Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Research

Follow the links to detailed information about the following fields of research conducted by the Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Division:

• Results of experimental efforts to establish a secondary nesting colony of Kemp's ridley turtles at Padre Island National Seashore, TX and associated conservation and research.
• "Movements and Home Ranges of Adult Male Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Gulf of Mexico Investigated by Satellite Telemetry"
• Investigate size, growth, sex ratios, relative abundance, seasonality, residency, and long-distance and long-term movements of green turtles in the Mansfield Channel, TX. Click this hyperlink to view the PDF file of the paper
• Sea turtle strandings and salvage for the Texas Coast and associated research