Scientific Publications

2021

Ceriani, S. A., B. Brost, A. B. Meylan, P. A. Meylan, and P. Casale. 2021. Bias in sea turtle productivity estimates: error and factors involved. Marine Biology. 168(4):41. View Abstract

Hirama S., B. E. Witherington, K. Kneifl, A. Sylvia, M. Wideroff, and R. R. Carthy. 2021. Environmental factors predicting the orientation of sea turtle hatchlings on a naturally lighted beach: a baseline for light-management goals. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 541:151568. Access Publication

Rice, N., S. Hirama, B. Witherington. 2021. High frequency of micro- and meso-plastics ingestion in a sample of neonate sea turtles from a major rookery. Marine Pollution Bulletin 167:112363. View Abstract

Silver-Gorges I., S. A. Ceriani, M. Ware, M. Lamb, M. M. Lamont, J. Becker, R. R. Carthy, C. Matechik, J. Mitchell, R. A. Pruner, et al. 2021a. Using systems thinking to inform management of imperiled species: a case study with sea turtles. Biological Conservation. 260:109201. View Abstract

Silver-Gorges, I., J. Ingels, G. A. P. dos Santos, Y. Valdes, L. P. Pontes, A. C. Silva, P. F. Neres, A. Shantharam, D. Perry, A. Richterkessing, S. Sanchez-Zarate, L. Acevedo, A. J. Gillis, S. A. Ceriani, and M. M. P. B. Fuentes. 2021b. Epibionts Reflect Spatial and Foraging Ecology of Gulf of Mexico Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. doi 10.3389/fevo.2021.696412 Access Publication

Soares, L. S., K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, M. L. Wayne, et al.(2021) Reproductive output, foraging destinations, and isotopic niche of olive ridley and loggerhead sea turtles, and their hybrids, in Brazil. Endangered Species Research. 44:237-251. Access Publication

Stacy, B. A., A. M. Foley, D. J. Shaver, C. M. Purvin, L. N. Howell, M. Cook, and J. L. Keene. 2021. Scavenging versus predation: shark-bite injuries in stranded sea turtles in the southeastern USA. Disease of Aquatic Organisms. 143:19–26. View Abstract

Vilaça, S. T., R. Piccinno, O. Rota-Stabelli, M. Gabrielli, A. Benazzo, M. Matschiner, L. S. Soares, A. B. Bolten, K. A. Bjorndal, G. Bertorelle. 2021. Divergence and hybridization in sea turtles: inferences from genome data show evidence of ancient gene flow between species. Molecular Ecology. Link to abstract https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16113

Ware, M., S. A. Ceriani, J. W. Long, and M. M. P. B. Fuentes. 2021. Exposure of loggerhead sea turtle nests to waves in the Florida Panhandle. Remote Sens. 13(14):2654. OPEN ACCESS https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/14/2654

2020

Broadbent, H. A., S. E. Grasty, R. F. Hardy, M. M. Lamont, K. M. Hart, C. Lembke, J. L. Brizzolara, and S. Murawski. 2020. West Florida Shelf pipeline serves as sea turtle benthic habitat based on in situ towed camera observations. Aquatic Biology. 29:17–31. Access Publication

Casale P., and S. A. Ceriani. 2020. Sea turtle populations are overestimated worldwide from remigration intervals: correction for bias. Endangered Species Research. 41:141–151. Access Publication

Fuentes, M. M. P. B., A. J. Allstadt, S. A. Ceriani, M. H. Godfrey, C. Gredzens, et al. 2020. Potential adaptability of marine turtles to climate change may be hindered by coastal development in the USA. Regional Environmental Change. 20(3):104. View Abstract

Gillis, A. J., N. E. Wildermann, S. A. Ceriani, J. A. Seminoff, and M. M. P. B. Fuentes. 2020. Evaluating different spatial scales of forage item availability to determine diet selection of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Marine Biology. 167(11):170. View Abstract

Lovemore, T. E. J., N. Montero, S. A. Ceriani, and M. M. P. B. Fuentes. 2020. Assessing the effectiveness of different sea turtle nest protection strategies against coyotes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 533. View Abstract

Meylan, A., R. F. Hardy, P. A. Meylan, J. Gray, B. M. Shamblin, H. R. Frandsen, and D. J. Shaver. 2020. Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle). Developmental migration. Herpetological Review. 51(1):107. https://ssarherps.org/herpetological-review-pdfs/

Schroeder, B. A., A. B. Bolten, R. F. Hardy, J. L. Keene, W. L. Kendall, A. M. Lauritsen, T. L. Mcdonald, C. R. Sasso, and J. A. Seminoff. 2020. Developing and Evaluating Methods to Determine Abundance and Trends of Northwest Atlantic Loggerhead Turtles. Silver Spring, Maryland. Access Publication

Shamblin, B. M., K. M. Hart, K. J. Martin, S. A. Ceriani, D. A. Bagley, K. L. Mansfield, L. M. Ehrhart, and C.. J Nairn. 2020. Green turtle mitochondrial microsatelles indicate finer-scale natal homing to isolated islands than to continental nesting sites. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 643:159–171. View Abstract

Stacy, B. A., R. F. Hardy, D. J. Shaver, C. Purvin, L. Howell, H. Wilson, M. Devlin, A. Krauss, C. Macon, M. Cook, Z. Wang, L. Flewelling, J. L. Keene, A. Walker, P. Baker, and T. Yaw. 2020. 2019. Sea Turtle Strandings in Texas: A Summary of Findings and Analyses. Silver Spring, Maryland. Access Publication

