Selected Journal Publications 1969 – 2009

Balazs and Ross (1976) Effect of Protein Source and Level on Growth and Performance of the Captive Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture.

Brock et al. (1976) Tuberculosis in Pacific green sea turtles. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc.

Witham and Futch (1977) Early Growth and Oceanic Survival of Pen-Reared Sea Turtles. Herpetologica.

Schwartz (1978) Behavioral and Tolerance Responses to Cold Water Temperatures by Three Species of Sea Turtles in North Carolina. Florida Marine Research Pub.

Bjorndal (1978) Urine Concentrations of Amonia, Urea and Uric Acid in the Green Turtle.

Hirth (1978) A Model for the Evolution of Green Turtle Migrations. Herpetologica.

Bjorndal (1980) 1980 Nutrition and Grazing Behavior of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas. Marine Biology.

Owens and Ruiz (1980) New Methods of Obtaining Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid from Marine Turtles. Herpetologica.

Dizon and Balazs (1982) Radio telemetry of Hawaiian green turtles at their breeding cology. Marine Fisheries Review.

Whittow and Balazs (1982) Basking Behavior of the Hawaiian Green Turtle. Pacific Science.

Thayer, Engel and Bjorndal (1982) Evidence for short-circuiting of the detritus cycle of seagrass beds by the green turtle. JEMBE.

Witzell (1983) Synopsis of Biological Data on the Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus,1766). FAO .

Standora and Spotila (1985) Temperature Dependent Sex Determination in Sea Turtles.

Zug and Balazs (1985) Skeletochronological age estimates for Hawaiian green turtles. MTN.

Rhodin (1985) Comparative Chondro-osseous Development and Growth of Marine Turtles. Copeia.

Hallacher et al. (1985) Distribution of Arsenic in the Sediments and Biota of Hilo Bay, Hawaii. Pacific Science.

1985- Proceedings of the Workshop on the Fate and Impact of Marine Debris. Shomura and Yoshida, Editors. 580p.

Garnett et al. (1985) The Diet of the Green Turtle in Torres Strait. Australian Wildlife Research.

Bjorndal (1985) Nutritional Ecology of Sea Turtles. Copeia.

Frazer & Ladner (1986) A Growth Curve for Green Sea Turtles in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1913-14. Copeia.

Gyuris & Limpus (1986) Rapid Method for Immobilization and Collection of Sea Turtle Muscle Biopsies for Electrophoresis.

Witzell (1987) Selective predation on large cheloniid sea turtles by tiger sharks. Japanese Journal of Herpetology.

Limpus (1987) A Turtle Fossil on Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef.

Kashkina (1987) Feeding of fishes on salps (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Scripta Technica

Smith (1988) Cleaning of the hawksbill turtle by adult French angelfish.

Limpus and Nicholls (1988) The Southern Oscillation regulates the annual numbers of green turtles breeding around Northern Australia. Australian Wildlife Research.

Bjorndal & Bolten (1989) Comparison of Straight Length and Over the Curve Measurements for Growth Rates of Green Turtles.

Choy, Balazs and Dailey (1989) A new therapy for marine turtles parasitized by the Piscicolid leech, Ozobranchus branchlatus. HR.

Bjorndal and Carr (1989) Variation in clutch size and egg size in the green turtle nesting population at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Herpetologica.

Spring (1990) Development of the South Pacific Regional Marine Turtle Conservation and Management Program. AMTCW Proceedings.

Bjorndal (1990) Digestibility Of The Sponge Chondrilla Nucula. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Meyer (1991) Burial Experiments with Marine Turtle Carcasses and Their Paleoecological Significance.

Dailey, Fast & Balazs (1991) Carettacola hawaiiensis from the green turtle in Hawaii.

Bjorndal et al. (1991) Digestive fermentation in green turtles feeding on algae. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Davenport and Balazs (1991) 'Fiery Bodies'- Are Pyrosomas Important Components of the Diet of Leatherback Turtles. BHSB.

