Program Online - Symposium - International Sea Turtle Society

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IMPORTANT: RECENT CHANGES TO THE PRINTED PROGRAM
NEW ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Session
Day
Room
Time
Title
Fisheries &
Threats
WED 2
Campanas
10:12
AM
Population
Biology &
Monitoring
In-Water
WED 2
Auditorium
2:30
PM
THU 3
Auditorium
9:48
AM
Education,
Outreach &
Advocacy
THU 3
Campanas
3:12
PM
REDUCING BYCATCH EFFECTS ON SEA TURTLES: THE
IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING POST-RELEASE MORTALITY
- Mariluz Parga
PRESENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEA TURTLES ALONG
THE ANGOLA COAST - Miguel Morais, Manjula Tiwari,
Pedro Beja.
DIVE PATTERNS AND MOVEMENTS OF LOGGERHEAD
TURTLES (Caretta caretta) IN FEEDING AREAS IN
SOUTHERN BRAZIL - Tiago Borges Ribeiro Gandra, Jessica
Leiria Schattschneider, Danielle Silveira Monteiro, Sérgio
Curi Estima.
LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER’S PROJECT SHIELD:
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESPONSIBLE TOURISM Tommy Cutt, Demi Fox.
NEW POSTER PRESENTATION
Session
Poster
ASO Network
#298
Title
MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN THE BLOOD OF GREEN
TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) CAPTURED IN BRAZILIAN
COAST – PRELIMINARY RESULTS - Fabiola Eloisa Setim
Prioste, Silmara Rossi, Marco Aurélio Gattamorta, Mariana
Ramos Queiroz, Marina Molinas Alcala, Vanessa Cristina De
Oliveira Souza. Eliana Reiko Matushima.
CANCELLED ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Session
Day
Room
Fisheries &
Threats
WED 2
Campanas
Time
10:12
AM
In-Water
WED 2
Auditorium
10:24
AM
Population
Biology &
Monitoring
Population
Biology &
Monitoring
WED 2
Auditorium
2:30
PM
WED 2
Auditorium
3:18
PM
Anatomy,
Phisiology &
Health
THU 3
Auditorium
11:54
AM
Title
TRENDS IN THE SIZE AND SEX OF GREEN TURTLES,
Chelonia mydas, CAPTURED IN THE NICARAGUA FISHERY Cynthia J. Lagueux, Cathi L. Campbell, Samantha
Strindberg.
HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENTS OF SMALL JUVENILE
LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES (Caretta caretta) FROM THE
NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA - Bojan Lazar, Paolo Casale, Tilen
Genov, Drasko Holcer.
MORPHOLOGICAL AND GENETIC VARIATION IN
HAWKSBILL TURTLE (Eretmochelys imbricata)
POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD - Tania Zuniga
IN-WATER SEA TURTLE DENSITY AND ABUNDANCE
ESTIMATES AT GLOVER'S REEF ATOLL, BELIZE - Samantha
Strindberg, Robin A. Coleman, Virginia R. Burns Perez,
Cathi L. Campbell, Isaias Majil, Janet Gibson.
NOVEL APPROACHES TO DETERMINE IF EXPOSURE TO
COASTAL POLLUTANTS ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTING
GREEN TURTLE HEALTH AND ITS POPULATIONS OF THE
GREAT - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS BARRIER REEF - Christine
Hof, Ian Bell, Mark Flint, Jochen Mueller, Colette Thomas,
Andrew Simmonds, Mark Read, Ryan Turner, Caroline
Gaus.
Education,
Outreach &
Advocacy
THU 3
Campanas
3:12
PM
RED DE AVISO OPORTUNO (RAO): AN EFFICIENT SEA
TURTLE COMMUNITY CONSERVATION STRATEGY - Pedro
Vernet, Ángela Arias-Ortiz, Ángel Gómez Bonive, Ambrosio
Rincones, Freddy Obando.
CANCELLED POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Session
Poster
Conservation,
Management &
Policy
Fisheries &
Threats
#099
Moved
to ORAL
Nesting Biology
#115
#150
Nesting Biology
Moved
to ORAL
#161
Education,
Outreach &
Advocacy
Population
Biology and
Monitoring
Moved
to ORAL
#176
#210
Social, Economic
& Cultural
Studies
Emerging Threats
#215
#222
Eastern Pacific
Sea Turtles
Eastern Pacific
Sea Turtles
ASO Network
#230
#257
Moved
to ORAL
#269
Title
DO PREDATOR REDUCTION STRATEGIES PROTECT
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE NESTS? - Christine Hof, Nev
Mclachlan, Bev Mclachlan, Gabriela Shuster, Tomo Eguchi,
Saranne Giudice, Col Limpus
REDUCING BYCATCH EFFECTS ON SEA TURTLES: THE
IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING POST-RELEASE
MORTALITY - Mariluz Parga
*THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE IN COLOMBIA: DISTRIBUTION,
USE, THREATS AND FUTURE RESEARCH AND
CONSERVATION ACTIONS - Karla Georgina Barrientos
Muñoz, Cristian Ramírez Gallego, Vivian Páez Nieto
PRESENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEA TURTLES ALONG
THE ANGOLA COAST - Miguel Morais, Manjula Tiwari,
Pedro Beja.
LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER’S PROJECT SHIELD:
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESPONSIBLE TOURISM Tommy Cutt, Demi Fox.
THE LEATHERBACK (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) NESTING
POPULATION IN BOCAS DEL TORO PROVINCE AND THE
NGÄBE-BUGLE COMARCA, PANAMA. - Ma. Cristina
Ordoñez Espinosa, Anne Meylan, Peter Meylan, Carlos
Fernández, Emma Harrison
*POOR POACHER? PERSPECTIVES FROM AN EX-POACHER;
A CASE STUDY - Sherri Sarratore, Gabriel Solano Sanchez.
*ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL PLASTIC POLLUTION IN
THE OCEANS - Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, Nina Cedergreen, Jan
H. Christensen, Kyle S. Van Houtan
ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN CHILE
- Aldo Pacheco, Ricardo Sarmiento-Devia, Chris Harrod.
FINDINGS ON THE INTERACTION OF LONGLINE
ARTISANAL FLEET WITH SEA TURTLES IN PERU - Sandra
Andraka, Michael Valqui, Samuel Amorós, Liliana Rendón,
Maite Pons.
DIVE PATTERNS AND MOVEMENTS OF LOGGERHEAD
TURTLES (Caretta caretta) IN FEEDING AREAS IN
SOUTHERN BRAZIL - Tiago Borges Ribeiro Gandra, Jessica
Leiria Schattschneider, Danielle Silveira Monteiro, Sérgio
Curi Estima.
PROGRAM
(Online version)
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Lima – PERÚ
29 February – 4 March 2016
36th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON
SEA TURTLE BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Executive Committee
President
Secretary
Treasurer
President-Elect
Past President
Organizing Committee
Event Coordinator
Auction Co-Chairs
Exhibitor/Vendor Chair
Speed Chatting Coordinators
Nominations Committee Chair
Nominations Committee Members
ISTS Awards Committee Chair
ISTS Awards Committee Members
Program Officer (Fundraising)
Registration desk
Student Committee
Student Judging Committee
Grassroots Conservation Award
Committee
Volunteer Coordinator
Video Night Co-Chairs
Workshops
Program Committee
Program Coordinator
Program Chairs
Session Chairs
Joanna Alfaro Shigueto
Manjula Tiwari
Terry Meyer
Frank Paladino
Yakup Kaska
Andrea Pasara, Nina Pardo
Jennifer Homcy, Marina Zucchini, Rod Mast
Clara Ortiz, Flor Gomez
Emma Harrison, Zoe Meletis
Nancy FitzSimmons
Shaleyla Kelez, Edward Aruna, Milagros LópezMendilaharsu, Alberto Abreu Grobois
Brad Nahill
Blair Witherington, Thushan Kapurusinghe, Michael
Jensen, Andrés Estrades
Ingrid Yañez
Eliana Alfaro, Elizabeth Campbell, Clara Ortiz
Itzel Sifuentes, Adriana Cortez
Matthew Godfrey, Andrea Phillott
Alejandro Fallabrino, Angela Formia, Jack Frazier,
Colum Muccio, Manjula Tiwari, Ingrid Yañez
Shaleyla Kelez
Jorge Azocar, Bruno Monteferri, Florencia David
Gabriela Velez, Javier Quiñones, Alan Norzaga
Ana Barragan
Mariela Pajuelo, Natalie Wildermann, Kelly Stewart
Justin Perrault, Mariluz Parga, Daniela Freggi,
Jeanette Wyneken, Clayton Pollock, Catherine
McClellan, Hannah Vander Zanden, Seth SykoraBodie, Steve Dunbar, Tina Fahy, Patricia Zárate, Bruno
Giffoni, Jeffrey Mangel, Robin LeRoux, Erik Martin,
Niki Desjardin, Meg Lamont, Claudia Ceballos, Mariana
Fuentes, Héctor Barrios-Garrido, Thushan
Kapurusinghe, Gustave Lopez, Kelly Stewart, Bill
Kendall, Marco García-Cruz, Brian Shamblin, Zoe
Meletis, Aliki Panagopoulou, Emma Harrison, Irene
Kinan Kelly, Matthew Godfrey, Mark Hamann, Cathi
Campbell, Javier Quiñones, Bryan Wallace, Frank
Paladino, Gabriela Vélez, Laura Prosdocimi, Suzana
Guimaraes
Poster Chairs
Proceedings-Book of Abstract
Compilers
Social and Entertainment
Travel Grant Committee
Travel Chair
Regional Chairs
Regional Meetings
Africa
Caribbean Wider Caribbean Sea
Turtle Conservation Network
(WIDECAST)
Freshwater Turtle and Tortoise
IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group
(MTSG)
Indian Ocean & Southeast Asia
(IOSEA)
Latin America (RETOMALA)
East Asia
Mediterranean
Ximena Vélez-Zuazo, Jane Provancha, Maike
Heidemeyer, Celia Cáceres, Luciana Klinge
Jeffrey Mangel, ALan Rees, Sarah Nelms
Alejandro Fallabrino, Nicolas Acuña, Kerstin Forsberg,
Elizabeth Campbell
Alexander Gaos
Angela Formia: Africa (except N. Africa), Karen Eckert:
Caribbean (English-speaking), Aliki Panagopoulou:
Europe, Emma Harrison: Mexico and Central America,
& Spanish-speaking Caribbean, ALan Rees: Middle
East & North Africa, Alejandro Fallabrino: South
America, Andrea Phillott: South Asia, Maggie
Muurmans: Southeast Asia/Pacific, Kelly Stewart:
USA & Canada
Manjula Tiwari, Andrews Agyekumhene, Jacques
Fretey, Boniventure Mchomvu, Angela Formia
Karen L. Eckert
Chuck Shaffer
Roderic B. Mast
Lalith Ekanayake
Rocío Álvarez, Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Natalie
Wildermann, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Maike Heidemeyer
Yoshimasa Matsuzawa
Paolo Casale
WELCOME LETTER
For three and a half decades, this Annual Symposium has
been the focal point of building scientific knowledge about sea turtles.
The Symposium encourages the rekindling of collaborations and
friendships, discussion, debate, the sharing of knowledge, the sharing
of research techniques and lessons in conservation - all toward
addressing questions about the biology and conservation of sea
turtles and their habitats.
The 36th Annual Symposium is being held this week, from 29
February to 4 March 2016, at the Universidad Científica del Sur and
Maria Angola Convention Center in historic Lima, Perú. Besides
providing the many advantages of a large capital city, hosting the
symposium in Lima provides the opportunity to learn about the region’s fascinating history, diverse
cultures, and extraordinary flora and fauna. The city’s vantage overlooking the Pacific Ocean also
reflects the connections, spanning centuries, these peoples have had with the sea.
The theme of this year’s Symposium is Crossroads. We chose this to reflect the region’s
importance as a foraging ground for five species of sea turtles and to highlight the critical juncture at
which we find ourselves with sea turtle conservation. This theme also reminds us that this is the
Symposium’s first time in South America. We also celebrate the new generations of researchers and
conservationists that continue to keep the ISTS innovating and energized and we want to use this
opportunity to promote their broad attendance from throughout the region and around the world.
Annual Sea Turtle Symposia aim to strengthen regional and international conservation efforts
by providing a venue for the sharing of cutting edge research and conservation practices. Symposium
participants have been able to promote their research, connect with other people working in their field,
and train future sea turtle advocates. The annual gatherings also provide a unique opportunity for
participants to collaborate on projects, forge new partnerships and establish the international networks
vital for successful sea turtle conservation. In Lima, we will take this a step further as we hold a series of
workshops addressing other threatened marine taxa including marine mammals, seabirds and
elasmobranchs. We are certain that sea turtle conservation and marine conservation as a whole will
benefit from these expanded conversations and linkages.
I am so very pleased to welcome you all to my home town, Lima, Perú! I encourage you to make
the most of our short time together, here at this crossroad of ancient and modern cultures on the edge
of the Pacific.
Joanna Alfaro Shigueto
President of ISTS 2016
Where is the Centro de Convenciones María Angola and hotels?
From: Centro de Convenciones María Angola
Av. La Paz 610 – Miraflores, Lima.
To: All Reference Points
The black star is the María Angola Convention Center and the colored marks are
hotel/hostel destinations. We estimate a 15-minute walk to any of these.
Blue point: Bayview Hotel. Purple point: Che Lagarto Hostel. Green point: Pariwana
Hostel. Yellow point: Flying Dog Hostel.
You can see the map at google maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zsKrPXz-ez5k.k1lIJNoFCQ8w&usp=sharing
There isn't a really big distance between places, so you can get wherever you want by
walking, but if you want you can download the UBER (Uber classic is less expensive) or
Easy Taxi apps on your cellphone (Android and iOS) to get to those places. It is
affordable, fast and safe.
MAPS
MAPS
The black star is the María Angola Convention Center and the brown marks indicate
Pasaje Boulevard El Suche and Calle Tarata. In both streets you will find several
restaurants including ones with vegetarian and healthy options. Fast food options are
found all along Parque Kennedy and Parque Central de Miraflores -green areas in the
upper left corner- (KFC, McDonalds, Subway and Peruvian options: Bembos and La
Lucha).
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zsKrPXz-ez5k.k1lIJNoFCQ8w&usp=sharing
MAPS
Where to eat
Point A is the María Angola Convention Center and point B the bus stop. We estimate a
5-10-minute walk. Complimentary UCSUR buses (look for the symposium sign) leave at
8 am from Miraflores and return at 5 pm from UCSUR. The ride to the UCSUR is ~ 35
min, depending on the traffic. If you miss the bus, take a taxi to UCSUR Campus at Villa
(Antigua Panamericana Sur. Km. 19, next to Pantanos de Villa). You can download the
UBER (Uber classic is less expensive) or Easy Taxi apps on your cellphone (Android and
iOS). These offer affordable, fast and safe taxi options.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zsKrPXz-ez5k.kJ_dhj5JBToo&usp=sharing
MAPS
How to get to the bus stop for the Universidad Científica del Sur-UCSUR (Workshops
& Regional Meetings, 29th Feb and 1st March)
To: Paseo de la República Ave. 5544, Miraflores 15074 (Clínica Odontológica de la
Universidad Científica del Sur)
Point A is the María Angola Convention Center and point B your destination. We
estimate a 20-minute walk and 5-minute trip if you decide to take a taxi.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zsKrPXz-ez5k.ksimhSH8BeKY&usp=sharing
MAPS
How to get to Huaca Pucllana Restaurant (Welcome Social, 1st March)
To: Restaurante Huaca Pucllana
General Borgoño 8 (Huaca Pucllana) – Miraflores, Lima.
Point A is the María Angola Convention Center and point B your destination. We
estimate a 20-minute walk and 5-minute trip if you decide to take a bus. Buses can be
taken in Alfredo Benavides Ave. Just let them know you want to get off at Parque el
Reducto.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zsKrPXz-ez5k.kKhwVpbnTlww&usp=sharing
MAPS
How to get to `Parque el Reducto Nro 2` (Video Night, 2nd March)
To: `Parque el Reducto Nro 2`
Ramón Ribeyro Street 490, Miraflores, Lima
SYMPOSIUM VENUE:
The first two days of workshops and regional meetings will be held at the Campus of
Universidad Científica del Sur (UCSUR, www.cientifica.edu.pe). The main meeting will
be held at María Angola Hotel y Centro de Convenciones (Av. La Paz 610, Miraflores,
www.mariaangola.com.pe, phone: 213-9999), located in the tourist district of
Miraflores.
The venue rooms at María Angola Convention Center are located in the basement (Las
Campanas), first floor (Auditorium), second floor (Mezzanine 1) and third floor
(Mezzanine 2). An additional venue room is located on the 3rd floor of the Hotel María
Angola (the hotel, not the convention center).
Workshops and Regional Meetings
During the days at Universidad Científica del Sur, we will have complimentary UCSUR
buses from Miraflores to the University Campus. Buses leave from Av. Paseo de la
República 5544, Miraflores (UCSUR Clínica Odontológica), at 8 am and return from
UCSUR to Miraflores at 5 pm on Monday (29th Feb) and Tuesday (1st Mar), see MAPS.
So if you plan to attend the workshops, please plan to leave for the day (bringing water
bottles and snacks with you can be a good idea).
If you miss the bus, you can take a taxi to UCSUR Campus at Villa (Antigua
Panamericana Sur. Km. 19, next to Pantanos de Villa). You can download the UBER
(Uber classic is less expensive) or Easy Taxi apps on your cellphone (Android and iOS)
for affordable, fast and safe taxi options.
Accommodation:
There is not one official hotel for the symposium this year as people and travel
grantees will be staying at various hotels: María Angola Hotel, Bayview Hotel, Pariwana
Hostel, and Flying Dog Hostel (see MAPS for location).
Registration:
On-site registration will be open at the following places and times:
• Monday 29th-Feb (9 am – 5 pm) and Tuesday 1st-Mar (9 am – 12 pm) Universidad
Científica del Sur, room: Villa 2.
• Tuesday 1st Mar, 1 – 5 pm, María Angola Hotel at Hotel Reception.
• Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd Mar, 8 am – 6 pm, María Angola Convention Center
GENERAL INFO
GENERAL INFORMATION
Attendee Name Badge:
It is important that name badges be worn for each session. Without a name badge, you
will not gain entry to the meeting rooms or poster sessions. You are welcome to reuse
your lanyards from past events.
Poster Display and Presentations:
There will be a single poster session for the entire symposium. It will be located in the
AUDITORIUM. Poster set-up will be between 5 and 7pm on Tuesday (1st) and 8 am and 3
pm on Wednesday (2nd). Poster viewing will be open on Wednesday (2nd) from 8 am to
7pm and Thursday (3rd) from 8 am to 7:15 pm. Posters must be taken down by 12 pm on
Friday (4th).
‘Meet with Poster Authors’ sessions will start after the plenary sessions and poster
presenters will be at their poster during these times to answer questions.
Oral Presentation Uploads and Presentations:
Oral presenters must upload their oral presentation the day before their talk between 1
and 5 pm. On Tuesday (1st), presenters can upload their talks at the María Angola Hotel
Reception and also at Universidad Científica del Sur. All other days, please, look for the
sign where to upload talks at the Convention Center. Also, please meet with your
session chairs by the podium in the room where you will be presenting (Auditorium or
Las Campanas) 10 min before the start of your session. This will ensure the session
chairs know you are present and will give presenters a chance to familiarize themselves
with the podium and equipment. Presenters may practice their talks in the room next
to Campanas from 8 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Thursday.
Miscellanea
• Currency: Peruvian currency is Nuevos Soles. You can exchange money in
Miraflores at several ‘Casas de Cambio’ or ‘cambistas’.
• Health advice: We advise not to drink tap water unless it has been boiled. Most
places serve bottled or boiled water though, so you do not need to worry about that
when going to restaurants or bars. Check for required vaccines and other health
recommendations at http://www.mdtravelhealth.com/destinations/samerica/peru.php
GENERAL INFO
•
at the Registration desk located next to the Auditorium.
Friday 4th Mar, 10 am – 12 pm, María Angola Convention Center at the Registration
desk located next to the Auditorium.
Emergency numbers in Perú:
Emergency calls: 112
Civil Defense: 115
Police: 105
Fire: 116
Ambulance: 117
OTHER SYMPOSIUM EVENTS
Speed Chatting with Turtle Experts:
This fundraising event aims to provide a means for symposium newcomers and
veterans alike to spend time chatting with a stellar collection of turtle enthusiasts and
ISTS Symposium veterans. This event is intended to be the “ice-breaker” for getting to
know people you’ve always wanted to meet but have never approached. Speed
chatters will ask for a $5 donation that will go toward student travel for the next
symposium. Speed chatting takes place from 5:50 pm to 7:30 pm at the Entrance of the
Auditorium on Thursday (3rd).
Silent and Live Auction:
Collection and viewing/bidding times:
∗
Items will be collected from Monday throughout Wednesday.
Please note the location to bring items each day:
Monday (29th): UCSUR at the Garden (look for signs)
Tuesday (1st): UCSUR, room PL-201
Wednesday (2nd): Convention Center, Mezzanine 2 (3rd floor).
∗
Silent Auction will be open for viewers and bidders from Tuesday (1st)
throughout Thursday (3rd), in the same locations as above. Bids for Silent Auction items
will be received only until 2:00 pm sharp on Thursday (3rd). So, be sure that your
preferred items have your bid as the last and highest bid on the page – this means you
win! Make sure to collect and pay your items before Friday (4th) at 12:00 at Mezzanine 2!
∗ The Live Auction will be held on Thursday (3rd) from 8 pm to 11:45 pm in the
Auditorium. The Live Auction evening is a casual and social event with lots of fun, cheer,
and competition! Veteran bidders compete with fresh hands and try to outbid each
other for a variety of donated collectibles. The Live Auction is a firmly entrenched
fundraising tradition not to be missed. We encourage all delegates, sponsors, and
exhibitors to donate items for the Silent and Live Auctions. Proceeds from both
auctions contribute to the travel grants for the next symposium. Donated items are
often rare treasures! We encourage people to visit the Silent Auction and to attend the
GENERAL INFO
•
Student Committee Workshop & Mixer:
∗ Our Workshop: “How to make social media productive: fund your research!!”.
Do you have great ideas but no money to develop them?? This year and because many
students were asking for it, we will talk about the use of social media for reasons other
than wasting time. Social media can be used to gather voluntary contributions of
money and/or other resources, by requesting donations from individual, businesses,
charitable foundations, etc. Experts in this subject will be invited to share with us their
expertise in asking for money! You won’t want to miss it! NOTE: this event will take
place on Wednesday (2nd) from 4 to 5:30pm at Hotel Bayview (see MAPS).
∗ Our Mixer: Is this your first ISTS?? Would you like to know more students and
make new contacts for future collaborations?? So, the second part of this event is
perfect for you. With a drink in the hand and in a more relaxing and friendly
environment we invite you to join to this event where you will have the opportunity to
know more students and other professionals and get to know their work! This year we
are combining the student mixer with the ‘Meet-the Poster Authors’ session on
Wednesday (2nd) from 5:36 to 7 pm, to promote networking and communication
among students and other ISTS participants. The idea is to provide opportunities for
participants to approach presenters for networking and discussing their work. We
encourage the participation of all the symposium attendants; this is not an event just
for students.
Vendors/Exhibitors:
Attendees are welcome to view the vendor/exhibitor display from 8 am to 6 pm,
Wednesday (2nd) to Friday (4th) in Mezzanine 1 (second floor of the Convention Center).
AyotzintliA.C.
CefasTechnologyLimited
Karumbé
LatinAmericanSeaTurtle(LAST)
Marine Life
TheLeatherbackTrust
TheMarineConservationActionFundofthe
NewEnglandAquarium
TurtleNestingSafe
Wildlifecomputers
CLS-Argos
EquilibrioAzul
LoggerheadMarinelifeCenter
Lotek/Biotrack/Sirtrack
SWOT
ThePacuareNatureReserve
Turtle-Trax
WWF
GENERAL INFO
Live Auction to bid on these valuable turtle trinkets!
