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Title	Author First Name	Author Last Name	Publication Year	Subject	Keywords
Effect of arsenic on the thermal tolerance and survival of newly hatched muskellunge fry (Esox masquinongy)	Frank	Paladino	1975	Fish Toxicology	Thesis, Muskie Fry, Arsenic, toxicology
The effect of arsenic on the thermal tolerance of newly hatched muskellunge fry (Esox masquinongy)	Frank	Paladino	1978	Fish Thermal biology and toxicology	Thermal tolerance, Critical Thermal Maxima, arsenic, sodium arsenite, swim-up, toxicity, fry, esox masquinongy
Energetics of terrestrial locomotion in White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)	Frank	Paladino	1979	Bird locomotion	Dissertation,
Toxicity of arsenic to developing muskellunge fry (Esox masquinongy)	James	Spotila	1979	Fish Toxicology
Energetic cost of terrestrial locomotion: biped and quadruped runners compared.	Frank	Paladino	1979	Comparative locomotion
THE CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMUM: A TECHNIQUE USED	Ain	Pishes	1980	Fish thermal biology
The critical thermal maximum: a technique used to elucidate physiological stress and adaptation in fishes.	Frank	Paladino	1981	Fish thermal biology
THERMOREGULATION DURING TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION IN WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (ZONO-TRICHIA-LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII)	Frank	Paladino	1982	Terrestial Locomotion in birds
Thermoregulation and oxygen consumption during terrestrial locomotion by white-crowned sparrows Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii	Frank	Paladino	1984	Bird thermoregulation and oxygen consumption and locomotion
Temperature effects on locomotion and activity bioenergetics of amphibians, reptiles, and birds	Frank	Paladino	1985	Comparative thermoregulation and locomotion
Introduction to the Symposium: Animal Energetics: Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds	Frank	Paladino	1985	Comparative energetics
Transient nocturnal hypothermia in white-crowned sparrows	Frank	Paladino	1986	Bird thermal biology
Temperature dependent sex determination for reptiles and the implications for dinosaur population dynamics and possible extinction	Frank	Paladino	1987	Temperature dependent sex determination
METABOLIC RATES AND THERMOREGULATION OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES-HOW TO STAY WARM IN A COLD OCEAN	Frank	Paladino	1989	Thermoregulation in sea turtles
Temperature-dependent sex determination in dinosaurs? Implications for population dynamics and extinction	Frank	Paladino	1989	Temperature dependent sex determination
Constraints of bioenergetics on avian population dynamics	Frank	Paladino	1989	Bird Bioenergetics
Parque Marino Las Baulas	Frank	Paladino	1990	PNMB park
Metabolism of leatherback turtles, gigantothermy, and thermoregulation of dinosaurs	Frank	Paladino	1990	Thermoregulation in sea turtles	Gigantothermy,
Hot and cold running dinosaurs; body size, metabolism and migration	James	Spotila	1991	Thermoregulation in sea turtles
Dinosaur metabolism and migration	Michael	O'Connor	1991	Sea turtle migration and metabolism
ES&T Views: Tracking Endangered Species	Frank	Paladino	1992	Tracking sea turtles
Dinosaurs and leatherbacks; standing up to the cold	Frank	Paladino	1992	Thermoregulation in sea turtles
Does the physiology of large living reptiles provide insights into the evolution of endothermy and paleophysiology of extinct dinosaurs?	Frank	Paladino	1994	Thermoregulation in sea turtles
Leatherback migrations along deepwater bathymetric contours	Stephen	Morreale	1994	Tracking sea turtles
Hatching Success of the Leatherback Turtle (Demochelys coriacea) in Natural Nests at Playa Grande, Costa Rica	Andrea	Schwandt	1994	Nesting Sea Turtles	Thesis
Reproductive physiology of nesting leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)	David	Rostal	1996	Reproductive biology sea turtles	Reptilia, Testudines, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelys coriacea, sea turtle, reproduction, ultrasonography, endocrinology, gonadal hormones, plasma calcium, vitellogenesis, Costa Rica
Population cycles or population decline: Are leatherback turtles going extinct	James	Spotila	1996	Population Biology
Thermal dependence of tissue metabolism in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas	David	Penick	1996	Thermoregulation in sea turtles
Worldwide population decline of Dermochelys coriacea: are leatherback turtles going extinct?	James	Spotila	1996	Population Biology
Respiratory Physiology of Adult Leatherback Turtles(Dermochelys coriacea) While Nesting on Land	Frank	Paladino	1996	Respiratory of Nesting Sea Turtles
Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, nesting and nest success at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, in 1990-1991	AJ	Leslie	1996	Nesting Sea Turtles
Nesting leatherback turtles at Las Baulas National Park, Costa Rica	AC	Steyermark	1996	Nesting Sea Turtles
Migration corridor for sea turtles	Stephen	Morreale	1996	Tracking sea turtles
Sex determination and sex ratios of Pacific leatherback turtles	Christopher	Binkley	1998	Temperature dependent sex determination
Where Do Turtles Swim When They Swim?	Edward	Standora	1998	Tracking sea turtles
