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MELISSA STAINES

PHD CANDIDATE

keeping it cool....

an investigation into cooling temperatures for hatchery sites

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CHRISTINE 

MADDEN

HOF

WWF, MARINE SCIENTIST

Satellite tracking endangered hawksbill turtles in the Conflict islands

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JESSICA

BLAKEWAY

THE WALKING SHARK PROJECT

introducing the Milne Bay Epaluette shark

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CAITLIN
SMILTH

WWF, Marine Species Conservation 

Global increases in beach sand temperatures are predicted to skew hatchling sex ratios of marine turtle populations towards female bias.

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REBECCA

DIGGINS

JCU PHD CANDIDATE

Turtles and tourists without borders: assessing management options for green turtles (chelonia mydas) in a pacific island setting

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FIN

PRINT

SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION

The worlds largest reef shark and ray survey, an investigation into species diversity

PUBLICATIONS

Trialling seawater irrigation to combat the high nest temperature feminisation of green turtle Chelonia mydas hatchlings

Caitlin E. Smith, David T. Booth, Anne Crosby, Jeffrey D. Miller, Melissa N. Staines, Hayley Versace, Christine A. Madden-Hof (2021) 

Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative & The Coral Islands Ltd 2020 – 2021 Turtle Nesting Season End of Season Report. Report to CICI and TCI.

Versace, H., Staines M. and Madden Hof, CA. (2021).

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