REUNION ISLAND : Red algea and green turtles
Classed vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the marine turtles represent one of the emblematic species of a declining worldwide bio diversity.
They constitute a major priority in terms of sustainable development of the natural resources of the regions that hold them.
Their preservation depends upon our comprehension of their way of life and their needs, whether this be in terms of space or feeding resources.
In the framework of her PhD at the Reunion Island University, Katia Ballorian takes us with her and the NCSR laboratories in Strasbourg, to the sloping coral reefs of Reunion Island. Her mission is to complete the still rather fragmented knowledge on the feeding behavior of the Green Turtles living along the coastline of Reunion Island.
Katia will be helped in her project by researchers, students and technicians of the IPHC of the NCSR in Strasbourg, as well as by; Kélonia, IFREMER, the laboratory of Marine Ecology of Reunion Island University and the Marine Reserve.