Publications of
Matthew H. Godfrey


 

Scientific papers, etc.
(click on the PDF symbol to download an electronic copy of each paper)

 

PDF McClellan, C.M., A.J. Read, B.A. Price, W.M. Cluse, & M.H. Godfrey (2009). Using telemetry to mitigate the bycatch of long-lived marine vertebrates Ecological Applications 19: 1660-1671.

PDF Campbell, L.M., J.J. Silver, N.J. Gray, S. Ranger, A. Broderick, T. Fisher, M.H. Godfrey, S. Gore, J. Jeffers, C. Martin, A. McGowan, P. Richardson, C. Sasso, L. Slade & B. Godley (2009). Co-management of sea turtle fisheries: Biogeography versus geopolitics Marine Policy 33: 137-145.

PDF Sagarin, R., J. Carlsson, M. Duval, W. Freshwater, M.H. Godfrey, W. Litaker, R. Muñoz, R. Noble, T. Schultz & B. Wynne (2009). Bringing molecular tools into environmental resource mnagement: untangling the molecules to policy pathway PLoS Biology 7: e69.

PDF Hawkes, L.A., A.C. Broderick, M.H. Godfrey & B.J. Godley (2009). Climate change and marine turtles Endangered Species Research 7: 137-154.

PDF Hulin, V., V. Delmas,M. Girondot, M.H. Godfrey & J.M. Guillon (2009). Temperature-dependent sex determination and global change: are some species at greater risk? Oecologia 160: 493-506.

PDF Godley, B.J., Blumenthal, J.M., Broderick, A.C., Coyne, M.C., Godfrey, M.H., Hawkes, L.A. and Witt, M.J. (2008). Satellite tracking of sea turtles: where have we been and were do we go next? Endangered Species Research 3: 1-20.

PDF Hulin, V., Girondot, M., Godfrey, M.H. and Guillion, J.-M. (2008). Mixed and uniform brood sex ratio strategy in turtles: the facts, the theory, and their consequences? In Biology of Turtles (Eds. J. Wyneken, M.H. Godfrey, and V. Bels), pp. 279-300, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Press.

PDF Godfrey, M.H., D.L. Roberts & B.J. Godley (2008). Taking it as red: an introduction to the Theme Section on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Endangered Species Research 6: 109-111.

PDF Godfrey, M.H. & B.J. Godley (2008). Seeing past the red: flawed IUCN global listings for sea turtles Endangered Species Research 6: 155-159.

PDF Mrosovsky, N. & M.H. Godfrey (2008). The path from grey literature to Red Lists Endangered Species Research 6: 185-191.

PDF Hawkes, L.A., Broderick, A.C., Godfrey, M.H., and Godley, B.J. (2007). Investigating the potential impacts of climate change on a marine turtle population. Global Change Biology 9: 923-932.

PDF Girondot, M., Godfrey, M.H., Ponge, L. and Rivalan, P. (2007). Modeling approaches to quantify leatherback nesting trends in French Guiana and Suriname. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 6: 37-46.

PDF Cornelius, S.E., Arauz, R., Fretey, J., Godfrey, M.H., Marquez-M., R., and Shanker, K. (2007). Effect of land-based harvest of Lepidochelys. In Biology and Conservation of Ridley Sea Turtles (Ed. P.T. Plotkin), pp. 231-251, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

PDF Frazier, J., Arauz, R., Chevalier, J., Formia, A., Fretey, J., Godfrey, M.H., Marquez-M., R., Pandav, B., and Shanker, K. (2007). Human-turtle interactions at sea. In Biology and Conservation of Ridley Sea Turtles (Ed. P.T. Plotkin), pp. 253-295, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

PDF Godfrey, M.H., Webb, G.J.W., Manolis, S.C., and Mrosovsky, N. (2007). Hawksbill sea turtles: can phylogenetics inform harvesting? Molecular Ecology 16: 3511–3513.

PDF Stewart, K., Johnson, C., and Godfrey, M.H. (2007). The minimum size of leatherbacks at reproductive maturity, with a review of sizes for nesting females from the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins Herpetological Journal 17: 123–128.

PDF Godfrey, M.H. and Mrosovsky, N. (2006). Pivotal temperature for green sea turtles,Chelonia mydas, nesting in Suriname. Herpetological Journal 16: 55-61.

