Michael Vrbanac
@michaelkvrbanac.bsky.social
PhD student | University of Central Florida
UCF Marine Turtle Research Group
UCF Marine Turtle Research Group
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2024 turtle highlights!
Grateful for the journey, the lessons, and all the turtle-ly amazing people along the way.
*Sea turtle research conducted under proper permits held by UCF MTRG
*Slide 2 credit: Ed Dailey
Grateful for the journey, the lessons, and all the turtle-ly amazing people along the way.
*Sea turtle research conducted under proper permits held by UCF MTRG
*Slide 2 credit: Ed Dailey
Reposted by Michael Vrbanac
🚨 We have an exciting new paper including the largest tracking dataset for WILD-caught dispersal stage sea turtles. This was part of @katrinaphillips.bsky.social‘s dissertation work funded in part by the Florida Restore Act Centers of Excellence Program.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’ | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Several marine turtle species spend their first years of life in oceanic habitats.
This early life stage is referred to as the ‘lost years’ due to the difficulty of
accessing individuals for study off...
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🚨 We have an exciting new paper including the largest tracking dataset for WILD-caught dispersal stage sea turtles. This was part of @katrinaphillips.bsky.social‘s dissertation work funded in part by the Florida Restore Act Centers of Excellence Program.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Michael Vrbanac
I'm happy to share that the spatial component of my dissertation work on 'lost years' sea turtles is out now!
If you're attending #SERSTM2025 this week, I'll be presenting the highlights in the #MovementEcology session this afternoon. 🌊🐢🗺️
#seaturtle #telemetry #OpenAccess
If you're attending #SERSTM2025 this week, I'll be presenting the highlights in the #MovementEcology session this afternoon. 🌊🐢🗺️
#seaturtle #telemetry #OpenAccess
🚨 We have an exciting new paper including the largest tracking dataset for WILD-caught dispersal stage sea turtles. This was part of @katrinaphillips.bsky.social‘s dissertation work funded in part by the Florida Restore Act Centers of Excellence Program.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’ | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Several marine turtle species spend their first years of life in oceanic habitats.
This early life stage is referred to as the ‘lost years’ due to the difficulty of
accessing individuals for study off...
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I'm happy to share that the spatial component of my dissertation work on 'lost years' sea turtles is out now!
If you're attending #SERSTM2025 this week, I'll be presenting the highlights in the #MovementEcology session this afternoon. 🌊🐢🗺️
#seaturtle #telemetry #OpenAccess
If you're attending #SERSTM2025 this week, I'll be presenting the highlights in the #MovementEcology session this afternoon. 🌊🐢🗺️
#seaturtle #telemetry #OpenAccess
Reposted by Michael Vrbanac
AMOC news can be confusing—is it slowing? Collapsing? Remaining stable? There’s studies that claim each!
That’s why, instead of the latest headline, I always rely on what @rahmstorf.bsky.social has to say—he’s studied it for nearly 40 yrs and knows how each new study fits into the bigger picture.
That’s why, instead of the latest headline, I always rely on what @rahmstorf.bsky.social has to say—he’s studied it for nearly 40 yrs and knows how each new study fits into the bigger picture.
The AMOC is slowing, it’s stable, it’s slowing, no, yes, …
There's been a bit of media whiplash on the issue of AMOC slowing lately - ranging from the AMOC being on the brink of collapse to it being more stable than previously thought. AMOC, of course, refers...
www.realclimate.org
February 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
AMOC news can be confusing—is it slowing? Collapsing? Remaining stable? There’s studies that claim each!
That’s why, instead of the latest headline, I always rely on what @rahmstorf.bsky.social has to say—he’s studied it for nearly 40 yrs and knows how each new study fits into the bigger picture.
That’s why, instead of the latest headline, I always rely on what @rahmstorf.bsky.social has to say—he’s studied it for nearly 40 yrs and knows how each new study fits into the bigger picture.
2024 turtle highlights!
Grateful for the journey, the lessons, and all the turtle-ly amazing people along the way.
*Sea turtle research conducted under proper permits held by UCF MTRG
*Slide 2 credit: Ed Dailey
Grateful for the journey, the lessons, and all the turtle-ly amazing people along the way.
*Sea turtle research conducted under proper permits held by UCF MTRG
*Slide 2 credit: Ed Dailey
January 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
2024 turtle highlights!
Grateful for the journey, the lessons, and all the turtle-ly amazing people along the way.
*Sea turtle research conducted under proper permits held by UCF MTRG
*Slide 2 credit: Ed Dailey
Grateful for the journey, the lessons, and all the turtle-ly amazing people along the way.
*Sea turtle research conducted under proper permits held by UCF MTRG
*Slide 2 credit: Ed Dailey
A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling crawls towards the ocean after emerging from its nest.
It will swim continuously for the next two days towards open water. This is known as the “frenzy period”.
(Photo taken during permitted research)
It will swim continuously for the next two days towards open water. This is known as the “frenzy period”.
(Photo taken during permitted research)
November 27, 2024 at 3:21 AM
A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling crawls towards the ocean after emerging from its nest.
It will swim continuously for the next two days towards open water. This is known as the “frenzy period”.
(Photo taken during permitted research)
It will swim continuously for the next two days towards open water. This is known as the “frenzy period”.
(Photo taken during permitted research)
World’s largest turtle, the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting on a Florida beach at sunrise.
(Photo taken during permitted research)
(Photo taken during permitted research)
November 27, 2024 at 2:56 AM
World’s largest turtle, the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting on a Florida beach at sunrise.
(Photo taken during permitted research)
(Photo taken during permitted research)