CURRICULUM VITAE – JUNE 2023
NAME:
ADDRESS:

DENISE M. PARKER
583 NE 20th Place, Newport, Oregon, USA 97365

CURRENT POSITION:

Golden Honu Services of Oceania
Independent Researcher

LAST POSITION:

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Fish Aging Technician
2032 S.E. OSU Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Cellular: 01-541-961-8355
Email: Denise.M.Parker@outlook.com

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
2021 July – present – Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission – Fish Aging Technician
2017 January – 2017 May – Optima Resource Services, Independent Contractor
2005-September 2016

Marine Turtle Research Specialist, JIMAR/NMFS

1997-2005

Marine Turtle Research Associate III, JIMAR/NMFS

1996-1997

Marine Turtle Research Associate II, JIMAR/NMFS

1994-1996

Marine Turtle Research Associate I, JIMAR/NMFS

1991-1994

Biological Technician, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service

1989-1991

Fisheries Aide I, State of Hawaii, Division of Aquatic Resources

HONORS AND AWARDS:
2014 - RCUH Service Merit Award – 20 years
2009 - RCUH Service Merit Award – 15 years
2004 - RCUH Service Merit Award – 10 years

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1996 - 2015 – Received or was recommended for a JIMAR Merit award for outstanding andcommendable performance
1992, 1993 - NMFS Merit award for commendable performance
1994 – NMFS Merit award for outstanding performance
1989 - Outstanding College students of America Award
Member, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
2019-present – Co-chair, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group Oceania
2014-present - Member, China-USA Sea Turtle Working Group
1995-present - Member, International Sea Turtle Society
EDUCATION:
1990-1992 Graduate studies – Oceanography and statistics, University of Hawaii
1989 - Bachelor of Science – Biology – Graduated with distinction, University of Hawaii –Manoa.
CERTIFICATES:
Coursera Certificates:
Imagery, Automation, and Applications by University of California, Davis. Earned August 22,
2016
Geospatial and Environmental Analysis by University of California, Davis. Earned July 10, 2016
GIS Data Formats, Design and Quality by University of California, Davis. Earned June 26, 2016
Fundamentals of GIS by University of California, Davis. Earned May 15, 2016
R Programming by Johns Hopkins University. Earned February 1, 2015
The Data Scientist’s Toolbox by Johns Hopkins University. Earned January 31, 2015

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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
Maurer, A.S., C. Dawson, R. Bjorkland, A. Donaldson, S.P. Stapleton, J.I. Richardson, D.M.
Parker, G.H. Balazs, and B.A. Schroeder.
2022. Satellite Telemetry Elucidates Migratory Pathways and Foraging Areas for Hawksbill
Sea Turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, in the Caribbean. Caribbean J. of Science,
52(1):126-141 (2022). https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v52i1.a10.
Kot, C.Y., S. Åkesson, J. Alfaro-Shigueto, D.F. Amorocho Llanos, M. Antonopoulou, G.H. Balazs,
W.R. Baverstock, J.M. Blumenthal, A.C. Broderick, I. Bruno, A.F. Canbolat, P. Casale, D. Cejudo,
M.S. Coyne, C. Curtice, S. DeLand, A. DiMatteo, K. Dodge, D.C. Dunn, N. Esteban, A. Formia,
M.M.P.B. Fuentes, E. Fujioka, J. Garnier, M.H. Godfrey, B.J. Godley, V. González Carman, A.-L.
Harrison, C.E. Hart, L.A. Hawkes, G.C. Hays, N. Hill, S. Hochscheid, Y. Kaska, Y. Levy, C.P.
Ley-Quiñónez, G.G. Lockhart, M. López-Mendilaharsu, P. Luschi, J.C. Mangel, D. Margaritoulis,
S.M. Maxwell, C.M. McClellan, K. Metcalfe, A. Mingozzi, F.G. Moncada, W.J. Nichols, D.M.
Parker, S.H. Patel, N.J. Pilcher, S. Poulin, A.J. Read, AL. F. Rees, D.P. Robinson, N.J. Robinson,
A.G. Sandoval-Lugo, G. Schofield, J.A. Seminoff, E.E. Seney, R.T.E. Snape, D. Sözbilen, J.
Tomás, N. Varo-Cruz, B.P. Wallace, N.E. Wildermann, M.J. Witt, A.A. Zavala-Norzagaray, and
P.N. Halpin.
2022. Network Analysis of Sea Turtle Movements and Connectivity: A Tool forConservation Prioritization. Diversity and Distributions. 28(4): 810-829.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13485.
Briscoe D.K., C.N. Turner Tomaszewicz, J.A. Seminoff, D.M. Parker, G.H. Balazs, J.J. Polovina,
M. Kurita, H. Okamoto, T. Saito, M.R. Rice and L.B. Crowder
2021. Dynamic Thermal Corridor May Connect Endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtles Acrossthe Pacific Ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:630590. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.630590
Work T.M., D. Parker, G.H. Balazs (Eds.) (2020). Sea Turtles in Oceania: MTSG Annual Regional
Report2020. Report of the IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, 2020.
Parker, D.M.
2020. Republic of the Marshall Islands. In: Work TM, Parker D, Balazs GH (Eds.) 2020.
Sea Turtles in Oceania: MTSG Annual Regional Report 2020. Report of the IUCN SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, 2020.
Oki, K., T. Hamabata, T. Arata, D.M. Parker, C. Ka Yan Ng, and G.H. Balazs.
2019. "Inferred Adult Foraging Grounds of Two Marine Turtle Species Nesting at AmamiOshima, Japan," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 18(1), 91-97, (6 June 2019).
https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1337.1
Jang, S., G.H. Balazs, D.M. Parker, B. Kim, M.Y. Kim, C.K.Y. Ng, and T.W. Kim.
2018. Movements of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Rescued from Pound Nets Near Jeju
Island, Republic of Korea. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 2018, 17(2): 236–
244. doi:10.2744/CCB-1279.1

