Determination of age with skeletal chronology and investigation of age-body morphology relationship in sea turtles

The skeletal chronology method allows us to obtain information about the life history of the individual in relation to time by analyzing the change in bone tissue. The research question of the project is; in order to understand the change in population demography of sea turtles, how the age distribution of sea turtles (Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas) that stranded Samandağ beach, the consistency of age determinations with the bony structures of the phalanx and humerus, the body morphology of these species and the morphology of their bony structures (phalanx and humerus) what kind of relationship is between. For this purpose, humerus and phalanx bones of sea turtle species that were stranded of Samandağ beach in Hatay province will be collected, and their ages will be determined by taking histological sections with the skeletal chronology method. Thus, information about the age distribution of stranded sea turtles will be obtained.

TUBİTAK 1002 Project No: 122Z247

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bektaş SÖNMEZ

Researcher: Prof. Dr. Şükran YALÇIN ÖZDİLEK

Scholarship: Emre SANDIK