CURRICULUM VITAE – APRIL 2018

GEORGE H. BALAZS

PRESENT Global Independent Sea Turtle Scientist PROFESSIONAL STATUS:

AFFILIATIONS: Golden Honu Services of Oceania

China/ Aloha Alliance for Marine Turtle Conservation and Research

POSTAL MAILING: 992 Awaawaanoa Place , Hawaii 96825

Cellular: +1-808-683-8402 Email: [email protected]

PAST PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

2015-2017 Hawaii Senior Sea Turtle Scientist Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program NOAA, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu, Hawaii

1983-2015 Leader, Marine Turtle Research Program NOAA, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu, Hawaii

1980-1983 Fishery Biologist NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service Honolulu, Hawaii

1976-1980 Assistant Marine Biologist Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii Kaneohe, Hawaii

1971-1976 Junior Marine Biologist Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii Kaneohe, Hawaii

Balazs CV Page 2 of 60 HONORS AND AWARDS:

Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sea Turtle Society, 2012

NOAA 30-Year Service Award, 2013

Kay Gray Award of the British Chelonia Group, 2011

Hawaii County Council Sea Turtle Scientific Contributions Award, 2008

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Award for Research and Restoration of Sea Turtles, 2008

Kau Preservation Mahalo Mai Ka Honu’ea Award, 2008

Honolulu City and County Merit Award for Sea Turtle Conservation and Research, 2005

National Wildlife Federation Conservation Special Achievement Award, 2004

NOAA Employee of the Year Award, 2001

Bronze Medal, NOAA, Department of Commerce, 2000

Bronze Medal, NOAA, Department of Commerce, 1994

Research Funding Awards: USD$450,000 - $860,000 annually from US Senator Daniel K. Inouye Congressional Initiatives and NOAA Programmatic Funding, 1986-2013 World Wildlife Fund, 1981 University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, 1977-79 State of Hawaii Office of Marine Affairs Coordinator, 1976-79 National Geographic Society, 1976-79 New York Zoological Society, 1973-74

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

International Sea Turtle Society, Treasurer / Board of Directors, 2017-2022

International Sea Turtle Society, Board of Directors, 2012-2017

Co-curator, Hawaii Region of PDF Global Sea Turtle Library, 2013-present

Member, Marine Turtle Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 1976-present

Co-chair for Oceania Region Marine Turtle Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 1999-2006; 2012-present

Deputy Chairman, Marine Turtle Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 1990-1998

Member, U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Team, 1992-1998

Leader, Hawaiian Sea Turtle Recovery Team, 1985-1996

President, Hawaii Audubon Society, 1981

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EDUCATION:

Master of Science - Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii, 1969 Bachelor of Science - Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii, 1967

RELEVANT WEBSITES:

SERVICE ON SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES:

Protected Species Advisory Committee, Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee, 2014 – present

Co-Lead for China/USA Sea Turtle Working Group of Living Marine Resources Initiative, 2014-present

Global Green Turtle Status Review Team, 2012-2015

Sea Turtle Advisory Committee, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, 2005 – 2013

Editorial Board, Marine Turtle Newsletter, 2003-present

Scientific Advisor, Regional Marine Turtle Conservation Program of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, 1990-present

NOAA-Pacific Region Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 2009-2012

Scientific Advisory Committee of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, 1988-1998

Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation, 1979-1980

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (422 Authored and Coauthored papers):

McDermid K.J., R. Jha, M.R. Rice, and G.H. Balazs. 2018. Of turtles and trees: Nutritional analysis of tree heliotrope (Heliotropium foertherianum) leaves consumed by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii. Micronesica 2018-02, 1-11.

Balazs G.H., D.M. Parker, and M.R. Rice. 2018. Ocean Pathways and residential foraging locations for satellite tracked green turtles breeding at French Frigate Shoals in the Hawaiian Islands, Micronesica 2017-04, 1-19.

Mazaris, A.D., C. Gkazinou, V. Almpanidou, and G.H. Balazs. 2018. The sociology of sea turtle research: evidence on a global expansion of co-authorship networks. Biodivers. Conserv.

Balazs CV Page 4 of 60 Jung, M.R., F.D. Horgen, S.V. Orski, V. Rodriguez, K.L. Beers, G.H. Balazs, T.T. Jones, T.M. Work, K.C. Brignac, S-J Royer, K.D. Hyrenbach, B.A. Jensen, and J.M. Lynch. 2018. Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms. Marine Pollution Bulletin 127 (2018) 704-716.

Ng, C.K.Y., J.C.W. Lam, X.H. Zhang, H.X. Gu, T.H. Li, M.B. Ye, Z.R. Xia, F.Y. Zhang, J.X. Duan, W.X. Wang, I.K.S. Lam, G.H. Balazs, K.S. Lam, and M.B. Murphy. 2018. Levels of trace elements, methylmercury and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in foraging green turtles in the South China region and their conservation implications. Environmental Pollution 234 (2018) 735-742.

Kittle, R.P., K.J. McDermid, L. Muehlstein, and G.H. Balazs. 2018. Effects of glyphosate herbicide on the gastrointestinal microflora of Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas) Linnaeus. Marine Pollution Bulletin 127 (2018) 170-174.

Clukey, K.E., C.A. Lepczyk, G.H. Balazs, T.M. Work, Q.X. Li, M.J. Bachman, and J.M. Lynch. 2018. Persistent organic pollutants in fat of three species of Pacific pelagic longline caught sea turtles: Accumulation in relation to ingested plastic marine debris. Science of the Total Environment.

Ng, C.K.Y., P.H. Dutton, H. Gu, T.H. Li, M.B. Ye, Z.R. Xia, F.Y. Zhang, J.X. Duan, C.K. Hsu, G.H. Balazs, and M.B. Murphy. 2017. Regional conservation implications of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) genetic stock composition in China. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 2017, 16(2).

Work, T. M., J. Dagenais, T.M. Weatherby, G.H. Balazs, and M. Ackermann. 2017. In Vitro replication of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 in organotypic skin cultures from Hawaiian green turtles. Journal of Virology, Volume 91, Issue 17.

Li, T.H., W-L. Hsu, Y-C. Lan, G.H. Balazs, T.M. Work, C-T. Tseng, and C-C. Chang. 2017. Identification of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) in endangered green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomatosis in Asia. Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 93, Number 4, pp. 1011-1022(12).

Clukey, K.E, C.A. Lepczyk, G.H. Balazs, T. M. Work, and J. M. Lynch. 2017. Investigation of plastic debris ingestion by four species of sea turtles collected as bycatch in pelagic Pacific longline fisheries. Marine Pollution Bulletin 120 (2017) 117-125.

Kuo, F-W, C.K.Y., T. Fan, C.K.Y. Ng, Y. Cai, G.H. Balazs, and T-H Li. 2017. Tale of the unlucky tags: the story of a rescued, rehabilitated, and released green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in southern Taiwan. Bulletin of Marine Science, 93(3).

Balazs, G.H., K.Y. Ng, T.C. Wang, Y.W. Tsai, J.W. Zeng, C.J. Hung, and H.Y. Wang. 2016. Turtles, people, temples and Gods: Cultural adventures at Xiao Liuqiu Island building connections for conservation between Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Hawaii. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Ng, C.K.Y., P.O. Ang, D.J. Russell, G.H. Balazs, and M.B. Murphy. 2016. Marine macrophytes and plastics consumed by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hong Kong, South China Sea Region. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 15(2): 289-292.

Goshe, L.R., M.L. Snover, A.A. Hohn, and G.H. Balazs. 2016. Validation of back-calculated body lengths and timing of growth mark deposition in Hawaiian green sea turtles. Ecology and Evolution. Balazs CV Page 5 of 60

Alfaro-Nunez, A., A.M. Bojesen, M.F. Bertelsen, N. Wales, G.H. Balazs, and M.P. Gilbert. 2016. Further evidence of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) latency: high levels of ChHV5 DNA detected in clinically healthy marine turtles. PeerJ.

Piacenza, S.E., G.H. Balazs, S.K. Hargrove, P.M. Richards, and S.S. Heppell. 2016. Trends and variability in demographic indicators of a recovering population of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas. Endangered Species Research.

Harris, H.S., S. Benson, M. James, K. Martin, B. Stacy, P. Daoust, P. Rist, T.M. Work, G.H. Balazs, and J. Seminoff. 2016. Validation of ultrasound as a noninvasive tool to measure subcutaneous fat depth in leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine.

Hargrove, S., T. Work, S. Brunson, A.M. Foley, and G. Balazs. 2016. Proceedings of the 2015 International Summit on Fibropapillomatosis: Global Status, Trends, and Population Impacts. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-054.

Christiansen, F., N.F. Putman, R. Farman, D.M. Parker, M.R. Rice, J.J. Polovina, G.H. Balazs, G.C. Hays. 2016. Spatial variation in directional swimming enables juvenile sea turtles to reach and remain in productive waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Briscoe D.K., D.M. Parker, S. Bograd, E. Hazen, K. Scales, G.H. Balazs, M. Kurita, T. Saito, H. Okamoto, M. Rice, J.J. Polovina, and L.B. Crowder. 2016. Multi-year tracking reveals extensive pelagic phase of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the North Pacific. Movement Ecology.

Briscoe D.K., D.M. Parker, G.H. Balazs, M. Kurita, T. Saito, H. Okamoto, M. Rice, J.J. Polovina, and L.B. Crowder. 2016. Active dispersal in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) during the 'lost years'. ProcRSocLondB 283: 20160690. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0690.

Oki, K., T. Arata, C. K. Ng, D. Parker and G. Balazs. 2016. Satellite tracking of a loggerhead and a green turtle nesting individuals in Amami-oshima. In Proceedings of Japanese Sea Turtle Symposium in Inchinomiya, Japan.

Balazs, G.H. 2016. A lifelong relationship with Hawaiian and French Polynesian green turtles, 1963-2016. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2016, Lima, Peru.

Briscoe D.K., C. Turner-Tomasewicz, G. Balazs, S. Bograd, E. Hazen, M. Kurita, C. Kurle, H. Okamoto, D. Parker, J. Polovina, M. Rice, T. Saito, K. Scales, J. Seminoff, and L.B. Crowder. 2016. Thermal corridor connects central north pacific loggerhead sea turtles to Baja California, Mexico. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2016, Lima, Peru.

Briscoe D.K., G. Balazs, S. Bograd, E. Hazen, M. Kurita, H. Okamoto, D. Parker, J. Polovina, M. Rice, T. Saito, K. Scales, and L.B. Crowder. 2016. Environmental influences on the trans-oceanic migrations of north pacific loggerhead sea turtles. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2016, Lima, Peru.

Balazs CV Page 6 of 60 Clukey K.E., C. A. Lepczyk, G. Balazs, T. Work, J. M. Lynch 2016. Assessment of plastic ingestion and organic pollutants in sea turtles across the Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2016, Lima, Peru.

Frey A., P.H. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs. 2016. Green turtles nesting on the main Hawaiian islands; Insights from genetic relatedness analysis. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2016, Lima, Peru.

Ng, C.K., T. LI, G. H. Balazs, and M.B. Murphy. 2016. Satellite tracking of rehabilitated sea turtles in the South China Sea. Proceedings of Animal Behavior and Ecology Congress at Taichung, Taiwan. January 2016.

Balazs, G.H. 2016. Forward for “Fibropapillomatosis tumors at Honokowai: Underwater observations with potential broad application, by P. Bennett and U. Keuper-Bennett. Mar. Turt. News.

Clukey, K.E., C.A. Lepczyk, G. Balazs, T. Work, Q. Li, and J.M. Lynch 2016. Assessment of Plastic Ingestion and Persistent Organic Pollutant Concentrations in Sea Turtles from the Pelagic Realm of the Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Society of Environmental and Chemical World Congress 2016, Orlando, Florida.

Jang, S., M.Y. Kim, T. Kim, D.M. Parker, G.H. Balazs, H. Ko, B.Y. Kim 2016. Sea turtle monitoring and tracking in the sea of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea in 2015. Proceedings of the Korean Federation of Fisheries Science and Technology Societies, October 2016.

Jim, E., L. Jim, R. Silverman, G.H. Balazs, C. Punihaole, and M. Rice. 2016. Na Honu O Kahalu’u: A community based research project. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2016, Lima, Peru.

Kelly, I.K., M. Ramsey, K. Kawamoto, G. Balazs, E. Miyamoto, and S. Welch. 2016. Fishing around sea turtles: Best-practice suggestions for recreation shore-based fisherman in Hawaii. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2016, Lima, Peru.

Balazs, G.H. 2015. Testimony on NOAA proposed rule listing of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). www.Regulations.Gov, Tracking No. 1jz-8Lc574f, 9/25/2015.

Balazs, G.H., and L.R. Balazs. 2015. Fall and rise of the Hawaiian honu: A 50-year witness to cultural conservation change. Proceedings of the Hawaii Conservation Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, August 2015.

Balazs, G.H., L.R. Balazs, and C. Ng. 2015. Phoenix rising from the ashes: 42-year history of changing ecology and restoration of the Hawaiian green turtle. Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 2015, Dalaman, Turkey.

Balazs, G.H., M. Rice, D. Parker, and J. Polovina. 2015. Ships of opportunity: Releasing satellite-tagged loggerheads on the high-seas to study their pelagic ecology. Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 2015, Dalaman, Turkey. Balazs CV Page 7 of 60 Hagemann M., G. Balazs, I. Nurzia-Humburg, and T. Lopez. 2015. Skeletons in our closet: Sea turtle specimens at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Hawaii. Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 2015, Dalaman, Turkey.

Parker D.M., L. FU, H. GU, T. LI, W. LIU, R. LO, M. Murphy, Y. WANG, Z-R XIA, F. YEH, B. Yeh, T. Work, J. Wang, S. Brunson, C-L FONG, C. NG, J. Seminoff, and G. Balazs. 2015. China-USA 2014 Workshop in Hawaii: Moving forward into the future with trust and friendship to advance sea turtle research and Conservation. Proceedings of the Thirty- Fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 2015, Dalaman, Turkey.

Balazs, G., D. Parker, J. Gorman, J. Luecke, and J. Pawloski. 2015. Settling down in Hawaii: adaptation of captive-bred green turtles (Chelonia mydas) released from the Maui Ocean Center. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 145:22-26.

Parker, D.M., G.H. Balazs, K. Frutchey, E. Kabua, M. Langridrik & K. Boktok. 2015. Conservation considerations revealed by the movements of post-nesting green turtles from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Micronesica 2015-03, 9 pp. Published online 31 October 2015. http://micronesica.org/volumes/2015

Saito, T., M. Kurita, H. Okamoto, I. Uchida, D. Parker, and G. Balazs. 2015. Tracking male loggerhead turtle migrations around southwestern Japan using satellite telemetry. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2015 14 (1), 82-87

Russell D. and G.H. Balazs. 2015. Increased use of non-native algae species in the diet of the green turtle in a primary pasture ecosystem in Hawaii. AEHM. Seminoff, J. et al., G. Balazs and 15 coauthors. 2015. Status review of the green turtle under the Endangered Species Act. NOAA TM SWFSC- 539. 571p.

Schuyler, Q.A., C. Wilcox, K.A. Townsend, K.R. Wedemeyer-Strombel, G. Balazs, E. van Sebille, and B.D. Hardesty. 2015. Risk analysis reveals global hotspots for marine debris ingestion by sea turtles. Global Change Biology.

Davenport, J., T.T. Jones, T.M. Work, and G.H. Balazs. 2015. Topsy-turvy: turning the counter-current heat exchange of leatherback turtles upside down. Biology Letters.

Work T., G. Balazs, T. Summers, J. Hapdei, and A. Tagarino. 2015. Causes of mortality in green turtles from Hawaii and the insular Pacific exclusive of fibropapillomatosis. Vol. 115, Dis. Aquat.Org.

