Project participants
Scientific and vessel operations crew posting with CC2509, aka "Cougar", prior to release from the RV Georgia Bulldog off Cape Canaveral, FL in April 2007. Within a few weeks after release, "Cougar" emigrated to near the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, VA. At 380-lbs, this adult male loggerhead remains the heaviest of more than 2,000 loggerhead sea turtles captured by the in-water research program to date.
Although managed by the SCDNR MRD, this in-water research program is a partnership with the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service and numerous collaborators throughout the United States, predominantly in the Southeast U.S.
Brief biographical information about the key program personnel from:
An overview of the samples collected for collaborators and their geographic distribution is also available.
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