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Saito, T., M. Kurita, H. Okamoto, Y. Kakizoe, D. Parker, D. Briscoe, M. Rice, J. Polovina and G.
Balazs.
2018. Satellite tracking immature loggerhead turtles in temperate and subarctic ocean habitats
around the Sea of Japan, Micronesica 2018-03, 20 pp. Published online 30 April 2018.
http://micronesica.org/volumes/2018
Balazs, G.H., D.M. Parker and M.R. Rice.
2017. Ocean pathways and residential foraging locations for satellite tracked green turtles
breeding at French Frigate Shoals in the Hawaiian Islands, Micronesica 2017-04, 19
pp. Published online 15 January 2018. http://micronesica.org/volumes/2017
Kume, M., T. Ishihara, D.M. Parker, and G.H. Balazs.
2017. Habitat use of sea turtles in the coastal waters around Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima
Prefecture. (In Japanese, Abstract in Engish). Umigame Newsletter of Japan #105
2017. pp. 2-10.
Briscoe, D., D. Parker, S. Bograd, E. Hazen; K. Scales, G. Balazs, M. Kurita, T. Saito, H.
Okamoto, M. Rice, J. Polovina, and L. Crowder
2016. Multi-year tracking reveals extensive pelagic phase of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles
in the North Pacific. Movement Ecology (2016) 4:23. doi 10.1186/s40462-016-00874
Briscoe D.K., D.M. Parker, G.H. Balazs, M. Kurita, T. Saito, H. Okamoto, M. Rice, J.J. Polovina,
and L.B. Crowder.
2016. Active dispersal in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) during the 'lost years'.
ProcRSocLondB 283: 20160690. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0690.
F. Christiansen, N.F. Putman, R. Farman, D.M. Parker, M.R. Rice, J.J. Polovina, G.H. Balazs, andG.C. Hays.
2016. Spatial variation in directional swimming leads juvenile sea turtles to productive
waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 557:247-259. doi: 10.3354/meps11874.
Oki, K., T. Arata, C. K. Ng, D. Parker and G. Balazs.
2016. Satellite tracking of a loggerhead and a green turtle nesting individuals in Amamioshima. In Proceedings of Japanese Sea Turtle Symposium in Inchinomiya,
Japan.
Roberson, K., M. Kendall, D. Parker and S. Murakawa.
2016. Chapter 5: Sea Turtles. In: Costa, B.M. and M.S. Kendall (eds.). Marine
Biogeographic Assessment of the Main Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. OCS Study
BOEM 2016-035 and NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 214. 359 pp.
Balazs, G., D. Parker, J. Gorman, J. Luecke, and J. Pawloski.
2015. Settling down in Hawaii: adaptation of captive-bred green turtles (Chelonia mydas)
released from the Maui Ocean Center. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 145:22-26.