Welcome Social:
The Welcome Social will be held on Tuesday night (1st) at the Huaca Pucllana (see
MAPS) starting at 6 pm. NOTE: Entrance is with TICKETS ONLY! (Tickets for this event
are sold out and were sold during the online registration as “Welcome Reception”).
Video Night:
The video night has been running for several years and has become a popular event at
the symposium. Video night attracts a large crowd, and it is always a fun evening with a
variety of different multi-media presentations. Video night is from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
on Wednesday (2nd) at Parque el Reducto (see MAPS).
Gala Dinner, Awards Ceremony & Closing Celebration:
The Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony will take place from 7 pm to 1 am on Friday (4th)
in the Auditorium at the Convention Center. NOTE: Entrance from 7:00 to 8:00 pm will
be with TICKET ONLY (You can purchase yours on the web, under the registration tab
in your account). At 8:15 pm everyone can join us for the Awards Ceremony and Closing
Celebration.
GENERAL INFO
SOCIAL EVENTS
ISTS WORKSHOPS
Monday, 29 Feb
Location: Universidad Científica del Sur
OPENING REMARKS
(Presenting author in BOLD)
9:00 – 9:15 am
Location: Rotonda (Villa 2)
Sonia Valle, Universidad Científica del Sur
Larry B. Crowder, Standford University
Joanna Alfaro Shigueto, President ISTS
Terrapin, Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Meeting
Room: PL 102 (Villa 2), 9:15 am - 5 pm
The aim of the meeting is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, field methodology, and
philosophy between in and ex-situ, marine and non-marine, chelonian researchers and
conservationists. Threads common to terrestrial, freshwater and marine turtles will be
presented and examined. The general meeting plan is to present two days of a combination of
oral presentations and videos. Last year, the field trip was so successful that we are looking to
expand it. We are exploring the possibility of an Amazonian River excursion to accompany the
Symposium.
Organizer: Chuck Schaffer
Marine Turtle Bycatch Reduction and Conservation: Understanding and developing
collaborative research capacities among marine turtle conservationists.
Room: Auditorium (Villa 1), 9:15 am - 5 pm
The main objective of this year’s CFR session in Perú is to explore how we as marine turtle (MT)
conservationists working or wishing to work on fisheries and bycatch issues can foster
voluntary behavior changes by fishermen in favor of saving MTs. The session design is based on
responses to interviews (N=167) that were conducted within the ISTS community. During this
day we will introduce the concept of collaborative/participatory research, share examples of
how scientific collaborations with fishermen have led to actions: legislation change, changes in
profitability, and contributed to improved sustainability of fisheries livelihoods and resources.
Through social science (human dimensions) of fisher/scientist interactions we will explore why
certain scenarios from the region and abroad induce these positive changes in behavior. It is
hoped that this session will help participants understand and adopt CFR/participatory research
notions and apply this to their own research in the region and beyond for the benefit of MT
conservation, and the fishermen that depend on the bountifulness of marine resources. In the
afternoon there will be a panel of fishermen and their representatives that will share their
views on: What is needed by gillnet fishermen to be able to address MT bycatch in Perú? What
are the other priorities for fishermen that come with conserving MTs?
Organizer: Tony Michel Nalovic
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GIS Workshop
This year’s expanded workshop session will explore available commercial and open source GIS
software, best practices for data management and visualization, common data types and
analyses relevant to sea turtle research, database management, and provide a forum for users
to ask questions and receive guidance on their current GIS needs. A schedule of talks will be
published in advance of the Symposium so that participants can attend the talks/demos most
applicable to their interests and skill level. Sessions will span an introduction for users
completely new to GIS to intermediate/advanced GIS techniques (integration of statistical
scripts, modeling, automation, and database management). Demonstrations using various
software platforms, and both simulated and real world data, will be presented. Due to
hardware and time limitations, demos will not be ‘hands on’ but will be paced to allow
attendees to follow along on their own computers if desired. Significant time will be given to
questions and discussion. In addition, the organizers of the workshop will set up ‘GIS office
hours’ spaced throughout the symposium where users can chat 1-on-1 with GIS professionals
about their GIS needs and questions. Please note that all presentations will be in English.
Organizer: Andrew DiMatteo
Eastern Pacific Leatherbacks Workshop
The LaudOPO (Eastern Pacific leatherback) network was first created to develop a regional
plan of action to stabilize and recover the Eastern Pacific leatherback population through
integrated regional efforts to reduce threats, increase hatchling production, and strengthen
regional coordination. This workshop will convene members of the LaudOPO network to
discuss recent advances toward meeting specific goals described in the regional action plan,
specifically standardization and compilation of bycatch and nesting and nest temperature data,
and to establish a plan for future work. Participation in this workshop will be by invitation only.
Organizers: Velkiss Gadea & Bryan Wallace
Photo ID Workshop
This Photo-ID workshop will provide opportunities for attendees to learn about various PhotoID programs and techniques used with sea turtles and other marine organisms. Presentations
will be given by researchers using Photo-ID, as well as programmers who have and are
developing Photo-ID software for wildlife applications. “Discuss and Dream” break-out
sessions will give small groups opportunities to sit with experts and software programmers to
discuss Photo-ID needs, innovations, and applications for the future of Photo-ID in the
conservation community. Aim: To introduce Photo-ID systems and engage new sea turtle
project users in the process of Photo-ID.
Organizer: Stephen G. Dunbar, Assistants: Jillian Hudgins, Claire Jean
Marine Mammal Workshop
This marine mammal workshop will provide opportunities for participants to learn about
marine mammal basic biology, research methods, and main threats to these populations.
Participants will also have the opportunity to interact with professional researchers working in
the region and establish possible networks. The workshop setting is planned to stimulate
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questions and active learning, including field research techniques, collecting and analyzing data,
and how to develop critical thinking skills. This workshop is specially designed for participant
interested to increase their marine mammal knowledge.
Organizer: Fernando Félix
Scientific and Intentional Capture of Sea Turtles Workshop
Most scientific studies of sea turtles are conducted on nesting beaches where females come
ashore to lay their eggs. However, the number of research and conservation projects based in
feeding and growing areas are increasing. The study of sea turtles in their marine habitats
becomes essential to understand the biology and their life cycle. Nowadays, the Scientific and
Intentional Capture of Sea Turtles is considered one of the most useful and successful field
techniques to achieve these goals. This workshop is an excellent opportunity to exchange
ideas and experiences with specialists as well as to expand the use of these practices at inwater projects. The aim of this workshop is to share the knowledge and experience from
international experts. Through individual presentations and discussion groups, attendees will
learn about the different techniques and applications of the scientific and intentional capture
of sea turtles. With lectures, we will analyze topics like; (i) capture methods, (ii) investigation
possibilities, (iii) data collection protocols, (iv) equipment needed, (v) and basic safety rules. A
debate will be opened at the end of each presentation in order to discuss these issues. This
workshop is aimed specifically to scientists and technicians who work at in-water projects, and
in general for the public interested in knowing more about these techniques.
Organizer: Daniel González-Paredes, Co-organizers: Ximena Velez-Zuazo & Luciana Klinge
South Pacific Caretta (CMS) Workshop
CONVENTION FOR CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES: Single Species Action Plan for
Loggerhead Turtle in the South Pacific Ocean. This Regional Plan has been designed for the
loggerhead turtles that occupy the South Pacific Ocean. Information to be presented during
workshop include habitat use spanning nesting in central eastern Australia and New Caledonia,
post hatchling dispersal on the east Australian Current, small immature turtle residency in
oceanic waters off Chile and Perú and recruitment to coastal waters of the South Western
Pacific (Coral Sea, Tasman Sea and Solomon Sea). This data have been summarized in the
context of three decades of growth to first breeding and two to four decades of adult
breeding life. Threats to these loggerhead turtles throughout their migratory range and diverse
habitats are reviewed. Trends in the size of nesting populations at index beaches across five
decades in response to threats and management actions will be also presented. The significant
collapse of recruitment of large immature loggerhead turtles from their oceanic pelagic
foraging to coastal benthic foraging life history phases in recent decades is of concern. The
UNEP Convention for Conservation of Migratory Species at COP11 responded to the plight of
this endangered stock with a resolution (Resolution 11.21) adopting a Single Species Action Plan
for Loggerhead Turtles in the South Pacific. This Action Plan, while non-binding, is expected to
be implemented by Signatory States. A CMS Loggerhead SSAP implementation committee has
been established to prioritize projects for initial implementation.
Organizer: Colin Limpus
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6th MEDICINE WORKSHOP during the 36th ISTS Symposium:
CROSS ROADS ... AND EXPERTISE!
Sea turtle rehabilitation is a complex challenge that more and more facilities are facing around
the world, often with few or no resources in their region. The implementation of new medical
procedures, protocols and surgical techniques should be shared and implemented among
rescue centers. This workshop is designed to be an opportunity for rehabilitators, veterinarians
and biologists involved in sea turtle medical care to share and develop experiences and
knowledge related to medicine, rehabilitation and health issues. In the first part, lectures from
experienced professionals will be presented in an open forum format to allow for free-flowing
discussion between lecturers and attendees. The workshop will be focused on critical care and
emergency medicine, anesthesia and surgery, husbandry, and other topics designed for a
general audience. In the second part, we plan to offer the chance to ‘Meet your Specialist’,
where participants will have the opportunity to directly discuss particular individual cases with
experts.
Organizers: Daniela Freggi, Mariluz Parga & Antonio Di Bello
Social Science: So you think you can survey? Workshop
Many conservation researchers and practitioners eventually end up feeling pushed to consider
research on ‘the people problem’—i.e., they desperately need to learn something from people
in order to properly address a conservation issue. Often times, people charged with learning
from/with actors such as local community members, government officials, tourists, experts, etc.
have received no training on how to do so. Some people end up feeling overwhelmed, not
knowing where to begin (rightly so! I wouldn’t want to be tasked with running a set of genetic
samples with no training!). Others, at least initially, are tempted to think “I’m a person, and I’m
a smart person, so how hard can it be to conduct research on/about people?” Both inaction,
and jumping in with no knowledge or training are not advisable approaches. To design and
implement a survey is difficult, and requires careful, informed, and thoughtful preparation, as
well as reviews, and pilot testing. I am a trained social scientist (anthropology; geography;
planning; environment) with almost twenty years of experience, and I am still learning how to
best design and implement surveys, despite having contributed to the design of many
successful surveys. Academic learning is only a part of what it takes to design a good, useful,
and respectful survey—much learning occurs in the pilot testing and project implementation of
surveys, as well as via feedback you receive from others (e.g., from close colleagues; from
distant colleagues; from potential respondents; from related experts; from institutional
research ethics boards; from actual respondents). We will use this workshop to do several
things:
1) Explore the IMPORTANT BASICS of survey terminology, ethics, design, and
expectations for survey data.
2) Consider and discuss examples drawn from actual and fictional surveys.
3) Collaborate on editing your surveys (surveys in progress; past surveys; outlines for
future surveys). The emphasis will be on qualitative question design, and on intervieweradministered (person to person) surveys.
The workshop will combine presentations and hand-outs (including a starter list of references),
with hands-on survey work. PLEASE BRING SURVEYS WITH YOU. If you have no survey to bring,
you can partner with another participant, and collaborate on their survey (people bringing
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surveys associated with universities or other such institutions should remember to include
workshop input in their institutionallyrequired ethics documentation for their surveys,
counting participants among those contributing to the design). You will NOT leave as a fullytrained survey-ready expert. You will learn about, discuss, and try to integrate key
considerations in social science survey design into actual surveys, with assistance from trained
experts.
Organizers: Zoe Meletis & Aliki Panagopoulou
Environmental Education Workshop
Objectives: To learn, share experiences, coordinate and streamline efforts as well as
strengthen ties and joint actions in the environmental education area to strengthen the
conservation and management of sea turtles. Thematic areas:
1. Awareness and participation. Campaigns, workshops, lectures (not inserted in
educational processes but as activities of various projects) aimed at different audiences,
promote environmental citizenship, and involve stakeholders, volunteers collaborative
networks, as part of social responsibility and promotion of good environmental practices.
2. Projects or educational programs. Formal and institutionalized environmental
education, that is tied or inserted with educational institutions and is the result of a
participatory process. E.g. Environmental issues inserted in the curriculum of schools,
strengthening of skills in environmental education and communication of teachers and
promoters (Educating educators), etc.
3. Citizen Involvement, community participation and education, preferably with coastal
communities (in marine turtle nesting and feeding areas), fishermen, etc., to reduce risks and
threats. With enhancement of traditional knowledge, as the first steps toward building
community-based conservation.
4. Material for dissemination and transfer, educational resources and environmental
communication. The production, use, dissemination and evaluation of technologies and
virtual platforms. Types of messages and how to provide them.
Organizers: Paula Salinas, Nelly de Paz & Gabriela Vélez-Rubio
TSD Workshop
Room: PL 107 (Villa 2), 1 - 5 pm
Temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles was discovered more than 40 years ago,
first in a lizard, then in a tortoise and a freshwater turtle and later in all marine turtles. TSD
research has been particularly focused on the biochemical pathway(s) of sex determination
and it has been partially solved: Temperature regulates the transcription of the aromatase
gene and the aromatase enzyme transforms testosterone to estradiol, the latter being the
feminizing hormone (in short!). However, the impact and interpretation of temperature
dependent sex determination with field data has been much more complicated. Up to now, it is
impossible to estimate sex ratios with certitude using a time series of temperatures taken from
beach sand or from within a nest. This workshop will be a mix of presentations and best
practices when analyzing sex ratio and temperatures.
Organizers: Marc Girondot
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Monday, 29 Feb
Collection of items for Silent/Live Auction
Location: Garden (look for the signs)
9 am-5 pm
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Tuesday, 1 Mar
Location: Universidad Científica del Sur
Terrapin, Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Meeting
Room: PL 102 (Villa 2), 9 am-5 pm
See description on ISTS Workshops for Monday, 29 Feb.
Organizer: Chuck Schaffer
Shark Workshop
Room: PL 101 (Villa 2), 9 am - 5 pm
This shark workshop will provide opportunities for attendees to learn about sharks´ basic
biology, species distribution and ongoing threats and management needs, using hand-on
activities and case study presentations. During the first part of the workshop, attendees will
learn about morphological diagnostic tool to accurately identify species subject to national and
international trade. This includes a shark fin collection of species found in the Eastern Pacific
from Central to South America, as well as the dissection of individuals. The afternoon session
will focus on main threats to eastern Pacific shark populations, history of exploitation,
protection measures and current regulations for management and conservation strategies.
This workshop is planned to stimulate discussions and active learning, and is designed for
participants who are interested not only in increasing their knowledge on sharks, but also in
getting involved in international conservation efforts for shark populations.
Organizers: Sebastián Hernández & Randall Arauz.
Ghost Gear Workshop
Room: PL 105 (Villa 2), 1 - 5 pm
Lost, discarded or abandoned fishing gear (also referred to as ghost gear) is an important
threat to sea turtles in the Indian Ocean. The UN estimates around 640,000 tons of fishing gear
are lost globally each year. While efforts are in place to try to quantify and stem the effects of
ghost gear within various parts of the world, gaps in data on quantity and type of gear lost and
its effects on marine life still exist in the Indian Ocean. The transboundary nature of ghost gear
means that turtle habitats are often encroached on and reports of turtle entanglements are
frequently reported throughout the Indian Ocean. This workshop will explore the need for a
collaborative approach to tackle this problem. Currently the Olive Ridley Project [as part of the
Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI)] is working toward quantifying the amount of gear lost and
developing best practices for ghost gear removal and recycling. The workshop will teach
standardized data collection protocols developed by ORP and the IUCN detailing how to
record data on ghost gear and entangled turtles. The session will also look into fisher surveys
that can be used to understand why gear is lost in the first place, in order to see gaps in data
and identify problematic areas. The session will end with a series of discussions on how to fine
tune data recorded to accommodate various fisheries found in the region. Workshop
participants will be invited to discuss their experience with ghost gear and sea turtle
entanglements.
Organizer: Martin Stelfox
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REGIONAL MEETINGS
Tuesday, 1 Mar
RETOMALA, Auditorium (Villa 1), 9 am – 5 pm
Africa, PL 103 (Villa 2), 9 am – 1pm
Mediterranean, PL 104 (Villa 2), 9 am – 1 pm
East Asia, PL 106 (Villa 2), 9 am – 1 pm
Indian Ocean & Asia, PL 105 (Villa 2), 9 am – 1 pm
Tuesday, 1 Mar
Silent Auction
Room: PL 201 (Villa 2)
9 am - 5 pm
SOCIAL EVENT
Tuesday, 1 Mar
Welcome Social
Location: Huaca Pucllana (see Maps)
Entrance with tickets only!
Starts at 6 pm
Program Chairs: Mariela Pajuelo, Natalie Wildermann & Kelly Stewart.
WEDNESDAY, 2 March 2016, Room: AUDITORIUM
OPENING REMARKS
8:00 - 9:30 am
‘Welcome to the 36th ISTS’
Joanna Alfaro Shigueto, President ISTS
Sonia Valle, UCSUR
Gabriel Quijandria, Vice-Minister MINAM
Brian Nichols, U.S. Ambassador
‘Marine Turtles at the Crossroads: Complex Life Histories Requiring Local, National and
International Action for their Conservation’
Guest speaker: Colin J. Limpus
‘Ten Lessons I have Learned in (Marine Turtle) Conservation Science’
Guest speaker: Brendan Godley
9:30 - 10:00 am Morning Break
IN-WATER BIOLOGY
Chairs: Andy Coleman, Catherine McClellan, Clayton Pollock & Hannah Vander Zanden.
(*Denotes Archie Carr best student paper award candidate; Presenting author in BOLD)
10:00 VOCALIZATIONS FROM AN ARRIBADA OF Lepidochelys olivacea IN THE SEA IN
AM
FRONT OF THE NESTING BEACH IN ESCOBILLA, OAXACA - Richard C. Vogt, Martha
Harfush, Camila R. Ferrara, Ernesto Albavera.
10:12
EFFECT OF AGULHAS CURRENT ON THE INTER-NESTING MOVEMENTS AND DIVING
AM
BEHAVIOUR OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES IN SOUTH AFRICA - Nathan J. Robinson,
Stephen J. Morreale, Ronel Nel, Frank V. Paladino.
10:24
PRESENTATION CANCELLED
AM
10:36
*IS THERE AN ONTOGENIC CHANGE IN JUVENILE GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas)
AM
MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AS THEY MOVE FROM PELAGIC HABITATS
TO INSHORE RESIDENT AREAS? - James T. Price, Tanya Soule, Margaret M. Lamont,
Blair E. Witherington, Frank V. Paladino.
10:48 A REGIONAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ELUCIDATE LOGGERHEAD
AM
SEA TURTLE (Caretta Caretta) LOST YEARS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN - Mayeul
Dalleau, Maxime Lalire, Céline Tardy, Al Harthi, Andrew Willson, Marcos Pereira,
Raquel Fernandes, Ronel Nel, Berthin Rakotonirina, Sebastien Jaquemet, Stéphane
Ciccione, Phillipe Gaspar, Jérôme Bourjea.
WED 2 - AUDITORIUM
PLENARY SESSIONS
11:12
AM
11:24
AM
11:36
AM
11:48
AM
*MIGRATORY AND FORAGING STRATEGIES OF FLATBACK TURTLES: THE MULTISTOP TRAVELLERS - Natalie Wildermann, Kenneth Griffin, Rachel Groom, Colin
Limpus, Mariana Fuentes, Mark Hamann.
*MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL TURTLES (Eretmochelys
imbricata) AT A CARIBBEAN CORAL ATOLL: LONG-TERM TRACKING USING PASSIVE
ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY - Megan Chevis, Brendan Godley, Kylie Scales, Julie Lewis,
Rachel Graham.
HABITAT USE AND CONNECTIVITY OF GREEN AND HAWKSBILL TURTLES IN THE
WESTERN CENTRAL PACIFIC: MANAGEMENT REQUIRES MULTINATIONAL EFFORT
- T. Todd Jones, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Summer L. Martin, Celestino F. Aguon, Jay T.
Gutierrez, Shawn Wusstig, Jamie Bass, Tammy Summers, Jessy Hapdei.
WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR SUMMER VACATION MATTERS: QUANTIFYING THE
IMPORTANCE OF MIGRATORY STOPOVER AREAS TO LEATHERBACK LIFE HISTORY
USING A BIOENERGETICS APPROACH - Bryan Wallace, Michael Zolkewitz, Michael
James.
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON THE TRANS-OCEANIC MIGRATIONS OF NORTH
PACIFIC LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES - D. K. Briscoe, G. Balazs, S. Bograd, E. Hazen,
M. Kurita, H. Okamoto, D. Parker, J. Polovina, M. Rice, T. Saito, K. Scales, Larry B.
Crowder.
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch
POPULATION BIOLOGY AND MONITORING
Chairs: Marco García-Cruz, Bill Kendall, Brian Shamblin & Kelly Stewart.
1:30
DEFINING APPROPRIATE “UNITS TO CONSERVE” FOR SEA TURTLES: TOWARDS A
PM
METAPOPULATION PARADIGM - Peter H. Dutton.
1:42
DEFINING BOUNDARIES OF GREEN TURTLES ACROSS THE PACIFIC USING MTDNA
PM
AND OCEAN MODELLING - Michael P. Jensen, Peter H. Dutton.
1:54
*MALE PHILOPATRY IN GREEN TURTLES OF THE CARIBBEAN AND WESTERN
PM
ATLANTIC - Marco Antonio García-Cruz, Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark, Eugenia NaroMaciel, Richard van der Wal, Edith van der Wal, Brian Shamblin.
2:06 ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF SITE FIDELITY ON CLUTCH FREQUENCY ESTIMATION
PM
THROUGH SUBPOPULATION-SCALE GENETIC CAPTURE-RECAPTURE OF
LOGGERHEAD TURTLES - Brian M. Shamblin, Mark G. Dodd, DuBose B. Griffin,
Michelle Pate, Matthew H. Godfrey, Michael S. Coyne, Ruth Boettcher, Kristina L.
Williams, Joseph B. Pfaller, Kimberly M. Andrews, Breanna L. Ondich, Campbell J.
Nairn.
2:18
FINE SCALE DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF THE GABON LEATHERBACK NESTING
PM
POPULATION: INSIGHTS FROM NUCLEAR AND MTDNA GENETIC ANALYSIS - Angela
Formia, Pierre Didier Agamboue, Eric Augowet, Francois Boussamba, Floriane
Cardiec, Edgard Faure, Judicael Regis Kema Kema, Brice Didier Koumba Mabert,
Churley Manfoumbi, Gianna Minton, Jacob Nzegoue, Solange Ngouessono, Richard
Parnell, Guy-Philippe Sounguet, Suzanne Roden, Erin LaCasella, Peter Dutton.
2:30
PM
PRESENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEA TURTLES ALONG THE ANGOLA
COAST - Miguel Morais, Manjula Tiwari, Pedro Beja. (Replacement of
Cancelled Presentation)
WED 2 - AUDITORIUM
11:00
AM
2:54
PM
3:06
PM
3:18
PM
USING NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FOR GENOTYPING AND EVALUATING
POPULATION STRUCTURE IN MARINE TURTLES - Lisa M. Komoroske, Amy Frey,
Brittany Hancock-Hanser, Phillip Morin, Eric Archer, Suzanne Roden, Alexander
Gaos, Peter Dutton.
A SPATIO-TEMPORAL EVALUATION OF SOMATIC GROWTH DYNAMICS OF WEST
ATLANTIC HAWKSBILLS - Karen A. Bjorndal, Milani Chaloupka, Vincent S. Saba,
Carlos E. Diez, Robert P. van Dam, Barry H. Krueger, Julia A. Horrocks, Armando J. B.
Santos, Cláudio Bellini, Maria A. G. Marcovaldi, Mabel Nava, Sue Willis, Brendan J.
Godley, Shannon Gore, Lucy A. Hawkes, Andrew McGowan, Matthew J. Witt,
Thomas B. Stringell, Amdeep Sanghera, Peter B. Richardson, Annette C. Broderick,
Quinton Phillips, Marta C. Calosso, John A. B. Claydon, Janice Blumenthal, Felix
Moncada, Gonzalo Nodarse, Yosvani Medina, Stephen G. Dunbar, Lawrence D.
