 Dr. Justin R. Perrault
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Marine Immunology Program
Phone: 941-388-4441, ext. 213
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Justin Perrault joined Mote Marine Laboratory as a part of the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program. He completed his Ph.D. at Florida Atlantic University in 2013. There, his research focused on toxicology and health of adult and hatchling leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). He has studied leatherbacks in Florida and on Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge in St. Croix, USVI. His experience with turtles is broad and includes aerial surveying, anatomy, blood sampling, health, necropsy, rehabilitation, tagging and toxicology. At Mote, he plans to continue his studies to determine toxicological endpoints for mercury and selenium in a freshwater turtle model. He also plans to compare health indices and concentrations of toxicants from satellite tagged loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) to determine whether health and/or toxicant levels differ among foraging grounds. Education Ph.D. Integrative Biology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. Dissertation: "Maternal health and hatchling mortality in leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)."
B.S. magna cum laude Marine Biology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC. Awards
- International Sea Turtle Symposium’s Archie Carr Student Award: Field Biology Oral Presentation Runner-up
- Florida Atlantic University’s Excellence in Research Award Honorable Mention
- Florida Atlantic University’s Teaching Assistant of the Year
- Newell Doctoral Fellowship
- Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians Grant
- Chicago Herpetological Society Grant
- Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology’s Grant in Aid of Research
- Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research
Publications Perrault JR. In review. Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury and selenium in leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Target. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Perrault JR. 2013. Comprehensive assessment of mercury and selenium concentrations in tissues of stranded leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 23: in press.
Perrault JR, Miller DL, Garner J, Wyneken J. 2013. Mercury and selenium in leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea): hazard quotients, population comparisons, implications for hatching success and directions for future research. Science of the Total Environment 463-464: 61-71.
Perrault JR, Miller DL, Eads E, Johnson C, Merrill A, Thompson LJ, Wyneken J. 2012. Maternal health status correlates with nest success of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida. PLOS One: 7: e31841.
Perrault J, Wyneken J, Thompson LJ, Johnson C, Miller DL. 2011. Why are hatching and emergence success low? Mercury and selenium concentrations in nesting leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and their young in Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62: 1671-1682.
Miller DL, Wyneken J, Rajeev S, Perrault J, Mader DR, Weege J, Baldwin CA. 2009. Pathological findings in hatchling and post-hatchling leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45: 962-971.
Department: Directorate of Environmental Health & Ocean Technology
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