Robert recently gave a talk at the international Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography conference in Hawaii. He presented one of his dissertation chapters from his recently conducted field work in Little Cayman. His results show that rates of metabolic carbon capture in seagrass meadows are lower in areas grazed by green turtles […]
We are excited to announce the first removal of an obstacle to nesting sea turtles under our Reclaim Our Coasts (ROC) program has been completed in Volusia County! Please click on the following link for more information and to see pictures: http://accstr.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/ROC_Volusia_Co_Hesco_barrier_removal.pdf You can also visit our ROC FB page (www.facebook.com/reclaimourcoasts) to share it from there. […]
On December 16th, the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research hosted a presentation by Dr. Roldán Valverde, the new Scientific Director of the Sea Turtle Conservancy. Dr. Valverde presented his research on the reproductive physiology of sea turtles. After his presentation participants discussed areas of mutual interest and explored potential areas of collaboration on […]
Congratulations to Luciano Soares on his recently published paper in Marine Biology on “Comparison of reproductive output of hybrid sea turtles and parental species”. The citation is: Soares LS, Bolten AB, Wayne ML, Vilaca ST, Santos FR, dei Marcovaldi MAG, and Bjorndal KA. 2017. 164:9. doi:10.1007/s00227-016-3035-3
On November 1st, the ACCSTR hosted Clayton Pollock, National Park Service Biologist from St. Croix, USVI. Clayton’s presentation included topics ranging from lion fish management to acoustic telemetry studies at Buck Island Reef National Monument to emerging research projects and new facilities at Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve. For more details about […]
We are excited to announce that funds from the Sea Turtle Grants Program were awarded to the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR) to support our Reclaim Our Coasts (ROC) project. These funds will be used to conduct a pilot project to remove an obstacle to nesting sea turtles and hatchlings. Removal of […]
Read more "ACCSTR receives grant from Sea Turtle Grants Program"
Robert and Alexandra have recently returned from a successful four-month field season at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute’s field station on Little Cayman Island, conducting research for their dissertations. Together they conducted projects ranging from individual turtle grazing behavior, seagrass meadow species composition, and the effects of grazing on seagrass meadow carbon dynamics. We look […]
Read more "Robert Johnson and Alexandra Gulick return from field season in Little Cayman"
Please join us on June 5th at Fort De Soto Park, St Petersburg, to help sea turtles and other marine life by cleaning up the beaches and shallow backwater areas of this park and nearby Shell Key Preserve. This event is part of our Reclaim Our Coasts project to Reverse the Decline of Florida Sea […]
Cynthia Lagueux and Cathi Campbell represented the ACCSTR this past weekend (January 29-30th) at the 19th Annual Florida Marine Turtle Permit Holder’s meeting in Jacksonville. Cynthia presented a talk on, “Progress and Projects: An Update on Reverse the Decline of Florida’s Sea Turtles.” She gave an overview on the accomplishments of the strategic planning process conducted in 2015 for the Disney Conservation […]
Read more "Cynthia Lagueux presents paper at Florida Permit Holder’s meeting"
Joe and lead author Michael Gil have published a paper investigating the role that oceanic barnacles play as foundation species on plastic Tsunami debris in the Pacific Ocean. This paper was published in Scientific Reports, an open access outlet for the journal Nature
Read more "Joe Pfaller coauthors paper in Scientific Reports"