Marine Conservation Ecology Lab (MarCEL)

Sea Turtle Research Project

Project Overview

We research spatial and habitat use by marine fauna, with a primary focus on sea turtles and fish. Our work is based locally in Wales and the Bristol Channel as well as further afield in the Indian Ocean, Caribbean, Red Sea and Mediterranean, and we collaborate with researchers around the world.

Affiliated Staff

Associate Professor Nicole Esteban

Associate Professor Penny Neyland

Professor Sofia Consuegra del Olmo

Associate Professor Richard Unsworth

Dr Tamsyn Uren Webster

Holly Stokes

Dr Kimberley Stokes

PGR Students

PGR Student	Research project	Contact email
Fred Baggs	Controlled trials of artificial irrigation methods to combat high sea turtle nest temperatures	853601@swansea.ac.uk
Sophia Coveney	Using molecular and stable isotope approaches to investigate sea turtle foraging ecology in the Western Indian Ocean	2345526@swansea.ac.uk
Nupur Kale	Spatial ecology of sea turtles in the Western Indian Ocean	2251601@swansea.ac.uk
Amy Durrant	Marine conservation restoration and blue carbon projects: evaluation of indicators of project success	2004244@swansea.ac.uk
Sasha Shute	Value of Burry Inlet and Carmarthen Bay saltmarsh for finfish production	2008359@swansea.ac.uk