Japanese Loggerhead research
Important Journal publications

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ON NORTH PACIFIC LOGGERHEADS PLEASE GO TO GEORGE BALAZS’ SITE

Polovina J. J., Kobayashi D. R., Ellis D. M., Seki M. P., Balazs G. H. 2000. Turtles on the edge: Movement of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) along oceanic fronts in the central North Pacific, 1997-1998. Fish. Oceanogr 9(1): 71-82.

Polovina, J. J., E. Howell, D. M. Parker, and G.H. Balazs. 2003. Dive-depth distribution of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific: Might deep longline sets catch fewer turtles? Fish. Bull. 101(1):189-193.

Chaloupka, M., D. Parker, and G. Balazs. 2004. Modelling post-release mortality of loggerhead sea turtles exposed to the Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 280:285-293.

Polovina, J. J., G.H. Balazs, E. A. Howell, D. M. Parker, M. P. Seki, and P. H. Dutton. 2004. Forage and migration habitat of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific Ocean. Fish. Oceanogr. 13(1): 36-51.

Polovina, J., I. Uchida, G. Balazs, E. A. Howell, D. Parker, and P. Dutton. 2006. The Kuroshio Extension bifurcation region: A pelagic hotpot for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles. Deep Sea Research Pt II: Top. Studies Oceanography 53(3-4):326-339.

Howell, E. A., D. R. Koyabashi, D. M. Parker, G.H. Balazs, and J. J. Polovina. 2008. TurtleWatch: A tool to aid in the bycatch reduction of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in the Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery. Endang. Species Res. 5:267-278.

Kobayashi, D. R., J. J. Polovina, D. M. Parker, N. Kamezaki, I.-J. Cheng, I. Uchida, P. H. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs. 2008. Pelagic habitat characterization of loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the North Pacific Ocean (1997-2006): Insights from satellite tag tracking and remotely sensed data. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 356:96-114.

Howell, E. A., P. H. Dutton, J. J. Polovina, H. Bailey, D. M. Parker, and G.H. Balazs. 2010. Oceanographic influences on the dive behavior of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Pacific Ocean. Mar. Biol. 157:1011-1026.

Kobayashi, D. R., I.-J. Cheng, D. M. Parker, J. J. Polovina, N. Kamezaki, and G. H. Balazs. 2011. Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) movement off the coast of Taiwan: characterization of a hotspot in the East China Sea and investigation of mesoscale eddies. ICES J. Mar. Sci. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsq185.

Abecassis M., I. Senina, P. Lehodey, P. Gaspar, D. Parker, G. Balazs and J. Polovina. 2013. A model of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) habitat and movement in the oceanic North Pacific. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73274. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073274

Kobayashi D. R.,R. Farman, J. J. Polovina, D. M. Parker, M. Rice, and G. H. Balazs. 2014. ‘‘Going with the flow’’ or not: evidence of positive rheotaxis in oceanic juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the South Pacific Ocean using satellite tags and ocean circulation data. PLoS ONE 9(8): e103701. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0103701

Parker, D. M., G. H. Balazs, M. R. Rice and S. M. Tomkeiwicz. 2014. Variability in Reception Duration of Dual Satellite Tags on Sea Turtles Tracked in the Pacific Ocean. Micronesica 2014-03, 8 pp. Published online 26 June 2014. uogedu.siteprotect.net/up/micronesica/2014.