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: Che Yong Hall |
| Date: Saturday, 22/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 6:00pm |
Workshop 4: Toward Holistic Strategies for Fisheries Sustainability and Bycatch Reduction Location: Che Yong Hall |
| Date: Sunday, 23/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 12:00pm |
Regional Meeting: IOSEA Indian Ocean and South East Asia Location: Che Yong Hall |
| 2:00pm - 6:00pm |
Regional Meeting: RETOMALA Latin America Location: Che Yong Hall |
| Date: Monday, 24/Mar/2025 | |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Social, Economic, and Cultural Studies #1 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Oyeronke Mojisola Adegbile Chair: Emily Mary Duncan Chair: Laura Charlotte Exley Chair: Eugenia (Genia) Naro-Maciel Chair: Jose Ricardo Urteaga Augier *EXPLORING MOTIVATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY-BASED SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN TANZANIA 2:15pm - 2:30pm *CATTLE OF THE SEA: PERCEPTIONS ON ILLEGAL SEA TURTLE TAKE IN PANAMA 2:30pm - 2:45pm CRAFTING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR PEOPLE AND SEA TURTLES: A THEORY OF CHANGE APPROACH TO PROJETO TAMAR'S SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BUSINESS IN BRAZIL 2:45pm - 3:00pm ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC 3:00pm - 3:15pm DRIVERS OF GEAR DISCARDING AND REPORTED SEA TURTLE ENTANGLEMENT INCIDENCES IN PRINCIPE, GULF OF GUINEA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FISHING NET MANAGEMENT 3:15pm - 3:30pm MARES COMUNIDAD: FISHERIES LEARNING EXCHANGES SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FISHING AND BYCATCH REDUCTION IN COASTAL MEXICAN COMMUNITIES |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Nesting Biology #1 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Ray Carthy Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart Chair: Edward McGinley Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN TWO INDEX NESTING BEACHES FOR THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE AT MARGARITA ISLAND, NUEVA ESPARTA STATE, VENEZUELA 4:15pm - 4:30pm *TRACKING THE 23 YEARS OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLE COLONISATION IN SPAIN 4:30pm - 4:45pm PROACTIVE CONSERVATION IN THE RED SEA: SAUDI ARABIA’S FOUR SISTERS ARCHIPELAGO AS A SEA TURTLE SANCTUARY 4:45pm - 5:00pm MONITORING SEA TURTLE POPULATION TRENDS IN BAZARUTO ARCHIPELAGO NATIONAL PARK, A UNIQUE NESTING STRONGHOLD FOR ALL FIVE SPECIES IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN 5:00pm - 5:15pm *TEN YEARS OF CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN THE MANYANGE NA ELOMBO MARINE NATIONAL PARK: WHAT NEXT? 5:15pm - 5:30pm *NESTING ECOLOGY OF THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE, DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA, AT ESTACIÓN LAS TORTUGAS, COSTA RICA: 2012-2021 AND 2024 |
| Date: Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Nesting Biology #2 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Ray Carthy Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart Chair: Edward McGinley Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter INTRODUCTION TO DIANI TURTLE WATCH AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TURTLEMAN FOUNDATION 8:45am - 9:00am EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN LEATHERBACK ALLIANCE (EIOLA) – A TRANSBOUNDARY INITIATIVE TO PROTECT A THREATENED LEATHERBACK SUBPOPULATION 9:00am - 9:15am REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE NESTING AT GANDOCA BEACH, COSTA RICA – DATA FROM FIVE YEARS OF MONITORING 9:15am - 9:30am INFLUENCE OF HABITAT UTILIZATION STRATEGIES ON TRACE ELEMENT SIGNATURES IN EGG CONTENTS OF GREEN TURTLES NESTING ON XISHA ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA 9:30am - 9:45am TOWARD AN EXPLANATORY MODEL OF SEA TURTLE NESTING BEHAVIOR: EXPLORING PATTERNS IN NIGHTLY NEST COUNT DATA USING AGENT-BASED MODELS 9:45am - 10:00am DOES NESTING SITE FIDELITY IMPROVE WITH AGE? |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