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Parker, D.M., G.H. Balazs, K. Frutchey, E. Kabua, M. Langridrik & K. Boktok.
2015. Conservation considerations revealed by the movements of post-nesting green turtles
from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Micronesica 2015-03, 9 pp. Published
online 31 October 2015. http://micronesica.org/volumes/2015
Saito, T., M. Kurita, H. Okamoto, I. Uchida, D. Parker, and G. Balazs.
2015. Tracking male loggerhead turtle migrations around southwestern Japan using satellite
telemetry. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2015 14 (1), 82-87
Balazs G.H., J.A. Seminoff, T.M Work, D.M. Parker (Compilers)
2014. Dossier of documents for China/ USA Sea Turtle Workshop in Hawaii 2014.
Convened by NOAA, CAFS, USGS, 25-29 August 2014, 99p. 99pp
Kobayashi D.R., R. Farman, J.J. Polovina, D.M. Parker, M. Rice, and G.H. Balazs.
2014. ‘‘Going with the Flow’’ or not: evidence of positive rheotaxis in oceanic juvenile
loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the South Pacific Ocean using satellite tags
and ocean circulation data. PLoS ONE 9(8): e103701.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103701
Kolinski, S.P., J. Cruce, D.M. Parker, G.H. Balazs & R. Clarke.
2014. Migrations and conservation implications of post-nesting green turtles from Gielop
Island, Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesica 2014-04,
uogedu.siteprotect.net/up/micronesica/2014.
Parker, D.M., G.H. Balazs, M.R. Rice & S.M. Tomkeiwicz.
2014. Variability in reception duration of dual satellite tags on sea turtles tracked in the
Pacific Ocean. Micronesica 2014-03, 8 pp. Published online 26 June 2014.
uogedu.siteprotect.net/up/micronesica/2014.
Parker, D.M., C. King, M. Rice, and G. Balazs
2014. First use of a GPS satellite tag to track a post-nesting hawksbill (Eretmochelys
imbricata) in the Hawaiian Islands with an indication of possible mortality. Marine
Turtle Newsletter 142:10-13

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Yeh F.C., G.H. Balazs, D.M. Parker, C.K. Ng, and H.T. Shi
2014. Novel use of satellite tracking as a forensic tool to determine foraging ground of a
rescued green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Marine Turtle Newsletter 142:1-3
Abecassis, M., I. Senina, P. Lehodey, P. Gaspar, D. Parker, G.H. Balazs, and J. Polovina.
2013. A model of loggerhead sea turtle habitat and movement in the Oceanic North Pacific.
PLoS ONE, Vol.8, Issue 9, e73274.
D.R. Kobayashi, R. Farman, D.M. Parker, J.J. Polovina, A.S. Ren, M. Rice, and G.H. Balazs.
2012. Pelagic habitat characterization of loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, in the South
Pacific Ocean (2008-2009): insights from satellite tag tracking and environmental
data. p. 156. In: Jones, T. Todd and Wallace, Bryan P., compilers. 2012 (Updated
November 2012). Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle
Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA NMFS-SEFSC631: 322p.
Kobayashi, D.R., I.-J. Cheng, D.M. Parker, J.J. Polovina, N. Kamezaki, and G.H. Balazs.
2011. Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) movement off the coast of Taiwan:
characterization of a hotspot in the East China Sea and investigation of mesoscaleeddies. ICES J. Mar. Sci.
Kobayashi, D.R., R. Farman, D.M. Parker, J.J. Polovina, A.S. Ren, M. Rice, and G.H. Balazs.
2011. Pelagic habitat characterization of loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, in the South
Pacific Ocean (2008-2009): insights from satellite tag tracking and environmental
data. In T.T. Jones and B.P. Wallace (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirty-First
Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, April 10-16, 2011, San
Diego, California, p. 156. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC631.
Parker, D.M., P.H. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs.
2011. Oceanic diet and distribution of haplotypes for the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, inthe central North Pacific. Pac. Sci. 65(4):419-431.
Howell, E.A., P.H. Dutton, J.J. Polovina, H. Bailey, D.M. Parker, and G.H. Balazs.
2010. Oceanographic influences on the dive behavior of juvenile loggerhead turtles(Caretta caretta) in the North Pacific Ocean. Mar. Biol. 157:1011-1026.
Parker, D.M., G.H. Balazs, C.S. King, L. Katahira, and W. Gilmartin.
2009. Short-range movements of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from nesting toforaging areas within the Hawaiian Islands. Pac. Sci. 63(3):371-382.

