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ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Anatomy and Physiology #2

Time:

Wednesday, 26/Mar/2025:

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 2:15pm

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

Mariana Fragoso⁴, Enas Mohamed Riyaz², Tristan Neto⁴, Isha Afeef¹, Afrah Abdul Sathaar¹, Adam Athif Mohamed⁵, Ibrahim Inaan¹, Ahmed Leevan², Aishath Shaiha², Ali Shareef⁷, Asha Ahmed³, Ibrahim Ibrahim Saneeh³, Raniya Husnu Al Suood⁸, Iujaaz Ali⁶, Stephanie Köhnk⁴, Claire Petros⁴, Naul Hasnaulhusna⁴, Martin Stelfox⁴, Maximilian M. R. Polyak⁴

¹Olive Ridley Project Maldives, H. Kaneerumaage, Dhonhuraa Goalhi, Malé, 20037, Republic of Maldives; ²Environmental Protection Agency, Handhuvaree Hingun, Malé, Republic of Maldives; ³Maldives National University, Malé, Republic of Maldives; ⁴Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sadben, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX UK; ⁵Atoll Marine Conservation Centre, Republic of the Maldives; ⁶Addu Nature Park, Republic of the Maldives; ⁷Happy Side, K. Maafushi, 08090, Republic of Maldives; ⁸Malé, Republic of Maldives

2:15pm - 2:30pm

TEMPORAL TRENDS IN TOXICOLOGY: THE IMPORTANCE OF LONG-TERM MONITORING PROJECTS IN CHARACTERISING CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

Kimberly A. Finlayson¹, Cesar A. Villa², Arthur D. Barraza¹, Colin J. Limpus², Jason P. van de Merwe¹

¹Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia; ²Department of Environment, Tourism, Science, and Innovation

2:30pm - 2:45pm

UNRAVELING THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF INCREASING INCUBATION TEMPERATURES ON NEONATAL LOGGERHEAD HEALTH

Samantha G Kuschke^1,2,3,5,6, Heather Smith^1,2,3, Elizabeth K Schultheis⁴, Jeanette Wyneken⁴, Debra L Miller^1,2,3

¹Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Services, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; ²Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; ³One Health Initiative, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; ⁴Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida; ⁵Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida; ⁶Upwell, Monterey, California

2:45pm - 3:00pm

*PREVALENCE OF FP TUMORS ON JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLES IN A NORTHEAST FLORIDA ESTUARY

Carson Harvill, Katie Kress, Ed McGinley

Flagler College, United States of America

3:00pm - 3:15pm

STATUS OF FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Karina Jones¹, Erina Young², Andrea Whiting³, Scott Whiting⁴

¹School of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia 6150; ²EnviroVet Consultancy, Sunshine Coast, Queensland 4561; ³Biomaths, Bentley DC, Western Australia, 6983; ⁴Biomarine International, Karawara, Western Australia, 6152

3:15pm - 3:30pm

HEALTH STATUS OF FREE-LIVING GREEN TURTLES OF GUANABARA BAY, BRAZIL

Fernanda Sobral Short¹, Thayane Bottaro de Brito Boldrini¹, João Guilherme Mascarenhas Porciúncula¹, Bia Prieto D’Annunzio¹, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu², Rosane Silva¹

¹UFRJ, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ²UERJ, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil