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Josie Palmer
PhD Student
The Farmhouse
The Farmhouse, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
Overview
Qualifications
2020 - Present, PhD Biological Sciences, University of Exeter
2017 - 2018, MSc Conservation and Biodiversity, University of Exeter
2014 - 2017, BSc Hons Zoology, Cardiff University
Research
Research projects
PhD Title: Assessing the impact of small-scale fisheries on sea turtle populations in the eastern Mediterranean basin
Supervisors: Professor Annette Broderick, Professor Brendan Godley, Dr Kristian Metcalfe, Dr Robin Snape
Assessing the overlap of polyvalent artisanal fisheries around the nearshore coastal waters of North Cyprus and their impact on loggerhead and green turtle populations' abundance, distribution and habitat use, and assess the efficacy of bycatch mitigation strategies and technologies.
MSc Thesis Title: Dietary analysis of two sympatric marine turtle species in the eastern mediterranean basin
Supervisor: Professor Annette Broderick
Quantification of loggerhead and green turtle diet in an area with a paucity of dietary information to better inform conservation strategies.
BSc Dissertation Title: Relatedness and genetic pedigree reconstruction of an ex situ greater flamingo population
Supervisor: Professor Mike Bruford
Pedigree formation of a common colonial breeding species with implications for captive management and breeding programmes of other more threatened colonial species.