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Chaloupka, M., D. Parker, and G. Balazs.
2008. Modelling post-release mortality of pelagic loggerhead sea turtles exposed to the
Hawaii-based longline fishery. In H. Kalb, A. S. Rohde, K. Gayheart, and K.
Shanker (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Symposium on Sea
Turtle Biology and Conservation, January 18-22, 2005, Savannah, Georgia, p. 55.
U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-582.
Graciela, T.P., G. Balazs, D. Parker, and R.B. Gamboa.
2008. The adventures of three green turtles crossing the Gulf of Mexico (post-nesting
migrations of green sea turtles in Lechuguillas, Veracruz-Mexico). In R. B. Mast, B.
J. Hutchinson, and A. H. Hutchinson (comps.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth
Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 22-29, 2004,
San Jose, Costa Rica, p. 199. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFSSEFSC-567.
Howell, E.A., D.R. Koyabashi, D.M. Parker, G.H. Balazs, and J.J. Polovina.
2008. TurtleWatch: A tool to aid in the bycatch reduction of loggerhead turtles Caretta
caretta in the Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery. Endang. Species Res. 5:267278.
Kobayashi, D.R., J.J. Polovina, D.M. Parker, N. Kamezaki, I.-J. Cheng, I. Uchida, P.H. Dutton,
and G.H. Balazs.
2008. Pelagic habitat characterization of loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the
North Pacific Ocean (1997-2006): Insights from satellite tag tracking and remotelysensed data. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 356:96-114.
Parker, D.M. and G.H. Balazs.
2008. Diet of the oceanic green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the North Pacific. In H. Kalb, A.
S. Rohde, K. Gayheart, and K. Shanker (comps.). Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth
Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, January 16-22, 2005,
Savannah, Georgia, p. 94-95. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFSSEFSC-582.
Polovina, J.J., G.H. Balazs, E.A. Howell, D.M. Parker, M.P Seki, and P.H. Dutton.
2008. Foraging hot spots and migration corridors for loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive
ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the oceanic North Pacific. In R. B.
Mast, B. J. Hutchinson, and A. H. Hutchinson (comps.), Proceedings of the TwentyFourth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2229, 2004, San Jose, Costa Rica, p. 84. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo.
NMFS-SEFSC-567.
Seminoff J.A., P. Zarate, M. Coyne, D.G. Foley, D. Parker, B.N. Lyon and P.H. Dutton.
2008. Post-nesting migrations of Galapagos green turtles Chelonia mydas in relation to
oceanographic conditions: integrating satellite telemetry with remotely sensed ocean
data. Endang. Spec. Res. 4:57-72.
Benson, S.R., K.M. Kisokau, L. Ambio, V. Rei, P.H. Dutton, and D. Parker.

