At the same time, there has been an increase in what are known as an attempt by a turtle to come “false crawls,” ashore that was in some way thwarted. Last week, McKenzie and Ehrman documented one false crawl. Lamont said researchers are not sure why they are seeing an increase in false crawls. saw the same thing at Lamont said. saw a strong decrease (in nests). That has been an “We Eglin AFB,” “We international trend, actually. We are seeing it everywhere, this decline. is one reason they are considering moving Southeast Atlantic sea turtles from threatened to endangered. They “That are the only sea turtles not already considered endangered.” But the decrease in nests, Lamont added, may be the result of event that happened 40 years ago. is very difficult to pinpoint because we know where the life cycle is being Lamont said. “It don’t impacted,” The major reason is that turtles nest in familiar haunts, but spend most of their lives roaming the oceans, underwater, invisible to most, until they decide to nest, the timing of which is dictated by the individual turtle. As a result, the UF research team has been aggressive in adding a tagging program to the monitoring of nesting turtles. Each turtle is tagged to identify it and also tagged with what amounts to a GPS chip that allows researchers to track movements. The hope is to better understand population size and track distribution and timing of nests. What is generally understood though theories abound is that at some point during incubation or in leaving the – – nest turtles have it hard-wired in their brains by magnetic orientation the area of their birth and in turn the area they will return to in giving birth as an adult. think people realize that these turtles have a relationship with that beach, just as people Lamont said. “I don’t do,” “I think that personally ties people to the turtles. information we are getting (from the Turtle Patrol groups) is huge and it is the only work being done on “The Northwest Florida loggerheads.” Read more: Problem Statement, Know/Need to Know Boards, and Possible Resources PBL Statement: How can we, as Environmentalists, investigate potential problems resulting in the increase in Sea Turtle deaths in such a way that:
At the same time, there has been an increase in what are known as “false crawls,” an attempt by a turtle to come ashore that was in some way thwarted. Last week, McKenzie and Ehrman documented one false crawl. Lamont said researchers are not sure why they are seeing an increase in false crawls. “We saw the same thing at Eglin AFB,” Lamont said. “We saw a strong decrease (in nests). That has been an international trend, actually. We are seeing it everywhere, this decline. “That is one reason they are considering moving Southeast Atlantic sea turtles from threatened to endangered. They are the only sea turtles not already considered endangered.” But the decrease in nests, Lamont added, may be the result of event that happened 40 years ago. “It is very difficult to pinpoint because we don’t know where the life cycle is being impacted,” Lamont said. The major reason is that turtles nest in familiar haunts, but spend most of their lives roaming the oceans, underwater, invisible to most, until they decide to nest, the timing of which is dictated by the individual turtle. As a result, the UF research team has been aggressive in adding a tagging program to the monitoring of nesting turtles. Each turtle is tagged to identify it and also tagged with what amounts to a GPS chip that allows researchers to track movements. The hope is to better understand population size and track distribution and timing of nests. What is generally understood – though theories abound – is that at some point during incubation or in leaving the nest turtles have it hard-wired in their brains by magnetic orientation the area of their birth and in turn the area they will return to in giving birth as an adult. “I don’t think people realize that these turtles have a relationship with that beach, just as people do,” Lamont said. “I think that personally ties people to the turtles. “The information we are getting (from the Turtle Patrol groups) is huge and it is the only work being done on Northwest Florida loggerheads.” Read more: Problem Statement, Know/Need to Know Boards, and Possible Resources PBL Statement: How can we, as Environmentalists, investigate potential problems resulting in the increase in Sea Turtle deaths in such a way that:
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