Wood, Cynthia J. Lagueux, Cathi L. Campbell, Anne B. Meylan, Peter A. Meylan,
Virginia R. Burns Perez, Robin A. Coleman, Samantha Strindberg, Vicente GuzmánH., Kristen M. Hart, Michael S. Cherkiss, Zandy Hillis-Starr, Ian F. Lundgren, Ralf H.
Boulon, Jr., Stephen Connett, Mark E. Outerbridge, Alan B. Bolten.
*LONG-TERM MONITORING OF IMMATURE GREEN TURTLE FORAGING
AGGREGATIONS AT PUERTO RICO: POPULATION DYNAMICS AND IMPACTS OF
FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS - Ana Rita Patrício, Robert P. van Dam, Brendan J. Godley,
Carlos E. Diez.
3:30 - 4:00 pm Afternoon Break
Chairs: Marco García-Cruz, Bill Kendall, Brian Shamblin & Kelly Stewart.
4:00 MARINE TURTLE ABUNDANCE AND DEMOGRAPHICS IN AN IMPORTANT FORAGING
PM
GROUND IN FLORIDA - Richard Herren, Dean Bagley, Michael Bresette, Karen
Holloway-Adkins, Dave Clark, Blair Witherington.
4:12
LONG-TERM TRENDS IN LOGGERHEAD (Caretta caretta) NESTING IN FLORIDA:
PM
REVERSAL OF THE POST-1998 DECLINE. - Simona Ceriani, Beth Brost, Erin Leone,
Anne Meylan.
4:24 SEA TURTLE NESTING IN CUBA: RESULTS FROM THE “ARCHIPIELAGOS DEL SUR”
PM PROJECT (2010-2014) - Félix Moncada Gavilán, Julia Azanza Ricardo, Yanet Forneiro
Martín-Viaña, José Gerhartz Abraham, Gonzalo Nodarse Andreu, Yosvani Medina
Cruz.
4:36
TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION CONFERS RESILIENCE TO HIGH
PM
TEMPERATURES BUT EFFECTIVENESS IS OVERRUN BY CLIMATE CHANGE - Pilar
Santidrián Tomillo, Meritxell Genovart, Frank Paladino, James Spotila, Daniel Oro.
4:48 IMPROVING IN-WATER ESTIMATES OF TURTLE ABUNDANCE BY ADJUSTING AERIAL
PM
SURVEY COUNTS FOR BIASES - Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes, Ian Bell, Rie Hagihara,
Mark Hamann, Julia Hazel, Amy Huth, Jeffrey Seminoff, Susan Sobtzick, Helene
Marsh.
WED 2 - AUDITORIUM
2:42
PM
5:12
PM
5:24
PM
ASSESSING POPULATIONS OF MARINE TURTLES, REEF SHARKS, MANTA RAYS AND
CETACEANS USING FIVE DECADES OF AERIAL SURVEYS FROM MICRONESIA Summer L. Martin, Kyle S. Van Houtan, T. Todd Jones, Celestino F. Aguon, Jay T.
Gutierrez, Brent Tibbatts, Shawn Wusstig, Jamie Bass.
A NEW METHODOLOGY TO ANALYSE THE INTERANNUAL SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA
FOR NEST NUMBERS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MISSING OR PARTIAL INFORMATION
- Marc Girondot.
*DETERMINING SEASONAL AND ANNUAL VARIATION IN ADULT AND SUBADULT
GREEN TURTLE ABUNDANCE USING STANDARDIZED TRANSECTS ON THE EASTERN
QUICKSAND FORAGING GROUNDS, FLORIDA, USA - Ryan Welsh, Michael Bresette,
Jonathan Gorham, Cody Mott, Jeff Guertin.
5:36 - 7:00 pm pm ‘Meet the Poster Authors’
& Student Mixer
(Auditorium)
Wednesday, 2 Mar
Silent Auction
Room: Mezzanine 2
8 am - 5 pm
EFN Alumni lunch
Meeting point: Auditorium
email Alex.Batka@wwfus.org
Student Workshop
Location: Hotel Bayview
4 – 5:30 pm
Board Meeting
Room: 3rd Floor, Hotel Maria Angola
6 pm - 12 am
SOCIAL EVENT
Wednesday, 2 Mar
Video Night
Location: Parque el Reducto (see Maps)
7:30 - 10 pm
WED 2 - AUDITORIUM
5:00
PM
FISHERIES AND THREATS
Chairs: Jeffrey Mangel, Robin LeRoux, Bruno Giffoni & Patricia Zárate.
10:00 AN OVERVIEW OF IMPACTS FROM BYCATCH AND STRANDINGS ON ATLANTIC
AM
LEATHERBACKS AND RELATIVE RISKS TO INDIVIDUAL NESTING POPULATIONS Kelly R. Stewart, Peter H. Dutton.
10:12 REDUCING BYCATCH EFFECTS ON SEA TURTLES: THE IMPORTANCE OF
AM
ADDRESSING POST-RELEASE MORTALITY - Mariluz Parga. (Replacement of
10:24 *ARTISANAL EXTRACTION OF MARINE TURTLES IN THE VENEZUELAN GUAJIRA:
AM
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BIGGEST THREAT IN THE GULF OF VENEZUELA - Daniela
Rojas-Cañizales, Jordano Palmar, Ninive Espinoza-Rodríguez, Natalie Wildermann,
Tito Barros, Héctor Barrios-Garrido.
10:36 WILD-CAUGHT SHRIMP IMPORTS INTO THE EU AND ASSOCIATED IMPACTS ON
AM
MARINE TURTLE POPULATIONS: THE NEED FOR ACTION - Robin Davies, Aimée
Leslie.
10:48 *A GEOSTATISTICAL MODEL FOR EVALUATING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SEA
AM
TURTLE AND ARTISANAL FISHERIES OFF THE NESTING BEACHES IN GUERRERO
AND OAXACA, MEXICO - Juan Manuel Galaviz López, Ma.Elena Solana Arrellanos,
David Alberto Rivas Camargo, Luis Eduardo Calderón Aguilera.
11:00 COMPARISON OF THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF DEATH OF TURTLES STRANDED IN
AM
FOUR NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS IN SINALOA MEXICO - Ingmar Sosa Cornejo,
Zuleika B. González Camacho, Jorge G. Sánchez Zazueta, Fernando Enciso Saracho,
Marco A. Barraza Ortega, Jesus Ivan Guardado González, Alvaro García de los Ríos
y Loshuertos, Rodolfo Martin del Campo, Miriam S. Mueller.
11:12
ALMADRABAS IN THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR AND ALBORAN SEA: A LETHAL
AM
LABYRINTH FOR SEA TURTLES - Alvaro García de los Ríos y Loshuertos, Ingmar
Sosa Cornejo.
11:24 *WINTER FISHING CLOSURES ARE THE BEST MEASURE TO REDUCE LOGGERHEAD
AM
SEA TURTLE BYCATCH DUE TO BOTTOM TRAWLING IN THE WESTERN
MEDITERRANEAN - Irene Alvarez de Quevedo, Luis Cardona, Jesús Tomás, Patricia
Gosálbez, Celia Agustí, Antonio Raga, Alex Aguilar, Xavier Ferrer.
11:36 *INSIGHTS INTO ILLEGAL HARVEST OF MARINE TURTLES IN EAST AFRICA - Jess
AM
Williams, Mariana Fuentes, Simon Pierce, Mark Hamann.
11:48 *ILLEGAL FISHING AND ITS IMPACTS ON SEA TURTLES IN TERENGGANU STATE,
AM
MALAYSIA - Kimberly Riskas, Nur Fathin Afifah BT Sharudin, Abdulmaula A Hamza,
Mariana MPB Fuentes, Renae Tobin, Mark Hamann.
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch
Chairs: Jeffrey Mangel, Robin LeRoux, Bruno Giffoni & Patricia Zárate.
WED 2 – LAS CAMPANAS
WEDNESDAY, 2 March 2016, Room: LAS CAMPANAS
1:42
PM
1:54
PM
2:06
PM
2:18
PM
2:30
PM
2:42
PM
2:54
PM
3:06
PM
3:18
PM
GHOST NETS JEOPARDISE THE REMAINING OLIVE RIDLEY POPULATIONS OF THE
SE ASIA – W PACIFIC REGION - Kiki Dethmers, Eric Treml, Ian Leiper, IB Windia
Adnyana, Clive McMahon, Michael Jensen, Scott Whiting, Scott Keogh.
REDUCING GREEN SEA TURTLE BYCATCH IN SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES USING
ILLUMINATED GILLNETS: THE COST OF SAVING A SEA TURTLE - Jeffrey C. Mangel,
John H. Wang, Natalia Ortiz, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Yonat Swimmer, Tania
Suarez, Sergio Pingo, Astrid Jimenez, Felipe Carvalho, Brendan J. Godley.
COLLABORATIVE FISHERIES RESEARCH CAPACITY-BUILDING TO REDUCE MARINE
TURTLE BYCATCH IN FISHERIES GLOBALLY: A GROWING NEED AND OPPORTUNITY
AMONG FISHING INDUSTRY AND SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION NGOS - Troy
Hartley, Michel Nalovic, Aimée Leslie.
*AN EVALUATION OF A REDUCED BAR SPACING TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICE IN THE
U.S. GULF OF MEXICO OFFSHORE SHRIMP TRAWL FISHERY - Michel Nalovic, Troy
Hartley, John Mitchell, David Rudders, John Graves.
*ASSESSING SEATURTLE BYCATCH IN THE ECUADORIAN SMALL-SCALE GILLNET
FISHERY AND TRIALING NET ILLUMINATION AS A MITIGATION MEASURE. - Jodie
Darquea, Robert Medina, Joanna Alfaro-Sigueto, Jeffrey Mangel.
A SUMMARY OF SEA TURTLE BYCATCH REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY TESTING AND
DEVELOPMENT IN TRAWL GEAR IN THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC - Eric Matzen,
Henry O Milliken, Christopher Parkins.
DEVELOPING A LOW COST ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM AS A TOOL FOR
SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES - John Wang, Joel Barkan, Blanka Lederer, Shara Fisler,
Mike Osmond, Yonat Swimmer.
DEVELOPING ACOUSTIC DETERRENTS TO REDUCE SEA TURTLE BYCATCH IN
GILLNET FISHERIES - Wendy E. D. Piniak, John H. Wang, Antonio Figueroa, Joel
Barkan, Shara Fisler, Yonat Swimmer.
HUMAN IMPACTS ON A SEA TURTLE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT IN THE NORTH
PACIFIC, CAST OMINOUS THREATS FOR THEIR NESTING POPULATIONS - Sergio
Flores-Ramírez, Jorge Guzmán-Segura, Hoyt S. Peckham, Karen Oceguera
Camacho.
EAST COAST VS. WEST COAST: DO GEOTEXTILE CONTAINERS AFFECT SEA TURTLE
NESTING? - Sarah Hirsch, Stephanie Kedzuf, Kristen Mazzarella, Charles Manire.
NESTING BIOLOGY
Chairs: Claudia Ceballos, Niki Desjardin, Meg Lamont & Erik Martin.
4:00 *SEA TURTLE NESTING IN PERÚ - Adriana Zavala, Shaleyla Kelez.
PM
4:12
PACIFIC NORTHERN NICARAGUA: POTENTIAL SITE FOR RECOVERY OF THE
PM
HAWKSBILL TURTLE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN - Eduardo Altamirano,
Alejandra Rivera, Velkiss Gadea, Luis Manzanares, José Urteaga, Perla Torres,
Michael Liles, David Melero, Alexander Gaos.
4:24
POPULATION PARAMETERS OF LEATHERBACKS (Dermochelys coriacea) NESTING
PM
IN PLAYONA BEACH, COLOMBIA, BETWEEN 2008-2012 - Laura B. Bernal, Carol E.
Rodríguez, Maria P. Vélez, Feliciano Chaverra, Claudia P. Ceballos.
WED 2 - LAS CAMPANAS
1:30
PM
*UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF ARRIBADA TIMING - Vanessa S. Bézy, Ernesto
Albavera, Kenneth J. Lohmann, Roldan A. Valverde.
THE FIRST ETHOGRAM DESCRIBING GREEN TURTLE NESTING BEHAVIOR - Emily
Neidhardt, Rebekah Lindborg, Blair Witherington, Rachel Smith.
THE SHIFTING REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF OLIVE RIDLEYS AT COROZALITO,
COSTA RICA - Maddie Beange, Randal Arauz, Maike Heidemeyer, Lotti Adams.
NESTING FIDELITY OF GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) AT TORTUGUERO, COSTA
RICA - Raúl García Varela, Emma Harrison.
*MODELING THE NESTING SUITABILITY OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES (Caretta
caretta) IN NORTH CAROLINA USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - Alyssa
Randall, Joanne Hallls, James Blum.
& Student Mixer
(Auditorium)
Wednesday, 2 Mar
Silent Auction
Room: Mezzanine 2
8 am - 5 pm
EFN alumni lunch
Meeting point: Auditorium
email Alex.Batka@wwfus.org
Student Workshop
Room: Hotel Bayview
4 – 5:30 pm
Board Meeting
Room: 3rd Floor, Hotel Maria Angola
6 pm - 12 am
SOCIAL EVENT
Wednesday, 2 Mar
Video Night
Location: Parque el Reducto (see Maps)
7:30 - 10 pm
WED 2 - LAS CAMPANAS
4:36
PM
4:48
PM
5:00
PM
5:12
PM
5:24
PM
THURSDAY, 3 March 2016, Room: AUDITORIUM
IN-WATER BIOLOGY
8:36
AM
8:48
AM
9:00
AM
9:12
AM
9:24
AM
9:36
AM
9:48
AM
BEHAVIOR AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF SURFACE-PELAGIC JUVENILE KEMP’S
RIDLEY AND GREEN TURTLES WITHIN THE GULF OF MEXICO - Robert Hardy, Blair
Witherington, Shigetomo Hirama.
GREEN TURTLES THAT ‘DIG’ FOR DINNER AND SEAGRASS COLLAPSE? - Marjolijn J.
A. Christianen, Peter M. J. Herman, Leon P. M. Lamers, Peter J. Mumby, Marieke M.
van Katwijk, Tjisse van der Heide, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Brian R. Silliman, Johan Van de
Koppel, Wawan Kiswara.
TOWARD THE AUTOMATION OF FORAGING SEA TURTLES SURVEY - R. Dambreville,
K. Ballorain, D. Corman, G. Duclos, S. Ciccione, M. Lennon.
*LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF HABITAT USE BY JUVENILE GREEN TURTLE, Chelonia
mydas, OFF URUGUAY REVEALED BY STABLE ISOTOPE VALUES IN CARAPACE
SCUTE LAYERS - Gabriela M. Vélez-Rubio, Luis Cardona, Gustavo Martinez Souza,
Alvar Carranza, Daniel González-Paredes, Jesus Tomas.
*INCORPORATING TEMPORAL EFFECTS ON HOME RANGE ANALYSIS FOR ROBUST
CONSERVATION PLANNING - Takahiro Shimada, Rhondda Jones, Colin Limpus,
Rachel Groom, Mark Hamann.
*THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: PREDICTING JUVENILE GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia
mydas) HABITAT USE USING A BEHAVIORAL MODEL - Christopher Long, Kate
Mansfield.
DIVE PATTERNS AND MOVEMENTS OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES (Caretta caretta) IN
FEEDING AREAS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL - Tiago Borges Ribeiro Gandra, Jessica Leiria
Schattschneider, Danielle Silveira Monteiro, Sérgio Curi Estima (Replacement of
10:00- 10:30 am Morning Break
IN-WATER BIOLOGY
THU 3 – AUDITORIUM
8:00 *HAWKSBILL POPULATION IN THE GALÁPAGOS - Daniela Alarcón-Ruales, Juan
AM
Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Maximilian Hirschfeld, Alexander Gaos, Judith Denkinger,
Leandro Vaca-Pita, Jaime A. Chaves, Jhonnathan Valdes, Jason G. Castañeda, Juan
García, Cristian Quintero, Gregory A. Lewbart, Kenneth J. Lohmann .
8:12
TESTING ANIMAL-BORNE CAMERAS TO PICTURE BEHAVIOURAL AND FORAGING
AM
ECOLOGY OF GREEN TURTLES - Katia Ballorain, Claire Jean, Stéphane Ciccione,
Jérôme Bourjea, Mayeul Dalleau.
8:24
*THE INFLUENCE OF OCEANOGRAPHIC FEATURES ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR
AM
OF THE OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE - Philippine Chambault, Benoît de Thoisy, Karine
Heerah, Anna Conchon, Sebastien Barrioz, Virginie Dos Reis, Rachel Berzins, Laurent
Kelle, Guyane Baptiste Picard, Fabien Roquet, Yvon Le Maho, Damien Chevallier.
10:30
AM
10:42
AM
10:54
AM
11:06
AM
11:18
AM
*MIGRATORY ECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT IN THE FLORIDA GREEN
TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) - Ryan M. Chabot, Simona A. Ceriani, Katherine L.
Mansfield.
SATELLITE TRACKING ADULT MALE GREEN TURTLES AT THE ARCHIE CARR
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, FLORIDA (USA) THROUGHOUT THE NESTING
SEASON AND TO THEIR FORAGING GROUNDS - Dean A. Bagley, Richard M. Herren,
Llewellyn M. Ehrhart, Katherine L. Mansfield.
THERMAL CORRIDOR CONNECTS CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC LOGGERHEAD SEA
TURTLES TO BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO - D. K. Briscoe, C. Turner-Tomasewicz, G.
Balazs, S. Bograd, E. Hazen, M. Kurita, C. Kurle, H. Okamoto, D. Parker, J. Polovina,
M. Rice, T. Saito, K. Scales, J. Seminoff, L. B. Crowder.
*CUPID CHELONIANS: A NEW ECOLOGICAL ROLE FOR OCEANIC-STAGE SEA
TURTLES - Joseph B. Pfaller, Michael A. Gil.
12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH
Chairs: Justin Perrault, Daniela Freggi, Mariluz Parga & Jeanette Wyneken.
2:00
FIBROPAPILLOMA DISEASE IN AUSTRALIAN MARINE TURTLES - Colin J.
PM
Limpus, Karina Jones, Milani Chaloupka.
Chairs: Justin Perrault, Daniela Freggi, Mariluz Parga & Jeanette Wyneken.
11:30 HEAVY METALS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS BIOMARKERS IN OLIVE RIDLEY
AM
(Lepidochelys olivacea) FROM "LA ESCOBILLA" BEACH, OAXACA, MEXICO - Adriana
A. Cortés-Gómez, Patricia Morcillo, Francisco A. Guardiola, M. Esteban, Alberto
Cuesta, Marc Girondot, Gisela Fuentes-Mascorro, Diego Romero.
11:42 THE CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF MARINE TURTLE TOXICOLOGY
AM RESEARCH - Jason van de Merwe, Frederic Leusch, Kimberly Finlayson.
11:54 PRESENTATION CANCELLED
AM
12:06 *ASSESSING THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN
PM
MARINE TURTLES USING CELL-BASED TOXICITY ASSAYS - Kimberly Finlayson,
Frederic Leusch, Jason van de Merwe.
12:18 *GENOMIC VARIATION OF CHELONID FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS-ASSOCIATED
PM
HERPESVIRUS CFPHV AMONG THREE DIFFERENT FLORIDA SEA TURTLE SPECIES Elizabeth Fahsbender, Parker Jernigan, Brian Stacy, Jennifer Keene, Lynne Byrd,
Terry Norton, Annie Page-Karijian, Thierry Work, Luke Iwanowicz, Deb Iwanowicz,
Robert S. Cornman, Lakyn Sanders, Usgs Jim Casey, Cynthia Adams, Mathias
Ackermann, Cheryl Morrison, Mya Breitbart.
2:12
PM
2:24
PM
2:36
PM
2:48
PM
3:00
PM
3:12
PM
3:36
PM
3:48
PM
SEX RATIO OF GREEN TURTLE FORAGING GROUNDS IN THE PACIFIC: ESTABLISHING
BASELINES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH - Camryn D. Allen, Ian P. Bell, Jeffrey
A. Seminoff.
IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL INTERMEDIATE HOST TRANSMITTING BLOOD FLUKES
(SPIRORCHIIDAE) IN CAPTIVE SEA TURTLES - Jose Luis Crespo Picazo, Thomas
Cribb, Scott Cutmore, Brian Stacy, Daniel García Párraga.
*SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA - Christine Figgener, Joseph
Bernardo, Pamela T. Plotkin.
SPECIAL SESSION: EMERGING THREATS – CLIMATE CHANGE,
OIL SPILL AND PLASTIC POLLUTION
Chairs: Cathi Campbell, Matthew Godfrey & Mark Hamann.
4:30
*USING DRONES AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY TO ASSESS CLIMATE CHANGE
PM
ASSOCIATED SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS ON NESTING BEACHES - Miguel R. Varela,
Rita Patricio, Dominique Tilley, Lucy Hawkes, Matt Westoby, Leon Debell, Brendan J.
Godley.
4:42
CHANGES IN THE FORAGING STRATEGY OF KEMP’S RIDLEY (Lepidochelys kempii) IN
PM
THE NORTHERN GULF POST DEEPWATER HORIZON SPILL - Kimberly J. Reich,
Melania C. López-Castro, Donna Shaver, Claire Iseton, Kristen M. Hart, Christopher
Schmitt, Michael Hooper.
4:54
*MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION BY GREEN TURTLE, Chelonia mydas, IN URUGUAYAN
PM
COASTAL WATERS - Natalia S. Teryda, Diego H. Rodriguez, Gabriela M. Vélez-Rubio.
5:06
*ASSESSMENT OF PLASTIC INGESTION AND PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN
PM
SEA TURTLES ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN - Katharine E. Clukey, Christopher A.
Lepczyk, George Balazs, Thierry Work, Qing Li, Jennifer M. Lynch.
5:18
HIGH LEVELS OF PLASTIC DEBRIS INGESTION REVEAL MAJOR THREAT FOR MARINE
PM
TURTLES IN THE SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN - Claire Jean, Ludovic Hoarau,
Mathieu Barret, Mayeul Dalleau, Jérôme Bourjea, Stéphane Ciccione.
3:24
PM
THE USE OF ESOPHAGOSTOMY TUBE IN THE REHABILITATION OF SEA TURTLES IN
CRITIC CONDITIONS: EXPERIENCES ON 75 LOGGERHEADS (Caretta caretta) IN
SOUTH ITALY - Antonio Di Bello, Carmela Valastro, Daniela Freggi, Leonardo
Cavaliere, Olimpia R. Lai, Delia Franchini.
*OVARIAN DYNAMICS IN FREE-RANGING LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES - Brianna
Myre, Jeffrey Guertin, Kyle Selcer, Roldán Valverde.
OVARIAN DYNAMICS IN WILD LOGGERHEADS IN A FORAGING AREA - Roldán A.
Valverde, Barbara Schroeder, Allen Foley, Blair Witherington, David Owens.
*USE OF HYPOXIA TO EXTEND EMBRYONIC ARREST IN TURTLE EGGS AND PREVENT
MOVEMENT INDUCED MORTALITY- Sean A. Williamson, Roger G. Evans, Pilar
Santidrián Tomillo, Nathan J. Robinson, Frank V. Paladino, Richard D Reina.
THE MICROBIOMES OF SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES AND HOW THEY CAN
IMPACT INCUBATION - Mario Mota.
*PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DISORIENTATION IN LOGGERHEAD (Caretta caretta)
AND GREEN (Chelonia mydas) SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS - Karen Pankaew.
5:30
PM
*THREATENED BY OIL, KILLED BY THE RESPONSE: PROTECTING SEA TURTLES
DURING OIL SPILL CLEAN- UPS - Olga Koubrak.
Celebration of World Wildlife Day
Presentation by José Alvarez
Director General de Diversidad Biológica, MINAM
5:42 – 5:50 pm, Auditorium
(Auditorium)
Silent Auction
Room: Mezzanine 2
8 am - 2:00 pm
ICAPO Meeting
rd
Room: 3 floor, Hotel Maria Angola
12 – 1:50 pm
MTSG Meeting
rd
2 – 5:30 pm
Speed Chatting
Room: Entrance of Auditorium
5:50 – 7:30 pm
SOCIAL EVENT
Thursday, 3 Mar
Live Auction
Room: Auditorium
8 – 11:45 pm
Thursday, 3 Mar
THURSDAY, 3 March 2016, Room: LAS CAMPANAS
NESTING BIOLOGY
CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
Chairs: Seth Sykora-Bodie, Steve Dunbar, Christina Fahy, & Cynthia Lagueux.
