Publications

Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific migration distance in green turtles (Chelonia mydas).
Biology Letters
Beal, M., Catry, P., Regalla, A., Barbosa, C., Pires, A.J., Mestre, J., Senhoury, C., Sidina, E. and Patrício A.R.

Red, Gold and Green: Microbial Contribution of Rhodophyta and Other Algae to Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Gut Microbiome.
Microorganisms
Díaz-Abad, L., Bacco-Mannina, N., Madeira, F.M., Serrao, E.A., Regalla, A., Patrício, A.R. and Frade, P.R.

Fine-scale foraging segregation in a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding ground in the Bijagós archipelago, Guinea Bissau.
Frontiers in Marine Science, In Press
Fernando Miguel Madeira, Rui Rebelo, Paulo Catry, João Neiva, Castro Barbosa, Aissa Regalla, Ana Rita Patrício

Green Turtles Highlight Connectivity Across a Regional Marine Protected Area Network in West Africa.
Frontiers in Marine Science 9, p.812144
Patrício, A.R., Beal, M., Barbosa, C., Diouck, D., Godley, B.J., Madeira, F.M., Regalla, A., Traore, M.S., Senhoury, C., Sidina, E. and Catry, P.

High variability in nest site selection in a loggerhead turtle rookery, in Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Martins, S., Patrício, R., Clarke, L.J., de Santos Loureiro, N. and Marco, A.

Ghost crab predation of loggerhead turtle eggs across thermal habitats.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 551: 151735
Rita Martins, Adolfo Marco, Juan Patino-Martinez, Kate Yeoman, Catarina Vinagre, Ana Rita Patrício

eDNA metabarcoding for diet analyses of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas).
Marine Biology, 169(1), pp.1-12
Lucía Díaz-Abad, Natassia Bacco-Mannina, Fernando Miguel Madeira, João Neiva, Tania Aires, Ester A. Serrão, Aissa Regalla, Ana R. Patrício, Pedro R. Frade

Climate Change and Marine Turtles: Recent Advances and Future Directions.
Endangered Species Research. 44, pp.363-395.
Patrício, A.R., Hawkes, L.A., Monsinjon, J.R., Godley, B.J. and Fuentes, M.M.

Fibropapillomatosis and the Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 in Green Turtles from West Africa.
EcoHealth, 18(2), pp.229-240.
Monteiro, J., Duarte, M., Amadou, K., Barbosa, C., El Bar, N., Madeira, F.M., Regalla, A., Duarte, A., Tavares, L. and Patrício, A.R.

Ecology and conservation of green turtles in Guinea-Bissau.
Testudo
Patrício, A.R., Barbosa, C., Catry, P., Regalla, A.

Reflections on sea turtle conservation.
Oryx 54: 287-289
Godley BJ, Broderick AC, Colman LP, Formia A, Godfrey MH, Hamann M, Nuno A, Omeyer LCM, Patrício AR, Phillott AD, Rees AF, Shanker K

High Number of Healthy Albino Green Turtles from Africa’s Largest Population.
Marine Turtle Newsletter 160: 192-22
Madeira F, Patrício AR, Indjai B, Barbosa C, Regalla A, Catry P, Rebelo R

Distribution and growth rates of immature hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil.
Endangered Species Research 40: 41 - 52
Bellini C, Santos AJB, Patrício AR, Bortolon LFW, Godley BJ, Marcovaldi MA, Tilley D, Colman LP

Genetic characterization of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from São Tomé and Príncipe: Insights on species recruitment and dispersal in the Gulf of Guinea.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 518: 151181
Hancock JM, Vieira S, Taraveira L, Santos A, Schmitt V, Semedo A, Patrício AR, Ferrand N, Gonçalves H, Sequeira F

Evidence for trophic differences between live and bycaught oceanic juvenile loggerhead sea turtles.
Marine Biology 166: 29
Raposo C, Patrício AR, Catry P, Dellinger T, Granadeiro JP

Climate change resilience of a globally important sea turtle nesting population.
Global Change Biology 25: 2
Patrício AR, Varela MR, Barbosa C, Broderick AC, Catry P, Hawkes LA, Regalla A, Godley, B. J.

Assessing climate change associated sea‐level rise impacts on sea turtle nesting beaches using drones, photogrammetry and a novel GPS system.
Global change biology 25: 753-762
Varela MR, Patrício AR, Anderson K, Broderick AC, DeBell L, Hawkes LA, Tiley D, Snape RTE, Westoby MJ, Godley, B. J.

Nest site selection repeatability of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, and consequences for offspring.
Animal Behaviour 139: 91-102
Patrício AR, Varela MR, Barbosa C, Broderick AC, Airaud MBF, Godley BJ, Regalla A, Tilley D, Catry P

Balanced primary sex ratios and resilience to climate change in major marine turtle population.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 577: 189-203
Patrício AR, Marques A, Barbosa C, Broderick AC, Godley BJ, Hawkes L, Rebelo R, Regala A, Catry P

Dispersal of green turtles from Africa’s largest rookery assessed through genetic markers.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 569: 215–225
Patrício AR, Formia A, Barbosa C, Broderick AC, Bruford M, Carreras C, Catry P, Ciofi C, Regala A, Godley BJ

Genetic composition and origin of juvenile green turtles foraging at Culebra, Puerto Rico, as revealed by mtDNA.
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, Special Issue: Marine Turtles 45: 506-520
Ana R Patrício, Vélez-Zuazo X, van Dam RP, Diez CE

Ecology and behaviour of Palm-nut Vultures Gypohierax angolensis in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau.
Ostrich 88: 113–121
Carneiro C, Henriques M, Barbosa C, Tchantchalam Q, Regalla A, Patrício AR, Catry P

Novel insights into the dynamics of green turtle fibropapillomatosis.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 547: 247-255
Ana R Patrício, Diez CE, van Dam RP, Godley BJ

Spatial and temporal variability of immature green turtle abundance and somatic growth in Puerto Rico.
Endangered Species Research 23: 51-62
Patrício AR, Diez CE, van Dam RP

Long-term growth and survival dynamics of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at an isolated tropical archipelago in Brazil.
Marine Biology 162: 111-122
Colman LP, Patrício AR, McGowan A, Santos AJB, Marcovaldi MA, Bellini C, Godley BJ

Population ecology and genetics of the invasive lionfish in Puerto Rico.
Aquatic Invasions 9: 227-237
Toledo-Hernandéz C, Vélez-Zuazo X, Ruíz-Diaz CP, Patrício AR, Mége P, Navarro M, Sabat AM, Betancur-R R, Papa R

Data on ancient microorganisms causes skepticism.
FEMS Microbiology Letters 353: 87-88
Santiago-Rodriguez TM, Patrıcio AR , Rivera JI, Coradin M, Gonzalez A, Tirado G, Cano RJ, Toranzos GA

luxS in bacteria isolated from 25- to 40-million-year-old amber.
FEMS Microbiology Letters 3510:117-124
Santiago-Rodriguez TM, Patrıcio AR , Rivera JI, Coradin M, Gonzalez A, Tirado G, Cano RJ, Toranzos GA

Global Phylogeography and Evolution of the Chelonid Fibropapilloma-associated Herpesvirus.
Journal of General Virology 93: 1035–1045
Patrício AR, Herbst LH, Duarte A, Vélez-Zuazo X, Santos Loureiro N, Pereira N, Tavares L, Toranzos GA

Survival Probabilities of Immature Green Turtles at two Foraging Grounds in Culebra Island, Puerto Rico.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 440: 217–227
Ana R Patrício, Vélez-Zuazo X, Diez CE, van Dam RP, Sabat AM