2020 NIMBioS SRE Program
Modeling the individual and population effects of elevated incubation temperatures of sea turtles
Participants:
Spencer Catron, Mathematics, Physics, Univ. of Tennessee
Sarah Roth, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Tennessee
Savannah Rumley, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Fisk Univ.
Francesca Zumpano, Mathematics, Statistics, College of New Jersey
Mentors:
Dr. Deb Miller, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries; Veterinary Medicine; Director, Center for Wildlife Health, Univ. of Tennessee
Dr. Suzanne Lenhart, Mathematics, Univ. of Tennessee
Dr. Jeanette Wyneken, Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic Univ.
Graduate Student Helper:
Ida Dian Dewi, Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, UTCVM
Project Description.
Using data from the Atlantic leatherback turtle and data-driven models, this project will investigate the effects of elevated temperature in hatching sites. Physiology features and survival rates as functions of time and temperature will be considered. Also, a model will be built to illustrate changes in the populations if the survival rates in certain temperature ranges favor one gender over the other. Such temperature changes may be related to climate change.
Spencer Catron
Sarah Roth
Savannah Rumley
Francesca Zumpano
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University of Tennessee
Knoxville,
TN 37996-3410
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