Williard, Amanda Southwood

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Professor, Biology and Marine Biology , College of Science and Engineering

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williarda@uncw.edu

910.962.4064

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- Osmoregulation in the estuarine diamond-backed terrapin across a broad range of naturally occurring salinities. BIOLOGY OPEN. 14. 2025-06-01
- Use of Community Science Data to Assess Factors Associated With Diamond-Backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Sightings in Coastal Marshes of Southeastern North Carolina, USA. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 15. 2025-06-01
- Enhanced, coordinated conservation efforts required to avoid extinction of critically endangered Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles.. Scientific Reports. 10. 2020-01-01
- Rapid assessments of leatherback small-scale fishery bycatch in internesting areas in the eastern Pacific Ocean.. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 2020-01-01
- Blood biochemistry and haematology of migrating loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Northwest Atlantic: reference intervals and intra-population comparisons. Conservation Physiology. 7. 2019-01-01
- Effects of temperature and salinity on body fluid dynamics and metabolism in the estuarine diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 222. 2019-01-01
- Informing research priorities for immature sea turtles through expert elicitation.. Endangered Species Research. 37:55-76. 2018-01-01
- Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta density and abundance in Chesapeake Bay and the temperate ocean waters of the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic Bight.. Endangered Species Research. 37:269-287. 2018-01-01
- Osmoregulation. ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF THE DIAMOND-BACKED TERRAPIN. 111-125. 2018-01-01
- Assessment of the Impact of Bycatch Reduction Devices on Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) and Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) catch in the North Carolina Commercial Crab Fishery. Fisheries Research. 186:94-101. 2017-02-01
- Oceanic overwintering in juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas from a temperate latitude foraging ground.. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 564:235-240. 2017-02-01
- The Effects of Bycatch Reduction Devices on Diamondback Terrapin and Blue Crab Catch in the North Carolina Commercial Crab Fishery.. Fisheries Research. 186:94-101. 2017-01-01
- Exploring cause of death, human interaction and body condition in stranded loggerhead turtles. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 555:221-234. 2016-08-01
- Loggerhead turtle killed by vessel and fishery interaction in Virginia, USA, are healthy prior to death.. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 555:221-234. 2016-01-01
- Physiological ramifications for loggerhead turtles captured in pelagic longlines.. Biology Letters. 11:20150607. 2015-11-01
- The blood biochemistry of overwintering diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin).. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 466:34-41. 2015-05-01
- Total body water and water turnover rates in the estuarine diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) during the transition from dormancy to activity.. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217:4406-4413. 2014-12-01
- Behavioral and metabolic contributions to thermoregulation in freely swimming leatherback turtles at high latitude. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217:2331-2337. 2014-07-01
- Physiology as Integrated Systems -- CRC Marine Biology Series. BIOLOGY OF SEA TURTLES, VOL III. 1-30. 2013-01-01
- Using a spatially-explicit landscape risk model to investigate bycatch risk of terrapins in crab pots. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 467:207-217. 2012-10-01
- Incubation temperatures and metabolic heating of relocated and in situ loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests at a northern rookery. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 10:54-61. 2011-07-01
- Seasonal changes in thermal environment and metabolic enzyme activity in the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. 158:477-484. 2011-04-01
- Diel foraging behavior of gravid leatherback sea turtles in deep waters of the Caribbean Sea. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 213:3961-3971. 2010-12-01
- Movements and post-release mortality of juvenile sea turtles released from gillnets in the lower Cape Fear River, North Carolina. Endangered Species Research. 12:235-247. 2010-09-01
- Estimation of age at maturity and growth of Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas) using skeletochronology. Marine Biology. 2010-04-01
- Physiological, behavioral, and ecological aspects of migration in reptiles. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 180:1-23. 2010-01-01
- Blood biochemistry of sea turtles captured in gillnets in the lower Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management. 73:1394-1401. 2009-11-01
- Sound, chemical, and light detection in sea turtles and pelagic fishes: Exploring sensory-based approaches to bycatch reduction in longline fisheries. Endangered Species Research. 5:225-238. 2008-12-01
- Chemoreception in Loggerhead Sea Turtles: An Assessment of the Feasibility of Using Chemical Deterrents to Prevent Sea Turtle Interactions with Longline Fishing Gear. US Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memo NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC--10. 2007-01-01
- Seasonal metabolism of juvenile green turtles at Heron Island, Australia. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 84:125-135. 2006-01-01
- Effects of diving and swimming behavior on body temperatures of pacific leatherback turtles in tropical seas.. Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ. 78 2:285-97. 2005-01-01
- Energetics of Leatherback Sea Turtles: A Step toward Conservation. Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology. 66-82. 2004-09-01
- Metabolic and cardiovascular adjustments of juvenile green turtles to seasonal changes in temperature and photoperiod.. The Journal of experimental biology. 206 Pt 24:4521-31. 2003-01-01
- Seasonal diving patterns and body temperatures of juvenile green turtles at Heron Island, Australia. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 81:1014-1024. 2003-01-01
- Heart rates and diving behavior of leatherback sea turtles in the eastern pacific ocean. Journal of Experimental Biology. 202:1115. 1999-01-01
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- Physiology as Integrated Systems in The Biology of Sea Turtles. CRC Press. 1-30. 2013-03-01

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