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Turtle Biology and Conservation

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
BP Wallace
University of Colorado Boulder
2
Freya C. Womersley
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
3
Ciaran A. Hyde
University of the Sunshine Coast
4
Manuel Carrillo
Fundación Neumológica Colombiana
5
Pablo I. Plaza
National University of Comahue
6
Emily M. Duncan
University of Exeter
7
Lyndsey K. Tanabe
Nanyang Technological University
8
Jaya Krishnan
National Institutes of Health
9
Connie Y. Kot
NOAA National Ocean Service
10
Camila Miguel
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Rising Stars Papers

1
Pacific and Atlantic sea lion mortality caused by highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in South America
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease|2024
80 cit.
2
Updated global conservation status and priorities for marine turtles
Endangered Species Research|2025
37 cit.
3
Climate-driven global redistribution of an ocean giant predicts increased threat from shipping
Nature Climate Change|2024
25 cit.
4
Identifying priority sites for whale shark ship collision management globally
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
24 cit.
5
The threat of avian influenza H5N1 looms over global biodiversity
Nature Reviews Biodiversity|2025
21 cit.
6
Marine turtles as bio-indicators of plastic pollution in the eastern Mediterranean
Marine Pollution Bulletin|2024
11 cit.
7
Unsustainable production patterns and disease emergence: The paradigmatic case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
6 cit.
8
Wild Birds Affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A ( <scp>H5N1</scp> ) Worldwide: Epidemiological Insights Into the Recent Panzootic
Global Change Biology|2025
5 cit.
9
Do Whale Sharks Select for Specific Environments to Give Birth?
Ecology and Evolution|2025
2 cit.
10
Identifying a high-use hawksbill turtle habitat in the central Saudi Arabian Red Sea using photo-ID
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Nicolas Rohner
University of Münster
2
Jacques‐Olivier Laloë
Deakin University
3
James U. Van Dyke
La Trobe University
4
Todd E. Chandler
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
5
Njal Rollinson
University of Toronto
6
Laura Adamovicz
Urbana University
7
RB Mast
Oceanography Society
8
Carlos Carreras
Universitat de Barcelona
9
Benjamin C. Scheele
Australian National University
10
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia
Fondazione Centro Marino Internazionale

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species
Endangered Species Research|2023
106 cit.
2
Enhanced lipogenesis through Pparγ helps cavefish adapt to food scarcity
Current Biology|2022
65 cit.
3
Genome-wide analysis of cis-regulatory changes underlying metabolic adaptation of cavefish
Nature Genetics|2022
44 cit.
4
The metabolome of Mexican cavefish shows a convergent signature highlighting sugar, antioxidant, and Ageing-Related metabolites
eLife|2022
43 cit.
5
Can a present-day thermal niche be preserved in a warming climate by a shift in phenology? A case study with sea turtles
Royal Society Open Science|2023
40 cit.
6
Updated global conservation status and priorities for marine turtles
Endangered Species Research|2025
37 cit.
7
Changes in mean body size in an expanding population of a threatened species
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2022
36 cit.
8
Metabolic reprogramming underlies cavefish muscular endurance despite loss of muscle mass and contractility
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2023
36 cit.
9
Climate warming and sea turtle sex ratios across the globe
Global Change Biology|2023
32 cit.
10
Liver-derived cell lines from cavefish Astyanax mexicanus as an in vitro model for studying metabolic adaptation
Scientific Reports|2022
26 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Graeme C. Hays
Deakin University
2
Brendan J. Godley
University of Sharjah
3
Richard Shine
Macquarie University
4
Fredric J. Janzen
Iowa State University
5
Peter H. Dutton
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
6
J. Whitfield Gibbons
University of Georgia
7
Karen A. Bjorndal
Sea Turtle Conservancy
8
Alan B. Bolten
Sea Turtle Conservancy
9
James R. Spotila
Drexel University
10
Ronald J. Brooks
University of Guelph

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Climate change and marine plankton
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|2005
1.2k cit.
2
Invasion and the evolution of speed in toads
Nature|2006
1k cit.
3
Declining Amphibian Populations: The Problem of Separating Human Impacts from Natural Fluctuations
Science|1991
753 cit.
4
?Costs? of reproduction in reptiles
Oecologia|1980
693 cit.
5
Visualizing and quantifying natural selection
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|1995
681 cit.
6
Thermal melanism in ectotherms
Journal of Thermal Biology|2007
656 cit.
7
Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century
Endangered Species Research|2010
637 cit.
8
Sexual Selection and Sexual Dimorphism in the Amphibia
Copeia|1979
631 cit.
9
An evolutionary process that assembles phenotypes through space rather than through time
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2011
599 cit.
10
Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1994
581 cit.

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