Scientific articles
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Satgé Y.G., S.E. Janssen, G. Clucas, E. Rupp, J.B. Patteson, P.G.R. Jodice. 2024. Mesopelagic diet as pathway of high mercury levels in body feathers of the endangered Black-capped Petrel (Diablotin) Pterodroma hasitata. Marine Ornithology 52:261-274. DOI:10.5038/2074-1235.52.2.1591
Michael P.E., J.S. Gleason, J.C. Haney, K.M. Hixson, Y.G. Satgé, P.G.R. Jodice. 2024. Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) beyond the breeding grounds: Occurrence, relative density, and habitat associations in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 136(2):220–236. DOI:10.1676/23-00069
Satgé Y.G., B.S. Keitt, C.P. Gaskin, J.B. Patteson, P.G.R. Jodice. 2023. Spatial segregation between phenotypes of the diablotin black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata during the non-breeding period. Endangered Species Research 51:183-201. DOI:10.3354/esr01254
Clark, B.L., A.P.B Carneiro, E.J. Pearmain et al. 2023. Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds. Nature Communications 14: 3665. DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-38900-z
Michael P.E., K.M. Hixson, J.S. Gleason, J.C. Haney, Y.G. Satgé, P.G.R. Jodice. 2023. Migration, breeding location, and seascape shape seabird assemblages in the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE 18(6): e0287316. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0287316
Jodice P.G.R., J.S. Lamb, Y.G. Satgé, and C. Perkins. 2023. Spatial and individual factors mediate the tissue burden of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in adult and chick brown pelicans in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1185659. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2023.1185659
Wilkinson, B.P. and P.G. Jodice. 2023. Support for the fasting endurance hypothesis of partial migration in a nearshore seabird. Ecosphere, 14(2), p.e4365. DOI:10.1002/ecs2.4365
Madden, H., Y.G. Satgé, B.P. Wilkinson, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2022. Foraging ecology of Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus in the Caribbean during early chick rearing revealed by GPS tracking. Marine Ornithology 50: 165-175. marineornithology.org/content/get.cgi?rn=1486
Jodice P.G.R., J.S. Lamb, Y.G. Satgé, and C. Fiorello. 2022. Blood biochemistry and hematology of adult and chick brown pelicans in the northern Gulf of Mexico: baseline health values and ecological relationships. Conserv. Physiol. 10(1): coac064. DOI:10.1093/conphys/coac064
Michael P.E., K.M. Hixson, J.C. Haney, Y.G. Satgé, J.S. Gleason, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2022. Seabird vulnerability to oil: Exposure potential, sensitivity, and uncertainty in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:880750. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.880750
Satgé, Y.G, B.S. Keitt, C.P. Gaskin, J.B. Patteson, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2022. Temporal and spatial segregations between phenotypes of the Diablotin Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata during the breeding and non-breeding periods. bioRxiv 2022.06.02.491532. DOI:10.1101/2022.06.02.49153
Wilkinson B.P., and P.G.R. Jodice. 2022. Interannual colony exchange among breeding Eastern Brown Pelicans. Journal of Field Ornithology. https://journal.afonet.org/vol93/iss1/art5/
Streker, R.A., J.S. Lamb, J. Dindo, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2021. Fine-scale Weather Patterns Drive Reproductive Success in the Brown Pelican. Waterbirds. DOI:10.1675/063.044.0202
Jodice P.G.R., P.E. Michael, J.S. Gleason, J.C. Haney, Y.G. Satgé. 2021. Revising the marine range of the endangered black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata: occurrence in the northern Gulf of Mexico and exposure to conservation threats. Endangered Species Research. DOI:10.3354/esr01143
Wilkinson B.P., A.R. Robuck, R. Lohmann, H.M. Pickard, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2021. Urban proximity while breeding is not a predictor of perfluoroalkyl substance contamination in the eggs of brown pelicans. Science of The Total Environment. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150110
Takahashi F., F.J. Sanders, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2021. Spatial and temporal overlap between foraging shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in the Cape Romain-Santee Delta Region of the U.S. Atlantic coast. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. DOI:10.1676/21-00009
Jodice P.G.R., P.E. Michael, J.S. Gleason, J.C. Haney, and Y.G. Satgé. 2021. Expanding the marine range of the endangered black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata: Occurrence in the northern Gulf of Mexico and conservation implications. bioRxiv 2021.01.19.427288. DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.19.427288
