Publications (refereed)
Berube, M. and Dunbar, S. G., Rützler, K., and Hayes, W. K. 2012. Home range and foraging ecology of juvenile hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles on inshore reefs in Honduras. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. (xx): xx - xx. Link to PDF
Nisani, Z., Boskovic, D.S., Dunbar, S. G., Kellin, W., and Hayes, W.K. 2012. Investigating the chemical profile of regenerated scorpion (Parabuthus transvaalicus) venom in relation to metabolic cost and toxicity. Toxicon. (xx): xx - xx. Link to PDF
Billock, W. L. and Dunbar, S. G. 2011. Shell and food acquisition behaviors: Evidence for Contextual Decision Hierarchies in hermit crabs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 398: 26- 32 Link to PDF
Shives, J. and Dunbar, S. G. 2010. Behavioral response to burial in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis: implications for the fossil record. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 388: 33- 38 Link to PDF
Sjoboen, A. D., Dunbar, S.G., and Boskovic, D. 2010. Temporal fluctuations of fatty acids in Pachygrapsus crassipes from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 30(2): 257 – 265. Link to PDF
Dunbar, S. G. and Howard, D. 2010. Hawksbill and Green Sea Turtles: International Voyagers of the Pacific and Atlantic. Edited book, Chapter 5, Ocean Globe. Redlands, ESRI Press. Pp. 87 - 103.
Billock, W. L. and Dunbar, S. G. In Revision. Shell and food acquisition behaviors; Evidence of Contextual Decision Hierarchies in hermit crabs.
Bacchus, M. C., Dunbar, S. G., and Self-Sullivan, C. 2009. Characterization of resting holes and their use by the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Drowned Cayes, Belize. Aquatic Mammals. 35 (1), 62 - 71. Link to PDF
Billock, W. L. and Dunbar, S. G. 2008. Influence of motivation on behavior in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K., Published online by Cambridge University Press 19 Sep 2008 doi:10.1017/S0025315408002543: 1 – 5. Link to PDF
Dunbar, S. G., Salinas, L. and Stevenson, L., 2008. In-water observations of recently-released juvenile hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata). Marine Turtle Newsletter, 121: 5 - 9. Link to PDF
Revell, T. K. and Dunbar, S. G. 2007. The energetic savings of sleep versus temperature in the desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, at three ecologically relevant temperatures. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 148:393-398. Link to PDF
Nisani, Z., Dunbar, S.G., and Hayes, W.K. 2007. Cost of venom regeneration in Parabuthus transvalicus (Arachnida:Buthidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 147:509-513. Link to PDF
Dunbar, S. G. 2005. Respiratory responses of Clibanarius taeniatus and Clibanarius virescens (Decapoda, Diogenidae) to changes in ambient water temperature. Nauplius 13(1): 45 - 56. Link to PDF
Dunbar, S. G. and Coates, M. 2004. Differential tolerance of body fluid dilution in two species of tropical hermit crabs: not due to osmotic/ionic regulation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (A), Vol. 137(2): 321 - 337. Link to PDF
Dunbar, S. G., Coates, M. and Kay, A. 2003. Marine hermit crabs as indicators of freshwater inundation on tropical shores. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 60(1): 27 - 34. Link to PDF
Dunbar, S. G. 2002: “Determinants of distribution of tropical marine hermit crabs.” Australia Marine Science Association Bulletin, 158: 25
Dunbar, S. G. and Coates, M. 2000. Range extension and new host records of the ectoparasite Pseudostegias setoensis Shiino, 1933 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 124(1): 49. Link to PDF
Dissertation
Dunbar, S. G. 2001. Respiratory, osmoregulatory, and behavioural determinants of distribution of tropical marine hermit crabs. PhD Thesis. Central Queensland University. Rockhampton. QLD. 322 p. Link to PDF
Submitted or In Preparation
Dunbar, S. G., Mallari, J., Petersen, A-B, Suarez, S., Chapman, C., Bliss, J. and Bliss, W. In Prep. From Class to Field: First Lessons from a Multi-Disciplinary to Inter-Disciplinary Approach to Sea Turtle Conservation and Sustainable Community Development.
Shives, J., Dunbar, S. G., and Boskovic, D. Submitted. Lactate accumulation in response to burial in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis.
Dunbar, S. G. In Prep. Osmoregulatory responses of the tropical hermit crab, Clibanarius taeniatus (Decapoda:Anomura) to changes in ambient water salinity.
Billock, W. L. and Dunbar, S. G. In revision. Influence of sensory cues on predator avoidance behavior in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis.