Sex determination and sex ratios of Pacific leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea	Christopher	Binkley	1998	Temperature dependent sex determination	Sex Ratios
Thermal independence of muscle tissue metabolism in the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea	David	Penick	1998	Thermoregulation in sea turtles	Chelonia mydas, Dermochelys coriacea, endangered species, muscle, sea turtle, temperature, thermal compenation, tissue metabolism
Leatherback turtle workshop at the 19th Annual Symposium	Frank	Paladino	1999
Body temperatures of leatherback sea turtles during the internesting interval	Amanda	Williard	1999	Thermoregulation and nesting in sea turtles
Heart rates and diving behavior of leatherback sea turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean	Amanda	Southwood	1999	Diving behavior sea turtles	Heart rate, diving, sea turtle, leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, reptile, data logger, behavior
Body temperatures of leatherback sea turtles during the internesting interval	Amanda	Southwood	1999	Thermoregulation and nesting in sea turtles
Pacific leatherback turtles face extinction Fisheries can help avert the alarming decline in population of these ancient reptiles	Frank	Paladino	2000	Fisheries interactions
Pacific leatherback turtles face extinction	James	Spotila	2000	Population biology
Sea turtles	Frank	Paladino	2001	Sea turtle biology
Reproductive endocrinology of the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)	David	Rostal	2001	Reproductive endocrinology
Changes in gonadal and adrenal steroid levels in the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) during the nesting cycle	David	Rostal	2001	Reproductive endocrinology	Reptilia, testudines, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelys coriacea, reproduction, endocrinology, gonadal
The effects of nest environment on calcium mobilization by leatherback turtle embryos (Dermochelys coriacea) during development	Joseph	Bilinski	2001	Nesting biology	calcium mobilization, Dermochelys coriacea, eggs, developmental success, embryos, sea turtles, Costa Rica
Nesting ecology of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, at Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas, Costa Rica: 1988–1989 to 1999–2000	Richard	Reina	2002	Nesting biology
The leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, exhibits both polyandry and polygyny	JL	Crim	2002	Population biology
Low reproductive success of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, is due to high embryonic mortality	Barbara	Bell	2004	Reproductive biology	leatherback turtle, fertility, embryonic mortality, incubation, hatching success, nesting beach
Parque Marino Las Baulas: conservation lessons from a new national park and from 45 years of conservation of sea turtles in Costa Rica	James	Spotila	2004	PNMB
Biotic and Abiotic Factors Affect the Nest Environment of Embryonic Leatherback Turtles, Dermochelys coriacea	Bryan	Wallace	2004	Nesting biology
Nest site fidelity of leatherback turtles at Playa Grande, Costa Rica	Eric	Nordmoe	2004	Nest Selection
Comparison of functional aspects of the coagulation cascade in human and sea turtle plasmas	Gerald	Soslau	2004	Physiology	Prothrombin; Coagulation cascade; Hemostasis
First field metabolic rates for Dermochelys coriacea: Climate and fisheries deal a one-two punch to Pacific leatherbacks	Bryan	Wallace	2004	Metabolism
Effects of ambient temperature and precipitation on inferred sex ratios for leatherback sea turtle nests at Playa Grande, Costa Rica	AE	Sieg	2004	Temperature and sex ratios
Size, growth, and reproductive output of adult female leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea	Edwin	Price	2004	Reproductive output
Effects of diving and swimming behavior on body temperatures of Pacific leatherback turtles in tropical seas	Amanda	Southwood	2005	Diving behavior sea turtles
Bioenergetics and diving activity of internesting leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica	Bryan	Wallace	2005	Bioenegetics and nesting	leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, bioenergetics, field metabolic rate, diving physiology.
Comparison of sea turtle thrombocyte aggregation to human platelet aggregation in whole blood	Gerald	Soslau	2005	Physiology	Turtle thrombocytes, Human platelet aggregation, Thrombocyte aggregation, whole blood, hemostasis
Effect of egg location and respiratory gas concentrations on developmental success in nests of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea	Cameron	Ralph	2005	Embryonic physiology
Energetics during Hatchling Dispersal of the Olive Ridley Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Using Doubly Labeled Water	Susana	Clusella Trullas	2006	Hatchling energetics
Nest-site selection by leatherback sea turtles on Playa Grande based on bathymetric data of Tamarindo Bay	Patricia	Clune	2006	Nest Selection
Energy budget calculations indicate resource limitation in Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles	Bryan	Wallace	2006	Energetics
Egg components, egg size, and hatchling size in leatherback turtles	Bryan	Wallace	2006	Nesting biology	Dermochelys coriacea; Egg components; Egg size; Maternal investment; Neonate size
