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ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Population Biology #2

Time:

Wednesday, 26/Mar/2025:

10:30am - 12:00pm

Session Chair: Armando J B Santos
Session Chair: Marco Garcia Cruz
Session Chair: Joseph Pfaller
Session Chair: Sean Alexander Williamson

Location: Che Yong Hall

Session Topics:

Population Biology and Monitoring (Status, Modelling, Demography, Genetics, Nesting Trends, and In-Water Trends)

Session Abstract

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

Presentations

10:30am - 10:45am

MERGING THE FUTURE AND THE PRESENT OF TURTLE CONSERVATION GENOMICS

Anna Casquet¹, Cinta Pegueroles^1,2, Carlos Carreras¹, Marta Pascual¹

¹Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; ²Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.

10:45am - 11:00am

UPDATED GLOBAL CONSERVATION STATUS AND PRIORITIES FOR MARINE TURTLES

IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group Burning Issues Working Group

IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group

11:00am - 11:15am

*LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE GOES HOME: THE GENOMIC STRUCTURE OF CONSERVATION UNITS

Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Anna Barbanti¹, Adolfo Marco², Cinta Pegueroles¹, Alberto Abreu-Grobois³, Raúl Llera-Herrera³, Elisabeth Labastida-Estrada⁴, Salima Machkour-M’Rabet⁵, Marta Pascual¹, Carlos Carreras¹

¹Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; ²Department of Biodiversity Conservation, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Seville, Spain.; ³Unidad Académica Mazatlan, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 811, Mazatlan, Sinaloa 82000 Mexico; ⁴Colección Nacional de Helmintos. Departamento de Zoología. Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; ⁵Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular y Conservación, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal

11:15am - 11:30am

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE AND JUVENILE ORIGIN OF THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE, ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA

Anne Barat¹, Jérôme Bourjea^2,3, Katia Ballorain¹, Michael Jensen^4,5, Jeanne A Mortimer^6,7, Nicole Esteban⁸, Holly J Stokes⁸, Maxime Amy⁹, Ben Anthoy¹⁰, Clea Arsicaud¹¹, Eliott Barichasse¹⁰, Mathieu Barret¹², Mark Brown¹³, Robert Bullock¹⁴, Sarah Caceres¹⁵, Abissain Chamsi¹⁶, Stéphane Ciccione^1,12, Vanessa Didon¹⁷, Dominique Dina¹⁸, Gelica Eugenio Inteca¹⁹, Jacques Fayan¹⁵, Frauke Fleischer-Dogley²⁰, Henriette Grimmel¹⁴, Graeme Hays²¹, Jillian Hudgins²², Mouchtadi Madi Bamdou¹⁰, Hélène Magalon²³, Jamal Mahafina²⁴, Marine Malen²⁵, Christina Marques²⁶, Nicolas Oury²³, François-Elie Paute²⁷, Mireille Quillard²⁸, Ravaka Ranaivoson²⁹, Lalatiana Odile Randriamiharisoa³⁰, Gerard Rocamora³¹, Martin Stelfox²², Nina Svensson Dubois²⁵, Michael Sweet³², Anna Zora³³, Claire Jean¹²

¹Centre d’Étude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines (CEDTM), Saint-Leu, La Réunion, France; ²MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France; ³IFREMER Institut Français pour l’Exploitation de la Mer, Sète, France; ⁴World Wide Fund for Nature, Healthy Land and Seascapes, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; ⁵Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; ⁶Turtle Action Group of Seychelles, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles; ⁷Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; ⁸Swansea University, Bioscience Department, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom; ⁹Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF), Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France; ¹⁰Parc National de Mohéli, Nioumachoi, Mohéli, Comores; ¹¹OFB - Mayotte Marine Nature Park - REMMAT, Mayotte, France; ¹²KELONIA, Saint-Leu, La Réunion, France; ¹³Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; ¹⁴Save Our Seas Foundation D'Arros Research Centre, Mahe, Seychelles; ¹⁵Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB), Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France; ¹⁶ADSEI, Itsamia, Mohéli, Comores; ¹⁷MCSS, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles; ¹⁸North Island, Seychelles; ¹⁹Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lúrio University, Campus Pemba, Mozambique; ²⁰Seychelles Islands Foundation, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles; ²¹School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; ²²Olive Ridley Project - Padiham Road, Sabden, Clitheroe, United Kingdom; ²³UMR ENTROPIE (Université de La Réunion, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, CNRS), Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France; ²⁴IH.SM / Université de Toliara, Toliara, Madagascar; ²⁵Green Attitude Foundation/le Marine Discovery Centre, Beau Plan/Anse La Raie, Ile Maurice; ²⁶Cousine Island, Seychelles; ²⁷Oulanga na Nyamba, Labattoir, Mayotte, France; ²⁸Conseil Départemental de Mayotte, Mamoudzou, Mayotte, France; ²⁹WCS Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar; ³⁰Madagascar National Parks, Antananarivo, Madagascar; ³¹Island Biodiversity and Conservation centre, University of Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles; ³²Aquatic Research Facility, Nature-based Solutions Research Centre, University of Derby, United Kingdom; ³³Fregate Island Foundation, Fregate Island, Seychelles

11:30am - 11:45am

LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OF THE NESTING LEATHERBACK AND LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA

Santosh Bachoo

Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, South Africa

11:45am - 12:00pm

LONG-TERM TREND OF THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC LOGGERHEAD BREEDING COLONY NESTING IN CABO VERDE, WEST AFRICA

Ana Liria-Loza¹, Luis Felipe López-Jurado¹, María Medina-Suárez¹, Samir Martins², Adolfo Marco-Llorente³, Thomas Reischig⁴, Airton Jesus⁵, Albert Taxorena⁶, Kristel Fairweather⁶, Juan Patiño-Martínez⁷, Jairson Da Veiga⁷, Alberto Queiruga⁸, Milani Chaloupka⁹, Manjula Tiwari¹⁰

¹Cabo Verde Natura 2000, Boa Vista (Cabo Verde); ²BIOS.CV, Boa Vista (Cabo Verde); ³Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla (Spain); ⁴Turtle Foundation, Boa Vista (Cabo Verde); ⁵Fundação Tartaruga, Boa Vista (Cabo Verde); ⁶Associação Projeto Biodiversidade, Sal (Cabo Verde); ⁷Fundação Maio Biodiversidade, Maio (Cabo Verde); ⁸Biosfera I, Sao Vicente (Cabo Verde); ⁹Ecology Lab, University of Queensland (Australia); ¹⁰10. Ocean Ecology Network, California (USA)