| Abbreviation | STC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1959 |
| Founder | Joshua B. Powers |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| 59-6151069 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Headquarters | Gainesville, Florida |
| Website | conserveturtles |
The Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC), formerly known as Caribbean Conservation Corporation, is an American not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization based in Gainesville, Florida. It was incorporated, based on an earlier informal organization known as The Brotherhood of the Green Turtle,[1] in 1959 by Joshua B. Powers, who was inspired by ecologist Archie Carr's book The Windward Road, which documented threats to sea turtles.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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MILES O'BRIEN: Its time for this young Loggerhead Turtle to go to work. KEN LOHMANN: We can tether turtles in these little cloth harnesses. Put them into this tank and theyll swim in place. MILES O'BRIEN: University of North Carolina Biologist Ken Lohmann studies sea turtles that are programmed from birth for an extraordinary journey. KEN LOHMANN: The mother turtles bury the eggs on the beach and then return to the sea and the eggs hatch about 50 to 60 days later. MILES O'BRIEN: With support from the National Science Foundation, Lohmann is learning how these reptiles use the Earths magnetic field to navigate a 5 to 10 year journey around the Atlantic Ocean. KEN LOHMANN: The turtle seem to inherit a set of responses that tell them what to do when they encounter specific magnetic fields at particular locations. MILES O'BRIEN: This animal magnetism can be a lifesaver. One field off Portugal triggers the turtles to turn south, if they dont they will likely die, swept into frigid North Atlantic waters. In one lab test, turtles responded to magnetic fields similar to what they would encounter off the coast of Florida. The great majority of them turned southeast. KEN LOHMANN: Now, this is an exciting finding because south easterly orientation, in this part of the world, would presumably take turtles further into the Gulf Stream. So, the turtles actually have, what might be considered, a crude global positioning system that is based on the Earths magnetic field. MILES O'BRIEN: And check out this experiment. These turtle moves may look odd. KEN LOHMANN: The turtles will actually act out their swimming behavior in air. MILES O'BRIEN: But this wave simulator recreates the first environmental cue hatchling turtles respond to. KEN LOHMANN: And so swimming into waves is a highly eliable trick that the turtles use to guide themselves offshore. MILES O'BRIEN: I guess you can call it, TPS. The turtle positioning system and while we humans spend hundreds of dollars for devices like this, that tell us where in the world we are, the turtles just know. Understanding how that works will help us protect the species. Now the only question is, how can we help them get out of their shell? For Science Nation, Im Miles OBrien.
See also
References
- ^ Lefever, Harry G. (1992). Turtle Bogue: Afro-Caribbean life and culture in a Costa Rican village. Susquehanna University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-945636-23-6.
- ^ Davis, Frederick Rowe (2007). The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology. Oxford University Press US. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-19-531077-1.
- ^ Becher, Anne (2000). American environmental leaders: from colonial times to the present. ABC-CLIO. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-57607-162-5.
- ^ Dickson, Barney; Rosie Cooney (2005). Biodiversity and the precautionary principle: risk and uncertainty in conservation and sustainable use. Earthscan. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-84407-277-4.
- ^ Davis, Frederick Rowe (2007). The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology. Oxford University Press US. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-19-531077-1.
- ^ Hopkins, Jack W. (1995). Policymaking for conservation in Latin America: national parks, reserves, and the environment. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-275-95349-2.
- ^ Troëng, Sebastian; Mangel, Jeff; Kélez, Sheleyla; Meyers, Andy; et al. (22 February 2000). "Report on the 1999 Green Turtle Program at Tortuguero, Costa Rica" (PDF). Caribbean Conservation Corporation and the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica. pp. 11, 21–23, 29, 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
External links
- Sea Turtle Conservancy Website
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