Scientific Publications

  • Piacenza, J.R., S.E. Piacenza, T.R. Siegfried, and N.J. Robinson. Design and fabrication of a stereo-video camera equipped unmanned aerial vehicle for measuring sea turtles and other marine fauna. In revision: PLoS One
  • Siegfried, T., S.E. Piacenza, S. Gutierre, P. Darby. Video analysis of native and exotic fish predator
    impacts on Florida apple snails (Pomacea paludosa). In revision:  Aquatic Ecology
  • ​Siegfried, T., C. Noren, M.M.P.B. Fuentes, M. Ware, J. Reimer, and S.E. Piacenza. 2021. Population dynamics of sea turtles collected using stereo-video cameras in-situ across nearshore habitat types in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 746500. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.746500
  • Siegfried, T., M.M.P.B. Fuentes, M. Ware, N. Robinson, E. Roberto, J. Piacenza, and S.E. Piacenza.
    2021. Validating the use of stereo-video cameras to conduct remote measurements of sea turtles. Ecology and Evolution 11(12):8226-8237. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7653
  • O’Connell, D., C.E. Kehl, B.K. Taylor, J.R. Piacenza, S.E. Piacenza, and J. Faller. 2021. A
    computational framework for studying energetics and resource management in sea turtle migration and autonomous systems. Journal of Theoretical Biology 527:110815 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110815
  • DuBois, M., N. Putman, and S.E. Piacenza. 2021. A Global Assessment of the Potential for Ocean-
    Driven Transport in Hatchling Sea Turtles. Water 13:757. https://doi.org/
    10.3390/w13060757
  • James, M., S. Ceriani, …, S. Piacenza, et al. (2020). Canada. In: Nalovic MA, Ceriani SA, Fuentes
    MMPB, Pfaller JB, Wildermann NE, Cuevas E (Eds.) (2020). Sea Turtles in the North Atlantic & Wider Caribbean Region. MTSG Regional Report 2020. Report of the IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, 2020.
  • Ceriani, S., J. Pfaller, …, S. Piacenza, et al. (2020). United States. In: Nalovic MA, Ceriani SA, Fuentes
    MMPB, Pfaller JB, Wildermann NE, Cuevas E (Eds.) (2020). Sea Turtles in the North Atlantic &
    Wider Caribbean Region. MTSG Regional Report 2020. Report of the IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, 2020.
  • DuBois, M., N. Putman, and S.E. Piacenza. 2020. Hurricane frequency and intensity may decrease
    dispersal of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings in the Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine
    Science 7:301. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00301
    Kelly, B., N. Nguyen, Z. Miles, S. Mayoral, S. Piacenza, C. Zhang, and J. Piacenza. 2019. Exploring design trades to extend useful life of platform terminal transmitters on sea turtles. Proceedings of the International Design Engineering Technical Conference IDETC2019-97473.
  • Pondella II, DJ, SE Piacenza, JT Claisse, CM Williams, JP Williams, AJ Zellmer, and JE Caselle.
    Assessing drivers of fish biomass: a case study using the nearshore rocky reefs of the Southern California Bight. Marine Ecology Progress Series 628:125-140. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13103
  • Piacenza, SE, PM Richards, and SS Heppell. 2019. Fathoming sea turtles: Monitoring Strategy Evaluation to
    improve conservation status assessments. Ecological Applications 29(6).
  • Piacenza, JR, SE Piacenza, S Mayoral, A Kenney⸸, and N Shields⸸. 2018. Design opportunities for sea
    turtle satellite tracking devices. Proceedings of the International Design Engineering Technical Conference IDETC2018-85583. doi:10.1115/DETC2018-85583
  • Pondella II, DJ, MJ Robart, JT Claisse, JP Williams, CM Williams, AJ Zellmer, and SE Piacenza. 2018.
    Spatial and temporal fishing patterns at the outer banks of the Southern California Bight. Western North American Naturalist: 78(3):341-357.
  • Piacenza, SE, PM Richards, and SS Heppell. 2017. An agent-based model to evaluate recovery times and monitoring startegies to increase accuracy of sea turtle population assessments. 2017. Ecological Modelling 358: 25-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.05.013
  • Piacenza, SE, GH Balazs, SK Hargrove, PM Richards, and SS Heppell. 2016. Trends and variability in demographic indicators of a recovering population of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas. Endangered Species Research 31: 103-117. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00753
  • Piacenza, SE, LL Thurman, AK Barner, CE Benkwitt, KS Boersma, EB Cerny-Chipman, KE Ingeman,TL Kindinger, AJ Lindsley, J Nelson, JN Reimer, JC Rowe, C Shen, KA Thompson, and SS Heppell. 2015. Evaluating temporal consistency in marine biodiversity hotspots. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0133301.
  • Piacenza, SE, AK Barner, CE Benkwitt, KS Boersma, EB Cerny-Chipman, KE Ingeman, TL Kindinger, JD Lee, AJ Lindsley, JN Reimer, JC Rowe, C Shen, KA Thompson, LL Thurman, and SS Heppell. 2015. Patterns and variation of soft sediment benthic biodiversity in a large marine ecosystem. PLoS ONE 10(8):e0135135.
  • Hilber, SE and JM Lawrence. 2009. Analysis of sediment and gut contents of the sand dollars Mellita tenuis, Encope michelini, and Encope aberrans off the central Florida Gulf coast. Gulf of Mexico Science 27(1): 74-81.

