: Angela Manekuor Lamptey Chair: Michael Joseph Liles Chair: Tony (Michel Anthony) Nalovic Chair: Nicolas Pilcher TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICE (TED) EFFICIENCY TRIALS ABOARD A KENYAN SHRIMP TRAWLER, APRIL 5TH - MAY 5TH , 2018 2:15pm - 2:30pm THE SHRIMP FISHERY AND ITS INTERACTION WITH SEA TURTLES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF CUBA. 2:30pm - 2:45pm *EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICES (TEDS) AS A BYCATCH REDUCTION MEASURE FOR SEA TURTLES IN SABAH, MALAYSIA 2:45pm - 3:00pm *SEA TURTLE BYCATCH IN COMMERCIAL TRAWL AND PURSE SEINE FISHERIES IN SABAH, MALAYSIA 3:15pm - 3:30pm *MEASURING SEA TURTLE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO GILLNETS: ASSESSING LEARNING EFFECTS FROM REPEATED EXPOSURE |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Fisheries and Threats #2 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Eunice Konadu Asamoah Chair: Angela Manekuor Lamptey Chair: Michael Joseph Liles Chair: Tony (Michel Anthony) Nalovic Chair: Nicolas Pilcher *TRUST, TRAPS, AND TURTLES: LEVERAGING STAKEHOLDER AND FISHER PERSPECTIVES TO ENHANCE SEA TURTLE BYCATCH REPORTING AND MITIGATION IN FLORIDA’S TRAP FISHERIES 4:15pm - 4:30pm TRAUMA DUE TO BYCATCH AND VESSEL STRIKES: MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH OF THE SEA TURTLE ON THE ANDALUSIAN COAST (2020–2024) 4:30pm - 4:45pm *IDENTIFYING DIRECT CAUSES, SPATIAL DENSITY, AND EMERGING THREATS OF SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (2018-2023) 4:45pm - 5:00pm *ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS IN OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PLASTIC AND HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION AT ODISHA'S NESTING BEACHES 5:00pm - 5:15pm THE EFFECT OF PROTECTED AREAS, COASTAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT ON NESTING MARINE TURTLES 5:15pm - 5:30pm TURTLES OF ARABIA: UNVEILING 15 YEARS OF SEA TURTLE MORTALITIES IN DUBAI |
| 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
Speed Chatting Location: Omari Hall See here for further information |
| 8:00pm - 11:00pm |
Video Night Location: Omari Hall See here for further information including the video night program |
| Date: Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
In-water Biology #1 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Mariela Pajuelo Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio Chair: Ryan Welsh FOOD PREFERENCE AND FORAGING SITE FIDELITY IN GREEN TURTLES REVEALED BY TRANSLOCATION EXPERIMENTS 8:45am - 9:00am *REVEALING THE ORIGIN OF THE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN ATLANTO-MEDITERRANEAN FORAGING AREAS USING INDIVIDUAL GENOMIC ASSIGNMENTS 9:00am - 9:15am IDENTIFYING NORTH ATLANTIC FORAGING GROUNDS OF NESTING LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) ON JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA USING TELEMETRY AND STABLE ISOTOPES 9:15am - 9:30am STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS REVEALS ECOLOGICAL STRATEGIES OF SEA TURTLES 9:30am - 9:45am *REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE DIET OF GREEN TURTLES INFERRED FROM STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE TELEMETRY 9:45am - 10:00am *VALIDATING EPIBIOTIC BARNACLES AS ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF HABITAT USE IN SEA TURTLES |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
In-water Biology #2 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Mariela Pajuelo Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio Chair: Ryan Welsh *NOVEL MINIATURIZED SATELLITE TAGS REVEAL VERTICAL BEHAVIORS OF EARLY-LIFE STAGE LEATHERBACK TURTLES 10:45am - 11:00am TRACKING OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS AND HABITAT USE OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC VIA ANIMAL-BORNE SENSORS 11:00am - 11:15am *OBSERVING JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLE BEHAVIOR IN A NORTHEAST FLORIDA ESTUARY 11:15am - 11:30am COMPARING JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLE UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL VS. NATURAL REEFS: INSIGHTS FROM A BREAKWATER IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA 11:30am - 11:45am HABITAT USE DYNAMIC AND EXPLORATORY MOVEMENTS OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL TURTLES REVEALED BY FASTLOC-GPS TRACKING AT REUNION ISLAND 11:45am - 12:00pm POPULATION STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGY OF A MIXED-STOCK AGGREGATION OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL TURTLES IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, USA |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
