Cayos Cochinos Peque o. Mainland Honduras is in the background. Photo by Bob Halley . Robert Halley, Christopher Reich, and Don Hickey of the St. Pete Field Center recently returned from a two-week trip to Honduras. Cayos Cochinos lies approximately 8 mi off the north coast of Honduras and 30 mi south of Roat n.
All electrical power is supplied from solar panels and wind generators.
The primary science being conducted on Peque o is leatherback turtle research. The turtle program relies on volunteers from the Honduran University. Two additional temperature loggers were deployed in shallow water on the south side of Cochino Peque o, near the lab. The two loggers located on the south side were installed to obtain a record of the upper extremes in sea-surface temperatures. In addition, reefs surrounding Cayos Cochinos encounter pulses of fluvial influx during high-precipitation events on the mainland.