Bio
Dr. Katrina Phillips is Senior Marine Scientist at Dauphin Island Sea Lab. She is a marine ecologist with expertise in animal movement and population connectivity. Her research combines spatial and molecular tools to investigate key ecological questions in marine environments, with particular interest in sea turtles.
Royal Society Seminar: New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’
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Publications
2025
- Phillips, K.F., N.F. Putman, K.L. Mansfield. New insights on sea turtle behavior during the ‘lost years’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 292: 20242367. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2367
2024
- Lettrich, M.D., K.F. Phillips, C. Clyde-Brockway, B.P. Bentley (eds.). Report of a Workshop to Assess Impacts of Climate Change on Sea Turtle Threats. NOAA Technical Memorandum. NMFS-F/SPO-249, 33 p. Report.
2023
- Ceriani, S.A., S. Murasko, D.S. Addison, D. Anderson, G. Curry, N.A. Desjardin, S.F. Eastman, D.R. Evans, N. Evou, M.M.P.B. Fuentes, M.H. Godfrey, K.M. Hart, P. Hillbrand, S.E. Hirsch, C.R. Mott, K.L. Mansfield, K.T. Mazzarella, S.V. Norris, S.M. Pate, K.F. Phillips, K.W. Rusenko, B.M. Shamblin, A. Stevenson, K.A. Sloan, A.D. Tucker, R.C. Welsh, P. Casale. Monitoring population-level foraging distribution of a marine migratory species from land: strengths and weaknesses of the isotopic approach on the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead turtle aggregation. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1189661. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1189661
2022
- Phillips, K.F., K.R. Martin, G.D. Stahelin, A.E. Savage, K.L. Mansfield. Genetic variation among sea turtle life stages and species suggests connectivity among ocean basins. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9426. [cover paper]. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9426
2021
- Phillips, K.F., G.D. Stahelin, R.M. Chabot, K.L. Mansfield. Long‐term trends in marine turtle size at maturity at an important Atlantic rookery. Ecosphere 12(7): e03631. [cover paper]. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3631
- Phillips, K.F., D.S. Addison, C.R. Sasso, K.L. Mansfield. Postnesting migration routes and fidelity to foraging sites among loggerhead turtles in the western North Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 97(1): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0099
2017
- Orfinger, A.B., T.B. Cogen, G.R. Irons, K.V. Kabilan, B. Molligoda, A.L. Moody, J.F. Wisdo, K.F. Phillips. Preliminary study of pan trapping in longleaf pine flatwoods in Central Florida, USA. Midsouth Entomologist 10: 24-27. Report
2016
- Vander Zanden, H.B., A.B. Bolten, A.D. Tucker, K.M. Hart, M.M. Lamont, I. Fujisaki, K.J. Reich, D.S. Addison, K.L. Mansfield, K.F. Phillips, M. Pajuelo, K.A. Bjorndal. Biomarkers reveal sea turtles remained in oiled areas following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Ecological Applications 26(7): 2145–2155. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1366
2015
- Vander Zanden, H.B., A.D. Tucker, K.M. Hart, M.M. Lamont, I. Fujisaki, D.S. Addison, K.L. Mansfield, K.F. Phillips, M.B. Wunder, G.J. Bowen, M. Pajuelo, A.B. Bolten, K.A. Bjorndal. Determining origin in a migratory marine vertebrate: a novel method to integrate stable isotopes and satellite tracking. Ecological Applications 25(2): 320-335. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0581.1
2014
- Phillips, K.F., K.L. Mansfield, D.S. Addison, D.J. Die. Survival and remigration probabilities for loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 161: 863-870. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2386-2