Engbring et al. (1992) Observations on the Defensive and Aggressive Behavior of the Leatherback Turtle at Sea. Herp. Review.

Dailey, Fast & Balazs (1992) A Survey of the Trematoda Parasitic in Green Turtles from Hawaii.

Niethammer, Balazs, Nakai and McDermond (1992) Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) Predation: Not a Factor in Hatchling Green Turtle Survival at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Colonial Waterbirds.

Limpus (1992) Estimation of tag loss in marine turtle research. Wildlife Research.

Smith, Celia (1992) Diversity in Intertidal Habitats: An Assessment of the Marine Algae of Select High Islands in the Hawaiian Archipelago.

Bjorndal and Bolten (1992) Spatial distribution of green turtle nests at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Copeia.

Pitman (1993) Seabird Associations with Marine Turtles in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Wibbels et al. (1993) Sex Ratio of Green Turtles Inhabiting the Hawaiian Archipelago. J. Herpetology.

Dailey, Fast & Balazs (1993) Hapalotrema dorsopor from the Heart of the Green Turtle with a Redescription of H. postorchis.

Whittow (1993) Laysan Albatross. The Birds of North America.

Miya and Balazs (1993) Ecology and conservation of green turtles in the nearshore waters of Waikiki Beach. 'Elepaio.

Stabenau et al. (1993) Resuscitation of Sea Turtles. MTN.

Davenport, Balazs, Faithfull and Williamson (1993) A Struvite Faecolith in the Leatherback Turtle: A Means of Packaging Garbage?

Wetherall et al. (1993) Bycatch of Marine Turtles in North Pacific High-Seas Driftnet Fisheries and Impacts on the Stocks

Nitta and Henderson (1993) A Review of Interactions Between Hawaii's Fisheries and Protected Species. MFR.

Polovina (1994) The Case of the Missing Lobsters. Natural History.

Losey, Balazs and Privitera (1994) Cleaning symbiosis between the wrasse and the green Turtle. Copeia

Graczyk, Aguirre and Balazs (1995) Detection by ELISA of circulating anti-blood fluke (Carettacola, Hapalotrema, and Learedius) immunoglobulins in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). J. Parasitol.

Kochinsky et al. (1995) Neural Bone Synarthrodial Joint Infection Causing Inter-Neural Synostosis and Lordotic Spinal Deformities in Captive-Raised Sea Turtles. Herpetopathologia.

Zug, Balazs and Wetherall (1995) Growth in juvenile loggerhead seaturtles in North Pacific pelagic habitat. Copeia.

Brill, Balazs, Holland et al. (1995) Daily movements, habitat use, and submergence intervals of normal and tumor-bearing juvenile green turtles within a foraging area in the Hawaiian islands. JEMBE.

Bjorndal et al. (1996) Probability of Tag Loss in Green Turtles Nesting at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Journal of Herpetology.

Cronon (1996) The Trouble with Wilderness or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature. American Society for Environmental History.

Koga and Balazs (1996) Sex ratio of green turtles stranded in the Hawaiian Islands. ISTS-15.

Bolten, Wetherall, Balazs & Pooley (Compilers) 1996 Status of Marine Turtles in the Pacific Ocean Relevant to Incidental Take in the Hawaii-Based Pelagic Longline Fishery TM SWFSC-230.

Wetherall, Balazs & Yong. Statistical Methods for Green Turtle Nesting Surveys in the Hawaiian Islands. ISTS-17. (1997)

Graczyk, Balazs, Work, Aguirre, Ellis, Murakawa & Morris (1997) Cryptosporidium sp. infections in green turtles as a potential source of marine waterborne oocysts in the Hawaiian Islands.

Davenport (1997) Temperature and the life-history Strategies of sea turtles. Journal of Thermal Biology.

