Jeanette Wyneken PhD: University of Illinois, 1988 Associate Professor Research interests: integrative biology, comparative & functional morphology Office: SC 266 Phone: (561) 297-0146 Email:jwyneken@fau.edu

Professional Interests and Research Program

My professional goals emphasize maintaining an active research program, training students, and educating the general public. These three goals are the key components of an exciting and rewarding professional career. Training students individually or in the classroom is an important interaction that not only helps the students but also helps me to keep my analytical abilities sharp. Speaking to the public serves an important function not only in the education of my audiences but also provides me with insight into how science and scientists are perceived by nonscientists. These interactions, too, are never one-sided.

My research program addresses how organisms contend or interact with their environment. I draw upon ideas and methodology from many biological disciplines including evolutionary biology, conservation biology, functional morphology, ecology, ethology, physiology, and developmental biology. Evolutionary processes and adaptation are important considerations in my work. My broad-based training enables me to address such diverse questions as how behavioral patterns are associated with migratory swimming in sea turtles and how effective are hatcheries, a common sea turtle management technique? How sex ratios in sea turtle skewed and if so what does that imply? Other, current research stresses the implications of an animal's structure and behavior to how it functions within its environment. I examine how suites of morphological characters either constrain behavioral options or are exploited to allow behavioral plasticity. My studies are comparative and include morphological, behavioral, and physiological analyses of swimming behavior in hatchlings of three sea turtle species as they undergo offshore migration, and how sea turtle visual systems differ among species. Other ongoing studies include empirical assessments of predation on sea turtle hatchlings in urban settings and studies of egg and hatchling energetics. I am currently writing a book entitled The Anatomy of Reptiles that summarizes available information on a variety of ecologically and phylogenetically diverse reptile taxa. Recent work explores the use of CT and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to investigate morphological adaptations in reptiles. These new imaging techniques are ideal for understanding the normal form of skeletal elements and soft structures (e.g. stomach, brain, kidneys), tracing blood flow, and identifying anatomical positions and landmarks of structures in vivo.

Publications:

Wyneken, J. S. Epperly, L. B. Crowder, J. Vaughan, K. Blair. 2007. Determining Sex in Posthatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles Using Multiple Gonadal and Accessory Duct Characteristics. Herpetologica 63(1), 2007, 19–30.

Stokes, L., J. Wyneken, L. Crowder, and J. Marsh. 2007. The Influence of Temporal and Spatial Origin on Size and Early Growth Rates in Captive Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the United States. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 1(2):71-80 .

Alava, J.J., J.M. Keller, J. R. Kucklick, J. Wyneken, L. Crowder, G. I. Scott. 2006. Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) and Organochlorine Pesticide Concentrations Increase in Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Egg Yolk Samples during Embryonic Development. The Science of the Total Environment 367 (2006) 170–181 .

Govett, P.D., C.A. Harms, K.E. Linder, J.C. Marsh, and J Wyneken. 2005. Effect of Four Different Suture Materials on the Surgical Wound Healing of Loggerhead Sea Turtles ( Caretta caretta). Submitted to Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery.14(4):6-11.

Wyneken, J., B. Brainerd, and J. Hanken. 2004. Introduction to the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Journal of Morphology. 260(3): 271-273.

*Stewart, K. R. and J. Wyneken. 2004. Predation Risk to Loggerhead Hatchlings at a High-Density Nesting Beach in Southeast Florida. Bulletin of Marine Sciences 74(2): 325–335.

Witherington, D. and J. Wyneken. 2003. Chelonian Anatomy. Exotic DVM 4(6):35-41.

Wyneken, J. 2003. The External Morphology, Musculoskeletal System, and Neuroanatomy of Sea Turtles. Chap. 2. pp 39-77. In The Biology of Sea Turtles. Vol. II. In: The Biology of Sea Turtles (P. Lutz, J. Musick, and J. Wyneken, eds). CRC Press, Inc.

S. J. H. Divers, S. M Hernandez-Divers and J. Wyneken. 2002. Angiographic, Anatomic and Clinical Technique Descriptions of A Novel Venipuncture Site For Chelonians. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery. 12(2):32-37.

Wyneken, J. 2001. Respiratory Anatomy – Form and Function in Reptiles. Exotic DVM 3(2):17-22.

Jones, T. T. M. Salmon, J. Wyneken, and C. Johnson. 2000. Rearing leatherback hatchlings: protocols, growth and survival. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 90: 3-6.

Wyneken, J. 2000. The Migratory Behavior of Hatchling Sea Turtles Beyond the Beach. Pp. 121-129. In: Sea Turtles of the Indo-Pacific. N. Pilcher and G. Ismail eds. ASEAN Academic press. 361 pp.

