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ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Nesting Biology #5

Time:

Tuesday, 25/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

*WEAK EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON INTER-NESTING INTERVALS OF OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ARRIBADA FORMATION

Laura Fuentes-Tejada^1,2, Chelsea E. Durr^3,4, Daniel Oliveira Cutrim³, Frank V. Paladino^3,4, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo⁵, Nathan J. Robinson^1,6

¹Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain; ²Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08028 Barcelona, Spain; ³Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, The Leatherback Trust, Playa Grande, Guanacaste, Costa Rica; ⁴Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, USA; ⁵Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), Palma de Mallorca, Spain; ⁶Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

4:15pm - 4:30pm

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NESTING BEACHES IN BATOKE AND BAKINGUILI ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF CAMEROON

Guy Aristide Mengoue, Cedrick Fogwan, Aristide Kamla

African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization, Cameroon

4:30pm - 4:45pm

SHORESCAPE APPROACH TO SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACH MANAGEMENT IN THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING RED SEA COASTLINE

Josie Palmer¹, Marco Garcia-Cruz¹, Neil Richard Davis¹, Daniel Gonzales-Paredes¹, Hoda Murad¹, Maximilian M.R. Polyak^1,2, Vanessa F. Schmitt¹, Georgia Smith¹, Ronel Nel¹

¹SHAMS-The General Organization for Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in The Red Sea; ²King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

4:45pm - 5:00pm

IMPACTS OF STORM SURGE ON GREEN AND LOGGERHEAD TURTLE NESTS ON A LOW-LYING CARIBBEAN ISLAND

Jane L Hardwick¹, Timothy J Austin¹, Janice M Blumenthal¹, Annette C Broderick², Liliana P Colman², Brendan J Godley², Alejandro Prat-Varela¹, Joseph Roche-Chaloner¹, Gina Ebanks-Petrie¹

¹Marine Resources Unit, Cayman Islands Department of Environment, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; ²Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

5:00pm - 5:15pm

A GEOSPATIAL APPROACH FOR MITIGATING EROSION-INDUCED NEST LOSS AT A KEY NESTING SITE IN TRINIDAD.

Adrian Wilson¹, Deanesh Ramsewak², Kyle Mitchell¹, Brandon Edwards², Suzan Lakhan-Baptiste¹, Arthur Potts²

¹Nature Seekers, 10 1/4 mile mark, Toco Main Road, Trinidad and Tobago, WI; ²Centre for Maritime and Ocean Studies, The University of Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguaramas Campus, 962-968 Western Main Road, Chaguaramas, Carenage 110804, Trinidad and Tobago.

5:15pm - 5:30pm

TOLERANCE TO INUNDATION MAY VARY BY POPULATION FOR LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES

Matt Ware¹, Jacqueline Sablan², Sara Johnson³, Elizabeth Pinnix⁴, Paul Hillbrand⁵, Elizabeth S. Darrow⁵

¹Florida Gulf Coast University; ²U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge; ³Alabama Coastal Foundation Share the Beach; ⁴North Carolina Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve; ⁵Bald Head Island Conservancy