9:00 ENHANCED COMMUNITY BASED TURTLE PROTECTION IN MAIO, CAPE VERDE:
AM
LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS AS PARTNERS, THE “GUARDIANS OF THE SEA INITIATIVE”
AND THE FIRST EXPLORATORY COMMUNITY RUN HATCHERY - Leno Passos,
Alexandra Morais, Adilson Ramos, Romina Ramos, Sian Liddy, Victor Stiebens.
9:12
A LOOK BACK AT 12 YEARS OF GREEN TURTLE NESTING MONITORING IN VAMIZI
AM
ISLAND, MOZAMBIQUE - Joana Cortesão Casimiro Nascimento Trindade.
9:24
*SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLICY ASPECTS OF SEA TURTLE EGG USE IN
AM
GUATEMALA - Lucía Carolina García López, Colum Muccio.
9:36
SITAMAR: CONNECTING SEA TURTLE INFORMATION TO ACHIEVE BETTER
AM
CONSERVATION OUTCOMES IN BRAZIL - Alexsandro Santana Dos Santos, Maria
Angela Marcovaldi, Gustave Gilles Lopez, Juçara Wanderlinde, Camila Trentin,
Daphne Wrobel, Berenice Gomes Da Silva, José Henrique Becker, Bruno Giffoni,
Daniella Torres, João Carlos Alciatti Thomé, Cecília Baptistotte, Roberto Sforza,
Denise Da Borba Rieth, Frederico Tognin, Milagros López-Mendilaharsu,
Guilherme Maurutto,Paulo Hunold Lara, Jaqueline Comin de Castilhos, Augusto
Cesar Coelho da Silva, Maria Thereza Damasceno Melo, Eduardo Henrique
Moreira Lima, Armando Barsante, Cláudio Bellini, Gilberto Sales.
9:48
AM
COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL NETWORK TOOLS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE
SEA TURTLES IN VIET NAM - Cuong The Chu, Hien Bui Thi Thu, Earl Possardt.
THU 3 – LAS CAMPANAS
Chairs: Claudia Ceballos, Niki Desjardin, Meg Lamont & Erik Martin.
8:00 *THE MATERNAL LEGACY: FEMALE IDENTITY PREDICTS OFFSPRING SEX RATIO
AM
IN THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE - Jaymie L. Reneker, Kaitlynn Shamblott,
Stephanie J. Kamel.
8:12
*PAST PRIMARY SEX-RATIO ESTIMATES OF 4 POPULATIONS OF LOGGERHEAD
AM
SEA TURTLE BASED ON TSP DURATIONS - Jonathan Monsinjon, Tony Tucker,
Yvette Fernandez, Abdulmaula Hamza, Atef Ouerghi, Yakup Kaska, Anne Marie
LeBlanc, Kristina Williams, David Rostal, Marc Girondot.
8:24
*TEMPORAL ANALYSIS IN NESTING HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF
AM
LEATHERBACK TURTLES (Dermochelys coriacea) IN MARGARITA ISLAND –
VENEZUELA - Ángela Arias-Ortiz, Pedro Vernet, Luz Esther Sánchez Arias.
8:36
*INDIVIDUAL NEST SITE SELECTION IN HAWKSBILL TURTLES WITHIN AND
AM
BETWEEN NESTING SEASONS - Armando José Barsante Santos, José Xavier Lima
Neto, Daniel Henrique Gil Vieira, Lourival Dutra Neto, Claudio Bellini, Natalia de
Souza Albuquerque, Gilberto Corso, Bruno Lobão Soares.
8:48 INFLUENCE OF SAND COLOR ON LOGGERHEAD EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
AM
AND HATCHLING SURVIVAL, SIZE AND SEX RATIO - Elton Silva, Samir Martins,
Adolfo Marco.
12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch
EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY
Chairs: Héctor Barrios-Garrido, Mariana Fuentes, Thushan Kapurusinghe & Gustave
Lopez.
2:00
FISHER LEARNING EXCHANGES AND SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION: AN EFFORT
PM
BETWEEN MEXICO, CUBA AND THE U.S. TO ENGAGE CUBAN COASTAL
COMMUNITIES IN NON-CONSUMPTIVE ALTERNATIVE BEHAVIORS - Katie
Thompson, Fernando Bretos, Julia Azanza Ricardo, Félix Moncada, Hoyt S.
Peckham, Antonio Diego.
2:12
PM
LINKING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION:
LEARNING FROM ABUN DISTRICT, WEST PAPUA, INDONESIA - Fitryanti Pakiding,
Deasy Lontoh, Kartika Zohar, Sinus Keroman, Manjula Tiwari.
Chairs: Seth Sykora-Bodie, Steve Dunbar, Christina Fahy, & Cynthia Lagueux.
10:30 GREEN TURTLE REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE AND MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION AT
AM
RAINE ISLAND - Andrew Dunstan, Mark Read, Damien Head, Jeff Pickford, Scott
Smithers.
10:42 SEA TURTLE HATCHERY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SOUTH ASIA - Andrea D.
AM
Phillott.
10:54 THE SHELL BEACH PROTECTED AREA AND SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN
AM
GUYANA - Suresh V. Kandaswamy.
11:06 SEA TURTLES AND SHARKS...CLASSES APART, BUT NOT SO DIFFERENT - Randall
AM
Arauz.
11:18
CONSERVATION CHALLENGES FOR NESTING LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN THE
AM
FACE OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL - Daniella Torres,
Paulo Lara, Daphne Wrobel, Katherine Martin, Frederico Tognin, Gustave Lopez,
Ashley Byun.
11:30 DEVELOPING AN ECOSYSTEM-BASED CONSERVATION PLAN FOR SEA TURTLES
AM
IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND, USA - W. Mark Swingle, Susan G. Barco, Gwen G.
Lockhart, Sarah A. Rose, Sarah D. Mallette, Ruth Boettcher.
11:42 DO PUBLIC BEACH ACCESSES AFFECT SEA TURTLE NESTING? - Stephanie Kedzuf,
AM
Sarah Hirsch, Charles Manire.
11:54 *RELATING SATELLITE-DERIVED ARTIFICIAL LIGHT DATA TO BROAD-SCALE
AM
MARINE TURTLE NESTING BEHAVIORS FROM 1992 TO 2013 IN FLORIDA - WanHwa Cheng, John F. Weishampel.
12:06 COMMUNITY BASED CONSERVATION OF MARINE TURTLES - A LESSON FROM
PM
DHARAN, PAKISTAN - Ahmad Khan.
12:18 EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH LONG-TERM SEA TURTLE
PM
MONITORING SETS FIJI UP FOR RELIABLE LONG TERM MANAGEMENT OF SEA
TURTLE POPULATION ALONG THE GREAT SEA REEF - Laitia Tamata, Aisake
Batibasaga.
2:24
PM
2:36
PM
2:48
PM
3:00
PM
3:12
PM
3:36
PM
3:48
PM
LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER’S PROJECT SHIELD: GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESPONSIBLE TOURISM - Tommy Cutt, Demi Fox
(Replacement of Cancelled Presentation).
THE KEY ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN A SEA TURTLE
CONSERVATION PROJECT: TWO CASES AT NESTING BEACHES IN THE CENTRALAMERICAN CARIBBEAN - Georgina Zamora Quílez.
*USING ONLINE TOOLS TO ASSESS THE LONG-TERM EDUCATIONAL AND
BEHAVIORAL IMPACTS OF MARINE TURTLE-BASED ECO-TOURISM - Kendra
Cope, Kate Mansfield.
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF A GUIDED SEA TURTLE WATCH PROGRAM ON
CONSERVATION ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR IN PARTICIPANTS - Rachel Smith,
Blair Witherington, Joseph Heimlich, Anne Savage.
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL STUDIES
Chairs: Emma Harrison, Aliki Panagopoulou, Irene Kinan Kelly & Zoe Meletis
4:30
HOW ENDANGERED ARE ENDANGERED SPECIES? PERCEPTIONS OF EGYPTIAN
PM
FISHERMEN ON CONSERVATION OF MEGAFAUNA SPECIES IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Anjelika Abdo Abou Issa, Mohamed Elsayed Ismail, Magdy
Hassan Suleiman, Mohamed Ayman Baha, Agnese Mancini.
4:42
*ENCOURAGING SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION THROUGH A VOLUNTARY
PM
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, WEST INDIES - Sara D.
Ramirez, Kimberly M. Stewart, Eric M. Wiener, Julie T. Stein, Karen L. Eckert,
Sanghamitra Padhy.
4:54
PERCEPTION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN HAWKSBILL TURTLE
PM
CONSERVATION PROJECTS (Eretmochelys imbricata) IN ESTERO PADRE RAMOS
AND ASERRADORES, NICARAGUA - Alejandra Rivera, Eduardo Altamirano, Velkiss
Gadea, José Urteaga, Perla Torres, Luis Manzanares, Mike Liles, Ingrid Yañez,
Alexander Gaos, David Melero.
5:06
PM
*THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF SEA TURTLES IN TOBAGO - Michelle CazabonMannette, Peter Schuhmann.
3:24
PM
FROM NULL TO FULL PROTECTION - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN
IMPLEMENTING NEW LEGISLATION IN WESTERN AFRICA - Bastien Loloum, Eliseo
Neto, Hipólito Lima, Litoney Oliveira, Sara Vieira, Vitor Imenez, Ana Besugo,
Joana Hancock.
AGENTS OF CHANGE FOR SEA TURTLE BYCATCH MITIGATION IN THE EASTERN
PACIFIC OCEAN - Liliana Rendón, Sandra Andraka.
PARTICIPATORY STRATEGIES FOR SEA TURTLE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN
NORTHERN PERÚ - Kerstin Forsberg.
*SEA TURTLE EDUCATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND
OUTCOME ASSESSMENT IN ST. KITTS, WEST INDIES - Kimberly M. Stewart, Terry
M. Norton, Mark A. Mitchell.
5:18
PM
5:30
PM
*HAKUNA MATATA AND AYAAWATAA AA'U WAYA: INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS
AND BELIEFS TOWARDS MARINE TURTLES - Hector Barrios-Garrido, Carolina
Martínez, Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, Jesús Mba Mba, Angela Formia, Emmy Andrade,
Alejandro Fallabrino, Amy Diedrich, Mark Hamann.
ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS OF BAHAMIANS CONCERNING
SEA TURTLES AND THEIR CONSERVATION - Rachel Miller, Kate Barley-Kincaid,
Annabelle Brooks.
Celebration of World Wildlife Day
Presentation by José Alvarez
Director General de Diversidad Biológica, MINAM
5:42 – 5:50 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, 3 Mar
Silent Auction
Room: Mezzanine 2
8 am - 2:00 pm
ICAPO Meeting
rd
12 – 1:50 pm
MTSG Meeting
rd
2 – 5:30 pm
Speed Chatting
Room: Entrance of Auditorium
5:50 – 7:30 pm
SOCIAL EVENT
Thursday, 3 Mar
Live Auction
Room: Auditorium
8 – 11:45 pm
5:50 - 7:15 pm ‘Meet the Poster Authors’
(Auditorium)
FRIDAY, 4 March 2016, Room: LAS CAMPANAS
(Simultaneous Intrepretation available today)
SPECIAL SESSION: EASTERN PACIFIC SEA TURTLES
Chairs: Bryan Wallace, Javier Quiñones & Frank Paladino.
9:00 IMPACTS OF EL NIÑO ON THE EARLY LIFE HISTORY OF EASTERN PACIFIC
AM
LEATHERBACK TURTLES - George L. Shillinger, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Hao Luo,
Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Helen Bailey, Frank V. Paladino, James R. Spotila.
9:12
ILEGAL CAPTURES OF SEA TURTLES AND BLACK MARKET USING INFORMATION
AM
FROM DUMPSITES AND STRANDINGS IN SAN ANDRES, PISCO, PERÚ - Sixto
Quispe, Javier Quiñones, Evelyn Paredes.
9:24
BLACK TURTLE POPULATION DYNAMICS IN PARACAS, PERÚ DURING A SIX YEAR
AM
IN-WATER MONITORING. - Javier Quiñones, Sixto Quispe, Evelyn Paredes.
9:36
GOOD SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES: SENSIBILIZATION, OBSERVATION TURTLES
AM
RELEASE IN PURSE SEINING IN PERÚ - Salvador Peraltilla, Rosa Amelia Vinatea
Chavez.
9:48 ESTIMATES OF SEA TURTLE BYCATCH IN CHILEAN SWORDFISH FISHERIES - Patricia
AM
M. Zárate, Daniel Devia, Carlos Montenegro-Silva, Jorge Azocar.
10:00 MARINE MAMMAL AND SEA TURTLE BYCATCH REDUCTION IN THE DRIFT GILLNET
AM
FISHERY IN CHILE - Miguel Donoso, Peter H. Dutton, John Wang, Christina Fahy.
10:12 *MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF JUVENIL AND SUB-ADULT HAWKSBILL TURTLES
AM
(Eretmochelys imbricata) IN MANGROVE ESTUARIES ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST
OF EL SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA - Perla Torres Gago, Alberto Abreu-Grobois,
Alexander Gaos, Danelia Mairena, Sandra Rivas, Eduardo Altamirano, Michael Liles.
10:24 WHERE DO ALL THESE TURTLES COME FROM? LOW GENETIC DIVERSITY OF
AM
EASTERN PACIFIC HAWKSBILL TURTLES (Eretmochelys imbricata) FORAGING IN
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OF COSTA RICA DEMANDS NEW MOLECULAR
APPROACHES TO DETERMINE ORIGINS OF JUVENILES AND ADULTS AT DIFFERENT
HABITATS ALONG NORTHERN PACIFIC OF COSTA RICA - Maike Heidemeyer,
Marianne Feoli, Federico Albertazzi, Randall Arauz, Erick López, Astrid Sánchez,
Luis Fonseca.
SPECIAL SESSION: EASTERN PACIFIC SEA TURTLES
11:00
AM
11:12
AM
Chairs: Bryan Wallace, Javier Quiñones & Frank Paladino.
*BUILDING THE BRIDGE: CONTRIBUTION OF EASTERN PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE
STOCKS (Chelonia mydas agassizzii) TO A CENTRAL AMERICAN FORAGING GROUND
AT POZA DEL NANCE (PARQUE NACIONAL SIPACATE-NARANJO, ESCUINTLA,
GUATEMALA) DETERMINED BY MITOCONDRIAL DNA ANALYSES -María Chavarría,
Maike Heidemeyer, Federico Albertazzi, Andrés Ávalos, Omar Chassin-Noria, Jaime
Pérez, Carlos Alfaro.
*PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) IN THE PACIFIC:
POPULATION STRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY AND COLONIZATION PATTERNS IN
ECUADOREAN POPULATIONS - Jhonnathan Valdes, Micaela Peña, Omar Torres,
Jaime A. Chaves, Daniela Alarcón-Ruales, Maximilian Hirschfeld, Judith Denkinger,
Leandro Vaca-Pita, Jason G. Castañeda, Daniela Matheus-Holland, Juan García,
FRI 4 – LAS CAMPANAS
11:24
AM
11:36
AM
11:48
AM
Cristian Quintero, Alexander Gaos, Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez.
GRAB A SHELL DUDE! TRANSPACIFIC RECRUITMENT AND REGIONAL
CONNECTIVITY OF PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) POPULATIONS
AGGREGATED AT TWO ECUADORIAN FORAGING GROUNDS - Micaela Peña,
Jhonnattan Valdez, Jaime Chavez, Maike Heidemeyer, Juan Pablo Muñoz-Perez,
Omar Torres-Carvajal.
*SO CLOSE BUT YET SO DIFFERENT GREEN TURTLES: COMPARING THE OCEANIC
FORAGING GROUND AT ISLA DEL COCO WITH COASTAL GOLFO DULCE, PACIFIC
COSTA RICA, USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF CARBON AND NITROGEN Maike Heidemeyer, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Randall Arauz, Federico Albertazzi, Todd
Steiner, Didiher Chacón, Luis Fonseca, Nelly de Paz, Laura Sampson.
TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF GREEN SEA TURTLES ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
OCEAN: INSIGHTS FROM BULK TISSUE AND COMPOUND SPECIFIC STABLE
ISOTOPE ANALYSIS - Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Nelly de Paz, Miguel Donoso, Peter H.
Dutton, Maike Heidermeyer, T. Todd Jones, Shaleyla Kelez, Mireille PlouffeMalette, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, Laura Sampson, Lucia Santos Baca, Joel O.
Schumacher, Patricia M. Zarate, Brian N. Popp.
SPECIAL SESSION: ASO NETWORK
SPECIAL SESSION: ASO NETWORK
Chairs: Laura Prodoscimi, Suzana Guimarães & Gabriela Velez-Rubio.
(*Denotes Archie Carr best student paper award candidate;Presenting author in BOLD)
2:00
INCIDENTAL CAPTURE OF SEA TURTLES IN ARTISANAL AND INDUSTRIAL
PM
FISHERIES IN SOUTHWESTER ATLANTIC - Suzana M. Guimarães, Bruno B. Giffoni,
Danielle S. Monteiro.
2:12
ASO - TURTLE NETWORK: COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND
PM
STRANDINGS - Daphne Wrobel Goldberg, Cecília Baptistotte, Felipe D´Azeredo,
Alícia Bertoloto, Suzana Guimarães, Gabriela Vélez-Rubio, Laura Prodoscimi.
2:24
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS? - Daphne Wrobel
PM
Goldberg, Thaís Pires, Renato Velloso, Henrique Becker, Jaqueline Comin De
Castilhos, Juçara Wanderlinde, Gustave Gilles Lopez, Thereza Damasceno,
Armando Barsante Dos Santos, Cecília Baptistotte.
Chairs: Laura Prodoscimi, Suzana Guimarães & Gabriela Velez-Rubio.
12:00 ASO NETWORK - Diego Alejandro Albareda, Alejandro Fallabrino, Laura
PM
Prosdocimi.
12:06 POLLUTION AND SEA TURTLES IN SOUTH WESTERN ATLANTIC - Natalia
PM
Teryda, Liana Rosa, Gabriela Vélez-Rubio, Laura Prosdocimi, Suzana M. Guimarães.
12:12 *EPIBIONTIC HYDROIDS (CNIDARIA, HYDROZOA) FROM MARINE TURTLES: A
PM
GLOBAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND A CASE STUDY FROM JUVENILE GREEN
TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) OF THE SOUTHWESTERNATLANTIC COAST - Valentina
Leoni, Gabriela M. Vélez-Rubio, Fabrizio Scarabino, Antonio C. Marques, Thaís P.
Miranda, Alvar Carranza.
12:24 *SKULL SHAPE AND SIZE IN JUVENILE GREEN TURTLE: ONTOGENETIC AND
PM
BIOGEOGRAPHIC VARIATION - V. F. Coelho, C. Domit, L. Prosdocimi, F. S. Almeida,
H. Nishizawa.
12:36 - 2:00 pm Lunch
2:36
PM
2:48
PM
3:00
PM
3:12
PM
DETECTION OF ALPHAHERPESVIRUS IN SECRETIONS OF Chelonia mydas IN THE
BRAZILIAN ATLANTIC COAST - Marco Aurélio Gattamorta, Sheila Oliveira De Souza
Silva, Sueli Akemi Taniwaki, Fabiola Setim Prioste, Paulo Eduardo Brandão, Eliana
Reiko Matushima.
MARINE TURTLE CONNECTIVITY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN Sibelle Torres Vilaça, Ana Cristina Vigliar Bondioli, Anelise Torres Hahn, Estéfane
Cardinot Reis, Érica Molfetti, Juliana Costa Jordão, Laura Prosdocimi, Luciano S.
Soares, Maíra Carneiro Proietti, Maria Noel Caracccio, Sarah Maria Vargas, Eugenia
Naro-Maciel.
SURVIVAL OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES IN THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC: USING
GENETIC DATA TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS FOR CONSERVATION Sarah M. Vargas, Luana Lins, Érica Molfetti, Simon Y. W. Ho, Daniele Monteiro,
Jonathan Barreto, Fabricio R. Santos.
HAWKSBILL X LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE HYBRIDS AT BRAZILIAN FEEDING
GROUNDS - Maíra Carneiro Proietti, Cíntia Brito Prudente Da Silva, Ana Luzia
Figueredo, Rodrigo Maggioni, Danielle Monteiro, Julia Reisser.
SPECIAL SESSION: TURTLES IN TIME
3:24
PM
3:36
PM
3:48
AM
Chair: Jack Frazier
(Presenting author in BOLD)
TURTLES IN TIME: RECOVERING THE LOST DIMENSION IN MARINE TURTLE
RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION - Jack Frazier.
ARCHIVO GENERAL DE INDIAS DE SEVILLA. RESEARCH POTENTIAL OF HISTORICAL
ARCHIVES - Daniel González-Paredes, Guadalupe Fernández-Morente.
SWIMMING OUT OF THE PAST: RECONSTRUCTING SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS
THROUGH ETHNOGRAPHY AND ARCHIVAL RESEARCH - Michelle María Early
Capistrán.
4:00 - 4:30 pm Afternoon break
Friday, 4 Mar
Room: Mezzanine 2
9 am - 12:00 pm
ISTS BUSINESS PLENARY
Room: Las Campanas
4:30 – 6:00 pm
Last chance to pick up and pay for items from Auctions
SOCIAL EVENT
Friday, 4 Mar
Gala Dinner
Room: Auditorium
7 pm – 8:15 pm
Awards Ceremony & Closing Celebration
Room: Auditorium
8:15 pm – 1 am
Chairs: Ximena Vélez-Zuazo, Jane Provancha, Maike Heidemeyer, Celia Cáceres &
Luciana Klinge.
AUDITORIUM
Wednesday 2nd from 8 am to 7 pm
Thursday 3rd from 8 am to 7:15 pm
‘Meet the Poster Authors’
Wednesday, 2nd Mar - 5:36 to 7:00 pm
Thursday, 3rd Mar – 5:50 to 7:15 pm
Session and Poster Number
Anatomy, Physiology and Health…….………………….………………………....001-029
In-Water Biology …………………………………………………………………...030-069
Conservation, Management and Policy……………………….…………………..070-099
Fisheries and Threats……………………………………………………………......100-122
Nesting Biology………………………………………………………………….…..123-163
Education, Outreach and Advocacy……………………………….………….….....164-191
Population Biology and Monitoring………………………………….……….…....192-213
Social, Economic and Cultural Studies………………………………...…………...214-221
Emerging Threats: Climate Change, Oil Spill and Plastic Pollution..…….……….222-229
Eastern Pacific Sea Turtles……………………………………….…………….......230-259
ASO Network…………………………………………………..…………………....260-297
REHAB POSTERS
001
002
ECG IN Caretta caretta: PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS UNDER STANDARD
CONDITIONS, SEDATION AND ANESTHESIA - Daniela Freggi, Leonardo Cavaliere,
Francesco Vaccaro, Delia Franchini, Carmela Valastro, Antonio Di Bello.
EXERTIONAL MYOPATHY DOCUMENTED IN A JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLE FOUND
ENTANGLED IN A LARGE MESH GILLNET - Brianne E. Phillips, Sarah A. Cannizzo,
Matthew H. Godfrey, Brian A. Stacy, Craig A. Harms.
POSTERS
POSTER SESSION
004
005
006
007
008
009
010
011
012
013
014
015
016
017
018
FIRST RECORD OF STRANDING, RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND LIBERATION OF
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (Caretta caretta) IN TACNA, SOUTHERN PERÚ REGION Martin Zambrano Pinto, Julio Mamani Fernandez, Christian Riveros Arteaga.
REPORT ON DIGESTIVE CONTENTS OF STRANDED WASHBACK HATCHLINGS - Holly
West, Amber Shaw, Rebeccah Hazelkorn, Gretchen Lovewell, Lauren Miller.
