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Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Whitman
Dr. Whitman is broadly interested in the foraging ecology and habitat use of sea turtles. She studies the top-down and bottom-up factors that affect green turtle (Chelonia mydas) distributions in coastal Caribbean habitats including food availability, food quality, and risk of predation by sharks. She’s especially interested in green turtle foraging behavior in the face of a Caribbean invasion by the non-native seagrass Halophila stipulacea. Beth and her collaborators are also studying how ecological memory, shaped by an extreme hurricane disturbance, informs the response of coastal ecosystems to multiple stressors at population, community, and ecosystem levels. Her research group works closely with nonprofit and governmental organizations in The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Florida to conduct research and share scientific knowledge with local communities to inspire future generations of marine scientists and conservationists.