COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF GREEN TURTLE HEALTH IN LAKE WORTH LAGOON
by Lynda F. Rysavy | Monday, Dec 14, 2020
¼ø»Æʦapp's Harbor Branch Annie Page, Ph.D., and collaborators at ¼ø»Æʦapp’s Department of Biological Sciences, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Inwater Research Group, and East Coast Biologists, Inc. were awarded a grant for their project Green turtle health, biotoxin exposure, and foraging ecology in Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida.
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This project focuses on relating green sea turtle health to HAB-associated biotoxins in the Lake Worth Lagoon system, an urbanized waterway in south Florida.
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¼ø»Æʦapp Master's student Hunter Brown, pictured here, will use data from this project for his graduate thesis work on understanding the health effects of biotoxin exposure to free-ranging green sea turtles in Florida.
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This project was funded in part by a grant awarded from the Sea Turtle Grants Program. The Sea Turtle Grants Program is funded from proceeds from the sale of the Florida Sea Turtle License Plate. Learn more atÌý .
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Unfortunately, Semester By The Sea is on hold due to budget constraints. ¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch is currently seeking community supporters to resurrect this innovative program. For more information, contactÌý Ìý ¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch Director of Development Ìý ÌýAmanda NickesonÌýatÌý Ìý 412-296-1852.
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