Search Results - "FRICK, MICHAEL G"

Home on the range: spatial ecology of loggerhead turtles in Atlantic waters of the USA by Hawkes, Lucy A., Witt, Matthew J., Broderick, Annette C., Coker, John W., Coyne, Michael S., Dodd, Mark, Frick, Michael G., Godfrey, Matthew H., Griffin, DuBose B., Murphy, Sally R., Murphy, Thomas M., Williams, Kris L., Godley, Brendan J.

“…Aim Although satellite tracking has yielded much information regarding the migrations and habitat use of threatened marine species, relatively little has been…”
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Accounting for imperfect detection is critical for inferring marine turtle nesting population trends by Pfaller, Joseph B, Bjorndal, Karen A, Chaloupka, Milani, Williams, Kristina L, Frick, Michael G, Bolten, Alan B

“…Assessments of population trends based on time-series counts of individuals are complicated by imperfect detection, which can lead to serious…”
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Foraging areas differentially affect reproductive output and interpretation of trends in abundance of loggerhead turtles by Vander Zanden, Hannah B., Pfaller, Joseph B., Reich, Kimberly J., Pajuelo, Mariela, Bolten, Alan B., Williams, Kristina L., Frick, Michael G., Shamblin, Brian M., Nairn, Campbell J., Bjorndal, Karen A.

“…Diet items and habitat constitute some of the environmental resources that may be used differently by individuals within a population. Long-term fidelity by…”
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Genetic structure of the southeastern United States loggerhead turtle nesting aggregation: evidence of additional structure within the peninsular Florida recovery unit by Shamblin, Brian M, Dodd, Mark G, Bagley, Dean A, Ehrhart, Llewellyn M, Tucker, Anton D, Johnson, Chris, Carthy, Raymond R, Scarpino, Russell A, McMichael, Erin, Addison, David S, Williams, Kristina L, Frick, Michael G, Ouellette, Stefanie, Meylan, Anne B, Godfrey, Matthew H, Murphy, Sally R, Nairn, Campbell J

“…The southeastern United States supports one of two large loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting aggregations worldwide and is therefore critical to global…”
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The Influence of Maternal Size on the Eggs and Hatchlings of Loggerhead Sea Turtles by LeBlanc, Anne Marie, Rostal, David C., Drake, K. Kristina, Williams, Kristina L., Frick, Michael G., Robinette, John, Barnard-Keinath, Debra E.

“…Our study examined variation in and correlation of reproductive traits for a population of Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle) nesting in Georgia and…”
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Comparative experimental taphonomy of eight marine arthropods indicates distinct differences in preservation potential by Klompmaker, Adiël A., Portell, Roger W., Frick, Michael G., Smith, Andrew

“…Global biodiversity patterns in deep time can only be understood fully when the relative preservation potential of each clade is known. The relative…”
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Deconstructing an assemblage of “turtle” barnacles: species assignments and fickle fidelity in Chelonibia by Zardus, John D, Lake, David T, Frick, Michael G, Rawson, Paul D

“…Barnacles in the genus Chelonibia are commensal with a variety of motile marine animals including sea turtles, crustaceans, and sirenians. We conducted a…”
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Evaluating the landscape of fear between apex predatory sharks and mobile sea turtles across a large dynamic seascape by Hammerschlag, Neil, Broderick, Annette C, Coker, John W, Coyne, Michael S, Dodd, Mark, Frick, Michael G, Godfrey, Matthew H, Godley, Brendan J, Griffin, DuBose B, Hartog, Kyra, Murphy, Sally R, Murphy, Thomas M, Nelson, Emily Rose, Williams, Kristina L, Witt, Matthew J, Hawkes, Lucy A

“…The "landscape of fear" model has been proposed as a unifying concept in ecology, describing, in part, how animals behave and move about in their environment…”
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Genetic determination of tag loss dynamics in nesting loggerhead turtles: a new chapter in “the tag loss problem” by Pfaller, Joseph B., Williams, Kristina L., Frick, Michael G., Shamblin, Brian M., Nairn, Campbell J., Girondot, Marc

“…Capture–mark–recapture studies that fail to account for the frequency and dynamics of marker loss risk generating biased demographic estimates. In this study,…”
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Polymodal foraging in adult female loggerheads (Caretta caretta) by Reich, Kimberly J, Bjorndal, Karen A, Frick, Michael G, Witherington, Blair E, Johnson, Chris, Bolten, Alan B