2019

Casale, P., and S. A. Ceriani. 2019. Satellite surveys: a novel approach for assessing sea turtle nesting activity and distribution. Marine Biology 166:47. View Abstract

Ceriani, S. A., P. Casale, M. Brost, E. H. Leone, and B. E. Witherington. 2019. Conservation implications of sea turtle nesting trends: elusive recovery of a globally important loggerhead population. Ecosphere 10:e02936. Access Publication

Chabot, R. M., S. A. Ceriani, J. A. Seminoff, K. A. Mills, and K. L. Mansfield. 2019. Characterizing stable isotope relationships between green turtle (Chelonia mydas) skin and unhatched eggs. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 33:1277-1285. View Abstract

Evans, D. R., R. R. Carthy, and S. A. Ceriani. 2019. Migration routes, foraging behavior, and site fidelity of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) satellite tracked from a globally important rookery. Marine Biology 166:134. View Abstract

Foley, A. M., B. A. Stacy, R. F. Hardy, C. P. Shea, K. E. Minch, and B. A. Schroeder. 2019. Characterizing Watercraft‐Related Mortality of Sea Turtles in Florida. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83:1057–1072. Access Publication

Foley, A. M., B. A. Stacy, P. Schueller, L. J. Flewelling, B. Schroeder, K. Minch, D. A. Fauquier, J. J. Foote, C. A. Manire, K. E. Atwood, A. A. Granholm, and J. H. Landsberg. 2019. Assessing Karenia brevis red tide as a mortality factor of sea turtles in Florida, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 132(109):109—124. Access Publication

Fuentes, M. M. P. B., A. J. Gillis, S. A. Ceriani, T. L. Guttridge, M. P. M. Van Zinnicq Bergmann, M. Smukall, S. H. Gruber, and N. Wildermann. 2019a. Informing marine protected areas in Bimini, Bahamas by considering hotspots for green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Biodiversity and Conservation 28:197-211. View Abstract

Fuentes, M. M. P. B., M. H. Godfrey, D. Shaver, S. Ceriani, C. Gredzens, R. Boettcher, D. Ingram, M. Ware, and N. Wildermann. 2019b. Exposure of Marine Turtle Nesting Grounds to Named Storms Along the Continental USA. Remote Sensing 11:2996. Access Publication

Meylan, A.B. 2019. Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata (Linnaeus 1766) Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle. In: Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. Gainesville (FL): University of Florida Press. p. 226–228.

Putman, N. F., E. E. Seney, P. Verley, D. J. Shaver, M. C. López-Castro, M. Cook, V. Guzmán, B. Brost, S. A. Ceriani, R. d. J. G. D. Mirón, L. J. Peña, M. Tzeek, R. A. Valverde, C. C. G. Cantón, L. Howell, J. A. Ravell Ley, M. C. Tumlin, W. G. Teas, C. W. Caillouet Jr, E. Cuevas, B. J. Gallaway, P. M. Richards, and K. L. Mansfield. 2019. Predicted distributions and abundances of the sea turtle ‘lost years’ in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Ecography 42:1-12. Access Publication

Santos, A. J. B., C. Bellini, L. F. W. Bortolon, B. Outerbridge, D. C. Browne, A. Santos, A. B. Meylan, P. Meylan, et al. 2019. Long-range movements and growth rates of Brazilian hawksbill turtles: insights from a flipper-tagging program. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 18(1):75–81. View Abstract

Stacy, B. A., P. A. Chapman, H. Stockdale-Walden, T. M. Work, J. Dagenais, A. M. Foley, M. Wideroff, J. F. X. Wellehan Jr., A. L. Childress, C. A. Manire, M. Rodriguez, T. T. Zachariah, L. Staggs, B. Zirkelbach, N. Nahvi, W. Crowder, S. M. Boylan, S. Marquardt, C. Pelton, T. M. Norton. 2019. Caryospora-like coccidia infecting green turtles (Chelonia mydas): An emerging disease with evidence of interoceanic dissemination. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6:372. Access Publication

Stacy, B. A., B. P. Wallace, S. M. Wissmann, B. A. Schroeder, R. F. Hardy, and J. L. Keene. 2019. Guidelines for Oil Spill Response and Natural Resource Damage Assessment : Sea Turtles. Access Publication

2018

Amaya, O. A., C. R. Quintanilla, B. Stacy, M.-Y. D. Bottein, L. Flewelling, R. Hardy, C. Dueñas, and G. Ruíz. 2018. Large-scale sea turtle mortality events in El Salvador attributed to paralytic shellfish toxin-producing algae blooms. Frontiers in Marine Science 5. Access Publication

Gillis, A. J., S. A. Ceriani, J. A. Seminoff, and M. Fuentes. 2018. Foraging ecology and diet selection of juvenile green turtles in the Bahamas: insights from stable isotope analysis and prey mapping. Marine Ecology Progress Series 599:225-238. View Abstract

Hardy, R. F., C. Hu, B. Witherington, B. Lapointe, A. Meylan, E. Peebles, L. Meirose, and S. Hirama. 2018. Characterizing a Sea Turtle Developmental Habitat Using Landsat Observations of Surface-Pelagic Drift Communities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 11:3646–3659. Access Publication