FATAL CITROBACTER SEPTICEMIA IN A JUVENILE GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas): A
CASE REPORT - Daphne W. Goldberg, Camila T. Cegoni, Daniel Wagner Rogério,
Juçara Wanderlinde, Eron Paes E Lima, Hassan Jerdy Leandro, Eulógio Carlos Queiróz
De Carvalho.
LEARNING WITH LOGGERHEADS: EFFECTIVE TRAINING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
FOR HUSBANDRY AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS - Ashley L. Lavender.
*CAN SEX-SPECIFIC PROTEINS IN BLOOD BE USED AS A RELIABLE METHOD TO
IDENTIFY THE SEX OF SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS? - Boris Tezak, Itzel Sifuentes, Debra
Miller, Jeanette Wyneken.
*HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SURVEY OF LATE STAGE EMBRYONAL MORTALITY IN
LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES (Dermochelys coriacea) IN ST KITTS, WEST INDIES Kristine Hill, Michelle Dennis, Natalie Lord, Kimberly J. Stewart.
EFFECT OF INCUBATION CONDITIONS ON DNA METHYLATION IN TURTLES WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION - Itzel Sifuentes-Romero,
Jeanette Wyneken.
*ORIENTATION AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF HATCHLING LOGGERHEAD SEA
TURTLES (Caretta caretta) TO ENVIRONMENTAL ACOUSTIC CUES - Bethany Holtz,
Wendy E. D. Piniak.
PREVALENCE OF GREEN TURTLE FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS IN THE NORTHEAST
MEXICAN CARIBBEAN - Vanessa Labrada-Martagón, Roberto Herrera-Pavón, Ana
Negrete-Philippe, Milagros Gonzalez-Hernández, Fernando A. Muñoz.
EVIDENCE OF NEURAL TROPISM BY CHELONID HERPESVIRUS-5 IN Chelonia mydas Fabiola Prioste, Marco Aurélio Gattamorta, Sheila Oliveira De Souza Silva, Sueli Akemi
Taniwaki, Fabiola Eloisa Setim Prioste, Cecilia Baptistotte, Paulo Eduardo Brandão,
Eliana Reiko Matushima.
*FIRST REPORT OF FIBROPAPILLOMA IN THE OLIVE RIDLEY (Lepidochelys olivacea)
AND IN THE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (Caretta caretta) FROM THE BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA, MEXICO - Amaury Cordero-Tapia, Eduardo Reséndiz.
*FORENSIC DESCRIPTIONS IN SEA TURTLES FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR - Eduardo
Reséndiz, Amaury Cordero-Tapia, Maria Mónica Lara-Uc, Sergio Francisco FloresRamírez.
SKULL MORPHOMETRICS IN EAST PACIFIC GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) IN
SECHURA FEEDING GROUNDS - Luis Santillán.
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF TWO SPECIES OF SEA TURTLES - Andrea Franco
Moreno, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, Elena Huerta Chávez, Víctor Cruz Escalona.
IS JUVENILE GROWTH PATTERN AND MORPHOLOGY SHAPED BY PREDATION RISK?
HYPOTHESIS TESTING THROUGH COMPARISONS BETWEEN FLATBACKS (Natator
depressus) AND GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) - Michael Salmon, Jeanette
Wyneken, Mark Hamann, Scott Whiting.
*A MORPHOMETRIC COMPARISON OF TWO SPECIES OF SYMPATRICALLY
OCCURRING IMMATURE MARINE TURTLES INDICATES DIFFERENT EARLY
EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES - Christina Marie Coppenrath, Yolanda M. Leon,
Michael Salmon.
POSTERS
003
020
021
022
023
024
025
026
027
028
029
*PRELIMINARY RESULTS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONGENITAL
MALFORMATION RATES BETWEEN TWO OLIVE RIDLEY NESTING COLONIES FROM
MEXICAN PACIFIC - Annelisse Bárcenas-Ibarra, Michelle Elizabeth Dorantes-Palacios,
Miguel Ángel Coyote-Tabaco, Santiago Rabal Martínez.
*FIRST SKELETOCHRONOLOGY ANALYSIS ON LOGGERHEAD (Caretta caretta)
YEARLINGS AND POST-YEARLINGS - Alejandro Usategui Martín, Patricia Ostiategui,
Ana Liria Loza.
ANATOMY AND FUNCTION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY SPHINCTER IN CARETTA
CARETTA - Teresa Lorenzo Bermejo, Daniel García Párraga, Andreas Falhman, Jose
Luis Crespo Picazo, Julio Cortijo Gimeno.
BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND INORGANIC ELEMENTS IN Lepidochelys olivacea
FROM "LA ESCOBILLA BEACH, OAXACA, MEXICO - Adriana Cortés-Gómez, Asta
Tvarijonaviciute, Gisela Fuentes-Mascorro, Diego Romero
POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS OF METALS ON CLINICAL PARAMETERS OF
LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES (Caretta caretta) FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
- César P. Ley-Quiñónez, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray, Natalia Rossi, Catherine .E. Hart,
Hoyt Peckham, A. Alonso Aguirre.
EPIBIOTIC DIATOMS ARE UNIVERSALLY PRESENT ON ALL SEA TURTLE SPECIES Nathan J. Robinson, Roksana Majewska, Lourdes Rojas, Ronel Nel, Frank V. Paladino,
John D. Zardus, Theodora Pinou.
*IMPORTANCE OF EPIBIONT REGISTRY COUPLED WITH THE MINIMUM CURVED
CARAPACE LENGTH (CCLMIN) MEASUREMENT - Beatriz Brito-Carrasco, Raul García
Varela, Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, Jennifer Gooch, Emma Harrison.
EPIBIONT DIVERSITY IN Lepidochelys olivacea FEMALES ON TWO BEACHES OF THE
MEXICAN TROPICAL PACIFIC - Ildefonso Enciso-Padilla, David I. Almazán-López,
Francisco J. Jacobo-Pérez, Cesar D. Jiménez-Piedragil.
*ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF VIBRIO SPP. IN
SEA TURTLES FROM NORTHWESTERN MEXICO - Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray, A.
Alonso Aguirre, Jorge Velazquez-Roman, Héctor Flores-Villaseñor, Nidia LeónSicairos, C. P, Ley-Quiñonez, Lucio De Jesús Hernández-Díaz, Catherine E. Hart, Adrian
Canizalez-Roman.
PHYTOTOXINS ASSOCIATED WITH MORTALITY IN SUBADULT BLACK TURTLES
(Chelonia mydas agassizii) IN MICHOACAN, MEXICO - Carlos Delgado-Trejo, Ana María
Gasca Hernández, Cutzi Bedolla Ochoa.
GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOOD PARASITES ON THREE SEA TURTLE
NESTING SITES IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLAND - Lady Márquez, Virna Cedeño, Marilyn
Cruz, Leandro Patiño, Patricia Zárate.
IN-WATER BIOLOGY
030
031
032
THE POTENTIAL FOR CITIZEN SCIENCE TO BETTER PROTECT MARINE TURTLES IN THE
MALDIVES - Jillian Hudgins.
NĀ HONU O KAHALU’U: ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN PLACE-BASED
MANAGEMENT - Elizabeth Jim, Laura Jim, Rachel Silverman, George H. Balazs, Cindi
Punihaole, Marc R. Rice.
WESTERN PACIFIC GREEN TURTLES: INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADORS - Denise M.
Parker, George H. Balazs, Stephen P. Kolinski, Jennifer Cruce, Karen Frutchey.
POSTERS
019
034
035
036
037
038
039
040
041
042
043
044
045
046
047
DIVE BEHAVIOR OF GRAVID LEATHERBACK TURTLES DURING INTER-NESTING
PERIOD NESTING AT JAMURSBA-MEDI, INDONESIA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS IN THE
PACIFIC - Junichi Okuyama, Scott R. Benson, Peter H. Dutton, Jeffrey A. Seminoff.
DIVING PATTERN DIFFERENCES OF FEMALE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES NESTING ON
DALYAN BEACH, TURKEY - Cisem Sezgin, Yakup Kaska.
*DO HAWKSBILL TURTLES (Eretmochelys imbricata) FOUND IN THE SHALLOW
WATERS OF PRINCIPE ISLAND, WEST AFRICA, EXHIBIT SIMILAR ISOTOPIC NICHES? Rogério L. Ferreira, Filipe R. Ceia, Teresa C. Borges, Jaime A. Ramos, Alan B. Bolten.
DIET ANALYSIS OF Chelonia mydas "GREEN TURTLE" IN NORTHERN PERÚ, 2013-2014 Astrid Jiménez Heredia, Sergio Pingo Paiva, Nicolas Acuña Perales, Joanna AlfaroShigueto, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Yuri Hooker.
REPORT OF DIGESTIVE TRACT CONTENTS OF SEA TURTLE IN THE COAST OF KANTO
AND OGASAWARA ISLANDS - Yoshiki Tanizaki.
*TEUTHIDA SQUID IN THE DIET OF OCEANIC STAGE GREEN TURTLES: AN INSIGHT
INTO HABITAT ASSOCIATION IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN - Daniel
Godoy, Emma Betty, Alessandra Bielli.
THE DIET OF GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) IN NEW ZEALAND: A TEMPERATE
DEVELOPMENTAL GROUND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC - Daniel Godoy.
*DIET-TISSUE DISCRIMINATION FACTORS (Δ13C AND Δ15N) IN CAPTIVE ADULT MALE
GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) - Ana Talavera, Alberto Sánchez, Concepción Ortiz,
Hannah Vander Zanden, Ana Negrete.
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS OF OLIVE RIDLEY
(Lepidochelys olivacea) AND EAST PACIFIC GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas agassizii)
AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY IN A FEEDING AREA OF THE NORTH
OF SINALOA, MEXICO - Maria d. R. Vejar-Rubio, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray, T.Leticia
Espinosa-Carreón, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Cesar P. Ley-Quiñonez, Catherine E. Hart, A.
Alonso Aguirre.
*SPECIES, SIZE CLASS AND BEHAVIOUR OF MARINE TURTLES OF LORD HOWE
ISLAND, SOUTH EASTERN AUSTRALIA - Rochelle Ferris, Mark Hamann, Mariana
Fuentes.
*TORTUGA NEGRA-GALÁPAGOS IN-WATER BIOLOGY FROM A SEA TURTLE OASIS Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Daniela Alarcón-Ruales, Maximilian Hirschfeld, Judith
Denkinger, Jaime A. Chaves, Jhonnathan Valdes, Jason G. Castañeda, Daniela
Matheus-Holland, Cori Lopazanski, Juan García, Cristian Quintero, Gregory A.
Lewbart, Kenneth J. Lohmann, Alexander Gaos, Mark Hamann.
IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POTENTIAL HAWKSBILL SEA
TURTLE (Eretmochelys imbricata) FORAGING ZONES LOCATED IN THE AREAS
INFLUENCED BY THE MARINO BALLENA NATIONAL PARK, OSA CONSERVATION
AREA, COSTA RICA. - Oscar Brenes Arias, Adrián Bonilla Salazar.
INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION IN A GREEN TURTLE Chelonia mydas FORAGING
AGGREGATION - Jordan A. Thomson, Alexandra G. Gulick, Michael R. Heithaus.
*ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS INFLUENCING FORAGING GROUND SELECTION IN
MEDITERRANEAN LOGGERHEAD TURTLES (Caretta caretta) - Giulia Cerritelli, R.
Mencacci, M. Denaro, T. Malito, C. Mancuso, G. Parise, S. Urso, T. Mingozzi, P. Luschi,
D. Giunchi.
ANALYSIS DAY-NIGHT CATCH AND POPULATION STATUS OF BLACK TURTLE
(Chelonia mydas) IN OJO DE LIEBRE LAGOON, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: 2009-2012 Guadalupe Hernández-Cruz, Elena Solana-Arellano, Volker Koch.
POSTERS
033
049
050
051
052
053
054
055
056
057
058
059
060
ASSESSMENT OF GREEN, Chelonia mydas AND HAWKSBILL, Eretmochelys imbricata
(REPTILIA: CHELONIIDAE) SEA TURTLES AT NEAR-SHORE FORAGING AREAS IN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - Tammy Mae Summers,
Jessy R. Hapdei, Joseph K. Ruak, A. Lepczyk.
*DEVELOPMENTAL HABITAT AND MIGRATORY PATHWAYS: KEY AREAS FOR THE
CONSERVATION OF FUTURE BREEDING GREEN TURTLES ACROSS THE CARIBBEANATLANTIC REGION - Kali Mills, Philippine Chambault, Yvon Le Maho, Odile Petit,
Damien Chevallier.
*HOME RANGE SIZE AND HABITAT USE BY IMMATURE GREEN TURTLES FORAGING
IN A SHALLOW CREEK AND ADJACENT DEEPER SOUND LOCATED IN ELEUTHERA,
THE BAHAMAS - Meagan Gary, Annabelle Brooks, Michael Salmon.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTES OF FIVE HAWKSBILL TURTLES (Eretmochelys
imbricata) RELEASED AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF LIFE IN THE COLOMBIAN
CARIBBEAN AND FOLLOWED BY SATELLITE TELEMETRY - Carmen Lucia NoriegaHoyos, Aminta Jáuregui, Jorge Enrique Bernal Gutierrez, Karen Alexandra Pabón
Aldana.
*THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT INTENSITY AND WAVELENGTH ON OFFSHORE
MIGRATION OF OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS (Lepidochelys olivacea) Lauren M. Cruz, Aimee Hoover, Helen Bailey, Frank V. Paladino, George L. Shillinger.
POST-NESTING AND POST-REHABILITATION MIGRATION PATTERNS OF
LOGGERHEAD TURTLES FROM SOUTH-WEST TURKEY - Cisem Sezgin, Yakup Kaska.
*SEASONAL CHANGES IN THE BEHAVIOR OF CAPTIVE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES
(Caretta caretta) MAY INDICATE INNATE MIGRATORY PATTERNS - Amber Shaw, Holly
West, Lauren Miller, Ivana Lezcano, Phil Allman.
WHERE DO OLIVE RIDLEYS GO AFTER NESTING ALONG THE BRAZILIAN COAST? - Erik
Allan Pinheiro dos Santos, Augusto César Coelho Dias da Silva, Roberto Sforza, Fabio
Lira das Candeias Oliveira, Marilda Inês Weber, Jaqueline Comin de Castilhos, Roberto
de Souza Garcia, Maria de los Milagros Lopez Mendilaharsu, Maria Angela Azevedo
Guagni Dei Marcovaldi, Renata Maria Arruda Ramos, Andrew DiMatteo.
FORAGING MOVEMENTS OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES MONITORED BY SATELITE
TELEMTRY IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO - Alejandra Guadalupe SandovalLugo, Alan Alfredo Zavala-Norzagaray, Teresa Leticia Espinosa-Carreón, Jeffrey
Alexander Seminoff, Catherine E. Hart, César Paúl Ley- Quiñonez, Alonso Aguirre.
MOVEMENTS OF BRAZILIAN HAWKSBILL TURTLES REVEALED BY FLIPPER TAGS Armando José Barsante Santos, Claudio Bellini, Luis Felipe W. Bortolon, Barb
Outerbridge, Alexsandro Santana Santos, Maria Angela Marcovaldi.
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION RESEARCH INVOLVING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND
TOURISTS FOR CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN THE WATERS OF PERHENTIAN
ISLANDS MARINE PARK, MALAYSIA - Seh Ling Long, Daniel Quilter, Nazirul Amin
Azmi, Nicholas John Tolen, Petros Persad, Charlotte Emily Babbs, Muhammad Azri
Fakrullah Mohd Azhar, William Forster.
FOCAL PHOTOGRAPH SURVEYS: FORAGING RESIDENT MALE INTERACTIONS AND
FEMALE INTERACTIONS AT FISH-CLEANING STATIONS - Kostas Papafitsoros, Gail
Schofield.
*THE USE OF I3S SOFTWARE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION OF MARINE
TURTLES WITHIN A CITIZEN SCIENCE MODEL IN THE GALAPAGOS MARINE RESERVE
(GMR) - Daniela Matheus-Holland, Cori Lopazanski, Daniela Alárcon, Juan Pablo
Muñoz.
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PIC4TURTLE, A COLLABORATIVE IMAGE-BASED PLATFORM FOR SEA TURTLES Flavio Ferrara, Jordana Borini, Ana Claudia Marcondes, Paulo Rodrigues.
PITMAR (MARINE TURTLES IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMME) - Jaime A. de Urioste,
Andres Estrades, María J. Bethencourt.
THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS: A PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION CATALOGUE (1998-2015)
THAT SUPERBLY CAPTURES THE LIVES OF ENDANGERED HAWAIIAN HAWKSBILL SEA
TURTLES - Cheryl King, Don McLeish.
THE PHOTO-ID TECHNIQUE IN MARINE TURTLES AS A TOOL FOR THE
IDENTIFICATION OF RESIDENT SPECIMENS IN TAGANGA, COLOMBIA - Carmen Lucia
Noriega-Hoyos, Laura Franco-León, Aminta Jáuregui.
THE REPRODUCTIVE AGGREGATION OF SEA TURTLES SOUTH OF ISLA MUJERES,
QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO - Roberto Herrera, Sofía Sarre, Julio C. Zurita, Miriam
Tzeck, Manuel A. Garcia, Rudy Castellanos, Maria Ixchel Garcia.
A SARGASSUM-RELATED MASS STRANDING OF JUVENILE GREEN AND HAWKSBILL
TURTLES IN BARBADOS - Carla Daniel, J.A. Horrocks.
USE OF A GLASS BOTTOM BOAT FOR SEA TURTLE RESEARCH AROUND FERNANDO
DE NORONHA ARCHIPELAGO, BRAZIL - Luis Felipe W. Bortolon, Leonardo B. Veras,
Paula R. Nassar, Armando J.B. Santos, Claudio Bellini.
*DEVELOPING A COMMON CURRENCY FOR TISSUE ANALYSES USING STABLE
ISOTOPES OF NESTING GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) - Kali Mills, Ryan Chabot,
Kate Mansfield.
SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL ADHESIVES FOR USE ON NEONATE FLATBACK
TURTLES (Natator depressus): WHAT WORKS AND DOESN’T WORK ON THE “TEFLON
TURTLES” - Jeanette Wyneken, Michael Salmon, Mark Hamann, Anton Tucker, Scott
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CHALLENGES FOR THE MID TO LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF A SEA TURTLE PROJECT IN
THE NEOTROPICS: A 16-YEAR CASE STUDY FROM THE PARIA PENINSULA,
VENEZUELA - Hedelvy J. Guada, María De Los Ángeles Rondón-Médicci, Joaquín
Buitrago, Emma Doyle, Beatriz Alcalá.
PROGRESS AND PROJECTS: AN UPDATE ON REVERSE THE DECLINE OF FLORIDA’S
SEA TURTLES - Cynthia J. Lagueux, Cathi L. Campbell, Alan B. Bolten, Blair E.
Witherington, Rachel Smith, Karen A. Bjorndal.
COMMUNITY BASED SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH IN BANGLADESH Mohammad Zahirul Islam, Abdul Wahab Akonda, Rejaul Karim Chowdhury, Abdul
Awal Sarker.
RASTOMA A NEW NETWORK FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION ACTORS IN CENTRAL
AFRICA - Alexandre Girard, Samuel Mbungu, Rodrigue Ngafack, Roland Missilou.
SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION PROGRAM AT BARRA DE LA CRUZ, OAXACA, MEXICO Alejandro Tavera Rivera, Adriana Laura Sarti Martinez.
FORTY TWO YEARS OF GREEN SEA TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) HEAD-STARTING IN THE
OGASAWARA ISLANDS, 1973-2014 - Satomi Kondo, Yukari Morimoto, Takayuki Sato,
Emi Inoguchi, Shinichi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Suganuma.
*A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BIOMETRIC OF HAWKSBILL TURTLE HATCHLINGS
Eretmochelys imbricata FOR THE HEAD-STARTING PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL
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PARK LOS ROQUES - Omar Ramírez-Flores, Gilberto Borges, Alfonso Ruiz-Moreno,
Natalie Wildermann, Hector Barrios-Garrido.
REVITALIZING SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN NORTH OF WAIGEO ISLAND, RAJA
AMPAT PAPUA BARAT PROVINCE - INDONESIA - Ricardo F. Tapilatu, Ferdiel Ballamu.
*ESTABLISHMENT OF A NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN MARINE TURTLE TASK FORCE- A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN - Khadeeja Ali, Manjula Tiwari, Lindsey West, Andrea
Phillott, Rebecca Regnery, M. Shiham Adam.
THE FRENCH SEA TURTLE GROUP, AN ACTIVE NETWORK IN 5 OCEANS AND SEAS Cyrille Barnerias, Françoise Claro, Jérôme Bourjea, Jacques Frétey, Michel Nalovic
Marc Girondot, Alexandre Girard, Katia Ballorain, Christelle Dyc, Patrick Haffner,
Cécile Gaspar, Jeanne de Mazières, Jean-Philippe Siblet, François Poisson, François
Galgani, Pierre Morinière, Florence Dell’ Amico, Stéphane Ciccione, Claire Jean,
Mayeul Dalleau, Florian Expert.
RECIPE FOR CONSERVATION SUCCESS: CASE STUDY OF A SMALL ISLAND IN THE
SEYCHELLES HOSTING THE LARGEST HAWKSBILL NESTING POPULATION IN THE
WEST INDIAN OCEAN - Cheryl Sanchez, Eric Blais, Nirmal Shah.
NINE YEARS OF SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH IN GHANA, WEST
AFRICA: A REVIEW OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES - Philip Allman, Andrews
Agyekumhene.
ENDANGERED JUVENILE TURTLES ALSO NEED CONSERVATION ATTENTION IN CAPE
VERDE: FIRST COMMUNITY RUN PILOT STUDY - Leno Passos, Victor Stiebens, Philip
Van Heerden, Denis Adriano, Sergio Portugues, Nivaldo Ramos, Amanda Dutra.
THE BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF OLIVE RILDLEY (Lepidochelys olivacea) SEA
TURTLE IN CENTRAL AMERICA - Carlos Mario Orrego Vasquez, James Spotila.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN OF THE CONTAINER TERNINAL OF THE
PORT OF MOIN, COSTA RICA; A TOOL FOR THE CONSERVATION FOR MARINE
TURTLES - Didiher Chacon, Vicente Watson, Jaime Echeverria.
ECONOMIC VALUATION OF NATURAL RESERVES IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN
(CASE OF MARINE TURTLES) - Mariam Mohammed Al-Busaidi.
ARRIBADAS OF TURTLES & TOURISTS: A PLAN TO IMPROVE VISITOR MANAGEMENT
AT LA FLOR WILDLIFE REFUGE, NICARAGUA - Brad Nahill, Mercedes Peñalba-Laguna.
LIFTING THE CONSERVATION VEIL: THE ETHICAL FAILURE OF THE CONVENTION ON
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES) - Ute Brady, Ben Minteer.
SINGLE SPECIES ACTION PLAN FOR THE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (Caretta caretta) IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN – AN INITIATIVE OF THE CMS - Karen Arthur, Colin
Limpus, Melanie Virtue.
SEA TURTLE EGG HARVESTING IN GUATEMALA - IS IT SUSTAINABLE, TRADITIONAL,
AND FOR SUBSISTENCE ONLY? - Colum Muccio, Juan Manuel Pérez.
*GALVANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TO OPEN DOORS TO SEA TURTLE
CONSERVATION DIPLOMACY - Frederick C. Yeh, Liu Lin, James R. Buskirk.
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE GREEN SEA TURTLE (Chelonia mydas)
IN THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO AND IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY ZONES FOR
ITS CONSERVATION IN THE ISLANDS - Macarena Parra, Byron Delgado.
SEA TURTLE NESTING POPULATION AND HATCHING SUCCESS IN BANGLADESH
COAST - Mohammad Zahirul Islam, Abdul Wahab Akonda, Rejaul Karim Chowdhury,
Abdul Awal Sarker.
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AN UPDATE OF CURRENT STATUS OF SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN SRI LANKA. Thushan Kapurusinghe, Himali Purnima Kahawita, Tharanga Herath, Shayma
Wijekulasuriya, Oona Maenpaa.
*PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF INCUBATORS ON THE MAGNETIC
IMPRINTING OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS (Caretta caretta, LINNAEUS
1758) - Sonia Doblado, José A. Esteban, Juan Eymar, Jesús Tomás.
