RESEARCH PAPERS

Horne, J. B., A. Frey, A.R. Gaos, S. Martin, P.H. Dutton (2023) Non-random mating within an Island rookery of Hawaiian hawksbill turtles: demographic discontinuity at a small coastline scale. Royal Society Open Science 10(5): 221547 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221547

Van Houtan, K. S., T.T. Jones, M.E. Hagemann, J. Schumacher, G. Phocas, A.R. Gaos, J.A. Seminoff (2023) Sequential scute growth layers reveal developmental histories of hawksbill sea turtles. Marine Biology 170(7): 79

Brunson S., A.R. Gaos, I.K. Kelly, K.S. Van Houtan, Y. Swimmer, S. Hargrove, G.H. Balazs, T.M. Work, T.T. Jones (2022) Three decades of stranding data reveal insights into endangered hawksbill sea turtles in Hawai‘i. Endangered Species Research 47: 109-118  https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01167

Gaos, A. R., L. Kurpita, H. Bernard, L. Sundquist, C.S. King, J.H. Browning, E. Naboa, I.K. Kelly, K. Downs, T. Eguchi, G. Balazs, K.V. Houtan, D. Johnson, T.T. Jones, S.L. Martin (2021) Hawksbill Nesting in Hawai‘i: 30-Year Dataset Reveals Recent Positive Trend for a Small, Yet Vital Population. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 770424 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.770424

Gaos, A.R., E.L. LaCasella, L. Kurpita, G. Balazs, S. Hargrove, C. King, H. Bernard, T.T. Jones, P.H. Dutton (2020) Hawaiian hawksbills: a distinct and isolated nesting colony in the Central North Pacific Ocean revealed by mitochondrial DNA. Conservation Genetics 21: 771-783 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01287-1

Van Houtan, K.S., D.L. Francke, S. Alessi, T.T. Jones, S.L. Martin, L. Kurpita, C.S. King, R.W. Baird (2016) The developmental biogeography of hawksbill sea turtles in the North Pacific. Ecology and Evolution 6(8): 2378-2389 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2034

Parker, D. M., C. King, M. Rice, G. Balazs (2014) First use of a gps satellite tag to track a post-nesting hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Hawaiian Islands with an indication of possible mortality. Marine Turtle Newsletter, 142(10)

Snover, M.L., G.H. Balazs, S.K. Murakawa, S.K. Hargrove, M.R. Rice, W.A. Seitz (2013) Age and growth rates of Hawaiian hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) using skeletochronology. Marine Biology 160: 37-46

Van Houtan, K.S., J.N. Kittinger, A.L. Lawrence, C. Yoshinaga, V.R. Born, A. Fox (2012) Hawksbill sea turtles in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(1): 117-121

Seitz, W.A., K.M Kagimoto, B. Luehrs, L. Katahira (2012) Twenty years of conservation and research findings of the Hawai ‘i Island Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project, 1989-2009. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit Technical Report, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Department of Botany, Honolulu, HI

Parker, D.M., G.H. Balazs, C.S. King, L. Katahira, W. Gilmartin (2009) Short-Range Movements of Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Nesting to Foraging Areas within the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science 63(3): 371-382

Graham S.C. (2009) Analysis of the foraging ecology of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) on Hawai’i Island: An investigation utilizing satellite tracking and stable isotopes. University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI Balazs, G.H., L.K. Katahira, D.M. Ellis (1996, February) Satellite tracking of hawksbill turtles nesting in the Hawaiian Islands. In 16th Annual Symposium Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Hilton Head, SC