McDermid K.J., J.A. Lefebvre, and G.H. Balazs. 2015. Nonnative seashore Paspalum, Paspalum vaginatum (Poaceae), consumed by Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas): Evidence for nutritional benefits. Pacific Science.

Wedemeyer-Strombel, K.R., G.H. Balazs, J.B. Johnson, T.D. Peterson, M.K. Wicksten, and P.T. Plotkin. 2015. High frequency of occurrence of anthropogenic debris ingestion by sea turtles in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology.

Balazs CV Page 8 of 60 Balazs G.H. and T.M. Work. 2015. Pathways for marine turtle conservation research: Editorial. Marine Turtle Newsletter, 144.

Work, T.M., J. Dagenais, R. Breeden, A. Schneemann, J. Sung, B. Heiw, G.H. Balazs, and J.M. Berestecky. 2015. Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) have novel asymmetrical antibodies. J. Immunology.

Balazs G.H., K.S., Van Houtan, S.A. Hargrove, S.M. Brunson, and S.K. Murakawa. 2015. A Review of the Demographic Features of Hawaiian Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas). Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 14(2) 119-129.

Ng, K.Y., T-H Chen, and G.H. Balazs. 2014. Flying Fish Egg Harvest off Keelung, Taiwan Uncovers Occurrence of Pelagic-Phase Green Turtles. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 143, 2014.

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

Kolinski, S.P., J. Cruce, D.M. Parker, G.H. Balazs and R. Clarke. 2014. Migrations and conservation implications of post-nesting green turtles from Gielop Island, Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesica 2014-04, uogedu.siteprotect.net/up/micronesica/2014.

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.

Parker, D.M., C. King, M. Rice, and G. Balazs 2014. First use of a GPS satellite tag to track a post-nesting hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Hawaiian Islands with an indication of possible mortality. Marine Turtle Newsletter 142:10-13

Yeh F.C., G.H. Balazs, D.M. Parker, C.K. Ng, and H.T. Shi 2014. Novel use of satellite tracking as a forensic tool to determine foraging ground of a rescued green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Marine Turtle Newsletter 142:1-3

Balazs, G.H. 2014. Forward for “A Time Apart.” Mar.Turt.News. 140:14-16.

Davenport, J., T.T. Jones, T.M. Work, and G.H. Balazs. 2014. Unique characteristics of the trachea of the juvenile leatherback turtle facilitate feeding, diving, and endothermy. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 450 (2014), 40-46.

Dutton, P.H., G.H. Balazs, and A. Frey. 2014. Hawaiian nesting range shift offers rare learning opportunity. SWOT. 9:22-23.

Davenport, J., T.T. Jones, T.M. Work, and G.H. Balazs. 2014. Pink spot, white spot: The pineal skylight of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea Vandelli 1761) skull and its possible role in the phenology of feeding migrations. JEMBE.

Balazs CV Page 9 of 60 Pfaller, B., J. Alfaro-Shigueto, G.H. Balazs, T. Ishihara, K. Kopitsky, J.C. Mangel, S.H.Peckham, A.B. Bolten, and K.A. Bjorndal. 2014. Hitchhikers reveal cryptic host behavior: new insights from the association between Planes major and sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology.

Keller, J.M., G.H. Balazs, F. Nilsen, M. Rice, T.M. Work, and B.A. Jensen. 2014. Investigating the potential role of persistent organic pollutants in Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Fibropapillomatosis. Environmental Science & Technology.

Work, T.M., J. Dagenais, G.H. Balazs, N. Schettle, and M. Ackerman. 2014. Dynamics of virus shedding and in situ confirmation of Chelonid Herpesvirus 5 in Hawaiian green turtles with fibropapillomatosis. Veterinary Pathology.

Nurzia Humburg, I. and G.H. Balazs. 2014. Forty Years of Research: Recovery records of green turtles observed or originally tagged at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1973-2013. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-40.

Balazs, G.H., K. Ng, T. Wang, Y. Tsai, J. Zeng, C. Hung, and H. Wang. 2014. Turtles, people, temples, and gods: Cultural adventures at Xiao Liuqiu Island building connections for conservation between Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Hawaii. In Abstract of Poster Presentations of the Thirty-fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-17, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Keller, J.M., G.H. Balazs, M.R. Rice, T.M. Work, E. Sterling, F. Arengo, K. McFadden, F. Nilsen, B. Jensen, R.S. Pugh, and P.R. Becker. 2014. Update of the biological and environmental monitoring and archival of sea turtle tissues (BEMAST) project: sample archive and contaminant analysis. In Abstract of Poster Presentations of the Thirty-fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-17, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Lee, S.H., M.R. Rice, and G.H. Balazs. 2014. A novel use of an ancient Hawaiian fishpond by green turtles (Chelonia mydas). In Abstract of Poster Presentations of the Thirty-fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-17, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Schock, T.B., J. Keller, M. Rice, G.H. Balazs, and D.W. Bearden. 2013. Metabotyping of a protected non-model organism, green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), using 1H NMF spectroscopy and optimized plasma methods for metabolomics. Current Metabolomics, 1(4):279-290.

Work, T.W. and G.H. Balazs. 2013. The insidious menace of fibropapillomatosis. The Wildlife Professional – Health and Disease, Fall 2013.

Abecassis, M., I. Senina, P. Lehodey, P. Gaspar, D. Parker, G.H. Balazs, and J. Polovina. 2013. A model of loggerhead sea turtle habitat and movement in the Oceanic North Pacific. PLoS ONE, Vol.8, Issue 9, e73274.

Balazs CV Page 10 of 60 Balazs, G.H., R. Morris, and J. Pawloski. 2013. An effective and safe technique to PIT tag hatchling green turtles captive bred at Sea Life Park Hawaii. In T. Tucker, L. Belskis, A. Panagopoulou, A. Rees, M. Frick, K. Williams, R. LeRoux, and K. Stewart (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 5-8, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, p. 214. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Balazs, G.H., K. Ng, H.X. Gu, and F. Zhang. 2013. The Xunliao Guangdong Province experience: Releasing sea turtles for restocking and conservation awareness in China. In T. Tucker, L. Belskis, A. Panagopoulou, A. Rees, M. Frick, K. Williams, R. LeRoux, and K. Stewart (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 5-8, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, p. 36-37. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Francke, D., S.A. Hargrove, E.W. Vetter, C.D. Winn, G.H. Balazs, K.D. Hyrenbach. 2013. Behavior of juvenile green turtles in a coastal neritic habitat: Validating time-depth- temperature records using visual observations. JEMBE. 444: 55-65.

Frey A., P.M. Dutton and G.H. Balazs. 2013. Insights on the demography of cryptic nesting by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the main Hawaiian Islands from genetic relatedness analysis. JEMBE. 442:80-87.

Harris, H., S. Benson, M. James, K. Martin, B. Stacy, C. Innis, J. Cavin, P.Y. Daoust, P. Rist, T. Work, G. Balazs, and J. Seminoff. 2013. Validation of ultrasonography as a noninvasive diagnostic tool to measure subcutaneous fat depth in leatherback turtles. In T. Tucker, L. Belskis, A. Panagopoulou, A. Rees, M. Frick, K. Williams, R. LeRoux, and K. Stewart (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 5-8, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, p. 11-12. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Keller, J.M., G.H. Balazs, B.A. Jensen, F. Nilsen, M.R. Rice, and T.M. Work. 2013. A preliminary screening of persistent organic pollutant concentrations in Hawaiian green turtle plasma in relation to fibropapillomatosis. In T. Tucker, L. Belskis, A. Panagopoulou, A. Rees, M. Frick, K. Williams, R. LeRoux, and K. Stewart (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 5-8, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, p. 13. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Piacenza, S., G.H. Balazs, S. Hargrove, P.M. Richards, and S.S. Heppell. 2013. Developing quantitative tools to evaluate recovery in green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas: A research prospectus. In T. Tucker, L. Belskis, A. Panagopoulou, A. Rees, M. Frick, K. Williams, R. LeRoux, and K. Stewart (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 5-8, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, p. 236. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Roden, S.E., P.A. Morin, A. Frey, G.H. Balazs, P. Zarate, I.J. Cheng, and P.H. Dutton. 2013. Green turtle population structure in the Pacific: new insights from single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites. Endang. Species Res. 20:227-234.

Work, T.W. and G.H. Balazs. 2013. A simple humane method to euthanize a sea turtle. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 136:5-6.

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Ackermann, M., M. Koriabine, F. Hartmann-Fritsch, P. J. de Jong, T.D. Lewis, N. Schetle, T.M. Work, J. Dagenais, G.H. Balazs, J.C. Leong. 2012. The genome of chelonid herpesvirus 5 harbors atypical genes. PLoS ONE 7(10):e46623, 15p.

Kurita, M., T. Saito, H. Okamoto, M. Soichi, N. Kamezaki, and G.H. Balazs. 2012. Captive breeding of hawksbill turtle and attempt to return them to wild. 8th International Aquarium Congress.

Snover, M.L., G.H. Balazs, S.K.K. Murakawa, S.K. Hargrove, M.R. Rice, and W.A. Seitz. 2012. Age and growth rates of Hawaiian hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) using skeletochronology. Mar. Biol. – online.

Arthur, K., B. Popp, S. Hargrove, G. Balazs, S. Benson, and J. Seminoff. 2011. Compound specific stable nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids: new insight into turtle ecology. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San Diego, California, p. 131. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-631.

Clarke, D. L., G. Balazs, and S. Hargrove. 2011. Hawaiian green turtles up and down the Anahulu River. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San Diego, California, p. 139. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-631.

Frey, A. P. H. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs 2011. Insights into the nesting ecology of green turtles in the main Hawaiian Islands derived from genetic analysis. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San Diego, California, p. 218. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-631.

Hargrove, S. and G. Balazs. 2011. Coming of age: four decades of tagging sheds light on time to maturity for Hawaiian green turtles. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San Diego, California, p. 42. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-631.

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.

Kobayashi, D. R., R. Farman, D. M. Parker, J. J. Polovina, A. S. Ren, M. Rice, and G.H. Balazs. 2011. Pelagic habitat characterization of loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, in the South Pacific Ocean (2008-2009): insights from satellite tag tracking and environmental data. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San Diego, California, p. 156. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-631.

Lavretsky, P., T.M. Truong, A.E. McGowin, G.H. Balazs, and J.L. Peters. 2011. New primers reveal the presence of a duplicate histone H3 in the marine turtle leech Ozobranchus branchiatus. Conservation on Genetics Resources. DOI.1007/s12686-011- 9581-6. Balazs CV Page 12 of 60

Naro-Maciel, E., E. J. Sterling, F. Arengo, G.H. Balazs, A. Gómez, K. Homes, K. McFadden, and E. Vintinner. 2011. Satellite tracking green turtles of the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Central Pacific. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San Diego, California, p. 165. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-631.

Parker, D. M., P. M. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs. 2011. Oceanic diet and distribution of haplotypes for the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the central North Pacific. Pac. Sci. 65(4):419-431.

Peckman, S. H., D. Maldonaldo-Diaz, Y. Tremblay, R. Ochoa, J. Polovina, G. Balazs, P. H. Dutton, and W. J. Nichols. 2011. Demographic implications of alternative foraging strategies in juvenile loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta of the North Pacific Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 425:269-280.

Rice, M. and G. Balazs. 2011. Survey of basking green turtles at Midway Atoll. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San Diego, California, p. 171. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-631.

Russell, D. F., S. Hargrove, and G.H. Balazs. 2011. Marine sponges, other animal food and non-food items found in the digestive tracts of the herbivorous marine turtle Chelonia mydas in Hawai’i.

Snover, M. L., A. A. Hohn, L. R. Goshe, and G.H. Balazs. 2011. Validation of annular skeletal marks in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas using tetracycline labeling. Aquat. Biol. 12:197-204.

Santos, R. G., A. S. Martins, J. D. Farias, P. A. Horta, H. T. Pinheiro, E. Torezani, C. Baptistotte, J. A. Seminoff, G.H. Balazs, and T. M. Work. 2011. Coastal habitat degradation and green sea turtle diets in Southeastern Brazil. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 62(6):1297-1302.

Wabnitz, C. C. C., G. Balazs, S. Beavers, K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, V. Christensen, M. Coll, and D. Pauly. 2011. Contrasting the role of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Caribbean and Hawaiian reef ecosystems. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San Diego, California, p. 181. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-631.

Santos, R. G., A. S. Martins, E. Torezani, C. Baptistotte, J. D. N. Farias, P. A. Horta, T. M. Work, and G.H. Balazs. 2010. Relationship between fibropapillomatosis and environmental quality: a case study with Chelonia mydas off Brazil. Dis. Aquat. Org. 89:87-95.

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.

Balazs CV Page 13 of 60 Tiwari, M., G.H. Balazs, and S. Hargrove. 2010. Estimating carrying capacity at the green turtle nesting beach of East Island, French Frigate Shoals. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 419:289-294.

Van Houtan, K. S., S. K. Hargrove, G.H. Balazs. 2010. Land use, macroalgae, and a tumor-forming disease in marine turtles. PLoS ONE 5(9):e12900, 9p.

Wabnitz, G. Balazs, S. Beavers, K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, V. Christensen, S. Hargrove, and D. Pauly. 2010. Ecosystem structure and processes at Kaloko Honokōhau, focusing on the role of herbivores, including the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas, in reef resilience. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 420:27-44.

Work, T. M. and G.H. Balazs. 2010. Pathology and distribution of sea turtles landed as bycatch in the Hawaii-based North Pacific pelagic longline fishery. J. Wildl. Dis. 46(2):422-432.

Chaloupka, M., G.H. Balazs, and T. M. Work. 2009. Rise and fall over 26 years of a marine epizootic in Hawaiian green sea turtles. J. Wildl. Dis. 45(4):1138-1142.

Frey, A., P.H. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs. 2009. Use of Microsatellite markers for evaluating the relatedness among green turtle nests found on the main Hawaiian Islands. In L. Belskis, M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, A. Rees, and K. Williams (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 17-19, 2009, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, p. 171. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-630.

Lehodey, P., I. Senina, J. Jouanno, F. Royer, P. Gaspar, B. Calmettes, M. Abécassis, J. Polovina, G. Balazs, M. Lutcavage, and J. Sibert. 2009. Mercator-Vert: Extension towards marine resources. Mercator Ocean Quarterly Newsletter 35:30-38.

Parker, D. M., G.H. Balazs, C. S. King, L. Katahira, and W. Gilmartin. 2009. Short-range movements of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from nesting to foraging areas within the Hawaiian Islands. Pac. Sci. 63(3):371-382.

Russell, D. F. and G.H. Balazs 2009. Dietary shifts by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Kane‛ohe Bay region of the Hawaiian Islands: A 28-year study. Pac. Sci. 63(2):181-192.

Work, T. M., J. Dagenais, G.H. Balazs, J. Schumacher, T. D. Lewis, J-A. C. Leong, R. N. Casey, and J. W. Casey. 2009. In vitro biology of fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus and host cells in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). J. Gen. Virol. 90(8):1943-1950.

Arthur, K. and G.H. Balazs. 2008. A comparison of immature green turtle (Chelonia mydas) diets among seven sites in the main Hawaiian islands. Pac. Sci. 62(2):205-217.

Arthur, K., C. Limpus, G. Balazs, A. Capper, J. Udy, G. Shaw, U. Keuper-Bennett, and P. Bennett. 2008. The exposure of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) to tumour promoting compounds produced by the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula and their potential role in the aetiology of fibropapillomatosis. Harmful Algae 7(1):114-125. Balazs CV Page 14 of 60

Chaloupka, M. and G.H. Balazs. 2008. Modelling the behaviour of green sea turtle population dynamics in the Hawaiian Archipelago using long-term studies. In H. Kalb, A. S. Rohde, K. Gayheart, and K. Shanker (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, January 18-22, 2005, Savannah, Georgia, p. 23. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-582.