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2007. Beach use, internesting movement, and migration of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys
coriacea, nesting on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Chelonian Conservation
and Biology 6:7-14
Benson, S.R., P.H. Dutton, C. Hitipeuw, B. Samber, J. Bakarbessy, and D. Parker.
2007. Post-nesting migrations of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from JamursbaMedi, Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:150154.
Eames, S.E., G.H. Balazs, T.M. Work, R.A. Rameyer, D.M. Parker, and S.K.K. Murakawa.
2006. Organ weights of green turtles stranded in the Hawaiian Islands, p. 210-212. In N. J.
Pilcher (comp.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle
Biology and Conservation, March 17-21, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. U.S. Dep.
Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-536.
Polovina, J., I. Uchida, G. Balazs, E.A. Howell, D. Parker, and P. Dutton.
2006. The Kuroshio Extension bifurcation region: A pelagic hotpot for juvenile loggerhead
sea turtles. Deep Sea Research Pt II: Top. Studies Oceanography 53(3-4):326-339.
Balazs, G.H., M.R. Rice, N. Hoffman, S.K.K. Murakawa, D.M. Parker, and R.J. Shallenberger.
2005. Green turtle foraging and resting habitats at Midway Atoll: Significant
findings over 25 years, 1975-2000. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.),
Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology
and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 102104. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.
Greenblatt, R.J., T.M. Work, P. Dutton, C.A. Sutton, T.R. Spraker, R.N. Casey, C.E. Diez, D.
Parker, J. St. Leger, G.H. Balazs, and J.W. Casey.
2005. Geographic variation in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis. J. Zoo Wildl. Med.
36(3):527-530.
Parker, D.M., W.J. Cooke, and G.H. Balazs.
2005. Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific.
Fish. Bull. 103:142-152.
Parker, D.M., G.H. Balazs, S.K.K. Murakawa, and J.J. Polovina.
2005. Post-hooking survival of sea turtles taken by pelagic longline fishing in the
North Pacific. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of theTwenty-First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation,
February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 50-52. U.S. Dep.
Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.

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Parker, D.M., P. Dutton, S. Eckert, D.R. Kobayashi, J.J. Polovina, D. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs.
2005. Transpacific migration along oceanic fronts by loggerhead turtles released
from Sea World San Diego. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.),
Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology
and Conservation, February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 280281. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.
Vasconcelos P., J., G.H. Balazs, C. Peñaflores S., D.M. Parker, and E. Albavera.
2005. Tracking the migration in oceanic waters of two Olive ridley turtles
Lepidochelys olivacea after they nested at La Escobilla Beach, Oaxaca,
Mexico. In M.S. Coyne and R.D. Clark (comps.), Proceedings of theTwenty-First Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation,
February 24-28, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, p. 271-273. U.S. Dep.
Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-528.
Chaloupka, M., D. Parker, and G. Balazs.
2004. Modelling post-release mortality of loggerhead sea turtles exposed to the Hawaiibased pelagic longline fishery. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 280:285-293.
Craig, P., D. Parker, R. Brainard, M. Rice, and G. Balazs.
2004. Migrations of green turtles in the central South Pacific. BiologicalConservation 116(2004):433-438.
Polovina, J.J., G.H. Balazs, E.A. Howell, D.M. Parker, M.P. Seki, and P.H. Dutton.
2004. Forage and migration habitat of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley(Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific Ocean. Fish.
Oceanogr. 13:1, 36-51.
Parker, D.M., J.P. Polovina, G.H. Balazs, and E. Howell.
2003. The lost years: Long-term movement of a maturing loggerhead turtle in the
Northern Pacific Ocean. In J.A. Seminoff (comp.), Proceedings of theTwenty-Second Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation,
April 4-7, 2002, Miami, Florida, p. 294-296. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA
Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-503.
Parker, D.M., P.H. Dutton, K. Kopitsky and R.L. Pitman.
2003. Movement and dive behavior determined by satellite telemetry for male and female
olive ridley turtles in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. In Proceedings of the TwentySecond Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2428, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA. Tech. Memo.
NMFS-SEFSC-503, pp. 48-49.
Polovina, J.J., E. Howell, D.M. Parker and G.H. Balazs.
2003. Dive-depth distribution of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley(Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific: Might deep
longline sets catch fewer turtles? Fish. Bull. 101(1):189-193.

