Dr. Larisa Avens



      
Education:

      
BS degree in Biology, University
      of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Ph.D. in Biology, 2003, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
      



Ph.D. Dissertation: "Homing Behavior, Navigation, and Orientation of Juvenile Sea Turtles"








      
Research Interests:

      

        
Orientation and navigation in sea turtles
     

        
Homing behavior of juvenile
         turtles 
     
        
Growth rates and aging in sea turtles 
      


    

• Avens, L. and K. J. Lohmann. 2004. Navigation and seasonal migratory orientation in juvenile sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 1771-1778.

• Avens, L., Braun-McNeil, J. Epperly, S., and K. J. Lohmann. 2003. Site fidelity and homing in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Marine Biology. 143: 211-220.
  

• Avens, L. and K. J. Lohmann. 2003. Use of multiple orientation cues by juvenile loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta. Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 4317-4325.
  

• Avens, L., Wang, J., Johnsen, S., Dukes, P., and K. J. Lohmann. 2003. Responses of hatchling sea turtles to rotational displacements. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 288: 111-124.