PDF Hawkes, L.A., Broderick, A.C., Coyne, M.S., Godfrey, M.H., Lopez-Jurado, L.-F., Lopez-Suarez, P., Merino, S.E., Varo-Cruz, N. and Godley, B.J. (2006). Phenotypically linked dichotomy in sea turtle foraging requires multiple conservation approaches. Current Biology 16: 990-995.

PDF Girondot, M., Rivalan, P., Wongsopawiro, R., Briane, J-P., Hulin, V., Caut, S., Guirlet, E. and Godfrey, M.H. (2006). Phenology of marine turtle nesting revealed by statistical model of the nesting nesting season. BMC Ecology 6: 11.

PDF Hawkes, L.A., Broderick, A.C., Godfrey, M.H. & Godley, B.J. (2005). Status of nesting loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta at Bald Head Island (North Carolina, USA) after 24 years of intensive monitoring and conservation. Oryx 39: 65-72.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Chevalier J. (2004). The status of olive ridley sea turtles in the West Atlantic. Report prepared for the IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group 22pp.

PDF Godfrey, M. H., Delmas, V. and Girondot, M. (2003). Assessment of patterns of temperature-dependent sex determination using maximum likelihood model selection. Ecoscience 10: 265-272.

PDF Godley, B. J., Lima, E., Akesson, S., Broderick, A. C., Glen, F., Godfrey, M. H., Luschi, P. and Hays, G. C. (2003). Movement patterns of green turtles in Brazilian coastal waters described by satellite tracking and flipper tagging. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 253, 279-288.

PDF Maros, A., Louveaux, A., Godfrey, M. H. and Girondot, M. (2003). Scapteriscus didactylus (Orthoptera, Gryllotalpidae), predator of leatherback turtle eggs in French Guiana. Marine Ecology Progress Series 249: 289-296.

PDF Miller, J.D., Limpus, C.L. and Godfrey, M.H. (2003). Nest site selection, oviposition, eggs, development, hatching, and emegence of loggerhead sea turtles. In Ecology and Conservation of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Eds. Bolten, A.B. and Witherington, B.E.), pp. 125-143. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

PDF Moraes-Neto, M., D'Amato, A. F., Santos, A. S. and Godfrey, M. H. (2003). Retrieval of an esophageal foreign body (fish hook) using esophagostomy in an olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 13: 26-28.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Pedrono, M. (2002). Marine turtles: what about reintroduction? Kachhapa 6: 1-5.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Drif, O. (2002). Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea): size. Herpetological Review 33: 200-201.

PDF Girondot, M., Tucker, A. D., Rivalan, P., Godfrey, M. H. and Chevalier, J. (2002). Density-dependent nest destruction and population fluctuations of Guianan leatherback turtles. Animal Conservation 5: 75-84.

PDF Campbell, L. M., Godfrey, M. H. and Drif, O. (2002). Community-based conservation via global legislation? Limitations of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 5, 121-143.

PDF Santos, A. S. and Godfrey, M. H. (2001). Caretta caretta and Eretmochelys imbricata: Predation. Herpetological Reveiw 32: 37.

PDF Marcovaldi, M. Â., Gallo, B. G., Lima, H. M. S. and Godfrey, M. H. (2001). Nem tudo que cai na rede é peixe: an environmental education initiative to reduce mortality of marine turtles caught in artisanal fishing nets in Brazil. In Ocean Yearbook (Eds. Borgese, E. M., Chricop, A. and MCConnell, M.), pp. 246-256. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Mrosovsky, N. (2001). Relative importance of thermal and nonthermal factors on the incubation period of sea turtle eggs. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4: 217-218.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Drif, O. (2001). Developing sea turtle ecotourism in French Guiana: perils and practicalities. Marine Turtle Newsletter 91: 1-4.

PDF Bellini, C., Godfrey, M. H. and Sanches, T. M. (2001). Tag loss in wild juvenile hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles. Herpetological Reveiw 32: 172-174.

PDF Marcovaldi, M. A., Vieitas, C. F. and Godfrey, M. H. (1999). Nesting and conservation management of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in northern Bahia, Brazil. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3: 301-307.

PDF Mrosovsky, N., Baptistotte, C. and Godfrey, M. H. (1999). Validation of incubation duration as an index of the sex ratio of hatchling sea turtles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 831-835.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Mrosovsky, N. (1999). Estimating hatchling sex ratios. In Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles (Eds. Eckert, K. L., Bjorndal, K. A., Abreu-Grobois, F. A. and Donnelly, M.), pp. 136-138: IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group.