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Balazs, G.H., S.K.K. Murakawa, D.M. Parker and M.R. Rice.
2002. Adaptation of captive-reared green turtles released into Hawaiian coastal
foraging habitats, 1990-99. In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.),
Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology andConservation, February 29-March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 187-189.
U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.
Parker, D.M., W. Cooke, and G.H. Balazs.
2002. Dietary components of pelagic loggerhead turtles in the North Pacific Ocean.
In A. Mosier, A. Foley, and B. Brost (comps.), Proceedings of the Twentieth
Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 29March 4, 2000, Orlando, Florida, p. 148-151. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA
Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477.
Zug, G.R., G.H. Balazs, J.A. Wetherall, D.M. Parker, and S.K.K. Murakawa.
2002. Age and growth of Hawaiian green seaturtles (Chelonia mydas): an analysis
based on skeletochronology. Fish. Bull. 100(1):117-127.
Kolinski, S.P., D.M. Parker, L.I. Ilo and J.K. Ruak.
2001. An assessment of the sea turtles and their marine and terrestrial habitats at Saipan,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesica 34(1):55-72
Balazs, G.H. and D.M. Ellis.
2000. Satellite telemetry of migrant male and female green turtles breeding in the Hawaiian
Islands. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L.
Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Sixteenth Symposium Proceedings Addendum in theProceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7,
1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 281-283. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech.
Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.
Balazs, G.H., L.K. Katahira, and D.M. Ellis.
2000. Satellite tracking of hawksbill turtles nesting in the Hawaiian Islands. In F.A. AbreuGrobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.),
Sixteenth Symposium Proceedings Addendum in the Proceedings of the EighteenthInternational Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México,
p. 279-281. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.
Balazs, G.H., S.K.K. Murakawa, D.M. Ellis, and A. Alonso Aguirre.
2000. Manifestation of fibropapillomatosis and rates of growth of green turtles at
Kaneohe Bay in the Hawaiian Islands. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, F. BriseñoDueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.), Proceedings ofthe Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 3-7, 1998,
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México. p. 112-113. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech.
Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.
Balazs, G.H., D.R. Kobayashi, D.M. Parker, J.J. Polovina, and P.H. Dutton.
2000. Evidence for counter-current movement of pelagic loggerhead turtles in theParker CV
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North Pacific Ocean based on real-time satellite tracking and satellite
altimetry. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the
Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation,
March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 21. U.S. Dep. Commer.,
NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.
Ellis, D.M., G.H. Balazs, W.G. Gilmartin, S.K.K. Murakawa, and L.K. Katahira.
2000. Short-range reproductive migrations of hawksbill turtles in the Hawaiian
Islands as determined by satellite telemetry. In F.A. Abreu-Grobois, R.
Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez-Millán, and L. Sarti-Martínez (comps.),
Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, March 37, 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, p. 252-253. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA
Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-436.
Murakawa, S.K.K., G.H. Balazs, D.M. Ellis, S. Hau, and S.M. Eames.
2000. Trends in fibropapillomatosis among green turtles stranded in the Hawaiian
Islands, 1982-98. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the
Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation,
March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 239-241. U.S. Dep.
Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.
Polovina, J.J., D.R. Kobayashi, D.M. Parker, M.P. Seki, and G.H. Balazs.
2000. Turtles on the edge: Movement of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) alongoceanic fronts, spanning longline fishing grounds in the central North Pacific,
1997-1998. Fish. Oceanogr. 9:71-82.
Wibbels, T., G.H. Balazs, D.M. Parker, and J. Hanson.
2000. Sand temperatures of green turtle nesting beaches in the Hawaiian
Archipelago. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (comps.), Proceedings of the
Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation,
March 2-6, 1999, South Padre Island, Texas, p. 131-133. U.S. Dep.
Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-443.
Balazs, G.H., W. Puleloa, E. Medeiros, S.K.K. Murakawa, and D.M. Ellis.
1998. Growth rates and incidence of fibropapillomatosis in Hawaiian green turtles utilizing
coastal foraging pastures at Palaau, Molokai. In S.P. Epperly and J. Braun (comps.),
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology andConservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 130-132. U.S. Dep. Commer.
NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.