Reassessment of the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Nesting Population at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica: Effects of Conservation Efforts	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2007	Population biology	Reptilia; Testudines; Dermochelyidae; Dermochelys coriacea; marine turtle; Costa Rica; population status; conservation
Respiration in neonate sea turtles	Edwin	Price	2007	Reproductive enegetics	leatherback; Dermochelys; olive ridley; Lepidochelys; Playa Grande; Costa Rica; ventilation; ontogeny; nest; neonate
The effect of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on the reproductive frequency of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles	Vincent	Saba	2007	ENSO and reproduction	Dermochelys coriacea, eastern Pacific leatherbacks, El Niño, ENSO, gelatinous zooplankton, interannual climate variability, La Niña, nesting remigration interval, Playa Grande, primary production
Maternal investment in reproduction and its consequences in leatherback turtles	Bryan	Wallace	2007	Reproductive biology	Reproductive output · Optimal egg size theory · Clutch size · Egg size · Neonate size
Editorial Introduction Refocusing on Leatherbacks: Conservation Challenges and Signs of Success	Jeffrey	Seminoff	2007	Conservation
Micro‐environment of olive ridley turtle nests deposited during an aggregated nesting event	Susana	Clusella Trullas	2007	Nest biology	marine reptile; population dynamics; sand quality; conservation; solitary nesting; respiratory metabolism
Corrigendum to ‘‘An oceanographic context for the foraging ecology of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles: Consequences of ENSO’’[Deep-Sea Res. I 55 (2008) 646–660]	James	Spotila	2008	Corrections
The effect of egg location on developmental success of leatherback turtles	Cameron	Ralph	2008	Nest Selection
Identifying and comparing phases of movement by leatherback turtles using state-space models	Helen	Bailey	2008	Tracking Sea Turtles	Dermochelys coriacea; Internesting; Pacific Ocean; Satellite telemetry; Switching state-space model
An oceanographic context for the foraging ecology of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles: Consequences of ENSO	Vincent	Saba	2008	ENSO and foraging	Coastal gillnet fisheries; Dermochelys coriacea; Eastern equatorial-southeastern Pacific; ENSO; Leatherback turtle migration; Primary production
Persistent leatherback turtle migrations present opportunities for conservation	George	Shillinger	2008	Tracking Sea Turtles
Effects of illegal harvest of eggs on the population decline of leatherback turtles in Las Baulas Marine National Park, Costa Rica	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2008	Poaching
Changed reproductive schedule of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea following the 1997–98 El Niño to La Niña transition	Richard	Reina	2009	Reproduction	Leatherback turtle · Dermochelys coriacea · Reproductive schedule · El Niño–La Niña · Population ecology · Ocean productivity
Influence of emergence success on the annual reproductive output of leatherback turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2009	Reproductive output
Predation of leatherback turtle hatchlings on the crawl to the water	Frank	Paladino	2010	Hatchling predation
Population level “flipperedness” in the eastern Pacific leatherback turtle	Annette	Sieg	2010	Behavior	Dermochelys coriacea Flipperedness Free-ranging population Leatherback turtle Motor asymmetry Population level lateralization Spontaneous behavior
Identification of high-use internesting habitats for eastern Pacific leatherback turtles: role of the environment and implications for conservation	George	Shillinger	2010	Tracking Sea Turtles	Conservation; Costa Rica; Dermochelys coriacea; Diving behavior; Marine Spatial Planning; Marine turtles; Satellite tracking
Variations in leatherback turtle nest environments: consequences for hatching success	Kendra	Garrett	2010	Hatching success	Leatherback turtle; Nest environment; Hatching success; Egg relocation
Predation of leatherback turtle hatchlings during the crawl to the water	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2010	Predation
Vertical and horizontal habitat preferences of post-nesting leatherback turtles in the South Pacific Ocean	George	Shillinger	2011	Tracking Sea Turtles	Leatherback turtle; Post-nesting migration; Generalized additive models; Sea surface temperature; Surface chlorophyll concentration; Satellite tracking; Remote sensing
Embryonic Death Is Linked to Maternal Identity in the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)	Anthony	Rafferty	2011	Reproduction
Trace metals in eggs and hatchlings of Pacific leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting at Playa Grande, Costa Rica	John	Roe	2011	Toxicology
Sex ratios of leatherback turtles: hatchery translocation decreases metabolic heating and female bias	Annette	Sieg	2011	Sex ratios	Dermochelys coriacea; Doomed-egg translocation; Hatchlings; Male production; Temperature-dependent sex determination
Climate Driven Egg and Hatchling Mortality Threatens Survival of Eastern	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2012	Reproduction
What can we learn from confusing Olivella columellaris and O. semistriata (Olivellidae, Gastropoda), two key species in panamic sandy beach ecosystems?	Alison	Troost	2012	Gastropod Biology	Olivella, Pachyoliva, panamic faunal province, sandy beach intertidal, shell growth (allometry), suspension feeder.
