Peer-Reviewed Articles
This page highlights peer-reviewed scientific articles authored by our team and collaborators. These publications contribute to advancing sea turtle research and conservation.
2025
Marine debris impacts on Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas): High prevalence of hook-and-line fishing gear in strandings
Marthe A. Høiberg, Jan Borgelt, Philip S. Mostert, Shawn K. Murakawa, Summer L. Martin, et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2025
Expanding the boundaries: regional connectivity in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations across Micronesia
Michael P. Jensen, Erin L. LaCasella, Donald R. Kobayashi, Amy Frey, Tammy M. Summers, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2025
2024
Abundance, production, and migrations of nesting green turtles at Rose Atoll, American Samoa, a regionally important rookery in the Central South Pacific Ocean
Shawn K. Murakawa, Alexander R. Gaos, Devin S. Johnson, Brian Peck, Mark MacDonald, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2024
Sex ratios of olive ridley sea turtles in the North Pacific high seas: Implications for climate change research
Camryn D. Allen, Lindsey E. Peavey Reeves, Tomoharu Eguchi, Sydney J. Sawyer, Lisa T. Ballance, et al. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2024
2023
Population structure of Pacific green turtles: A new perspective from microsatellite DNA variation
Suzanne E. Roden, John B. Horne, Michael P. Jensen, Nancy N. FitzSimmons, George H. Balazs, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2023
Evaluation of a long-term information tool reveals continued suitability for identifying bycatch hotspots but little effect on fisher location choice
Zachary A. Siders, Robert N. M. Ahrens, Summer L. Martin, Edward V. Camp, Alexander R. Gaos, et al. Biological Conservation 2023
Origins of green turtle fishery bycatch in the central Pacific revealed by mixed genetic markers
John B. Horne, Suzanne E. Roden, Erin L. LaCasella, Amy Frey, Summer L. Martin, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2023
Non-random mating within an island rookery of Hawaiian hawksbill turtles: Demographic discontinuity at a small coastline scale
John B. Horne, Amy Frey, Alexander R. Gaos, Summer L. Martin, Peter H. Dutton. Royal Society Open Science 2023
Sequential scute growth layers reveal developmental histories of hawksbill sea turtles
Kyle S. Van Houtan, T. Todd Jones, Molly E. Hagemann, Joel Schumacher, George Phocas, et al. Marine Biology 2023
2021
Hawksbill nesting in Hawai’i: 30-year dataset reveals recent positive trend for a small, yet vital population
Alexander R. Gaos, Lauren Kurpita, Hannah Bernard, Luke Sundquist, Cheryl S. King, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2021
Species- and population-specific gene expression in blood transcriptomes of marine turtles
Shreya M. Banerjee, Jamie Adkins Stoll, Camryn D. Allen, Jennifer M. Lynch, Heather S. Harris, et al. BMC Genomics 2021
Interactions among Hawaiian hawksbills suggest prevalence of social behaviors in marine turtles
Alexander R. Gaos, Corinne E. Johnson, Don B. McLeish, Cheryl S. King, Jesse F. Senko. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2021
2020
Hawaiian hawksbills: A distinct and isolated nesting colony in the central North Pacific Ocean revealed by mitochondrial DNA
Alexander R. Gaos, Erin L. LaCasella, Lauren Kurpita, George H. Balazs, Stacy Hargrove, et al. Conservation Genetics 2020
2019
Baseline health parameters of East Pacific green turtles at southern California foraging grounds
Shreya M. Banerjee, Camryn D. Allen, Todd Schmitt, Brian S. Cheng, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, et al. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2019
Potential limitations of behavioral plasticity and the role of egg relocation in climate change mitigation for a thermally sensitive endangered species
Michael J. Liles, Tarla Rai Peterson, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Alexander R. Gaos, Eduardo Altamirano, et al. Ecology and Evolution 2019
2018
Environmental warming and feminization of one of the largest sea turtle populations in the world
Michael P. Jensen, Camryn D. Allen, Tomoharu Eguchi, Ian P. Bell, Erin L. LaCasella, et al. Current Biology 2018
Endangered green turtles (Chelonia mydas) of the Northern Mariana Islands: Nesting ecology, poaching, and climate concerns
Tammy M. Summers, Summer L. Martin, Jessy R. Hapdei, Joseph K. Ruak, T. Todd Jones, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2018
The utility of combining stable isotope and hormone analyses for marine megafauna research
Alyson H. Fleming, Nicholas M. Kellar, Camryn D. Allen, Carolyn M. Kurle, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2018
Prevalence of polygyny in a critically endangered marine turtle population
Alexander R. Gaos, Rebecca L. Lewison, Michael J. Liles, Ana Henriquez, Sofía Chavarría, et al. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2018
2017
Demography of marine turtles in the nearshore environments of the Galápagos Islands
Tammy M. Summers, T. Todd Jones, Summer L. Martin, Jessy R. Hapdei, Joseph K. Ruak, et al. Pacific Science 2017
Living on the edge: Hawksbill turtle nesting and conservation along the Eastern Pacific Rim
Alexander R. Gaos, Rebecca L. Lewison, Michael P. Jensen, Michael J. Liles, Ana Henriquez, et al. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 2017
2016
Genetic structure of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Marianas: A population and phylogeography study
Summer L. Martin, Kyle S. Van Houtan, T. Todd Jones, Celestino F. Aguon, Jay T. Gutierrez, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2016
Spatial ecology of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Northern Mariana Islands: Home range, movements, and threats
Summer L. Martin, Lisa T. Ballance, Theodore Groves, et al. Frontiers in Marine Science 2016
Foraging ecology and connectivity of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Northern Mariana Islands
Kyle S. Van Houtan, Devon L. Francke, Sarah Alessi, T. Todd Jones, et al. Ecology and Evolution 2016
2015
Incorporating climate change into conservation planning for sea turtles: Limitations and opportunities
S. Hoyt Peckham, Jesus Lucero-Romero, David Maldonado-Díaz, Alejandro Rodríguez-Sánchez, Jesse Senko, et al. Conservation Letters 2015
2012
Sea turtle population genetics and migration connectivity in the Pacific
Melissa L. Snover, George H. Balazs, Shawn K. Murakawa, Stacy K. Hargrove, Marc R. Rice, et al. Marine Biology 2012