Recent Publications

Woodyard M, Polidoro BA, Matson CW, McManamay RA, Saul S, Carpenter KE, Collier TK, Di Giulio R, Grubbs RD, Incardona JP, Linardich C, Moore JA, Romero IC, Schlenk D, Strongin K. 2022. A comprehensive vulnerability petrochemical vulnerability index for marine fishes in the Gulf of Mexico. Science of The Total Environment 820: 152892.

Shiffman D., Elliott J, Macdonald C, Wester J, Polidoro B, Ferry L. 2022. The next generation of conservation research and policy priorities for threatened and exploited chondrichthyan fishes in the United States: and expert solicitation approach. Conservation Science and Practice e12629.

Butt N, Halpern BS, O’Hara CC, Allcock L, Polidoro B, Sherman S, Byrne M, Birkeland C, Dwyer RG, Frazier M, Woodworth BK, Arango CP, Kingford MJ, Udyawer V, Hutchings P, Scanes E, McClaren EJ, Maxwell SM, Diaz-Pulido G, Dugan E, Simmons B, Wenger AS, Linardich, C, Klein CJ. 2022. A trait-based framework for assessing the vulnerability of marine species to human impacts. Ecosphere 13: e3919.

Harvey MS, Ralph GM, Polidoro BA, Maxwell SM, Carpenter KE. 2021. Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas as marine conservation priorities in the Greater Caribbean. Biodiversity and Conservation 30, 4039–4059.

Mair L et al (Polidoro BA + 83 additional authors). 2021. Measuring spatially-explicit contributions to science-based species targets. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5, 836–844.

King R, Polidoro, B, Watanabe-Sailor K, Avery T. 2021. Fish consumption advisory programs: Opportunities and challenges for the protection of human health in Canada and the United States. Journal of Science Policy and Governance 19, 2021.

Astudillo-Scalia Y, Albuquerque F., Polidoro B, Beier P. 2021 Environmental diversity: a reliable surrogacy strategy of marine biodiversity. A case study of marine mammals. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 19, 429-434.

Amrein AM, Guzman HM, Surrey KC, Polidoro B, Gerber LR. 2020. Impacts of whale watching on the behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the coast of Panama. Frontiers in Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.601277.

Polidoro B, Matson CW, Ottinger MA, Renegar DA, Romero IC, Schlenk D, Wise JP, González JB, Bruns P, Carpenter KE, Cobián Rojas D, Collier TK, Duda TF, González-Díaz P, Di Giulio R, Grubbs RD,Haney JC, Incardona JP, Horta-Puga G, Linardich C, Moore JA, Pech D, Perera Valderrama S, Ralp GM, Strongin K, Ringwood AH, Würsig B. 2020. A Multi-taxonomic Framework for Assessing Relative Petrochemical Vulnerability of Marine Biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico. Science of the Total Environment. 2020: 142986.

Borelle S, Ringma J, Lavender Law K, Monnahan CC, Lebreton L, McGivern A, Murphy E, Jambeck J, Leonard GH, Hilleary MA, Eriksen M, Possingham H, Gerber L, Polidoro B, Tahir A, Bernard M, De Frond H, Mallos N, Savelli H, Barnes M, Rochman C. 2020. Predicted growth in global plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution. Science, 369:1515-1518.

Strongin K, Polidoro B, Linardich C, Ralph GM, Saul S, Carpenter K. 2020 Translating globally threatened marine species information into regional guidance for the Gulf of Mexico. Global Ecology and Conservation, doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01010.

Dudek K, de la Cruz B, Polidoro B, Neuer S. 2020. Microbial colonization of microplastics in the Caribbean Sea. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10141.

Bucol LA, Romano EF, Cabcaban SM, Siplon LMD, Madrid GC, Bucol AA, Polidoro B. 2020. Microplastics in Marine Sediments and Rabbitfish (Siganus fuscescens) from Selected Coastal Areas of Negros Oriental, Philippines. Marine Pollution Bulletin 150: 110685.

Lucas D, Polidoro B. 2019. Urban recreational fisheries: implications for public health in metro-Phoenix. Chemosphere 225: 451-459.

Hardesty D, Polidoro B, Compa M, Shim WJ, Widianarko B, Wilcox C. 2019. Multiple approaches to assessing the risk posed by anthropogenic plastic debris. Marine Pollution Bulletin 141: 188-193.

Linardich C, Ralph GM, Robertson DR, Harwell H, Polidoro BA, Lindeman KC, Carpenter KE. 2018. Extinction risk and conservation of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29: 85-101.

Polidoro B, Clement C. 2018. Beyond Citizen Science: Multigenerational education and mentoring in environmental monitoring – a case study. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 14: 521-522 .

Noziglia AJ, Abbot JK, Polidoro BA, Gerber LR. 2018. Flame retardant contamination and seafood sustainability. Sustainability – Seafood Special Edition 10: 1070.

Allen T, Farley S, Draper J, Clement C, Polidoro BA. 2018. Variations in sorption of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs across six different plastic polymersJournal of Environmental and Toxicological Studies 2: 1-6

Pulford E, Polidoro BA, Nation M. 2017. Understanding relationships between water quality, recreational fishing practices and human health in Phoenix, Arizona. Journal ofEnvironmental Management 199: 242-250.

Fernandes PG, Ralph GM, Nieto A, Garcia Criago M, Vasilakopoulos V, Maravelias CD, Cook R, Dulvy N, Pollom RA, Kovacic M, Pollard D, Farrell E, Florin AB, Polidoro BA, Lawson JM, Lorance P, Uiblein F, Craig M, Allen DJ, Fowler S, Walls R, Comeros-Raynal M, Harvey MS, Dureuil M, Conceicao Biscoito MJ, Pollock C, Nielsen J, McCully Phillips SR, Ellis JR, Papaconstantinou C, Soldo A, Keskin C, Clo S, Knudsen SW, Gil de Sola L, Serena F, Collette B, Nedreaas K, Stump E, Abella A, Chao N, Russell BC, Garcia S, Afonso P, Armelle J, Alvarez H, Mendes JM, Delgado H, Carpenter KE. 2017. Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: s41559-017

Polidoro BA, Ralph G, Strongin K, Harvey M, Carpenter K, Arnold R, Buchanan J, Camara KM, Collette B, Comeros-Raynal M, de Bruyne G, Gon O, Harold A, Harwell H, Hulley P, Iwamoto T, Knudsen S, Lewembe JD, Linardich C, Lindeman K, Montiero V, Munroe T, Nunoo F, Pollock C, Poss S, Russell B, Sayer C, Sidibe A, Smith-Vaniz W, Stump E, Sylla M, Tito de Morais L, Vie JC, Williams A.  2017. The status of marine biodiversity in the Eastern Central Atlantic (West and Central Africa). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27: 1021-1034.

Polidoro BA, Comeros-Raynal MT, Cahill T, Clement C. 2017. Land-based sources of marine pollution: pesticides, PAHs and phthalates in coastal stream water, and heavy metals in coastal stream sediments in American Samoa. Marine Pollution Bulletin 116: 501-507.

Comeros-Raynal M, Polidoro BA, Broatch J, Mann BQ, Gorman C, Buxton CD, Goodpaster AM, Iwatsuki Y, McDonald TC, Pollard D, Russell B, Carpenter KE. 2016. Key predictors of extinction risk in sea breams and porgies (Family: Sparidae)Biological Conservation 202: 88-98.

Polidoro BA, Morra MJ. 2016. An ecological risk assessment of pesticides and fish kills in the Sixaola watershed, Costa Rica. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23: 5983-5991.