Chaloupka, M., D. Parker, and G. Balazs. 2008. Modelling post-release mortality of pelagic loggerhead sea turtles exposed to the Hawaii- based longline fishery. In H. Kalb, A. S. Rohde, K. Gayheart, and K. Shanker (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, January 18-22, 2005, Savannah, Georgia, p. 55. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-582.

Chaloupka, M., T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, S. K. K. Murakawa, and R. Morris. 2008. Cause-specific temporal and spatial trends in green sea turtle strandings in the Hawaiian Archipelago (1982-2003). Mar. Biol. 154(5):887-898.

Chaloupka, M., K. A. Bjorndal, G.H. Balazs, A. B. Bolten, L. M. Ehrhart, C. J. Limpus, H. Suganuma, S. Troeeng, and M. Yamaguchi. 2008. Encouraging outlook for recovery of a once severely exploited marine megaherbivore. Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 17(2):297-304.

Dutton, P. H., G.H. Balazs, R. A. LeRoux, S. K. K. Murakawa, P. Zarate, and L. S. Martínez. 2008. Composition of Hawaiian green turtle foraging aggregations: mtDNA evidence for a distinct regional population. Endang. Species Res. 5:37-44.

Estes, J. M., G. Balazs, and T. Wibbels. 2008. Evaluation of incubation temperatures in green turtle nests at French Frigate Shoals, Northwest Hawaiian Islands. In R. B. Mast, B. J. Hutchinson, and A. H. Hutchinson (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-29, 2004, San Jose, Costa Rica, p. 123. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-567.

Estes, J., T. Wibbels, G. Balazs, S. Murakawa, J. Pawloski, and R. Lenzi. 2008. Multi-year evaluation of hatchling sex ratios of Hawaiian green sea turtles. In A. F. Rees, M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, and K. Williams (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-28, 2007, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, p. 123. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-569.

Graciela, T. P., G. Balazs, D. Parker, and R. B. Gamboa. 2008. The adventures of three green turtles crossing the Gulf of Mexico (post-nesting migrations of green sea turtles in Lechuguillas, Veracruz-Mexico). In R. B. Mast, B. J. Hutchinson, and A. H. Hutchinson (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-29, 2004, San Jose, Costa Rica, p. 199. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-567.

Hansen, L. P. Zarate, O. Chassin, G. Balazs, L. Sarti, and P. H. Dutton. 2008. Stock structure and gene flow among green turtle nesting populations in the eastern Pacific based on microsatellite analysis. In R. B. Mast, B. J. Hutchinson, and A. H. Hutchinson (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-29, 2004, San Jose, Costa Rica, p. 128. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-567. Balazs CV Page 15 of 60

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.

Kubis, S. T. Work, S. Murakawa, and G. Balazs. 2008. An alternative method for assessing body condition of Hawaiian green turtles. In A. F. Rees, M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, and K. Williams (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-28, 2007, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, p. 21-22. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-569.

LeRoux, R. A., G.H. Balazs, and P. H. Dutton. 2008. Stock composition of sea turtles caught in the Hawaii-based longline fishery using mtDNA genetic analysis. In R. B. Mast, B. J. Hutchinson, and A. H. Hutchinson (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-29, 2004, San Jose, Costa Rica, p. 136. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-567.

Parker, D. M. and G.H. Balazs. 2008. Diet of the oceanic green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the North Pacific. In H. Kalb, A. S. Rohde, K. Gayheart, and K. Shanker (comps.) Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, January 16-22, 2005, Savannah, Georgia, p. 94-95. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC- 582.

Polovina, J. J., G.H. Balazs, E. A. Howell, D. M. Parker, M. P Seki, and P. H. Dutton. 2008. Foraging hot spots and migration corridors for loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the oceanic North Pacific. In R. B. Mast, B. J. Hutchinson, and A. H. Hutchinson (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-29, 2004, San Jose, Costa Rica, p. 84. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-567.

Rice, M. R. and G.H. Balazs. 2008. Diving behavior of the Hawaiian green turtle (Chelonia mydas) during oceanic migrations. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 356(1-2):121-127.

Schroeder, B., L. Ehrhart, D. Bagley, M. Coyne, A. Foley, G. Balazs, and B. Witherington. 2008. Migratory routes and resident areas of adult female and male Florida green turtles. In A. F. Rees, M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, and K. Williams (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-28, 2007, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, p. 59-60. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-569.

Van Dam, R. P., C. E. Diez, G.H. Balazs, L. A. C. Colón, W. O. McMillan, and B. Schroeder. 2008. Sex-specific migration patterns of hawksbill turtles breeding at Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Endang. Species Res. 4(1-2):85-94.

Balazs CV Page 16 of 60 Work, T. M., G.H. Balazs, R. A. Rameyer, and R. M. Morris. 2008. Retrospective pathology survey of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian Islands, 1993-2003. In H. Kalb, A. S. Rohde, K. Gayheart, and K. Shanker (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, January 18-22, 2005, Savannah, Georgia, p. 38-39. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-582.

Chaloupka, M. and G. Balazs. 2007. Using Bayesian state-space modeling to assess the recovery and harvest potential of the Hawaiian green sea turtle stock. Ecol. Modell. 205:93-109.

Formia, A. S. Deem, A. Billes, S. Ngouessono, R. Parnell, R. Collins, G.-P. Sounguet, A. Gibudi, A. Villarubia, G.H. Balazs, and T. R. Spraker. 2007. Fibropapilllomatosis confirmed in Chelonia mydas in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 116:20-22.

McDermid, K. J., B. Stuercke, and G.H. Balazs. 2007. Nutritional composition of marine plants in the diet of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Hawaiian Islands. Bull. Mar. Sci. 81(1):55-71.

Van Dam R. P., C. E. Diez, G.H. Balazs, L. A. Colon, W. O. McMillan, and B. Schroeder. 2007. Sex-specific migration patterns of hawksbill turtles breeding at Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Endang. Species Res. 3(1):1-10.

Zardus, J. D. and G.H. Balazs. 2007. Two previously unreported barnacles commensal with the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1958), in Hawaii and a comparison of their attachment modes. Crustaceana 80(11):1303-1315.

Arthur, K. E., C. J. Limpus, and G.H. Balazs. 2006. The toxic Cyanobacteria Lyngbya majuscula in the diet of green turtle (Chelonia mydas). In N. J. Pilcher (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 17-21, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, p. 246-248. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-536.

Arthur, K. E., C. J. Limpus, G.H. Balazs, J. W. Udy, and G. R. Shaw. 2006. Ecotoxicology of the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula and the potential exposure of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, to tumour promoting compounds. In M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, A. F. Rees, and K. Wiliams (comps.), Twenty-sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Consevation, Book of Abstracts, April 3-8, 2006, Island of Crete, Greece, p. 46. International Sea Turtle Society, Athens, Greece.

Balazs, G. H. and M. Chaloupka. 2006. Recovery trend over 32 years at the Hawaiian green turtle rookery of French Frigate Shoals. Atoll Research Bulletin 543:147-158.

Eames, S. E., G.H. Balazs, T. M. Work, R. A. Rameyer, D. M. Parker, and S. K. K. Murakawa. 2006. Organ weights of green turtles stranded in the Hawaiian Islands, p. 210-212. In N. J. Pilcher (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 17-21, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-536.

Balazs CV Page 17 of 60 Estes, J., G. Balazs, and T. Wibbels. 2006. Hatchling sex ratios of Hawaiian green sea turtles. In M. Frick, A. Panagopoulou, A. F. Rees, and K. Wiliams (comps.), Twenty-sixth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Consevation, Book of Abstracts, April 3-8, 2006, Island of Crete, Greece, p. 370. International Sea Turtle Society, Athens, Greece.

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.

Zardus, J. D. and G.H. Balazs. 2006. Form follows function in mode of attachment for barnacles commensal with sea turtles. Integrative Comparative Biol. 46:E161.

Zug, G. R., M. Chaloupka, and G.H. Balazs. 2006. Age and growth in olive ridley seaturtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) from the north-central Pacific: A skeletochronological analysis. Mar. Ecol. 27(3):263-270.

Anderson, Y. C., J. Landsberg, G.H. Balazs, and R. Carthy. 2005. The relationship between the potential tumor-promoting dinoflagellates Prorocentrum spp. and green turtle fibropapillomatosis: Preliminary results of a comparison between Hawaii and Florida. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 95. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

Balazs, G. H., G. L. Nakai, S. Hau, M. J. Grady, and W. G. Gilmartin. 2005. Year 2000 nesting of a captive-reared Hawaiian green turtle tagged and released as a yearling. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 100-102. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

Balazs, G. H., M. R. Rice, N. Hoffman, S. K. K. Murakawa, D. M. Parker, and R. J. Shallenberger. 2005. Green turtle foraging and resting habitats at Midway Atoll: Significant findings over 25 years, 1975-2000. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 102-104. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

Chaloupka, M. and G. Balazs 2005. Modelling the effect of fibropapilloma disease on the somatic growth dynamics of Hawaiian green sea turtles. Mar. Biol. 147(5):1251-1260.

Greenblatt, R. J., S. L. Quackenbush, R. N. Casey, J. Rovnak, G.H. Balazs, T. M. Work, J. W. Casey, and C. A. Sutton. 2005. Genomic variation of fibropapilloma-associated marine turtle herpesvirus across seven geographic areas and three host species. J. Virol. 79(2):1125-1132.

Greenblatt, R. J., T. M. Work, P. Dutton, C. A. Sutton, T. R. Spraker, R. N. Casey, C. E. Diez, D. Parker, J. St. Leger, G.H. Balazs, and J. W. Casey. 2005. Geographic variation in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 36(3):527- 530.

Balazs CV Page 18 of 60 Keuper-Bennett, U., P. Bennett, and G.H. Balazs. 2005. The eyes have it: Manifestation of ocular tumours in the green turtle ohana of Honokowai, West Maui. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 74-76.. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

Parker, D. M., W. J. Cooke, and G.H. Balazs. 2005. Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific. Fish. Bull. 103:142-152.

Parker, D. M., G.H. Balazs, S. K. K. Murakawa, and J. J. Polovina. 2005. Post-hooking survival of sea turtles taken by pelagic longline fishing in the North Pacific. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 50-52. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

Parker, D. M., P. Dutton, S. Eckert, D. R. Kobayashi, J. J. Polovina, D. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs. 2005. Transpacific migration along oceanic fronts by loggerhead turtles released from Sea World San Diego. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 280-281. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

Pepi, V. E., L. A. Woodward, T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, J. R. Carpenter, and S. Atkinson. 2005. Green turtle fibropapillomatosis (GTFP): Correlations with egg production, hatching success, and body condition at French Frigate Shoals. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 270-271. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-528.

Quaintance, J. K., M. R. Rice, and G.H. Balazs. 2005. Monitoring sea turtle basking behavior with remote video cameras. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 282-283. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-528.

Rice, M. R., G.H. Balazs, and D. Zatz. 2005. Seaturtlecam: Live interactive video feed of basking Hawaiian green turtles. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 297-298. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

Seaborn, G. T., M. K. Moore, and G.H. Balazs 2005. Depot fatty acid composition in immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) residing at two near-shore foraging areas in the Hawaiian Islands. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part B(140):183-195.

Balazs CV Page 19 of 60 Vasconcelos P., J., G.H. Balazs, C. Peñaflores S., D. M. Parker, and E. Albavera. 2005. Tracking the migration in oceanic waters of two Olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea after they nested at La Escobilla Beach, Oaxaca, Mexico. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 271-273. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

Work, T. M., G.H. Balazs, J. L. Schumacher, and A. Marie. 2005. Epizootiology of spirorchiid infection in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii. J. Parasitol. 91(4):871-876.

Balazs, G. H. and M. Chaloupka. 2004. Thirty-year recovery trend in the once depleted Hawaiian green sea turtle stock. Biological Conservation 117(2004):491-498.

Balazs, G. H. and M. Chaloupka. 2004. Spatial and temporal variability in somatic growth of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) resident in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Mar. Biol. 145:1043-1059.

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.

Craig, P., D. Parker, R. Brainard, M. Rice, and G. Balazs. 2004. Migrations of green turtles in the central South Pacific. Biological Conservation 116(2004):433-438.. Greenblatt, R. J., T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, C. A. Sutton, R. N. Casey, and J. W. Casey. 2004. The Ozobranchus leech is a candidate mechanical vector for the fibropapilloma- associated turtle herpesvirus found latently infecting skin tumors on Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Virology 321(2004):101-110.

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.

Work, T. M., G.H. Balazs, R. A. Rameyer, and R. A. Morris. 2004. Retrospective pathology survey of green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian Islands, 1993-2003. Dis. Aquat. Org. 62:163-176.

Balazs, G. H., U. Keuper-Bennett, P. Bennett, M. R. Rice, and D. J. Russell. 2003. Evidence for near shore nocturnal foraging by green turtles at Honokowai, Maui, Hawaiian Islands. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 32-34. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-503.

Chaloupka, M., G. Balazs, and M. Rice. 2003. Spatial and temporal variation in Hawaiian green turtle somatic growth behaviour. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 35. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-503.

Balazs CV Page 20 of 60 Chan, S. K. F., J. K. Chan, L. T. Lo, and G.H. Balazs. 2003. Satellite tracking of the post-nesting migration of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) from Hong Kong. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 102(2003): 2-4.

Estes, J., T. Wibbels, and G. Balazs. 2003. Evaluation of incubation temperatures in green turtle nests at French Frigate Shoals, Northwest Hawaiian Islands. Integrative Comp. Biol. 43(6):806.

Garduño, M., B. Schroeder, G. Balazs, and R. Lope. 2003. Migration and dive behavior of female hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Yucatan Peninsula. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 285. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC- 503.

Lagueux, C. J., C. L. Campbell, W. A. McCoy, B. A. Schroeder, and G.H. Balazs. 2003. Migration routes and dive patterns of post-nesting hawksbills from the Pearl Cays, Nicaragua. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 54. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-503.

LeRoux, R. A., G.H. Balazs, and P. H. Dutton. 2003. Genetic stock composition of foraging green turtles off the southern coast of Molokai, Hawaii. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 251-252. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-503.

McCutcheon, S. M., K. J. McDermid, and G.H. Balazs. 2003. A nutritional analysis of the turf algal diet and faecal pellets of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas L. J. Phycology 39(s1):41.

Morris, R. M., G.H. Balazs, T. R. Spraker, and T. M. Work. 2003. Pharyngeal nodules seen in the Hawaiian green turtle. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 303-304. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-503.

Parker, D. M., J. P. Polovina, G.H. Balazs, and E. Howell. 2003. The lost years: Long-term movement of a maturing loggerhead turtle in the Northern Pacific Ocean. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty- second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 294-296. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-503.

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.

Balazs CV Page 21 of 60 Quaintance, J. K., M. R. Rice, and G.H. Balazs. 2003. Basking, foraging, and resting behavior of two sub-adult green turtles in Kiholo Bay Lagoon, Hawaii. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 225-226. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-503.

Russell, D. J., G.H. Balazs, R. C. Phillips, and A. K. H. Kam. 2003. Discovery of the sea grass Halophila decipiens (Hydrocharitaceae) in the diet of the Hawaiian green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Pac. Sci. 57(4):393-397.

Work, T, G. Balazs, M. Wolcott, and R. Morris. 2003. Bacteraemia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles with fibropapillomatosis. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 309. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-503.

Work, T, G. Balazs, M. Wolcott, and R. Morris. 2003. Bacteraemia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis. Dis. Aquat. Org. 53:41-46.

Aguirre, A. A., G.H. Balazs, T. R. Spraker, S. K. K. Murakawa, and B. Zimmerman. 2002. Pathology of oropharyngeal fibropapillomatosis in green turtles Chelonia mydas. J. Aquat. Anim. Health 14:298-304.

Aguirre, A. A., J. Vasconcelos P., T. R. Spraker, P. Hernandéz S., B. Zimmerman, E. Albavera P., E. M. López R., and G.H. Balazs. 2002. Studies of marine turtle fibropapillomatosis in México: An international collaboration of research and training. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 50. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.

