PhD Students -- Claudia
Penaloza
Lab 5, Ofc. 3B
135 Marine Lab Rd.
Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: 252-504-7582
Fax: 919.668.0916
e-mail: cpc6@duke.edu
Research Interests:
- conservation biology
- demography
- population modeling
- sustainable wildlife harvest
Bio: My research centers on Giant Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Conservation in Venezuela. I study both the impact of current management and implementation of broader scale conservation actions on this once critically endangered species. Currently, I am designing a sustainable harvest program based on the species' population dynamics, current subsistence harvest levels and the view and desires of local communities. In my research, I strive to merge scientific knowledge with real life solutions and action.
Publications:
Jaffe, R., C. Penaloza & G. Barreto. (In press.) Monitoring an endangered freshwater turtle management program: effects of nest relocation over growth and locomotive performance of the giant South American turtle (Podocnemis expansa: Pelomedusidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology.
Martínez E, O. Hernández, E. Boede, C. Peñaloza y A. Alberto. 2007. Inventario de la tortuga arrau, Podocnemis expansa, en zoológicos de Venezuela. Valores referenciales de hepatograma y la bioquímica sérica. Revista Científica. XVII (5):433-440
Penaloza, C. & A. G. Farji-Brener. 2003. The importance of treefall gaps as foraging sites for leaf-cutting ants depends on forest age. Journal of Tropical Ecology (2003) 19:603-605.
Penaloza, C. & G. R. Barreto. 2002. Aves Island: Results from a 19 year tagging study. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSE 436-239
Penaloza, C. 2000. Demography and viability of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, population at Aves Island. Undergraduate Thesis. Universidad Simon Bolivar, Sartenejas. 109 pp.
Hobbies: Cycling, yoga, being Sophia's mother, salsa dancing... and I'm beginning to believe moving is one too.