Southeastern Regional Sea Turtle Meeting

Dec 02, 2015

Southeastern Regional Sea Turtle Meeting Fellow sea turtle enthusiast,
We have great news about our project. After submitting our abstract to the Southeastern regional sea turtle symposium, we were accepted!! I will be traveling to Mobile, Alabama to present our project and learn even more from others about what research is being done in this region for sea turtle conservation. None of this would be possible without your support, so thank you. I will post a copy of our poster when completed. Thank you again and have a very Merry Christmas. 

Amanda and William Murtagh, Christina, and 5 others like this.

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Betty J. HarrisBacker

So excited for you. Congratulations on a job well done.

Dec 03, 20150

Cindy WuBacker

Congrats :tada:

Dec 02, 20150

Patrick A. KreuserBacker

Congratulations!

Dec 02, 20150

About This Project

Loggerhead Sea Turtles Dig The Dark! Artificial Light Effects on Hatchling Movement

Coastal Carolina University

Our goal is to measure the effect of coastal light pollution on hatchling loggerhead ability to find the ocean. We hypothesize that there will be a threshold intensity above which hatchlings become disoriented and less efficient at "sea finding".

Artificial light is a pollutant which is increasing in U.S. urban environments at a rate of 6% per year. Determining hatchling response to various light levels will be important to the long term conservation strategies for endangered sea turtle species.