Balazs, G. 2002. Conservation and research of sea turtles in the Hawaiian Islands: An overview. In I. Kinan (ed.), Proceedings of the Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research and Management Workshop, February 5-8, 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 27-29. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, 300 p.

Balazs, G. H., S. K. K. Murakawa, D. M. Parker, and M. R. Rice. 2002. Adaptation of captive-reared green turtles released into Hawaiian coastal foraging habitats, 1990-99. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 187-189. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.

Balazs, G. H., M. R. Rice, P. A. Bennett, and D. Zatz. 2002. Remote interactive digital imaging: Implementation of a SeaTurtleCam System in the Hawaiian Islands. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 316-318. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.

Balazs CV Page 22 of 60 Bennett, P. A., U. Keuper-Bennett, and G.H. Balazs. 2002. Changing the landscape: Evidence for detrimental impacts to coral reefs by Hawaiian marine turtles. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 287-288. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.

Bennett, P. A., U. Keuper-Bennett, and G.H. Balazs. 2002. Remigration and residency of Hawaiian green turtles in coastal waters of Honokowai, West Maui, Hawaii. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 289-290. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.

Bottein, M.-Y., S. M. Dover, R. Woofter, T. Work, G.H. Balazs, P. D. R. Moeller, and J. S. Ramsdell. 2002. Detection and quantification of marine toxin exposure using blood collection cards, p. 33. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Harmful Algae, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Harrington, K. A., M. R. Rice and G.H. Balazs. 2002. Habitat use of mixohaline fish ponds by green turtles at Kiholo Bay, Hawaii. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 285-286. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-477.

Parker, D. M., W. Cooke, and G.H. Balazs. 2002. Dietary components of pelagic loggerhead turtles in the North Pacific Ocean. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 148-151. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-477.

Quackenbush, S. L., R. N. Casey, R. J. Murcek, T. A. Paul, T. M. Work, J. Rovnak, C. J. Limpus, A. Chaves, L. duToit, A. Aguirre, T. R. Spraker, J. Vasconcelos P. A., L. A. Vermeer, J. A. Horrocks, G.H. Balazs, and J. W. Casey. 2002. Quantitative fluorogenic real-time PCR assessment of herpesvirus sequences from normal tissue and fibropapillomas of turtles sampled at different geographic locations. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 194-195. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.

Rice, M. R., G.H. Balazs, D. K. Kopra, and G. C. Whittow. 2002. Ecology and behavior of green turtles basking at Kiholo Bay, Hawaii. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 153-155. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-477.

Work, T. M. and G.H. Balazs. 2002. Necropsy findings in sea turtles taken as bycatch in the North Pacific longline fishery. Fish. Bull. 100:876-880.

Balazs CV Page 23 of 60 Work, T. M., R. A. Rameyer, G.H. Balazs, C. Cray, and S. P. Chang. 2002. Immunology of green turtle fibropapillomatosis in Hawaii. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 51. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.

Zug, G. R., G.H. Balazs, J. A. Wetherall, D. M. Parker, and S. K. K. Murakawa. 2002. Age and growth of Hawaiian green seaturtles (Chelonia mydas): an analysis based on skeletochronology. Fish. Bull. 100(1):117-127.

Balazs, G. 2001. Suivi satellitaire des tortues marines: une meilleure coopération pour une meilleure conservation. In S. Ciccione, D. Roos, and J.-Y. Le Gall (eds.), Knowledge and Conservation of Sea Turtles in South-West Indian Ocean (Connaissance et Conservation Des Tortues Marines Du Sud-Ouest De L’Ocean Indien), p. 54. La Reunion 28 Nov. - 2 Dec. 1999.

Ching, P. and G. Balazs (Science Advisor). 2001. Sea turtles of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, 55 p.

Horrocks, J. A., L. A. Vermeer, B. Krueger, M. Coyne, B. A. Schroeder, and G.H. Balazs. 2001. Migration routes and destination characteristics of post-nesting hawksbill turtles satellite-tracked from Barbados, West Indies. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1):107-114.

Miao, X.-S., G.H. Balazs, S. K. K. Murakawa, and Q. X. Li. 2001. Congener-specific profile and toxicity assessment of PCBs in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Hawaiian Islands. Sci. Total Environ. 281:247-253.

Quackenbush, S. L., R. N. Casey, R. J. Murcek, T. A. Paul, T. M. Work, C. J. Limpus, A. Chaves, L. duToit, J. Vasconcelos P., A. A. Aguirre, T. R. Spraker, J. A. Horrocks, L. A. Vermeer, G.H. Balazs, and J. W. Casey. 2001. Quantitative analysis of herpesvirus sequences from normal tissue and fibropapillomas of marine turtles with real-time PCR. Virology 287:105-111.

Work, T. M., R. A. Rameyer, G.H. Balazs, C. Cray, and S. P. Chang. 2001. Immune status of free-ranging green turtles with fibropapillomatosis from Hawaii. J. Wildl. Dis. 37(3):574-581.

Aguirre, A. A. and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Blood biochemistry values of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, with and without fibropapillomatosis. Comparative Haematology International 10:132-137.

Aguirre, A. A., C. J. Limpus, T. R. Spraker, and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Survey of fibropapillomatosis of other potential diseases of marine turtles from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 36. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Balazs CV Page 24 of 60 Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, A. Chaves, L. du Toit, W. Eure, and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Fibropapillomatosis in olive ridley turtles in Costa Rica. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Sixteenth Symposium Proceedings Addendum in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 111. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.

Balazs, G. H. 2000. Assessment of Hawaiian green turtles utilizing coastal foraging pastures at Palaau, Molokai. In K.A. Bjorndal and A.B. Bolten (eds.), Proceedings of a Workshop on Assessing Abundance and Trends for In-water Sea Turtle Populations, p. 42-44. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-445.

Balazs, G. H. 2000. Sea turtles and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Mar. Turt. Newsl. 87:21.

Balazs, G. H. 2000. Sea turtle research and conservation in Oceania. In I.-J. Cheng, C.-M. Chen, and T.-P. Wei (eds.), International Workshop on the Migration, Foraging Habitats and Nesting Ecology of Marine Turtles in Taiwan, p. 36-43. Council of Agriculture, Republic of China, GNP-025034890119.

Balazs, G. H. and D. M. Ellis. 2000. Satellite telemetry of migrant male and female green turtles breeding in the Hawaiian Islands. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Sixteenth Symposium Proceedings Addendum in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 281-283. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-436.

Balazs, G. H., I.-J. Cheng, and H.-C. Wang. 2000. Turtle sacrifice to the temple gods in the Penghu Islands of Taiwan. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 98-101. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Balazs, G. H., L. K. Katahira, and D. M. Ellis. 2000. Satellite tracking of hawksbill turtles nesting in the Hawaiian Islands. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Sixteenth Symposium Proceedings Addendum in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 279-281. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.

Balazs, G. H., S. K. K. Murakawa, D. M. Ellis, and A. Alonso Aguirre. 2000. Manifestation of fibropapillomatosis and rates of growth of green turtles at Kaneohe Bay in the Hawaiian Islands. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, F. Briseño- Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México. p. 112-113. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC- 436.

Balazs CV Page 25 of 60 Balazs, G. H., M. Rice, S. K. K. Murakawa, and G. Watson. 2000. Growth rates and residency of immature green turtles at Kiholo Bay, Hawaii. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Sixteenth Symposium Proceedings Addendum in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 283-285. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.

Balazs, G. H., D. R. Kobayashi, D. M. Parker, J. J. Polovina, and P. H. Dutton. 2000. Evidence for counter-current movement of pelagic loggerhead turtles in the North Pacific Ocean based on real-time satellite tracking and satellite altimetry. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 21. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-443.

Bennett, P., U. Keuper-Bennett, and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Photographic evidence for the regression of fibropapillomas afflicting green turtles at Honokowai, Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 37-39. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Davis, E. E., M. R. Rice, K. A. Harrington, and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Green turtle diving and foraging patterns at Puako, Hawaii. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 153-154. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Dutton, P., G. Balazs, A. Dizon, and A. Barrágan. 2000. Genetic stock identification and distribution of leatherbacks in the Pacific: Potential effects on declining populations. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Sixteenth Symposium Proceedings Addendum in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 38-39. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.

Dutton, P. H., E. Bixby, R. LeRoux, and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Genetic stock origin of sea turtles caught in the Hawaii-based longline fishery. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 120-121. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Ellis, D. M., G.H. Balazs, W. G. Gilmartin, S. K. K. Murakawa, and L. K. Katahira. 2000. Short-range reproductive migrations of hawksbill turtles in the Hawaiian Islands as determined by satellite telemetry. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 252-253. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC- 436.

Balazs CV Page 26 of 60 Garduño, M., A. Maldonado, R. Márquez, B. Schroeder, and G. Balazs. 2000. Satellite tracking of an adult male and female green turtle from Yucatan in the Gulf of Mexico. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 158-159. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Lu, Y., A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar, and R. Yanagihara. 2000. Identification of a small, naked virus in tumor-like aggregates in cell lines derived from a green turtle, Chelonia mydas, with fibropapillomas. J. Virological Methods 86:25-33.

Lu, Y., Y. Wang, Q. Yu, A. A. Aguirre, G.H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar, and R. Yanagihara. 2000. Detection of herpesviral sequences in tissues of green turtles with fibropapilloma by polymerase chain reaction. Archives of Virology 145:1885-1893.

Mortimer, J. A. and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Post-nesting migrations of hawksbill turtles in the Granitic Seychelles and implications for conservation. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 22-26. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Murakawa, S. K. K., G.H. Balazs, D. M. Ellis, S. Hau, and S. M. Eames. 2000. Trends in fibropapillomatosis among green turtles stranded in the Hawaiian Islands, 1982-98. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 239-241. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

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

Quackenbush, S. L., C. J. Limpus, A. A. Aguirre, T. R. Spraker, G.H. Balazs, R. N. Casey, and J. W. Casey. 2000. Prevalence and phylogeny of herpesvirus sequences from normal and fibropapilloma tissues of green and loggerhead turtles sampled at Moreton Bay, Australia. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 242-243. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Rice, M. R. and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Obake turtles of Hawaii. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 172. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Balazs CV Page 27 of 60 Rice, M. R., G.H. Balazs, L. Hallacher, W. Dudley, G. Watson, K. Krusell, and B. Larson. 2000. Diving, basking and foraging patterns of a sub-adult green turtle at Punalu’u, Hawaii. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 229-231. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.

Russell, D. J. and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Identification manual for dietary vegetation of the Hawaiian green turtle Chelonia mydas. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-294, 94p.

Schroeder, B. A. and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Design and field testing of an internal helix antenna satellite transmitter for sea turtles. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 30-31. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Swimmer, J. Y. and G.H. Balazs. 2000. The biology of basking in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 233-234. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.

Wibbels, T., G.H. Balazs, D. M. Parker, and J. Hanson. 2000. Sand temperatures of green turtle nesting beaches in the Hawaiian Archipelago. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 131-133. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Work, T. M. and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Quantification of tumor severity and hematology in green turtles afflicted with fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian Islands. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 243. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.

Work, T. M., R. E. Raskin, G.H. Balazs, and S. Whittaker. 2000. Morphologic and cytochemical characteristics of blood cells from the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Hawaiian Islands. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño- Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 120. U. S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-436.

Work, T. M., G.H. Balazs, R. A. Rameyer, S. P. Chang, and J. Berestecky. 2000. Assessing humoral and cell-mediated immune response in Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas. Vet. Pathol. Immunopathol. 74(2000):179-194.

Balazs CV Page 28 of 60 Zug, G. R. and G.H. Balazs. 2000. Estimating age in Hawaiian green sea turtles by skeletochronology. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Sixteenth Symposium Proceedings Addendum in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 127-128. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, A. Chaves, L. du Toit, W. Eure, and G.H. Balazs. 1999. Pathology of fibropapillomatosis in olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea nesting in Costa Rica. J. Aquat. Anim. Health 11:283-289.

Balazs, G. H. 1999. Factors to consider in the tagging of sea turtles. In K. L. Eckert, K. A. Bjorndal, F. A. Abreu-Grobois, and M. Donnelly (eds.), Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles, p. 101-109. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Publication No. 4.

Herbst, L. H., E. R. Jacobson, P. A. Klein, G.H. Balazs, R. Moretti, T. Brown, and J. P. Sundberg. 1999. Comparative pathology and pathogenesis of experimentally induced and spontaneous fibropapillomas of green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Vet. Pathol. 36:551-564.

Landsberg, J. H., G.H. Balazs, K. A. Steidinger, D. G. Baden, T. M. Work, and D. J. Russell. 1999. The potential role of natural tumor promoters in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis. J. Aquat. Anim. Health 11:199-210.

Lu, Y., Q. Yu, A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar, and R. Yanagihara. 1999. Detection of novel herpesviral sequences in cell cultures derived from tumors of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapilloma. In Eighteenth Annual Meeting of American Society for Virology, July 10-14, 1999, Amherst, Massachusetts, p. 143.

Lu, Y., V. R. Nerurkar, A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, and R. Yanagihara. 1999. Establishment and characterization of 13 cell lines from a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomas. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.-Animal 35:389-393.

Pultz, S., D. O’Daniel, S. Krueger, H. McSharry, and G. Balazs. 1999. Marine turtle survey on Tinian, Mariana Islands. Micronesia 32(1):85-94.

Work, T.M. and G.H. Balazs. 1999. Relating tumor score to hematology in green turtles with fibropapillomatosis in Hawaii. J. Wildl. Dis. 35(4):804-807.

Work, T. M., R. A. Rameyer, G.H. Balazs, S. P. Chang, C. Cray, and J. Berestecky. 1999. Immunology of green turtle fibropapillomatosis in Hawaii. [Abstract] Wildlife Disease Conference ‘99, Athens, Georgia.

Wyneken, J., G.H. Balazs, S. K. K. Murakawa, and Y. Anderson. 1999. Size differences in hind limbs and carapaces of hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Hawaii and Florida, USA. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(3):491-495.

Balazs CV Page 29 of 60 Aguirre, A. A., G.H. Balazs, S. Murakawa, and T. R. Spraker. 1998. Oropharyngeal fibropapillomas in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas): Pathological and epidemiologic perspectives. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 113. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC- 415.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, G.H. Balazs, and B. Zimmerman. 1998. Spirorchidiasis and fibropapillomatosis in green turtles of the Hawaiian Islands. J. Wildl. Dis. 34(1):91-98.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, A. Chaves, L. duToit, W. Eure, and G.H. Balazs. 1998. Fibropapillomatosis in olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). [Abstract] Wildlife Disease Conference ‘98, Madison, Wisconsin.

Balazs, G. H. 1998. Sea turtles. In S. P. Juvik and J. O. Juvik (eds.), Atlas of Hawaii, Third Edition. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 115.

Balazs, G. H., S. K. K. Murakawa, J. Wyneken, and B. A. Schroeder. 1998. Differences in flipper size and esophagus morphology of green turtles from Hawaii and Florida. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 127-129. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.

Balazs, G. H., W. Puleloa, E. Medeiros, S. K. K. Murakawa, and D. M. Ellis. 1998. Growth rates and incidence of fibropapillomatosis in Hawaiian green turtles utilizing coastal foraging pastures at Palaau, Molokai. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 130-132. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.

Casey, R. N., S. L. Quackenbush, T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, P. R. Bowser, and J. W. Casey. 1998. Identification of retroviruses associated with green sea turtles from the Hawaiian Islands. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p.23. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.

Cheng, I.-J. and G.H. Balazs. 1998. The post-nesting long range migration of the green turtles that nest at Wan-An Island, PengHu Archipelago, Taiwan. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 29-32. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-415.

Dutton, P. H., G.H. Balazs, and A. E. Dizon. 1998. Genetic stock ID of turtles caught in the Pacific longline fishery. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 43-44. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.