Leatherback turtle movement patterns	Helen	Bailey	2012	Tracking Sea Turtles
Identification of distinct movement patterns in Pacific leatherback turtle populations influenced by ocean conditions	Helen	Bailey	2012	Tracking Sea Turtles	animal movement; Dermochelys coriacea; oceanography; Pacific Ocean; satellite telemetry; state-space model
Reproductive output and ultrasonography of an endangered population of East Pacific green turtles	Gabriela	Blanco	2012	Reproductive output	Chelonia mydas, Costa Rica, East Pacific green turtle, Guanacaste, reproductive output, ultrasound
Movement patterns for a critically endangered species, the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), linked to foraging success and population status	Helen	Bailey	2012	Tracking Sea Turtles
Climate driven egg and hatchling mortality threatens survival of Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2012	Reproductive biology
The behavioural and sensory ecology of Agaronia propatula (Caenogastropoda: Olividae), a swash-surfing predator on sandy beaches of the Panamic faunal …	Ariel	Cyrus	2012	Gastropod Biology
Post-nesting movements and feeding grounds of a resident East Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas population from Costa Rica	Gabriela	Blanco	2012	Tracking Sea Turtles	East Pacific green turtle; Chelonia mydas; Migration; Costa Rica; Foraging grounds; Satellite telemetry; Switching state-space model; Black turtle
Projected response of an endangered marine turtle population to climate change	Vincent	Saba	2012	Climate Change
Do leatherback turtles shift their nesting seasons as a response to changes in sea surface temperature?	Noga	Neeman	2013	Nesting biology
Leatherback Turtle Movements and behavior in the Pacific Ocean: Its Application in Predicting Interaction with Fisheries	Helen	Bailey	2013	Fisheries interactions
The Cloning and Expression Analysis of Lhx9 During Gonadal Sex Differentiation in the Red‐Eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys scripta, a Species With Temperature …	Kayla	Bieser	2013	Sex determination
Characteristics of a leatherback nesting beach and implications for coastal development	John	Roe	2013	Nesting biology	Reptilia; Testudines; Dermochelyidae; Dermochelys coriacea; marine turtle; nest site selection; nesting behavior; beach erosion; tourism; Costa Rica
Movements and diving behavior of internesting green turtles along Pacific Costa Rica	Gabriela	Blanco	2013	Diving behavior sea turtles	Chelonia mydas, Costa Rica, East Paciic green turtle, internesting period, satellite telemetry
Predicting bycatch hotspots for endangered leatherback turtles on longlines in the Pacific Ocean	John	Roe	2014	Fisheries interactions	critically endangered species, fisheries bycatch, marine conservation, marine turtles, migratory pelagic vertebrate, satellite tracking
Multidecadal trends in the nesting phenology of Pacific and Atlantic leatherback turtles are associated with population demography	Nathan	Robinson	2014	Population biology	Dermochelys coriacea; Nesting season; ENSO; NAO; MEI; Population size
Microbial isolations from Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) and East Pacific Green (Chelonia mydas agassizii) sea turtle nests in Pacific Costa Rica, and testing of cloacal …	Erin	Keene	2014	Microbiology	Reptilia; Testudines; olive ridley sea turtle; antimicrobial properties; cloacal fluid; East Pacific green sea turtle; bacteria; fungi
High beach temperatures increased female-biased primary sex ratios but reduced output of female hatchlings in the leatherback turtle	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2014	Sex ratios	Sex determination; Climate change; TSD; Sea turtles; Playa Grande; Costa Rica
Ecology of solitary nesting olive ridley sea turtles at Playa Grande, Costa Rica	Tera	Dornfeld	2015	Nesting biology
Phenology shifts in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) due to changes in sea surface temperature	Noga	Neeman	2015	Climate Change	Climate change; Environmental cues; Nesting cues; Sea surface temperature; Sea turtle; Sea turtle phenology
Shading and watering as a tool to mitigate the impacts of climate change in sea turtle nests	Jacob	Hill	2015	Climate Mitigation
Climate change overruns resilience conferred by temperature‐dependent sex determination in sea turtles and threatens their survival	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2015	Climate Change
Cannibalism causes size-dependent intraspecific predation pressure but does not trigger autotomy in the intertidal gastropod Agaronia propatula	Ariel	Cyrus	2015	Gastropod Biology
Nesting ecology of East Pacific green turtles at Playa Cabuyal, Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2015	Nesting biology
Diving behavior and physiology of the leatherback turtle	Nathan	Robinson	2015	Diving behavior sea turtles
Global analysis of the effect of local climate on the hatchling output of leatherback turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2015	Climate Change
Changepoint analysis: a new approach for revealing animal movements and behaviors from satellite telemetry data	Samir	Patel	2015	Tracking Sea Turtles	Aegean Sea; Caretta caretta; Crete; foraging; Gulf of Gabe` s; loggerhead sea turtle; Mediterranean Sea; migration; overwintering; switching state-space model
Epibiotic diatoms are universally present on all sea turtle species	Nathan	Robinson	2016	Epibionts
Metabolic rates of giant pandas inform conservation strategies	Yuxiang	Fei	2016	Metabolism
Coastal leatherback turtles reveal conservation hotspot	Nathan	Robinson	2016	Tracking Sea Turtles
Secondary nesting beaches for leatherback turtles on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2017	Nesting biology	metapopulation, sea turtle, index beach, secondary beach, endangered, declining population
Evidence of a Green Turtle Starting its Post-nesting Migration Without Laying All Its Vitellogenic Follicles	Nathan	Robinson	2017	Nesting biology
Diving behavior and thermal habitats of gravid hawksbill turtles at St. Croix, USA	Jacob	Hill	2017	Diving behavior sea turtles
Are thermal barriers "higher" in deep sea turtle nests?	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2017	Nesting biology
Secondary nesting beaches for leatherback turtles on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2017	Nesting biology	metapopulation, sea turtle, index beach, secondary beach, endangered, declining population
Metabolic rate of the red panda, Ailurus fulgens, a dietary bamboo specialist	Yuxiang	Fei	2017	Panda
