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ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Nesting Biology #2

Time:

Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025:

8:30am - 10:00am

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

8:30am - 8:45am

INTRODUCTION TO DIANI TURTLE WATCH AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TURTLEMAN FOUNDATION

Dempsey Omukule Mai

Diani Turtle Watch

8:45am - 9:00am

EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN LEATHERBACK ALLIANCE (EIOLA) – A TRANSBOUNDARY INITIATIVE TO PROTECT A THREATENED LEATHERBACK SUBPOPULATION

Adhith Swaminathan^1,2, Meriussoni Zai³, Thomas Reischig¹, Thomas Amey⁴, Sarif Hidayat⁵, Hiltrud Cordes¹, Kartik Shanker^2,6

¹Turtle Foundation, Germany; ²Dakshin Foundation, India; ³Yayasan Penyu Indonesia, Indonesia; ⁴Ecosystem Impact, Indonesia; ⁵Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia, Dept. Padang, Indonesia; ⁶Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

9:00am - 9:15am

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE NESTING AT GANDOCA BEACH, COSTA RICA – DATA FROM FIVE YEARS OF MONITORING

Nele Aschinger^1,2, Sean Astley¹, Andrey Castillo MacCarthy¹, M. Justin Sanarrucia Ortiz¹, Ariana Oporta MacCarthy¹, Christine Figgener^1,3

¹COASTS - Costa Rican Alliance for Sea Turtle Conservation & Science, Costa Rica; ²Department of Biology, Christian-Albrecht-Universität in Kiel, Germany; ³Namaka Conservation Science Ltd

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

Li Jian^1,4, Xiang Li^2,4, Xiaobo Zheng³, Jingyue Peng², Ting Zhang^2,4, Liu Lin^2,4, Jichao Wang^2,4

¹NHC Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 571199, China; ²Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, Key Laboratory of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology of Hainan Province, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China; ³College of Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; ⁴Hainan Sansha Provincial Observation and Research Station of Sea Turtle Ecology, Sansha 573100, China

9:30am - 9:45am

TOWARD AN EXPLANATORY MODEL OF SEA TURTLE NESTING BEHAVIOR: EXPLORING PATTERNS IN NIGHTLY NEST COUNT DATA USING AGENT-BASED MODELS

Sheila Miller Edwards

Arizona State University, United States of America

9:45am - 10:00am

DOES NESTING SITE FIDELITY IMPROVE WITH AGE?

Nathan Hammond¹, Damla Beton², Sophie Davey², Brendan Godley¹, Erik Postma¹, Robin Snape², Annette Broderick¹

¹University of Exeter, United Kingdom; ²Society for the Protection of Turtles, Northern Cyprus