Balazs CV Page 30 of 60 Ellis, D. M. and G.H. Balazs. 1998. The use of the generic mapping tools program to plot ARGOS tracking data. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 166-168. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.

Lu, Y., A. Aguirre, G. Balazs, V. Nerurkar, and R. Yanagihara. 1998. Identification of a small naked virus in association with invasive tumor formation in green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), p. 198. [Abstract] In International Conference on Medical Virology, October 19-22, 1998, Beijing, China.

Lu, Y., V. Nerurkar, A. Aguirre, G. Balazs, T. Work, and R. Yanagihara. 1998. Establishment and characterization of cell lines derived from green sea turtles (GST) for the isolation of causative virus(es) of GST fibropapilloma, p. 387. [Abstract] In Ninety-eighth General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology, May 17-21, 1998, Atlanta, Georgia.

Moore, M. K., T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, and D. E. Docherty. 1998. Preparation, cryopreservation, and growth of cells prepared from the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Methods in Cell Science 19:161-168.

Quackenbush, S. L., T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, R. N. Casey, J. Rovnak, A. Chaves, L. duToit, J. D. Baines, C. R. Parrish, P. R. Bowser, and J. W. Casey. 1998. Three closely related herpesvirus are associated with fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles. Virology 246:392-399.

Swimmer, J. Y. and G.H. Balazs. 1998. The biology of basking in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. In R. Byles and Y. Fernandez (comps.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 28-March 1, 1996, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 128-130. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC- 412.

Wetherall, J. A., G.H. Balazs, and M. Y. Y. Yong. 1998. Statistical methods for green turtle nesting surveys in the Hawaiian Islands. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 278-280. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.

Wibbels, T., J. Hanson, G. Balazs, Z-M. Hillis-Starr, and B. Phillips. 1998. Blood sampling techniques for hatchling Cheloniid sea turtles. Herpetol. Rev. 29(4):218-220.

Work, T. and G. Balazs. 1998. Causes of sea turtle mortality in Hawaii. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 291-292. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.

Work, T. M., R. E. Raskin, G.H. Balazs, and S. Whittaker. 1998. Morphologic and cytochemical characteristics of blood cells from the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Hawaiian Islands. Am. J. Vet. Res. 59(10):1252-1257.

Balazs CV Page 31 of 60 Work, T. M., G.H. Balazs, J. Casey, S. Quackenbush, J. Rovnak, R. Casey, P. Bowser, D. Docherty, M. Moore, R. Raskin, and S. Whittaker. 1998. Fibropapillomatosis of green turtles in Hawaii - What’s new? Wildlife Disease Conference ‘98, Madison, Wisconsin.

Balazs, G. H., A. A. Aguirre, and S. K. K. Murakawa. 1997. Occurrence of oral fibropapillomas in the Hawaiian green turtle: Differential disease expression. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 76:1-2.

Casey, R. N., S. L. Quackenbush, T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, P. R. Bowser, and J. W. Casey. 1997. Evidence for retrovirus infections in green turtles Chelonia mydas from the Hawaiian Islands. Dis. Aquat. Org. 31(1):1-7.

Graczyk, T. C., G.H. Balazs, T. Work, A. A. Aguirre, D. M. Ellis, S. K. K. Murakawa, and R. Morris. 1997. Cryptosporidium sp. infections in green turtles, Chelonia mydas, as a potential source of marine waterborne oocysts in the Hawaiian Islands. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63(7): 2925-2927.

Grant, G. S., P. Craig, and G.H. Balazs. 1997. Notes on juvenile hawksbill and green turtles in American Samoa. Pac. Sci. 51(1):48-53.

Niethammer, K. R., G.H. Balazs, J. S. Hatfield, G. L. Nakai, and J. L Megyesi. 1997. Reproductive biology of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Pac. Sci. 51(1):36-47.

Aguirre, A. A., T. Graczyk, and G.H. Balazs. 1996. ELISA test for the detection of anti-blood fluke immunoglobulins in Hawaiian green turtles. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 5. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-387.

Balazs, G. H. 1996. Behavioral changes within the recovering Hawaiian green turtle population. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 16-21. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387. Balazs, G. H. 1996. He La Honu--Turtle Day 1995: In celebration of Hawaiian sea turtles. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 74:15-16.

Balazs, G. H. 1996. Sea turtle update. Hawaii Magazine 13(6):32.

Balazs, G. H., R. K. Miya, and S. C. Beavers. 1996. Procedures to attach a satellite transmitter to the carapace of an adult green turtle, Chelonia mydas. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 21-26. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387.

Balazs CV Page 32 of 60 Bolten, A. B., K. A. Bjorndal, H. R. Martins, and G.H. Balazs. 1996. Satellite telemetry of pelagic-stage juvenile loggerheads in the eastern Atlantic. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 39-41. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387.

Bolten, A. B., J. A. Wetherall, G.H. Balazs, and S. G. Pooley (compilers). 1996. Status of marine turtles in the Pacific Ocean relevant to incidental take in the Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo., NMFS-SWFSC-230, 167 p.

Casey, R. N., S. L. Quackenbush, T. M. Work, G.H. Balazs, P. R. Bowser, and J. W. Casey. 1996. Identification of retroviruses associated with unaffected green sea turtles and turtles with fibropapillomas. [Abstr.] AQUAVET 20th Anniversary Conference, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, November 14-17, 1996.

Cheng, I. J. and G.H. Balazs. 1996. Study of long-range migration of the green turtle nesting at Wan-An Island, Taiwan using the satellite telemetry. Fifth European Conference on Wildlife Telemetry, Strasbourg, France, August 25-30, 1996.

Dutton, P. H. and G.H. Balazs. 1996. Simple biopsy techniques for sampling skin for DNA analysis of sea turtles. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 78-79. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387.

Koga, S. K. and G.H. Balazs. 1996. Sex ratios of green turtles stranded in the Hawaiian Islands. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 148-152. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo, NMFS-SEFSC-387. Moore, M. K., G. T. Seaborn, and G.H. Balazs. 1996. Fatty acids in depot fat of juvenile green turtles feeding at different locations in the Hawaiian islands. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 216-219. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387.

Schroeder, B. A., L. M. Ehrhart, and G.H. Balazs. 1996. Post-nesting movements of Florida green turtles: Preliminary results from satellite telemetry. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 289. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387.

Swimmer, J. Y. B., G. C. Whittow, and G.H. Balazs. 1996. Atmospheric basking in the Hawaiian green turtle, Chelonia mydas: Comparisons of tumored and non-tumored turtles. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 318-322. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387. Balazs CV Page 33 of 60 Wyneken, J. and G.H. Balazs. 1996. Morphological differences in hind flippers of hatchling green turtles from the Hawaiian Islands and Florida, USA. In J.A. Keinath, D.E. Barnard, J.A. Musick, and B.A. Bell (comps.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-25, 1995, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 348-349. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387.

Aguirre, A. A., G.H. Balazs, T. R. Spraker, and T. S. Gross. 1995. Adrenal and hematological responses to stress in juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with and without fibropapillomas. Physiol. Zool. 68(5):831-854.

Balazs, G. H. 1995. Dr. I-Jiunn Cheng of Taiwan. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 68:6.

Balazs, G. H. 1995. Innovative techniques to facilitate field studies of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. In J.I. Richardson and T.H. Richardson (comps.), Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 25-29, 1992, Jeckyll Island, Georgia, p. 158-161. U. S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-361.

Balazs, G. H., S. G. Pooley, and S. K. K. Murakawa. 1995. Guidelines for handling marine turtles hooked or entangled in the Hawaii longline fishery: Results of an expert workshop held in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 15-17, 1995. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo., NMFS-SWFSC-222, 41 p.

Balazs, G. H., P. Siu, and J. P. Landret. 1995. Ecological aspects of green turtles nesting at Scilly Atoll in French Polynesia. In J.I. Richardson and T.H. Richardson (comps.), Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 25-29, 1992, Jeckyll Island, Georgia, p. 7-10. U. S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-361.

Bolten, A. B. and G.H. Balazs. 1995. Biology of the early pelagic stage - the "Lost Year". In K. A. Bjorndal (editor), Biology and conservation of sea turtles, p. 579-581. Smithson. Inst. Press.

Bowen, B. W., F. A. Abreu-Grobois, G.H. Balazs, N. Kamezaki, C. J. Limpus, and R. J. Ferl. 1995. Trans-Pacific migrations of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) demonstrated with mitochondrial DNA markers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:3731-3734.

Brill, R. W., G.H. Balazs, K. N. Holland, R. K. C. Chang, S. Sullivan, and J. C. George. 1995. Daily movements, habitat use, and submergence intervals of normal and tumor-bearing juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas L.) within a foraging area in the Hawaiian Islands. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 185:203-218.

Craig, P. and G. Balazs. 1995. Turtle travels from American Samoa to French Polynesia. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 70:5-6.

Dutton, P. and G.H. Balazs. 1995. Simple biopsy technique for sampling skin for DNA analysis of sea turtles. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 69:9-10.

Balazs CV Page 34 of 60 Graczyk, T. K., A. A. Aguirre, and G.H. Balazs. 1995. Detection by ELISA of circulating anti-blood fluke (Carettacola, Hapalotrema, and Learedius) immunoglobulins in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). J. Parasitol. 81(3):416-421.

Papadi, G. P., G.H. Balazs, and E. R. Jacobson. 1995. Flow cytometric DNA content analysis of fibropapillomas in green turtles, Chelonia mydas. Dis. Aquat. Org. 22:13-18.

Zug, G. R., G.H. Balazs, and J. A. Wetherall. 1995. Growth in juvenile loggerhead seaturtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Pacific pelagic habitat. Copeia 1995(2):484-487.

Aguirre, A. A., G.H. Balazs, B. Zimmerman, and F. D. Galey. 1994. Organic contaminants and trace metals in the tissues of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted with fibropapillomas in the Hawaiian Islands. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 28(2):109-114.

Aguirre, A. A., G.H. Balazs, B. Zimmerman, and T. R. Spraker. 1994. Evaluation of Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas) for potential pathogens associated with fibropapillomas. J. Wildl. Dis. 30(1):8-15. Aguirre, A. A., G.H. Balazs, B. Zimmerman, and T. R. Spraker. 1994. Fibropapillomas in the Hawaiian green turtle: Research update. In K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and D.A. Johnson (comps.), Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 1-5, 1994, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 2. U. S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-351.

Aguirre, A. A., G.H. Balazs, B. Zimmerman, and T. R. Spraker. 1994. Fibropapillomas in the Hawaiian green turtle: Searching for an etiologic agent. In B.A. Schroeder and B.E. Witherington (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 23-27, 1993, Jeckyll Island, Georgia, p. 3. U. S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-341.

Balazs, G. H. 1994. Homeward bound: Satellite tracking of Hawaiian green turtles from nesting beaches to foraging pastures. In B.A. Schroeder and B.E. Witherington (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 23-27, 1993, Jeckyll Island, Georgia, p. 205-208. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-341.

Balazs, G. H. 1994. Satellite monitoring: A potential method for evaluating post-release survival of hooked sea turtles in pelagic habitats. In G.H. Balazs and S. G. Pooley (eds.), Research plan to assess marine turtle hooking mortality: Results of an expert workshop held in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 16-18, 1993, p. 102-105. U. S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-201.

Balazs, G. H. and S. G. Pooley (editors). 1994. Research plan to assess marine turtle hooking mortality: Results of an expert workshop held in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 16-18, 1993. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-201, 166 p.

Balazs CV Page 35 of 60 Balazs, G. H., R. Miya, and M. A. Finn. 1994. Aspects of green turtles in their feeding, resting, and cleaning areas off Waikiki Beach. In B.A. Schroeder and B.E. Witherington (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 23-27, 1993, Jeckyll Island, Georgia, p. 15-18. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-341.

Balazs, G. H., P. Craig, B. R. Winton, and R. K. Miya. 1994. Satellite telemetry of green turtles nesting at Rose Atoll, American Samoa, and French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. In K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and D.A. Johnson (comps.),Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 1-5, 1994, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 184-187. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-351.

Balazs, G. H., W. C. Dudley, L. E. Hallacher, J. Coney, and S. K. Koga. 1994. Ecology and cultural significance of sea turtles at Punalu'u, Hawaii. In K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and D.A. Johnson (comps.), Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 1-5, 1994, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 10-13. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-351.

Katahira, L. K., C. M. Forbes, A. H. Kikuta, G.H. Balazs, and M. Bingham. 1994. Recent findings and management of hawksbill turtle nesting beaches in Hawaii. In K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and D.A. Johnson (comps.), Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 1- 5, 1994, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 69. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-351.

Linsley, N. B. and G.H. Balazs. 1994. Marine turtle postage stamps of the world. In K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and D.A. Johnson (comps.), Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 1-5, 1994, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 246. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-351.

Losey, G., G.H. Balazs, and L. A. Privitera. 1994. A cleaning symbiosis between the wrasse, Thalassoma duperry, and the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Copeia 3:684-690.

Morris, R. A. and G.H. Balazs. 1994. Experimental use of cryosurgery to treat fibropapillomas in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. In B.A. Schroeder and B.E. Witherington (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 23-27, 1993, Jeckyll Island, Georgia, p. 111-114.. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-341.

Russell, D. J. and G.H. Balazs. 1994. Colonization and utilization of the alien marine alga Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J. Ag. (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales) in the Hawaiian Islands. Aquat. Bot. 47:53-60.

Russell, D. J. and G.H. Balazs. 1994. Utilization of alien algal species by sea turtles in Hawaii. Proceedings of the Conference and Workshop: Nonindigenous Estuarine and Marine Organisms (NEMO), April 1993, Seattle, Washington. U. S. Dep. Commer., NOAA, p. 93-95.

Balazs CV Page 36 of 60 Rybitski, M., G.H. Balazs, R. C. Hale, and J. A. Musick. 1994. Comparison of organochlorine contents in Atlantic loggerheads (Caretta caretta) and Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). In B.A. Schroeder and B.E. Witherington (comps.), Proceeding of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 23-27, 1993, Jeckyll Island, Georgia, p. 152-155. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-341.

Balazs, G. H. 1993. Annotated list of shark attacks in the Hawaiian Islands, 1779-1993. In J. Borg, Tigers of the sea: Hawaii's deadly sharks, p. 63-83. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu.

Balazs, G. H. 1993. Satellites used to study the oceanic migrations of Hawaii’s green sea turtles. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 61:7.

Balazs, G. H. 1993. Shark attacks in Hawaii. In L. Taylor, Sharks of Hawaii: Their biology and cultural significance, p. 89-115. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.

Balazs, G. H., R. Fujioka, and C. Fujioka. 1993. Marine turtle faeces on Hawaiian beaches. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 26(7):392-394.

Dailey, M. D., M. L. Fast, and G.H. Balazs. 1993. Hapalotrema dorsopora sp. n. (Trematoda: Spirorchidae) from the heart of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas L.) with a redescription of Hapalotrema postorchis Rao 1976. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 60(1):5-9.

Davenport, J., G.H. Balazs, J. W. Faithful, and D. A. Williamson. 1993. A struvite faecolith in the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea vandelli: A means of packaging garbage? Herpetological Journal 3:81-83.

Miya, R. K. and G.H. Balazs. 1993. Ecology and conservation of green turtles in the nearshore waters of Waikiki Beach. 'Elepaio 53(2):9-13.

Wetherall, J. A., G.H. Balazs, R. A. Tokunaga, and M. Y. Y. Yong. 1993. Bycatch of marine turtles in North Pacific high-seas driftnet fisheries and impacts on the stocks. In J. Ito et al. (eds.), INPFC Symposium on biology, distribution, and stock assessment of species caught in the high seas driftnet fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean, Bulletin Number 53 (III), p. 519-538. Int. North Pac. Fish. Comm., Vancouver, Canada.