Lauritsen, A. M., P. M. Dixon, D. Cacela, B. Brost, R. Hardy, S. L. MacPherson, A. Meylan, B. P. Wallace, and B. Witherington. 2017. Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta nest densities in northwest Florida. Endangered Species Research 33:83–93. Access Publication

Montero, N., S. A. Ceriani, K. Graham, and M. M. P. B. Fuentes. 2018. Influences of the Local Climate on Loggerhead Hatchling Production in North Florida: Implications From Climate Change. Frontiers in Marine Science 5. Access Publication

Shamblin, Brian M.; Witherington, Blair E.; Hirama, Shigetomo; Hardy, Robert F.; Nairn, C. J. 2018. Mixed stock analyses indicate population-scale connectivity effects of active dispersal by surface-pelagic green turtles. Marine Ecology Progress Series 601:215–226. Access Publication

2017

Bjorndal, K. A., A. B. Bolten, M. Chaloupka, V. S. Saba, C. Bellini, M. A. G. Marcovaldi, A. J. B. Santos, L. F. W. Bortolon, A. B. Meylan, P. A. Meylan, J. Gray, R. Hardy, B. Brost, M. Bresette, J. C. Gorham, S. Connett, B. V. S. Crouchley, M. Dawson, D. Hayes, C. E. Diez, R. P. van Dam, S. Willis, M. Nava, K. M. Hart, M. S. Cherkiss, A. G. Crowder, C. Pollock, Z. Hillis-Starr, F. A. Muñoz Tenería, R. Herrera-Pavón, V. Labrada-Martagón, A. Lorences, A. Negrete-Philippe, M. M. Lamont, A. M. Foley, R. Bailey, R. R. Carthy, R. Scarpino, E. McMichael, J. A. Provancha, A. Brooks, A. Jardim, M. López-Mendilaharsu, D. González-Paredes, A. Estrades, A. Fallabrino, G. Martínez-Souza, G. M. Vélez-Rubio, R. H. Boulon, J. A. Collazo, R. Wershoven, V. G. Hernández, T. B. Stringell, A. Sanghera, P. B. Richardson, A. C. Broderick, Q. Phillips, M. Calosso, J. A. B. Claydon, T. L. Metz, A. L. Gordon, A. M. Landry, D. J. Shaver, J. Blumenthal, L. Collyer, B. J. Godley, A. McGowan, M. J. Witt, C. L. Campbell, C. J. Lagueux, T. L. Bethel, and L. Kenyon. 2017. Ecological regime shift drives declining growth rates of sea turtles throughout the West Atlantic. Global Change Biology. Access Publication

Ceriani, S. A., J. F. Weishampel, L. M. Ehrhart, K. L. Mansfield, and M. B. Wunder. 2017. Foraging and recruitment hotspot dynamics for the largest Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookery. Scientific Reports 7:16894. Access Publication

Stacy, B. A., P. A. Chapman, A. M. Foley, E. C. Greiner, L. H. Herbst, A. B. Bolten, P. A. Klein, C. A., Manire, and E. R. Jacobson. 2017. Evidence of diversity, site and host specificity of sea turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea: "spirorchiidae"): a molecular prospecting study. Journal of Parasitology 103(6):756–767. View Abstract

2016

Bjorndal, K. A., M. Y. Chaloupka, V. S. Saba, C. E. Diez, R. P. van Dam, B. H. Krueger, J. A. Horrocks, A. J. B. Santos, C. Bellini, M. A. Marcovaldi, M. Nava, S. Willis, B. J. Godley, S. Gore, L. A. Hawkes, A. McGowan, M. J. Witt, T. B. Stringell, A. Sanghera, P. Richardson, A. C. Broderick, Q. Phillips, M. C. Calosso, J. A. B. Claydon, J. Blumenthal, F. Moncada, G. Nodarse, Y. Medina, S. G. Dunbar, L. D. Wood, C. J. Lagueux, C. L. Campbell, A. B. Meylan, V. R. Burns Perez, R. A. Coleman, S. Strindberg, V. Guzman-H, R. H. Boulon Jr., S. Connett, M. E. Outerbridge, and A. B. Bolten. 2016. Somatic growth dynamics of West Atlantic hawksbill sea turtles: a spatio-temporal perspective. Ecosphere 7:1–14.

Fuentes, M. M. P. B., C. Gredzens, B. L. Bateman, R. Boettcher, S. A. Ceriani, M. H. Godfrey, D. Helmers, D. K. Ingram, R. L. Kamrowski, M. Pate, R. L. Pressey, and V. C. Radeloff. 2016. Conservation hotspots for marine turtle nesting in the United States based on coastal development. Ecological Applications 26:2706-2717. View Abstract

Hargrove, S., T. Work, S. Brunson, A. M. Foley, and G. Balazs. 2016. Proceedings of the 2015 International Summit on Fibropapillomatosis: Global Status, Trends, and Population Impacts. NOAA Tech. Memo.

