Marine biologist and turtle tracker 🌊 NSF Postdoc at UMass Amherst | Migratory genomics | Marine ecology | Animal movement | Conservation
Amherst, MA
Joined August 2018
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I'm happy to share that the spatial component of my dissertation work on 'lost years' sea turtles is out now!
🌊🐢🗺️ #seaturtle #telemetry #OpenAccess
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If you're attending #SERSTM2025 this week, I'll be presenting the highlights in the #MovementEcology session this afternoon.
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Excited to share a new vision to standardize and preserve #biologging #biodiversity #data! rdcu.be/d5ril
Together with @biologging @BirdLifeMarine @duke_mgel #euromammals #wram @usioosgov @INBOVlaanderen @BirdsCanada @OceanTracking @atlaslivingaust @IMOS_AUS and more
ALT Map of studies from 8 community bio-logging data platforms. Most are at risk of becoming inaccessible in coming years.
Our December issue is now live! nature.com/natecolevol/volum…
Feat. research on plant responses to climate change, obstetric selection, aDNA of Tibetan Plateau populations, and a Perspective on tracking progress on the KMGBF
Cover image from Hoffman et al. nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
ALT Cover image of the December issue of Nature Ecology and Evolution, showing a male northern elephant seal bellowing
Check out my article in the latest SWOT Report, released this week by @OceanicSociety at #ISTS41_Cartagena
Several projects have documented⬇️average nesting sea turtle size or⬆️proportion of small nesters
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Published studies in🧵below - add any I missed!
Declining trends in body size among first-time nesting hawksbills in Seychelles (Evans et al. 2024) 🇸🇨
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Though not a direct measure of nesting turtles, there was a decline in average clutch size (a proxy for nesting female size) among loggerhead nests on the west coast of Florida 1990-2022 (McNally et al. 2024). 🇺🇸
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If you’re attending #Evol2024 🇨🇦 and have an interest in long-distance migration 🗺️ , whole genome analyses 🧬 , or sea turtles 🌊 🐢 - stop by poster I1 this evening to chat!
Sea level rise & TSD may come to mind when considering climate change and #seaturtle populations.
But how will climate change interact with other 🌊🐢threats, including disease & vessel strikes?
We tested a framework to assess - the report is out now!📄
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Thanks to all the #ISTS41_Cartagena workshop participants for lending their time and expertise!
Led by Matt Lettrich, with support from @seakatrina, @ccbrockway, and @blair_bentley.
ALT An international group of 37 sea turtle biologists and conservation practitioners stand in front of a projection of a workshop title "The climate-threats matrix: understanding and quantifying the interactions of cumulative stressors with climate change and the resulting impacts on sea turtles", which was held in March 2023 at the 41st International Sea Turtle Symposium.
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For more on climate change and sea turtles, see Fuentes et al. (2023) "Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions".
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Two of my favorites just won the top poster presentation prizes at the 42nd International Sea Turtle Symposium in Pattaya, Thailand. Congratulations Gustavo and Tiffany! @TiffDtheTurtle
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Repping the UMass Molecular Ecology and Conservation lab at #SICB2024. I’m excited to hear all the awesome science this week - in exchange Estefany, Jamie, and I will overshare about sea turtles to anyone who will listen. 🌊 🐢 🧬
Scientists, I challenge you to present a talk without using a laser pointer. Just try it. You might like it.
Quotes out of context from this morning’s #GRC session:
I’m a little scared of ferns. 🌿
We are also fish, of course. 🐟
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Our #GRC Power Hour discussion group chatted about mentorship in science and academia. Some takeaways - mentees: ask for what you need. Mentors: be open to feedback.
Controversially my favorite sea turtle species
#loggerhead
June 12th is Loggerhead Turtle Day! 💛
Loggerheads are named for their large head and strong crushing jaw which enables them to eat hard-shelled prey such as crabs, conchs, and whelks.
Learn more about loggerheads here seaturtleweek.com/loggerhead…
Photo: Kerly Brione
#seaturtleweek
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Photos by @KaptainRose and @MeropeMoonstone taken during permitted research 🌊🐢📃
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