Wibbels, T., G.H. Balazs, D. W. Owens, and M. S. Amoss, Jr. 1993. Sex ratio of immature green turtles inhabiting the Hawaiian Archipelago. J. Herpetol. 27(3):327-329.

Ackman, R. G., T. Takeuchi, and G.H. Balazs. 1992. Fatty acids in depot fats of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, from the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Atoll. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 102B(4):813-819.

Balazs, G. H. 1992. Annotated list of shark attacks in the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii Fish. News 16(12):6-8.

Balazs CV Page 37 of 60 Bowen, B. W., A. B. Meylan, J. P. Ross, C. J. Limpus, G.H. Balazs, and J. C. Avise. 1992. Global population structure and natural history of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in terms of matriarchal phylogeny. Evolution 46(4):865-881.

Dailey, M. D., M. L. Fast, and G.H. Balazs. 1992. A survey of the Trematoda (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) parasitic in green turtles, Chelonia mydas (L.) from Hawaii. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 91(2):84-91.

Niethammer, K. R., G.H. Balazs, G. L. Nakai, and D. K. McDermond. 1992. Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) Predation: Not a factor in hatchling green turtle (Chelonia mydas) survival at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Colonial Waterbirds 15(1):128-131.

Skillman, R. A. and G.H. Balazs. 1992. Leatherback turtle captured by ingestion of squid bait on swordfish longline. Fish. Bull. 90(40):807-808.

Balazs, G. H. 1991. Current status of fibropapillomas in the Hawaiian green turtle, Chelonia mydas. In G.H. Balazs and S. G. Pooley (eds.), Research plan for marine turtle fibropapilloma, p. 47-57, December 4-6, 1990, Honolulu, Hawaii. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-156.

Balazs, G. H. 1991. Sea Turtle Tag Center of the Pacific. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 52:14-15.

Balazs, G. H. and S. G. Pooley (editors). 1991. Research plan for marine turtle fibropapilloma. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-156, 113 p.

Balazs, G. H., H. F. Hirth, P. Y. Kawamoto, E. T. Nitta, L. H. Ogren, R. C. Wass, and J. A. Wetherall. 1991. Draft recovery plan for Hawaiian sea turtles. Prepared by the Hawaiian Sea Turtle Recovery Team. In I. Uchida (editorial advisor), International Symposium on Sea Turtles '88, p. 16-52. Published by the Himeji City Aquarium and the Hiwasa Chelonian Museum.

Dailey, M. D., M. L. Fast, and G.H. Balazs. 1991. Carettacola hawaiiensis n. sp. (Trematoda: Spirachidae) from the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in Hawaii. J. Parasitol. 77(6):906-909.

Davenport, J. and G.H. Balazs. 1991. Fiery bodies--Are pyrosomas an important component of the diet of leatherback turtles? British Herpetological Society Bulletin 37:33-38.

Simpson, S. B., Jr., E. R. Jacobson, and G.H. Balazs. 1991. Culture of cutaneous fibropapilloma cells from the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). In G.H. Balazs and S. G. Pooley (eds.), Research plan for marine turtle fibropapilloma, December 4-6, 1990, Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 77-81. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-156.

Balazs, G. H. 1990. Ecological aspects of marine turtles impacted by ocean debris: A 1989 perspective. [Abstract] In R. S. Shomura and M. L. Godfrey (eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Marine Debris, April 2-7, 1989, Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 718. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-154. Balazs CV Page 38 of 60

Balazs, G. H. and E. Jacobson. 1990. Health advisory for fibropapilloma disease. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 49:27.

Balazs, G. H., C. Fujioka, and R. Fujioka. 1990. Some aspects of the green turtle fecal wash-up phenomenon on Hawaiian beaches. In T.H. Richardson, J.I. Richardson, and M. Donnelly (comps.), Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-24, 1990, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 149-152. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-278.

Balazs, G. H., E. D. Gomez, and N. B. Linsley. 1990. Marine turtle postage stamps of the world-promoting conservation. In T.H. Richardson, J.I. Richardson, and M. Donnelly (comps.), Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 20-24, 1990, Hilton Head, South Carolina, p. 215-219. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-278.

Balazs, G. H. 1989. New initiatives to study sea turtles in the Eastern Pacific. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 47:19-21.

Balazs, G. H. 1989. Suggestions wanted for shell marking technique. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 44:13.

Choy, B. K., G.H. Balazs, and M. Dailey. 1989. A new therapy for marine turtles parasitized by the piscicolid leech, Ozobranchus branchiatus. Herpetol. Rev. 20(4):89-90.

Forsyth, R. G. and G.H. Balazs. 1989. Species profiles: Life histories and environmental requirements of coastal vertebrates and invertebrates Pacific Ocean region; Report 1, green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Prepared by National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI for the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS 39181-0631, Technical Report EL-89-10, 20 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1988. Suggestions wanted for shell marking technique. Hawaii Wildlife Newsletter, Oct.- Dec. 3(4):6.

Balazs, G. H. 1987. Annotated list of shark attacks in the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii Fish. News 12(8):12-13.

Balazs, G. H., R. G. Forsyth, and A. K. H. Kam. 1987. Preliminary assessment of habitat utilization by Hawaiian green turtles in their resident foraging pastures. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-71, 107 p.

Dailey, M. and G.H. Balazs. 1987. Digenetic trematodes as possible etiologic agent for fibropapillomas in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). In Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, Monterey, California, p. 46-50.

Balazs, G. H. 1986. Fibropapillomas in Hawaiian green turtles. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 39:1-3. Reprinted in Research plan for marine turtle fibropapilloma. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-156, p. 95-98. Balazs CV Page 39 of 60

Balazs, G. H. 1986. Ontogenetic changes in the plastron pigmentation of hatchling Hawaiian green turtles. J. Herpetol. 20(2):280-282.

Balazs, G. H. 1986. Resuscitation of a comatose green turtle. Herpetol. Rev. 17(4):79-80.

Balazs, G. H. and S. Hau. 1986. Geographic distribution: Lepidochelys olivacea in Hawaii. Herpetol. Rev. 17(2):51.

Balazs, G. H. 1985. History of sea turtles at Polihua Beach on northern Lanai. 'Elepaio 46(1):1-3.

Balazs, G. H. 1985. Impact of ocean debris on marine turtles: Entanglement and ingestion. In R. S. Shomura and H. O. Yoshida (eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on the Fate and Impact of Marine Debris, November 26-29, 1984, Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 387-429. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-054.

Balazs, G. H. 1985. Retention of flipper tags on hatchling sea turtles. Herpetol. Rev. 16(2):43-45.

Balazs, G. H. 1985. Sea turtles and debris: Ingestion and entanglement. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 32:3-4.

Balazs, G. H. 1985. Status and ecology of marine turtles at Johnston Atoll. Atoll Res. Bull. 285:1-46.

Balazs, G. H. and W. G. Gilmartin. 1985. A suggested modification of tagging pliers. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 34:2-3.

Whittow, G. C. and G.H. Balazs. 1985. The thermal ecology of basking green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Natl. Geogr. Res. Rep., 1977 projects, p. 789-796.

Zug, G. R. and G.H. Balazs. 1985. Skeletochronological age estimates for Hawaiian green turtles. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 33:9-10.

Balazs, G. H. 1984. Population status and ecology of the green turtle in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In R. W. Grigg and K. Y. Tanoue (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Resource Investigations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, May 25-27, 1983, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-MR-84-01:97-98.

Balazs, G. H. 1984. Researcher seeks information on hawksbill poisoning. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 28:3.

Balazs, G. H. 1983. Hawaiian turtles in Canada. Kilo i'a (Waikiki Aquarium Newsl.) 27:2.

Balazs CV Page 40 of 60 Balazs, G. H. 1983. Recovery records of adult green turtles observed or originally tagged at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS, NMFS-SWFC-36, 42 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1983. Sea turtles and their traditional usage in Tokelau. Atoll Res. Bull. 279:1-29.

Balazs, G. H. and A. K. H. Kam. 1983. A history of shark attacks in Hawaii. In V. Lipman, When shark meets man, Honolulu Mag. 17(10):58-63, 94.

Gomez, E. D. and G.H. Balazs. 1983. Marine turtle stamps: Promoting conservation. Chelonian Documentation Center Newsletter 2(2-4):15-22.

Lipman, V. and G.H. Balazs. 1983. The lost Hawaiian Island. Honolulu Mag. 18(5):82-87, 150, 152.

Pritchard, P., P. Bacon, F. Berry, A. Carr, J. Fletemeyer, R. Gallagher, S. Hopkins, R. Lankford, R. Marquez M., L. Ogren, W. Pringle, Jr., H. Reichart, and R. Witham. 1983. Manual of sea turtle research and conservation techniques. In K. A. Bjorndal and G.H. Balazs (eds.), Center for Environmental Education, Washington, DC, 2nd ed., 121 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1982. Driftnets catch leatherback turtles. Oryx 16(5):428-430.

Balazs, G. H. 1982. Factors affecting the retention of metal tags on sea turtles. Mar. Turt. Newsl. 20:11-14.

Balazs, G. H. 1982. Growth rates of immature green turtles in the Hawaiian Archipelago. In K. A. Bjorndal (ed.), Biology and conservation of sea turtles, p. 117-125. Smithson. Inst. Press.

Balazs, G. H. 1982. Hawaii's fishermen help sea turtles. Hawaii Fish. News 7(11):8-9.

Balazs, G. H. 1982. The "hidden" Hawaiian Islands. Hyatt's Hawaii 4(1):4-7.

Balazs, G. H. 1982. Sea turtles: A shared resource of the Pacific islands. South Pac. Comm. Fish. Newsl. 232:22-24.

Balazs, G. H. 1982. Status of sea turtles in the central Pacific. In K. A. Bjorndal (ed.), Biology and conservation of sea turtles, p. 243-252. Smithson. Inst. Press.

Dizon, A. E. and G.H. Balazs. 1982. Radio telemetry of Hawaiian green turtles at their breeding colony. Mar. Fish. Rev. 44(5):13-20. Balazs CV Page 41 of 60

Whittow, G. C. and G.H. Balazs. 1982. Basking behavior of the Hawaiian green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Pac. Sci. 36(2):129-139.

Balazs, G. H. 1981. The Leeward Islands. Aloha Mag. 4(2):58-63.

Balazs, G. H. and A. K. H. Kam. 1981. A review of shark attacks in the Hawaiian Islands. 'Elepaio 41(10):97-106.

Balazs, G. H. 1980. Field methods for sampling the dietary components of green turtles, Chelonia mydas. Herpetol. Rev. 11(1):5-6.

Balazs, G. H. 1980. Illegal turtle on sale here. 'Elepaio 41(4):32.

Balazs, G. H. 1980. A review of basic biological data on the green turtle in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In R. W. Grigg, and R. T. Pfund (eds.), Proceedings of the Symposium on Status of Resource Investigations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, April 24-25, 1980, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 42-54. Sea Grant Misc. Rep. UNIHI- SEAGRANT-MR- 80-04.

Balazs, G. H. 1980. Status of sea turtles in the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Island Ecosystem Workshop Abstracts, Sea Grant Working Paper No. 45, University of Hawaii.

Balazs, G. H. 1980. Synopsis of biological data on the green turtle in the Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFC-7 and University of Hawaii Sea Grant Cooperative Report UNIHI-SEAGRANT CR-81-02, 141 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1979. An additional strategy for possibly preventing the extinction of Kemps ridley, Lepidochelys kempi. IUCN/SSC Mar. Turt. Newsl. 12:3-4.

Balazs, G. H. 1979. Bibliography of Kaula Island, Hawaiian Archipelago. 'Elepaio 40(1):5-8.

Balazs, G. H. 1979. Growth, food sources and migrations of immature Hawaiian Chelonia. IUCN/SSC Mar. Turt. Newsl. 10:1-3.

Balazs, G. H. 1979. Loggerhead turtle recovered from a tiger shark at Kure Atoll. 'Elepaio 39(12):145-147.

Balazs, G. H. 1979. Marine benthic algae collected from Kure Atoll, Maro Reef and Necker Bank, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. 'Elepaio 39(9):110-111.

Balazs, G. H. 1979. Synthetic debris observed on a Hawaiian monk seal. 'Elepaio 40(3):43-44. Balazs CV Page 42 of 60

Balazs, G. H. and C. J. Ralph. 1979. A Stellar's sea eagle at Kure and Midway: First Hawaii record. 'Elepaio 39(10):117-118.

Balazs, G. H. and G. C. Whittow. 1979. First record of a tiger shark observed feeding on a Hawaiian monk seal. 'Elepaio 39(9):107-109.

Balazs, G. H. 1979. Revised bibliography of the Hawaiian monk seal Monachus schauinslandi Matschie 1905. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, UNIHI-SEAGRANT-MR-79-03, 27 p.

Whittow, G. C. and G.H. Balazs. 1979. The thermal biology of Hawaiian basking green turtles (Chelonia mydas) [Abstract]. Amer. Zool. 19(3):981.

Whittow, G. C., G.H. Balazs, and G. D. Schmidt. 1979. Parasitic ulceration of the stomach in a Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). 'Elepaio 38(8):83-84.

Balazs, G. H. 1978. A call for observations: Turtles in fish stomachs. 'Elepaio 39(5):52.

Balazs, G. H. 1978. A hawksbill turtle in Kaneohe Bay, . 'Elepaio 38(11):128-129.

Balazs, G. H. 1978. Tattooing green turtles. IUCN/SSC Mar. Turt. Newsl. 8:3.

Balazs, G. H. 1978. Terrestrial critical habitat for sea turtles under jurisdiction in the Pacific region. 'Elepaio 39(4):37-41.

Balazs, G. H. and G. C. Whittow. 1978. Bibliography of the Hawaiian monk seal Monachus schauinslandi Matschie 1905. Hawaii Inst. Mar. Biol., Tech. Rep. 35, 27 p. Balazs, G. H. 1977. Comments on Inconel tags. IUCN/SSC Mar. Turt. Newsl. 2:7-8.

Balazs, G. H. 1977. Sale of turtle products promoted in Hawaii. IUCN/SSC Mar. Turt. Newsl. 4:4.

Bourke, R. E., G. Balazs, and E. W. Shallenberger. 1977. Breeding of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Sea Life Park, Hawaii. Drum and Croaker (New England Aquarium), October, p. 4-9.

Balazs, G. H. 1976. Green turtle migrations in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Biol. Conserv. 9:125-140.

Balazs, G. H. 1976. Hawaii's seabirds, turtles and seals. [Commercially published color booklet]. World Wide Distributors, Ltd., Honolulu, 32 p.

Balazs CV Page 43 of 60 Balazs, G. H. 1976. Sea turtle conservation. 'Elepaio 36(7):79-85.

Balazs, G. H. and E. Ross. 1976. Effect of protein source and level on growth and performance of the captive freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture 7:299-313.

Balazs, G. H. 1975. Green turtle's uncertain future. Defenders 50(6):521-523.

Balazs, G. H. 1975. Marine turtles in the Phoenix Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 184:1-7.

Balazs, G. H. and E. Ross. 1974. Observations on the basking habit in the captive juvenile Pacific green turtle. Copeia 1974(2):542-544.

Balazs, G. H. and E. Ross. 1974. Observations on the preemergence behavior of the green turtle. Copeia 1974(4):986-988.

Balazs, G. H., S. E. Olbrich, and M. E. Tumbleson. 1974. Serum constituents of the Malaysian prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and pink shrimp (Penaeus marginatus). Aquaculture 3:147-157.

Balazs, G. H. 1973. A simplified method for identifying experimental shrimp. Prog. Fish-Cult. 35(1):27.

Balazs, G. H. 1973. Status of marine turtles in the Hawaiian Islands. 'Elepaio 33(12):1-5.

Balazs, G. H. and E. Ross. 1973. Reared in captivity. Int. Turtle Tortoise Soc. J. 7(1):6-9, 33.