Satgé, Y.G., E. Rupp, A. Brown, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2020. Habitat modelling locates nesting areas of the Endangered Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata on Hispaniola and identifies habitat loss. Bird Conservation International. DOI:10.1017/S0959270920000490
Ramos R., Paiva V.H., Zajková Z., Precheur C., Fagundes A.I., Jodice P.G.R., Mackin W., Zino F., Bretagnolle V., González-Solís J. 2020. Spatial ecology of closely related taxa: the case of the little shearwater complex in the North Atlantic Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa045
Wilkinson, B.P. , A.M. Haynes-Sutton, L. Meggs, and P.G. R. Jodice. 2020. High spatial fidelity among foraging trips of Masked Boobies from Pedro Cays, Jamaica. PlosONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231654
Ndu, U., J.S. Lamb, S. Janssen, R. Rossi, Y. Satgé, and P. Jodice. 2020. Mercury, Cadmium, Copper, Arsenic, and Selenium Measurements in the Feathers of Adult Eastern Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis) and Chicks in Multiple Breeding Grounds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI: 10.7266/aza38gzz
Lamb, J.S., Y.G. Satgé, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2019. Seasonal variation in environmental and behavioural drivers of annual‐cycle habitat selection in a nearshore seabird. Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13015
Zaluski S., Soanes L.M., Bright J.A., George A., Jodice P.G.R., Meyer K., Woodfield-Pascoe N., and Green J.A. 2019. Potential threats facing a globally important population of the magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens. TropicalZoology. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2019.1682352
Wilkinson, B.P., Y.G. Satgé, J.S. Lamb, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2019. Tropical cyclones alter short-term activity patterns of a coastal seabird. Movement Ecology. DOI: 0.1186/s40462-019-0178-0
Lamb, J.S., C.V. Fiorello, Y.G. Satgé, K. Mills, M. Ziccardi, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2018. Movement patterns of California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) following oiling and rehabilitation. Marine Pollution Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.03.043
Lamb, J.S., Y.G. Satgé, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2017. Diet composition and provisioning rates in eastern brown pelican nestlings determine reproductive success. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: 10.3354/meps12301
Lamb, J.S., D.J. Newstead, L.M. Koczur, B.M. Ballard, M.C. Green, and Patrick G.R. Jodice. 2017. A bridge between oceans: Overland migration of marine birds in a wind energy corridor. Journal of Avian Biology. DOI 10.1111/jav.01474
Lamb, J.S., Y.G. Satgé, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2017. Influence of density-dependent competition on foraging and migratory behavior of a subtropical colonial seabird. Ecology & Evolution. DOI 10.1002/ece3.3216
Ramos, R., N. Carlile, J. Madeiros, I. Ramírez, V.H. Paiva, H.A. Dinis, F. Zino, M. Biscoito, G.R. Leal, L. Bugoni, P.G. R. Jodice, P.G. Ryan, and J. González‐Solís. 2017. It is the time for oceanic seabirds: Tracking year‐round distribution of gadfly petrels across the Atlantic Ocean. Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12569
Poli, C.L., A.L. Harrison, A. Vallarino, P.D. Gerard, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2017. Dynamic oceanography determines fine scale foraging behavior of Masked Boobies in the Gulf of Mexico. PLoSONE. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0178318
Haney, J.C., P.G.R. Jodice, W.A. Montevecchi, and D.C. Evers. 2017. Challenges to oil spill assessment for seabirds in the deep ocean. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. DOI: 10.1007/s00244-016-0355-8
Lamb, J.S., K. O'Reilly, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2016. Physical condition and stress levels during early development reflect feeding rates and predict pre- and post-fledging survival in a nearshore seabird. Conservation Physiology. DOI 10.1093/conphys/cow060
Lamb, J.S., C.V. Fiorello, Y.G. Satgé, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2016. Behavioral and reproductive effects of bird-borne data logger attachment on Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on three temporal scales. Journal of Ornithology. DOI 10.1007/s10336-016-1418-3
Jodice, P.G.R., R.A. Ronconi, E. Rupp, G.E. Wallace, and Y.G. Satgé. 2015. First satellite tracks of the endangered Black-capped Petrel. Endangered Species Research 29:23-33. DOI 10.3354/esr00697