Hu, C., R. Hardy, E. Ruder, A. Geggel, L. Feng, S. Powers, F. Hernandez, G. Graettinger, J. Bodnar, and T. McDonald. 2016. Sargassum coverage in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico during 2010 from Landsat and airborne observations: Implications for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 107:15–21. Elsevier Ltd. Access Publication

Pajuelo, M., K. A. Bjorndal, M D. Arendt, A. M. Foley, B. A. Schroeder, B. E. Witherington, A. B. Bolten. 2016. Long‑term resource use and foraging specialization in male loggerhead turtles. Marine Biology 163:235 (DOI 10.1007/s00227-016-3013-9). View Abstract

Rees, A. F., J. Alfaro-Shigueto, P. C. R. Barata, K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, J. Bourjea, A. C. Broderick, L. M. Campbell, L. Cardona, C. Carreras, P. Casale, S. A. Ceriani, P. H. Dutton, T. Eguchi, A. Formia, M. M. P. B. Fuentes, W. J. Fuller, M. Girondot, M. H. Godfrey, M. Hamann, K. M. Hart, G. C. Hays, S. Hochscheid, Y. Kaska, M. P. Jensen, J. C. Mangel, J. A. Mortimer, E. Naro-Maciel, C. Ng, W. J. Nichols, A. D. Phillott, R. D. Reina, O. Revuelta, G. Schofield, J. A. Seminoff, K. Shanker, J. Tomás, J. P. van de Merwe, K. S. Van Houtan, H. B. Vander Zanden, B. P. Wallace, K. R. Wedemeyer-Strombel, T. M. Work, and B. J. Godley. 2016. Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles? Endangered Species Research 31:337-382. Access Publication

2015

Allen, C. D., M. N. Robbins, T. Eguchi, D. W. Owens, A. B. Meylan, P. A. Meylan, N. M. Kellar, J. A. Schwenter, H. H. Nollens, R. A. LeRoux, P. H. Dutton, and J. A. Seminoff. 2015. First Assessment of the Sex Ratio for an East Pacific Green Sea Turtle Foraging Aggregation: Validation and Application of a Testosterone ELISA. Plos One 10:e0138861. Access Publication

Brost, B., B. E. Witherington, A. Meylan, E. Leone, L. Ehrhart, and D. Bagley. 2015. Sea turtle hatchling production from Florida (USA) beaches, 2002-2012, with recommendations for analyzing hatching success. Endangered Species Research 27:53–68. Access Publication

Ceriani, S. A., and A. Meylan. 2015. Caretta caretta (North West Atlantic subpopulation), Loggerhead Turtle. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015 8235:e.T84131194A84131608. Access Publication

Ceriani, S. A., J. D. Roth, A. D. Tucker, D. R. Evans, D. S. Addison, C. R. Sasso, L. M. Ehrhart, and J. F. Weishampel. 2015. Carry-over effects and foraging ground dynamics of a major loggerhead breeding aggregation. Marine Biology 162:1955–1968. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Access Publication

Hu, C., L. Feng, R. F. Hardy, and E. J. Hochberg. 2015. Spectral and spatial requirements of remote measurements of pelagic Sargassum macroalgae. Remote Sensing of Environment 167:229–246. Elsevier Inc. Access Publication

Stacy, B. A., C. J. Innis, P. Y. Daoust, J. Wyneken, M. Miller, H. Harris, M. C. James, E. F. Christiansen, and A. Foley. 2015. Solitary large intestinal diverticulitis in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Veterinary Pathology 52(4):712-715. Access Publication

2014

Adimey, N. M., C. A. Hudak, J. R. Powell, K. Bassos-Hull, A. Foley, N. A. Farmer, L. White, and K. Minch. 2014. Fishery gear interactions from stranded bottlenose dolphins, Florida manatees and sea turtles in Florida, U.S.A. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Elsevier Ltd.

Ceriani, S. A., J. D. Roth, L. M. Ehrhart, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, and J. F. Weishampel. 2014. Developing a common currency for stable isotope analyses of nesting marine turtles. Marine Biology 161:2257–2268. Access Publication

Ceriani, S. A., J. D. Roth, C. R. Sasso, C. M. McClellan, M. C. James, H. L. Haas, R. J. Smolowitz, D. R. Evans, D. S. Addison, D. A. Bagley, L. M. Ehrhart, and J. F. Weishampel. 2014. Modeling and mapping isotopic patterns in the Northwest Atlantic derived from loggerhead sea turtles. ecosphere 5:1–24.

Foley, A. M., B. A. Schroeder, R. Hardy, S. L. MacPherson, and M. Nicholas. 2014. Long-term behavior at foraging sites of adult female loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from three Florida rookeries. Marine Biology 161:1251–1262. Accessed 26 Mar 2014. Access Publication

Hardy, R. F. 2014. Assessments of Surface-Pelagic Drift Communities and Behavior of Early Juvenile Sea Turtles in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. University of South Florida. Access Publication

Hardy, R. F., A. D. Tucker, A. M. Foley, B. A. Schroeder, R. J. Giove, and A. B. Meylan. 2014. Spatiotemporal occurrence of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) on the West Florida Shelf and apparent overlap with a commercial fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71:1924–1933.

Hirama, S. 2014. Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp’s ridley sea turtle) Atlantic Nesting. Herpetological Review 45:316–318.

Hirama, S., L. M. Ehrhart, L. D. Rea, and R. A. Kiltie. 2014. Relating fibropapilloma tumor severity to blood parameters in green turtles Chelonia mydas. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 111:61–68.