Balazs, G. H., E. Ross, and C. C. Brooks. 1973. Preliminary studies on the preparation and feeding of crustacean diets. Aquaculture 2: 369-377.

UNPUBLISHED REPORTS (N = 34)

Balazs, G. H. 2017. Fall and Rise of the Hawaiian Green Turtle: A 50-Year Witness to Cultural and Conservation Change. Presentation at International Sea Turtle Protection Workshop in Penghu, Taiwan.

Balazs, G. H., C. K. Ng. 2017. Suggestions to Assist Captive Breeding Efforts at the Huidong Gangkaou Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve – Based on an Informal Visit 16-18 March 2017.

Balazs, G. H., D. Parker, and J. Seminoff. 2016. 2014-2016 China/ USA Sea Turtle Strategic Plan For Promoting Research Collaboration, Dialogue, and Trust. NOAA PIFSC. Balazs CV Page 44 of 60

Balazs, G. H., J. Seminoff, T. Work, and D. Parker (Compilers). 2014. Dossier of documents for China/ USA Sea Turtle Workshop – Hawaii 2014. Convened by NOAA, CAFS, USGS, 25-29 August 2014 NOAA PIFSC, 99p.

Balazs, G. H. and I. Nurzia Humburg. 2013. Hawaiian and other Pacific Region historical marine turtle skeletal collection, 1979- 2009, of dried materials containing specimens from 59 green turtles, 17 olive ridleys, 6 loggerhead, and 2 leatherbacks: Archived Bernice P. Bishop Museum.

Ng. K.Y., and G.H. Balazs. 2013. Exciting observations of numerous green turtles foraging in coastal waters of Liuqiu Island, Taiwan. http://akepa.hpa.edu/~mrice/turtle/liuqiu.pdf

Ng. K.Y., and G.H. Balazs. 2013. From Traditional Culture to Science – Exploratory Trips for Sea Turtles in Taiwan. http://akepa.hpa.edu/~mrice/st.htm

Ng. K.Y., and G.H. Balazs. 2013. Exploratory Trips for Sea Turtles in Guangdong Province, China – A Road to Conservation from Tradition, Culture, and Science. http://akepa.hpa.edu/~mrice/st2.htm

Balazs, G.H. 2013. Development of a plan to strengthen, expand, and enhance the PIFSC’s network of sea turtle related partnerships in the East Asia-Pacific Region. NOAA PIFSC, March 2013, 4p.

Balazs, G. H., A. Broderick, B. Godley, and T. Work. 2012. Inspection Visit Report of Cayman Turtle Farm- December 2012.

Morris, R., T.M. Work, and G.H. Balazs. 2011. Guidelines for euthanasia decisions of fibropapilloma green turtles in the Hawaiian Islands. April, 2011. 4 p.

Chaloupka M., G. H. Balazs, L. Bell, S. Ciccione, and C. Limpus. 2010. 1st Symposium Tahiti 2010 in Moorea – The recommendations of International Scientific Committee.

Work, T. and G.H. Balazs. 2007. Can Hawaiian monk seals get turtle tumors? PIRMMRN Newsletter Activity Update, Oct- Dec. 2007, p.2.

Balazs, G. H. and J. Pettigrew. 2005. 2001- 2005. Show Turtle Aloha- Archived Laniakea (Turtle Beach) web site. http://www.turtles.org/laniakea.htm

Balazs, G. H. 2004. Recommendations for the Le Meridien turtle project – Consultancy in Bora Bora, French Polynesia. July.

Balazs, G. H. and M. L. Guinea. 1999. A constructive review of the status of green turtle research, monitoring and methodologies in Queensland, Australia with recommendations for future actions. Prepared for Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Raine Island Corporation, 15 p. Balazs CV Page 45 of 60

Balazs, G. H., D. M. Ellis, W. G. Gilmartin, and L. K. Katahira. 1997. Use of satellite telemetry to determine migratory routes and resident foraging habitats of nesting hawksbill turtles: A case study in the Hawaiian Islands. The International Workshop on the Management of Marine Turtles, February 3-4, 1997, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, 16 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1996. Historical summary of sea turtle observations at Rose Atoll, American Samoa. Honolulu Lab., Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep., 6 p.

Balazs, G. H. and S. G. Pooley. 1993. Research plan to assess marine turtle hooking mortality: Results of an expert workshop held in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 16-18, 1993. Honolulu Lab., Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-93-18, 164 p.

Balazs, G. H., H. Hirth, P. Kawamoto, E. Nitta, L. Ogren, R. Wass, and J. Wetherall. 1992. Interim recovery plan for Hawaiian sea turtles. Honolulu Lab., Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-92-01, 76 p.

Miya, R. K. and G.H. Balazs. 1991. Investigation of green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, occurring in the nearshore waters of Waikiki. Marine Skill Project Report, University of Hawaii Marine Option Program, August 1990, 43 p.

Balazs, G. H., R. G. Forsyth, B. L. Becker, T. C. Johanos, B. K. Choy, and R. L. Westlake. 1990. Status and ecology of marine turtles at Johnston Atoll: 1987 assessment. Honolulu Lab., Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-90-08, 33 p.

Balazs, G. H. and R. G. Forsyth. 1986. Status and ecology of marine turtles at Johnston Atoll: 1985 assessment. Honolulu Lab., Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-86-9, 22 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1983. Status review document for Pacific sea turtles. Honolulu Lab., Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-83-15, 16 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1983. Subsistence use of sea turtles at Pacific islands under the jurisdiction of the United States. Honolulu Lab., Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-83-17, 6 p.

Balazs, G. H. and P.C.H. Pritchard. 1979. Marine turtles of U.S. Territories in the Central Pacific Ocean and the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Contract Report 79-ABA-02422, 15+37pp.

Balazs CV Page 46 of 60 Balazs, G. H. 1978. Analyses of turtle parts recovered from shark stomachs sampled at Pearl and Hermes Reef and French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii Inst. Mar. Biol. Univ. Hawaii, Kaneohe, July, 8 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1978. Sea turtles of Kahoolawe Island: A preliminary survey. Hawaii Inst. Mar. Biol. Univ. Hawaii, Kaneohe, November, 21 p.

Balazs, G.H. 1978. Data abstracts from: Survival, growth and movements of captive-reared Hawaiian green turtles returned to the wild. Manuscript in preparation, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, April, 13p.

Balazs, G. H. and M. Nozoe. 1978. English translation of 1973 Preliminary report on the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore. Japanese Tortoise Shell Association, 73p.

Balazs, G. H. 1977. Ecological aspects of green turtles at Necker Island. Hawaii Inst. Mar. Biol. Univ. Hawaii, Kaneohe, October, 27 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1977. Report on the experimental use of large mesh nets as a live-capture technique in the research of Hawaiian green turtles. Hawaii Inst. Mar. Biol. Univ. Hawaii, Kaneohe, 11 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1977. South Pacific Commission Turtle Project: A constructive review and evaluation with recommendations for future action. Hawaii Inst. Mar. Biol. Univ. Hawaii, Kaneohe, April, 54 p.

Balazs, G. H. 1974. Survival status of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting and basking colony at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Presentation to the 104th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, September 1974, Honolulu, Hawaii, 8 p.

Ph.D. DISSERTATIONS AND M.S. THESES SIGNIFICANTLY MENTORED AND SUPPORTED BY GEORGE H. BALAZS (N=25)

Kittle, R. 2017. Identification of gastrointestinal microflora in Hawaiian green turtles and effects of glyphosate herbicide on their gastrointestinal bacteria. M.S. thesis, University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA.

Piacenza, S. 2016. Quantitative tools for monitoring strategy evaluation & assessment of sea turtle populations. PhD dissertation, Oregon State University.

Clukey, K. 2016. Assessment of plastic ingestion & persistent organic pollutants in sea turtles across the Pacific. MS thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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Ng. 2015. Conservation Implications of the Genetic Structure and Habitat Use of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the South China Region and Baseline Contaminant Levels in Green Turtles and Burmese Pythons (Python bivittatus). Ph.D. dissertation, City University of Hong Kong.

Luna, R. W. 2013. Turtlephilia in the Pacific: An integrated comparative analysis from the perspective of biological, cultural, and spiritual ecology in a particular case of biophilia. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.

Layton, J. E. 2011. Biological, ecological and conservational implications of temperature- dependent sex determination in sea turtle populations. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.

Francke, D. L. 2011. To dive or not to dive: Juvenile green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) behavior and habitat use in Kawainui, Oahu, Hawaii. M.S. thesis, Hawaii Pacific University, Kaneohe, USA.

Asuncion, B. 2010. Characterizing juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) habitat use in Kawainui, Oahu: a multi-disciplinary approach. M.S. thesis, Hawaii Pacific University, Kaneohe, USA.

Wills, K. E. 2010. The foraging ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) on the east coast of Hawai'i island. M.S. thesis, University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA.

Wabnitz, C. 2010. Sea turtle conservation and ecosystem-based management with a focus on green turtles and seagrass beds. Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Hooven, C. 2008. Spatial analysis of marine turtle stranding data in the Hawaiian Islands for the period 2002-2007: Is turtle health an indicator of environmental quality? Capstone, University of California at San Diego, USA.

Ikeda, T. 2008. Seasonal distribution and behavior of loggerhead sea turtles in the North Pacific – statistical analysis in relation to environmental oceanographic parameters. Ph.D. dissertation, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

Kobayashi, D. 2008. Spatial connectivity of Pacific insular species: Insights from modeling and tagging. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Peckham, H. 2008. Demographic and conservation implications of alternative foraging strategies in juvenile loggerheads in the North Pacific. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

Spring, J. 2006. A histological comparison of tumor characteristics in adult nesting female and foraging juvenile Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas): Is regression related to age? M.A. thesis, Columbia University, New York, USA.

Arthur, K. E. 2005. Ecotoxicology of the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula and health implications for green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Ph.D. dissertation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Naumoff, K. S. 2003. Land use change in Hawaii, 1950-2000: Relationship to environmental cofactors affecting prevalence of fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian green turtle. M.S. thesis, University of California at Berkeley, USA.

Balazs CV Page 48 of 60 Anderson, Y. 2002. The ecological relationship between the tumor-promoting dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum spp., and fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii and Florida. M.S. thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

Pepi, V. E. 2002. Effects of green turtle fibropapillomatosis on the reproductive success and egg composition of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge. M.S. thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.

Börjesson, L. 2000. An ecological assessment of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in coastal foraging and resting habitats of Kailua Bay, Laniakea, and Papailoa, on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. M.S. thesis, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sigurdsson, A. 2000. An ecological assessment of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in coastal foraging and resting habitats of Hanauma Bay and Wawamalu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA. M.S. thesis, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Zamzow, J. P. 1999. Cleaning symbioses between Hawaiian reef fishes and green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, with and without fibropapillomas. M.S. thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.

Swimmer, J. Y. B. 1997. Physiological consequences of basking, disease, and captivity in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Herbst, L. H. 1995. The etiology and pathogenesis of green turtle fibropapillomatosis. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Perry, A. 1982. Magnetite and magnetic sensitivity in the green turtle. M.S. Thesis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA.

SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE, RESEARCH EXPLORATION, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION CONDUCTED BY GEORGE H. BALAZS (N=59)

Napuka, French Polynesia 03/18 Cultural exploration

Moorea, French Polynesia 11/17 Support of sea turtle conservation

Moorea, French Polynesia 05/17 Support of sea turtle conservation

PR China 03/17 Support of sea turtle research at Shantou University

PR China 03/17 Support of sea turtle research at Huidong National Nature Reserve

Fiji Islands 05/16 Support of sea turtle conservation

Moorea and Tetiaroa, French Polynesia 04/16 Support of sea turtle conservation

Amami Oshima, Japan 06/15 Support of sea turtle conservation

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Keelung, Taiwan 03/14 Support of sea turtle conservation

LiuChiu Island, Taiwan 10/13 Support of sea turtle conservation

LiuChiu Island, Taiwan 07/13 Support of sea turtle conservation

PR China Guangzhou and Zhanjiang 04/13 Support of sea turtle conservation

LiuChiu Island and Penghu, Taiwan 02/13 Support of sea turtle conservation and cultural activities

Cayman Turtle Farm, Cayman Islands 12/12 Inspection visit consultancy

LiuChiu Island, Taiwan 11/12 Support of sea turtle conservation

Sattahip and Komanai, Thailand 10/12 Support of sea turtle research

PR China/ Hong Kong 06/12 Support of sea turtle research at Huidong National Nature Reserve

PR China/ Hong Kong 02/12 Support of sea turtle research at Huidong National Nature Reserve and Hainan Island.

PR China/ Hong Kong 08/11 Support of sea turtle research at Huidong National Nature Reserve

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 07/11 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Underwater World, Singapore 08/10 Satellite telemetry of capture-bred hawksbill turtles

Yadua Island, Denimanu Village, Fiji 07/10 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 04/10 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Secretariate – Pacific Regional Environment 02/10 Satellite telemetry training workshop Programme, Nadi, Fiji

Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia 01/10 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Sea Turtle Association of Japan – 11/09 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles Muroto Cape and Kobe

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 04/09 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Noumea Aquarium, New Caledonia 09/08 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 09/07 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Noumea Aquarium, New Caledonia 03/07 Research planning for South Pacific loggerhead turtles

Balazs CV Page 50 of 60 SPREP – Bora Bora, French Polynesia 11/06 Satellite telemetry of green turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 10/06 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 08/06 Research planning for sea turtle satellite telemetry

Nanyang Technological University and 07/06 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead, olive Underwater World, Singapore ridley and green turtles

Secretariate – Pacific Regional Environment 02/06 Satellite telemetry training workshop Programme, Apia, Samoa

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 07/05 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 04/05 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Marine Science Center, Ogasawara, Japan 04/05 Research and conservation planning for sea turtles in the Bonin Islands

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 11/04 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 04/04 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 11/03 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan 04/03 Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Queensland Department of the Environment 01/03 Investigation of fibropapilloma disease

National Taiwan Ocean University and 06/02 Research and conservation planning for Council of Agriculture sea turtles in Taiwan

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service 06/99 Review of the Queensland green turtle and Raine Island Corporation research program

Environmental Research and 05/99 Satellite telemetry of hawksbill turtles Wildlife Development Agency – in the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, UAE

Environmental Research and 05/98 Satellite telemetry of green turtles Wildlife Development Agency – in the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, UAE

National Taiwan Ocean University and 02/98 Research and conservation planning for Council of Agriculture sea turtles nesting in Taiwan

Republic of Seychelles 01/98 Satellite telemetry of hawksbill turtles nesting at Cousin Island

Environmental Research and 02/97 Assessment and research planning for Wildlife Development Agency – sea turtles in the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, UAE of the Arabian Gulf

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Delegation for the Environment and 12/96 Sea turtle survey and assessment of South Pacific Regional Environment Tupai Atoll, French Polynesia Programme

National Taiwan Ocean University and 08/96 Satellite telemetry of green turtles Council of Agriculture nesting at Wan-An Island, Peng-Hu Archipelago (Phase III)

National Taiwan Ocean University and 08/95 Satellite telemetry of green turtles Council of Agriculture nesting at Wan-An Island, Peng-Hu Archipelago (Phase II)

National Taiwan Ocean University and 08/94 Satellite telemetry of green turtles Council of Agriculture nesting at Wan-An Island, Peng-Hu Archipelago (Phase I)

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium 04/94 Necropsies of pelagic loggerhead turtles

South Pacific Regional Environment 10/91 Sea turtle survey and assessment of Programme Scilly Atoll and Motu-One, French Polynesia

International Union for the Conservation 09/89 Evaluation of hawksbill hatchery and of Nature (IUCN) headstart project in Palau

Office for Tokelau Affairs 10/81 Assessment of sea turtle resources in Tokelau

South Pacific Commission 2/77-3/77 Evaluation of sea turtle farming project In Fiji and the Cook Islands

