ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

Session

Anatomy and Physiology #1

Time:

Wednesday, 26/Mar/2025:

10:30am - 12:00pm

Session Chair: Daniela Freggi
Session Chair: Maria Luz Parga
Session Chair: Justin Randall Perrault
Session Chair: Maximilian Polyak
Session Chair: Roldan Valverde

Location: Omari Hall

Session Topics:

Anatomy, Physiology and Health

Session Abstract

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

Presentations

10:30am - 10:45am

*COLOUR PREFERENCE IN JUVENILE HAWKSBILL AND GREEN SEA TURTLES

Mohammed F Khayat^1,3, Jordan P Drake², Ellen Ariel²

¹Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia; ²College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, 1 Solander Drive, Douglas, 4811, QLD, Australia; ³Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA

10:45am - 11:00am

*LOCOMOTION VARIABILITY IN LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS

Allyssa Rose Hennessey¹, Jacob A Lasala², Frank V Paladino¹

¹Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America; ²Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida, United States of America

11:00am - 11:15am

*FROM SPRINTERS TO MARATHONERS: A MORPHOLOGICAL AND KINEMATIC COMPARISON OF LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES

Samantha Elizabeth Trail, Jeanette Wyneken

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

11:15am - 11:30am

*COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION OF GRAPHS WITH MORPHOLOGICAL INFORMATION IN GRAPH ATTENTION NETWORKS FOR SEA TURTLE IDENTIFICATION

Jesús Fernando Franco López, Alejandro Alvaro Ramírez Acosta, Mireya Saraí García Vázquez

IPN Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México

11:30am - 11:45am

*BIOMARKERS OF FORAGING AND REPRODUCTION IN CAPTIVE ADULT FEMALE HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA)

Joslyn Blessing Kent¹, Roldán A. Valverde^2,3, Shingo Fukada⁴, Isao Kawazu^4,5, Keichi Ueda^4,5,6, Ken Maeda⁴

¹Texas A&M University, Galveston; ²Sea Turtle Conservancy; ³University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; ⁴Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium; ⁵Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Institute; ⁶Okinawa Churashima Foundation Veterinary Hospital

11:45am - 12:00pm

*ARGININE VASOTOCIN AND CORTICOSTERONE IN NESTING AND NON-NESTING LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES IN THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA

Krista Blair Reed¹, Maribel Escobedo Mondragón^2,3, Roldan Arturo Valverde¹

¹University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, United States of America; ²Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; ³Asociación Mexicana de Veterinarios de Tortugas, Mexico