MELISSA STAINES
PHD CANDIDATE
keeping it cool....
an investigation into cooling temperatures for hatchery sites
CHRISTINE
MADDEN
HOF
WWF, MARINE SCIENTIST
Satellite tracking endangered hawksbill turtles in the Conflict islands
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.
REBECCA
DIGGINS
JCU PHD CANDIDATE
Turtles and tourists without borders: assessing management options for green turtles (chelonia mydas) in a pacific island setting
FIN
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).