Standardising curved carapace length measurements for leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, to investigate global patterns in body size.	Nathan	Robinson	2017	Morphology	correction factor, morphology, marine turtles, nesting, Regional Management Units
Characterization of the juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) microbiome throughout an ontogenetic shift from pelagic to neritic habitats	James	Price	2017	Microbiology
Movements and diving behaviour of inter-nesting leatherback turtles in an oceanographically dynamic habitat in South Africa	Nathan	Robinson	2017	Tracking Sea Turtles	Satellite telemetry; Thermal habitats; Spatial ecology; Temperature; Dermochelys coriacea; Conservation; iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Are thermal barriers" higher" in deep sea turtle nests?	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2017	Nesting biology
High and variable mortality of leatherback turtles reveal possible anthropogenic impacts	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2017	Fisheries interactions	long-lived, sea turtle, bycatch, declining population, ENSO, MEI
Assortative epibiosis of leatherback, olive ridley and green sea turtles in the Eastern Tropical Pacific	Nathan	Robinson	2017	Epibionts	community structure, Chelonia mydas, Dermochelys coriacea, Eastern Tropical Pacific, epibiota, epibiont, Lepidochelys olivacea, marine turtles, Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, sea turtles
Assessing potential limitations when characterising the epibiota of marine megafauna: effect of gender, sampling location, and inter-annual variation on the epibiont …	Nathan	Robinson	2017	Epibionts	Epibiosis Eastern Tropical Pacific Lepidochelys olivacea Sea turtles Community structure
Satellite tracking of leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles on the southeast African coastline	Nathan	Robinson	2018	Tracking Sea Turtles
Trackways of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in Northwestern Costa Rica: Implications for Crocodylian Ichnology	James	Farlow	2018	Crocodiles	Crocodylians, Crocodylomorphs, Ichnology
The potential of unmanned aerial systems for sea turtle research and conservation: a review and future directions	Alan	Rees	2018	UAVs	Drone; UAV; Aerial survey; Sea turtle; Ecology; Behaviour; Conservation; Population biology
Depth of the drying front and temperature affect emergence of leatherback turtle hatchlings from the nest	Jennifer	Swiggs	2018	Nesting biology
Exploring the role of artificial lighting in loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nest-site selection and hatchling disorientation	James	Price	2018	Artificial Lighting	beachfront lighting; coastal development; false crawl; Florida; light pollution; luminance
Effect of light intensity and wavelength on the in-water orientation of olive ridley turtle hatchlings	Lauren	Cruz	2018	Artificial Lighting	Light pollution; Artificial light; Sea turtle; Orientation; Costa Rica
POPULATION ASSESSMENT OF PRIMATES IN RELATION TO HUNTING PRESSURE IN THE GRAN CALDERA SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SCIENTIFIC RESERVE, BIOKO ISLAND	Lisa	Sinclair	2018	Monkeys
Genetic differentiation of hawksbill turtle rookeries on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands	Jacob	Hill	2018	Genetics
Do sea turtles vocalize to synchronize hatching or nest emergence?	Lindsey	Mckenna	2019	Hatchlings
Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to assay mangrove estuaries on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica	Adam	Yaney-Keller	2019	UAVs
Migratory corridor linking Atlantic green turtle, Chelonia mydas, nesting site on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea to Ghanaian foraging grounds	Emily	Mettler	2019	Tracking Sea Turtles
Local variation in the Internesting behavior of green turtles in the Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica	Chelsea	Durr (Clyde-Brockway)	2019	Tracking Sea Turtles
The impacts of extreme El Niño events on sea turtle nesting populations	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2020	Climate Change	ENSO; Extreme events; Long-lived; Sea turtles; Reproductive success; Climate change
Enhanced, coordinated conservation efforts required to avoid extinction of critically endangered Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles	The LAUD OPO		2020	Conservation
Predicting the impacts of sea level rise in sea turtle nesting habitat on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea	Callie	Veelenturf	2020	Sea Level Rise
Determining critical inter-nesting, migratory, and foraging habitats for the conservation of East Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas)	Emily	Mettler	2020	Tracking Sea Turtles
Large‐scale connectivity, cryptic population structure, and relatedness in Eastern Pacific Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)	Ian	Silver-Gorges	2020	Population biology	bottleneck, conservation genetics, haplotypes, kin, marine connectivity, ordination, sea turtle
Body size constrains maternal investment in a small sea turtle species	Christopher	Gato	2020	Reproductive output
Effects of egg mass and local climate on morphology of East Pacific leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea hatchlings in Costa Rica	A	Bandimere	2020	Hatchling morphology
Lipid profiling suggests species specificity and minimal seasonal variation in Pacific Green and Hawksbill Turtle plasma	Chelsea	Durr (Clyde-Brockway)	2021	Physiology
Short-term gain, long-term loss: How a widely-used conservation tool could further threaten sea turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2021	Conservation	Hatcheries; Shading; Climate mitigation; Global warming; TSD; Sex ratios; Clutch relocation
Field metabolic rates of giant pandas reveal energetic adaptations	Wenlei	Bi	2021	Panda
Healing of skin biopsies in wild juvenile green turtles, Chelonia mydas	Laura	St Andrews	2021	Biopsies
Patterns of vertebrate biodiversity in a tropical dry and mangrove forest matrix	Javier	Lopez Navas	2022	Forestry
The effects of nest location and beach environment on hatching success for leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles on Bioko …	Callie	Veelenturf	2022	Sea Level Rise	Sea turtles; Hatching success; Bioko Island; Climate change; Predation; Sea-level rise
Diet and foraging niche flexibility in green and hawksbill turtles	Chelsea	Durr (Clyde-Brockway)	2022	Stable Isotope Analysis	East Pacific; Green turtle; Black turtle; Hawksbill; Stable isotope; Diet
Patterns of vertebrate biodiversity in a tropical dry and mangrove forest matrix	Adam	Yaney-Keller	2022	Forestry	camera traps; Costa Rica; endangered ecosystems; species richness; Guanacaste.