Bjorndal (1997) Foraging ecology and nutrition of sea turtles, In The Biology of Sea Turtles, Chapter 8.

Hirth (1997) Synopsis of the Biological Data on the Green Turtle. FWS Biological Report.

Niethammer, Balazs, Hatfield, Nakai and Megyesi .(1997) Reproductive biology of the green turtle at Tern Island, FFS. Pacific Science.

Ellis (Parker) and Balazs (1998) Use of the Generic Mapping Tools Program to Plot Argos Tracking Data for Sea Turtles.

Watson and Granger (1998) Hydrodynamic effect of a satellite transmitter on a juvenile green turtle. JEB.

Broderick and Godley (1999) Effect of tagging marine turtles on nesting behaviour and reproductive success. Animal Behaviour.

McCauley and Bjorndal (1999) Conservation implications of dietary dilution from debris ingestion sublethal effects in post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtles. Conservation Biology.

Wyneken, Balazs, Murakawa and Anderson (1999) Size differences in hind limbs and carapaces of hatchling green turtles from Hawaii and Florida USA. CCB.

1999- Aerial Surveys in Foraging Habitats by Henwood and Epperly.

Forbes (1999) Diet sampling and diet analysis. IUCN/MTSG.

Bjorndal, Bolten & Chaloupka (2000) ABSTRACT of- Green Turtle Somatic Growth Model- Evidence for Density Dependence.

Hays et al. (2000) The diving behaviour of green turtles at Ascension Island.

Schroeder and Balazs (2000) Design and Field Testing of an Internal Helix Antenna Satellite Transmitter for Sea Turtles. ISTS-19.

Bennett, Keuper-Bennett and Balazs (2000) Changing the Landscape: Evidence for Detrimental Impacts to Coral Reefs by Hawaiian Marine Turtles. ISTS-20 Orlando, Florida.

Mauricio Garduno et al. (2000) Satellite Tracking of an Adult Male and Female Green Turtle from Yucatan in the Gulf of Mexico. ISTS-19.

Mortimer and Balazs (2000) Post-nesting migrations of hawksbill turtles in the granitic Seychelles and implications for conservation. ISTS-19.

Russell and Balazs (2000) Identification Manual for Dietary Vegetation of the Hawaiian Green Turtle.

Smith, Smith and Hunter (2000) An experimental analysis of the effects of herbivory and nutrient enrichment on benthic community dynamics on a Hawaiian reef.

Bjorndal et al. (2000) Green turtle somatic growth model: Evidence for density dependence. Ecological Applications.

2001- Metabolic and Nutritional Disease. Excerpt from Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of S. American Wild Animals.

Pilcher & Enderby 2001 Effects of prolonged retention in hatcheries on Green turtle hatchling swimming speed and survival

Miao, Balazs, Murakawa and Li (2001) Congener- specific profile and toxicity assessment of PCBs in green turtles from the Hawaiian Islands. The Science of the Total Environment.

Bennett and Keuper-Bennett. 2001. Use of subjective patterns in green turtle profiles to find matches in a image database. ISTS-21.

Horrocks, Vermeer, Krueger, Coyne, Schroeder and Balazs (2001) Migration Routes and Destination Characteristics of Post-Nesting Hawksbill Turtles Satellite-Tracked from Barbados, West Indies. CCB.

Keuper-Bennett and Bennett (2002) Home Sweet Home: Aspects of green turtle and hawksbill presence in their feeding, resting and cleaning areas off Honokowai, West Maui 1989-1999. ISTS-20.

Zug et al. 2002. Age and growth of Hawaiian green turtles: an analysis based on skeletochronology. Fishery Bulletin.

Parker, Polovina, Balazs and Howell (2002) The Lost Years: Long-Term Movement of a Maturing Loggerhead Turtle in the Northern Pacific Ocean. ISTS-22.

Parker et al. (2002) Movement and dive behavior determined by satellite telemetry for male and female olive ridley turtles in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. ISTS-22.

