Identifying inundation and erosion hot-spots in the Florida Panhandle Inundation and nest erosion from wave exposure, storm surge, and sea level rise are major threats to sea turtle nests – causing localized mortality of eggs, as well as potential changes in hatchling size, morphology, locomotor function, and sex. Nesting females use several environmental cues suchContinue reading “Project Update: Wave Exposure of Sea Turtle Nests”
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Funding Alert! New project investigating sea turtle wave exposure and inundation
A BIG thank you goes out to the Sea Turtle Conservancy (https://www.conserveturtles.org/) for funding one of our latest projects: Investigating loggerhead sea turtle embryonic tolerance to wave exposure and groundwater inundation through Florida State University! Every year, the Sea Turtle Conservancy oversees hundreds of thousands of dollars raised from the sale of the Sea TurtleContinue reading “Funding Alert! New project investigating sea turtle wave exposure and inundation”
Ware Marine Research and Conservation 