Frank Thomas Ussner Dellinger
Researcher
Ecology and Evolution of Aquatic Organisms
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
"Our research has mostly been focussing on juvenile pelagic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) at Madeira Island. We are interested on how turtles survive in an open ocean environment. Topics span from: (1) basic population description and dynamics (using biometry, marking, laparoscopy for sex ratios, and long term in water monitoring, genetic characterization); (2) large scale movements and behaviour (using satellite telemetry and datalogging); (3) fisheries interaction and conservation (monitoring fishing activities and persistent debris); to (4) taphonomy and historic data interpretation."
Research Interest
Fisheries interaction and conservation
Publications
-
Valente AL, Delgado C, Moreira C, Ferreira S, Dellinger T, Carvalho MÂ, Costa G (2009) Helminth component community of the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, from Madeira archipelago, Portugal. Journal of Parasitology, 95(1):249-252.
-
McCarthy AL, Heppell S, Royer F, Freitas C, Dellinger T (2010) Identification of likely foraging habitat of pelagic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Atlantic through analysis of telemetry track sinuosity. Progress in Oceanography, 86(1-2): 224-231.
-
Delgado C, Canário A, Dellinger T (2010) Sex ratios of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta during the juvenile pelagic stage. Marine Biology, 157(5): 979-990.