Ferguson, L.M., T.M. Norton, A. Dipl, C. Cray, M. Olivia, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2014. Health assessments of brown pelican nestlings from colonies in South Carolina and Georgia. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45:835-845. DOI 10.1638/2013-0157.1
Brooks, G.L., F.J. Sanders, P.D. Gerard, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2014. Daily survival rates for nests of Black Skimmers from a core breeding area of the Southeastern USA. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126:443-450. DOI 10.1676/13-136.1
Brooks, G.L., F.J. Sanders, P.D. Gerard, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2013. Daily survival rate for nests and chicks of least terns at natural nest sites in South Carolina. Waterbirds 36:1-10. DOI 10.1675/063.036.0101
Vander Pol, S.S., D.W. Anderson, P.G.R. Jodice, and J.E. Stuckey. 2012. East versus west: organic contaminant differences in Brown Pelican eggs from South Carolina, USA and the Gulf of California, Mexico. Science and the Total Environment 438: 527-532. DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.055
Jodice, P.G.R., L.C. Wickliffe, and E.B. Sachs. 2011. Seabird use of discards from a nearshore shrimp fishery in the South Atlantic Bight, USA. Marine Biology 158:2289-2298. DOI 10.1007/s00227-011-1733-4
Jodice, P.G.R. and R. M. Suryan. 2010. The transboundary nature of seabird ecology. Pp. 139-165 In: Landscape Scale Conservation Planning (S. Trembulak and R. Baldwin, eds.). Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9575-6_8
Wickliffe, L.C. and P.G.R. Jodice. 2010. Abundance of nearshore seabirds at shrimp trawlers in South Carolina. Marine Ornithology 38:31-39.
Eggert, L.M.F., and P.G.R. Jodice, K.M. O'Reilly. 2010. Stress response of Brown Pelican nestlings to ectoparasite infestation. General and Comparative Endocrinology 166: 33-38
Sachs, E.B. and P.G.R. Jodice. 2009. Behavior of parent and nestling Brown Pelicans during early brood-rearing. Waterbirds 32:276-281.
Eggert, L.M.F. and P.G.R. Jodice. 2008. Growth of Brown Pelican nestlings exposed to sublethal levels of soft tick infestation. Condor 110:134-142.
Jodice, P.G.R., T. Murphy, F. Sanders, and L.M. Ferguson. 2007. Longterm Trends in Nest Counts of Colonial Nesting Seabirds in South Carolina, USA. Waterbirds 30:40-51.
Theses
Ferguson, L.M. 2006. M.S. Dissertation, Clemson University
Provisioning and prey quality in Brown Pelicans in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Sachs, E.B. 2007. M.S. Dissertation, Clemson University
Foraging Ecology of Seabirds in Relation to Commercial Shrimp Trawler Activity
Wickliffe, L.C. 2008. M.S. Dissertation, Clemson University
Brooks, G.L. 2011. M.S. Dissertation, Clemson University
Ferguson Eggert, L.M. 2012. Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University
Variability in movement patterns and habitat use of two species of Pelecaniformes
Poli, C. 2015. M.S. Dissertation, Clemson University
Ecological drivers of Brown Pelican movement patterns and reproductive success in the Gulf of Mexico
Lamb, J.S. 2016. Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University
Streker, R.A. 2019. M.S. Dissertation, Clemson University
Ecological Outcomes of Movement Behavior in Brown Pelicans from the South Atlantic Bight
Wilkinson, B.P. 2021. Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University
Reports and Technical Publications
Published (Final reports) and Unpublished reports, Technical publications
Satgé, Y., A. Brown, J. A. Wheeler, and K. E. Sutherland (2023). Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkcpet.02
Wheeler, J., Y. Satgé, A. Brown, J. Goetz, B. Keitt, H. Nevins, and E. Rupp. 2021. Black-capped Petrel
Conservation Update and Action Plan: Conserving the Diablotin. International Black-capped Petrel Conservation Group. https://www.birdscaribbean.org/our-work/working-groups/black-capped-petrel-wg/
Lamb, J.S., Y.G. Satgé, R.A. Streker, P.G.R Jodice. 2020. Ecological drivers of Brown Pelican movement patterns, health, and reproductive success in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study BOEM-2020-036. 250 pp.
https://espis.boem.gov/final%20reports/BOEM_2020-036.pdf
or at the Marine Cadastre site with related publications and data releases
https://marinecadastre.gov/espis/#/search/study/100037
Satgé, Y.G., E. Rupp, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2019. A preliminary report of ongoing research of the ecology of Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) in Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic – I: GPS tracking of breeding adults. Unpublished Report, South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA. DOI: 10.5066/P9UHASY4
Ferguson, L.M., Y.G. Satgé, J. Tavano, and P.G.R. Jodice. 2018. Seabird colony registry and atlas for the Southeastern United States. Final Report for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Clemson, South Carolina. DOI: 10.5066/P96DIUD8.