PDF Godfrey, M. H., D'Amato, A. F., Marcovaldi, M. A. and Mrosovsky, N. (1999). Pivotal temperature and predicted sex ratios for hatchling hawksbill turtles from Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 1465-1473.

PDF Chevalier, J., Godfrey, M. H. and Girondot, M. (1999). Significant difference of temperature-dependent sex determination between French Guiana (Atlantic) and Playa Grande (Costa-Rica, Pacific) leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea). Annales des Sciences Naturelles 20: 147-152.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Barreto, R. (1998). Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle) copulation. Herpetological Review 29: 40-41.

PDF Marcovaldi, M. A., Godfrey, M. H. and Mrosovsky, N. (1997). Estimating sex ratios of loggerhead turtles in Brazil from pivotal incubation durations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 755-770.

PDF Larsen, E., Monks, S., Stone, J.R., Marques, F., Godfrey, M.H., Pearson, R. and Brooks, D.R. (1997). Shared domains of interest for developmental biologists and phylogeneticists. Journal of Comparative Biology 2: 137-141.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Mrosovsky, N. (1997). Estimating the time between hatching of sea turtles and their emergence from the nest. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2: 581-585.

PDF Godfrey, M.H., Barreto, R. and Mrosovsky, N. (1997). Metabolically generated heat of developing eggs and its potential effect on sex ratio of sea turtle hatchlings. Journal of Herpetology 31: 616-619.

PDF Godfrey, M.H. (1997). Sex ratios of sea turtle hatchlings: direct and indirect estimates. PhD Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Canada, 199pp.

PDF Godfrey, M.H., Barreto, R. and Mrosovsky, N. (1996). Estimating past and present sex ratios of sea turtles in Suriname. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 267-277.

PDF Godfrey, M.H. (1996). Ethology and sea turtle conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11: 433-434.

PDF Bobryzynska, K., Godfrey, M.H. and Mrosovsky, N. (1996). Serotenergic stimulation and nonphotic phase shifts in hamsters. Physiology and Behavior 59: 221-230.

PDF Mrosovsky, N., Lavin, C. and Godfrey, M.H. (1995). Thermal effects of condominiums on a turtle beach in Florida. Biological Conservation 74: 151-156.

PDF Godfrey, M. H. and Barreto, R. (1995). Beach vegetation and seafinding orientation of turtle hatchlings. Biological Conservation 74: 29-32.

PDF Mrosovsky, N. and Godfrey, M.H. (1995). Manipulating sex ratios: turtle speed ahead! Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1: 238-240.

PDF Janik, D., Godfrey, M. and Mrosovsky, N. (1994). Phase angle changes of photically entrained circadian rhythms following a single nonphotic stimulus. Physiology & Behavior 55:103-107.

PDF Godfrey, M.H. and Mrosovsky, N. (1994). Simple method of estimating mean incubation temperatures on sea turtle beaches. Copeia 1994: 808-811.

 

 


 

Book reviews, etc.
(click on the PDF or WWW symbol to access an electronic copy of each review)

 

PDF REVIEW: Clemmons, J.R. & R. Buccholz (editors). 1997. Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild. Cabridge University Press. Reviewed in Trends and Ecology and Evolution (1997) 12: 372.

WWW REVIEW: Klemmons, M.W. (editor). 2000. Turtle Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press. Reviewed in Marine Turtle Newsletter (2002) 98: 20-22.

WWW REVIEW: Wyneken, J. 2002. The Anatomy of Sea Turtles. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-470 (available here). Reviewed in Marine Turtle Newsletter (2003) 99: 23-24.

WWW REVIEW: Cruz, Edison (Sr.) 2000. The Saga of the Sea Turtle. Turtle Kraals Museum. Reviewed in Marine Turtle Newsletter (2004) 104: 23-25.

WWW REVIEW: Various.  2003. Celebrate the Sea. Marine Conservation Society and Cheltenham & Gloucester. Reviewed in Marine Turtle Newsletter (2004) 104: 23-25.

WWW VIDEO REVIEWS: The Killing Fields: Orissa’s Appalling Turtle Crisis and Aamakaar, The Turtle People. Reviewed in Marine Turtle Newsletter (2005) 107: 20-21.

WWW REVIEW: Spotila, J.R.  2004. Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation. Johns Hopkins University Press. Reviewed in Marine Turtle Newsletter (2005) 108: 28-29.

WWW REVIEW: D.J. Brazier. 2007. Last of the Leatherbacks. Matador Press. Reviewed in Marine Turtle Newsletter (2008) 119: 17.

 

 

 


 

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