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Accepted

• Ramirez, MD, KW McMahon, N Rooney, RW El-Sabaawi, and JK Baum. (in press). Resilient trophic pathways in carnivorous reef fishes across a major human disturbance gradient. Journal of Animal Ecology

• McMichael, E, J Fonseca, and MD Ramirez. (in press). Reducing threats to sea turtles: marine development. in Fuentes et al. (Eds.), Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtle. 2nd Edition. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group. IUCN Press.

• Ramirez, MD, L Avens, and RP van Dam. (in press). Measuring growth. in Fuentes et al. (Eds.), Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtle. 2nd Edition. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group. IUCN Press.

• Vander Zanden, H, L Cardona, SA Ceriani, H Hatase, MD Ramirez, CN Turner Tomaszewicz, and JA Seminoff. (in press). Stable isotope approaches to examine sea turtle ecology. in Fuentes et al. (Eds.), Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtle. 2nd Edition. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group. IUCN Press.

• Seminoff, JA, SA Ceriani, GE Lemons, MD Ramirez, CN Turner Tomaszewicz. (in press). Techniques in preservation and preparation of sea turtle tissues for stable isotope analysis. in Fuentes et al. (Eds.), Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtle. 2nd Edition. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group. IUCN Press.

 

2023

​(12) Fuentes, MPB, E McMichael, CY Kot, I Silver-Gorges, BP Wallace, BJ Godley, AML Brooks, SA Ceriani, AA Cortés-Gómez, TM Dawson, KL Dodge, M Flint, MP Jensen, LM Komoroske, S Kophamel, MD Lettrich, CA Long, SE Nelms, AR Patrício, NJ Robinson, JA Seminoff, M Ware, ER Whitman, D Chevallier, CE Clyde-Brockway, SA Korgaonkar, A Mancini, JM Fonseca, JR Monsinjon, I Neves-Ferreira, AA Ortega, SH Patel, JB Pfaller, MD Ramirez, C Raposo, CE Smith, FA Abreu-Grobois, GC Hays. 2023. Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and ways forward. Endangered Species Research 52: 303–341. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01278  [PDF download]​

(11) Ramirez, MD, L Avens, AB Meylan, DJ Shaver, AR Stahl, PA Meylan, JM Clark, LN Howell, BA Stacy, WG Teas, and KW McMahon. 2023. Dietary plasticity linked to divergent growth trajectories in a critically endangered sea turtle. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1050582. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1050582  [PDF download]​

2021​

(10) Ramirez, MD, AC Besser, SD Newsome, and KW McMahon. 2021. Meta-analysis of primary producer amino acid δ15N values and their influence on trophic position estimation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12: 1750-1767 (Cover Paper). https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13678  [PDF download]​

(9) Avens, L, MD Ramirez, LR Goshe, J Clark, A Meylan, D Shaver, and M Godfrey. 2021. Hawksbills in US water: life stage durations, somatic growth patterns, age at maturation, and trophic dynamics. Endangered Species Research 45: 127–145. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01123  [PDF download]​

(8) Ramirez, MD, T Popovska*, and EA Babcock. 2021. Global synthesis of sea turtle von Bertalanffy growth parameters through Bayesian hierarchical modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13544  [PDF download]​

2020

(7) Avens, L, MD Ramirez, AG Hall, ML Snover, H Haas, MH Godfrey, M Cook, and SS Heppell. 2020. Regional differences in Kemp’s ridley sea turtle growth and maturation trajectories. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13507  [PDF download]​

(6) Ramirez, MD, L Avens, LR Goshe, ML Snover, M Cook, HL Haas, and SS Heppell. 2020. Regional environmental drivers of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle somatic growth variation. Marine Biology. 167:146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03754-2  [PDF download]​

(5) Ramirez, MD, L Avens, LR Goshe, ML Snover, M Cook, and SS Heppell. 2020. Regional variation in Kemp’s ridley sea turtle diet composition and its potential relationship with somatic growth. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:253. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00253  [PDF download]​

2015–2019​

(4) Ramirez, MD, JA Miller, E Parks*, L Avens, LR Goshe, JA Seminoff, ML Snover, and SS Heppell. 2019.  Reconstructing sea turtle ontogenetic habitat shifts through trace element analysis of bone tissue. Marine Ecology Progress Series 608: 247-262. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12796  [PDF download]​

(3) Ramirez, MD, L Avens, JA Seminoff, LR Goshe, and SS Heppell. 2017. Growth dynamics of loggerhead sea turtles undergoing ontogenetic habitat shifts. Oecologia 183 (4): 1087-1099. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-3832-5  [PDF download]​

(2) Ramirez, MD, L Avens, JA Seminoff, LR Goshe, and SS Heppell. 2015. Patterns of loggerhead turtle ontogenetic shifts revealed through isotopic analysis of annual skeletal growth increments. Ecosphere 6 (11): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00255.1  [PDF download]​

(1) Turner Tomaszewicz, C, JA Seminoff, MD Ramirez, and CM Kurle. 2015. Effects of demineralization on the stable isotope analysis of bone samples. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 29 (20): 1879-1888. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.7295  [PDF download]​