Thursday, April 25, 2019

HPA / NOAA Sea Turtle Sex Ratio Project

During the Week of April 8 to April 11, a team of NOAA scientists from the Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program joined the HPA Sea Turtle Research Programs Laura Jim, Marc Rice and HPA students to study the sex-ratios of green sea turtle foraging in shallow coastal waters around the state of Hawaii.  One day was give to logistics and presentations by the NOAA scientists and three days were field tagging days where we were able to capture and tag/sample 47 green turtles.  To learn more about the project and the students participating in the project please go to our Sex-Ratio Project Blog


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