ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

Session

Nesting Biology #4

Time:

Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025:

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 2:15pm

A NEW METHOD TO EVALUATE SEA TURTLE CAPITAL BREEDING STATUS USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS

Hannah B. Vander Zanden¹, Nico Lübcker², Kristina L. Williams Carroll³, Michael G. Frick¹, Joseph B. Pfaller⁴, Michael D. Arendt⁵, Mariela Pajuelo⁶, Ariadna Arnau¹, Karen A. Bjorndal¹, Seth D. Newsome²

¹Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, USA; ²Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, USA; ³Caretta Research Project, USA; ⁴Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, USA; ⁵South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, USA; ⁶Florida Museum of Natural History and Thompson Earth Systems Institute, University of Florida, USA

2:15pm - 2:30pm

*GROWTH RATES OF THE EPIBIOTIC BARNACLE CHELONIBIA TESTUDINARIA ON GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN COSTA RICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR USING BARNACLES AS INDICATORS OF HABITAT USE IN SEA TURTLES

Sergio Poyatos Iglesias¹, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo^2,3, Lara Fazzari³, Trevor L. Proctor^3,4, Carolina M. Santoro Pérez³, Veronica Valverde-Cantillo^3,5, Nathan J. Robinson^6,7

¹Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP), Madrid, Spain; ²Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), Palma de Mallorca, Spain; ³The Leatherback Trust, Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, Playa Grande, Costa Rica; ⁴Purdue University Fort Wayne, Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; ⁵Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), San Jose, Costa Rica; ⁶Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain; ⁷Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

2:30pm - 2:45pm

*LESS SEAGRASS, MORE PLASTICS: CHANGES IN THE CARIBBEAN GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) DIET BETWEEN FORAGING GROUNDS IN THE MISKITO CAYS, NICARAGUA, AND THE NESTING BEACH AT TORTUGUERO, COSTA RICA.

Renato Saragoça Bruno, Cynthia J. Lagueux, Alan B. Bolten, Karen A. Bjorndal

Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research & Department of Biology, University of Florida

2:45pm - 3:00pm

*INTER-ANNUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEST SHADING ON INCUBATION TEMPERATURES AND HATCHING SUCCESS IN LEATHERBACKS

Ellie Weir¹, Amanda Bates¹, Claudio Quesada²

¹University of Victoria, Canada; ²Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica

3:00pm - 3:15pm

COOLING SEA TURTLE NESTS VIA CLUTCH SPLITTING: OUTCOMES FOR THREE SPECIES, TWELVE ROOKERIES, AND THREE CLIMATES EXPLORED VIA FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Nicola Mitchell¹, Sami al Khatib², Ali Karrech², Malindi Gammon^1,3, Nina Marn^1,4, Lauren Heddle¹

¹Oceans Institute, The University Of Western Australia, Australia; ²School of Engineering, The University of Western Australia; ³Cawthron Institute, New Zealand; ⁴Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia

3:15pm - 3:30pm

SEARCHING FOR MALE PRODUCING AREAS: STUDYING SEX RATIOS IN NEW LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE (CARETTA CARETTA) NESTING SITES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Jose Luis Crespo Picazo¹, Elena Abella², Emma Pla¹, Marta Muñoz Baquero¹, Guillem Félix³, Sílvia Giralt⁴, Fernando Escribano⁵, Carolina Fernandez Maldonado⁶, Joaquin Ortega⁷, Daniel García Párraga¹

¹Fundación Oceanogràfic, Valencia, Spain; ²BETA, Universitat Central de Catalunya, Spain; ³COFIB, Conselleria d'Agricultura, Pesca i Medi Natural, Illes Balears, Spain; ⁴Fundació CRAM, Barcelona, Spain; ⁵CRFS El Valle, Murcia, Spain; ⁶Seashore Environment and Fauna, Andalucía, Spain; ⁷Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain