Matthew H. Godfrey | Scholars@Duke

Matthew H. Godfrey
Adjunct Associate Professor

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Adjunct Associate Professor, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2020

Contact Information

135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516
matthew.godfrey@duke.edu (252) 728-1528

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Toronto (Canada) 1997
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Visiting Professor in NSOE CSSP Div/MLab All, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2009 - 2019
Recognition
In the News
- NOV 10, 2014
  
  At Beaufort and Puerto Rico, Duke Course Causes 'Turtle Fever'
Research
Selected Grants
- REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2024
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Türkozan, O., C. Yılmaz, V. Almpanidou, M. H. Godfrey, and A. D. Mazaris. “Thermal conditions of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests in the largest rookery in the eastern Mediterranean.” Endangered Species Research 50 (January 1, 2023): 63–73. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01219.
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  - Kot, C. Y., S. Åkesson, J. Alfaro-Shigueto, D. F. Amorocho Llanos, M. Antonopoulou, G. H. Balazs, W. R. Baverstock, et al. “Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization.” Diversity and Distributions 28, no. 4 (April 1, 2022): 810–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13485.
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  - Chow, J. C., N. Kyritsis, M. Mills, M. H. Godfrey, C. A. Harms, P. E. Anderson, and A. M. Shedlock. “Tissue and temperature-specific RNA-seq analysis reveals genomic versatility and adaptive potential in wild sea turtle hatchlings (Caretta caretta).” Animals 11, no. 11 (November 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113013.
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  - Girondot, M., B. Mourrain, D. Chevallier, and M. H. Godfrey. “Maturity of a giant: age and size reaction norm for sexual maturity for Atlantic leatherback turtles.” Marine Ecology 42, no. 5 (October 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12631.
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  - Maurer, Andrew S., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Craig A. Layman, Seth P. Stapleton, Matthew H. Godfrey, and Martha O Burford Reiskind. “Population Viability of Sea Turtles in the Context of Global Warming.” Bioscience 71, no. 8 (August 2, 2021): 790–804. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab028.
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  - Shamblin, Brian M., Mark G. Dodd, S Michelle Pate, Matthew H. Godfrey, Joseph B. Pfaller, Kristina L. Williams, Breanna L. Ondich, et al. “In search of the “missing majority” of nesting loggerhead turtles: improved inter-seasonal recapture rates through subpopulation-scale genetic tagging.” Marine Biology 168, no. 2 (February 2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03820-9.
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  - Avens, L., M. D. Ramirez, L. R. Goshe, J. M. Clark, A. B. Meylan, W. Teas, D. J. Shaver, M. H. Godfrey, and L. Howell. “Hawksbill sea turtle life-stage durations, somatic growth patterns, and age at maturation.” Endangered Species Research 45 (January 1, 2021): 127–45. https://doi.org/10.3354/ESR01123.
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  - Harms, Craig A., Shane M. Boylan, Brian A. Stacy, Jean F. Beasley, Daniel García-Párraga, and Matthew H. Godfrey. “Gas embolism and massive blunt force trauma to sea turtles entrained in hopper dredges in North and South Carolina, USA.” Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 142 (December 2020): 189–96. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03542.
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  - Niemuth, J. N., C. C. Ransom, S. A. Finn, M. H. Godfrey, S. A. C. Nelson, and M. K. Stoskopf. “Using random forest algorithm to model cold-stunning events in sea turtles in North Carolina.” Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 11, no. 2 (December 1, 2020): 531–41. https://doi.org/10.3996/052019-JFWM-043.
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  - Godley, B. J., A. C. Broderick, L. P. Colman, A. Formia, M. H. Godfrey, M. Hamann, A. Nuno, et al. “Reflections on sea turtle conservation.” Oryx 54, no. 3 (May 2020): 287–89. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605320000162.
