Photo top left is a leatherback hatchling preparing to make its way out to the ocean. The photo on the right gives you an idea of how enormous these turtles can become.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The University of British Columbia has a nice bio on Todd that shows his current activities and links to his own site. It also lists some of his articles that have been published in periodicals. Todd is currently working in bioenergetics; his field of study is conservation physiology. His goal is to understand the bioenergetics of sea turtles (specifically leatherbacks) and how their population has declined in the face of climate change and its effects on their reproductive output and growth.
Subject intro
Todd Jones is the scientist that I will be studying for our project. Todd is a doctoral candidate in zoology at the University of British Columbia. His fields of interest include animal physiology and conservation issues. His study is of juvenile leatherback sea turtles appears to be why he is on this years "top ten" list. I have learned that it is rare to observe young leatherbacks because the hatchlings leave their beach birthplace and take to the sea. Todd devised a way to raise the turtles in captivity in order to study their growth years.
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