Meylan, A., A. Arenas, J. C. Zurita, E. Harrison, J. Gray, and P. Meylan. 2014. Turtles Tagged in Developmental Habitat in Bermuda Nest in Mexico and Costa Rica. Marine Turtle Newsletter 77710:15–17. Access Publication

Roberts, K., J. Collins, C. H. Paxton, and R. Hardy. 2014. Weather patterns associated with green turtle hypothermic stunning events in St. Joseph Bay and Mosquito Lagoon, Florida. Physical Geography 35:134–150. Taylor & Francis.
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Stacy, B. A., C. J. Innis, P.-Y. Daoust, J. Wyneken, M. Miller, H. Harris, M. C. James, E. F. Christiansen, and A. Foley. 2014. Solitary Large Intestinal Diverticulitis in Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Veterinary pathology. Access Publication

2013

Arendt, M. D., J. a. Schwenter, B. E. Witherington, A. B. Meylan, and V. S. Saba. 2013. Historical versus Contemporary Climate Forcing on the Annual Nesting Variability of Loggerhead Sea Turtles in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. R. Reina, editor. PLoS ONE 8:e81097. Access Publication

Bjorndal, K. A., B. A. Schroeder, A. M. Foley, B. E. Witherington, M. Bresette, D. Clark, R. M. Herren, M. D. Arendt, J. R. Schmid, A. B. Meylan, P. A. Meylan, J. A. Provancha, K. M. Hart, M. M. Lamont, R. R. Carthy, and A. B. Bolten. 2013. Temporal, spatial, and body size effects on growth rates of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Biology 160:2711–2721.

Foley, A. M., B. A. Schroeder, R. Hardy, S. L. MacPherson, M. Nicholas, and M. S. Coyne. 2013. Postnesting migratory behavior of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta from three Florida rookeries. Endangered Species Research 21:129–142.
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Meylan, A. B., P. A. Meylan, and C. O. Espinosa. 2013. Sea turtles of Bocas del Toro Province and the Comarca Ngobe-Bugle, Republic of Panama. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12:17–33.

Nero, R. W., M. Cook, A. T. Coleman, M. Solangi, and R. Hardy. 2013. Using an ocean model to predict likely drift tracks of sea turtle carcasses in the north central Gulf of Mexico. Endangered Species Research 21:191–203. Access Publication

Shamblin, B. M., B. E. Berry, D. M. Lennon, A. B. Meylan, P. A. Meylan, M. E. Outerbridge, and C. J. Nairn. 2013. Tetranucleotide microsatellite loci from the critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Conservation Genetics Resources 5:23–26.

Stacy, B. A., A. Foley, M. M. Garner, and N. Mettee. 2013. Yolk embolism associated with trauma in vitellogenic sea turtles in Florida (USA): a review of 11 cases. Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians 44:1043–8. Access Publication

Wood, L. D., R. Hardy, P. A. Meylan, and A. B. Meylan. 2013. CHARACTERIZATION OF A HAWKSBILL TURTLE (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) FORAGING AGGREGATION IN A HIGH-LATITUDE REEF COMMUNITY IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8:258–275.

2012

Ceriani, S. A., J. D. Roth, D. R. Evans, J. F. Weishampel, and L. M. Ehrhart. 2012. Inferring foraging areas of nesting loggerhead turtles using satellite telemetry and stable isotopes. PloS one 7:e45335. Access Publication

Witherington, B. E., S. Hirama, and R. F. Hardy. 2012. Young sea turtles of the pelagic Sargassum-dominated drift community: habitat use, population density, and threats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 463:1–22. Access Publication

Young, M., M. Salmon, and R. Forward. 2012. Visual wavelength discrimination by the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta. Biological Bulletin 222:46–55. Access Publication

2011

Meylan, P. A., A. B. Meylan, and J. A. Gray. 2011. The Ecology and Migrations of Sea Turtles 8. Tests of the Developmental Habitat Hypothesis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 357:1–70.

Shamblin, B. M., M. G. Dodd, D. A. Bagley, L. M. Ehrhart, A. D. Tucker, C. Johnson, R. R. Carthy, R. A. Scarpino, E. McMichael, D. S. Addison, K. L. Williams, M. G. Frick, S. Ouellette, A. B. Meylan, M. H. Godfrey, S. R. Murphy, and C. J. Nairn. 2011. Genetic structure of the southeastern United States loggerhead turtle nesting aggregation: evidence of additional structure within the peninsular Florida recovery unit. Marine Biology 158:571–587. Access Publication

Stewart, K., M. Sims, A. Meylan, B. Witherington, B. Brost, and L. B. Crowder. 2011. Leatherback nests increasing significantly in Florida, USA; Trends assessed over 30 years using multilevel modeling. Ecological Applications 21:263–273.

Witherington, B. E., S. Hirama, and A. Mosier. 2011. Sea turtle responses to barriers on their nesting beach. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 401:1–6.

Witherington, B. E., S. Hirama, and A. Mosier. 2011. Barriers to Sea Turtle Nesting on Florida (United States) Beaches: Linear Extent and Changes Following Storms. Journal of Coastal Research 27:450–458.

