UCF Marine Turtle Research Group - Field Station in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
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Organization / Project Name: UCF Marine Turtle Research Group
Website: https://sciences.ucf.edu/biology/marineturtleresearchgroup/
Email: kate.mansfield@ucf.edu
Description: The UCF Marine Turtle Research Group (MTRG) research program focuses on sea turtle biology, ecology, behavior, and conservation across all sea turtle life stages—from eggs to adults. The MTRG provides field-based educational and research opportunities to students, and scientific advisory service to local, state, and international science and management entities. Our field sites include long-term nesting beach and coastal juvenile sea turtle research programs within Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge and the Indian River Lagoon in central Florida, and oceanic “lost years” tracking work in the Gulf of Mexico, North and South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.
Species of focus: Kemp’s ridleys (Lepidochelys kempii), Leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea), Loggerheads (Caretta caretta), Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata), Green turtles (Chelonia mydas)
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Primary Areas of Work: Genetic sampling, Satellite telemetry, Nesting beach monitoring, In water research
Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/ucfmtrg/
Instagram Profile: https://www.instagram.com/ucfturtlelab
Twitter Profile: @ucf.turtlelab