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  - Tagliolatto, A. B., B. Giffoni, S. Guimarães, M. H. Godfrey, and C. Monteiro-Neto. “Incidental capture and mortality of sea turtles in the industrial double-rig-bottom trawl fishery in south-eastern Brazil.” Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 30, no. 2 (February 1, 2020): 351–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3252.
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  - Tagliolatto, A. B., D. W. Goldberg, M. H. Godfrey, and C. Monteiro-Neto. “Spatio-temporal distribution of sea turtle strandings and factors contributing to their mortality in south-eastern Brazil.” Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 30, no. 2 (February 1, 2020): 331–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3244.
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  - Abreu-Grobois, F Alberto, B Alejandra Morales-Mérida, Catherine E. Hart, Jean-Michel Guillon, Matthew H. Godfrey, Erik Navarro, and Marc Girondot. “Recent advances on the estimation of the thermal reaction norm for sex ratios.” Peerj 8 (January 2020): e8451. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8451.
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  - Phillott, A. D., and M. H. Godfrey. “Assessing the evidence of 'infertile' sea turtle eggs.” Endangered Species Research 41 (January 1, 2020): 329–38. https://doi.org/10.3354/ESR01032.
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  - Fuentes, M. M. P. B., M. H. Godfrey, D. Shaver, S. Ceriani, C. Gredzens, R. Boettcher, D. Ingram, M. Ware, and N. Wildermann. “Exposure of marine turtle nesting grounds to named storms along the continental USA.” Remote Sensing 11, no. 24 (December 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11242996.
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  - Harms, C. A., P. McClellan-Green, M. H. Godfrey, E. F. Christiansen, H. J. Broadhurst, and C. A. J. Godard-Codding. “Crude Oil and Dispersant Cause Acute Clinicopathological Abnormalities in Hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta).” Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6 (October 15, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00344.
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  - Bembenek-Bailey, S. A., J. N. Niemuth, P. D. McClellan-Green, M. H. Godfrey, C. A. Harms, H. Gracz, and M. K. Stoskopf. “NMR metabolomic analysis of skeletal muscle, heart, and liver of hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (caretta caretta) experimentally exposed to crude oil and/or corexit.” Metabolites 9, no. 2 (February 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo9020021.
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  - Wildermann, N. E., C. Gredzens, L. Avens, H. A. BarriosGarrido, I. Bell, J. Blumenthal, A. B. Bolten, et al. “Informing research priorities for immature sea turtles through expert elicitation.” Endangered Species Research 37 (January 1, 2018): 55–76. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00916.
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  - Bembenek Bailey, S. A., J. N. Niemuth, P. D. McClellan-Green, M. H. Godfrey, C. A. Harms, and M. K. Stoskopf. “¹H-nmr metabolomic study of whole blood from hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) exposed to crude oil and/or corexit.” Royal Society Open Science 4, no. 11 (November 22, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171433.
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  - Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B., Christian Gredzens, Brooke L. Bateman, Ruth Boettcher, Simona A. Ceriani, Matthew H. Godfrey, David Helmers, et al. “Conservation hotspots for marine turtle nesting in the United States based on coastal development.” Ecological Applications : A Publication of the Ecological Society of America 26, no. 8 (December 2016): 2706–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1386.
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  - Caillouet, C. W., N. F. Putman, D. J. Shaver, R. A. Valverde, E. E. Seney, K. J. Lohmann, K. L. Mansfield, B. J. Gallaway, J. P. Flanagan, and M. H. Godfrey. “A call for evaluation of the contribution made by rescue, resuscitation, rehabilitation, and release translocations to kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) population recovery.” Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11, no. 3 (January 1, 2016): 486–96.
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  - Nelms, S. E., E. M. Duncan, A. C. Broderick, T. S. Galloway, M. H. Godfrey, M. Hamann, P. K. Lindeque, and B. J. Godley. “Plastic and marine turtles: A review and call for research.” Ices Journal of Marine Science 73, no. 2 (January 1, 2016): 165–81. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv165.
