44th International Sea Turtle Society Symposium: Oral Presentation Videos
The recordings below come out of a pilot initiative launched at the 44th ISTS Symposium in Kona, Hawai'i, made possible through a partnership with Wild Earth Allies. With a shared commitment to equity and access, presenters were invited to opt in to having their oral presentations recorded so that the ideas, research, and stories from the symposium could reach colleagues around the world - not just those who were able to attend in person.
We are grateful to everyone who chose to share their work in this way. These videos are intended for non-commercial use. We hope they serve as a lasting resource for training, teaching, outreach, and inspiration long after the symposium wrapped up in Hawai'i.
Kristin Halley
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, United States of America
Sheldon Plentovich1, Deborah Kay Herrera2, Kelly Goodate1, Elyse Sachs1, Dain Christensen3, Devin Johnson4, Alexander Gaos4
1USFWS, Pacific Islands
2Malama i na Honu
3Marine Corps Base Hawaii
4NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Graeme C. Hays1, Nicole Esteban2
1Deakin University, Australia
2Swansea University, UK
Patrícia Guedes1, Alessia Cherin2, Castro Barbosa3, Carlos Carreras2, Paulo Catry4, Ana Rita Patrício1
1cE3c - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2Department de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
3IBAP - Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva, Av. Dom Settimio Arturro Ferrazzetta, Bissau CP 70, Guinea-Bissau
4MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Ispa– Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, Lisboa 1149-041, Portugal
Ben Grundy, Kristen Monsell
Center for Biological Diversity, United States of America
Ronel Nel1,2, Terrance Wang3, Shaun Hoekstra4, Evan Carol3, Ray Hilborn3
1SHAMS, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2Zoology Dept Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa
3SAFS, University of Washington, Seattle USA
4NatCarbon Africa, Gqeberha, South Africa
Matt Ware
Florida Gulf Coast University, United States of America
C. George Glen1,2, Colin J. Limpus3, José Miguel Ponciano2, Jamie Gillooly2, Maria Torres-Sánchez2,4, Walter Mustin5, Leisa Fien3, Alan B. Bolten1,2, Karen A. Bjorndal1,2
1Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, University of Florida
2Department of Biology, University of Florida
3Threatened Species Unit, Queensland Government
4Department of Life, Health, and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila
5Cayman Turtle Center, Grand Cayman
Nicole Esteban1, Jeanne A. Mortimer2,3, Holly J. Stokes1, Kimberley L. Stokes1, Graeme C. Hays4
1Bioscience Department, Swansea University, Wales SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
2Turtle Action Group, Seychelles
3Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
4Deakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria 3280, Australia
Kristina Paxton1, Kelleigh Downs2, Tara Lanzer2, Alexander Gaos3, Shaya Honarvar2,4
1Natural Resource Management, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaiʻi National Park, Hawaiʻi, USA
2Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA
3NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA
4School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA
Trenton Aguilar1, Margaret Lilyestrom2, Raymond Carthy3, Micheal Allen1
1Nature Coast Biological Station, University of Florida, Cedar Key, FL 32625
2Sea Turtle Conservancy, 4581 NW 6th St suite a, Gainesville, FL 32609
3U. S. Geological Survey, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Jessica Kendall-Bar1, Cassondra Williams2, Katsufumi Sato3, Paul Ponganis1
1Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
2National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, CA, USA
3National Institute of Polar Research, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Wendy Knight, Amy Bonka
Sea Turtle Inc, United States of America
Grégoire Michel1,3, Jessica Pate2, Mariana Fuentes1
1Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Florida, USA
2Marine Megafauna Foundation, Florida, USA
3Comunidad Protectora de Tortugas de Osa (COPROT), Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica
Helena Vela-Garcia1, Astrid Luna-Ortiz1, Silvia Giralt2, Daniela Freggi3, Dimitris Margaritoulis4, Oguz Turkozan5, Jesús Tomás6, Francisca Pujol7, Ana Liria-Loza8, Carolina Fernández-Maldonado9, Alfredo López10, Sandra Hochscheid11, Yaniv Levy12,13, Marta Pascual1, Cinta Pegueroles14, Carlos Carreras1
1Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
2Fundación parala Conservación y la Recuperación de Animales Marinos (CRAM), 08820 El Prat de Llobregat, Spain
3Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue Center, Punta Sottile, 92031 Lampedusa AG, Italy
4ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Solonos 113, 10678 Athens, Greece
5Aydın AdnanMenderes University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 09010 Aydın, Turkey
6Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 469801, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
7Fundación Palma Aquarium, Mallorca, Spain
8NGO ADS Biodiversidad (REDTORCAN Project), Las Palmas, Spain
9Seashore Environment and Fauna, Spain
10CEMMA. Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños Camiño do Ceán, nº 2, 36350, Nigrán, Pontevedra
11Marine Turtle Research Group, Department of Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
12Israel Sea Turtle Rescue Center, National Nature and Parks Authority, Gan Leumi Beit Yannay, Kfar Vitkin, Israel
13Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
14Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
