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Turtle in the Reef

Publications

2023

Tanabe, L. K., Cochran, J. E. M., & Berumen, M. L. (2023). Inter-nesting, migration, and foraging behaviors of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the central-southern Red Sea. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 11222. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37942-z

Tanabe L.K., Cochran J.E.M., Williams C.T., Garzon F., Langner U., Hardenstine R.S., Hawkes L.A., Brainard R.E., Eweida A.A., Marshall P.A., Berumen M.L. (2023) Case report: tracking data from foraging hawksbill turtles in the northern Red Sea. Animal Biotelemetry 11:1–8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00314-x

Tanabe, L. K., Cochran, J.E.M., Hardenstine, R.S., Scott, K., Berumen, M.L. 2023. Preliminary report of plastic ingestion by hawksbill and green turtles in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea. Animals 13:2. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13020314

2022

Tanabe, L. K., Carvalho, S., Dasari, V., Nasif, A., O’Toole, K. A., & Berumen, M. L. (2022). Potential effects of heavy metal pollution from a cement factory near Saudi Arabia’s largest green turtle rookery. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(6), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10063-2

Tanabe, L.K, Scott, K., Dasari, V., & Berumen, M.L. (2022, in press). As assessment of heavy metals in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings from Saudi Arabia's largest rookery, Ras Baridi. PeerJ. 

Al Ameri, H., Al Harthi, S., Al Kiyumi, A., Al Sariri, T., Al-Zaidan, A., Antonopoulou, M., ...Tanabe, L. K., et al. (2022). Biology and conservation of marine turtles in the North-Western Indian Ocean: a review. Endangered Species Research, 48, 67–86. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01183

Scott, K., Tanabe, L. K., Miller, J. D., & Berumen, M. L. (2022). Newly described nesting sites of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the central Red Sea. PeerJ, in review, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13408

Garzon, F., Berumen, M., Cochran, J., Eweida, A. A., Marshall, P. E., Rodriguez, M., Tanabe, L. K., Williams, C., & Hawkes, L. 2022. A multi-method characterization of Elasmobranch & Cheloniidae communities of the north-eastern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba. PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275511

2021

Tanabe, L. K., Steenacker, M., Rusli, M. U., & Berumen, M. L. (2021). Implications of nest relocation for morphology and locomotor performance of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings. Ocean and Coastal Management, 207, 105591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105591

Shimada, T., Duarte, C. M., Al-Suwailem, A. M., Tanabe, L. K., & Meekan, M. G. (2021). Satellite Tracking Reveals Nesting Patterns, Site Fidelity, and Potential Impacts of Warming on Major Green Turtle Rookeries in the Red Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8(July). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.633814

Gajdzik, L., Green, A. L., Cochran, J. E. M., Hardenstine, R. S., Tanabe, L. K., & Berumen, M. L. (2021). Using species connectivity to achieve coordinated large-scale marine conservation efforts in the Red Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 166(February), 112244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112244

DeCarlo, T. M., Carvalho, S., Gajdzik, L., Hardenstine, R. S., Tanabe, L. K., Villalobos, R., & Berumen, M. L. (2021). Patterns, Drivers, and Ecological Implications of Upwelling in Coral Reef Habitats of the Southern Red Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016493

2020

Tanabe, L. K., Ellis, J., Elsadek, I., & Berumen, M. L. (2020). Potential feminization of Red Sea turtle hatchlings as indicated by in situ sand temperature profiles. Conservation Science and Practice, 2(10). https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.266

Tietbohl, M. D., Hardenstine, R. S., Tanabe, L. K., Hulver, A. M., & Berumen, M. L. (2020). Intentional partial beaching in a coral reef fish: a newly recorded hunting behaviour of titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens. Journal of Fish Biology, 97(5), 1569–1572. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14513

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