Extended Abstracts and White Literature

  • Taylor, B., J. Piacenza, S.E. Piacenza, J. Faller II, C. Charbonneau⸸, and C. Kehl. 2019. Energetic
    Analysis of Tagged Sea Turtles Using Geomagnetic Navigation. Proceedings of the International Navigation Conference
    ​Piacenza, SE, GH Balazs, SA Hargrove, PM Richards, SS Heppell. 2016. Vital rates for a recovering
  • population of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) vary over time: Potential tools to evaluate population recovery and density-dependence. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, New Orleans, LA. Compiled by L. Belskis, A. Frey, M. Jensen, R. LeRoux, and K. Stewart. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-701: 134-135. doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SEFSC-701. Abstract Only.
  • Piacenza, SEH. 2016. Quantitative Tools for Monitoring Strategy Evaluation and Assessment of Sea Turtle Populations. PhD Dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 177 p. URL:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59146
  • Piacenza, SE, GH Balazs, S Hargrove, PM Richards, SS Heppell. 2013. Developing quantitative tools to evaluate recovery in green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas: A research prospectus. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Sea Turtle Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Baltimore, MA. Compiled by T. Tucker, L. Belskis, A. Panagopoulou, A. Rees, M. Frick, K. Williams, R. LeRoux, and K. Stewart. NOAA Tech Memo 645: 236. Abstract only.
  • Hilber, SE. 2006. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Feeding and Food in Three Species of Mellitid Sand Dollars. Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 55p. URL: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3874/
  • Hilber, SE and JM Lawrence. 2005. Population characteristics of the sand dollars Mellita tenuis and Encope michelini off the central Gulf coast of Florida. Florida Scientist 68 (supplement 1): 30-31. Abstract only.
  • Lawrence, JM, J Cobb, SE Hilber, JP Swigart. 2005. Characteristics of populations of sand dollars Encope michelini and Encope aberrans off the Central Florida Gulf coast. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 1157-1157. Abstract only.

 Unpublished Manuscripts - Works in Progress (completed manuscripts only)

  • Piacenza, S.E., K. Dixon, M. DuBois, E. Roberto, C. Noren, J. Reimer, T. Siegfried, A. Vidal. Size-mediated behavior of sea turtles at artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In preparation.
  • DuBois, M., N. Putman, and S.E. Piacenza. Oceanographic constraints on hatchling migration shape
    sea turtle population growth rates. In preparation.
  • Kelly, B., N. Nguyen⸸, Z. Miles, K. Samborski, S. Mayoral, S. Piacenza, C. Zhang, and J. Piacenza.
    2019. Using computational fluid dynamics modelling to explore hydrodynamic drag of existing and novel platform terminal transmitters for sea turtles. In preparation

Public Outreach and Media Coverage

  • Arnold, M. “UWF team studying why so many sea turtles get hooked on fishing lines at Panhandle piers.”
    Pensacola News Journal, 8 August 2020.
    DeMoss, J. “It’s a banner year for sea turtles along the North Carolina coast. What’s behind it?” Raleigh
  • News& Observer, 7 August 2019.
  • Wallace, E. “How to view Pensacola’s charismatic marine life safely and legally” Pensacola News
    Journal, 22 April 2019.
  • Pedraza, J. “SEA3D” UWF Connection Magazine, Spring 2018.
  • Saunders, M. “UWF students tackle real-world problems” Pensacola News Journal, 6 May 2018.
  • Walker, C. 2013. Collaboration: A problem shared. Nature 499: 115-117.
  • Piacenza, S. 2013. A tale of a turtle model(er). Turtles in the Deep Blog, Peavey, L. (Word Press), 26 March 2013. Retrieved from http://turtlesinthedeep.org/
  • Kight, P. 2012. OSU grad student wins NMFS fellowship. Breaking Waves Blog, Oregon Sea Grant (Word Press MU), 19 June 2012. Retrieved from http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/breakingwaves/2012/06/19/osu-grad-student-wins-nmfs-fellowship/