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  - Rees, A. F., J. Alfaro-Shigueto, P. C. R. Barata, K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, J. Bourjea, A. C. Broderick, et al. “Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?” Endangered Species Research 31, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 337–82. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00801.
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  - Hammerschlag, Neil, Annette C. Broderick, John W. Coker, Michael S. Coyne, Mark Dodd, Michael G. Frick, Matthew H. Godfrey, et al. “Evaluating the landscape of fear between apex predatory sharks and mobile sea turtles across a large dynamic seascape.” Ecology 96, no. 8 (August 2015): 2117–26. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-2113.1.
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  - Fisher, Leah R., Matthew H. Godfrey, and David W. Owens. “Incubation temperature effects on hatchling performance in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).” Plos One 9, no. 12 (January 2014): e114880. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114880.
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  - Pikesley, S. K., A. Broderick, D. Cejudo, M. S. Coyne, M. H. Godfrey, B. J. Godley, P. Lopez, et al. “Modelling the niche for a marine vertebrate: A case study incorporating behavioural plasticity, proximate threats and climate change (Accepted).” Ecography, January 1, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01245.
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  - Griffin, DuBose B., Sally R. Murphy, Michael G. Frick, Annette C. Broderick, John W. Coker, Michael S. Coyne, Mark G. Dodd, et al. “Foraging habitats and migration corridors utilized by a recovering subpopulation of adult female loggerhead sea turtles: implications for conservation.” Marine Biology 160, no. 12 (December 2013): 3071–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2296-3.
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  - Hawkes, Lucy A., Matthew J. Witt, Annette C. Broderick, John W. Coker, Michael S. Coyne, Mark Dodd, Michael G. Frick, et al. “Home on the range: spatial ecology of loggerhead turtles in Atlantic waters of the USA.” Diversity and Distributions 17, no. 4 (July 2011): 624–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00768.x.
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  - Wallace, Bryan P., Andrew D. DiMatteo, Brendan J. Hurley, Elena M. Finkbeiner, Alan B. Bolten, Milani Y. Chaloupka, Brian J. Hutchinson, et al. “Regional management units for marine turtles: a novel framework for prioritizing conservation and research across multiple scales.” Plos One 5, no. 12 (December 2010): e15465. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465.
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  - Campbell, L. M., and M. H. Godfrey. “Geopolitical genetics: claiming the commons through species mapping.” Geoforum 41 (2010): 897–907.
  - McClellan, C. M., A. J. Read, W. M. Cluse, and M. H. Godfrey. “Conservation in a complex management environment: the by-catch of sea turtles in North Carolina’s commercial fisheries.” Marine Policy, 2010.
  - Hawkes, L. A., A. C. Broderick, M. H. Godfrey, and B. J. Godley. “Climate change and marine turtles.” Endangered Species Research 7, no. 2 (August 10, 2009): 137–54. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00198.
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  - Schultz, T. F. “Bringing molecular tools into environmental resource management: untangling the molecules to policy pathway.” Plos Biology, March 2009.
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  - Campbell, Lisa M., Jennifer J. Silver, Noella J. Gray, Sue Ranger, Annette Broderick, Tatum Fisher, Matthew H. Godfrey, et al. “Co-management of sea turtle fisheries: Biogeography versus geopolitics.” Marine Policy 33, no. 1 (January 2009): 137–45.
  - Hamann, M., M. H. Godfrey, J. A. Seminoff, K. Arthur, P. C. R. Barata, K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, et al. “Global research priorities for sea turtles: Informing management and conservation in the 21st century. (Submitted)” Endangered Species Research, 2009.
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  - Godfrey, M. H., D. L. Roberts, and B. J. Godley. “Taking it as red: An introduction to the Theme Section on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.” Endangered Species Research 6, no. 2 (December 23, 2008): 109–11. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00168.
