Sea turtle nesting/hatching – Ware Marine Research and Conservation

Project Update: Wave Exposure of Sea Turtle Nests

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”

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”

FSU MTRECG Publication Update

It’s been a busy summer for the Florida State University Marine Turtle Research, Ecology, and Conservation Group (FSU MTRECG). In addition to the fieldwork conducted by the lab, congratulations are in order for Anthony Gillis, Natalie Montero, and Natalie Wildermann for their first-author publications! Anthony’s work, “Foraging ecology and diet selection of juvenile green turtlesContinue reading “FSU MTRECG Publication Update”

First nest excavation of the 2018 season

Our Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) nest on the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge hatched on Monday 16 July. In order to collect important productivity information, the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge interns excavated the nest this morning, Thursday 19 July. Nest excavations are used to determine the number of eggs laid, estimate theContinue reading “First nest excavation of the 2018 season”

We have hatchlings!

On Monday 16 July, the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge had its first hatching of the season! Our Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) nest, which was laid back in May, surprised us on morning nesting patrol with dozen of fresh hatchling tracks headed from the nest down to the Gulf of Mexico. This was the firstContinue reading “We have hatchlings!”