The findings give clues to the health and status of the threatened species.
By Robert Wells
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July 8, 2021
Becky Klipin, a graduate of UCF’s Department of Biology, measures a turtle using calipers as part of UCF’s Marine Turtle Research Group’s sea turtle monitoring program. Photo credit: Gustavo Stahelin, UCF MTRG. Permit: FL MTP-171
A new University of Central Florida study indicates that smaller loggerhead and green sea turtles are nesting on Florida beaches than in the past; however, researchers aren’t sure why.
The findings, published this month in the journal
Ecosphere, give clues to the status of the turtles, which is important to researchers who are monitoring the population health of the threatened species.