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED BY GEORGE H. BALAZS (N=172)

Thirty-year commemoration of 1988 Hiwasa 02/18 Hiwasa, Japan Symposium

Thirty-Eighth International Sea Turtle 02/18 Kobe, Japan Symposium

China Sea Turtle Conservation International 10/17 Huidong National Nature Reserve, Workshop PR China

International Sea Turtle Protection Workshop 10/17 Penghu, Taiwan in Penghu

Global Tourism Summit 09/17 Honolulu, Hawaii

Board of Directors International Sea Turtle 08/17 Shepherdstown, West Virginia Society

Thirty-Seventh International Sea Turtle 04/17 Las Vegas, Nevada Balazs CV Page 52 of 60 Symposium

East Asia Regional Meeting 04/17 Las Vegas, Nevada

Fourth Meeting of the Protected Species 03/17 Honolulu, Hawaii Advisory Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Marine Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 01/17 Xiamen, PR China Workshop

Twenty-Seventh Symposium of the Sea 12/16 Muroto Point, Japan Turtle Association of Japan

Tri-national Recovery Plan for North Pacific 11/16 Honolulu, Hawaii Loggerhead Sea Turtles

IUCN World Conservation Congress 09/16 Honolulu, Hawaii

Japan – U.S. International Symposium for 08/16 Honolulu, Hawaii Ocean Conservation

Board of Directors International Sea Turtle 08/16 Shepherdstown, West Virginia Society

Thirty-Sixth International Sea Turtle Symposium 02/16 Lima, Peru

East Asia Regional Meeting 02/16 Lima, Peru

Trans-Pacific Regional Workshop: Conservation of migratory species: Single Species Action Plan for 02/16 Lima, Peru Loggerhead Turtle in the South Pacific Ocean

Third Meeting of the Protected Species 04/16 Honolulu, Hawaii Advisory Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Twenty-Fifth Symposium of the Sea Turtle 11/15 Amami Oshima, Japan Association of Japan

Board of Directors International Sea Turtle 08/15 Shepherdstown, West Virginia Society

Hawaii Conservation Conference 08/15 Hilo, Hawaii

External Review of NOAA PIFSC 07/15 Honolulu, Hawaii Protected Species Program

Green Turtle Critical Habitat Workshop 07/15 Honolulu, Hawaii

2015 International Summit on 06/15 Honolulu, Hawaii Balazs CV Page 53 of 60 Fibropapillomatosis: Global Status, Trends, and Population Impacts

Second Meeting of the Protected Species 05/15 Honolulu, Hawaii Advisory Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Thirty-Fifth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 04/15 Dalaman, Turkey

Meeting of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist 04/15 Dalaman, Turkey Group

East Asia Regional Meeting 04/15 Dalaman, Turkey

Board of Directors International Sea Turtle 08/14 Shepherdstown, West Virginia Society

China/ USA Sea Turtle Workshop 08/14 Honolulu, Hawaii

Meeting of the IUCN Marine Turtle 04/14 New Orleans, Louisiana Specialist Group

Thirty-Fourth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 04/14 New Orleans, Louisiana

First Protected Species Advisory Committee 01/14 Honolulu, Hawaii of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Board of Directors International 08/13 Shepherdstown, West Virginia Sea Turtle Society

East Asia Regional Meeting 02/13 Baltimore, Maryland

Meeting of the IUCN Marine Turtle 02/13 Baltimore, Maryland Specialist Group

Thirty-Third Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 02/13 Baltimore, Maryland

Asia-Pacific Veterinary Conference 10/12 Bangkok, Thailand

Board of Directors International 08/12 Shepherdstown, West Virginia Sea Turtle Society

Eighth Meeting of the Sea Turtle Advisory 05/12 Honolulu, Hawaii Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Institutional Animal Care and Use 10/11 Albuquerque, New Mexico Committee Workshop

International Workshop on Necropsy 10/11 Pingtung, Taiwan And Rescue of Stranded Sea Turtles

Balazs CV Page 54 of 60 Seventh Meeting of the Sea Turtle Advisory 03/11 Honolulu, Hawaii Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

First International Symposium on Sea 10/10 Moorea, French Polynesia Turtles in French Polynesia

Sixth Meeting of the Sea Turtle Advisory 03/10 Honolulu, Hawaii Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Twentieth Symposium of the Sea Turtle 11/09 Miyazaki, Japan Association of Japan

Fifth Meeting of the Sea Turtle Advisory 08/09 Honolulu, Hawaii Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Fourth Meeting of the Sea Turtle Advisory 04/08 Honolulu, Hawaii Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

WPRFMC North Pacific Loggerhead 12/07 Honolulu, Hawaii Sea Turtle Expert Workshop

Third Meeting of the Sea Turtle Advisory 09/06 Honolulu, Hawaii Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

National Sea Turtle Program Meeting 12/05 Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Third International Fishers Forum 07/05 Yokohama, Japan

Second Meeting of the Sea Turtle Advisory 03/05 Honolulu, Hawaii Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

Loggerhead and Leatherback Workshop 02/05 Honolulu, Hawaii

Fifteenth Symposium of the Sea Turtle 11/04 Tsuyazaki, Japan Association of Japan

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 10/04 Honolulu, Hawaii Third Scientific Symposium

Second Meeting of the WPRFMC Regional 12/03 Mon Repos, Australia Turtle Tagging Database Steering Committee

Population Models for the West Atlantic 10/03 Grand Cayman Islands Green Turtle

First Meeting of the Sea Turtle Advisory 07/03 Honolulu, Hawaii Committee of the Western Pacific Regional Balazs CV Page 55 of 60 Fishery Management Council

First Meeting to Establish a Comprehensive 06/03 Honolulu, Hawaii Tagging Database for Sea Turtles in the Western and Central Pacific

Workshop on the Northwestern Hawaiian 05/03 Honolulu, Hawaii Islands: Information Needs for Conservation

Workshop on the Use of Population Models 05/03 Honolulu, Hawaii in the Conservation of Sea Turtles

Florida Keys 2002 Sea Turtle Workshop 12/02 Marathon, Florida Keys

Second International Fishers Forum 11/02 Honolulu, Hawaii

Pacific Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Simulation 11/02 Honolulu, Hawaii Modeling Workshop

Meeting of the IUCN Marine Turtle 04/02 Miami, Florida Specialist Group

Twenty-second Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 04/02 Miami, Florida

Hawaiian Green Turtle Simulation Modeling 02/02 Honolulu, Hawaii Workshop

Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative 02/02 Honolulu, Hawaii Research and Management Workshop

NMFS/SWFC Planning Meeting on 11/01 San Diego, California Longline Sea Turtle Bycatch

Sea Turtle Assessment Meeting 05/01 Honolulu, Hawaii

Workshop Group Meeting on Health Issues 03/01 Honolulu, Hawaii of Captive Reared Hawaiian Green Turtles

Twenty-first Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 02/01 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Working Group Meeting on Reducing Turtle 01/01 San Diego, California By-Catch in the Hawaii Longline Fishery

Southwest Fisheries Science Center 11/00 La Jolla, California Sea Turtle Strategic Planning Meeting

Workshop on Sea Turtle Health Assessment 09/00 Charleston, South Carolina

Pacific Region Training Workshop on the 08/00 Honolulu, Hawaii Use of Satellite Transmitters and the Argos System to Track the Post-Nesting Migrations of Hawksbill Turtles

Balazs CV Page 56 of 60 International Training Workshop on the 07/00 Tortuguero, Costa Rica Use of Satellite Transmitters and the Argos System to Track the Post-Nesting Migrations of Hawksbill Turtles in the Caribbean Region

Sea Turtle Population Assessment Workshop 03/00 Gainesville, Florida

Twentieth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 03/00 Orlando, Florida

National Park Service Biological Inventories 01/00 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Workshop

Seminaire Tortues Marine – Ocean Indien 12/99 Reunion Island, France 1999

National Marine Fisheries Service Sea 10/99 Silver Spring, Maryland Turtle Funding Allocation Meeting

International Workshop on the Migrations, 04/99 Taipei, Taiwan Foraging Habitats and Nesting Ecology of Marine Turtles in Taiwan

Nineteenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 03/99 South Padre Island, Texas

National Marine Fisheries Service Sea 09/98 Silver Spring, Maryland Turtle Funding Allocation Meeting

Mexus-Pacific and Mexus-Gulf Meeting 09/98 Ensenada, Mexico

1998 Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery 08/98 Honolulu, Hawaii Implementation Workshop: American Samoa, CNMI, Guam and Hawaii

International Training Workshop on the 07/98 Barbados, BWI Use of Satellite Transmitters and the Argos System to Track Post-Nesting Migrations of Hawksbill Turtles in the Caribbean Region

National Marine Fisheries Service Sea 05/98 Silver Spring, Maryland Turtle Allocation Process Meeting

Eighteenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 03/98 Mazatlan, Mexico

U.S.-Chile Sea Turtle Collaborative Research 02/98 La Jolla, California Planning Meeting

1997 Workshop on Marine Turtle 12/97 Honolulu, Hawaii Fibropapillomatosis

NMFS SWR/SWC Strategic Planning 11/97 Dana Point, California Retreat

FY1998 National Marine Fisheries Service 09/97 Silver Spring, Maryland Balazs CV Page 57 of 60 Sea Turtle Funding Allocation Meeting

Mexus-Pacific Meeting 08/97 Pacific Grove, California

National Marine Fisheries Service Sea 05/97 Silver Spring, Maryland Turtle Allocation Process Meeting

Seventeenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 03/97 Orlando, Florida

International Workshop on the Management 02/97 Bali, Indonesia of Marine Turtles (JBA)

Mexus-Pacific Meeting 11/96 Mexico City, Mexico

FY1997 National Marine Fisheries Service 11/96 Silver Spring, Maryland Sea Turtle Funding Allocation Meeting

Conference on Large Pelagic Fish 10/96 San Diego, California Resources and Fisheries

Regional Marine Turtle Conservation 05/96 Apia, Western Samoa Programme Strategic Planning Meeting

Fifth Meeting and Workshop of the 04/96 Nadi, Fiji South Pacific Regional Marine Turtle Conservation Programme

Regional Meeting of the IUCN Marine 03/96 Hilton Head, South Carolina Turtle Specialist Group

Sixteenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 02/96 Hilton Head, South Carolina

FY1996 National Marine Fisheries Service 12/95 Silver Spring, Maryland Sea Turtle Funding Allocation Meeting

Workshop on the Status of Marine Turtles 12/95 Honolulu, Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean

Fiji Sea Turtle Conservation Meeting 10/95 Suva, Fiji

U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Team 07/95 San Diego, California

Green Turtle Fibropapillomatosis: 05/95 Fort Collins, Colorado Epidemiological Research Needs Workshop on Handling Techniques, 03/95 Honolulu, Hawaii Resuscitation, and Avoidance Strategies for Hooking Interactions with Sea Turtles in the North Pacific Pelagic U.S. Longline Fishery

International Workshop on the 03/95 Tokyo, Japan Management of Marine Turtles (JBA)

Balazs CV Page 58 of 60 Fifteenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 02/95 Hilton Head, South Carolina

U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Team 09/94 San Diego, California

Fourth Meeting and Workshop of the 08/94 Apia, W. Samoa South Pacific Regional Marine Turtle Conservation Programme

IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist 06/94 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Group Strategic Planning Session

Marine Turtle Hooking Mitigation Workshop 05/94 Silver Spring, Maryland

International Workshop on the Management 03/94 Tokyo, Japan of Marine Turtles (JBA)

Regional Meeting of the IUCN 03/94 Hilton Head, South Carolina Marine Turtle Specialist Group

Fourteenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 03/94 Hilton Head, South Carolina

Marine Turtle Hooking Mortality Workshop 11/93 Honolulu, Hawaii

Third Meeting and Workshop of the 06/93 Apia, W. Samoa South Pacific Regional Marine Turtle Conservation Programme

Hawksbill Turtle Conservation 03/93 Tokyo, Japan Specialist International Workshop (JBA)

Green Turtle Fibropapilloma Workshop 03/93 Gainesville, Florida

Regional Meeting of the IUCN Marine 02/93 Jekyll Island, Georgia Turtle Specialist Group

Thirteenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 02/93 Jekyll Island, Georgia

U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Team 07/92 Honolulu, Hawaii

Ninth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee 06/92 Seattle, Washington on Entanglement

Marine Turtle Specialist International 03/92 Nagoya, Japan Workshop (JBA) Regional Meeting of the IUCN Marine 02/92 Jeckyll Island, Georgia Turtle Specialist Group

Twelfth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 02/92 Jeckyll Island, Georgia

U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Team 11/91 Honolulu, Hawaii

Biology, Distribution and Stock Assessment 11/91 Tokyo, Japan of Species Caught in the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries in the North Pacific Balazs CV Page 59 of 60

Second Meeting and Workshop of the 08/91 Noumea, New Caledonia South Pacific Regional Marine Turtle Conservation Programme

U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery 07/91 Pago Pago, American Samoa

Sea Turtle Necropsy Workshop 06/91 Long Key, Florida

Eighth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee 06/91 Seattle, Washington on Entanglement

Workshop on Marine Turtle Fibropapilloma 12/90 Honolulu, Hawaii

International Symposium on the Resource 11/90 Nagasaki, Japan Management of the Hawksbill Turtle (JBA)

First Meeting and Workshop of the South 08/90 Noumea, New Caledonia Pacific Regional Marine Turtle Conservation Programme

Seventh Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee 06/90 Seattle, Washington on Entanglement

Tenth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle 02/90 Hilton Head, South Carolina Biology and Conservation

Second International Conference on 04/89 Honolulu, Hawaii Marine Debris

Working Group Meeting on Sea Turtle 03/89 Cedar Key, Florida Capture Methods

International Symposium on Sea Turtles 08/88 Hiwasa, Japan In Hiwasa

Seventh Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle 03/87 Wekiwa Spings, Florida Biology and Conservation

Hawaiian Sea Turtle Recovery Team 01/87 Honolulu, Hawaii

Hawaiian Sea Turtle Recovery Team 04/86 Honolulu, Hawaii

Sixth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle 03/86 Waverly, Georgia Biology and Conservation

IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group 03/86 Waverly, Georgia

Symposium on Sea Turtles in the East 12/85 San Jose, Costa Rica Pacific

Hawaiian Sea Turtle Recovery Team 10/85 Honolulu, Hawaii

Balazs CV Page 60 of 60 First International Symposium on Kemp’s 10/85 Galveston, Texas Ridley Sea Turtle Biology, Conservation, and Management

Workshop on the Fate and Impact of Marine 11/84 Honolulu, Hawaii Debris

IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group 07/83 Tortuguero, Costa Rica

East Pacific Workshop on Marine Turtles 07/83 San Jose, Costa Rica

Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium 07/83 San Jose, Costa Rica

Scientific Committee of the World Conference 01/80 Gainesville, Florida on Sea Turtle Conservation

Joint NMFS/SPC Workshop on Marine Turtles 12/79 Noumea, New Caledonia in the Tropical Pacific Islands

World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation 11/79 Washington, D.C.

Meeting on the Commercial Use of Sea Turtles 09/79 Oaxaca, Mexico in Mexico

Planning Workshop for National Marine 07/79 Honolulu, Hawaii Service Research on Marine Turtles in the Central and Western Pacific

Scientific Committee of the World Conference 04/79 Washington, D.C. on Sea Turtle Conservation

IUCN Species Survival Committee 03/79 Costa Rica

Convention on International Trade in 03/79 San Jose, Costa Rica Endangered Species (CITES)

IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group 05/78 Toronto, Ontario, Cananda

National Marine Fisheries Service Meeting 05/78 Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on a National Plan for Sea Turtles

IUCN Task Force Meeting on the 11/74 Miami, Florida and Grand Cayman Exploitation of Marine Turtles Island, BWI

World Mariculture Society 11/73 Charleston, South Carolina

World Mariculture Society 11/72 Monterrey, Mexico

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