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Dr Richard Reina

Lecturer

Ph.D. Australian National University, 1997

Telephone: +61-3-9905-5600
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: richard.reina@sci.monash.edu.au

Dr Richard Reina
Recent publications
  • Amorocho, D. F., and Reina, R. D. (2008). Intake passage time, digesta composition, and digestibility in East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii) at Gorgona National Park, Colombian Pacific. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 360, 117-124.
  • Squires, Z. E., Bailey, P. C. E., Reina, R. D., and Wong, B. B. M. (2008). Environmental deterioration increases tadpole vulnerability to predation. Biology Letters doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0144.
  • Reina, R. D., Spotila, J. R., Paladino, F. V., and Dunham, A. E. (in press). Changed reproductive schedule of leatherback turtles in the eastern Pacific following the 1997/98 transition from El Niño to La Niña conditions. Endangered Species Research.
  • Giling, D., Reina, R. D., and Hogg, Z. (in press). Anthropogenic influence on an urban colony of the little penguin, Eudyptula minor. Marine and Freshwater Research.
  • Amorocho D, Reina RD (2007) Feeding ecology of the East Pacific green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas agassizii, at Gorgona National Park in Colombia. Endang Species Res 3:43-5
  • Daniel TA, Chiaradia A, Logan M, Quinn GP, Reina RD (2007) Synchronized group association in little penguins, Eudyptula minor. Anim Behav 74:1241-1248
  • Jones TT, Reina RD, Darveau CA, Lutz PL (2007) Ontogeny of energetics in leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtle hatchlings. Comp Biochem Physiol A 147:313-322
  • Preston TJ, Ropert-Coudert Y, Kato A, Chiaradia A, Dann P, Reina RD (2007) Foraging behaviour of little penguins in an artificially modified environment. Endang Species Res 3:doi: 10.3354/esr00069
  • Saba VS, Santidrian P, Reina RD, Spotila JR, Musick JA, Evans DA, Paladino FV (2007) The effect of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on the reproductive frequency of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles. J Appl Ecol 44:395-404
  • Santidrián Tomillo P, Vélez Carballo E, Reina RD, Piedra Chacón R, Paladino FV, Spotila JR (2007) Reassessment of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) population nesting at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas: effects of conservation efforts. Chel Cons Biol 6:54-62
  • Wallace BP, Sotherland PR, Santidrián Tomillo P, Reina RD, Spotila JR, Paladino FV (2007) Maternal investment in reproduction and its consequences in leatherback turtles. Oecologia 152:32-47
  • Chinathamby, K., R. D. Reina, P. C. E. Bailey and B. L. Lees (2006). "The effects of salinity on the survival, growth and development of tadpoles of the brown tree frog, Litoria ewingii." Aust. J. Zool 54: 97-105.
  • Southwood, A. L., R. D. Reina, V. S. Jones, J. R. Speakman and D. R. Jones (2006). "Seasonal metabolism of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Heron Island, Australia." Can. J. Zool. 84: 125-135.
  • Wallace BP, Sotherland PR, Santidrián Tomillo P, Bouchard SS, Reina RD, Spotila JR, Paladino FV (2006) Egg components, egg size, and hatchling size in leatherback turtles. Comp Biochem Physiol A 145:524-532
  • Ralph, C. R., R. D. Reina, B. P. Wallace, P. R. Sotherland, J. R. Spotila and F. V. Paladino (2005). "The effect of egg location and respiratory gas concentrations in the nest on developmental success of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea." Aust. J. Zool. 53: 289-294.
  • Reina, R. D., K. J. Abernathy, G. J. Marshall and J. R. Spotila (2005). "Respiratory frequency, dive behavior and social interactions of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea during the inter-nesting interval." J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 316: 1-16.
  • Nordmoe, E. D., A. E. Sieg, P. R. Sotherland, J. R. Spotila, F. V. Paladino and R. D. Reina (2004). "Nest site fidelity of leatherback turtles at Playa Grande, Costa Rica." Anim. Behav. 68(2): 387-394.
  • Price, E. R., B. P. Wallace, R. D. Reina, J. R. Spotila, F. V. Paladino, R. Piedra and E. Vélez (2004). "Growth and reproductive output of adult female leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea) over time." Endang. Species Res. 5: 1-8.
  • Wallace, B. P., P. R. Sotherland, J. R. Spotila, R. D. Reina, B. F. Franks and F. V. Paladino (2004). "Abiotic and biotic factors affect the nest environment of embryonic leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea." Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 77(3): 423-432.
  • Bell, B. A., J. R. Spotila, F. V. Paladino and R. D. Reina (2003). "Low reproductive success of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, is due to high embryonic mortality." Biol. Conserv. 115: 131-138.
  • Southwood, A. L., R. D. Reina, V. S. Jones and D. R. Jones (2003). "Seasonal diving patterns and body temperatures of juvenile green turtles at Heron Island, Australia." Can. J. Zool. 81: 1014-1024.
  • Crim, J. L., L. D. Spotila, J. R. Spotila, M. O'Connor, R. D. Reina, C. J. Williams and F. V. Paladino (2002). "The leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, exhibits both polyandry and polygyny." Mol. Ecol. 11(10): 2097-2106.
  • Reina, R. D., T. T. Jones and J. R. Spotila (2002). "Salt and water regulation by the leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea." J. Exp. Biol. 205(13): 1853-1860.
  • Reina, R. D., P. A. Mayor, J. R. Spotila, R. Piedra and F. V. Paladino (2002). "Nesting ecology of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica: 1988-89 to 1999-2000." Copeia 2002(3): 653-664.
  • Bilinski, J. J., R. D. Reina, F. V. Paladino and J. R. Spotila (2001). "The effects of nest environment of calcium mobilization by leatherback turtle embryos (Dermochelys coriacea) during development." Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 130: 151-162.
  • Reina, R. D. (2000). "Blood flow in the lachrymal salt gland of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas." J. Comp. Physiol. B 170: 573-580.
  • Reina, R. D. and P. D. Cooper (2000). "Control of salt gland activity in the hatchling green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas." J. Comp. Physiol. B 170: 27-35.
  • Spotila, J. R., R. D. Reina, A. C. Steyermark, P. T. Plotkin and F. V. Paladino (2000). "Pacific leatherback turtles face extinction." Nature 405: 529-530.