Effect of water temperature on the duration of the internesting interval across sea turtle species	Nathan	Robinson	2022	Inter-Nesting	Sea turtles; Reproduction; Phenology; climate change; biologgers; inte-nesting period
Photo identification for sea turtles: Flipper scales more accurate than head scales using APHIS	Sophie	Mills	2023	Photo Identification	Marine turtles, Photo ID, Scute patterns, Pattern recognition, Mark-recapture
A Male East-Pacific Green Turtle that Associates with Small Fishing Boats and Eats Fish	Chelsea	Durr (Clyde-Brockway)	2023	Stable Isotope Analysis
Adaptation of sea turtles to climate warming: Will phenological responses be sufficient to counteract changes in reproductive output?	Mariana	Fuentes	2024	Climate Change	adaptive response, climate change, ectotherms, marine turtles, phenology, reproductive output, sea turtles
Shifting thermal tolerance windows throughout incubation affects sea turtle hatching success: implications for hatchery management and conservation	Matthew	Rutledge	2024	Incubation
First Attempt of Solar-Reliant Towable Transmitters to Track Leatherback Sea Turtles	Trevor	Proctor	2024	Tracking Sea Turtles
Variability in thermal tolerance of clutches from different mothers indicates adaptation potential to climate warming in sea turtles	Camille	Kynoch	2024	Climate Change
Correction: Shifting thermal tolerance windows throughout incubation affects sea turtle hatching success: implications for hatchery management and conservation	Matthew	Rutledge	2025	Corrections
Sex allocation strategies vary throughout the long reproductive lifespan of sea turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2025	Sex Ratios
Improving the statistical reporting of hatching success data: the case of sea turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2025	Hatchling Success
Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, association with ocean currents and seasonal effects of upwelling using real-time Argos …	Chelsea	Durr (Clyde-Brockway)	2025	Fish biology
Heavy metal concentrations suggest pollution risk varies between sea turtle species in the northwest Atlantic Ocean	Yi Wynn	Chan	2025	Toxicology	Trace elements; Pollution, Marine Turtles, green turtles, loggerhead turtles, kemp's ridley turtles
Inter-nesting area use, migratory routes, and foraging grounds for hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Western Caribbean	Stephen	Dunbar	2025	Tracking Sea Turtles
Nine years of leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea hatching and emergence success on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea	Trevor	Proctor	2025	Nesting biology
Tiny Patch, Big Value: A Small Dry Forest Patch Supports Wildlife Conservation in Guanacaste, Costa Rica	Trevor	Proctor	2025	Forestry
Higher temperatures shorten inter-nesting periods in olive ridley turtles	Laura	Fuentes	2025	Inter-Nesting
Habitat Use and Foraging Ecology of Three Sea Turtle Species Nesting in Northwest Costa Rica	Alison	Meeth	2025	Stable Isotope Analysis	Cabuyal; Chelonia mydas; Dermochelys coriacea; green turtles; leatherback turtles; Lepidochelys olivacea; olive ridley turtles
Indirect effects of fast‐growing urban development on wildlife in a coastal protected area of Costa Rica	Keilor	Cordero‐Umaña	2026	Urban Development	Costa Rica, food subsidies, garbage management, nest predation, PAFS, Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Procyon lotor, sea turtles, urban growth
Space use of juvenile green turtles along the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica	Fanqi	Wu	2026	Tracking Sea Turtles
The implications of location accuracy for the interpretation of satellite-tracking data	Graham	Hays	2001	Tracking Sea Turtles
Speed of travel of migrating Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Ascension Island to Brazil	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2002	Tracking Sea Turtles	Thesis
Factors affecting population dynamics of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2006	Population biology	Thesis
From the ocean to the beach: widening the limits of conservation	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2008	Conservation
Cambio climático y tortugas marinas.	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2011	Climate Chance
La tortuga marina negra de Guanacaste amenazada de extinción por prácticas humanas.	Gabriela	Blanco	2011	Conservation
Análisis de la Anidación de Tortugas Marinas en Playas del Sur del Golfo de Papagayo	Gabriela	Blanco	2011	Population biology
Análisis de la Anidación de Tortugas Marinas en Playa Cabuyal y Golfo de Papagayo Sur (Informe Técnico)	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2012	Nesting biology
Predicting bycatch hotspots for endangered leatherback	Jeffrey	Seminoff	2014	Fisheries interactions	critically endangered species, fisheries bycatch, marine conservation, marine turtles, migratory pelagic vertebrate, satellite tracking
Leatherback hatchling sea-finding in response to artificial lighting: interaction between wavelength and moonlight	Marga	Rivas	2015	Artificial Lighting	Costa Rica, conservation, misorientation, light pollution, sea turtles, 44 tourist development
Leatherback turtle populations in the Pacific Ocean	Scott	Benson	2015	Population biology
Potential effects of dune scarps caused by beach erosion on the nesting behavior of leatherback turtles	Marga	Rivas	2016	Nest Selection	Sea turtles; Reproductive success; Reproductive output; Berms; Site fidelity; Storm surge; Climate change
A novel method for photo-identification of sea turtles using scale patterns on the front flippers	Christopher	Gato	2018	Photo Identification
