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I am interested in sea turtle or seabird necropsy manuals (various languages) or scientific papers (English) on wildlife diseases, corals, fish, sea turtles, birds.

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Sea turtle Necropsy Manual

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Spanish language edition (PDF)
Italian language edition (PDF)
Japanese language edition (PDF)
Chinese language edition (PDF)
French language edition (PDF)

Seabird Necropsy Manual

English language edition (PDF)
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Scientific contributions by the Honolulu Field Station.

General interest

Roffe, T. J. and T. M. Work . 2005. Wildlife health and disease investigations. In . Braun C. E. (ed.) Techniques for wildlife investigations and management, 6 th edition. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda , MD. pp. 197-212. (PDF)

Coral

• Work, T. M. and R. A. Rameyer. 2005. Characterizing lesions in corals from American Samoa. Coral Reefs 24:384-390. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., and G. S. Aeby. 2006. Systematically describing gross lesions in corals. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 70:155-160. (PDF)
• Galloway, S.B., Work, T.M., Bochsler, V. S., Harley, R. A., Kramarsky-Winters, E., Peters, E. C., Reynolds, T. L., Rotstein, D. S., Sileo, L., Woodley, C. M. 2007. Coral Disease and health Workshop: Coral Histopathology II. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 56 and CRCP 4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring , MD. 84p. (PDF)
• Work, T.M ., G. S. Aeby and S. L. Coles. 2008. Distribution and morphology of Acropora growth anomalies in the Indo-Pacific. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 78:255-264. (PDF)
• Work, T. M ., G. S. Aeby, F. Stanton, and D. Fenner. 2008. Overgrowth of fungi (endolithic hypermycosis) associated with multifocal to diffuse distinct amorphous dark discoloration of corals in the Indo-Pacific. Coral Reefs. 27: 663. (PDF)
• Work, T. M ., L. L. Richardson, T. L. Reynolds, and B. L. Willis 2008. Biomedical and veterinary science can increase our understanding of coral disease. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 362: 63-70. (PDF)
• Work, T. M ., G. S. Aeby, J. E. Maragos. 2008. Phase shift from a coral to a corallimorph-dominated reef associated with a shipwreck on Palmyra Atoll. PLOS-One. 3: e2989. (PDF)
• Work, T. , C. Woodley, L. Raymundo. 2008. Confirming field assessments and measuring disease impacts. In. LJ Raymundo, CS Couch, and CD Harvell, editors. Coral Disease Handbook: Guidelines for Assessment, Monitoring and Management. The Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for management Program , St. Lucia , Australia . Pp. 33-46. (PDF)
• Raymundo, L, T Work . A Bruckner, B Willis. 2008. A decision tree for describing coral lesions in the field. In. LJ Raymundo, CS Couch, and CD Harvell, editors. Coral Disease Handbook: Guidelines for Assessment, Monitoring and Management. The Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management Program , St. Lucia , Australia . Page 17-32. (PDF)
• Aeby, G.S., Work, T.M ., Fenner, D., and DiDonato, E. 2008. Coral and crustose coralline algae disease on the reefs of American Samoa . Proc 11th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 198-201. (PDF)
• Bourne, D.G., M. Garren, T. M. Work , E. Rosenberg , G. W. Smith, C. Drew Harvell. 2009. Microbial disease and the coral holobiont. Trends in Microbiology. 17: 554-562. (PDF)
• Aeby, G.S., M. Ross, GJ Williams, TD Lewis, TM Work. 2010. Disease dynamics of Montipora white syndrome within Kaneohe Bay , Oahu , Hawaii : distribution, seasonality, virulence, and transmissibility. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 91:1-8. (PDF)
• Work, T.M. and G. S. Aeby. 2010. Wound repair in Montipora capitata . Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 105:116-119. (PDF)

Fish

• Work, T. M. , R. A. Rameyer, G. Takata, and M. L. Kent. 2003. Protozoal and epitheliocystis-like infection in the introduced bluestripe snapper Lutjanus kasmira in Hawaii. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 57: 59-66. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., G. Takata, C. Whipps and M. L. Kent. 2008 . Henneguya akule n. sp. in the big eyed scad ( Selar crumenophthalmus ) from Hawaii . Journal of Parasitology. 94: 524-529. (PDF)
• Work, T.M., M. Vignon, G. S. Aeby. 2010. Microparasite ecology and health status of common bluestriped snapper Lutjanus kasmira from the Pacific Islands . Aquatic Biology. 9: 185–192. (PDF)

