2026
*Martin, K.R., J. Adkins, V. Chea, C.M. Sarkis, *K.F. Phillips, A.M. Forsman, E.E. Seney, L.M. Komorosky, K.L. Mansfield, A.E. Savage. 2026. Major histocompatibility complex immunogenetic diversity differs across sea turtle species and genomic regions. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2026, evag008, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag008. Open access.
*Welsh, R.C. 2026. Site use and demographic changes in a northwest Atlantic sea turtle foraging ground. Dissertation. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
*Welsh, R.C. and K.L. Mansfield. 2026. Hidden Markov models reveal ontogenetic plasticity in green and loggerhead sea turtles. 2026. Scientific Reports. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-42842-z. Open access.
2025
Botterell, Z.L.R, et al. 2025. A global assessment of microplastic abundance and characteristics on sea turtle nesting beaches. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Volume 215, June 2025, 117768. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117768. Open access. Multi-authored collaborative paper with Dr. Mansfield as one of many supporting authors.
*Dawson, T. 2025. Evaluating health and immune proxies within and across sea turtle life stages. Dissertation. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
*K.F. Phillips, N.F. Putman and K.L. Mansfield. 2025. New insights on sea turtle behavior during the “lost years”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2367. Open access.
*Prasertlum, J. 2025. Long-term trends in the reproductive output and phenology of three marine turtle species. M.S. Thesis. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
Sequeira, A.M.M. et al. 2025. Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets. Science. 5 June 2025; Vol. 388, Issue 6731, pp 1086-1097. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0239. Open access. Multi-authored collaborative paper with Dr. Mansfield as one of many supporting authors.
Van Compernolle, M., et al. 2025. Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats. Conservation Biology, 2025; e70147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70147. Open access. Multi-authored collaborative paper with Dr. Mansfield as one of many supporting authors.
2024
Glassman, A.R., T.T. Zachariah, J.L. Patterson, K.L. Mansfield, E.E. Seney, and A. Ramachandran. 2024. Aerobic blood cultures and comparison to clinical findings of free ranging green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in east central Florida. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 55(3) September 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1638/2023-0107
*Long, C.A., G.A.J. Worthy, R. Paperno, S.A. Ceriani, and K.L. Mansfield. 2024. Harmful algal bloom impacts on juvenile green turtle foraging ecology: insights from stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 728:59-73 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14488.
*Sacco, A.E. 2024. Multiscale assessment of oceanic Sargassum habitat for the sea turtle ‘lost years’. Dissertation. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
2023
Ceriani, S.A., S. Murasko, D. Addison, D. Anderson, G. Curry, N. Desjardin, M.G. Dodd, S. Eastman, D. Evans, N. Evou, M.M.P.B. Fuentes, M.H. Godfrey, K. Hart, P. Hillbrand, S. Hirsch, C. Mott, K.L. Mansfield, K. Mazzarella, S. Norris, S.M. Pate, *K.F. Phillips, K. Rusenko, B. Shamblin, A. Stevenson, K. Sloan, T. Tucker, R. Welsh, P. Casale. 2023. Monitoring population-level spatio-temporal distribution of a highly migratory species among non-breeding areas: strengths and weaknesses of the current isotopic approach on the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead turtle population. Frontiers in Marine Science, Sec. Marine Megafauna. Volume 10 – 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1189661.
Putman, N.F., P.M. Richards, S.G. Dufault, K. McCarthy, E. Scott-Dention, K. McCarthy, R.T. Beyea, C.W. Caillouet, W.D. Heyman, E.E. Seney, K.L. Mansfield, and B.J. Gallaway. Modeling juvenile sea turtle bycatch risk in commercial and recreational fisheries. iScience (2023) 26:105977. DOI: https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(23)00054-8.pdf. Open access.