POOR PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY THREATEN THE LARGEST
NESTING HABITAT FOR LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Panagiota Theodorou, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Thomas Arapis, Dimitris Margaritoulis.
THROUGH THE LENS: UNDERSTANDING THE ECOLOGY AND IMPACTS OF CANIS
LATRANS ON SANIBEL ISLAND, FLORIDA - Kelly A. Sloan, Brandt Quirk-Royal.
*PRIORITIZING CONSERVATION ACTIONS FOR TERRESTRIAL THREAT MANAGEMENT
FOR MULTIPLE MARINE TURTLE SPECIES ACROSS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AT
CAMPECHE, MEXICO. - Marissel Frias-Lopez, Jutta Beher, Vicente GuzmanHernandez, Hugh Possingham.
DEVELOPMENT IN THE SCREENING STYLE OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES NESTS
AGAINST PREDATORS ON DALYAN BEACH, TURKEY - Yakup Kaska, Cisem Sezgin,
Ahmet Yavuz Candan, Dogan Sözbilen, Eyup Baskale.
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EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING ON NESTING AND HATCHLING LOGGERHEAD SEA
TURTLES (Caretta caretta) ON ST. GEORGE ISLAND, FL, USA - James T. Price, Bruce
Drye, Rebecca J. Bernard, Frank V. Paladino.
REDUCING THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT ON SEA TURTLES - Richard Herren,
Gwen Oberholtzer, David Godfrey.
HOPPER DREDGING: A POTENTIAL THREAT TO SEA TURTLES ON THE NORTHERN
COAST OF RIO DE JANEIRO - Daphne Wrobel Goldberg, Daniella Torres De Almeida,
Gustave Gilles Lopez, Gabriella Tiradentes Pizetta, Nilamon De Oliveira Leite Junior,
Roberto Sforza.
TOO CLOSE YET TOO FAR; TWO NESTING POPULATIONS IN TAIWAN SHOWED
DIFFERENT TREND OF CHANGE OVER 18 YEARS - Cheng I-Jiunn, Wan-Hwa Cheng,
Tseng Cheng-Tsung.
TAG, YOU'RE IT. TAG RETURNS AND REMIGRATION INTERVALS: A POSSIBLE CLUE IN
THE DECLINE OF KEMP'S RIDLEY NESTING SINCE 2010 - Jeffrey A. George, Kathleen
Lillie, Caitlin Bovery.
SIX YEARS OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN THE SOUTH OF TORTUGUERO NATIONAL
PARK, COSTA RICA - Alejandra Carvallo, Cynthia Arochi Zendejas.
*HUMAN USE AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE GREEN SEA TURTLE (Chelonia
mydas) IN KEY IN-WATER HABITAT OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA - Callie A. Veelenturf,
Theresa L. Goedeke, Angela Orthmeyer, Chris Jeffrey, Nathan Robinson.
*LEVELS OF ILLEGAL TAKE OF GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) IN TORTUGUERO,
COSTA RICA (2005-2015). - Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, Raul García Valera, Beatriz BritoCarrasco, Jennifer Gooch, Emma Harrison.
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THREATS FACING THE SEA TURTLES IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA - MEXICO - Graciela
Tiburcio-Pintos.
MARINE TURTLE BY-CATCH IN GULF OF MANNAR, NORTHWEST, SRI LANKA. - Lalith
Ekanayake, Saman Rathnakumara, Y.K. Karunarathna.
AN ASSESSMENT OF TURTLE ENTANGLEMENT IN TUNA GILLNET FISHERIES OF
PAKISTAN - Muhammad Moazzam Khan, Rab Nawaz.
SEA TURTLE BY-CATCH IN THE GULF OF GABÈS (TUNISIA): WHAT TREND? - Jribi Imed,
Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai.
RENATURA’S BY-CACTH RELEASE PROGRAM - Nathalie Breheret, Meurlie Missakidi,
Eva Chauvet, Johanna Bernetiere, Jean-Félix Tchibinda, Fils Makaya, Jean-Gabriel
Mavoungou, Victor Mamonekene.
SEA TURTLE BYCATCH CHARACTERISTICS IN U.S. SHRIMP TRAWL FISHERIES - Lesley
W. Stokes, Liz Scott-Denton, Judy Gocke, Jeff Gearhart.
FISHING AROUND SEA TURTLES: BEST-PRACTICE SUGGESTIONS FOR RECREATIONAL
SHORE-BASED FISHERMEN IN HAWAII - Irene Kinan Kelly, Mathew Ramsey, Kurt
Kawamoto, George Balazs, Earl Miyamoto, Kristen Kelly, Susannah Welch.
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REDUCING BYCATCH EFFECTS ON SEA TURTLES: THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING
POST-RELEASE MORTALITY - Mariluz Parga.
STRANDING AND MORTALITY OF MARINE TURTLES ON THE BEACH OF TARTUS
(SYRIA) - Adib Saad, Ahmad Soulaiman, Rafael Saad.
SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS IN THE LAMBAYEQUE SHORELINE, NORTH PERÚ - David
Torres, Javier Castañeda, Javier Quiñones, David Sarmiento.
*IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS OF AND MECHANISMS FOR SEA TURTLE MORTALITY
FROM STRANDING DATA USING OCEAN DRIFT MODELS - Bianca S. Santos, Susan G.
Barco, Katherine L. Mansfield, Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs, James P. Manning, Carrie
Upite, David M. Kaplan.
EVALUATION OF THE INCIDENCE OF BOATS STRIKES IN GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia
mydas) IN THE MOST IMPORTANT NESTING SITE IN GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Macarena
Parra Diaz, Jesús Jiménez, Verónica Toral.
LONG-TERM STUDY OF DUNE RESTORATION EFFECTS ON LOGGERHEAD (Caretta
caretta) AND GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) NESTING PATTERNS - Abby Hudak,
Chris Long, Kate Mansfield.
FUNGUS AMONG-US: WHAT WE DO KNOW, WHAT WE DON’T KNOW, AND WHAT WE
STILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MICROBES IN SEA TURTLE NESTS - Andrea D. Phillott.
A FIRST REAL PROTECTED AREA IN THE GULF OF GUINEA TO SAVE MARINE TURTLE
HABITATS: THE MANYANGA NA ELOMBO CAMPO NATIONAL MARINE PARK IN
CAMEROON - Jacques Fretey.
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SEA TURTLES (Dermochelys coriacea) IN NORTH PAM BEACH COUNT, FLORIDA Javier Velasco, Adrienne Mccracken, Sarah Hirsch, Alissa Lenz, Roberta Dollinger,
Warren Porter.
CHARACTERIZATION OF BEACHES AND NESTING SITES AVAILABLE FOR HAWKSBILL
SEA TURTLE Eretmochelys imbricata ON ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - Haley
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HAWKSBILL (Eretmochelys imbricata), LEATHERBACK (Dermochelys coriacea) AND
GREEN (Chelonia mydas) SEA TURTLES ON THE ISLAND OF BARBUDA, LESSER
ANTILLES - Maxine A. Montello, Melissa E. Lacroce, Nancy E. Todd, Wendy J.
Mcfarlane.
NEST SITE SELECTION AND TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION OF
LEATHERBACK TURTLES (Dermochelys coriacea) IN MONDONGUILLO BEACH, COSTA
RICA - Estrella González Tàpias, Arnold Van Den Burg.
DISCOVERY OF A NEW NESTING SITE FOR THE GREEN SEA TURTLE Chelonia mydas IN
MAURITANIA (WEST AFRICA) - Jacques Fretey, Christelle Dyc.
*NESTING CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEW AREA FOR Eretmochelys imbricata E
Lepidochelys olivacea IN THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEASTERN - Daniel Solon Dias de
Farias, Simone Almeida Gavilan-Leandro, Flávio José Lima Silva, Aline Da Costa
Bomfim Ventura, Ana Emília Alencar, Edivan Morais Junior.
*THE ROLE OF WEATHER AND SAND MOISTURE IN SHAPING LOGGERHEAD SEA
TURTLE (Caretta caretta) HATCHLING GROWTH AND SURVIVAL - Victoria Erb,
Jeanette Wyneken.
EFFECTS OF DAILY BEACH USE TO THE NEST-SITE SELECTION PREFERENCES FOR
LOGGERHEAD TURTLES ON DALYAN-IZTUZU BEACH, TURKEY - Doğan Sözbilen,
Yakup Kaska.
*COASTAL SARGASSUM ACCUMULATION AND SEA TURTLE NESTING IN THE
CARIBBEAN: QUANTIFYING EFFECTS ON HAWKSBILL EMERGENCE PATTERNS AND
INCUBATION TEMPERATURES ON JUMBY BAY, ANTIGUA - Andrew S Maurer, Seth
Stapleton.
FACTORS AFFECTING NEST SURVIVAL AND EMERGENCE SUCCESS OF THE GREEN
TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) AT TORTUGUERO, COSTA RICA - Jennifer Gooch, Raul
García Varela, Beatriz Brito-Carrasco, Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, Emma Harrison.
NESTING HABITAT DEGRADATION OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES (Dermochelys
coriacea) IN CENTRAL COAST OF VENEZUELA: EIGHT YEARS ASSESSMENT - Pedro
Vernet, Jorge Rodriguez, Manuel Barreat.
*THE EFFECT OF NEST SIZE ON THE ECLOSION RATE AND ON THE INCUBATION
PERIOD LENGTH OF OLIVE RIDLEY EGGS IN GUATEMALA - Leonel Antonio Zelaya
Cerezo.
FIRST GREEN TURTLE NEST IN GREECE AND THE WESTERNMOST RECORD IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN - Dimitris Margaritoulis, Aliki Panagopoulou, Simon Proctor.
ARE GLOBAL CHANGES AFFECTING LOGGERHEAD NESTING IN CUBA? - Julia Azanza
Ricardo, María E. Ibarra Martín, Gaspar González Sansón.
FEMINIZATION IN MARINE TURTLES’ POPULATIONS OF GUANAHACABIBES, CUBA Randy Calderón Peña, Julia Azanza Ricardo, René Pérez Martín.
EVALUATION OF NEST TEMPERATURES ON DALYAN BEACH, TURKEY - Yakup Kaska,
Cisem Sezgin.
IS THE SEX DETERMINATION OF SEA TURTLES INDEPENDENT OF THEIR
GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN? A CASE STUDY AT TWO DISTANT ROOKERIES OF Caretta
caretta - Sarahi Sandoval, Victor M. Gómez-Muñoz, Ingmar Sosa Cornejo.
TREATMENT AND CAPTIVE MAINTENANCE OF PREMATURE HATCHLINGS OF
Eretmochelys imbricata. - Simone Almeida Gavilan-Leandro, Aline Da Costa Bomfim
Ventura, Ana Emília Alencar, Geysa Almeida Viana, Daniel Solon Dias De Farias, Flávio
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VIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT OF NESTING EVENTS AT HIGH LATITUDES:
IMPLICATIONS ON THE REDUCTION OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE WARMING ON SEA
TURTLES - Jesús Tomás, Elena Abella, Ohiana Revuelta, Carlos Carreras, Luís Cardona,
Juan Eymar, Verónica Núñez, José Antonio Esteban, Alexander Sánchez, Juan
Antonio Pujol, Eva Morón, Adolfo Marco.
ESTABLISHING CONSISTENT MONITORING OF SEA TURTLE REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY
ON THREE NESTING BEACHES SOUTH OF ZIHUATANEJO, GUERRERO, MEXICO Damaris Marin-Smith, Marlet Angelica Luna Nicanor, Andrew T, Coleman, Alan
Rodriguez, Felipe Campos Crispin, Jorge Felix, Adrian Padilla, Gabriela Chavez, Jesus
Abeldano, Marcos Zamora, Rosenda Gonzalez.
*MORPHOMETRIC TRENDS IN NESTING LOGGERHEAD TURTLES (Caretta caretta) AT
BEAR ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA - Ian Silver-Gorges, Matthew Godfrey, Sarah
Kendrick.
*MORPHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF GREEN, HAWKSBILL AND LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
HATCHLINGS IN THE NATIONAL PARK “ARCHIPIELAGO LOS ROQUES”, VENEZUELA Alfonso Ruiz-Moreno, Gilberto Borges, Omar Ramírez-Flores, Natalie Wildermann,
Hector Barrios-Garrido.
*THE EFFECT OF RAINFALL ON GREEN TURTLE INCUBATION TEMPERATURES AND
HATCHLING SEX - Alexandra Lolavar, Jeanette Wyneken.
WINTER WONDERS AND SUMMER SIZZLERS: OBSERVATIONS AT A YEAR ROUND
OLIVE RIDLEY NESTING ROOKERY - Catherine E. Hart, Luis Angel Tello-Sahagun, Cesar
P. Ley-Quiñonez, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray.
NESTING PERIOD OF Chelonia mydas (LINNAEUS, 1758), DURING THE MONTHS OF
AUGUST 2014 TO MARCH 2015 AT BEACH DARK MATTE, PROVINCE OF VERAGUAS,
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA" - Norma Coronado, Hermelinda Alfonso.
*SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF OMORGUS SUBEROSUS IN AREAS OF
MASS NESTING OF Lepidochelys olivacea, SANCTUARY PLAYA DE ESCOBILLA,
OAXACA, MEXICO - Marcela Sánchez Carrillo, Maria Teresa Luna Medina, Erika
Peralta Buendia, Ninel García Téllez.
SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE (Lepidochelys olivacea)
NESTINGS IN PLAYA CEUTA, MEXICO, 2012 – 2015 - Miriam S. Mueller, Ingmar Sosa
Cornejo, Marco A. Barraza Ortega, Zuelika B. Gonzalez Camacho, Fernando Enciso
Saracho, Jesus Ivan Guardado Gonzalez, Rodolfo Martin Del Campo.
BASELINE DATA REVEAL IMPORTANCE OF RÍO ORO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TO
THE EAST PACIFIC OLIVE RIDLEY (Lepidochelys olivacea) SEA TURTLE STOCK - Robert
James, Elías Fernández Couso, Aida García Solà, Thomas Koblinger, Eva Horcajo
Berná, Alberto García Baciero, Wilberth N. Villachica, Luis G. Fonseca.
*TECHNICAL REPORT ON NESTING OF SEA TURTLES IN SOME LOCALITIES OF SUCRE
STATE, VENEZUELA - Francisco Velásquez, Antulio Prieto.
SEA TURTLES IN GRENADA, WEST INDIES: A SUMMARY OF RESULTS 2005-2015 - Kate
Charles, Kester Charles, Clare Morrall.
SAONA ISLAND, DOMINICAN REP: HOPE FOR NESTING HAWKSBILLS IN THE
CARIBBEAN - Pelagio Paulino, Omar S. Reynoso, Yolanda M. León.
TEN YEARS OF TURTLE NESTING IN TOBAGO - Michelle Cazabon-Mannette, Giancarlo
Lalsingh, Tanya Clovis-Howie.
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MARES BEACHES - Eneida Fajardo, Marvin Fariña, María Eugenia Ossott, Alicia
Monaldi.
*A NEW IMPORTANT NESTING BEACH FOR LEATHERBACK TURTLES IN THE
CARIBBEAN - Jonathan Alfredo López-Colón, Albert Rivera, Mariceli Hernández
Rodríguez, Raymond Flores, Carlos E. Diez.
HAWKSBILL (Eretmochelys imbricata) NESTING MONITORING IN CENTRAL COASTAL
ECUADOR: A SEVEN YEAR MONITORING SUMMARY WITH INSIGHTS TO NEW
NESTING SITES - Cristina Miranda, Felipe Vallejo, Carolina Lemarie, Alexander Gaos,
Andres Baquero, Beatriz Ladines.
MONITORING NESTING OF OLIVE RIDLEY (Lepidochelys olivacea) IN SANCTUARY
PLAYA DE ESCOBILLA (OAXACA, MEXICO), DURING 2008-2014 NESTING SEASONS Erika Peralta Buendía, María Teresa Luna Medina, Cuauhtemoc Peñaflores Salazar,
Adriana Laura Sarti Martínez.
OLIVE RIDLEY (Lepidochelys olivacea) NESTING MONITORING AND CONSERVATION
AT PORTETE, NORTHERN ECUADOR: FOUR YEARS OF MONITORING AND
PROTECTING NESTS - Felipe Vallejo, Cristina Miranda.
NOW AS ORAL PRESENTATION (WED 2, 2:30 PM)
PRESENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEA TURTLES ALONG THE ANGOLA COAST Miguel Morais, Manjula Tiwari, Pedro Beja.
*NEW NESTING SITES FOR MARINE TURTLES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Omar
S. Reynoso, Yolanda M. León, Pelagio Paulino.
SEVEN YEARS OF SURVEY (2004 - 2010) ON REPRODUCTION OF SEA TURTLES ON
SHKAÏFATE BEACH, SYRIAN COAST (PROPOSED AS PROTECTED AREA) - Adib Saad,
Alan Rees, Abdellatif Ali.
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RECREATIONAL ANGLERS - Tommy Cutt, Demi Fox.
NETS CATCH MORE THAN JUST FISH – THEATER AS A TOOL TO INVOLVE FISHERMEN
IN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN ALMOFALA, CEARÁ, BRAZIL - Eduardo H. S. M.
Lima, Maria Thereza D. Melo.
AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR THE FISHERMEN IN THE KALPITIYA PENINSULAR,
SRI LANKA ON SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION AND BY-CATCH REDUCTION - Lalith
Ekanayake, Saman Rathnakumara, Y. K. Karunarathna.
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE FIRST SEASON OF Caretta caretta CONSERVATION
PROJECTS IN CAMPOMARINO OF MARUGGIO, TARANTO, ITALY - Marco D’Errico,
Candida Fasano, Michelle Davidov, Fabio Millarte, Cosimo Caldaralo, Romina Paradies,
Simona Soloperto.
*DESIGN ON SEA TURTLES INFORMATIVE MATERIAL FOR CHILDREN WITH VISUAL
IMPAIRMENT - Diana Del Pilar Ramirez Acosta.
ZAPATILLA, THE SEA TURTLE: THE THEATRE AS A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION - Antonio Trujillo, Lucia Rosher.
*EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE GOLDRING-GUND MARINE BIOLOGY STATION Lauren Cruz, Nathan J. Robinson, Frank V. Paladino, Jim Spotila, Kristin Reed,
Stephanie Rousso, George L. Shillinger.
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TURTLE CAMP: LEARNING TO CONSERVE LEATHERBACK WITH CHILDREN - Kartika
Zohar, Fitryanti Pakiding, Deasy Lontoh.
THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME FOR A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY-CONSCIOUS
GENERATION IN GUATEMALA - Ana Lucia Reyna Gutiérrez, Lucia Carolina García
López.
“TARTALAB AND LA BIBLIOVALIGIA”, AN EDUCATIONAL MOBILE UNIT - Simona
Soloperto, Marco Degaetano, Lucia Frascella, Maila Marasco, Marco D’Errico, Romina
Paradies.
SOLICITING CITIZEN REPORTS OF SEA TURTLE SIGHTINGS TO IMPROVE
UNDERSTANDING OF SEA TURTLE PRESENCE OFF OF THE U.S. WEST COAST - Robin
A. Leroux, Tomoharu Eguchi, Christina Fahy, William Bone, Jeffrey Seminoff.
SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACH AND TOURIST DESTINATION, WORKING TOGETHER
FOR CONSERVATION - Marvin Fariña, Eneida Fajardo, María Eugenia Ossott, Alicia
Monaldi.
NOW AS ORAL PRESENTATION (THU 3, 3:12 PM)
LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER’S PROJECT SHIELD: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM - Tommy Cutt, Demi Fox.
PROTECTING THE GREEN SEA TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION IN A PUBLIC SITE ON SANTA CRUZ - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Lady
Márquez, Juan Sebastián Torres, Ana María Loose, Macarena Parra, Valeria Tamayo,
María Fernanda Arce, Eduardo Espinoza.
EFFORTS OF ACOREMA FOR THE CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES AT THE PISCO
AREA, SOUTHERN PERÚ - Milagros Ormeño Benavides, Helbert Anchante Herrera,
Julio Reyes Robles, Nelly de Paz Campos, Jesús Ormeño Benavides.
*GTTM-LUZ: A NEW PERSPECTIVE OF SEA TURTLE BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION AT
LA UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA - María José Petit-Rodríguez, Gilberto González-Viloria,
Graciela Pulido, Emmy Andrade, Lisandro Morán, Nínive Espinoza-Rodríguez, Héctor
Barrios-Garrido.
CREATIVE METHODOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RELATED TO THE
CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES - Micaela Peña, Carolina Lemarie, Cecilia Saenz,
Cristina Miranda.
NO "RITMO DO MAR" - 10 CARNAVALS PROMOVING ENVIRONMENTAL, ART AND
MUSIC EDUCATION FOLLOWING THE SEA RITHM - Gustavo Martinez-Souza, Laura
Berrondo, Virginia Borrat, Gabriela Velez-Rubio, Daniel Gonzales-Paredes, Mauro
Russomagno, Bruno Techera, Karine Steigleder, Jefferson Bortolotto, Pedro
Gonçalves Filho, Ricardo Escobar Cancelado, Thiago Amaral, Bernardo Grohs, Jonatas
Do Prado.
*MIGRATION FESTIVAL: A FESTIVAL TO LEARN TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH NATURE Karla Georgina Barrientos Muñoz, Josefina Klinger, Cristian Ramírez Gallego.
QUICK GUIDE TO THE SEA TURTLES OF MEXICO - Graciela Tiburcio-Pintos H, Juan
Carlos Cantú-Guzman.
ECOMUSEUM: VISITOR CENTER FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN EQUATORIAL
GUINEA - Jesus Mba Mba, Beatriz Dias, Carolina Martinez, Juan Nsogo, Aimee Parnell,
Angela Formia, Alejandro Fallabrino.
RECOVERING PROCESS OF THE MARINE TURTLE, Lepidochelys kempii IN TECOLUTLA,
VERACRUZ, MEXICO - Fernando Manzano, Irma Elizabeth Galvan Tejada, Manuel
Fernando Manzano Cervantes.
GREEN TURTLE RELEASES IN URUGUAYAN COASTS: EDUCATIONAL WORKDAYS -
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DENSITY AND POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR HAWKSBILL AND GREEN SEA TURTLES
AT TINIAN AND PAGAN ISLANDS, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS - Kevin Kelly.
*ESTIMATING SURVIVAL AND ENCOUNTER RATES AT A HIGH DENSITY LOGGERHEAD
NESTING BEACH - Katrina Phillips, Kate Mansfield.
*NATAL-HOMING PRECISION AND AGE TO MATURITY IN CARIBBEAN HAWKSBILL
TURTLES - Kathryn E. Levasseur, Seth P. Stapleton, Joseph M. Quattro.
*JUVENILE GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) SURVIVAL RATES AT TRIDENT BASIN, FL,
USA - Gustavo D. Stahelin, Katrina Phillips, Kate Mansfield.
SURVIVAL OF REINTRODUCED POST-NEONATES LOGGERHEADS USING SATELLITE
MONITORING - S. Abalo-Morla, J. Tomás, O. Revuelta, J. A. Esteban, J. Eymar, J. L.
Crespo, J. Pelegrí, M. Rodilla, E. J. Belda.
PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF LEATHERBACKS AND GREENS IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
USING THOUSANDS OF NUCLEAR LOCI - Sibelle Torres Vilaça, Juliana Costa Jordão,
Damien Chevallier, France Benoit De Thoisy, Camila Mazzoni.
EFFECT OF MULTIPLE PATERNITY ON FITNESS OF Lepidochelys olivacea OF
MARUATA, MICHOACÁN, MÉXICO - Daisy Janet Palacios Martinez, Omar ChassinNoria.
GENETIC FINGERPRINTING REVEALS NATAL ORIGINS AND DISPERSAL OF MALE
LEATHERBACKS ENCOUNTERED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN
SEA - Suzanne E. Roden, Kelly R. Stewart, Mike James, Kara Dodge, Peter H. Dutton.
*GENETIC DIVERSITY OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES (Caretta caretta) STRANDED ON THE
URUGUAYAN COAST; CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE CONSERVATION OF THE
SPECIES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN - Juan Cardozo, Ma. Noel
Caraccio, Alejandro Márquez, Susana González.
