Professional Experience in Research
Sea Turtles
Sea Turtle Necropsy at The University of Central Florida
Experience
1985 - 1988 Protected Species Data Coordinator : Florida Department
of Natural Resources. Maintenance of research data on protected species
for the production of reports and publications. Principal investigator of
MARFIN grant that included aerial surveys, necropsies, and histopathology
of recovered marine turtles.
1983 - 1985 Data Manager: Florida Institute of Oceanography. Duties included
computer data analyses of information concerning various aspects of sea
turtle biology.
Publications and Presentations
B.A. Hoffman and W.J. Conley. 1987. Public Aid to Help Assess Nesting Sea
Turtle Populations in Florida. The Fifth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean
Management. Volume 1:519-535.
W.J. Conley and B. Hoffman. 1988. Nesting Activity of Sea Turtles in Florida:
1979-1985. Florida Scientist 50:201-210
Conley, W.J. 1986. Florida Sea Turtle Strandings: 1980 - 1984. Sixth Annual
Conference of Sea Turtle Biologists, Waverley, Georgia.
Hoffman, B. and W. J. Conley. 1986. The Status of Florida's Sea Turtles.
Poster. Sixth Annual Conference of Sea Turtle Biologists, Waverley, Georgia.
Poster
Conley, W.J. 1987. History and Processing of Marine Turtle Permits in Florida.
Seventh Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.
B.A. Hoffman and W.J. Conley. 1987. Public Aid to Help Assess Nesting Sea
Turtle Populations in Florida. The Fifth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean
Management. Seattle, Washington.
Conley, W.J. and B.H. Hoffman. 1987. An Update on Nesting Activity of Sea
Turtles in Florida. Seventh Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.
Poster & Abstract.
Conley, W.J. and B.H. Hoffman. 1987. Strandings of Sea Turtles in Florida
(1979- 1986). Seventh Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.
Poster & Abstract.
Conley, W.J. 1988. Sea Turtle Nesting Activity: An Analysis of Trends. Eighth
Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Poster.
Harris, B., W.J. Conley and J. Alan Huff. 1984. The Status and Trends of
Florida's Nesting Sea Turtle Populations from 1979 - 1983. Florida Department
of Natural Resources. 26 pp.
Conley, W.J. and B.A. Hoffman. 1986. Florida Sea Turtle Nesting Activity:
1979 - 1985. Florida Department of Natural Resources. 53 pp.
Conley, W.J. 1988. Aerial surveys to determine the frequency of sea turtle
strandings along the Florida west coast. MARFIN Annual Report. 36 pp.
1983 - 1993 Ph.D. Dissertation research : University of South Florida. Dissertation
topic: Population Structure and Trophodynamics of Lanternfish (Pisces: Myctophidae)
Larvae of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Dissertation Chairman: Dr. T.L. Hopkins.
1988 - 1990 Biological Scientist : Florida Department of Natural Resources.
Supervised Coastal Zone Management Project investigating the distribution
of fishes in the Little Manatee River, Florida.