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Marine biologist Dr. David Owens will use this elaborate
photoelectric network known as the Kleerekoper tank system
to study Atlantic Ridley turtles. The project is funded by Texas
A&M’s Sea Grant Program.
:M biologist heads study
efforts joined to save turtles
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^ Texas A&M University marine
ilogist who was 21 when he first
I 1 the ocean is now spearheading
arch that will be used in the
—.perative international effort to
in talks at!iL ve
the world s most endangered
nulay. HcsilLjgs 0 f sea turtle, the Ridley,
y studentsayp ewer than 2,000 adult Ridley
n them, titles are believed to exist today,
ent of Lib)i» j) r David Owens, and their
e event. Kjtat near Rancho Nuevo in
S. retal ■jj iau ]{p as Mexico, has been
long thetofi» ea t ene( l
even more by oil from
administrate runaway Campache Bay spill,
tur, 15-niinr#Several turtles have died from
tonal Set: Lparently mistaking globs of oil for
ent Carter■ygsh they sometimes eat, he said.
■Although many of the current tur-
il decision tie conservation projects utilize the
juestion at:; ihnomenon of imprinting, in which
one wouldijn animal instinctively recalls its
place of birth, no scientific study has
i from a tc-jvcr confirmed that Ridleys, or any
nd diplomaifttles; use imprinting to find their
i of relations! way back to the Mexican nesting
would ben-beaches, Owens said,
s sections | Nor h'as imprinting been proven
as a factor in the United States rein-
continued feduet ion and preservation project
ention ondfeking place on Padre Island and
s in Iran, - Galveston where Owens will borrow
arly release the turtles for his special research
Is said thcbproject.
gunpoint,isBUnder a $36,000 Sea Grant Col-
ige program, Owens is attempting
fe first such study of imprinting and
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nents madeit
e to be coal
will obtain special permission from
the United States and Mexico to
bring Ridleys to College Station for
extensive behavior studies.
Owens’ findings are aimed at tell
ing federal conservation programs in
both countries whether imprinting
plays a role in the turtle’s return to
its nesting site.
If it does, Ridley eggs can be trans
planted to Padre Island and, theore
tically, those animals that survive
will come back to Texas to nest and
reproduce where scientstists can
watch them.
If imprinting is not present in Rid
leys, new methods must be mapped
out to protect their breeding. Said
Owens.
In the past the economic value of
the turtle has caused thousands of
Ridleys to be slaughtered as they
came ashore 200 miles south of
Texas’ tip to lay eggs, Owens said.
In nature only two or three turtles
might survive from an estimated
five-yiear production bf*T,500 eggs 4 ''
per female, underscoring the poten
tial value and need for protection
during breeding and the first weeks
of life, he said.
Owens will conduct a number of
behavioral tests on the Ridleys as
they mature in the Kleerekoper tank
system here that is used to study
swimming species such as sharks,
other fish and turtles.
Developed by Texas A&M biology
professor emeritus Herman Kleere
koper, the tanks use photoelectric
cells and computers to map be
havioral preferences and patterns of
movement.
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Toll roads can alleviate the problem of declining highway mainte
nance in Texas and adjoining states, says Texas A&M University’s vice
president for engineering and non-renewable resources Fred J.
Benson.
“Transportation of both people and goods in Texas and the nation is,
with the exception of long range travel by airplane, almost completely
dependent on highway vehicles,” Benson said.
Studies have shown that highway industry costs have increased at a
rate in excess of inflation.
Federal and state gasoline tax increases have been discussed as a
solution, as has users bearing the cost of highway construction and
maintenance.
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