Publications

Ortiz-Alvarez C, Pajuelo M, Grados D, Abrego ME, Barragan-Rocha AR, Barrantes M, Cotto Sanchez A, Fonseca LG, Gadea Espinal V, Mangel JC, Rguez-Baron JM, Santidrian-Tomillo P, Sarti L, Santana-Hernandez H, Shillinger G, Prado M, Wallace B, Williard AS, Zavala-Norzagaray AA, Alfaro-Shigueto J. 2020. Rapid assessments of leatherback small-scale fishery bycatch in internesting areas in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:813 (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00813)

Laúd OPO Network. 2020. Enhanced, coordinated conservation efforts required to avoid extinction of critically endangered Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles. Scientific Reports 10:4772 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60581-7)
Ábrego ME, Acuña-Perales N, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Azócar J, Barragán Rocha AR, Baquero A, Cotto A, Darquea J, de Paz N, Donoso M, Dutton PH, Fonseca L, Gadea V, García D, Genovart M, Jimenez A, del Rosario Juárez M, López Sánchez KC, Mangel JC, Martínez Suzano ML, Miranda C, Ocampo E, Ordaz Becerra A, Ortiz-Alvarez C, Paladino FV, PasaraPolack A, Pingo S, Piedra Chacó R, Quiñones J, Rguez-Baron JM, Salas Jiménez JC, Salazar H, Santidrián Tomillo P, Sarti Martínez AL, Spotila JR, Tavera A, Urteaga J, Vallejo F, Velez E, Wallace BP*, Williard AS, Zárate PM.

Williard AS, Harden LA, Jones TT, Midway SR. 2019. Effects of temperature and salinity on body fluid dynamics and metabolism in the estuarine diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). The Journal of Experimental Biology 222, jeb202390. doi:10.1242/jeb.202390

Barco SG, Burt ML, DiGiovanni RA Jr, Swingle WM, Williard AS. 2018. Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta density and abundance in Chesapeake Bay and the temperate ocean  waters of the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Endangered Species Research 37: 269-287. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00917

Yang T, Haas HL, Patel S, Smolowitz R, James MC, Williard AS. 2018. Blood biochemistry and hematological values for migrating loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Northwest Atlantic. Conservation Physiology 7: coy079; doi:10.1093/conphys/coy079

Wildermann NE, Gredzens C, Avens L, Barrios-Garrido HA, Bell I, Blumenthal J, Bolten AB, Braun McNeill J, Casale P, Di Domenico M, Domit C, Epperly SP, Godfrey MH, Godley BJ, González-Carman V, Hamann M, Hart KM, Ishihara T, Mansfield KL, Metz TL, Miller JD, Pilcher NJ, Read MA, Sasso C, Seminoff JA, Seney EE, Williard AS, Tomás J, Vélez-Rubio GM, Ware M, Williams JL, Wyneken J, Fuentes MMPB. 2018. Informing research priorities for immature sea turtles through expert elicitation. Endangered Species Research 37: 55-76. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00916

Williard AS, Hall AG, Fujisaki I, McNeill JB. 2017. Oceanic overwintering in juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas from a temperate latitude feeding area. Marine Ecology Progress Series 564: 235-240. PDF

Barco S, Law M, Drummond B, Koopman H, Trapani C, Reinheimer S, Rose S, Swingle M, Williard AS. 2016. Loggerhead turtles killed be vessel and fisheries interactions in Virginia, USA are healthy prior to death. Marine Ecology Progress Series 555: 221-234. PDF

Chavez SJ, Williard AS. 2016. The effects of bycatch reduction devices on diamondback terrapin and blue crab catch in the North Carolina commercial crab fishery. Fisheries Research 186: 94-101. PDF

Williard AS, Parga M, Sagarminaga R, Swimmer Y. 2015. Physiological ramifications for loggerhead turtles captured in pelagic longlines. Biology Letters 11: 20150607. PDF

Harden LA, Midway SR, Williard AS. 2015. The blood biochemistry of overwintering diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 466: 34-41. PDF

Harden LA, Duernberger KA, Jones TT, Williard AS. 2014. Total body water turnover rates in the estuarine diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) during the transition from dormancy to activity. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 4406-4413. PDF

Casey JP, James MC, Williard AS. 2014. Behavioral and metabolic contributions to thermoregulation in freely swimming leatherback turtles at high latitudes. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 2331-2337. PDF

Williard AS. 2013. Physiology as Integrated Systems. In The Biology of Sea Turtles (Vol 3). Wyneken J, Lohmann K, and Musick J (eds). Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press. pp 1-30.

Harden LA, Williard AS. 2012. Using a spatially-explicit landscape risk model to investigate bycatch risk of terrapins in crab pots. Marine Ecology Progress Series 467: 207-217. PDF

DeGregorio B, Williard AS. 2011. Incubation temperatures and metabolic heating of relocated and in situ loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests at a northern rookery. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 10(1), 54-61. PDF

Southwood Williard A, Harden LA. 2011. Seasonal changes in thermal environment and metabolic enzyme activity in the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 158(4), 477-484. PDF

Casey JP, Garner J, Garner S, Southwood Williard A. 2010. Diel foraging behavior of gravid leatherback sea turtles in deep waters of the Caribbean Sea. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 3961-3971. PDF

Snoddy JE, Southwood Williard A. 2010. Movements and post-release mortality of juvenile sea turtles released from gillnets in the lower Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA. Endangered Species Research 12: 235-247. PDF

Goshe L, Avens L, Scharf F, Southwood A. 2010. Estimation of age at maturation and growth of Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas) using skeletochronology. Marine Biology 157: 1725-1740. PDF

Southwood A, Avens L. 2010. Physiological, behavioral, and ecological aspects of migration in reptiles.  Journal of Comparative Physiology B 180(1): 1-23. PDF

Snoddy J , Landon M, Blanvillain G, Southwood A. 2009. Blood biochemistry of sea turtles captured in gillnets in the lower Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(8): 1394-1401. PDF

Southwood A, Fritsches K, Brill R, Swimmer Y.  2008.  Sound, chemical, and light detection in sea turtles and pelagic fishes: sensory-based approaches to bycatch reduction in longline fisheries.  Endangered Species Research 5: 225-238. PDF

Southwood AL, Reina RD, Jones VS, Speakman JR, and Jones DR.  2006.  Seasonal metabolism of juvenile green turtles at Heron Island, Australia.  Canadian Journal of Zoology. 84 (3): 125-135 PDF

Southwood AL, Andrews RD, Paladino FV, and Jones DR.  2005.  Effects of diving and swimming behaviour on body temperatures of leatherback sea turtles in tropical seas.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 78(2): 285-297 PDF

Jones DR, Southwood AL, Andrews RD. 2004. Energetics of leatherback sea turtles. In Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology. Gordon MS and Bartol SM (eds). Berkley, CA. University of California Press. pp 66-82.

Southwood AL, Darveau CA, Jones DR.  2003.  Metabolic and cardiovascular adjustments of juvenile green turtles to seasonal changes in temperature and photoperiod.  Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 4521-4531 PDF

Southwood AL, Reina RD, Jones VS, and Jones DR.  2003.  Seasonal diving patterns and body temperatures of juvenile green turtles at Heron Island, Australia.  Canadian Journal of Zoology. 81(6): 1014-1024 PDF

Southwood AL, Andrews RD, Lutcavage ME, Paladino FV, West NH, George RH, and Jones DR.  1999.  Heart rates and diving behaviour of leatherback sea turtles in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.  Journal of Experimental Biology. 202: 1115-1125  PDF