Discovery of a major East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting population in Northwest Costa Rica	Luis	Fonseca	2018	Population biology	hatching success; east Pacific; reproductive output; island; sea turtle
Effects of local climate on loggerhead hatchling production in Brazil: implications from climate change	Natalie	Montero	2019	Climate Change
Influence of oceanographic conditions on nesting abundance, phenology and internesting periods of east Pacific green turtles	Verónica	Valverde-Cantillo	2019	Nesting biology
Delayed predator-prey collapses: the case of black-legged kittiwakes and Iberian sardines	Alejandro	Martínez-Abraín	2019	Bird Biology	Population crash; Black-legged kittiwakes; Time delay; Non-linearities; Predator−prey dynamics; Food availability; Iberian sardine; Fisheries collapse
Rapid assessments of leatherback small-scale fishery bycatch in internesting areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean	Clara	Ortiz-Alvarez	2020	Fisheries interactions
Otter diet changes in a reservoir during a severe autumn drought	Alejandro	Martínez-Abraín	2020	Otter Biology	cost/benefit relationships, extreme weather events, foraging ecology, novel ecosystems, otter conservation
Temperature‐dependent sex determination in sea turtles in the context of climate change: uncovering the adaptive significance	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2020	Temperature Dependent Sex
Effectiveness of shading to mitigate the impact of high temperature on sea turtle clutches considering the effect on primary sex ratios	José	Vindas-Picado	2020	Temperature and sex ratios	Climate mitigation; Climate change; Hatchery; Hatching success; TSD
Conservation status of fish and marine invertebrate of rocky reefs and sandy substrates in two unprotected bays of the Papagayo Gulf, Costa Rica	Keilor	Cordero‐Umaña	2020	Conservation	knowledge gap; Guanacaste Conservation Area; unprotected marine areas; reef health; overfishing
La pesca daña a la tortuga laúd en el Pacífico Oriental	Meritxell	Genovart Millet	2021	Fisheries interactions
El Niño events and chlorophyll levels affect the reproductive frequency but not the seasonal reproductive output of East Pacific green turtles	Helena	Ramírez	2021	ENSO	El Niño-Southern Oscillation; ENSO; Breeding frequency; Productivity; Foraging grounds; Marine ecology; Sea turtle; Chelonia mydas; Costa Rica
Sea Turtle Conservation Practices May Have Negative Long-Term Consequences.	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2021	Conservation
¿ Podría Villafáfila estar actuando como fuente de avutardas por saturación?	Alejandro	Martínez-Abraín	2022
Nest-site selection influences offspring sex ratio in green turtles, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination	L	Heredero Saura	2022	Nest Selection
Open Access perpetuates differences between higher‐and lower‐income countries.	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2022	Publications
When population-advantageous primary sex ratios are female-biased: changing concepts to facilitate climate change management in sea turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2022	Sex Ratios
Predator-prey collapses at the edge of predator distribution: the case of clupeids and common guillemots (Uria aalge) in NW Iberia	Alejandro	Martínez-Abraín	2022	Birds
Guía de Campo de los Reptiles y Anfíbios del Área de Conservación Guanacaste	David	Norman	2023	PNMB
Increased grey wolf diurnality in southern Europe under human-restricted conditions	Alejandro	Martínez-Abraín	2023	Wolf Biology
Colonization of new nesting areas could provide climate refuge to loggerhead turtles under climate change	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2023	Population Biology	Climate warming; Caretta caretta, Sex Ratio, Mediterranean Sea; Spatial Shifts; Range Expansion
Global trends in sea turtle research and conservation: Using symposium abstracts to assess past biases and future opportunities	Nathan	Robinson	2023	Conservation	Marine turtles; Conservation; Symposia; Conference; International sea turtle symposium; bibliographic survey
Environmental changes in the Mediterranean Sea could facilitate the western expansion of loggerhead turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2024	Conservation	Mediterranean; Climate change; Sea turtle; Loggerhead; Caretta caretta; Sea surface temperature; SST; Temperature; Colonization
Using an Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to assess seasonal abundances of megafauna in front of an important sea turtle nesting beach in Costa Rica	Adam	Yaney-Keller	2024	UAVs
Re‐Equilibrating Sex Ratios: Adjustment of Reaction Norms in Species With Temperature‐Dependent Sex Determination	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2024	Sex Ratios	adaptive significance; feminization; Fisher's principle; natural selection; sea turtles; thermal reaction norms; TSD curves
Green turtle feeding on terrestrial leaves reveals energy pathway from land to sea	Nathan	Robinson	2024	Diet	Costa Rica; diet; drone; sea turtle; trophic; unoccupied aerial vehicle
High thermal tolerance of egg clutches and potential adaptive capacity in green turtles	Pilar	Santidrián Tomillo	2024	Incubation	Sea turtles; hatchling success; nest temperature; climate change; resilience; adaption
A global assessment of microplastic abundance and characteristics on marine turtle nesting beaches	Zara	Botterell	2025	Conservation	Plastic pollution; microplastics; marine litter; beach sediment; spatial distribution; sea turtle
Growth rates of the epibiotic barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria reveal habitat use of pre-nesting green turtles in Costa Rica	Sergio	Poyatos	2025	Epibionts