LeRoux, Balazs and Dutton (2002) Genetic Stock Composition of Foraging Green Turtles Off the Southern Coast of Molokai, Hawaii. ISTS-22.

Bennett, KeuperBennett and Balazs (2002) Remigration and Residency of Hawaiian Green Turtles in Coastal Waters of Honokowai, West Maui, Hawaii. ISTS-20.

Landsberg (2002) The effects of harmful algal blooms on aquatic organisms. Reviews in Fisheries Science.

Phillott (2002) Minimizing fungal invasion during the artificial incubation of sea turtle eggs. HR

Smith et al. (2002) Distribution and reproductive characteristics of nonindigenous and invasive marine algae in the Hawaiian Islands. PS.

Favre (2003) American Wildlife Law- An Introduction. Michigan State University College of Law.

Lagueux, Campbell, McCoy, Schroeder & Balazs (2003) Migration routes and dive patterns of post-nesting hawskbills from the Pearl Cays, Nicaragua. ISTS-22.

Russell, Balazs, Phillips, and Kam (2003) Discovery of the sea grass Halophila in the diet of the Hawaiian green turtle. Pacific Science.

Bjorndal et al. 2003. Green turtle with living tag captured in the Southern Bahamas. MTN.

Bjorndal et al. 2003. Survival probability estimates for immature green turtles. MEPS.

A turtle fossil on Raine Island. 2003.

Hays (2004) Good news for sea turtles. TEE.

Chaloupka, Parker and Balazs (2004) Modelling post-release mortality of loggerhead sea turtles exposed to the Hawaii-based pelagic long line fishery. MEPS.

Craig, Parker, Brainard, Rice and Balazs (2004) Migrations of green turtles in the Central South Pacific.

Zardus and Hadfield (2004) Larval development and complemental males in Cheloniia testudinaria a barnacle commensal with sea turtles.

Zardus and Hadfield (2005) Multiple origins and incursions of the Atlantic barnacle Chthamalus proteus in the Pacific. Molecular Ecology.

Stimson (2005) Archipelago-wide episodic recruitment of the file fish Pervagor spilosoma in the Hawaiian Islands as revealed in long-term records.

Bjorndal et al. (2005) Evaluating trends in abundance of immature green turtles in the Greater Caribbean. Ecological Applications.

Parker, Dutton, Eckert, Kobayashi, Polovina, Dutton & Balazs (2005) TransPacific migration along oceanic fronts by loggerheads released from Sea World San Diego. ISTS 21.

Moran and Bjorndal (2005) Simulated green turtle grazing affects structure and productivity of seagrass pastures. Mar Ecol Prog Ser.

Parker, Cooke and Balazs (2005) Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles in the central North Pacific. Fishery Bulletin.

Smith, Runcie and Smith (2005) Characterization of a large-scale ephemeral bloom of the green alga Cladophora sericea on the coral reefs of West Maui, Hawai’i.

Tiwari et al. (2006) Evaluation of density-dependent processes and green turtle Chelonia mydas hatchling production at Tortuguero, Costa Rica.

Grossman et al. (2006) Cleaning Symbiosis Between Hawksbill Turtles and Reef Fishes at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off Northeast Brazil.

Wabnitz, Bjorndal, Bolten & Pauly (2006) Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE) and the Ecological Role of Chelonia mydas in the Caribbean. ISTS-26.

Fahy (2006) Sea Turtle Stranding Patterns in California- 1982-2004. ISTS-26.

Estes, Balazs & Wibbels (2006) Hatchling Sex Ratios of Hawaiian Green Turtles. ISTS-26.

Zug, Chaloupka and Balazs (2006) Age and growth in olive ridley seaturtles from the North-central Pacific:a skeletochronological analysis. Marine Ecology.

Eames (Brunson), G.H. Balazs et al. (2006) Organ weights of green turtles stranded in the Hawaiian Islands. ISTS-23.