STOCK ORIGIN OF LEATHERBACK, LOGGERHEAD AND GREEN TURTLES FORAGING IN
THE SOUTHEASTERN PACIFIC: INSIGHTS INTO THEIR TRANS-OCEANIC CONNECTIVITY
- Peter H. Dutton, Erin L. LaCasella, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Nelly de Paz Campos,
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Alfredo Hargain, Claudio Vivanco, Gabriela Velez-Rubio, Daniel Gonzalez-Paredes,
Gustavo Martinez-Souza, Virginia Ferrando, Andres Estrades, M. Florencia David,
Manuela Calvo, Martin Makarewicz, Natalia Teryda, Martin Delgado, Alejandro
Fallabrino.
HPA/NOAA: A SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIVE MARINE TURTLE PROGRAM SPANNING
TWENTY NINE YEARS - Laura Jim, Anna Sorensen, Julia Ann Salvador.
*BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS – BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITIES AND
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS THROUGH TURTLE CONSERVATION - Neil Richard
Davis.
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE TURKS
AND CAICOS ISLANDS - Katharine Hart, Jaclyn Walker, Peter Richardson, Amdeep
Sanghera.
INTERINSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FORMED FOR SEA TURTLE’S CONSERVATION
IN CEARÁ STATE, BRAZIL - Eduardo H. S. M. Lima, Maria Thereza D. Melo.
AN OVERVIEW ON THE FIRST 20 YEARS OF LAMPEDUSA SEA TURTLE RESCUE
CENTRE ACTIVITIES – Marina Zucchini, Daniela Freggi.
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Miguel Donoso, Jeffrey Mangel.
A NEW LOOK AT AVERAGE: THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH
RATES IN ACHIEVING LARGE SIZES FOR SEA TURTLES - Shawn K. K. Murakawa,
Melissa L. Snover.
*GROWTH RATES OF GREEN SEA TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) IN PUNTA ABREOJOS,
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO - Marjorie E. Howard, Wendy E. D. Piniak, John H.
Wang, Joel Barkan, Yonat Swimmer.
*ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CHANGING GROWTH RATES ON FORAGING GROUND
RESIDENCE TIMES FOR JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) - Jake Kelley,
Kate Mansfield.
ADULT LOGGERHEAD (Caretta caretta) AND GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas)
CAPTURES AT TWO GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTINCT HABITATS IN FLORIDA: NEARSHORE
WATERS OF HUTCHINSON ISLAND AND THE FLORIDA KEYS - Jeffrey Guertin, Michael
Bresette, Jonathan Gorham, Cody Mott, Ryan Welsh, Steve Weege, Vince Munne.
JARAGUA’S TURTLES: UPDATE ON A DENSE HAWKSBILL FORAGING AGGREGATION
FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Yolanda M. León, Omar S. Reynoso, Pelagio
Paulino.
WHAT ABOUT MALES? TWENTY YEARS MONITORING OF A FORAGING GREEN
TURTLE POPULATION AT MAYOTTE ISLAND - Katia Ballorain, Stéphane Ciccione,
Claire Jean.
FIVE YEARS OF MONITORING THE NESTING AND IN-WATER POPULATION OF BLACK
SEA TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) AT LA PLATA ISLAND, MACHALILLA NATIONAL PARK
WITH THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF CONNECTIVITY WITH THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Cristina Miranda, Felipe Vallejo, Peter Rodriguez, Carolina Lemarie, Andres Baquero,
Alberto Proaño.
GREEN TURTLES NESTING ON THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; INSIGHTS FROM
GENETIC RELATEDNESS ANALYSIS - Amy Frey, Peter Dutton, George Balazs.
*QUANTIFYING PROMISCUITY TO IDENTIFY MATING SEX RATIOS - Jake Lasala, Colin
Hughes, Jeanette Wyneken.
ADVANCES IN SEX RATIO MODELS FOR CHELONYA MYDAS - Elena Solana-Arellano,
Erika Santacruz-López, Daisy Pineda-Suazo, Jeffrey Seminoff, David Ramírez Delgado.
*THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE IN COLOMBIA: DISTRIBUTION, USE, THREATS, AND
FUTURE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION - Cristian Ramirez Gallego, Karla G.
Barrientos Muñoz, Vivian P. Páez Nieto.
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL STUDIES
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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY DRIVEN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION
PROJECT AT REKAWA TURTLE SANCTUARY, SRI LANKA - Thushan Kapurusinghe,
Himali Purnima Kahawita, Tharanga Herath, Shayma Wijekulasuriya, Oona Maenpaa.
*SOCIO-ECONOMIC INSIGHTS OF MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION STATUS
WORLDWIDE - Hector Barrios-Garrido, Natalie Wildermann, Amy Diedrich, Mark
Hamann.
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A LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP WITH HAWAIIAN AND FRENCH POLYNESIAN GREEN
TURTLES, 1963-2016 - George H. Balazs.
*RESOLVING CONFLICT ISSUES AMONG SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION RESEARCH,
COMMUNITY INTERESTS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES - Lidia Salinas.
SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF BLACK TURTLE (Chelonia agassizii) CONSERVATION
ACTIVITIES IN COLOLA BEACH, MICHOACAN, MEXICO - Cutzi Bedolla-Ochoa, Daniel
Sánchez Peñaloza, Carlos Delgado Trejo.
*USING EXPERTS’ OPINIONS TO FILL THE GAPS: A CASE STUDY OF THE
CONSERVATION CONTEXT IN MOZAMBIQUE – Jess Williams, Simon J. Pierce, Mark
Hamann, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes.
THE EARLIEST PUBLISHED NEW WORLD SEA TURTLES – MARK CATESBY’S THE
NATURAL HISTORY OF CAROLINA, FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMA ISLANDS - Rick
Schaffer, Chuck Schaffer.
EMERGING THREATS: CLIMATE CHANGE, OIL SPILL AND
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*MICROPLASTICS PRESENCE IN SEA TURTLES. FIRST STUDIES - Patricia Ostiategui,
Ana Liria-Loza.
SEA TURTLES EXPOSURE TO MARINE DEBRIS IN FRENCH WATERS - Gaëlle Darmon,
Claude Miaud, Delphine Gambaiani, Florence Dell'Amico, Matthieu Authier, Sidonie
Catteau, Olivier Brunel, Joanne Befort, Françoise Claro, François Galgani.
IMPACTS OF BEACH DEBRIS ON SAND TEMPERATURES AND POST-HATCHING
MIGRATIONS OF HAWKSBILL HATCHLINGS - Stephen G. Dunbar, Kyungje Sung, Liesl
K. Cole, Roberto Reyna, Selina Anaya, David Juma, Lidia Salinas.
DATA GAPS IN GHOST GEAR--RELATED TURTLE ENTANGLEMENTS IN THE CENTRAL
INDIAN OCEAN: A FORGOTTEN THREAT - Martin R. Stelfox, Jillian A. Hudgins.
BIASES AND BEST APPROACHES FOR ASSESSING DEBRIS INGESTION BY SEA
TURTLES: A CASE STUDY IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN - Paolo Casale, Daniela
Freggi, Valentina Paduano.
NESTING HABITAT LOSS SCENARIOS BY SEA LEVEL RISE ON THE MAIN BLACK
TURTLE NESTING BEACH IN MICHOACAN, MEXICO - Carlos Delgado Trejo, Yuritzi
Calvilo García, Maria Teresa Ramirez Herrera, Cutzi Bedolla Ochoa.
PROJECTIONS FOR THE EFFECTS OF RISING SEA LEVELS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE
SUCCESS OF SEA TURTLES, BRAZIL - Paula Rodrigues Nassar, Alexandre Schiavetti,
Jonathas Barreto.
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BYCATCH OF SEA TURTLES IN THE ARTISANAL GILLNET FISHERY IN SECHURA BAY,
PIURA, PERÚ, 2013 – 2014 - Sergio Pingo Paiva, Astrid Jiménez Heredia, Nicolas Acuña
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LEATHERBACK (Dermochelys coriacea) NESTING TREND ON THE VERACRUZ BEACH
ON THE RÍO ESCALANTE CHACOCENTE WILDLIFE REFUGE, NICARAGUA BETWEEN
2002 – 2014 - Heydi Salazar, José Urteaga, Perla Torres, Juan Berroteran, Velkiss
Gadea, Eduardo Altamirano, Marlo Chávez.
SILTING DYNAMICS AT THE MAIN FEEDING AREA OF Chelonia mydas agassizii IN
NORTHERN CHILE – ARICA: CHINCHORRO BEACH - Dario Contreras, Walter Sielfeld
Kowald, Paula Salinas Cisternas.
CONSERVATION PROGRAM OF BLACK TURTLES (Chelonia mydas agassizii) IN
NORTHERN CHILE: LA PUNTILLA, CHINCHORRO BEACH, ARICA - Paula Salinas, Walter
Sielfeld, Darío Contreras, Marcos Tobar, Cristian Azocar, Jesús Gallardo.
*POPULATION CHARACTERIZATION AND PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION OF BLACK TURTLE
(Chelonia mydas) AGGREGATION AT BAHÍA SALADO, NORTHERN CHILE - Sofia
Pereira, Contardo J, Álvarez-Varas R.
*FIRST APPROACH OF BLACK TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) TROPHIC ECOLOGY IN BAHÍA
SALADO, NORTHERN CHILE, USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS - Juan Contardo,
Marcela Jáuregui, Maike Heidemeyer, Rocío Álvarez-Varas.
NESTING RESPONSE OF OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE (Lepidochelys olivacea) WITH
RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR AND OAXACA,
MEXICO - Jorge Armando Vega-Bravo, María Mónica Lara-Uc, Eduardo GonzálezRodríguez, Stephanie Rousso.
THE MISSING HAWKSBILLS (Eretmochelys imbricata) FROM THE GUAYAQUIL GULF,
ECUADOR - María José Barragán Paladines, Juan José Alava.
APPLYING GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS AS AN EXPLANATORY TOOL OF THE
HEALTH STATE OF EAST PACIFIC GREEN SEA TURTELS (Chelonia mydas) - Vanessa
Labrada-Martagón, Lia C. Méndez-Rodriguez, Marc Mangel, Tania Zenteno-Savin.
ARTISANAL FISHERMEN RELEASE SEA TURTLES: AMIGOS DE LA NATURALEZA David Sarmiento Barturén, Julio Fiestas Fiestas, Rusber Fiestas Galan.
SEA TURTLES AT LOBOS DE TIERRA ISLAND, NORTHERN PERÚ, NEED FOCUSED
CONSERVATION EFFORTS - Ignacio García-Godos, Javier Quiñones, Miguel
Llapapasca, Francis Van Oordt, Evelyn Paredes.
ISOLATED IN THE PACIFIC: HANGA ROA, AN IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR SEA TURTLES
IN EASTER ISLAND, CHILE - Camila González, Rocío Alvarez-Varas.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE HABITAT OF BLACK TURTLES (Chelonia
mydas agassizii) IN CHINCHORRO BEACH, ARICA CHILE - Edgardo Santander, Jesús
Gallardo, Jeannelle Jaque, Walter Sielfeld, Paula Salinas, Darío Contreras.
TAGGING PROGRAM OF OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE, Lepidochelys olivacea, AT
OSTIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, COSTA RICA FROM 2009-2015 - Florence Wen, Carlos
Mario Orrego, Yendy Argüello Gomez, Jose Pablo Baltodano, Yamileth Baltodano
Diaz, Fabricio Arroyo, Carlos Hernandez, Roldan Valverde, James Spotila.
*A METANALISIS ON THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF SEA TURTLES IN GALAPAGOS
AND CONTINENTAL COASTS OF SOUTHERN COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, AND NORTHERN
PERÚ - Cyntia E. Mizobe, Manuel Contreras-López, Juan José Álava.
SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN PERÚ: AT A CROSSROADS? - Coppelia Hays
Branscheid.
*HEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROFILES OF AN EASTERN PACIFIC GREEN
TURTLE POPULATION (Chelonia mydas) IN THE GOLFO DULCE OF COSTA RICA Priscilla Howell-Ramírez, Ana Meneses, Marcela Suárez-Esquivel, Kinndle Blanco-
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THE BLACK SEA TURTLE (Chelonia mydas agassizii) AT LOBOS DE TIERRA ISLAND,
NORTHERN PERÚ: HIGH DENSITIES IN SMALL AREAS - Javier Quiñones, Ignacio
Garcia-Godos, Miguel Llapapasca, Francis Van Ordt, Evelyn Paredes.
*MOVING SOUTH: TREND OF SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS IN CHILE - Carol Medrano,
María José Brain, Lina Forero-Rozo, Sofía Pereira, Fernanda Norambuena, Rocío
Álvarez Varas.
CHARACTERIZING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SPATIAL VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH
INCIDENTAL CATCH OF OLIVE RIDLEY (Lepidochelys olivacea) IN THE EASTERN
TROPICAL PACIFIC PURSE-SEINE FISHERY - Jose T. Montero Styles, Raul O. MartinezRincon, Selina S. Heppell, Martin Hall, Michael Ewal.
LONG-TERM MONITORING OF AN OLIVE RIDLEY ROOKERY IN THE NORTHERN LIMIT
OF NESTING IN EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - Abilene Colín Aguilar, Elena Solana
Arellano, Volker Koch, René Pinal.
FIRST REPORT OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (Caretta caretta) IN HEALTHY STATE IN
NERITIC WATERS OF CENTRAL PERÚ, SEPTEMBER 2015 - Oscar Galindo, Sixto Quispe,
Javier Quiñones.
RELEASING LEATHERBACKS: A COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION INITIATIVE AMONG
FISHERMEN AND RESEARCHERS IN PERÚ - Nelly De Paz Campos, Pedro Diaz,
Milagros Ormeño, Peter H. Dutton, Julio C. Reyes, Elisa Goya, Manuel Vera.
LIVING AT THE SOUTHERN TIP: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MOST AUSTRAL
EASTERN PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) AGGREGATION AND ITS HABITAT
IN BAHÍA SALADO, NORTHERN CHILE - Rocio Álvarez-Varas, P. Bahamondes, V.
Cortés, M.J. Brain, C. Medrano, L. Forero-Rozo, M. Heidemeyer, J. Contardo.
IN SITU DIFFERENTIATION AND PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION OF GREEN TURTLES
(Chelonia mydas) IN THE MOST ISOLATED PACIFIC ISLAND, EASTER ISLAND, CHILE Camila González, Rocío Alvarez-Varas, Sofía Pereira.
NESTING POPULATION ORIGIN OF A GREEN TURTLE FORAGING AGGREGATION IN
NORTHERN CHILE DETERMINED FROM MTDNA ANALYSIS; DRAWING NEW
BOUNDARIES MANAGEMENT UNITS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PACIFIC - Peter Dutton,
Miguel Donoso, Erin Lacasella.
COMMERCIAL TESTOSTERONE ASSAYS SUGGEST UNUSUAL SEX BIAS IN GREEN
TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) AT GALÁPAGOS FORAGING SITES - Maximilian Hirschfeld,
Gabriela Chaves, Daniela Alarcón, Gregory Lewbart, Kenneth Lohmann, Jason
Castañeda, Andrés Ortega, Juan Pablo Muñoz.
CHARACTERIZATION OF FISHING GEAR THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE CAPTURE OF
LEATHERBACKS TURTLES IN THE ARTISANAL FISHERIES OF CHILE - Miguel Donoso.
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SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC: WHERE WE ARE AND
WHERE WE'RE GOING? - Laura Prosdocimi, L. Bugoni, C. Domit.
USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF AN
INDIVIDUAL OF Lepidochelys olivacea IN REHABILITATION CONTEXT AT THE CENTER
"KARUMBÉ" - Paulina Pintos, Sylvia Corte, Virginia Ferrando.
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FIRST REPORT OF HISTOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED CASES OF GREEN TURTLE
FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS AT ABROLHOS MARINE NATIONAL PARK, BAHIA, BRAZIL Marcelo Renan De Deus Santos, Yhuri Cardoso Nóbrega, Carlos Eduardo Tadokoro.
HEMATOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF INTENTIONALLY CAPTURED GREEN TURTLES
(Chelonia mydas) IN PARANÁ STATE, SOUTHERN BRAZIL - Isabela G. Domiciano,
Alcides Branco, Giovana Balarin, Camila Domit, Daphne W. Goldberg, Karina K. M. C.
Flaiban, Mariane Ferrarini, Ana Paula F. R. L. Bracarense.
*WHERE DOES THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE (Caretta caretta) COME FROM? FROM
POPULATIONS GENETICS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Maite Colina, Juan Manuel
Cardozo.
EVALUATION THE USE AND EFFICIENCY OF TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICE (TED) ON THE
PERCEPTION OF CAPTAINS THAT ACTING IN THE INDUSTRIAL BOTTOM TRAWL
FLEET OF SOUTHEAST REGION OF BRAZIL - Suzana M. Guimarães, Luanna S. M. S.
Keller.
*WORKING WITH FISHERMEN TO MINIMIZE SEA TURTLES CAPTURE AND
MORTALITY IN PELAGIC LONGLINE FISHERY IN BRAZIL - Bruno Giffoni, Mariana
Britto, Gilberto Sales, Luiz R. Maçaneiro, Caiame Nascimento, Nilamon De O. Junior,
Fernando N. Fiedler.
INSIGHTS FROM LONG-TERM IN-WATER CAPTURE-MARK-RECAPTURE ON A GREEN
TURTLE FORAGING POPULATION IN BRAZIL - Liliana P. Colman, Ana Rita C. Patrício,
Andrew Mcgowan, Armando J. B. Santos, Maria Ângela Marcovaldi, Cláudio Bellini,
Brendan J. Godley.
NEGATIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN SEA TURTLES AND VESSELS IN NITERÓI AND RIO
DE JANEIRO - BRAZIL - Talita Freitas, Felipe D'Azeredo, Suzana Guimarães, Alicia
Bertoloto, Larissa Nunes, Amanda Vidal, Cassiano Monteiro Neto.
NOW AS ORAL PRESENTATION (THU 3, 9:48 AM)
DIVE PATTERNS AND MOVEMENTS OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES (Caretta caretta) IN
FEEDING AREAS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL - Tiago Borges Ribeiro Gandra, Jessica Leiria
Schattschneider, Danielle Silveira Monteiro, Sérgio Curi Estima.
ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT AFFECTS BIOCHEMICAL NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS OF
JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES IN BRAZIL - Yhuri Cardoso Nóbrega, Raquel Costa Sena
Pereira, Carlos Eduardo Tadokoro, Renan De Deus Santos.
FEEDING HABITS AND ONTOGENETIC DIETARY SHIFT OF GREEN TURTLE, Chelonia
mydas, IN THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN: WHAT WE KNOW UNTIL NOW? Gabriela Vélez-Rubio, Camila Domit, Victoria Gonzalez Carman, Milagros LópezMendilaharsu, Robson G. Santos
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH LOCAL FISHERMEN TO REDUCE GREEN TURTLE
BYCATCH IN UBATUBA, BRAZIL - Bruno Giffoni, Berenice Maria Gomes Da Silva,
Fernando Siqueira Alvarenga, Geraldo De França Ottoni Neto, Lucas De Oliveira
Borsatto, José Henrique Becker
MARINE TURTLE BYCATCH IN SHRIMP TRAWLS IN SOUTH BRAZIL - Dérien Lucie
Vernetti Duarte, Bruno Da Silva Pias, Abner Alves Ventura, Luiz Felipe Cestari
Dumont.
FIRST CAPTURES OF LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES (Dermochelys coriacea) USING AN
ARTISANAL BREAKAWAY HOOP NET IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - Ignacio M.
Bruno, Claudio Silva, Roberto Ubieta, Diego A. Albareda.
CLIMATE INFLUENCES ON MARINE TURTLE STRANDING RATES IN THE COASTAL
REGION OF THE STATE OF PARANÁ - Leticia Sene De Melo, Camila Domit, Mariane
POSTERS
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278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
Ferrarini Andrade, Isabela Guarnier Domiciano.
LIVING WITH ANTHROPOGENIC DEBRIS: DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL CASES - Virginia
Ferrando, Gabriela Vélez, Fernando Cirilo.
FEEDING ECOLOGY OF Chelonia mydas (LINNAEUS, 1758) IN THE REGION OF
GUANABARA BAY AND ADJACENCIES, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Larissa A Nunes,
Suzana M Guimarães, Alícia B Tagliolatto, Amanda Vidal, Cassiano Monteiro Neto,
Roberto Campos Villaça.
CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS IN GREEN TURTLES, Chelonia mydas
(LINNAEUS, 1758) (CHELONIIDAE), CAPTURED IN A FORAGING AREA IN
SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL - Alícia Bertoloto Tagliolatto, Suzana Machado Guimarães,
Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Cassiano Monteiro-Neto.
IMPLICATION OF METALS IN FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS IN JUVENILE GREEN SEA
TURTLES Chelonia mydas FROM SOUTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN - Cinthia Carneiro Da
Silva, Roberta D. Klein, Indianara F. Barcarolli, Adalto Bianchini.
MARINE TURTLES CONSERVATION APPROACH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF
AREIA BRANCA/ RN, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL - Ana Bernadete Lima Fragoso, Érica
Daiany Alves De Sousa, Déborah Cristina Batista Da Silveira.
CONSTRUCTION AND CONSERVATIONISTS SHARES OF SEA TURTLES OF THE
BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST NETWORK (RETAMANE) - Rita Mascarenhas, Thyara Noely
Simões, Bruno Santos Pereira De Oliveira, Simone Almeida Gavilan-Leandro, Cláudio
L.S. Sampaio, Manoel Luiz Do Nascimento, Maurizelia De Brito Silva, Cláudio Bellini,
Armando Jose Barsante Santos, Eduardo H. S. M. Lima, Paolo Botticelli, Werlanne
Mendes De Santana, Jozelia Maria De Sousa Correia.
THINKING GLOBALLY, ACTING LOCALLY AND AN ATTEMPT TO INSTALL AN
UNKNOWN ANIMAL AS A FLAGSHIP SPECIES - Alan Rosenthal, Marina Reyes.
CONSERVATION POLICIES OF SEA TURTLES IN WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC - Joao
Carlos Thome, Laura Prosdocimi, Alejandro Fallabrino.
GEOGRAPHICAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF GREEN TURTLES ALONG THE
SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COAST - Paulo C.R. Barata, Victoria González Carman,
Alejandro Fallabrino, Alexsandro S. Dos Santos, Ana Cristina V. Bondioli, Andrés
Estrades, Armando J.B. Santos, Augusto Cesar C. D. Da Silva, Berenice M. Gomes Da
Silva, Bruno De B. Giffoni, Camila Domit, Cecília Baptistotte, Claudio Bellini, Clenia M.
P. Batista, Daiana P. Bezerra, Danielle S. Monteiro, Denise Rieth, Diego Albareda,
Eduardo H.S.M. Lima, Eron Paes E Lima, Flávia Guebert, Gabriela M. Vélez-Rubio,
Gilberto Sales, Gustave G. Lopez, Gustavo D. Stahelin, Ignacio Bruno, Jaqueline C. De
Castilhos, João C. A. Thomé, José Henrique Becker, Juçara Wanderlinde, Juliana
Barros, Liana Rosa, Maria A. Marcovaldi, Maria Thereza D. Melo, Rita Mascarenhas,
Sérgio C. Estima, Eugenia Naro-Maciel.
*EPIBIOTA OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLE Caretta caretta STRANDED IN ROCHA
DEPARTMENT, URUGUAY - Catalina Velasco-Charpentier, Felipe Pizarro-Mora,
Ricardo Bravo, Andrés Estrades, Gabriela M. Veléz-Rubio.
*EPIBIOTA OF HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE Eretmochelys imbricata STRANDED IN THE
COAST OF ROCHA DEPARTMENT, URUGUAY - Catalina Velasco-Charpentier, Felipe
Pizarro-Mora, Andrés Estrades, Gabriela M. Veléz-Rubio.
*POTENTIAL THREATS TO SEA TURTLES AT ECOLOGICAL SANCTUARY OF ILHABELA –
SOUTHEAST BRAZIL - Maila Paisano Guilhon e Sá, Ana Cristina Vigliar Bondioli,
Diadema Amanda Fernandes.
