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Alan B. Bolten is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science, with a primary focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Oceanography. Their research broadly covers multiple aspects of marine biology, with significant work relating to turtle biology and conservation.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, there is a strong emphasis on several subfields:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Alan B. Bolten's research topics include:

  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Recent published papers reflect a focus on sea turtles and their ecosystems. These include:

  • Divergence and hybridization in sea turtles: Inferences from genome data show evidence of ancient gene flow between species (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • Multiple-threats analysis for loggerhead sea turtles in the southwest Atlantic Ocean (2020, Endangered Species Research)
  • Recovery of a cultivation grazer: A mechanism for compensatory growth of Thalassia testudinum in a Caribbean seagrass meadow grazed by green turtles (2021, Journal of Ecology)
  • Recovery of a large herbivore changes regulation of seagrass productivity in a naturally grazed Caribbean ecosystem (2020, Ecology)
  • Reproductive output, foraging destinations, and isotopic niche of olive ridley and loggerhead sea turtles, and their hybrids, in Brazil (2020, Endangered Species Research)

Alan B. Bolten has also contributed to book publications, including a volume published by UNESCO titled Biology of pelagic sea turtles: effects of marine debris (2021).

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Karen A. Bjorndal
  • Alexandra G. Gulick
  • R. A. Johnson
  • Maria Ângela Marcovaldi
  • Clayton G. Pollock

The scientist's work has appeared in multiple publication venues, with a notable number of articles published in:

  • Marine Biology
  • Endangered Species Research
  • PLoS ONE
  • Conservation Physiology
  • Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century

    M. Hamann;M.H. Godfrey;J.A. Seminoff;K. Arthur

  • Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales

    Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Brendan J. Hurley;Brendan J. Hurley;Elena M. Finkbeiner;Elena M. Finkbeiner

  • Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles

    Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Alan B. Bolten;Alan B. Bolten;Milani Y. Chaloupka;Milani Y. Chaloupka

  • GREEN TURTLE SOMATIC GROWTH MODEL: EVIDENCE FOR DENSITY DEPENDENCE

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Alan B. Bolten;Milani Y. Chaloupka

  • Variation in Sea Turtle Life History Patterns: Neritic vs. Oceanic Developmental Stages

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  • Loggerhead sea turtles

    Alan B. Bolten;Blair E. Witherington

  • On the calculation of sugar concentration in flower nectar.

    Alan B. Bolten;Peter Feinsinger;Herbert G. Baker;Irene Baker

  • Ingestion of marine debris by juvenile sea turtles in coastal Florida habitats

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Alan B. Bolten;Cynthia J. Lagueux

  • Techniques for Measuring Sea Turtles

    Alan B. Bolten;Archie Carr

  • The lost years of green turtles: using stable isotopes to study cryptic lifestages

    Kimberly J Reich;Karen A Bjorndal;Alan B Bolten

  • TRANSATLANTIC DEVELOPMENTAL MIGRATIONS OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES DEMONSTRATED BY mtDNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

    Alan B. Bolten;Karen A. Bjorndal;Helen R. Martins;Thomas Dellinger

  • Encouraging outlook for recovery of a once severely exploited marine megaherbivore

    Milani Chaloupka;Karen A. Bjorndal;George H. Balazs;Alan B. Bolten

  • Somatic growth model of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta: duration of pelagic stage

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Alan B. Bolten;Helen R. Martins

  • Individual specialists in a generalist population: results from a long-term stable isotope series

    Hannah B. Vander Zanden;Karen A. Bjorndal;Kimberly J. Reich;Alan B. Bolten

  • Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles

    A.F. Rees;J. Alfaro-Shigueto;P.C.R. Barata;K.A. Bjorndal

  • Phylogeography and population structure of the Atlantic and Mediterranean green turtle Chelonia mydas: a mitochondrial DNA control region sequence assessment

    S. E. Encalada;P. N. Lahanas;K. A. Bjorndal;A. B. Bolten

  • Twenty-Six Years of Green Turtle Nesting at Tortuguero, Costa Rica: An Encouraging Trend

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Jerry A. Wetherall;Alan B. Bolten;Jeanne A. Mortimer

  • BLOOD PROFILES FOR A WILD POPULATION OF GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS: SIZE-SPECIFIC AND SEX-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS

    Alan B. Bolten;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • Natal homing in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta).

    Brian W. Bowen;Anna L. Bass;Shaio-Mei Chow;Meredith Bostrom

  • Population structure of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting colonies in the Atlantic and Mediterranean as inferred from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences

    S. E. Encalada;K. A. Bjorndal;A. B. Bolten;J. C. Zurita

  • COMPENSATORY GROWTH IN OCEANIC LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES: RESPONSE TO A STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENT

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Alan B. Bolten;Thomas Dellinger;Cláudia Delgado

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen A. Bjorndal
Karen A. Bjorndal University of Florida
Jeffrey A. Seminoff
Jeffrey A. Seminoff National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Milani Chaloupka
Milani Chaloupka University of Queensland
Peter H. Dutton
Peter H. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Brian W. Bowen
Brian W. Bowen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Kristen M. Hart
Kristen M. Hart United States Geological Survey
Mark T. Hamann
Mark T. Hamann Medical University of South Carolina
Elliott R. Jacobson
Elliott R. Jacobson University of Florida
Bryan P. Wallace
Bryan P. Wallace Duke University
Jeanne A. Mortimer
Jeanne A. Mortimer University of Florida

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