2010

Bresette, M. J., B. E. Witherington, R. M. Herren, D. A. Bagley, J. C. Gorham, S. L. Traxler, C. K. Crady, and R. Hardy. 2010. Size-class partitioning and herding in a foraging group of green turtles Chelonia mydas. Endangered Species Research 9:105–116. Access Publication

Hu, C., J. Cannizzaro, K. L. Carder, F. E. Muller-Karger, and R. Hardy. 2010. Remote detection of Trichodesmium blooms in optically complex coastal waters: Examples with MODIS full-spectral data. Remote Sensing of Environment 114:2048–2058. Elsevier Inc. Access Publication

Ordonez Espinosa, C., A. B. Meylan, P. A. Meylan, I. Peterson, C. E. Diez, and R. P. van Dam. 2010. Hawksbill Tagged as a Juvenile in Puerto Rico Found Nesting in Panama 15 Years Later. Marine Turtle Newsletter 127. Access Publication

Stacy, B. A., A. M. Foley, E. Greiner, L. H. Herbst, A. Bolten, P. Klein, C. A. Manire, and E. R. Jacobson. 2010. Spirorchiidiasis in stranded loggerhead Caretta caretta and green turtles Chelonia mydas in Florida (USA): Host pathology and significance. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 89:237–259.

2009

Blumenthal, J. M., F. A. Abreu-Grobois, T. J. Austin, A. C. Broderick, M. W. Bruford, M. S. Coyne, G. Ebanks-Petrie, A. Formia, P. A. Meylan, A. B. Meylan, and B. J. Godley. 2009. Turtle groups or turtle soup: dispersal patterns of hawksbill turtles in the Caribbean. Molecular ecology 18:4841–4853. Access Publication

Witherington, B., P. Kubilis, B. Brost, and A. Meylan. 2009. Decreasing annual nest counts in a globally important loggerhead sea turtle population. Ecological Applications 19:30–54.

Blanvillain, G., L. D. Wood, A. B. Meylan, and P. A. Meylan. 2008. SEX RATIO PREDICTION OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, USA. HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY 3:21–27.

2008

Ceriani, S. A., and J. Wyneken. 2008. Comparative morphology and sex identification of the reproductive system in formalin-preserved sea turtle specimens. Zoology 111:179–187.

Eaton, C., E. Mcmichael, B. E. Witherington, A. Foley, R. Hardy, and A. Meylan. 2008. In-water sea turtle research in Florida: review and recommendations. US Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-38.

Stacy, B. A., M. Santoro, J. A. Morales, L. M. Huzella, V. F. Kalasinsky, A. Foley, N. Mettee, and E. R. Jacobson. 2008. Renal oxalosis in free-ranging green turtles Chelonia mydas. Diseases Of Aquatic Organisms 80:45–49.

Stacy, B. A., J. F. X. Wellehan, A. M. Foley, S. S. Coberley, L. H. Herbst, C. A. Manire, M. M. Garner, M. D. Brookins, A. L. Childress, and E. R. Jacobson. 2008. Two herpesviruses associated with disease in wild Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Veterinary Microbiology 126:63–73.

2007

Foley, A. M., K. E. Singel, P. H. Dutton, T. M. Summers, A. E. Redlow, and J. Lessman. 2007. Characteristics of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) assemblage in northwestern Florida determined during a hypothermic stunning event. Gulf of Mexico Science 25:131–143.

Hirama, S., and L. M. Ehrhart. 2007. Description, prevalence and severity of green turtle papillomatosis in three developmental habitats on the east coast of Florida. Florida Scientist 70:435–448.

Meylan, A., and S. Whiting. 2007. The Hawksbill’s Distinctive Diet. State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) Report III:15. Access Publication

Mortimer, J. A., M. Donnelly, A. B. Meylan, and P. A. Meylan. 2007. Critically endangered hawksbill turtles: Molecular genetics and the broad view of recovery. Molecular Ecology 16:3516–3517.

Ordoñez, C., S. Troëng, A. B. Meylan, P. A. Meylan, A. Ruiz, M. Mckay, P. A. Meylan, and A. Ruiz. 2007. Chiriqui Beach, Panama, the Most Important Leatherback Nesting Beach in Central America. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:122–126.
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2006

Foley, A. M., S. A. Peck, and G. R. Harman. 2006. Effects of Sand Characteristics and Inundation on the Hatching Success of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Clutches on Low-Relief Mangrove Islands in Southwest Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5:32.

Jacobson, E. R., B. L. Homer, B. A. Stacy, E. C. Greiner, N. J. Szabo, C. L. Chrisman, F. Origgi, S. Coberley, A. M. Foley, J. H. Landsberg, L. Flewelling, R. Y. Ewing, R. Moretti, S. Schaf, C. Rose, D. R. Mader, G. R. Harman, C. A. Manire, N. S. Mettee, A. P. Mizisin, and G. D. Shelton. 2006. Neurological disease in wild loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 70:139–154.

Meylan, A., and A. Redlow. 2006. Eretmochelys imbricata - hawksbill turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 3:105–127.

Moncada, F., F. A. Abreu-Grobois, A. Muhlia-Melo, C. Bell, S. Troeng, K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, A. B. Meylan, J. Zurita, G. Espinosa, G. Nodarse, R. Marquez-Millan, A. Foley, and L. Ehrhart. 2006. Movement Patterns of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Cuba and Adjacent Caribbean Waters Inferred from Flipper Tag Recaptures. Journal of Herpetology 40:22–34.

2005

Foley, A. M., B. A. Schroeder, A. E. Redlow, K. J. Fick-Child, and W. G. Teas. 2005. Fibropapillomatosis in stranded green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the eastern United States (1980-98): trends and associations with environmental factors. Journal of wildlife diseases 41:29–41. Access Publication

2004

Gicking, J. C., A. M. Foley, K. E. Harr, R. E. Raskin, and E. Jacobson. 2004. Plasma protein electrophoresis of the atlantic loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 14:13–17.

