2008 TSA Conference Speaker List
Posted on: Thursday, August 21st, 2008
2008 6th Annual Symposium on Chelonian Conservation and Biology
Speaker List – titles are abbreviated
| •Dwight Lawson | Captive Management and Reproduction of the Impressed Tortoise |
| •Scott Davis | Giant Asian Softshell Husbandry and Reproduction |
| •Brad Moxley | Husbandry/captive breeding of Heosemys spinosa |
| •John Sadayjac | Australian Turtle exhibit at National Aquarium in Baltimore |
| •Colette Adams | Galapagos tortoise Exhibit and Program at Gladys Porter Zoo |
| •Mike Rapley | Sacalia quadriocellata Husbandry and Reproduction |
| •William F. Ziegler | Husbandry and Breeding of Rhinoclemmys |
| •Gerald Kuchling | Training Captive-bred Pseudemydura umbrina for Re-introduction |
| •Pete Jansema | The evolution of a private turtle collection and the creation of a better turtle tank |
| •M. and E. Feldmans | Heat and Dust: Six Weeks at the Largest Turtle Farm in the United States |
| •Michael Ogle | Captive Breeding of the Spider Tortoise at Knoxville Zoo |
| •Goode and Rodrigues | Behler Chelonian Center – Madagascar 2008 - film |
| •Richard Fife | Photographic Overview of a Turtle and Tortoise Breeding Facility in Arizona |
| •Jeff Lovich | Aspects of the Ecology of the Sonoran Mud Turtles in Arizona |
| •Phil Rosen et al | Conservation Issues in the Aridlands Chelonian Fauna of SW North America |
| •Phil Rosen | Tri-national Conservation of the Sonora Mud Turtle in Arizona and Sonora |
| •Daren Riedle | Insights into Aquatic Turtle Communities on the Middle Trinity River Basin |
| •John B. Iverson | Life history of the Ornate Box Turtle in the Nebraska Sandhills |
| •John Carr et al | Clutch and Egg Size Variation of the Smooth Softshell |
| •Michael Forstner et al | Status of Trachemys gaigeae and Pseudemys gorzugi in the Rio Grande Basin |
| •Mario Vargas-Ramirez | Conservation of the endangered-endemic Podocnemis lewyana in Colombia |
| •Gerald Kuchling | Ovarian Cycle and Reproductive Biology of Rafetus swinhoei |
| •Rijasoa Fanazava | Ecological monitoring of Radiated tortoise populations |
| •Claudia P Ceballos | Body growth of the endangered Amazon river turtle, Podocnemis expansa |
| •Torsten Blanck | Rare Cuora’s in the wild: Cuora mccordi, Cuora aurocapitata and Cuora pani |
| •Torsten Blanck | Validity of Cuora cyclornata and Cuora trifasciata |
| •Rony Garcia | Distribution and Ecology of the Central American River Turtle |
| •Peter Praschag | Quest for the river terrapin Batagur baska in India |
| • Eng Hen Chan | The Setiu River river terrapin research and recovery program in Malaysia. |
| •Shailendra Singh et al | Conserving India’s Endangered Turtles |
| •Jay Johnson | Mycoplasma- Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control Charles Innis Update on intranuclear Coccidiosis |
| •M. and E. Feldmans | Options to Oxytocin |
| •Cord Offermann | Prevention of Recurrent Dystocia Via Partial Caudal Plastron Ostectomy |
| •John Cann | The Freshwater turtles of Australia and New Guinea |
| •Chris Shepherd | The freshwater turtle and tortoise trade in Asia |
| •Hagen & Hudson | A look back at the 19 IUCN Redlist critically endangered Asian chelonians |
| •Khin Myo Myo | Preliminary Survey of the status of Kachuga trivittata |
| •Brian Horne | The Chambal River Turtle Head-start Hatch and release Progam |
| •Henk Zwartepoorte | The European ex situ status of the Egyptian tortoise Testudo kleinmanni |
| •Tomas Diagne | First steps for the creation of TSA Africa. |
| •Chan & Kuchling | In-situ incubation of river terrapin/Batagur eggs in the Dungun River, Malaysia |
| •Chan & Kuchling | Biased Sex Ratios in Nest Translocation and Headstarting Projects of Batagur |
| •Gerald Kuchling | Intersex Gonads and Female Biased Sex Ratio in Captive-bred Aldabra Tortoises |
| •Joe Truett et al | Restoring the Bolson Tortoise to Pleistocene Range |
| •James Juvik et al | Head-starting and Reintroduction of Mojave Desert Tortoises Utilizing Pets |
| •Ross Kiester et al | Trade-offs in Desert Tortoise Headstarting and Restoration |
| •Ross Kiester et al | Global Conservation of Turtles and Tortoises in Multiple Geographies |
| •Michelle Schireman | The Western Pond Turtle Project: A Successful Reintroduction Alliance |
| •Fujii and Forstner | Texas tortoise conservation units in southern Texas. |
| •Bennet and Litzgus | Implications of habitat barriers in Map Turtles (Graptemys geographica) |
| •Edward Louis | Community based conservation monitoring of the radiated tortoise |
| •Peter Paul Van Dyke | Global turtle species distribution mapping: Patterns and priority areas |
| •Tom Herman et al | Recovery planning for an endangered population complex of Blanding`s turtles |
| •Shailendra Singh | Involvement of Local Communities in the Indian Turtle Conservation Program |
| •Lu Shunquing | History of the Rafetus swinhoei rescue operation in China |
| •Steve Platt | The natural history of Rhinoclemmys areolata in northern Belize |
| •Dick Vogt | Turtle Ecology Training course |
| •Elizabeth Walton | Ecological Niche Modeling to Delineate Critical Habitat for the Bog Turtle |
| •Will Selman | Basking behavior of the yellow-blotched sawback Graptemys flavimaculata |
| •Syed and Maldonado | Phylogeography of the Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii) |
| •Jacqueline Litzgus | Freshwater Turtle Survival Strategies Under Ice |
| •Clavijo-Baquet/ Fallabrino | Basic biological information and conservation status of Phrynops williamsi |
| •Megan Rasmussen et al | Maternal investment in Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) |
| •Graham and Roosenburg | The effects of soil microenvironment on hatchling emergence in Malaclemmys |
| •Benjamin Atkinson | Comparative demographics and habitat analyses of creek-dwelling musk turtles |
| •Taylor Edwards | Desert tortoise genetics |
| •Chris Jarchow | Determining provenance of captive desert tortoises genetically |
| •Mercy Vaughn et al | The Desert Tortoise South of the Arbitrary Border |
| •Ann Mcluckie | et al Status of Isolated Desert Tortoises in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve |
| •Sky Mclain | Mojave Max education program |
| •Ray Ashton | Gopher Tortoise Relocation - Considerations and Parameters: Roundtable |
| •Dave Manser | Aquatic Filtration methods for Ponds and Aquaria |
| •Brian Horne | Egg incubation parameters |
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