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Sea turtles across the North Pacific are exposed to perfluoroalkyl substances

June 15, 2021
Author(s)
Cathryn Wood, George H. Balazs, Marc Rice, Thierry M. Work, T. T. Jones, Eleanor Sterling, Tammy Summers, John Brooker, Lauren Kurpita, Cheryl King, Jennifer Lynch
Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) are global, persistent, and toxic contaminants. We assessed PFAS concentrations in green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) turtles from the North Pacific. Fifteen compounds were quantified via

Microplastic Spectral Classification Needs an Open Source Community: Open Specy to the Rescue!

May 19, 2021
Author(s)
Win Cowger, Gray Andrew, Chelsea Rochman, Sebastian Primpke, Jennifer Lynch, Hannah Hapich, Hannah De Frond, Keenan Munno
Microplastic pollution research has suffered from inadequate data and tools for spectral (Raman and infrared) classification. Spectral matching tools often are not accurate for microplastics identification and are cost-prohibitive. Lack of accuracy stems

Species and population specific gene expression in blood transcriptomes of marine turtles

May 13, 2021
Author(s)
Shreya M. Banerjee, Jamie A. Stoll, Camryn D. Allen, Jennifer Lynch, Heather Harris, Lauren Kenyon, Eleanor Sterling, Eugenia Naro-Maciel, Kate McFadden, Margaret Lamont, James Benge, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Scott Benson, Rebecca L. Lewison, Tomoharu Eguchi, T. T. Jones, Peter Dutton, George H. Balazs, Lisa M. Komoroske
Background Transcriptomic data has demonstrated utility to advance the study of physiological diversity and organisms' responses to environmental stressors. However, a lack of genomic resources and challenges associated with collecting high-quality RNA can

TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN BLOOD AND SCUTE TISSUES FROM WILD AND CAPTIVE HAWAIIAN GREEN SEA TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS)

October 16, 2020
Author(s)
Katherine Shaw, Jennifer Lynch, George H. Balazs, T. T. Jones, Jeff Pawloski, Marc Rice, Amanda French, Jing Liu, David Klein
Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) are exposed to trace elements through water, sediment, and food. High concentrations of elements have been shown to decrease immune function, impair growth, and decrease reproduction in wildlife. This study

Assessment of plastic ingestion by pole-caught pelagic predatory fish around Oahu, Hawaii

October 1, 2020
Author(s)
K D. Hyrenbach, Zora McGinnis, Kathleen Paige, Dan Rapp, F. D. Horgen, Jennifer Lynch
While the occurrence of plastic ingestion in the large-sized dolphinfish and tunas taken by the Hawaii longline fishery is very low ( 5 %), the ingestion rates for the smaller fish caught with pole-and-line have not been documented. This study examined

Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries

November 11, 2019
Author(s)
Jamison Gove, Jonathan Whitney, Margaret McManus, Joey Lecky, Felipe Carvalho, Jennifer Lynch, Jiwei Li, Philipp Neubauer, Jana Phipps, Donald Kobayashi, Karla Balagso, Emily Contreras, Mark Manuel, Mark Merrifield, Jeffrey Polovina, Gregory Asner, Jeffrey Maynard, Gareth Williams
Life for many of the world's marine fish begins at the ocean surface. Ocean conditions dictate food availability and govern survivorship, yet little is known about the habitat preferences of larval fish during this highly vulnerable life-history stage

Plastic Marine Debris Polymers in the Hawaiian Islands: Beach, Sea Surface, and Seafloor

October 2, 2019
Author(s)
Kayla C. Brignac, Melissa R. Jung, Cheryl King, Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Lauren Blickley, Megan Lamson, James Potemra, Jennifer Lynch
Identifying the polymer type of plastic marine debris is crucial for understanding sources, fate, transport, and effects of this emerging global contaminant in the environment. This is the first study to assess the polymeric differences of plastic marine

Polymer Identification of Plastic Debris Ingested by Pelagic-phase Sea Turtles in the Central Pacific

September 12, 2018
Author(s)
Melissa R. Jung, George H. Balazs, Thierry M. Work, T. T. Jones, Sara Orski, Viviana Rodriguez, Kathryn Beers, S. A. Abriola, K. D. Hyrenbach, Brenda A. Jensen, Jennifer Lynch
Pelagic Pacific sea turtles eat large quantities of plastic. We identified the polymers ingested by 37 olive ridley, 9 green and 4 loggerhead sea turtles caught as bycatch in Pacific longline fisheries using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Chronic Debilitation in Stranded Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Southeastern United States: Morphometrics and Clinicopathological Findings

July 10, 2018
Author(s)
Nicole Stacy, Jennifer Lynch, Michael D. Arendt, Larisa Avens, Joanne Braun McNeill, Carolyn Cray, Russell D. Day, Craig A. Harms, A. M. Lee, Margie Peden-Adams, Kelly Thorvalson, Al L. Segars, Terry Norton
Chronically debilitated loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) (DT) are characterized by emaciation, lethargy, and heavy barnacle coverage. We examined and sampled 43 DTs from North Carolina to Florida for a broad suite of health variables using