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ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

In-water Biology #2

Time:

Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025:

10:30am - 12:00pm

Session Chair: Mariela Pajuelo
Session Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson
Session Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio
Session Chair: Ryan Welsh

Location: Omari Hall

Session Topics:

In-water Biology (Behaviour, Ecology, Migration, Telemetry, and Foraging)

Session Abstract

*Denotes Archie Carr Student Award candidate; ^ Denotes Grassroots Award candidate; Presenting author is underlined

Presentations

10:30am - 10:45am

*NOVEL MINIATURIZED SATELLITE TAGS REVEAL VERTICAL BEHAVIORS OF EARLY-LIFE STAGE LEATHERBACK TURTLES

Tony Candela^1,2,3, Philippe Gaspar², Jeanette Wyneken⁴, Hirun Kanghae⁵, Pinsak Suraswadi⁶, Emily Turla⁴, George L. Shillinger¹

¹Upwell, Monterey, California, USA; ²Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; ³Aquarium La Rochelle, Centre d'Etudes et de Soins pour les Tortues Marines, La Rochelle, France; ⁴Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA; ⁵Phuket Marine Biological Center, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Phuket, Thailand; ⁶Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Bangkok, Thailand

10:45am - 11:00am

TRACKING OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS AND HABITAT USE OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC VIA ANIMAL-BORNE SENSORS

Alejandro Usategui-Martín¹, Borja Aguiar-González², Richard Heidrich³, Ana Liria-Loza¹

¹ADS Biodiversidad, Canary Islands, Spain; ²EOMAR, ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; ³Loro Parque Fundación, Canary Islands, Spain

11:00am - 11:15am

*OBSERVING JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLE BEHAVIOR IN A NORTHEAST FLORIDA ESTUARY

Katie Kress, Ed McGinley, Carson Harvill

Flagler College, United States of America

11:15am - 11:30am

COMPARING JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLE UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL VS. NATURAL REEFS: INSIGHTS FROM A BREAKWATER IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA

Andie Fisher, Ryan Welsh

Inwater Research Group, United States of America

11:30am - 11:45am

HABITAT USE DYNAMIC AND EXPLORATORY MOVEMENTS OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL TURTLES REVEALED BY FASTLOC-GPS TRACKING AT REUNION ISLAND

Antoine Laforge¹, Claire Jean², Stéphane Ciccione², Mathieu Barret², Katia Ballorain¹

¹Centre d’Étude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines (CEDTM), 19 rue des Frangipaniers 97424 Saint Leu, La Réunion, France; ²Kelonia, l’observatoire des tortues marines, 46 rue du Général de Gaulle, Saint Leu, La Réunion 97436, France

11:45am - 12:00pm

POPULATION STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGY OF A MIXED-STOCK AGGREGATION OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL TURTLES IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, USA

Lawrence D. Wood¹, Christopher R. Nolte², Jessica A. Farrell³, Gianna Fanelli^2,3, David J. Duffy^2,3

¹National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation, Ft. Lauderdale, USA; ²Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; ³Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience & Sea Turtle Hospital, University of Florida, St Augustine, Florida, USA