In-water Biology #3 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Mariela Pajuelo Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio Chair: Ryan Welsh EXPLORATION OF A DYNAMIC THERMAL CORRIDOR: EXPERIMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND MIGRATION OF NORTH PACIFIC LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES 2:15pm - 2:30pm UNCOVERING A NEW MIGRATION PATTERN FOR GREEN TURTLES FROM THE BIJAGÓS ARCHIPELAGO, WEST AFRICA 2:30pm - 2:45pm COMPARISON OF INTER-NESTING MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE AMONG MULTIPLE SPECIES AND ACROSS MULTIPLE NESTING BEACHES OVER A QUARTER CENTURY 2:45pm - 3:00pm IN-WATER MONITORING OF ENDANGERED LEATHERBACK TURTLES OFF THE US WEST COAST 3:00pm - 3:15pm *HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF POST-NESTING LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN 3:15pm - 3:30pm *A BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE ON SEA TURTLE HABITAT UTILIZATION: IMPLICATIONS OF LONG-TERM CONSERVATION MEASURES AND ECOLOGICAL PRESSURES |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
In-water Biology #4 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Mariela Pajuelo Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio Chair: Ryan Welsh HAWKSBILL DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC: INSIGHTS DERIVED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE SYNTHESIS 4:15pm - 4:30pm OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN HAWKSBILL RESIDENCY TIMES BETWEEN AREAS OF HIGH AND LOW HUMAN ACTIVITY 4:30pm - 4:45pm *MIGRATIONS AND HOMERANGE AREAS OF POST-NESTING HAWKSBILL TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) TAGGED ON MOSO ISLAND, REPUBLIC OF VANUATU 4:45pm - 5:00pm *SOCIAL INTERACTIONS OF JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN BREWERS BAY, ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 5:00pm - 5:15pm MINIATURE SATELLITE TAGS REVEAL DISPERSAL MOVEMENTS AND BEHAVIOURS OF EARLY STAGE POST-STRANDED AND REHABILITATED JUVENILE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES 5:15pm - 5:30pm ACOUSTIC TAGGING OF POST-REHABILITATION SEA TURTLES IN SOUTH AFRICA |
| Date: Wednesday, 26/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
In-water Biology #5 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Mariela Pajuelo Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio Chair: Ryan Welsh TURTLEWATCH EGYPT: A CITIZEN SCIENCE INITIATIVE FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE EGYPTIAN RED SEA 8:45am - 9:00am CITIZEN SCIENCE CONTRIBUTION TO IN-WATER SEA TURTLES MONITORING: TWO DECADES OF INSIGHTS FROM REUNION ISLAND 9:00am - 9:15am SEA TURTLES OF CAGARRAS ISLANDS, A MARINE PROTECTED AREA IN SOUTHEASTER BRAZIL 9:15am - 9:30am DIVING WITH LUNGS HALF-FULL? DIVING BEHAVIOR OF JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES IN SHALLOW MANGROVES CREEKS IN THE BAHAMAS 9:30am - 9:45am FIRST LOGGERHEAD'S SIMULATIONS OF THE SEA TURTLE ACTIVE MOVEMENT MODEL (STAMM), VALIDATED WITH OBSERVED TURTLE TRAJECTORIES. 9:45am - 10:00am *WATER-BORNE CHEMICALS RATHER THAN APPEARANCE FROM BIOFOULING CAN PROMOTE PLASTIC DEBRIS INGESTION IN GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
Anatomy and Physiology #1 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Daniela Freggi Chair: Maria Luz Parga Chair: Justin Randall Perrault Chair: Maximilian Polyak Chair: Roldan Valverde *COLOUR PREFERENCE IN JUVENILE HAWKSBILL AND GREEN SEA TURTLES 10:45am - 11:00am *LOCOMOTION VARIABILITY IN LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS 11:00am - 11:15am *FROM SPRINTERS TO MARATHONERS: A MORPHOLOGICAL AND KINEMATIC COMPARISON OF LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES 11:15am - 11:30am *COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION OF GRAPHS WITH MORPHOLOGICAL INFORMATION IN GRAPH ATTENTION NETWORKS FOR SEA TURTLE IDENTIFICATION 11:30am - 11:45am *BIOMARKERS OF FORAGING AND REPRODUCTION IN CAPTIVE ADULT FEMALE HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) 11:45am - 12:00pm *ARGININE VASOTOCIN AND CORTICOSTERONE IN NESTING AND NON-NESTING LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES