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Wallace J. Nichols is affiliated with the California Academy of Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with notable contributions to subfields such as ecology and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work covers various topics including:

  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Nichols are:

  • Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization (2022), published in Diversity and Distributions
  • Pacific Turtle Tracks: Grupo Tortuguero (aggregated per 1-degree cell) (2021), published by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Frequent collaborators in Nichols' research include:

  • Connie Y. Kot
  • Susanne Åkesson
  • Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto
  • Diego Fernando Amorocho Llanos
  • Marina Antonopoulou

The scientist has published books through the publisher S. Hirzel Verlag. One of the books authored is titled Blue Mind - The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do, published in 2020.

Wallace J. Nichols has contributed to research appearing in venues such as:

  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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

  • Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots

    Rebecca L. Lewison;Larry B. Crowder;Bryan P. Wallace;Jeffrey E. Moore

  • Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

    Amanda C Vegter;Mario Barletta;Cathy A Beck;Jose Carlos Borrero

  • Small-scale fisheries bycatch jeopardizes endangered Pacific loggerhead turtles.

    S. Hoyt Peckham;David Maldonado Diaz;Andreas Walli;Georgita Ruiz

  • 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

  • Home range of green turtles Chelonia mydas at a coastal foraging area in the Gulf of California, Mexico

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Antonio Resendiz;Wallace J. Nichols

  • Diet of east pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the central Gulf of California, México

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Antonio Resendiz;Wallace J. Nichols

  • Monitoring green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a coastal foraging area in Baja California, Mexico: multiple indices to describe population status

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;T. Todd Jones;Antonio Resendiz;Wallace J. Nichols

  • Estimates of sea turtle mortality from poaching and bycatch in Bahía Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Volker Koch;Wallace J. Nichols;Hoyt Peckham;Victor de la Toba

  • TRANSPACIFIC MIGRATION OF A LOGGERHEAD TURTLE MONITORED BY SATELLITE TELEMETRY

    Wallace J. Nichols;Antonio Resendiz;Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Beatrice Resendiz

  • Satellite telemetry suggests high levels of fishing-induced mortality in marine turtles

    Graeme C. Hays;Annette C. Broderick;Brendan J. Godley;Paolo Luschi

  • Sea-surface temperature gradients across blue whale and sea turtle foraging trajectories off the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

    Peter Etnoyer;David Canny;Bruce R. Mate;Lance E. Morgan

  • High mortality of loggerhead turtles due to bycatch, human consumption and strandings at Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2003 to 2007

    S. Hoyt Peckham;David Maldonado-Diaz;Volker Koch;Agnese Mancini

  • Hazards Associated with the Consumption of Sea Turtle Meat and Eggs: A Review for Health Care Workers and the General Public

    A. Alonso Aguirre;Susan C. Gardner;Jesse C. Marsh;Stephen G. Delgado

  • Marine Biota and Psychological Well-Being A Preliminary Examination of Dose–Response Effects in an Aquarium Setting

    Deborah Cracknell;Mathew P. White;Sabine Pahl;Wallace J. Nichols

  • Growth Rates of Wild Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a Temperate Foraging Area in the Gulf of California, México

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Antonio Resendiz;Wallace J. Nichols;T. Todd Jones

  • Population ecology of the green/black turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) in Bahía Magdalena, Mexico

    Volker Koch;Louise B. Brooks;Wallace J. Nichols

  • Demographic implications of alternative foraging strategies in juvenile loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta of the North Pacific Ocean

    S. Hoyt Peckham;David Maldonado-Diaz;Yann Tremblay;Ruth Ochoa

  • Biology and conservation of sea turtles in Baja California, Mexico

    Wallace J. Nichols

  • Spatial ecology of critically endangered hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata: implications for management and conservation

    Alexander R. Gaos;Rebecca L. Lewison;Bryan P. Wallace;Ingrid L. Yañez

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Seminoff
Jeffrey A. Seminoff National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bryan P. Wallace
Bryan P. Wallace Duke University
Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
Rebecca L. Lewison
Rebecca L. Lewison San Diego State University
Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Annette C. Broderick
Annette C. Broderick University of Exeter
Larry B. Crowder
Larry B. Crowder Stanford University
Peter H. Dutton
Peter H. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark Hamann
Mark Hamann James Cook University
Lisa M. Campbell
Lisa M. Campbell Duke University

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