Sea turtles

• Graczyk, T. K., G. H. Balazs, T. Work , A. A. Aguirre, D. M. Ellis, S. K. K. Murakawa and R. M. Morris. 1997. Cryptosporidium sp. infections in green turtles, Chelonia mydas , as a potential source of marine waterborne oocysts in the Hawaiian islands . Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 63:2925-2927. (PDF)
• Casey, R. N., S. L. Quackenbush, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, P. R. Bowser and J. W. Casey. 1997. Evidence for retrovirus infections in green turtles Chelonia mydas from the Hawaiian islands. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 31: 1-7. (PDF)
• Moore, M. K., T. M. Work , G. H. Balazs, and D. E. Docherty . 1997. Preparation, cryopreservation, and growth of cells prepared from the green turtle ( Chelonia mydas ). Methods in Cell Science. 19: 161-168. (PDF)
• Quackenbush, S. L., T. M Work., G. H. Balazs, R. N. Casey, J. Rovnak, A. Chaves, L. duToit, J. D. Baines, C. R. Parrish, P. R. Bowser, and J. W. Casey. 1998. Three closely related herpesviruses are associated with fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles. Virology. 246: 392-399. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., R. E. Raskin, G. H. Balazs and S. Whittaker. 1998. Morphologic and cytochemical characteristics of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) blood cells. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 59: 1252-1257. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. and G. H. Balazs. 1999. Relating tumor score to hematology in green turtles with fibropapillomatosis in Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 35:804-807. (PDF)
• Lu, Y., V. R. Nerurkar, A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, and R. Yanaghihara. 1999. Establishment and characterization of 13 cell lines from a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomas. In Vitro Cellular Development and Biology-Animal. 35:389-393. (PDF)
• Landsberg, J. H., G. H. Balazs, K. A. Steidinger, D. G. Baden, T. M. Work, and D. J. Russel. 1999. The potential role of natural tumor promoters in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 11:199-210. (PDF)
• Work. T. M., G. H. Balazs, R. A. Rameyer, S. P. Chang, and J. Berestecky. 2000. Assessing humoral and cell mediated immune response in Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 74:179-194. (PDF)
• Lu, Y., A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work , G. H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar, and R Yanagihara. 2000. Identification of a small, naked virus in tumor-like aggregates in cell lines derived from a green turtle, Chelonia mydas , with fibropapillomas. Journal of Virological Methods. 86:25-33. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., R. A. Rameyer, G. H. Balazs, C. Cray and S. P. Chang. 2001. Immune status of free-ranging green turtles from Hawaii with Fibropapillomatosis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 37:574-581. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. and G. H. Balazs. 2002. Necropsy finding in sea turtles taken as by-catch in the North Pacific long line fishery. Fishery Bulletin. 100:876-880. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. G. H. Balazs, M. Wolcott, and R. Morris. 2003. Bacteraemia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas, with fibropapillomatosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 53:41-46. (PDF)
• Greenblatt, R. J., T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, C. A. Sutton, R. N. Casey, and J. W. Casey. 2004. The Ozobranchus leech is a candidate mechanical vector for the fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus found latently infecting skin tumors on Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Virology 321:101-110. (PDF)
  
• Work, T. M., G. H. Balazs, R. A. Rameyer, R. M. Morris. 2004. Retrospective pathology survey of green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) with fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian Islands, 1993-2003. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 62:163-176. (PDF)
• Greenblatt, R. J., S. L. Quackenbush, R. N. Casey, R. Rovnak, G. H. Balazs, T. M. Work, J. W. Casey, and C. A. Sutton. 2005. Genomic variation of the fibropapilloma-associated marine turtle herpesvirus across seven geographic areas and three host species. Journal of Virology 79:1125-1132. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. 2005. Cancer in sea turtles. Hawaii Medical Journal 64:23-24. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., G. H. Balazs, J. L. Schumacher and A. Marie. 2005. Epizootiology of spirorchiid infection in green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) in Hawaii. Journal of Parasitology. 91:871-876. (PDF)
• Greenblatt, R. J., T. M. Work , P. Dutton, C. A. Sutton, T. R. Spraker, R. N. Casey. C. E. Diez, D. Parker, J. St. Ledger, G. H. Balazs, and J. W. Casey. 2005. Geographic variation in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 36:527-530. (PDF)
• Chaloupka, M, T. M. Work , G. H. Balazs, S. K. K. Murakawa, and R. Morris. 2008. Cause-specific temporal and spatial trends in green sea turtle strandings in the Hawaiian archipelago (1982-2003). Marine Biology 154:887-898. (PDF)
• Munoz, FA, S. Estrada-Parra, A. Romero-Rojas, TM Work , E Gonzalez-Ballesteros, I Estrada-Garcia. 2009. Identification of CD3+ lymphocytes in the green turtle Chelonia mydas. Veterinary Immunology and Immupathology. 131: 211-217. (PDF)
• Work, TM , J. Dagenais, GH Balazs, JS Schumacher, TD Lewis, JC Leong, RN. Casey, JW Caseyand James W. Casey. 2009. In vitro biology of fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus and host cells in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Journal of General Virology. 90: 1943-1950. (PDF)
• Flint , M, JC. Patterson-Kane, CJ Limpus, TM Work , D Blair, PC Mills. 2009. Post mortem diagnostic investigation of disease in free-ranging marine turtle populations: a review of common pathological findings and protocols. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigations. 21: 733-759. (PDF)
• Chaloupka, M, G. H. Balazs, T. M. Work . 2009. Rise and fall over 26 years of a marine epizootic in Hawaiian green sea turtles. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 45: 1138-1142. (PDF)
• Robson Guimarães dos Santos, Agnaldo Silva Martins, Evelise Torezani, Cecília Baptistotte, Julyana da Nóbrega Farias, Paulo Antunes Horta, Thierry M. Work , George H. Balazs. 2010. Relationship between fibropapillomatosis and environmental quality: a case study with Chelonia mydas off Brazil . Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 89: 87-95. (PDF)
• Work, T.M. and G.H. Balazs. 2010. Pathology and distribution of sea turtles landed as bycatch in the Hawaii-Based North Pacific pelagic longline fishery. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 46: 422-432. (PDF)
• M. Hamann, M. H. Godfrey, J. A. Seminoff, K. Arthur, P. C. R. Barata, K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, A. C. Broderick, L. M. Campbell, C. Carreras, P. Casale, M. Chaloupka, S. K. F. Chan, M. S. Coyne, L. B. Crowder, C. E. Diez, P. H. Dutton, S. P. Epperly, N. N. FitzSimmons, A. Formia, M. Girondot, G. C. Hays, I. J. Cheng, Y. Kaska, R. Lewison, J. A. Mortimer,W. J. Nichols, R. D. Reina, K. Shanker, J. R. Spotila, J. Tomás, B. P. Wallace, T. M. Work , J. Zbinden, B. J. Godley. 2010. Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century. Endangered Species Research. 11:245-269. (PDF)