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Ellis, D.M. and G.H. Balazs.
1998. The use of the generic mapping tools program to plot ARGOS tracking data. In S.P.
Epperly and J. Braun (comps.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium
on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, March 4-8, 1997, Orlando, Florida, p. 166168. U.S. Dep. Commer. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-415.
Wibbles T, G.H. Balazs, D.M. Ellis and J. Hanson.
1998. Evaluation of sand temperature on nesting beaches for the Hawaiian green turtle.
American Zoologist 38(5):108a.
Graczyk, T.C., G.H. Balazs, T. Work, A.A. Aguirre, D.M. Ellis, S.K.K. Murakawa, and R. Morris.
1997. Cryptosporidium sp. infections in green turtles, Chelonia mydas, as a potential sourceof marine waterborne oocysts in the Hawaiian Islands. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
63(7): 2925-2927.
Parrish, F.A., E.E. DeMartini and D.M. Ellis.
1997. Nursery habitat in relation to production of juvenile pink snapper, Pristipomoides
filamentosus, in the Hawaiian Archipelago. US Fish Bull 95(1):137-148(1997).
DeMartini, E.E., F.A. Parrish and D.M. Ellis.
1996. Barotrauma-associated regurgitation of food: implications for diet studies of Hawaiian
pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus (family Lutjanidae). US Fish Bull
94(2)250-256(1996).
Ellis, D.M. and E.E. DeMartini.
1995. Evaluation of a video camera technique for indexing abundances of juvenile pinksnapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus, and other Hawaiian insular shelf fishes. US
Fish Bull 93(1):67-77.
DeMartini, E.E., D.M. Ellis and V.A. Honda.
1993. Comparisons of spiny lobster Panulirus marginatus fecundity, egg size and spawning
frequency before and after exploitation. US Fish Bull 91(1):1-7.

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UNPUBLISHED REPORTS (N = 5)
Kolinski S.P., D. Parker, L.I. Ilo, and J.K. Ruak
1999. A preliminary assessment of the sea turtles and sea turtle habitats of Saipan,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 75 pp
Polovina, J.J., D.R. Kobayashi, D.M. Parker, M.P.Seki, and G.H. Balazs.
1999. Turtles on the edge: Movement of the loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) alongoceanic fronts, in the central North Pacific, 1997-1998. [Abstrac]. 2nd ASEAN
Symposium and Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Sabah
Malaysia.
Balazs, G.H., D.M. Ellis, W.G. Gilmartin, and L.K. Katahira.
1997. Use of satellite telemetry to determine migratory routes and resident foraging habitatsof nesting hawksbill turtles: A case study in the Hawaiian Islands. The International
Workshop on the Management of Marine Turtles, February 3-4, 1997, Kuta, Bali,
Indonesia, 16 p.
Ellis, D.M., E.E. DeMartini and R.B. Moffitt.
1992. Bottom trawl catches of juvenile opakapaka, Pristipomoides filamentosus, (F.
Lutjanidae), and associated fishes, TOWNSEND CROMWELL cruise TC-90-10,
1990. NMFS-SWFC Honolulu Lab Admin Rep, H-92-03.
Ellis, D.M.
1991. Study of size at first maturity and batch fecundity of Hypostomus sp. in Manoa Stream(Honolulu, Hawaii) (Family: Loricariidae). Internal study and report done for
Division of Aquatic Resources, State of Hawaii.

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Ph.D. DISSERTATIONS AND M.S. THESES SIGNIFICANTLY MENTORED AND
SUPPORTED BY DENISE M. PARKER (N=3)

Peckham, H. 2008. Demographic and conservation implications of alternative foraging strategies
in juvenile loggerheads in the North Pacific. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California,
Santa Cruz, USA.
Börjesson, L. 2000. An ecological assessment of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in coastal
foraging and resting habitats of Kailua Bay, Laniakea, and Papailoa, on Oahu, Hawaiian
Islands. M.S. thesis, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sigurdsson, A. 2000. An ecological assessment of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in coastal
foraging and resting habitats of Hanauma Bay and Wawamalu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands,
USA. M.S. thesis, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONPARTICIPATION BY DENISE M. PARKER (N=26)
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

7/2011

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Underwater World, Singapore

8/2010Satellite telemetry of captive-bredhawksbill turtles

Yadua Island, Denimanu Village, Fiji

7/2010Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

4/2010Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia

1/2010Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Sea Turtle Association of Japan –Muroto Cape and Kobe

11/2009

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

4/2009Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Noumea Aquarium, New Caledonia

9/2008Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

9/2007

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

SPREP – Bora Bora, French Polynesia

11/2006

Satellite telemetry of green turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

10/2006

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Nanyang Technological University andUnderwater World, Singapore

7/2006

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead, olive
ridley and green turtles