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  - Mrosovsky, N., and M. H. Godfrey. “The path from grey literature to Red Lists.” Endangered Species Research 6, no. 2 (November 7, 2008): 185–91. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00143.
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  - Godfrey, M. H., and B. J. Godley. “Seeing past the red: Flawed IUCN global listings for sea turtles.” Endangered Species Research 6, no. 2 (March 3, 2008): 155–59. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00071.
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  - McClellan, C. M., A. J. Read, B. A. Price, W. M. Cluse, and M. H. Godfrey. “Using telemetry to mitigate the by-catch of long-lived marine vertebrates (Accepted).” Ecol Appl, 2008.
  - GODFREY, MATTHEW H., GRAHAME J. W. WEBB, S C. H. A. R. L. I. E. MANOLIS, and N. MROSOVSKY. “Hawksbill sea turtles: can phylogenetics inform harvesting?” Molecular Ecology 16, no. 17 (September 2007): 3511–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03356.x.
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  - Stewart, K., C. Johnson, and M. H. Godfrey. “The minimum size of leatherbacks at reproductive maturity, with a review of sizes for nesting females from the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins.” Herpetological Journal 17, no. 2 (April 1, 2007): 123–28.
  - Hawkes, Lucy A., Annette C. Broderick, Michael S. Coyne, Matthew H. Godfrey, Luis-Felipe Lopez-Jurado, Pedro Lopez-Suarez, Sonia Elsy Merino, Nuria Varo-Cruz, and Brendan J. Godley. “Phenotypically linked dichotomy in sea turtle foraging requires multiple conservation approaches.” Current Biology : Cb 16, no. 10 (May 2006): 990–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.063.
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  - Godfrey, Matthew, and N. Mrosovsky. “Pivotal temperature for green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, nesting in Suriname.” Herpetological Journal 16, no. 1 (2006): 55–61.
  - Campbell, L. M., M. H. Godfrey, and O. Drif. “Community‐based conservation via global legislation? Limitations of the inter‐American convention for the protection and conservation of sea turtles.” Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 5, no. 1–2 (January 1, 2002): 121–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880290209354002.
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  - Godfrey, Matthew H., Adriana F. D’Amato, Maria Â. Marcovaldi, and N. Mrosovsky. “Pivotal temperature and predicted sex ratios for hatchling hawksbill turtles from Brazil.” Canadian Journal of Zoology 77, no. 9 (November 15, 1999): 1465–73. https://doi.org/10.1139/z99-117.
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  - Godfrey, Matthew H., R. Barreto, and N. Mrosovsky. “Metabolically-Generated Heat of Developing Eggs and Its Potential Effect on Sex Ratio of Sea Turtle Hatchlings.” Journal of Herpetology 31, no. 4 (December 1997): 616–616. https://doi.org/10.2307/1565626.
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  - Godfrey, M. H. “Ethology and sea turtle conservation.” Trends in Ecology &Amp; Evolution 11, no. 10 (October 1996): 433–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(96)81152-9.
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  - Godfrey, Matthew H., N. Mrosovsky, and R. Barreto. “Estimating past and present sex ratios of sea turtles in Suriname.” Canadian Journal of Zoology 74, no. 2 (February 1, 1996): 267–77. https://doi.org/10.1139/z96-033.
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  - Mrosovsky, N., and Matthew Godfrey. “Manipulating sex ratios: Turtle speed ahead!.” Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1 (1995): 238–40.
  - Godfrey, Matthew H., and R. Barreto. “Beach vegetation and seafinding orientation of turtle hatchlings.” Biological Conservation 74, no. 1 (1995): 29–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(95)00011-r.
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  - Godfrey, Matthew H., and N. Mrosovsky. “Simple Method of Estimating Mean Incubation Temperatures on Sea Turtle Beaches.” Copeia 1994, no. 3 (August 17, 1994): 808–808. https://doi.org/10.2307/1447199.
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