UCF Biology: Llewellyn M. Ehrhart (Professor Emeritus)

Llewellyn M. Ehrhart
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Cornell 1969
Phone: 407-823-2970
Office: BL 102A
Email: lehrhart@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

Recent Accomplishments

May, 2004: Dr. Llewellyn Ehrhart is name the Carnegie Florida Professor of the Year Educator. [ View Press Release ]

April, 2004: Dr. Llewellyn Ehrhart (Biology) was appointed as Senior Research Fellow at the Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute.

Research Interests

Turtles
Emeritus Professor Ehrhart is a vertebrate zoologist whose research program is focused on reproduction, population biology, ecologic geography, and conservation biology of marine turtles. His most recent research interest involves characterization of juvenile and subadult populations in coastal lagoons and over near-shore reefs, as well as long-term studies of nesting beach productivity. He is broadly interested in herpetology and mammalogy, particularly the distribution, ecology, and conservation of Florida amphibians, reptiles and mammals. He was an invited contributor to the World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation and the Western Atlantic Turtle Symposia (I and II) and served recently as Team Leader of the Southeastern Region Loggerhead and Green Turtle Recovery Team. His students have studied the biology of vertebrates as diverse as Hylid frogs, Kinosternid and Emydid turtles and wood storks.

Selected Publications

Ehrhart, L.M. and L.H. Ogren. 1999. Studies in foraging habitats: capturing and handling turtles, p. 61-64. In Eckert, K.L., K.A. Bjorndal, F.A. Abreu-Grobois, and M.

Donnelly (Eds). Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles. IUCN/SCC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Publication No. 4.

Herbst, L. H., E. Greiner, L. Ehrhart, D. Bagley and P.A. Klein. 1998. Serologic association between spirochidiasis, herpesvirus infection and fibropapillomatosis in Florida green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34: 496-507.

Johnson, S.A. and L.M. Ehrhart. 1996. Reproductive ecology of the Florida green turtle: Clutch frequency. Journal of Herpetology 30: 407-410.

Ehrhart, L.M. and W.E. Redfoot. 1995. Composition and status of the marine turtle assemblage of the Indian River Lagoon system. Bull. Marine Science 57: 279-280.

Witherington, B.E. and L.M. Ehrhart. 1989. Hypothermic stunning and mortality of marine turtles in the Indian River Lagoon System, Florida. Copeia 1989: 696-703

Ehrhart, L.M. 1989. A status review of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, in the Western Atlantic. In: L. Ogren et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Western
Atlantic Turtle Symposium (WATS II), pp.122-135. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFC-226.