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Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research

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Long-term Studies are Essential

Sea turtles are slow-growing and long-lived. As a result, studies on these species must also stretch over decades.

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Students are the Future

The involvement of graduate students in our research ensures that, while answering critical questions in sea turtle biology, we are also educating future sea turtle biologists and conservationists.

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A Global Network of Collaborators

These interactions allow us to pursue research and conservation initiatives more effectively in the international arena and to exchange graduate students and biologists.

What’s New

Alexandra Gulick’s grazing manuscript published in Ecology

Title: Recovery of a large herbivore changes regulation of seagrass productivity in a naturally grazed Caribbean ecosystem Authors: Gulick, Alexandra G; Johnson, Robert A; Pollock, Clayton G; Hillis-Starr, Zandy; Bolten,… Read More

Azores research team has major publication

The long-term collaboration of the ACCSTR with the University of the Azores, DOP, has resulted in a major publication on the first assessment of population trends of oceanic loggerhead turtles.… Read More

Robert Johnson survey manuscript in press Journal of Ecology

Title: Seagrass ecosystem metabolic carbon capture in response to green turtle grazing across Caribbean meadows. Authors: Johnson, Robert; Gulick, Alexandra; Constant, Nerine; Bolten, Alan; Smulders, Fee; Christianen, Marjolijn J. A.;… Read More

Alex Gulick and Nerine Constant conduct research in Sargasso Sea

Nerine Constant and Alexandra Gulick recently returned from a very successful expedition on a Greenpeace research vessel in the Sargasso Sea where they evaluated the thermal properties of Sargassum mats… Read More

About the ACCSTR

Sea turtles face ever-increasing threats from a staggering array of sources as human populations grow, coastal habitats are developed, and marine habitats are degraded. Only through research can we hope to obtain the information necessary to counteract these threats and ensure the survival of these magnificent creatures.

The Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR) at the University of Florida was established in 1986 as a Center of Excellence by the University Board of Regents of the State of Florida in recognition of the outstanding achievements and pioneering research of the late Archie Carr.

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Report a Tag

Tags are affixed to sea turtles by programs around the world to learn more about many aspects of their biology including migratory patterns, growth rates, survival, and reproductive output. Information on sightings of tagged turtles is critical information for these studies.

If you see a turtle with a tag, here's how you can help.

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