*Oliver, L. J, M. Salmon, J. Wyneken, R. Heuter and T. Cronin. 2000. Retinal Anatomy of Hatchling Sea Turtles: Anatomical Specializations and Behavioral Correlates. Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology. 33:233-248.

Wyneken, J., G. H. Balazs, K. K. Murakawa and Y. Anderson. 1999. Size Differences in Hind Limbs and Carapaces of Hatchling Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Hawaii and Florida, USA. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 3(3): 491-495.

Divers, S and J. Wyneken. 1999. Surgical Anatomy of the Serpentine Kidney with Particular Regard to Surgical Nephrectomy. Proceedings of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians.

*Steinitz, M. J. , M. Salmon, and J. Wyneken. 1998. Beach Renourishment and Loggerhead Turtle Reproduction: A Seven Year Study at Jupiter Island, Florida. J. Coastal Research. 14(3):1000-1013.

Wyneken, J. 1997 Sea Turtle Locomotion: Mechanisms, Behavior, and Energetics. inThe Biology of Sea Turtles (P. Lutz and J. Musick eds). CRC Press, Inc. pp 168-198.

Wyneken, J. 1997. The 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium– Largest Ever. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 2 (3):457-459.

Wyneken, J. and D. Crouse. 1997. Resolutions of the 17th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 2 (3):442-444.

Wyneken, J. 1996. 17th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation.

Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 77. p. 27-28

Salmon, M., R. Reiners, C. Lavin and J. Wyneken. 1995. Behavior of Loggerhead Sea Turtles on an Urban Beach. I. Correlates of nest placement. J. Herpetology 29(4):560-567.

Salmon, M. and J. Wyneken. 1994. Orientation by Sea Turtles: Implications and Speculations. Herpetological. Natural History. 2:13-26.

Wyneken, J. 1994. Ontogenetic changes in sea turtle body shape: Morphological analyses and adaptive implications. Journal of Morphology. 220 (3): 413.

Wyneken, J. and M. Salmon. 1992. Frenzy and Postfrenzy Swimming Activity in Loggerhead, Leatherback, and Green Sea Turtles. Copeia. (2):478-484.

Salmon, M., J. Wyneken, E. Fritz and M. Lucas. 1992. Ocean-finding by Hatchling Sea Turtles: Role of Brightness, Silhouette and Beach Slope as Orientation Cues. Behaviour. 122(1-2):55-77.

Wyneken, J. and M. Salmon. 1990. Orientation by Hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta L.) in a Wave Tank. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 139:43-50.

Salmon, M. and J. Wyneken. 1990. Do Swimming Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta L.) Use Light Cues in Offshore Orientation? Marine Behaviour and Physiology. 17:233-246.

Lohmann, K.J., Salmon, M. and Wyneken, J. 1990. Functional Autonomy of Land and Sea Orientation Systems in Sea Turtle Hatchlings. Biol. Bull. (Woods Hole). 179:214-218.

Wyneken, J., T.J. Burke, M. Salmon, and D. Pedersen. 1988. Egg Failure in Natural and Relocated Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nests. The Journal of Herpetology. 22(1): 88-96.

Wyneken, J. and J. Hicklin. 1988. A Confirmed Nesting of a Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, in Florida. The Marine Turtle Newsletter. 42(May):4.

Salmon, M. and J. Wyneken. 1987. Orientation and swimming behavior of hatchling loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta L. duing their offshore migration. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 109: 137-153.

Wyneken, J. and M. Salmon. 1986. Effective Communication with Conservation Groups: Are We Doing the Job? The Marine Turtle Newsletter, 39(December):11-12.

Books, Book Chapters, Training Videos, and Technical Manuals

Wyneken, J. in press. Reptilian Anatomy through CT and MRI Imaging. In. Reptile Medicine and Surgery. (D.R. Mader, ed.) Elsevier Press.

Wyneken. J. 2004 Indique a la Anatomíade las Tortugas Marinas . NMFS Tech. Publication. NOAA Tech., Memo NMFS-SEFSC-470. 172 pp. (Black & White book and color CD).

Wyneken, 2004. La Anatomía de las Tortugas Marinas. 25 min video. La Anatomíade las Tortugas Marinas

Lutz, P. L., J. A. Musick and J. Wyneken, Editors. 2003. The Biology of Sea Turtles . Vol. II. CRC Press, Inc.

Wyneken, J. 2002. Sea Turtle Marine Observer Training. 35 min video.

Wyneken. J. 2001 Guide to the Anatomy of Sea Turtles. NMFS Tech. Publication. NOAA Tech., Memo NMFS-SEFSC-470. 172 pp. (Black & White book and color CD). The Anatomy of Sea Turtles

Wyneken, 2000. The Anatomy of Sea Turtles. 26 min video.

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