{"id":5,"date":"2017-05-04T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T16:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2020-11-21T10:59:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T14:59:31","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/","title":{"rendered":"front page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2017\/05\/IMG_3723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"748\" \/><\/p>\n\t<h2>Dr. Kara Dodge<\/h2>\nGuest Investigator<br \/>\nBiology Department\n<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nWork: 508-289-2589<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:kdodge@whoi.edu\">kdodge@whoi.edu<\/a><br \/>\nBuilding: Redfield 256\n<strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #33<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>I study the behavior and ecology of marine animals, with a special focus on sea turtles in the North Atlantic.\u00a0 I use satellite and acoustic telemetry, videography, oceanographic sampling and stable isotope analysis to investigate animal movement, behavior, habitat, feeding and physiology. I also collaborate on studies of sea turtle health and population structure. Current studies include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Projecting the effects of climate change on leatherback turtle habitat within the US Northeast Shelf<\/li>\n<li>Habitat sampling and subsurface observations of leatherback turtles with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) &#8216;TurtleCam&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Behavior, habitat use, and post-release survival of Kemp&#8217;s ridley and green sea turtles in the NW Atlantic<\/li>\n<li>Comparative analysis of leatherback turtle and ocean sunfish foraging ecology in the NW Atlantic using stable isotope analysis<\/li>\n<li>Investigation of preparation methods on gelatinous zooplankton stable isotope values<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3>Selected Publications<\/h3>\n<p>Dodge KL, Kukulya AL, Burke E, Baumgartner MF. 2018 TurtleCam: a &#8220;smart&#8221; autonomous underwater vehicle for investigating behaviors and habitats of sea turtles. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2018.00090\/full\">Frontiers in Marine Science 5:90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dodge KL, Galuardi B, Lutcavage ME. 2015 Orientation behaviour of leatherback sea turtles within the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/273449971_Orientation_behaviour_of_leatherback_sea_turtles_within_the_North_Atlantic_subtropical_gyre\">Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20143129<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dodge KL, Galuardi B, Miller TJ, Lutcavage ME. 2014 Leatherback turtle movements, dive behavior, and habitat characteristics in ecoregions of the Northwest Atlantic ocean. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/260949821_Leatherback_Turtle_Movements_Dive_Behavior_and_Habitat_Characteristics_in_Ecoregions_of_the_Northwest_Atlantic_Ocean\">PLoS ONE 9(3): e91726<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dodge KL, Logan JM, Lutcavage ME. 2011 Foraging ecology of leatherback sea turtles in the Western North Atlantic determined through multi-tissue stable isotope analyses. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/220027988_Foraging_ecology_of_leatherback_sea_turtles_in_the_Western_North_Atlantic_determined_through_multi-tissue_stable_isotope_analyses\">Marine Biology 158(12): 2813-2824<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/#\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Follow me on social media<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oceanrobotcam\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" aria-label=\"Facebook\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oceanrobotcam\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Instagram\" aria-label=\"Instagram\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>Ph.D.: Zoology, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gradschool.unh.edu\/php\/posd.php?major=KC76\">University of New Hampshire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>B.A.: Biological Anthropology, <a href=\"https:\/\/anthropology.fas.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard University<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h3>Academic profiles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Kara_Dodge\">Researchgate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=4a_ohqMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h3>Support TurtleCam!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/give\/turtlecam\">Donate to the WHOI TurtleCam project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kara Dodge Guest Investigator Biology Department Contact Information: Work: 508-289-2589 kdodge@whoi.edu Building: Redfield 256 Mailing Address: 266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #33 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543 Research Interests I study the behavior and ecology of marine animals, with a special focus on sea turtles in the North Atlantic.\u00a0 I use satellite&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kdodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}