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Turtle in the Reef

Publications

2025

Barrios-Garrido, H., Tanabe, L.K., Vélez-Rubio, G.M., Ware, M, and Wildermann, N.E. (2025). Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science 2, 1548605. https://doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2024.1548605

2024

Cochran, J.E.M, ...Tanabe, L. K., ... Berumen, M. L. (2024). Fine-scale spatial and temporal trends in Red Sea coral reef research. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103404  

Williams, C.T.,...Tanabe, L.K.,...Berumen, M.L. (2024). Low diversity and abundance of predatory fishes in a peripheral coral reef ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10920 

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). As assessment of heavy metals in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings from Saudi Arabia's largest rookery, Ras Baridi. PeerJ. 10:e13928 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13928

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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