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ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Nesting Biology #1

Time:

Monday, 24/Mar/2025:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Session Chair: Ray Carthy
Session Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart
Session Chair: Edward McGinley
Session Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou
Session Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter

Location: Che Yong Hall

Session Topics:

Nesting Biology (Ecology, Behaviour, and Reproductive Success)

Session Abstract

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

Presentations

4:00pm - 4:15pm

SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN TWO INDEX NESTING BEACHES FOR THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE AT MARGARITA ISLAND, NUEVA ESPARTA STATE, VENEZUELA

Adara Daleska Gonzalez Hernandez^1,2,3, Graciela Hernandez³, Luis Alejandro Jose Zerpa Rodriguez^3,4, Mariana Albornoz⁵, Nadya T Aguilera Q⁶

¹Turtle Point, Margarita Island, Venezuela; ²Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom NW14RY; ³Ministry of Ecosocialism (MINEC), Venezuela; ⁴University of the Orient, Venezuela; ⁵Voluntaries for sea turtle in Parguito beach, Venezuela; ⁶Amigos Ecotortugas Fundation, El Agua Beach, Venezuela

4:15pm - 4:30pm

*TRACKING THE 23 YEARS OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLE COLONISATION IN SPAIN

Gisela Marín-Capuz¹, Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Elena Abella², Eduardo Belda³, Adolfo Marco⁴, Jesús Tomas⁵, Luis Cardona⁶, Marta Pascual¹, Cinta Pegueroles^1,7, Carlos Carreras¹

¹Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; ²BETA Technological Center, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Carretera Roda 70, E-08500, Vic, Spain; ³Institut per a la Investigació i Gestió de Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, C/Paranimf n° 1, 46730, Gandia, València, Spain; ⁴Estación Biológica deDoñana, CSIC, C. Américo Vespucio, s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain; ⁵Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain; ⁶Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; ⁷Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

4:30pm - 4:45pm

PROACTIVE CONSERVATION IN THE RED SEA: SAUDI ARABIA’S FOUR SISTERS ARCHIPELAGO AS A SEA TURTLE SANCTUARY

Georgia Smith¹, Daniel Gonzalez-Paredes^1,2, Neil R. Davis¹, Marco Garcia-Cruz¹, Hoda Murad¹, Josie L. Palmer¹, Maximilian M. R. Polyak¹, Vanessa F. Schmitt¹, Ronel Nel¹

¹SHAMS - General Organization for the Conservation of Corals and Sea Turtles in the Red Sea, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; ²TropWATER, James Cook University, Townsville (QLD), Australia

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

Lorena Michel da Encarnação Matos, Evan Trotzuk

African Parks, Mozambique

5:00pm - 5:15pm

*TEN YEARS OF CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN THE MANYANGE NA ELOMBO MARINE NATIONAL PARK: WHAT NEXT?

Rodric Xavier Ndounteng Ndjamo, Yves Maxime Mondjeli Ndjokou, Joël Wamba, Marlène Djoumessi, Cédrick Fogwan

Tube Awu, Cameroon

5:15pm - 5:30pm

*NESTING ECOLOGY OF THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE, DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA, AT ESTACIÓN LAS TORTUGAS, COSTA RICA: 2012-2021 AND 2024

Faridah Olabisi Fatungase¹, Carolina M. Perez², Stamatina Skiloll³, Frank V. Paladino^1,2, Stanley Rodríguez Méndez³, Chelsea E. Durr^1,2

¹Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 46805; ²The Leatherback Trust, Goldring-Gund Marine Station, Guanacaste, Costa Rica; ³Estación las Tortugas, Limón, Matina, Costa Rica