2003

Bresette, M. J., A. M. Foley, D. A. Singewald, K. E. Singel, R. M. Herren, and A. E. Redlow. 2003. The First Report of Oral Tumors Associated with Fibropapillomatosis in Florida, USA. Marine Turtle Newsletter 101:21–23. Access Publication

Foley, A. M., P. H. Dutton, K. E. Singel, A. E. Redlow, and W. G. Teas. 2003. The First Records of Olive Ridleys in Florida , USA. 2001–2003.

Geis, A., T. Wibbels, B. Phillips, Z. Hillis-Starr, A. Meylan, P. Meylan, C. Diez, and R. Van Dam. 2003. Predicted Sex Ratio of Juvenile Hawksbill Seaturtles Inhabiting Buck Island Reef National Monument, U.S. Virgin Islands. Journal of Herpetology 37:400–404. Access Publication

Meylan, A., A. Redlow, A. Mosier, K. Moody, A. Foley, and B. Brost. 2003. Sea turtles in Tampa Bay, FL. Pages 18-1-13 in J. R. Pribble, A. J. Janicki, and H. Greening, editors. Baywide Environmental Monitoring Report 1998-2001. Volume 6–2. Technical Publication, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, Tampa Bay, Florida.

Meylan, P., A. Meylan, and J. Gray. 2003. The Bermuda turtle project’s international course on the biology and conservation of sea turtles. Marine Turtle Newsletter 14–15.

Schroeder, B. A., A. M. Foley, and D. A. Bagley. 2003. Nesting patterns, reproductive migrations, and adult foraging areas of loggerhead turtles. Loggerhead sea turtles.

2002

Engstrom, T. N., P. A. Meylan, and A. B. Meylan. 2002. Origin of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in a tropical developmental habitat in Caribbean Panama. Animal Conservation 5:125–133. University of South Florida Libraries.
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Engstrom, T. N., P. A. Meylan, and A. B. Meylan. 2002. Origin of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in a tropical developmental habitat in Caribbean Panamá. Animal Conservation 5:125–133. Access Publication

2001

Coberley, S. S., L. H. Herbst, L. M. Ehrhart, D. A. Bagley, S. Hirama, E. R. Jacobson, and P. A. Klein. 2001. Survey of Florida green turtles for exposure to a disease-associated herpesvirus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 47:159–167.

2000

Foley, A. M., S. A. Peck, G. R. Harman, and L. W. Richardson. 2000. Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting habitat on low-relief mangrove islands in Southwest Florida and consequences to hatchling sex ratios. Herpetologica 56:433–445.

Meylan, A. B., and D. Ehrenfeld. 2000. Conservation of marine turtles. Pages 96–125 in M. K. Klemens, editor. Turtle Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Thorbjarnarson, J., C. Lagueux, D. Bolze, M. Klemens, and A. Meylan. 2000. Human use of turtles. Pages 33–84 in M. K. Klemens, editor. Turtle Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Pre-2000

Meylan, A., and P. Meylan. 1999. Introduction to the Evolution, Life History and Biology of Sea Turtles. Pages 3–5 in K. L. Eckert, K. A. Bjorndal, G. Abreu, and M. Donnelly, editors. Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Publication No.4, Washington D.C.

Meylan, A. B., and M. Donnelly. 1999. Status Justification for Listing the Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) as Critically Endangered on the 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:200–224.

Meylan, A. B., A. Redlow, A. Mosier, K. Moody, and A. Foley. 1999. Occurrence and Distribution of Sea Turtles in Tampa Bay, Florida. Pages 13-1-15 in J. R. Pribble, A. J. Janicki, and H. Greening, editors. Baywide Environmental Monitoring Report 1993-1998 Tampa Bay, Florida. Technical Publication, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, Tampa Bay, Florida.

Meylan, A. B. 1999. Status of the Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Caribbean region. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:177–184.

Meylan, A. B. 1999. International Movements of Immature and Adult Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Caribbean Region. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:189–194.

Meylan, A. 1998. Hawksbill turtles still endangered. Nature 391:117. Access Publication

Foley, A. M. 1997. First documented nesting by the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) along the southwest coast of Florida. Florida Scientist 60(4):205-209. Access Publication

Valverde, R., J. Provancha, M. Coyne, A. Meylan, D. Owens, and D. MacKenzie. 1996. Stress in sea turtles. Pages 326–329 in. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-387, Springfield, Virginia.

Meylan, A., B. Schroeder, and A. Mosier. 1995. Sea turtle nesting activity in the State of Florida, 1979-1992. Florida Marine Research Publications 1–51.

Bowen, B. W., N. Kamezaki, C. J. Limpus, G. R. Hughes, A. B. Meylan, and J. C. Avise. 1994. Global Phylogeography of the Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) as Indicated by Mitochondrial DNA Haplotypes. Evolution 48:1820–1828. Access Publication

Bowen, B., J. C. Avise, J. I. Richardson, A. B. Meylan, D. Margaritoulis, and S. R. Hopkins-Murphy. 1993. Population Structure of Loggerhead Turtles ( Caretta caretta ) in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Conservation Biology 7:834–844. Access Publication

Avise, J. C., B. W. Bowen, T. Lamb, A. B. Meylan, and E. Bermingham. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA evolution at a turtle’s pace: evidence for low genetic variability and reduced microevolutionary rate in the Testudines. Molecular biology and evolution 9:457–473.

