Peer reviewed articles:
2023
12. Bentley, B. P., ...et al. (45 authors)..., Mazzoni, C. J., & Komoroske, L. M. (2023). Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories. PNAS 120(7): e2201076120. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201076120
2022
11. Bentley, B. P. & Armstrong, E. E. (2022) Good from far, but far from good: The impact of a reference genome on evolutionary inference. Molecular Ecology Resources 22(1): 12-14. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13531.
2021
10. Bentley, B.P., McGlashan, J. K., Bresette, M. J. & Wyneken, J. (2021) No evidence of selection against anomalous scute arrangements between juvenile and adult sea turtles in Florida. Journal of Morphology, 282(2): 173-184. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21294.
9. Gammon, M., Fossette, S., Bentley, B. P., Mitchell, N. J. (2021) Metabolic rates and thermal thresholds of embryonic flatback turtles (Natator depressus) from the North West Shelf of Australia. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94 (6), 429-442. DOI: 10.1086/716848.
2020
8. Bentley, B.P., Stubbs, J.L., Whiting, S.D. & Mitchell, N.J. (2020) Variation in thermal traits describing sex determination and development in Western Australian sea turtle populations. Functional Ecology, 34(11): 2302-2314. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13645.
7. Tezak, B., Bentley, B., Arena, M., Mueller, S., Snyder, T. & Sifuentes-Romero, I. (2020) Incubation environment and parental identity affect sea turtle development and hatchling phenotype. Oecologia, 192, 939-951.
6. Bentley, B. P., Kearney, M. K., Whiting S. D., and Mitchell, N. J. (2020). Microclimate modelling of beach sand temperatures reveals high spatial and temporal variation at sea turtle rookeries. Journal of Thermal Biology, 88: 102522. DOI:
10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102522
2017
5. Zimm, R., Bentley, B. P., Wyneken, J., and Moustakas-Verho, J. E. (2017). Environmental causation of turtle scute anomalies in ovo and in silico. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57(6): 1303-1311.
4. Bentley, B. P., Haas, B. J., Tedeschi, J. N., and Berry, O. (2017). Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) regulate expression of stress response and developmental genes when exposed to a biologically realistic heat stress. Molecular Ecology, 26(11): 2978- 2992. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14087
2014
3. Bentley, B.P., Harvey, E.S., Newman, S.J., Welch, D.J., Smith, A.K., and Kennington, W.J. (2014). Local genetic
patchiness but no regional differences between Indo-West Pacific populations of the dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda
unicolor. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 506: 267-277. DOI: 10.3354/MEPS10819.
2. Bentley, B.P., Harvey, E.S., Newman, S.J., Welch, D.J., Smith, A.K., and Kennington, W.J. (2014). Characterization
of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5:
693-695. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-9884-x.
2013
1. Firman, R.C., Bentley, B., Bowman, F., Marchant, F.G.S., Parthenay, J., Sawyer, J., Stewart, T., and O’Shea, J.E.
(2013). No evidence of sperm conjugate formation in an Australian mouse bearing sperm with three hooks. Ecology
and Evolution, 3(7): 1856-1863. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.577.
Manuscripts in Preparation:
Bentley, B. P., Whiting, S. D., and Mitchell, N. J. End of the line? Nesting phenology shifts unable to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change on winter nesting sea turtles. In Prep.
Bentley, B. P., Haas, B. J., Mitchell, N. J., Whiting, S. D., and Berry, O. Comparative transcriptomics of three species of sea turtle embryos reveal variation in the response to a biological thermal stress. In Prep.
Bentley, B. P., Windsor, T., Whiting, S. D., and Mitchell, N. J. Incidences of congenital malformations increase with rising temperatures in embryonic sea turtles. In Prep.
Bentley B. P., Heppell, S., Godfrey, M., Wyneken, J. et al. Measuring and mitigating the impacts of rising nest temperatures associated with anthropogenic climate change. In Prep.
2023
12. Bentley, B. P., ...et al. (45 authors)..., Mazzoni, C. J., & Komoroske, L. M. (2023). Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories. PNAS 120(7): e2201076120. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201076120
2022
11. Bentley, B. P. & Armstrong, E. E. (2022) Good from far, but far from good: The impact of a reference genome on evolutionary inference. Molecular Ecology Resources 22(1): 12-14. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13531.
2021
10. Bentley, B.P., McGlashan, J. K., Bresette, M. J. & Wyneken, J. (2021) No evidence of selection against anomalous scute arrangements between juvenile and adult sea turtles in Florida. Journal of Morphology, 282(2): 173-184. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21294.
