Jason Schaffer @Turtlenerd
Freshwater biologist specializing in bimodally-respiring freshwater turtles and biodiversity in Northern Australia. Tweets are my own. Townsville, Australia Joined October 2014-
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Unbeknownst to most but knownst to me: the habitat of the turtle tends to equal the radness of said turtle. Science fact. Upper Broken River, a tributary of the Bowen River and part of the Lower Burdekin Catchmnet in NE Qld. #IrwiniCountry
Historic moment for Australia Zoo. For the first time, we’ve welcomed the rare ‘Irwin’s Turtle’ - a species discovered by Dad!
Compiled by 200+ researchers with extensive experience in the field, in teaching & in animal ethics administration, Wildlife Research: Practical and Applied Methods supports best practice methods & helps to navigate animal care approval processes. publish.csiro.au/book/7964
Unfortunately like the majority of #Turtles worldwide, Irwin's turtle (Elseya irwini) is under threat. In this case, it's due to numerous river infrastructure projects in the lower #Burdekin River catchment of QLD in Australia. Here's me and the #holotype for #WorldTurtleDay. J
#eDNA surveys show #Irwinsturtle are still in the lower #Burdekin River. Pop demographics are unknown outside of the upper Broken River. Urgent funding is needed to ground truth these new findings. J @CVillacortaRath @NESPLandscapes @envirogov @TropWATER bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
It’s called a ‘turtle gate’ and any Australian freshwater floodplain fence can be modified to include it, with little more than a pair of pliers. @WalthamNathan, @justinjames76, @Turtlenerd, @ericjnordberg @NESPLandscapes @jcu 🔗Read news story bit.ly/3669Oo3
Fencing tropical #wetlands against #Feralpigs works a treat but for #Turtles not so much. So we came up with a solution. Check it out! tinyurl.com/5n7f8ka5 @WalthamNathan @justinjames76 @ericjnordberg·@enviro_sci @TropWATER
Can we use genetic clues to find Australia's missing #frogs🐸? Researchers have found it’s possible to detect traces of a frog’s genetic material – that’s their skin, mucus, urine and blood – more than 20 kilometres downstream from their habitats. 🔗tropwater.com/news/using-gen…
Head to the project page to discover more findings and read the comprehensive final report bit.ly/2YZPJfI 5/
Ever wonder how waterfalls effect the structure of #fish communities? Me too!! Check out our new paper! Stoked to have played a part. J onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
Good article on Irwins #turtle about some of the great work being done by @CVillacortaRath to document its distribution using #eDNA. More still needs to be done though and without proper funding, it is and has been a long slog. abc.net.au/news/2020-10-0…
#FeralPigs on Gulf beaches were predating on the eggs in 100% of marine turtle nests. Hub research is developing technologies to link monitoring with @APNCapeYork rangers adaptive management responses, meaning that more baby turtles are hatching & reaching the waters of the Gulf!
Very happy to have contributed to this important report. As a #fish hobbyist and #invasive species ecologist myself, I'm forever mindful of the risks and rewards involved with the current aquarium trade in Tropical Australia. Have a read. Its good. J
We received a lot of interest in our global, collaborative project on #turtles #basking at night, but few signed up. Please add your name to this sheet bit.ly/2D7SyQx if you're interested so we can coordinate the work and contact you with datasheets and such 1/3
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‘Giant in his field’: Reef expert Dr Jon Brodie remembered townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/giant-in-…
more than half of all #turtles and #tortoises are threatened with #extinction. Craig Stanford and a large team of co-authors review the threats and hopes for their #conservation. cell.com/current-biolog…
Motion camera surveys for fauna in the #Mangroves of Northwestern #Capeyork #Queensland certainly aren't speedy affairs.
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