Bowen, B. W., A. B. Meylan, J. P. Ross, C. J. Limpus, H. George, and J. C. Avise. 1992. Global Population Structure and Natural History of the Green Turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) in Terms of Matriarchal Phylogeny. Evolution 46:865–881.

Meylan, A. 1992. Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Pages 95–99 in P. E. Moler, editor. Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida: Vol. III. Reptiles and Amphibians. 2nd edition. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Meylan, A., P. Meylan, and A. Guevara. 1992. Las tortugas marinas en la Provincia de Bocas del Toro, Panama. Pages 49–53 in S. Heckadon Moreno, editor. Agenda Ecologica Y Social para Bocas del Toro. Impresora Continental, Panama City, Panama.

Morreale, S. J., A. B. Meylan, S. S. Sadove, and E. A. Standora. 1992. Annual Occurrence and Winter Mortality of Marine Turtles in New York Waters. Journal of Herpetology 26:301–308.

Bowen, B. W., A. B. Meylan, and J. C. Avise. 1991. Evolutionary distinctiveness of the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. Nature 352:709–711.

Meylan, A. 1990. Nutritional characteristics of sponges in the diet of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Pages 472–477 in K. Ruetzler, editor. New Perspectives in Sponge Biology. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Meylan, A., P. Castaneda, C. Coogan, T. Lozon, and J. Fletemeyer. 1990. Lepidochelys kempi (Kemp’s ridley sea turtle). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 21:19.

Meylan, A. B., B. W. Bowen, and J. C. Avise. 1990. A Genetic Test of the Natal Homing Versus Social Facilitation Models for Green Turtle Migration. Science (New York, N.Y.) 248:724–727. Access Publication

Bowen, B. W., A. B. Meylan, and J. C. Avise. 1989. An Odyssey of the Green Sea Turtle: Ascension Island Revisited An odyssey of the green sea turtle: Ascension Island revisited (mitochondrial DNA/intraspecific phylogeny/gene flow/genetic distance). Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 86:573–576. Access Publication

Meylan, A. B. 1989. Status report of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Pages 101–115 in L. Ogren, F. Berry, K. Bjorndal, H. Kumpf, R. Mast, G. Medina, H. Reichart, and R. Witham, editors. Proceedings of the Second Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC-226.

Meylan, A. 1988. Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass. Science 239:393–395. Access Publication

Meylan, A., and S. Sadove. 1986. Cold stunning in Long Island Sound, New York. Marine Turtle Newsletter 7–8.

Bjorndal, K. A., A. Carr, A. B. Meylan, and J. A. Mortimer. 1985. Reproductive biology of the Hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, with notes on the ecology of the species in the caribbean. Biological Conservation 34:353–368.
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Meylan, A. 1985. The Role of Sponge Collagens in the Diet of the Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Pages 191–196 in A. Bairati and R. Garrone, editors. Biology of Invertebrate and Lower Vertebrate Collagens. Plenum Publishing Corporation, Springer US, New York. Access Publication

Meylan, A., P. Meylan, and A. Ruiz. 1985. Nesting of Dermochelys coriacea in Caribbean Panama. Journal of Herpetology 19:293–297. Access Publication

Carr, A., and A. Meylan. 1984. Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle). Migration. Herpetological Review 15:113.

Meylan, A. 1984. (Feeding ecology of the hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata): Spongivory as a feeding niche in the coral reef community. University of Florida.

Meylan, A. 1984. Biological synopsis of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Pages 112–117 in P. Bacon, F. Berry, K. Bjorndal, H. Hirth, L. Ogren, and M. Weber, editors. Proceedings of the Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium. Volume 1. RSMAS Printing, Miami, FL.

Bjorndal, K., A. Meylan, and B. Turner. 1983. Sea turtles nesting at Melbourne Beach, Florida, I. Size, growth and reproductive biology. Biological Conservation 26:65–77. Access Publication

Meylan, A. 1983. Marine turtles of the Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles [green turtle, Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Dermochelys coriacea, Caretta caretta]. Atoll Research Bulletin (USA) No. 278:1–24.

Meylan, A. B., K. A. Bjorndal, and B. J. Turner. 1983. Seaturtles nesting at Melbourne beach, Florida, II. Post-nesting movements of Caretta caretta. Biological Conservation 26:79–90.

Carr, A., A. Meylan, J. Mortimer, K. Bjorndal, and T. Carr. 1982. Surveys of sea turtle populations and habitats in the western Atlantic. NOAA Technical Memorandum, Panama City, Florida.

Meylan, A. 1982. Estimation of population size in sea turtles. Pages 135–138 in K. Bjorndal, editor. Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Meylan, A. 1982. Sea turtle migration--evidence from tag returns. Pages 91–100 in K. Bjorndal, editor. Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Meylan, A. 1982. Behavioral Ecology of the West Caribbean green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the internesting habitat. Pages 67–90 in K. Bjorndal, editor. Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Carr, A., and A. B. Meylan. 1980. Evidence of Passive Migration of Green Turtle Hatchlings in Sargassum. Copeia 2:366–368.

Carr, A., and A. B. Meylan. 1980. Extinction or Rescue for the Hawksbill? Oryx 15:449–450. Access Publication

Carr, A., M. H. Carr, and A. B. Meylan. 1978. The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, 7. The west caribbean green turtle colony. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 162:1–46.

Meylan, A. 1978. The Behavioral Ecology of the West Caribbean green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the internesting habitat. University of Florida.