Conference Abstracts
Duran, N. and Dunbar, S.G. Preliminary Results on Postnesting Fine Scale Movements of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras. 32st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. 13-16 March, 2012. Huatulco, Mexico
Dunbar, S.G., Salinas, L., and Castellanos, S. Community partnership in understanding population changes of “Tortuga Golfina” (Lepidochelys olivacea) on the south coast of Honduras. 31st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. 12-15 April, 2011. San Diego, CA
Dunbar, S.G., Haruka, I. Recognition of juvenile hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) through face scale digitization and automated searching. 31st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. 12-15 April, 2011. San Diego, CA
Berube, M.D., Dunbar, S.G., Rutzler, K., and Hayes, W.K. Home range and foraging ecology of juvenile hawksbill sea turtles around Rotan, Honduras. 31st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. 12-15 April, 2011. San Diego, CA
Magrann, T. M., Dunbar, S. G., Sutula, M. Boskovic, D. Hayes, W. K., and Buchheim, P. Prevalence of algal toxins in Southern California lakes, ponds, bays, and lagoons. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, 7 - 8 May, 2010. Los angeles, CA
Dunbar, S. G., Salinas, L. ProTECTOR – coordinating sea turtle research and conservation in Honduras. 30th International Sea Turtle Symposium. 22 – 27 April, 2010. Goa, India.
Dunbar, S. G., Salinas, L., Castellanos, S. Proyecto piloto para la conservación de las tortugas marinas mediante el empoderamiento de las comunidades sobre sus recursos, en la costa Pacífico de Honduras. XIII Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation. 26 – 30 October, 2009. Belize.
Magrann, T. M., Dunbar, S. G., and Boskovic, D. Algal control by phosphate restriction in shallow, freshwater lakes. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, 29 - 30 May, 2009. Rancho Palos Verde, CA.
Billock, W.B. and Dunbar, S.G. Evidence for ‘Contextual Decision Hierarchies’ in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, 2-3 May, 2008. Carson, CA.
Dunbar, S.G., Breman, J. and Stevenson, L. Activities of the Turtle Awareness and Protection Studies (TAPS) program on Roatan, Honduras. 28th International Sea Turtle Symposium. 19 - 26, January, 2008. Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Billock, W.L. and Dunbar, S.G. Shell and food acquisition behaviors: Evidence for 'Contextual Decision Hierarchies' in hermit crabs. The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting. 14 - 17 October 2007. Coquimbo, Chile.
Shives, J.A., Dunbar, S.G., Nyborg, T.G. Why the paucity of hermit crabs in situ in the fossil record? The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting. 14 - 17 October 2007. Coquimbo, Chile.
Sjoboen, A.D., Dunbar, S.G., Boskovic, D.S. Seasonal fatty acid fluctuations of Pachygrapsus crassipes in southern California. The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting. 14 - 17 October 2007. Coquimbo, Chile.
Dunbar, S.G, Breman, J. and Stevenson, L. Development of the Turtle Awareness and Protection Studies (TAPS) program on Roatan, Honduras. 27th International Sea Turtle Symposium. 22 - 28, February, 2007. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.
Bacchus, M-L.C., Dunbar, S.G and Self-Sullivan, C. Characterization of resting holes and their daily and nightly use by Antilean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus in the Drowned Cayes, Belize. The 10th Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biodiversity and Conservation. 28 October - 3, November, 2006. Antigua, Guatemala.
Nisani, Z., Dunbar, S.G., and Hayes, W.K. The metabolic cost of regenerated Parabuthus transvaalicus venom and its protein content. 13th Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society. 17 - 21, June, 2006. College of Notre Dame, Maryland, USA.
Dunbar, S.G. and Sjoboen, A.D. The Roatan Rapid Assessment Project for Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus of Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras. The 9th Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biodiversity and Conservation. 21 - 25, November, 2005. La Ceiba, Honduras.
Dunbar, S.G. and Perumal, V. The Roatan Rapid Assessment Project for Queen Conch, Strombus gigas of Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras. The 9th Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biodiversity and Conservation. 21 - 25, November, 2005. La Ceiba, Honduras.
Dunbar, S. G. The Roatan Rapid Assessment Project for the common hermit crabs of Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras. The 9th Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biodiversity and Conservation. 21 - 25, November, 2005. La Ceiba, Honduras.
Ford, R. E., Soret, S., Dunbar, S., Waife, S., Mazinga, G. and Gonzalez, G. Launching and undergraduate Earth System Science curriculum with a focus on global sustainability: the Loma LInda University experience. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition. 7 - 10, November, 2004. Denver Colorado.
Dunbar, S. G. Respiratory responses of the tropical hermit crabs, Clibanarius taeniatus and Clibanarius virescens to changes in ambient water temperature: hot times and heavy breathing. 3rd Brazilian Crustacean Congress and 2004 TCS Summer Meeting. 24 - 28, October, 2004. Florianopolis, Brazil.