Nesting Biology #3 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Ray Carthy Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart Chair: Edward McGinley Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter VALIDATION OF NESTING SAFE TETHERLESS, REAL-TIME IN SITU ENVIRONMENTAL DATA MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR SEA TURTLE NESTS AND BEACHES 10:45am - 11:00am ACOUSTIC INSIGHTS INTO SEA TURTLE HATCHLING NEST ESCAPE ACROSS DIFFERENT CLUTCH SIZES 11:00am - 11:15am USING VIDEOGRAPHY TO QUANTIFY NESTING SUCCESS AND HATCHLING SURVIVORSHIP OF FLATBACK TURTLES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA 11:15am - 11:30am *DRIVER OF ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA HATCHLING SEAFINDING: LIGHT INTENSITY VERSUS WAVELENGTH 11:30am - 11:45am *FERTILITY RATES OF LEATHERBACK (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) EGGS IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, USA 11:45am - 12:00pm *ASSESSING MICROPLASTICS CONTAMINATION IN UNVIABLE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE EGGS |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Nesting Biology #4 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Ray Carthy Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart Chair: Edward McGinley Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter A NEW METHOD TO EVALUATE SEA TURTLE CAPITAL BREEDING STATUS USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS 2:15pm - 2:30pm *GROWTH RATES OF THE EPIBIOTIC BARNACLE CHELONIBIA TESTUDINARIA ON GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN COSTA RICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR USING BARNACLES AS INDICATORS OF HABITAT USE IN SEA TURTLES 2:30pm - 2:45pm *LESS SEAGRASS, MORE PLASTICS: CHANGES IN THE CARIBBEAN GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) DIET BETWEEN FORAGING GROUNDS IN THE MISKITO CAYS, NICARAGUA, AND THE NESTING BEACH AT TORTUGUERO, COSTA RICA. 2:45pm - 3:00pm *INTER-ANNUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEST SHADING ON INCUBATION TEMPERATURES AND HATCHING SUCCESS IN LEATHERBACKS 3:00pm - 3:15pm COOLING SEA TURTLE NESTS VIA CLUTCH SPLITTING: OUTCOMES FOR THREE SPECIES, TWELVE ROOKERIES, AND THREE CLIMATES EXPLORED VIA FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS 3:15pm - 3:30pm SEARCHING FOR MALE PRODUCING AREAS: STUDYING SEX RATIOS IN NEW LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE (CARETTA CARETTA) NESTING SITES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Nesting Biology #5 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Ray Carthy Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart Chair: Edward McGinley Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter *WEAK EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON INTER-NESTING INTERVALS OF OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ARRIBADA FORMATION 4:15pm - 4:30pm PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NESTING BEACHES IN BATOKE AND BAKINGUILI ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF CAMEROON 4:30pm - 4:45pm SHORESCAPE APPROACH TO SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACH MANAGEMENT IN THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING RED SEA COASTLINE 4:45pm - 5:00pm IMPACTS OF STORM SURGE ON GREEN AND LOGGERHEAD TURTLE NESTS ON A LOW-LYING CARIBBEAN ISLAND 5:00pm - 5:15pm A GEOSPATIAL APPROACH FOR MITIGATING EROSION-INDUCED NEST LOSS AT A KEY NESTING SITE IN TRINIDAD. 5:15pm - 5:30pm TOLERANCE TO INUNDATION MAY VARY BY POPULATION FOR LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES |
| 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
Origin Stories Location: Che Yong Hall |
| Date: Wednesday, 26/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Population Biology #1 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Armando J B Santos Chair: Marco Garcia Cruz Chair: Joseph Pfaller Chair: Sean Alexander Williamson *FROM GENOMES TO CONSERVATION: POPULATION STRUCTURE AND ADAPTIVE VARIATION IN LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES ACROSS RMUS 8:45am - 9:00am *INTEGRATING ENERGY BUDGET AND MIGRATION MODELS TO GUIDE CAPTIVE RELEASES OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES 9:00am - 9:15am *TRACING THE FOOTPRINT OF A WARMING CLIMATE ON SEA TURTLE POPULATION DYNAMICS 9:15am - 9:30am *SEXUALLY DIMOPRHIC TRANSCRIPTION AND DNA METHYLATION BLOOD PROFILES OF LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) HATCHLINGS INCUBATED AT CONTROLLED TEMPERATURES 9:30am - 9:45am POPULATION STRUCTURE OF GREEN TURTLES CHELONIA MYDAS AT A FORAGING GROUND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PERSIAN GULF TEN YEARS OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE NEST PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT IN EASTERN SPAIN (VALENCIA REGION). |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
