Nichole Bishop

As an ecophysiologist, I get the best of both worlds: ecology and biology!  I study how an organism's environment can affect its physiology.  My research topics include nutritional ecology, population ecology, and gut microbiomes.

Publications

Bishop, N.D., Polisar, J., Eliazar, P., Carthy, R.R., Bjorndal, K.A. (2022). Wild diet of Dermatemys mawii; an aquatic turtle that relies heavily upon terrestrial vegetation. Chelonian Conservation Biology, 21:37-45. https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1467.1 (Impact factor 1.667 as of 2022) 

Bishop, N.D., Hudson, R., Marlin, J., Pop, T., Rainwater, T., Boylan, S., Atkinson, B.K., Carthy, R.R. 2021. Using growth rates to estimate the minimum age and size at sexual maturity in a captive population of the critically endangered Central American River Turtle, Dermatemys mawii.  Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 9:150-156. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v9i3.432

Platt, S.G., Elsey, R.M., Bishop, N.D., Rainwater, T.R., Thongsavath, O., Labarre, D., McWilliams, A. 2020. Using scat to estimate body size in crocodilians: Case studies of the Siamese crocodile and American alligator with practical applications. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 15:325-334. (Impact factor 0.595 as of 2014)

Platt, S.G., Rainwater, T.R., Elsey, R.M., Bishop, N.D., McMurry, S.T. 2020. On the occurrence of runt eggs in Morelet’s crocodile. Caribbean Naturalist, 75:1-10.

Bishop, N.D., Martin, D.L., Ross, C. 2017. Effects of multi-stress exposure on the infection dynamics of a Labyrinthula sp.-Turtle Grass pathosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 581:119-133. (Impact factor 2.359 as of 2018)

Trevathan-Tackett, S., Lane, A., Bishop, N.D., Ross, C. 2015. Metabolites derived from the tropical sea grass Thalassia testudinum are bioactive against pathogenic Labyrinthula sp. Aquatic Botany, 122:1-8. (Impact factor 2.473 as of 2020)