Publications

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

Figgener, C., Bernardo, J., and P.T. Plotkin. 2019. Beyond trophic morphology: stable isotopes reveal ubiquitous versatility in marine turtle trophic ecology. Biological Reviews.
Figgener, C., Bernardo, J., and P.T. Plotkin. 2019. MarTurtSI, a global database of stable isotope analyses of marine turtles. Scientific Data 6: 16
Gallaway, B.J., Gazey, W.J., Caillouet, Jr., C.W., and P. T. Plotkin and 34 others. 2016. Development of a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Stock Assessment Model. Gulf of Mexico Science 33: 138-157
Wedemeyer-Strombel, K.R., Balazs, G.H., Johnson, J.B., Peterson, T.D., Wicksten, M.K. and P.T. Plotkin. 2015. High frequency of occurrence of anthropogenic debris ingestion by sea turtles in the North Pacific ocean. Marine Biology 162: 2079–2091.
Plotkin, P. and J. Bernardo. 2014. Sea turtle funding dries up. Science 343:484.
Plotkin, P.T. 2010. Nomadic behavior of the highly-migratory olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Endangered Species Research 13:33-40.
Plotkin, P.T. and J.R. Spotila. 2002. Post-nesting migrations of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta from Georgia, U.S.A.: Conservation implications for a genetically distinct sub-population. Oryx 36: 396-399
Spotila, J.R., Reina, R.D., Steyermark, A.C., Plotkin, P.T. and F.V. Paladino. 2000. Pacific leatherback turtles face extinction. Nature 405:529-530.
Plotkin, P.T. 1998. Interaction between behavior of marine organisms and the performance of satellite transmitters: A marine turtle case study. Marine Technology Society Journal 32:5-10.
Plotkin, P.T., Rostal, D.C., Byles, R.A. and D.W. Owens. 1997. Reproductive and developmental synchrony in female Lepidochelys olivacea. Journal of Herpetology 31:17-22.
Ortiz, R., Plotkin, P.T. and D.W. Owens. 1997. Predation on olive ridley sea turtles by the American crocodile at Playa Nancite, Costa Rica. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:585-587.
Plotkin, P.T., D.W. Owens, R.A. Byles, and R. Patterson. 1996. Departure of male olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) from a nearshore breeding area. Herpetologica 52:1-7.
Plotkin, P.T. 1996. Occurrence and diet of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:78-80.
Spotila, J.R., A.E. Dunham, A.J. Leslie, A.C. Steyermark, Plotkin, P.T. , and F.V. Paladino. 1996. Worldwide population decline of Dermochelys coriacea: Are leatherback turtles going extinct? Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:209-222.
Plotkin, P.T., R.A. Byles, D.C. Rostal, and D.W. Owens. 1995. Independent vs. socially facilitated migrations of the olive ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea. Marine Biology 122:137-143.
Plotkin, P.T., M.K. Wicksten, and A.F. Amos. 1993. Feeding ecology of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 115:1-5.
Amos, A.F. and P.T. Plotkin. 1990. Anthropogenic and natural debris on a south Texas barrier island beach. In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Marine Debris. pp. 367-368. NOAA TM-NMFS-SWFSC-154.

Recent Books & Book Chapters

Plotkin, P.T., A. Abreu-Grobois, and R. Briseño-Dueñas. 2012. Interpreting Signs of Olive Ridley Recovery in the Eastern Pacific. In: J.A. Seminoff and B.P. Wallace (eds.). Sea Turtles of the Eastern Pacific: Advances in Research and Conservation. pp. 302-335. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Plotkin, P.T. 2007. Near extinction and recovery. In: P.T. Plotkin (ed.). Biology and Conservation of Ridley Sea Turtles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Bernardo, J. and P.T. Plotkin. 2007. An evolutionary perspective on the arribada phenomenon and reproductive behavioral polymorphism of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). In: P. T. Plotkin (ed.). Biology and Conservation of Ridley Sea Turtles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Morreale, S.J., Plotkin, P.T., Shaver, D.J. and H.J. Kalb. 2007. Adult Migration and Habitat Utilization: Ridley Turtles in their Element. In: P.T. Plotkin (ed.). Biology and Conservation of Ridley Sea Turtles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Plotkin, P.T. 2003. Adult Migrations and Habitat Use. In: P. Lutz, J. Musick, and J. Wyneken (eds.). The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume II. pp. 225-241. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Mortimer, J.A., Donnelly, M. and P.T. Plotkin. 2000. Sea Turtles. In: C.R.C. Sheppard (ed.). Seas at the Millennium: An Environmental Evaluation. Volume III. Global Issues and Processes. pp. 59-71.Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, U.K.
Lutcavage, M., P. T. Plotkin, B. Witherington and P. Lutz. 1996. Human Impacts on Sea Turtle Survival. . In: P. Lutz and J. Musick (eds.). The Biology of Sea Turtles. pp. 387-409. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.