Jodice, P.G.R., J. Tavano, W. Mackin. 2013. Chapter 8: Marine and coastal birds and bats. Pages 475-587 In: Michel, J. (ed.). South Atlantic information resources: data search and literature synthesis. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study BOEM 2013-01157.
Data releases
Datasets collected with funding from the U.S. Geological Survey are available to the public. Before using them, we ask that data users contact us regarding intended use.
- Black-capped Petrels
Movement data of Black-capped Petrels, 2014-2015
Satellite (Argos) data for 3 Black-capped Petrels. Seabird Tracking database.
Movement data of Black-capped Petrels, 2018
GPS tracking data for 3 Black-capped Petrels. Seabird Tracking database.
Movement data of Black-capped Petrels, 2019
Satellite (Argos) data for 10 Black-capped Petrels. Movebank Data Repository.
DOI: 10.5441/001/1.0786vv78
Genomic data of prey, and individual Black-capped Petrels (fecal DNA)
Raw sequence reads from prey items (n = 11)
Individual Black-capped Petrel metagenome (n = 6)
Sequence Read Archive (project number PRJNA1083919)
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/1083919
- Brown Pelicans
Movement data of partially migratory Brown Pelicans in the South Atlantic Bight, 2017-2021
GPS tracking data for Brown Pelicans
DOI: 10.5066/P9YH2U8D
Interannual Breeding Movements of Brown Pelicans in the South Atlantic Bight, 2017-2021
GPS tracking data for breeding Brown Pelicans
DOI: 10.5066/P9BZ5TL9
PFAS concentrations in Brown Pelican eggs; GPS tracking data for breeding Brown Pelicans, 2019.
DOI: 10.5066/P9SKDFZU
Reproductive Physiology of Brown Pelican Along the Coast of Alabama, 2017-2018
Reproductive data for Brown Pelicans nesting on Gaillard and Cat Islands, Alabama, 2017 and 2018.
DOI: 10.5066/P9AB53QZ
GPS tracking of Brown Pelican in the South Atlantic Bight during cyclonic activity, 2017-2018
Movement data of 32 adult Brown Pelican tracked via remote-download GPS technology during cyclones in the South Atlantic Bight, 2017-2018.
DOI: 10.5066/P9D5IP0G
Movement ecology of Brown Pelican in the Gulf of Mexico, 2013-2016
Movement data and reference data of 81 adult Brown Pelican tracked via remote-download GPS technology in the Gulf of Mexico, 2013-2016. Dataset available on the Movebank Repository.
Physiological Ecology of Brown Pelican in the Gulf of Mexico, 2013-2016
Health data for Brown Pelican nestlings and breeding adults in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2013-2016: blood analyte, and concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in blood and feather samples.
DOI: 10.5066/P94GBJ4G
Foraging Ecology of Brown Pelican in the Gulf of Mexico, 2013-2015
Diet composition, energy density, meal mass, nestling provisioning rate, and nest productivity of Brown Pelican at breeding colonies across the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Includes colony locations and taxonomical references of diet species as companion files.
DOI: 10.5066/F7R78D6J
- Masked Boobies
At-sea movements of Masked Boobies from Pedro Cays, Jamaica, 2012
GPS tracking data for breeding Masked Boobies nesting on Pedro Cays, Jamaica, 2012.
DOI: 10.5066/P9AK95EG
Movement ecology of Masked Booby in the Gulf of Mexico, 2013-2014
Movement data of 137 deployments on Masked Boobies tracked via GPS technology in the southern Gulf of Mexico, 2013-2014. Dataset available on Movebank: Dynamic oceanography determines fine scale foraging behavior of Masked Boobies in the Gulf of Mexico. Caroline Poli. 2017.
- Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS)
Seabird visual surveys using line-transect methods in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2017-2019
Observation data collected from NOAA vessels
NCEI Accession 0247206; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
DOI: 10.25921/afrq-h385