*MICROSCOPIC EVALUATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF SEA TURTLES AND THEIR
POSTERS
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291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
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289
RELATIONSHIP WITH DIETARY HABIT - Daniel Solon Dias Farias, Simone Almeida
Gavilan-Leandro, Flávio José Lima Silva, Aline da Costa Bomfim Ventura, Ana Emília
Alencar, Iara Cecília da Costa Morais, Ana Paula Domingos Brito.
*MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND LESIONS OF GREEN TURTLE FIN BONES (Chelonia
mydas) STRANDED IN THE POTIGUAR BASIN (RN/CE) BEACHES IN NORTHEASTERN
BRAZIL - Pedro Gomes da Silveira Neto, Ana Bernadete Lima Fragoso, Marcus Vinícius
de Araújo Lopes, Rysonely Maclay de Oliveira, Simone Almeida Gavilan Leandro
Costa, Flávio José Lima Silva.
MULTIPLE THREATS ANALYSIS FOR LEATHERBACK TURTLES IN THE SOUTHWEST
ATLANTIC - Laura Prosdocimi, Milagros López Mendilaharsu, Alejandro Fallabrino,
Bruno Giffoni, Maria Angela Marcovaldi, Andrés Estrades, Alexsandro Santos,
Gustave López, Manjula Tiwari, Alan Bolten.
A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON TOXIC MICROALGAE IN THE GUT CONTENT OF
GREEN SEA TURTLES FROM PARANÁ COAST, SOUTHERN BRAZIL - Angel R. Moreira
Gonzalez, Luiz L. Mafra Jr, Camila Domit.
CYTOARCHITECTURE OF SEA TURTLES BRAINS - Simone Almeida Gavilan-Leandro,
Flávio José Lima Silva, Marília Anielle da Silva Fabrício, Raquel Marinho de Souza, Jean
Carlos da Silva Nascimento, Expedito Silva do Júnior Nascimento, Helder Henrique
Alves de Medeiros, Daniel Solon Dias de Farias.
“EDUCATION FOR ACTION” SHARED EXPERIENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION IN THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC NETWORK - ASO - Andres Estrades, José
Matarezi, Alice Monteiro, Danielle Monteiro, Sergio Morón, Laura Prosdocimi,
Mariana Rios, Valeria Rocha.
*PREDICTION OF CARAPACE LENGTH BY THE HUMERUS OF GREEN TURTLES
(Chelonia mydas) STRANDED ON BEACHES OF THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF
BRAZIL - Ciro Elias Perez Maia, Ana Bernadete Lima Fragoso, Flávio José de Lima
Silva.
GENETIC DIVERSITY AND NATAL ORIGINS OF GREEN AND LOGGERHEAD SEA
TURTLES FROM RIO DE JANEIRO AND RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATES, BRAZIL Estéfane Cardinot Reis, Danielle da Silveira Monteiro, Humberto Mas Gitirana,
Salvatore Siciliano, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu.
OVERVIEW OF SEA TURTLE OCCURRENCES DURING PROJECT PROMONTARANGRA’S MONITORING PROGRAM (2013/2015 SEASONS) AT THE ANGRA DOS REIS’S
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS SURROUNDINGS - Humberto Mas Gitirana, Gisele Lobo
Hajdu.
HABITAT USE, SITE FIDELITY AND CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR JUVENILE
LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES IN THE RÍO DE LA PLATA, ARGENTINA - Ignacio M.
Bruno, Victoria González Carman, Sara Maxwell, Karina Álvarez, Diego Albareda, E.
Marcelo Acha.
MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN THE BLOOD OF GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas)
CAPTURED IN BRAZILIAN COAST – PRELIMINARY RESULTS - Fabiola Eloisa Setim
Prioste, Silmara Rossi, Marco Aurélio Gattamorta, Mariana Ramos Queiroz, Marina
Molinas Alcala, Vanessa Cristina De Oliveira Souza. Eliana Reiko Matushima. (NEW
POSTER)
Presenting Author
Abalo-Morla, Sara
Acosta Ramirez, Diana Del Pilar
Al-Busaidi, Mariam Mohammed
Alarcón-Ruales, Daniela
Alava, Juan José
Albareda, Diego Alejandro
Alfaro-Nuñez, Alonzo
Ali, Khadeeja
Allen, Camryn D.
Allman, Philip
Almeida Gavilan, Simone
Altamirano, Eduardo
Alvarez de Quevedo, Irene
Álvarez-Varas, Rocio
Arauz, Randall
Arias-Ortiz, Ángela
Azanza Ricardo, Julia
Azanza Ricardo, Julia
Bagley, Dean A.
Balazs, George H.
Balazs, George H.
Ballorain, Katia
Ballorain, Katia
Baptistotte, Cecília
Barata, Paulo C.R.
Bárcenas-Ibarra, Annelisse
Barrientos Muñoz, Karla Georgina
Barrios-Garrido, Hector
Barrios-Garrido, Hector
Barsante Santos, Armando José
Barsante Santos, Armando José
Beange, Maddie
Bedolla, Cutzi
Bézy, Vanessa S.
Bielli, Alessandra
Bjorndal, Karen A.
Borges, Gilberto
Bortolon, Luis Felipe W.
Brady, Ute
Breheret, Nathalie
Brenes Arias, Oscar
Briscoe, Dana K.
Brito-Carrasco, Beatriz
Browne, Darren C.
Bruno, Ignacio M.
Bruno, Ignacio M.
Byun, Ashley
Cardoso Nóbrega, Yhuri
Cardozo, Juan
Carneiro Da Silva, Cinthia
Type
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Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
ID#/Day
#196
#168
#085
Thu
#238
Fri
#222
#078
Thu
#081
#140
Wed
Wed
#254
Thu
Thu
#136
#137
Thu
#209
#217
#207
Thu
Fri
#284
#019
#182
#216
Thu
#057
Thu
Wed
#219
Wed
#038
Wed
#076
#067
#087
#112
#044
Thu
#025
#198
#274
#297
Thu
#270
#200
#279
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12:00 PM
3:24 PM
4:12 PM
11:24 AM
11:06 AM
8:24 AM
10:42 AM
8:12 AM
2:24 PM
5:18 PM
8:36 AM
5:00 PM
4:36 PM
2:54 PM
10:54 AM
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POSTERS
PRESENTING AUTHOR INDEX
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Poster
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Oral
Oral
Oral
Poster
Oral
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Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Oral
Oral
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
#105
#227
#155
Thu
Wed
Wed
#046
Thu
#084
#049
Thu
#153
Fri
Thu
Wed
Thu
Thu
#079
#224
Thu
Fri
#251
#264
#267
#236
#233
Thu
#018
#147
#022
Thu
#021
Thu
Wed
#052
#170
#164
#167
Wed
#066
Wed
#188
#253
#028
#228
#091
Wed
Thu
#094
#263
#291
#259
Fri
5:06 PM
4:24 PM
4:12 PM
10:30 AM
8:24 AM
11:00 AM
11:54 AM
11:12 AM
8:48 AM
9:48 AM
5:06 PM
12:24 PM
3:36 PM
11:30 AM
3:36 PM
11:48 AM
10:48 AM
2:18 PM
1:30 PM
2:12 PM
10:00 AM
POSTERS
Carvallo, Alejandra
Casale, Paolo
Cazabon-Mannette, Michelle
Cazabon-Mannette, Michelle
Ceballos, Claudia P.
Ceriani, Simona
Cerritelli, Giulia
Chabot, Ryan M.
Chacon, Didiher
Chambault, Philippine
Chambault, Philippine
Charles, Kate
Chavarría, María
Cheng, Wan-Hwa
Chevis, Megan
Christianen, Marjolijn J.A.
Chu, The Cuong
Claro, Françoise
Claro, Françoise
Clukey, Katharine E.
Coelho, Valéria F.
Colín Aguilar, Abilene
Colina, Maite
Colman, Liliana P.
Contardo, Juan
Contreras De La Fuente, Dario
Cope, Kendra
Coppenrath, Christina Marie
Coronado, Norma
Cortés-Gómez, Adriana A.
Cortés-Gómez, Adriana A.
Crespo Picazo, Jose Luis
Crespo Picazo, Jose Luis
Crowder, Larry B.
Cruz, Lauren M.
Cruz, Lauren M.
Cutt, Tommy
D’Errico, Marco
Dalleau, Mayeul
Daniel, Carla
Darquea, Jodie
Davis, Neil Richard
De Paz Campos, Nelly
Delgado-Trejo, Carlos
Delgado-Trejo, Carlos
Delgado, Byron
Dethmers, Kiki
Di Bello, Antonio
Doblado, Sonia
Domit, Camila
Domit, Camila
Donoso, Miguel
Donoso, Miguel
Oral
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Oral
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
Oral
Oral
Oral
Oral
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Oral
Oral
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Thu
#225
Thu
#256
Wed
Fri
#109
#166
#026
#129
#062
#293
Thu
#156
#290
#128
#288
#175
Fri
#276
#061
#035
#042
Thu
Thu
Wed
Wed
Thu
Thu
#280
Fri
#001
#268
#122
#127
#097
Wed
Wed
#252
Wed
Thu
Wed
Wed
#241
#050
#012
Fri
#292
#104
#266
#272
#073
Wed
#296
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10:30 AM
1:30 PM
3:48 AM
12:18 PM
10:24 AM
3:48 PM
12:06 PM
3:06 PM
2:18 PM
2:48 PM
3:12 PM
3:24 PM
4:48 PM
10:48 AM
11:12 AM
9:24 AM
5:12 PM
1:54 PM
2:36 PM
5:12 PM
POSTERS
Duclos, Gwenael
Dunbar, Stephen G.
Dunstan, Andrew
Dutton, Peter H.
Dutton, Peter H.
Early Capistrán, Michelle María
Ekanayake, Lalith
Ekanayake, Lalith
Enciso-Padilla, Ildefonso
Erb, Victoria
Estrades, Andres
Estrades, Andres
Fahsbender, Elizabeth
Fajardo, Eneida
Fallabrino, Alejandro
Farias, Daniel Solon Dias
Farias, Daniel Solon Dias
Fariña, Marvin
Feoli, Marianne
Ferrando, Virginia
Ferrara, Flavio
Ferreira, Rogério L.
Ferris, Rochelle
Figgener, Christine
Finlayson, Kimberly
Flores-Ramírez, Sergio
Formia, Angela
Forsberg, Kerstin
Fox, Demi
Fragoso, Ana Bernadete Lima
Frazier, Jack
Freggi, Daniela
Freitas, Talita
Fretey, Jacques
Fretey, Jacques
Frias, Marissel
Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B.
Galaviz López, Juan Manuel
Galindo, Oscar
García de los Ríos y Loshuertos, Alvaro
García López, Lucía Carolina
García Varela, Raúl
García-Cruz, Marco Antonio
García-Godos, Ignacio
Gary, Meagan
Gattamorta, Marco Aurélio
Gattamorta, Marco Aurélio
Gavilan-Leandro, Simone Almeida
George, Jeffrey A.
Giffoni, Bruno
Giffoni, Bruno
Girard, Alexandre
Girondot, Marc
Gitirana, Humberto Mas
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
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Oral
Oral
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Poster
Poster
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Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
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Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
#002
#039
#005
Fri
#126
Fri
#242
#255
#132
#124
#070
#205
#287
#265
Fri
#045
Thu
Thu
#186
#146
#189
Wed
#246
Fri
#047
#101
Wed
#065
#008
Wed
#258
#010
#203
#247
#120
#030
#103
#111
#072
#092
#151
Thu
Wed
#031
#187
#036
Wed
Thu
#093
#214
#098
#138
Thu
#204
2:12 PM
3:36 PM
2:00 PM
2:24 PM
8:36 AM
1:54 PM
11:36 AM
4:00 PM
3:18 PM
5:18 PM
1:42 PM
11:24 AM
10:54 AM
11:42 AM
POSTERS
Godfrey, Matthew H.
Godoy, Daniel
Goldberg, Daphne Wrobel
Goldberg, Daphne Wrobel
González Tàpias, Estrella
González-Paredes, Daniel
González, Camila
González, Camila
Gooch, Jennifer
Goodson, Haley
Guada, Hedelvy J.
Guertin, Jeffrey
Guilhon e Sá, Maila Paisano
Guimarães, Suzana M.
Guimarães, Suzana M.
Gulick, Alexandra G.
Hancock, Joana
Hardy, Robert
Hargain, Alfredo
Hart, Catherine E.
Hart, Katharine
Hartley, Troy
Hays Branscheid, Coppelia
Heidemeyer, Maike
Hernández-Cruz, Guadalupe
Herren, Richard
Herren, Richard
Herrera, Roberto
Hill, Kristine
Hirsch, Sarah
Hirschfeld, Maximilian
Holtz, Bethany
Howard, Marjorie E.
Howell-Ramírez, Priscilla
Hudak, Abby
Hudgins, Jillian
I-Jiunn, Cheng
Imed, Jribi
Islam, Mohammad Zahirul
Islam, Mohammad Zahirul
James, Robert
Jean, Claire
Jensen, Michael P.
Jim, Elizabeth
Jim, Laura
Jiménez Heredia, Astrid
Jones, T. Todd
Kandaswamy, Suresh V.
Kapurusinghe, Thushan
Kapurusinghe, Thushan
Kaska, Yakup
Kaska, Yakup
Kedzuf, Stephanie
Kelley, Jake
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
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Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
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Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Oral
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Poster
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Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
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Poster
Poster
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Poster
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Poster
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Oral
#114
#192
Thu
#110
#063
Wed
#075
Thu
#011
#239
#201
#071
#211
#006
#154
#206
Fri
#174
Wed
#194
#023
#190
#165
#088
Thu
#145
Thu
#058
#157
#102
#148
Thu
Wed
#185
#141
Thu
#142
#029
#177
Wed
#181
#281
#060
Wed
#131
#184
#249
#275
Thu
#068
#158
#208
#245
Wed
12:06 PM
2:42 PM
5:30 PM
12:12 PM
10:36 AM
2:00 PM
9:36 AM
4:30 PM
1:42 PM
8:48 AM
5:00 PM
2:30 PM
5:30 PM
4:24 PM
POSTERS
Kelly, Irene Kinan
Kelly, Kevin
Khan, Ahmad
Khan, Muhammad Moazzam
King, Cheryl
Komoroske, Lisa M.
Kondo, Satomi
Koubrak, Olga
Labrada-Martagón, Vanessa
Labrada-Martagón, Vanessa
LaCasella, Erin L.
Lagueux, Cynthia J.
Lasala, Jake
Lavender, Ashley L.
León, Yolanda M.
León, Yolanda M.
Leoni, Valentina
LeRoux, Robin A.
Leslie, Aimée
Levasseur, Kathryn E.
Ley-Quiñones, César P.
Lima, Eduardo H .S. M.
Lima, Eduardo H. S. M.
Limpus, Colin J.
Limpus, Colin J.
Lolavar, Alexandra
Long, Christopher
Long, Seh Ling
López-Colón, Jonathan Alfredo
Lopez, Gustave Gilles
Luna Medina, María Teresa
Mancini, Agnese
Mangel, Jeffrey C.
Manzano, Fernando
Marco, Adolfo
Marco, Adolfo
Marin Smith, Damaris
Márquez, Lady
Márquez, Lady
Martin, Summer L.
Martinez-Souza, Gustavo
Mascarenhas, Rita
Matheus-Holland, Daniela
Matzen, Eric
Maurer, Andrew S
Mba Mba, Jesus
Medrano, Carol
Melo, Leticia Sene De
Miller, Rachel
Mills, Kali
Miranda, Cristina
Miranda, Cristina
Mizobe, Cyntia E.
Moncada Gavilán, Félix
Oral
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Poster
Oral
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Oral
Poster
Oral
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
Poster
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POSTERS
Monsinjon, Jonathan
Montello, Maxine A.
Montero Styles, Jose T.
Morais, Miguel
Mota, Mario
Muccio, Colum
Mueller, Miriam S.
Muñoz-Perez, Juan Pablo
Murakawa, Shawn K. K.
Myre, Brianna
Nahill, Brad
Nalovic, Michel
Noriega, Carmen Lucia
Noriega, Carmen Lucia
Nunes, Larissa A.
Okuyama, Junichi
Ordoñez Espinosa, Ma. Cristina
Ormeño Benavides, Milagros
Orrego Vasquez, Carlos Mario
Ostiategui, Patricia
Pakiding, Fitryanti
Panagopoulou, Aliki
Pankaew, Karen
Papafitsoros, Kostas
Parga, Mariluz
Parker, Denise M.
Parra Diaz, Macarena
Passos, Leno
Passos, Leno
Patrício, Ana Rita
Peña, Micaela
Peña, Micaela
Peralta Buendía, Erika
Peraltilla, Salvador
Pereira, Sofia
Perez Maia, Ciro Elias
Petit-Rodríguez, María José
Pfaller, Joseph B.
Phillips, Katrina
Phillott, Andrea D.
Phillott, Andrea D.
Pingo Paiva, Sergio
Piniak, Wendy E. D.
Pintos, Paulina
Pizarro-Mora, Felipe
Price, James T.
Price, James T.
Prioste, Fabiola Eloisa Setim
Proietti, Maíra Carneiro
Prosdocimi, Laura
Prosdocimi, Laura
Quiñones, Javier
Quiñones, Javier
Quispe, Sixto
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Wed
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POSTERS
Ramirez Gallego, Cristian
Ramirez, Sara D.
Randall, Alyssa
Reich, Kimberly J.
Reis, Estéfane Cardinot
Rendón, Liliana
Reneker, Jaymie L.
Reséndiz, Eduardo
Reséndiz, Eduardo
Reyna Gutiérrez, Ana Lucia
Reynoso, Omar S.
Rguez-Baron, Juan M.
Riskas, Kimberly
Rivera, Alejandra
Robinson, Nathan J.
Robinson, Nathan J.
Roden, Suzanne E.
Rodrigues Nassar, Paula
Rojas-Cañizales, Daniela
Rojas-Cañizales, Daniela
Rosenthal, Alan
Ruiz-Moreno, Alfonso
Saad, Adib
Saad, Adib
Salazar, Heydi
Salinas, Lidia
Salinas, Paula
Salmon, Michael
Sanchez, Cheryl
Sandoval, Alejandra Guadalupe
Sandoval, Sarahi
Santander, Edgardo
Santidrián Tomillo, Pilar
Santillán, Luis
Santos, Alexsandro Santana Dos
Santos, Bianca S.
Santos, Erik Allan Pinheiro dos
Santos, Marcelo Renan De Deus
Sarmiento Barturén, David
Schaffer, Chuck
Schattschneider, Jessica
Seminoff, Jeffrey A.
Sezgin, Cisem
Sezgin, Cisem
Shamblin, Brian M.
Shaw, Amber
Shillinger, George L.
Shimada, Takahiro
Sifuentes-Romero, Itzel
Silveira Neto, Pedro Gomes da
Silver-Gorges, Ian
Sloan, Kelly A.
Smith, Rachel
Solana, Elena
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POSTERS
Soloperto, Simona
Sosa Cornejo, Ingmar
Sözbilen, Doğan
Stahelin, Gustavo D.
Stelfox, Martin R.
Stewart, Kelly R.
Stewart, Kimberly M.
Stokes, Lesley W.
Summers, Tammy Mae
Swingle, W. Mark
Tagliolatto, Alícia Bertoloto
Talavera, Ana
Tamata, Laitia
Tanizaki, Yoshiki
Tapilatu, Ricardo F.
Tavera Rivera, Alejandro
Teryda, Natalia S.
Tezak, Boris
Theodorou, Panagiota
Thome, Joao Carlos
Thompson, Katie
Tiburcio-Pintos, Graciela
Tiburcio-Pintos, Graciela
Torres Gago, Perla
Torres Vilaça, Sibelle
Torres Vilaça, Sibelle
Torres, David
Trindade, Joana Cortesão Casimiro Nascimento
Trujillo, Antonio
Usategui Martín, Alejandro
Valdes, Jhonnathan
Vallejo, Felipe
Valverde, Roldán A.
Van De Merwe, Jason
Varela, Miguel R.
Vargas, Sarah M.
Veelenturf, Callie A.
Vega, Jorge Armando
Vejar-Rubio, Maria d. R.
Velasco-Charpentier, Catalina
Velasco, Javier
Velásquez, Francisco
Vélez-Rubio, Gabriela M.
Vélez-Rubio, Gabriela M.
Vernetti Duarte, Dérien Lucie
Vogt, Richard C.
Wallace, Bryan
Wang, John
Welsh, Ryan
Wen, Florence
West, Holly
Wildermann, Natalie
Williams, Jess
Williams, Jess
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Wed
#134
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2:48 PM
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4:00 PM
POSTERS
Williamson, Sean A.
Witherington, Blair
Wyneken, Jeanette
Yeh, Frederick C.
Zambrano Pinto, Martin
Zamora Quílez, Georgina
Zárate, Patricia M.
Zavala-Norzagaray, Alan A.
Zavala, Adriana
Zelaya Cerezo, Leonel Antonio
Zohar, Kartika
Zucchini, Marina
INTERNATIONAL SEA TURTLE SOCIETY
Executive Committee
President: Joanna Alfaro Shigueto
President-Elect: Frank Paladino
Past President: Yakup Kaska
Secretary: Manjula Tiwari
Treasurer: Terry Meyer
Board of Directors
Raymond Carthy, USA - 2016
Aliki Panagopoulou, Greece - 2016
Roldan Valverde, Costa Rica/USA - 2017
Emma Harrison, Costa Rica & UK - 2018
Mariana Fuentes, Australia & Brazil - 2019
Andrea Phillot, Bangladesh - 2020
Paolo Casale, Italy - 2016
Alejandro Fallabrino, Uruguay - 2017
George Balazs, Hawaii – 2017
Pam Plotkin, USA - 2018
Alan Rees, UK - 2019
Laura Prosdocimi, Argentina - 2020
Past Symposium Presidents/Organizers
1st Fred Barry & Bob Shoop (1981, Jacksonville, USA)
2nd Chuck Cowman (1982, St. Simon Island, USA)
3rd Sally Hopkins (1983, Charleston, USA)
4th Llewellyn Ehrhart (1984, Oviedo, USA)
5th Jim & Thelma Richardson (1985, Waverly, USA)
6th Sally Murphy & Earl Possardt (1986, Waverly,
USA)
7th Jamie Serino & Walt Conley (1987, Wekiwa
Springs, USA)
8th Tom Henson & Rebecca Paul (1988, North
Carolina, USA)
9th Jim & Thelma Richardson (1989, Jekyll Island,
USA)
10th Sally Murphy & Ed Drane (1990, Hilton Head,
USA)
11th Barbara Schroeder (1991, Jekyll Island, USA)
12th James I. Richardson (1992, Jekyll Island, USA)
13th Sally Murphy (1993, Jekyll Island, USA)
14th Barbara Schroeder (1994, Hilton Head, USA)
15th Jack Musick (1995, Hilton Head, USA)
16th Richard Byles (1996, Hilton Head, USA)
17thJeanetteWyneken(1997,Orlando,USA)
18thF.AlbertoAbreu-Grobois(1998,Mazatlán,
Mexico)
19th David W. Owens (1999, South Padre Island,
USA)
20th Blair E. Witherington (2000, Orlando, USA)
21st James Spotila (2001, Philadelphia, USA)
22nd Earl Possardt (2002, Miami, USA)
23rd Nicolas Pilcher (2003, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia)
24th Roderick R. Mast (2004, San José, Costa Rica)
25th Thane Wibbels (2005, Savannah, USA)
26th Dimitris Margaritoulis (2006, Crete, Greece)
27th Michael Coyne (2007, North Myrtle Beach,
USA)
28th Wallace J. Nichols (2008, Loreto, Mexico)
29th Colin Limpus (2009, Brisbane, Australia)
30th Kartik Shanker (2010, Goa, India)
31st Jeffrey A. Seminoff (2011, San Diego, USA)
32nd Ana Rebeca Barragán (2012, Huatulco,
Mexico)
33rd Ray Carthy (2013, Baltimore, USA)
34rd Roldán Valverde (2014, New Orleans, USA)
35th Yakup Kaska (2015, Dalaman, Turkey)
PLATINUM
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