2006- Marine Turtle Trauma Response Procedures: A Field Guide by Phelan and Eckert.

Graciela, Balazs, Parker and Gamboa (2007) The adventures of three green turtles crossing the Gulf of Mexico. ISTS-24.

McDermid, Stuercke and Balazs (2007) Nutritional composition of marine plants in the diet of the green sea turtle in the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Chaloupka and Balazs (2007) Using Bayesian state-space modelling to assess the recovery and harvest potential of the Hawaiian green sea turtle stock. Ecological Modelling.

Zardus and Balazs (2007) Two previously unreported barnacles commensal with the green sea turtle in Hawaii. Crustaceana

2007- Excerpt from Chaloupka and Balazs Estimate of ~61,000 Neritic Habitat Green Turtles in Hawaii. Ecological Modelling.

Hawkes et al. (2007) Only some like it hot- quantifying the environmental niche of the loggerhead sea turtle.

Snover (2008) Rebuttal Comments Using Bayesian Modelling Assess Recovery and Harvest of Chelonia mydas. Ecological Modelling.

Kubis (Hargrove), Work et al. (2008) An Alternative Method for Assessing Body Condition of Hawaiian Green Turtles. ISTS-27.

Kubis, Work, Murakawa and Balazs (2008) An Alternative Method for Assessing Body Condition of Hawaiian Green Turtles. ISTS-27.

Van Dam et al. (2008) Sex-specific migration patterns of hawksbill turtles breeding at Mona Island, Puerto Rico. ESR.

Arthur and Balazs (2008) A comparison of immature green turtle diets among seven sites in the main Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science.

Hayashi and Tsuji (2008) Spatial Distribution of Turtle Barnacles on the Green Sea Turtle. Ecological Research.

Chaloupka, Bjorndal, Balazs, Bolten, Ehrhart, Limpus, Suganuma, Troeng and Yamaguchi (2008) Encouraging outlook for recovery of a once severely exploited marine megahervivore. GEB.

Rice and Balazs (2008) Diving behavior of the Hawaiian green turtle during oceanic migrations. JEMBE.

Estes, Balazs and Wibbels (2008) Evaluation of incubation temperatures in green turtle nests at French Frigate Shoals, NWHI. ISTS-24.

Dutton, Balazs, LeRoux, Murakawa, Zarte and Sarte (2008) Composition of Hawaiian green turtle foraging aggregation: mtDNA discrete stock. ESR.

Arthur et al. (2008) Using animal-borne imaging to assess green turtle foraging ecology in Moreton Bay. Winter 2007-2008.

Chaloupka, Work, Balazs, Murakawa and Morris (2008) Cause-specific temporal and spatial trends in green sea turtle strandings in the Hawaiian Archipelago, 1982-2003. Marine Biology.

Moriarty et al. (2008) Directional Locomotion of a Turtle Barnacle on Green Turtles MTN-56.

Snover (2008) Ontogenetic habitat shifts in marine organisms: influencing factors and the impact of climate variability. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Thomson et al. (2009) Validation of a Rapid Visual-Assessment Technique for Categorizing the Body Condition of Green Turtles in the Field. Copeia.

Roark, Bjorndal, and Bolten (2009) Compensatory responses to feed restriction in juvenile green turtles. Ecology.

Limpus et al. (2009) When is a male turtle not a male? CCB.

Russell and Balazs (2009) Dietary shifts by green turtles in the Kaneohe Bay region of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science.

Kubis (Hargrove) et al. (2009) Growth rates of juvenile green turtles from three ecologically distinct foraging habitats along the east central coast of Florida USA. MEPS.

Parker, Balazs, King, Katahira and Gilmartin (2009) Short-range movements of hawksbill turtles from nesting to foraging areas within the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science.

Flint et al. 2009. Post-mortem diagnostic investigation. JVDI