Population Biology #2 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Armando J B Santos Chair: Marco Garcia Cruz Chair: Joseph Pfaller Chair: Sean Alexander Williamson MERGING THE FUTURE AND THE PRESENT OF TURTLE CONSERVATION GENOMICS 10:45am - 11:00am UPDATED GLOBAL CONSERVATION STATUS AND PRIORITIES FOR MARINE TURTLES 11:00am - 11:15am *LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE GOES HOME: THE GENOMIC STRUCTURE OF CONSERVATION UNITS 11:15am - 11:30am SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE AND JUVENILE ORIGIN OF THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE, ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA 11:30am - 11:45am LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OF THE NESTING LEATHERBACK AND LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA 11:45am - 12:00pm LONG-TERM TREND OF THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC LOGGERHEAD BREEDING COLONY NESTING IN CABO VERDE, WEST AFRICA |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Population Biology #3 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Armando J B Santos Chair: Marco Garcia Cruz Chair: Joseph Pfaller Chair: Sean Alexander Williamson *GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN THE RED SEA: EVIDENCE OF ENDEMISM AND MULTIPLE MANAGEMENT UNITS 2:15pm - 2:30pm *MITOGENOMIC ANALYSIS PROVIDES FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO THE GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF CARETTA CARETTA AND FOR STUDIES ON MITOCHONDRIAL ADAPTATION 2:30pm - 2:45pm *GENOMIC INSIGHTS AND MORPHOMETRIC DIVERGENCE IN LOGGERHEAD TURTLES: THE ROLE OF HYBRIDIZATION IN EMERGING POPULATIONS 2:45pm - 3:00pm MARINA OBSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES: LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS 3:00pm - 3:15pm NESTING POPULATION TREND OF THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE IN BOCAS DEL TORO PROVINCE AND COMARCA NGÄBE-BUGLÉ, PANAMA FOR THE PERIOD 2002-2022 3:15pm - 3:30pm A BASELINE STUDY FOR SEA TURTLE NESTING SITES IN THE SAUDI ARABIA RED SEA |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Conservation, Management, and Policy #1 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Tina Fahy Chair: Jane Louise Hardwick Chair: Irene Kelly Chair: Mario Jorge Mota Chair: Kathy Zagzebski INSIGHTS FROM 30 YEARS OF SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN LAMU, KENYA. 4:30pm - 4:45pm HOW SEA TURTLES HAVE LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE CONSERVATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO 4:45pm - 5:00pm CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SEA TURTLES IN SRI LANKA 5:00pm - 5:15pm THOUGHTS ON THE POPULATION RECOVERY OF SEA TURTLES IN THE XISHA ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA 5:15pm - 5:30pm SEA TURTLE PROTECTION IN INDONESIA: A REVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND CUSTOMARY REGULATIONS |
| Date: Thursday, 27/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Conservation, Management, and Policy #2 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Tina Fahy Chair: Jane Louise Hardwick Chair: Irene Kelly Chair: Mario Jorge Mota Chair: Kathy Zagzebski *LONG-TERM EROSION TRENDS ON IMPORTANT SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OF COSTA RICA 8:45am - 9:00am *AIDING SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION THROUGH COASTAL MONITORING AND MODELING 9:00am - 9:15am *INTER-NESTING HABITAT USE FOR THE LARGEST NESTING AGGREGATION OF GREEN TURTLES IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN 9:15am - 9:30am *FACTORS SHAPING DECISIONS ABOUT SEA TURTLE NEST MANAGEMENT IN THE INDIAN OCEAN SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION 9:30am - 9:45am COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO REDUCE BYCATCH MORTALITY AND ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN 9:45am - 10:00am ESTABLISHMENT OF WASTCON: A NEW PARADIGM SHIFT TO SAVE SEA TURTLES ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF AFRICA |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
Conservation, Management, and Policy #3 Location: Che Yong Hall Chair: Tina Fahy Chair: Jane Louise Hardwick Chair: Irene Kelly Chair: Mario Jorge Mota Chair: Kathy Zagzebski ENHANCING TURTLE CONSERVATION ACROSS A MOZAMBICAN SEASCAPE THROUGH EARTHRANGER AND OTHER CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES. 10:45am - 11:00am BLUE CORRIDORS FOR TURTLES 11:00am - 11:15am A STRUCTURED DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK FOR EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THREATS AND PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLE EGGS AND HATCHLINGS 11:15am - 11:30am CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FISHING REGULATIONS AND OTHER MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLES IN CUBA 11:30am - 11:45am MAKING THE BEST OF IT: THE CHALLENGES OF COEXISTENCE BETWEEN MARINE TURTLES AND GAS EXPLORATION 11:45am - 12:00pm ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPANIES ON THE PROTECTION OF MARINE AND COASTAL SPECIES IN WEST AFRICA |
| 12:00pm - 2:00pm |
Students Judges Lunch Location: Che Yong Hall |