“…To determine whether loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting in southeastern USA exhibit polymorphic foraging strategies, we evaluated skin samples for…”
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Foraging habitats and migration corridors utilized by a recovering subpopulation of adult female loggerhead sea turtles: implications for conservation by Griffin, DuBose B, Murphy, Sally R, Frick, Michael G, Broderick, Annette C, Coker, John W, Coyne, Michael S, Dodd, Mark G, Godfrey, Matthew H, Godley, Brendan J, Hawkes, Lucy A, Murphy, Thomas M, Williams, Kristina L, Witt, Matthew J

“…From 1998 to 2008, 68 adult female loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) were instrumented with platform transmitter terminals at nesting beaches in…”
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Sympatry in grapsoid crabs (genera Planes and Plagusia) from olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea), with descriptions of crab diets and masticatory structures by Frick, Michael G., Kopitsky, Kerry, Bolten, Alan B., Bjorndal, Karen A., Martins, Helen R.

“…Grapsoid crabs of the genera Planes and Plagusia are commonly referred to as “rafting crabs” due to their propensity to live on flotsam and pelagic marine…”
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Loggerhead turtle eggshells as a source of maternal nuclear genomic DNA for population genetic studies by SHAMBLIN, BRIAN M, DODD, MARK G, WILLIAMS, KRISTINA L, FRICK, MICHAEL G, BELL, REBECCA, NAIRN, CAMPBELL J

“…Tagging studies on nesting beaches are commonly used to estimate nesting frequency, remigration interval and nesting population size for marine turtle…”
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Marine Snake Epibiosis: A Review and First Report of Decapods Associated with Pelamis platurus by Pfaller, Joseph B., Frick, Michael G., Brischoux, François, Sheehy, Coleman M., Lillywhite, Harvey B.

“…Under circumstances in which area for settlement is limited, the colonization of living substrata may become a highly valuable strategy for survival of marine…”
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First Record of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) as a Host to the Sea Turtle Barnacle (Chelonibia testudinaria) by Nifong, James C., Frick, Michael G.

“…Chelonibia testudinaria (Sea Turtle Barnacle) and other closely related barnacle species of the genus Chelonibia are known to utilize a variety of organisms…”
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First Authentic Report of the Turtle Barnacle Cylindrolepas darwiniana Since its Description in 1916 by Frick, Michael G., Zardus, John D.

“…An analysis of museum specimens reveals that reports of the chelonophilic barnacle Cylindrolepas darwiniana are misidentifications of the similar turtle…”
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Novel records and observations of the barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea); including a case for chemical mediation in turtle and whale barnacles by Frick, Michael G, Zardus, John D, Ross, Arnold, Senko, Jesse, Montano-Valdez, Dulce, Bucio-Pacheco, Marcos, Sosa-Cornejo, Ingmar

“…We report new distribution and host records of the turtle barnacle Stephanolepas muricata Fischer. Ours is the first study to document this species' occurrence…”
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Sea Turtles as Potential Dispersal Vectors for Non-Indigenous Species: The Veined Rapa Whelk as an Epibiont of Loggerhead Sea Turtles by Harding, Juliana M., Walton, Wendy J., Trapani, Christina M., Frick, Michael G., Mann, Roger

“…We present the first record of Rapana venosa (Veined Rapa Whelk) as an epibiont of Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle) and the first observation of rapa…”
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Tag Returns from Loggerhead Turtles from Wassaw Island, GA by Williams, Kristina L., Frick, Michael G.

“…Much of what is known about sea turtle biology is attributed to research conducted on nesting females, due to the accessibility of these animals when on the…”
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DIET AND FECUNDITY OF COLUMBUS CRABS, PLANES MINUTUS, ASSOCIATED WITH OCEANIC-STAGE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES, CARETTA CARETTA, AND INANIMATE FLOTSAM by Frick, Michael G, Williams, Kristina L, Bolten, Alan B, Bjorndal, Karen A, Martins, Helen R

“…The digestive tract contents of 85 Columbus crabs, Planes minutus, are presented. Crabs were collected from oceanic-stage loggerhead turtles, Carettta caretta,…”
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