Did you miss the first post about this investigation into the incubation temperatures of loggerhead sea turtle nests in the Florida panhandle? No worries, check it out here! By Megan Lamb, Guest Blogger In 2016, I began looking at incubation temperatures, the amount of metabolic heating going on in an egg clutch, of loggerhead sea turtle…
Category: Sea Turtles
Studying loggerhead sea turtle incubation temperatures on Florida panhandle barrier islands
By Megan Lamb, Guest Blogger Did you know that the temperature at which a sea turtle nest incubates will determine if the hatchlings are male or female? This is called temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) and is very common in reptile species, including alligators, land and sea turtles, and some lizards. Research has shown that the…
Another year of turtles
Happy New Year, NERRds! With the new year comes new intentions and goals along with reflections of the past. While we shiver from this wet, cold weather (winter? In Florida??), huddled in our offices, we are thinking about the year we just completed (and how much warmer it was). Last year brought us new projects,…
Isotopes-Isowhats?
The following is a guest post from fellow NERRd, Kaitlyn Dietz! She continues her fabulously NERRd-y series on her adventures working with sea turtles and stable isotopes. Hope you enjoy and don’t forget to subscribe to never miss a post in the future! (Psst, just scroll down to the bottom of this page!) Kaitlyn Dietz is…
Dreaming and studying
The following is a guest post from fellow NERRd, Kaitlyn Dietz! You may recognize the name from her Shuck and Tell series this past year on the blog (also, conveniently, her office is 50 steps away from ours). We’re so excited to have her back with another fabulously NERRd-y series on her adventures working with…
Lost and Found at the Boat Ramp
by Mathew Monroe Working as a field biologist you never know what you will see or find. Here where I work at the GTM NERR, beautiful sunrises on the water and dolphin playing are not an uncommon site. The wildlife and the natural areas are abundant surrounding the oldest city in the United States, St….
NERRds on the Water 