Stahelin, G.D. 2023. Variation in genetic structure and dispersal of juvenile green turtles. Dissertation. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
2022
Jetz, W., G. Tertitski, R. Kays, U. Miller, M. Wikelski, and Supporting Authors. 2022. Biological Earth observation with animal sensors. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Month 2021, Vd. 37, Issue 4, 2022, 293-398. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.011. Open access. Multi-authored collaborative paper with Dr. Mansfield as one of many supporting authors.
Kot, C.Y. et al. 2022. Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: a tool for conservation prioritization. Diversity and Distributions. 2022; 00:1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13485. Multi-authored collaborative paper with Dr. Seney as co-author.
*Kelley, J.R., *K.B. Kelley, A.E. Savage, and K.L. Mansfield. 2022. Disease state modeling suggests most juvenile green turtles develop and recover from fibropapillomatosis at a western North Atlantic coastal foraging area. 2021. Ecosphere. Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2022, 3400. Open access.
Mansfield, K.L. and L. Coleman. 2022. Migrations through the eyes of a sea turtle. Current Conservation, Vol. 15.4. Open access.
*Martin, K., K.L. Mansfield, and A. Savage. 2022. Adaptive evolution of MHC class I immune genes and disease associations in coastal juvenile sea turtles. Royal Society Open Science. 9: 211190. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211190. Open Access. Cover photo selected to highlight this paper.
Phillips, K.F. 2022. Juvenile dispersal and genetic connectivity in the sea turtle “lost years”. Dissertation. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
*Sarkis C.M., B.D. Hoenig, E.E. Seney, S.A. Gaspar, and A.M. Forsman. 2022. Sea snacks from DNA tracks: using DNA metabarcoding to characterize the diet of green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Integrative and Comparative Biology 62(2): 223-236. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac080.
*Welsh, R. and K.L. Mansfield. 2022. Spatial distribution and abundance of green sea turtles on their foraging ground in the Marquesas Keys, Florida. Marine Biology. 169, 22 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-04012-9.
2021
*Kane, R.A., *N. Christodoulides, *I.M. Jensen, *D.J. Becker, K.L. Mansfield, and A.E. Savage. 2021. Gene expression changes with tumor disease and leech parasitism in the juvenile green sea turtle skin transcriptome. GENE. 2021,145800, ISSN 0378-1110. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2021.145800.
*Long, C. 2021. Long-term changes in juvenile green turtle abundance and foraging ecology in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Dissertation. University of Central Florida, Orlando FL.
*Long, C., *R.M. Chabot, *J.R. Kelley, *M.N. El-Khazan, *C.M.S. Benoit, and K.L. Mansfield. 2021. Incongruent long-term trends of a marine consumer and primary producers in a habitat affected by nutrient pollution. Ecosphere. 12(6):e03553. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3553. Open access.
Mansfield, K L., J. Wyneken, and J. Luo. 2021. First satellite tracks of “lost years” green turtles support importance of the Sargasso Sea as a sea turtle nursery. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 288: 20210057. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0057. Open access.
*Phillips, K.F., *G.T. Stahelin, *R.M. Chabot, and K.L. Mansfield. 2021. Long-term trends in marine turtle size at maturity at an important Atlantic rookery. Ecosphere. 12(7):e03631. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3631. Open access.
*Phillips, K.F., D.S. Addison, C.R. Sasso, and K.L. Mansfield. 2021. Post-nesting migration routes and fidelity to foraging sites among loggerhead turtles in the western North Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 97(1):1-18, 2021. Published online May 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0099. Open access.
*Rittenburg, L.T., *J. R. Kelley, K.L. Mansfield, A.E. Savage. 2021. Marine leeches are associated with the tumor disease fibropapillomatosis in green sea turtles but not in loggerhead sea turtles. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Vol. 143:1-12, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03549.
2020
Shamblin, B.M, K.M. Hart, K.J. Martin, *S.A. Ceriani, *D.A. Bagley, K.L. Mansfield, L.M. Ehrhart, and C.J. Nairn. 2020. Green turtle mitochondrial microsatellite indicate finer-scale natal homing to isolated islands than to continental nesting sites. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 643: 159-171, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13348.