Erin L. LaCasella

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 735 citations indexed

About

Erin L. LaCasella is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erin L. LaCasella has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 735 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Erin L. LaCasella's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (23 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (15 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers). Erin L. LaCasella is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (23 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (15 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers). Erin L. LaCasella collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Italy. Erin L. LaCasella's co-authors include Peter H. Dutton, Michael P. Jensen, Tomoharu Eguchi, Ian P. Bell, Christine A. Madden Hof, Camryn D. Allen, William A. Hilton, Amy Frey, Sheryan P. Epperly and Kelly R. Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Biology, Scientific Reports and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Erin L. LaCasella

24 papers receiving 713 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Largest Sea Turtle Populations in the World

2018 245 citations Michael P. Jensen, Camryn D. Allen et al. Current Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erin L. LaCasella United States	11	605	409	334	118	100	25	735
Catalina Monzón‐Argüello Spain	14	498 0.8×	332 0.8×	247 0.7×	85 0.7×	85 0.8×	21	602
Luciano S. Soares Brazil	14	662 1.1×	494 1.2×	231 0.7×	81 0.7×	101 1.0×	21	745
Eugênia Naro‐Maciel United States	17	732 1.2×	510 1.2×	366 1.1×	81 0.7×	103 1.0×	33	926
Alan F. Rees United Kingdom	14	591 1.0×	421 1.0×	298 0.9×	87 0.7×	112 1.1×	29	658
Jacques‐Olivier Laloë Australia	17	836 1.4×	515 1.3×	510 1.5×	116 1.0×	140 1.4×	34	945
Anthony C. Steyermark United States	11	515 0.9×	350 0.9×	385 1.2×	140 1.2×	62 0.6×	13	692
Ángela Formia United States	18	918 1.5×	601 1.5×	607 1.8×	46 0.4×	123 1.2×	35	1.1k
Gustave G. Lopez Brazil	15	590 1.0×	338 0.8×	294 0.9×	43 0.4×	81 0.8×	20	658
Ximena Vélez‐Zuazo United States	14	513 0.8×	240 0.6×	215 0.6×	42 0.4×	44 0.4×	37	652
James I. Richardson United States	12	604 1.0×	402 1.0×	290 0.9×	109 0.9×	122 1.2×	16	664

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jensen, Michael P., Erin L. LaCasella, Donald R. Kobayashi, et al.. (2025). Expanding the boundaries: regional connectivity in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations across Micronesia. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12. 1 indexed citations

Eguchi, Tomo, et al.. (2024). Resource selection by a megaomnivore in a marine foraging habitat. Ecology and Evolution. 14(11). e70132–e70132.

Shamblin, Brian M., Kristen M. Hart, Margaret M. Lamont, et al.. (2023). United States Gulf of Mexico Waters provide important nursery habitat for Mexico’s Green turtle nesting populations. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 2 indexed citations

Vélez‐Rubio, Gabriela M., Laura Prosdocimi, Milagros López‐Mendilaharsu, et al.. (2023). Natal Origin and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Strandings at a Foraging Hotspot in Temperate Waters of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Animals. 13(8). 1285–1285. 2 indexed citations

Horne, John B., Erin L. LaCasella, Amy Frey, et al.. (2023). Origins of green turtle fishery bycatch in the central Pacific revealed by mixed genetic markers. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 6 indexed citations

Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B., et al.. (2022). Origins of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Bahamas: A comparison of recent and historical rookery contributions. Ecology and Evolution. 12(11). e9548–e9548. 6 indexed citations

Avens, Larisa, Erin L. LaCasella, Tomoharu Eguchi, et al.. (2022). Mixed‐stock aging analysis reveals variable sea turtle maturity rates in a recovering population. Journal of Wildlife Management. 86(4). 15 indexed citations

LaCasella, Erin L., Michael P. Jensen, Christine A. Madden Hof, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial DNA Profiling to Combat the Illegal Trade in Tortoiseshell Products. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 9 indexed citations

Benson, Scott R., Karin A. Forney, Jeffrey E. Moore, et al.. (2020). A long-term decline in the abundance of endangered leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at a foraging ground in the California Current Ecosystem. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24. e01371–e01371. 10 indexed citations

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Goodwin, Kelly D., et al.. (2020). Finding Crush: Environmental DNA Analysis as a Tool for Tracking the Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas in a Marine Estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 20 indexed citations

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Piovano, Susanna, et al.. (2019). Mixed stock analysis of juvenile green turtles aggregating at two foraging grounds in Fiji reveals major contribution from the American Samoa Management Unit. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3150–3150. 18 indexed citations

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Jensen, Michael P., Camryn D. Allen, Tomoharu Eguchi, et al.. (2018). Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Largest Sea Turtle Populations in the World. Current Biology. 28(1). 154–159.e4. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dutton, Peter H., et al.. (2018). Genetic analysis and satellite tracking reveal origin of the green turtles in San Diego Bay. Marine Biology. 166(1). 24 indexed citations

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Stewart, Kelly R., et al.. (2016). Nesting population origins of leatherback turtles caught as bycatch in the U.S. pelagic longline fishery. Ecosphere. 7(3). 26 indexed citations

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Dutton, Peter H., Michael P. Jensen, Amy Frey, et al.. (2014). Genetic Stock Structure of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Nesting Populations Across the Pacific Islands. Pacific Science. 68(4). 451–464. 43 indexed citations

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Dutton, Peter H., Michael P. Jensen, Amy Frey, et al.. (2014). Population structure and phylogeography reveal pathways of colonization by a migratory marine reptile (Chelonia mydas) in the central and eastern Pacific. Ecology and Evolution. 4(22). 4317–4331. 41 indexed citations

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Dutton, Peter H., Kelly R. Stewart, Erin L. LaCasella, et al.. (2013). Population stock structure of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Atlantic revealed using mtDNA and microsatellite markers. Conservation Genetics. 14(3). 625–636. 70 indexed citations

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Haas, Heather L., et al.. (2008). Characteristics of sea turtles incidentally captured in the U.S. Atlantic sea scallop dredge fishery. Fisheries Research. 93(3). 289–295. 9 indexed citations

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Bowen, Brian W., Anna L. Bass, Meredith A. Bostrom, et al.. (2004). Natal homing in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Molecular Ecology. 13(12). 3797–3808. 137 indexed citations

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Macewicz, Beverly J., et al.. (2004). Fecundity, egg deposition, and mortality of market squid (Lolilgo opalescens). AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 20 indexed citations

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