IN THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Anatomy and Physiology #2 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Daniela Freggi Chair: Maria Luz Parga Chair: Justin Randall Perrault Chair: Maximilian Polyak Chair: Roldan Valverde FIRST COMPREHENSIVE, MULTI-YEAR HEALTH ASSESSMENTS OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) IN THE NORTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN: CLINICAL BLOOD ANALYTES, PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS, ULTRASONIC STUDIES AND GUT MICROBIOME CHARACTERIZATION ACROSS EIGHT ATOLLS IN THE MALDIVES 2:15pm - 2:30pm TEMPORAL TRENDS IN TOXICOLOGY: THE IMPORTANCE OF LONG-TERM MONITORING PROJECTS IN CHARACTERISING CHEMICAL EXPOSURE 2:30pm - 2:45pm UNRAVELING THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF INCREASING INCUBATION TEMPERATURES ON NEONATAL LOGGERHEAD HEALTH 2:45pm - 3:00pm *PREVALENCE OF FP TUMORS ON JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLES IN A NORTHEAST FLORIDA ESTUARY 3:00pm - 3:15pm STATUS OF FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA 3:15pm - 3:30pm HEALTH STATUS OF FREE-LIVING GREEN TURTLES OF GUANABARA BAY, BRAZIL |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Rehabilitation and Health #1 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Daniela Freggi Chair: Maria Luz Parga Chair: Justin Randall Perrault Chair: Maximilian Polyak Chair: Roldan Valverde FIRST COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS OF SEA TURTLES IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: EARLY INSIGHTS INTO THE HEALTH STATUS OF CHELONIA MYDAS AND ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA IN THE RED SEA 4:15pm - 4:30pm *FROM REHAB TO RELEASE: THE POWER OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN SEA TURTLE RECOVERY 4:30pm - 4:45pm VENOUS BLOOD GAS OF STRANDED GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN THE REGIÃO DOS LAGOS, RJ, BRAZIL 4:45pm - 5:00pm CAUSES OF ADMISSION AND CHANGES OVER TIME AT THE KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER, NORTH CAROLINA, USA 5:00pm - 5:15pm THE QUESTION OF EUTHANASIA IN OUR SEA TURTLE CLINICS |
| Date: Thursday, 27/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Education, Outreach, and Advocacy #1 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Damaris Marin-Smith Chair: Sabrina Caitlin Mashburn Chair: Anna Antonia Ortega Chair: Daniela Rojas Chair: Anna Stamatiou MOVING SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION FORWARD: ENHANCING LEARNING AND EMPATHY THROUGH SCIDANCE 8:45am - 9:00am CONNECTING CHILDREN IN CAMEROON TO MARINE WILDLIFE THROUGH VISUAL STORYTELLING 9:00am - 9:15am FROM OCEAN TO CLASSROOM: KELONIA'S APPROACH TO SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION ON REUNION ISLAND 9:15am - 9:30am "ONLY CONNECT": PUTTING EMOTION INTO THE GAMES WE PLAY FOR POSITIVE CONSERVATION OUTCOMES 9:30am - 9:45am MIXING SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: WORKSHOP ON GENOMICS OF THE COLONISATION OF MARINE TURTLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 9:45am - 10:00am *SIREN CITIZEN SCIENCE: THE STORY OF A FISHERMAN FROM POACHER TO SEA TURTLE HERO |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
Education, Outreach, and Advocacy #2 Location: Omari Hall Chair: Damaris Marin-Smith Chair: Sabrina Caitlin Mashburn Chair: Anna Antonia Ortega Chair: Daniela Rojas Chair: Anna Stamatiou BRIDGING LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONSERVATION: THE INTERNATIONAL SEA TURTLE AMBASSADORS (ISTA) PROGRAM AS A MODEL FOR COLLABORATIVE IMPACT 10:45am - 11:00am LOCAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION 11:00am - 11:15am IMPROVING BUILDING CAPACITY OF WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN TECHNICIANS ON SEA TURTLE NESTING MANAGEMENT IN A RECORD TIME: PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN CABO VERDE (AFRICA), AN INITIATIVE OF LIFE TURTLENEST PROJECT 11:15am - 11:30am LHAVIYANI TURTLE FESTIVAL 11:30am - 11:45am ENHANCING MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION IN JORDANIAN GULF OF AQABA: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO REDUCING BYCATCH AND BUILDING AWARENESS AMONG FISHERS AND MARINE PERSONNEL 11:45am - 12:00pm ADDRESSING BYCATCH THROUGH FISHERMEN’S WIVES AND CHILDREN IN THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
ISTS Business Meeting Location: Omari Hall |