NMFS/PIFSC International Training –Honolulu, Hawaii

3/2006

Field studies and satellite telemetry
training

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

7/2005

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

4/2005

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

NMFS/PIFSC International Training –Honolulu, Hawaii

11/2004

Field study and satellite tagging training

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Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

4/2004

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

11/2003

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan

4/2003

Satellite telemetry of loggerhead turtles

Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands

1/1999Population and habitat survey for green
turtles

Environmental Research and Wildlife
Development Agency – in the United
Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, UAE

5/1999Satellite telemetry of hawksbill turtles

Environmental Research and Wildlife
Development Agency – in the United
Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, UAE

5/1998Satellite telemetry of green turtles

Republic of Seychelles

1/1998Satellite telemetry of hawksbill turtles
nesting at Cousin Island

National Taiwan Ocean University andCouncil of Agriculture

8/1996

National Taiwan Ocean University andCouncil of Agriculture

8/1995National Taiwan Ocean University andCouncil of Agriculture

8/1994

Satellite telemetry of green turtles nestingat Wan-An Island, Peng-Hu Archipelago(Phase III)
Satellite telemetry of green turtles nestingat Wan-An Island, Peng-Hu Archipelago(Phase II)
Satellite telemetry of green turtles nestingat Wan-An Island, Peng-Hu Archipelago(Phase I)

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PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED BY DENISE M. PARKER (N=18)

Marine Wildlife Ecology andConservation Workshop

01/2017

Xiamen, PR China

Thirty-Sixth International Sea
Turtle Symposium

02/2016

Lima, Peru

East Asia Regional Meeting

02/2016

Lima, Peru

Trans-Pacific Regional
Workshop: Conservation of
migratory species: Single
Species Action Plan for
Loggerhead Turtle in the South
Pacific Ocean

02/2016

Lima, Peru

China/ USA Sea Turtle
Workshop

08/2014

Honolulu, Hawaii

Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, Data Management
Seminar11/2006

La Jolla, California

NMFS/SWFC Planning
Meeting on Longline Sea
Turtle Bycatch

11/2001

San Diego, California

Twenty-First Annual Sea
Turtle Symposium

02/2001

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

01/2001

San Diego, California

11/2000

La Jolla, California

Working Group Meeting on
Reducing Turtle By-Catch in
the Hawaii Longline Fishery
Southwest Fisheries Science
Center Sea Turtle Strategic
Planning Meeting
Pacific Region Training
Workshop on the Use ofSatellite Transmitters and theArgos System to Track the
Post-Nesting Migrations ofHawksbill Turtles
Twentieth Annual Sea Turtle
Symposium

08/2000

03/2000

Honolulu, Hawaii

Orlando, Florida

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Nineteenth Annual Sea Turtle
Symposium1998 Pacific Sea Turtle
Recovery Implementation
Workshop: American Samoa,
CNMI, Guam and Hawaii
Eighteenth Annual Sea Turtle
Symposium

03/1999

South Padre Island, Texas

08/1998

Honolulu, Hawaii

03/1998

Mazatlan, Mexico

1997 Workshop on Marine
Turtle Fibropapillomatosis

12/1997

Honolulu, Hawaii

Seventeenth Annual Sea Turtle
Symposium

03/1997

Orlando, Florida

12/1995

Honolulu, Hawaii

03/1995

Honolulu, HawaiiWorkshop on the Status ofMarine Turtles in the Pacific
Ocean
Workshop on HandlingTechniques Resuscitation, andAvoidance Strategies for
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EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH CONDUCTED BY
DENISE M. PARKER
Philomath Middle School Science Fair

6/2015

Philomath, OR

Gorman Crossing Elementary School,
Grades 2, 4, and 5.
Gorman Crossing Elementary School,
Grades 1 and 3.
5th Annual HMSC SeaFest

5/2011

Laurel, MD

4/2010Laurel, MD

6/2007

Newport, OR

Eddyville Charter School,
Grade 1Nature Discovery School, Grades K-3

9/2006

Eddyville, OR

5/2006

Toledo, OR

4th Annual HMSC SeaFest

6/2005

Newport, OR

Oleai Elementary School, Grades K-6

4/1999Saipan, CNMI

Leeward Community College

1/1999Honolulu, HI