A5025655976- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Marine animal studies overview
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Marine and fisheries research
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
Mote Marine Laboratory
2012-2023
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
2021-2023
Parks and Wildlife Service
2001-2022
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
2021
Ecological Society of America
2016
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2016
University of Georgia
2012
University of Canberra
2002-2011
The University of Queensland
1997-2006
Savannah River National Laboratory
1992
Drones are being increasingly used in innovative ways to enhance environmental research and conservation. Despite their widespread use for wildlife studies, there few scientifically justified guidelines that provide minimum distances at which can be approached minimize visual auditory disturbance. These essential ensure behavioral survey data have no observer bias form the basis of requirements animal ethics scientific permit approvals. In present study, we documented behaviors three species...
Comparative studies of mortality in the wild are necessary to understand evolution aging; yet, ectothermic tetrapods underrepresented this comparative landscape, despite their suitability for testing evolutionary hypotheses. We present a study aging rates and longevity across tetrapod ectotherms, using data from 107 populations (77 species) nonavian reptiles amphibians. test hypotheses how thermoregulatory mode, environmental temperature, protective phenotypes, pace life history contribute...
Stable isotope analysis is a useful tool to track animal movements in both terrestrial and marine environments. These intrinsic markers are assimilated through the diet may exhibit spatial gradients as result of biogeochemical processes at base food web. In environment, maps predict distribution stable isotopes limited, thus determining geographic origin has been reliant upon integrating satellite telemetry data. Migratory sea turtles regularly move between foraging reproductive areas....
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 469:145-160 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09980 Expanded mitochondrial control region sequences increase resolution of stock structure among North Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookeries Brian M. Shamblin1,*, Alan B. Bolten, Karen A. Bjorndal, Peter H. Dutton, Janne T. Nielsen, F. Alberto...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 502:267-279 (2014) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10655 Foraging site fidelity and stable isotope values of loggerhead turtles tracked in Gulf Mexico northwest Caribbean Anton D. Tucker1,3,*, Bradley MacDonald2, Jeffrey A. Seminoff2 1Mote Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA...
The ingestion of plastic by marine turtles is now reported for all species. Small juvenile (including post-hatchling and oceanic juveniles) are thought to be most at risk, due feeding preferences overlap with areas high abundance. Their remote dispersed life stage, however, results in limited access assessments. Here, stranded bycaught specimens from Queensland Australia, Pacific Ocean (PO; n = 65; 1993–2019) Western Indian (IO; 56; 2015–2019) provide a unique opportunity assess the extent...
Age is a fundamental life history attribute that used to understand the dynamics of wild animal populations. Unfortunately, most animals do not have practical or nonlethal method determine age. This makes it difficult for wildlife managers carry out population assessments, particularly elusive and long-lived fauna such as marine turtles. In this study, we present an epigenetic clock predicts age turtles from skin biopsies. The model was developed validated using DNA known-age green (Chelonia...
We examined size-related dietary patterns in a Queensland population of the Australian freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni). In three consecutive dry seasons, we stomach flushed crocodiles (n = 324) to record numerical frequency and percent occurrence prey items. Prey included spiders, aquatic insects, terrestrial shrimp, fish, anurans, turtles, snakes, mammals, birds. The diet C. johnstoni showed ontogenetic shifts as cranium broadened once body size exceeded 60 cm SVL. With...
Age was estimated for wild Australian freshwater crocodiles from skeletochronology of growth marks in postoccipital osteoderms. Growth were distinct and counted reliably unstained calcified thin sections (60–80 µm) viewed by Nomarski interference microscopy. The periodicity validated directly known age (up to 19 years) individuals sampled sequentially different seasons. comprised annuli deposited winter zones summer. Errors estimation small resulted difficulty assigning the growing edge as...
SUMMARY The purpose of this study was to compare underwater behavioral and auditory evoked potential (AEP) audiograms in a single captive adult loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). audiogram collected using go/no-go response procedure modified staircase method threshold determination. AEP thresholds were measured subdermal electrodes placed beneath the frontoparietal scale, dorsal midbrain. Both methods showed have low frequency hearing with best sensitivity between 100 400 Hz. testing...
This research presents time-geographic density estimation (TGDE) as a new technique of animal home range analysis in geographic information science (GIS). TGDE combines methodologies time geography and statistical to produce continuous probability distribution an object's spatial position over time. Once is applied tracking data create surface, ranges core areas can be delineated using specified contours relative intensity (e.g., 95% or 50%). article explores the use for three sets:...
Approximately 40% of the world's leatherback marine turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nest in Suriname and French Guiana. Trends numbers reconstructed for last 34 years indicate several up down events. We undertook computer simulations to determine whether a density-dependent phenomenon might be involved because period high-density nesting coincides with high level destruction by females. The parameters were calculated Yalimapo-Awala beach. show that: (1) occurs, but (2) it promotes...
Abstract Identification of the geographic extent population boundaries, distribution genetic lineages, and amount exchange among breeding groups is needed for effective conservation vulnerable marine migratory species. This particularly true flatback turtle ( Natator depressus ), which only breeds in Australia but has extensive migrations that can include international waters. study investigated phylogeography structure 17 rookeries across their range by sequencing an 810 bp portion...
Sea turtles worldwide face a range of threats including sea level rise and warming associated with climate change, predation by invasive species, plastic light pollution, coastal development, human interference. Conservation managers have long history aiding turtle populations, from protecting nests to head-starting hatchlings. Due these challenges faced turtles, there is constant focus on assessing the likely success proposed conservation interventions help inform decision-making processes....