Isolation and molecular identification of pathogens causing sea turtle egg fusariosis in key nesting beaches in Costa Rica	Keilor	Cordero‐Umaña	2025	Egg Pathogens
Preliminary Bayesian ITS tree of all FSSC and other species from the genus Fusarium isolated in the study.	Keilor	Cordero‐Umaña	2025	Egg Pathogens
Seasonal abundances of coastal marine megafauna in northwest Costa Rica revealed using drones	Adam	Yaney-Keller	2026	UAVs
Species richness and relative abundance of terrestrial mammals in an area with different managements in Costa Rica	Olatz	Erkizia-Suinaga	2026	Terrestrial Mammals
Drivers of unsuccessful nesting activities in East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas)	Holly	White	2026	Nesting
Remote sensing reveals nesting habitat vulnerability for sea turtles in Costa Rica over forty years	Keilor	Cordero‐Umaña	2026	Nesting	Remote sensing; shoreline indicators; beach erosion; Nesting beach; leatherback turtle; east pacific\
Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions	Mariana	Fuentes	2023	Threats	Climate change; Illegal take; Fisheries; Pollution; Disease; Marine development; Marine turtles; Coastal development
Long-term In-water Recaptures of Adult Black Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Provide Implications for Flipper Tagging Methods in the Eastern Pacific	Maike	Heidemeyer	2019	Population Biology
A baseline model for estimating the risk of gas embolism in sea turtles during routine dives	Nathan	Robinson	2021	Diving Physiology
Migratory ecology of sea turtles	Nathan	Robinson	2014	Tracking Sea Turtles	Thesis
Plastic straw found inside the nostril of an olive ridley sea turtle	Nathan	Robinson	2015	Threats
Movement patterns and telemetry	Bruce	Kingsbury	2016	Tracking
Plastic fork found inside the nostril of an olive ridley sea turtle	Nathan	Robinson	2016	Threats
The sea turtles of Africa	A	Agyekumhene	2017	Population Biology
Hypoxia as a novel method for preventing movement-induced mortality during translocation of turtle eggs	Sean	Williamson	2017	Incubation	Embryonic development; Turtle conservation; Hypoxia; Egg relocation; Embryonic arrest; Olive ridley
The potential of unmanned aerial systems for sea turtle research and conservation: a review and future directions	Alan	Rees	2018	UAVs	Drone; UAV; Aerial survey; Sea turtle; Ecology; Behaviour; Conservation; Population biology
Craspedostauros alatus sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyta) species found on museum sea turtle specimens	Roksana	Majewska	2018	Epibionts	Craspedostauros, marine diatom, epizoic, museum specimens, Kemp’s ridley, sea turtle
Complexity of the prey spectrum of Agaronia propatula (Caenogastropoda: Olividae), a dominant predator in sandy beach ecosystems of Pacific Central America	Nathan	Robinson	2018	Gastropod
FOOTFALL PATTERN OF A BOTTOM-WALKING CROCODILE (CROCODYLUS ACUTUS)	James	Farlow	2018	Crocodile
Repeated sampling adds to the genetic diversity of Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz 1829) olive ridley sea turtle	Theodora	Pinou	2018	Genetics
Autohaemorrhaging in a Bahamian pygmy boa, Tropidophis curtus barbouri	Sebastian	Hoefer	2019	Boa
Synchronised nesting aggregations are associated with enhanced capacity for extended embryonic arrest in olive ridley sea turtles	Sean	Williamson	2019	Hatchling
Spatial distribution of epibionts on olive ridley sea turtles at Playa Ostional, Costa Rica	Nathan	Robinson	2019	Epibionts
Six new epibiotic Proschkinia (Bacillariophyta) species and new insights into the genus phylogeny	Roksana	Majewska	2019	Epibionts
Validating the use of drones for monitoring the abundance and behaviour of juvenile green sea turtles in mangrove creeks in The Bahamas	Nathan	Robinson	2020	UAVs
Rehabilitated sea turtles tend to resume typical migratory behaviors: satellite tracking juvenile loggerhead, green, and Kemp’s ridley turtles in the northeastern USA	Nathan	Robinson	2020	Tracking Sea Turtles
Validating the use of stereo‐video cameras to conduct remote measurements of sea turtles	Tabitha	Siegfried	2021	Camera Monitoring	body size, green turtle, Kemp's Ridley turtle, loggerhead turtle, morphology, photogrammetry
Functional polymelia in a green sea turtle hatchling	Nathan	Robinson	2021	Hatchling
Novel Use of Anchialine Ponds by Hawksbill Turtles in The Bahamas	Nathan	Robinson	2021	Habitat Use
Sea turtle epibiosis: global patterns and knowledge gaps	Nathan	Robinson	2022	Epibionts
Representation in sea turtle science: Slow progress towards gender equity and globalization revealed from thirty years of symposium abstracts	Nathan	Robinson	2022
Design and fabrication of a stereo-video camera equipped unoccupied aerial vehicle for measuring sea turtles, sharks, and other marine fauna	Susan	Piacenza	2022	Camera Monitoring
New insights into risk variables associated with gas embolism in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) caught in trawls and gillnets	Daniel	Garcia-Parraga	2023	Diving Physiology
Short-Term Effects of Attaching Animal-Borne Devices on the Behavior of Juvenile Green Turtles	Nathan	Robinson	2024	Camera Monitoring	animal-borne cameras; Chelonia mydas; handling stress; sea turtles; telemetry; unoccupied aerial vehicles
Diving behavior of juvenile green turtles in shallow habitats in the Bahamas	Ruth	Doñate-Ordóñez	2026	Diving Physiology
Classifying behaviors from animal-borne cameras using machine learning: automated identification of breathing events in sea turtles	Nathan	Robinson	2026	Camera Monitoring	Artificial intelligence, Diving, Behavioral classification, Image processing, Machine learning, Chelonia mydas

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