9. Gammon, M., Fossette, S., Bentley, B. P., Mitchell, N. J. (2021) Metabolic rates and thermal thresholds of embryonic flatback turtles (Natator depressus) from the North West Shelf of Australia. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94 (6), 429-442. DOI: 10.1086/716848.
2020
8. Bentley, B.P., Stubbs, J.L., Whiting, S.D. & Mitchell, N.J. (2020) Variation in thermal traits describing sex determination and development in Western Australian sea turtle populations. Functional Ecology, 34(11): 2302-2314. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13645.
7. Tezak, B., Bentley, B., Arena, M., Mueller, S., Snyder, T. & Sifuentes-Romero, I. (2020) Incubation environment and parental identity affect sea turtle development and hatchling phenotype. Oecologia, 192, 939-951.
6. Bentley, B. P., Kearney, M. K., Whiting S. D., and Mitchell, N. J. (2020). Microclimate modelling of beach sand temperatures reveals high spatial and temporal variation at sea turtle rookeries. Journal of Thermal Biology, 88: 102522. DOI:
10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102522
2017
5. Zimm, R., Bentley, B. P., Wyneken, J., and Moustakas-Verho, J. E. (2017). Environmental causation of turtle scute anomalies in ovo and in silico. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57(6): 1303-1311.
4. Bentley, B. P., Haas, B. J., Tedeschi, J. N., and Berry, O. (2017). Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) regulate expression of stress response and developmental genes when exposed to a biologically realistic heat stress. Molecular Ecology, 26(11): 2978- 2992. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14087
2014
3. Bentley, B.P., Harvey, E.S., Newman, S.J., Welch, D.J., Smith, A.K., and Kennington, W.J. (2014). Local genetic
patchiness but no regional differences between Indo-West Pacific populations of the dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda
unicolor. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 506: 267-277. DOI: 10.3354/MEPS10819.
2. Bentley, B.P., Harvey, E.S., Newman, S.J., Welch, D.J., Smith, A.K., and Kennington, W.J. (2014). Characterization
of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5:
693-695. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-9884-x.
2013
1. Firman, R.C., Bentley, B., Bowman, F., Marchant, F.G.S., Parthenay, J., Sawyer, J., Stewart, T., and O’Shea, J.E.
(2013). No evidence of sperm conjugate formation in an Australian mouse bearing sperm with three hooks. Ecology
and Evolution, 3(7): 1856-1863. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.577.
Manuscripts in Preparation:
Bentley, B. P., Whiting, S. D., and Mitchell, N. J. End of the line? Nesting phenology shifts unable to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change on winter nesting sea turtles. In Prep.
Bentley, B. P., Haas, B. J., Mitchell, N. J., Whiting, S. D., and Berry, O. Comparative transcriptomics of three species of sea turtle embryos reveal variation in the response to a biological thermal stress. In Prep.
Bentley, B. P., Windsor, T., Whiting, S. D., and Mitchell, N. J. Incidences of congenital malformations increase with rising temperatures in embryonic sea turtles. In Prep.
Bentley B. P., Heppell, S., Godfrey, M., Wyneken, J. et al. Measuring and mitigating the impacts of rising nest temperatures associated with anthropogenic climate change. In Prep.
Book chapters:
2018
1. Tucker, T., Whiting, S., Pendoley, K., FitzSimmons, N., Berry, O., Mitchell, N., and Bentley, B. (2018) Questions of scale: collaborative turtle research along the Kimberley’s remotest coasts. In: The Natural World of the Kimberley (pp 165 – 181). WA Kimberley Society Inc. Perth, Western Australia.
2018
1. Tucker, T., Whiting, S., Pendoley, K., FitzSimmons, N., Berry, O., Mitchell, N., and Bentley, B. (2018) Questions of scale: collaborative turtle research along the Kimberley’s remotest coasts. In: The Natural World of the Kimberley (pp 165 – 181). WA Kimberley Society Inc. Perth, Western Australia.
Technical Reports:
2018
1. Whiting S, Tucker T, Pendoley K, Mitchell N, Bentley B, Berry O, FitzSimmons N (2018). Final Report of Project 1.2.2 prepared for the Kimberley Marine Research Program, Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Perth, Western Australia, 146 pp
2018
1. Whiting S, Tucker T, Pendoley K, Mitchell N, Bentley B, Berry O, FitzSimmons N (2018). Final Report of Project 1.2.2 prepared for the Kimberley Marine Research Program, Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Perth, Western Australia, 146 pp