Birds

• Work, T. M. and J. Hale. 1996. Causes of owl mortality in Hawaii, 1992-1994. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 32: 266-273. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. and R. A. Rameyer. 1996. Haemoproteus iwa n. sp. in great frigatebirds ( Fregata minor [Gmelin]) from Hawaii: parasite morphology and prevalence. Journal of Parasitology. 82:489-491. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. and M. R. Smith. 1996. Lead exposure in Laysan albatross adults and chicks in Hawaii: prevalence, risk factors, and biochemical effects. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 31:115-119. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. 1996. Weights, hematology and serum chemistry of seven species of free-ranging pelagic seabirds in Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 32:643-657. (PDF)
• Work, T. M . and R. A. Rameyer. 1997. Description and epizootiology of Babesia poelea n. sp. in brown boobies ( Sula leucogaster (Boddaert)) on Sand Island, Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Journal of Parasitology. 83:734-738. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., M. R. Smith and R. Duncan. 1998. Necrotizing enteritis as a cause of mortality in Laysan albatross chicks. Avian Diseases. 42:1-5. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. N. G. Massey, L. Johnson, S. Dougill, and P. Banko. 1999. Survival and physiologic response of common amakihi and Japanese white eyes during simulated translocation. Condor 101:21-27. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., D. Ball and M. Wolcott. 1999. Erysipelas in a free-ranging Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis). Avian Diseases. 43:338-341. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. 1999. Weights, hematology and serum chemistry of free-ranging brown boobies, Sula leucogaster, in Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 30: 81-84. (PDF)
• Work, T. M. and R. A. Rameyer. 1999. Mass stranding of wedge-tailed shearwater chicks in Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 35:487-495. (PDF)
• Work. T. M., J. Gregory Massey, B. A. Rideout, C. H. Gardiner, D. B. Ledig, O. C. H. Kwok, and J. P. Dubey. 2000. Fatal toxoplasmosis in free-ranging endangered `Alala from Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 36: 205-212. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., J, Gregory Massey, D. S. Lindsay and J. P. Dubey. 2002. Toxoplasmosis in 3 species of native and introduced Hawaiian birds. Journal of Parasitology. 88:1040-1042. (PDF)
• Work, T. M., C. U. Meteyer, and R.A. Cole. 2004. Mortality in Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) due to emaciation complicated by Echinuria uncinata on Laysan Island, Hawaii, 1993. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 40:110-114. (PDF)
• Reynolds, M., T. M. Work . 2005. Mortality in the endangered Laysan Teal Anas laysanensis : conservation implications. Wildfowl 55:31-48. (PDF)
• Yabsley, M. J., T. M. Work , and R. A. Rameyer 2006. Molecular phylogeny of Babesia poelea from brown boobies ( Sula leucogaster ) from Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Journal of Parasitology. 92:423-425. (PDF)
• Work, T.M., J. L. Klavitter, M. H. Reynolds, and D. Blehert. 2010. Avian botulism: A case study in translocated endangered Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) on Midway Atoll. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 46:499-506. (PDF)