Sjoboen, A. D. and Dunbar, S. G. Preliminary comparisons of Pagurus samuelis (Decapoda: Anomura) populations from north and south Monterey Bay, California. 3rd Brazilian Crustacean Congress and 2004 TCS Summer Meeting. 24 - 28, October, 2004. Florianopolis, Brazil.
Dunbar, S. G. and Nyborg, T. G. Three specimens of hermit crabs found associated with their host gastropod shell from the Pliocene San Diego Formation, California and a reassessment of the paucity of fossil hermit crabs associated with gastropod shells in the fossil record. 2003 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition. 2 - 5, November, 2003. Seattle, Washington.
Dunbar, S. G., Harris, L., Ware, R. R., Tudge, C. C. and Lee, R. E. Marine Cryptofauna Survey of Yaqara, Fiji: Finding the Fauna Before and After Development. European Marine Biodiversity Symposium. 8 - 12, September, 2003
Dunbar, S. G., Coates, M. and Kay, A. Marine hermit crabs as indicators of freshwater inundation on tropical shores. Fifth International Crustacean Congress and the 'Summer' 2001 Meeting of The Crustacean Society. 9 - 13 July, 2001. Melbourne, Australia.
Dunbar, S. G. Respiratory, osmoregulatory and behavioural adaptations to tropical intertidal stress as determinants of distribution in tropical marine hermit crabs. Proceedings of International Conference On Integrated Coastal Area Management and its Integration with Marine Sciences. 25 - 30 September, 2000. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dunbar, S. G., Coates, M. and McKillup, S. C. Respiratory, osmoregulatory and behavioural responses to tropical intertidal stress as determinants of distribution in two species of marine hermit crabs. The 1999 Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference. 6 - 9 July, 1999, Melbourne, Australia.
Reports (with pdf files)
Dunbar, S. G., Salinas, L., and Castellanos, S. 2010. Activities of the Protective Turtle Ecology Center For Training, Outreach, and Research, Inc. (ProTECTOR) in Punta Raton, Honduras. 2008-2009 Annual Report, Ministry of Environment, Digepesca, Honduras. PDF here
Dunbar, S. G., Salinas, L., and Berube, M. 2009. Acivities of the Turtle Awareness and Protection Studies (TAPS) Progran Under the Protective Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Outreach, and Research, Inc (ProTECTOR) in Roatan, Honduras. 2007-2008 Annual Report, Ministry of the Environment, Honduras. PDF here Spanish PDF here
Dunbar, S. G. 2009: Contribution to the SWOT Report Volume IV: State of the World’s Sea Turtles. SWOT Outreach Grant for a Series of School Visits to Commence the Turtle Nesting Hotline’s “Turtle Art and Jingle Challenge” in the Bay Islands, Honduras: An Education and Awareness Initiative. PDF here
Dunbar, S. G., and Berube, M. 2008. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Nesting Beach Reconaissance on Roatan, Honduras. Final Report 2008, United States Fish and Wildlife Services 2008. PDF here
Dunbar, S. G. 2008: Activities of the Protective Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Outreach, and Research, Inc. (ProTECTOR) on Olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Punta Raton, Honduras. Annual Report of the 2007 – 2008 Nesting Seasons. Ministry of Environment (SERNA), Honduras. PDF here Spanish PDF here
Dunbar, S. G. 2008. Final Report on a proposal for a series of school visits to commence the "Turtle Nesting Hotline's Turtle Art and Jingle Challenge" in the Bay Islands, Honduras; an education and awareness initiative. SWOT. Pp. 9. PDF here
Dunbar, S. G. 2007. Final Report on a proposal to facilitate positive change among indigenous fishers of the Bay Islands, Honduras. SWOT. Pp. 5. PDF here
Dunbar, S. G. 2006. Preliminary Report on Activities Under Permits # DGPA/005/2006 and DGPA/245/2006 by the Turtle Awareness and Protection Studies (TAPS) Group. ProTECTOR, Loma Linda. Pp. 11. PDF here
Perumal, V. and Dunbar, S. G. 2005. Roatan Rapid Assessment Project for the Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras (RRAP-L). USAID/MIRA. La Ceiba, Honduras. Pp. 26. PDF here
Sjoboen, A. D. and Dunbar, S. G. 2005. Roatan Rapid Assessment Project for the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras (RRAP-L). USAID/MIRA. La Ceiba, Honduras. Pp. 24. PDF here
Dunbar, S. G. 2005. Roatan Rapid Assessment Project for common hermit crabs, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras (RRAP-L). USAID/MIRA. La Ceiba, Honduras. Pp. 29. PDF here
Dunbar, S. G. 2005: The Yaqara Bay Biodiversity Inventory Project; Report for the 2003 and 2005 field seasons. The Marine Research Group, Department of Earth & Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda. 35Pp. PDF here
Web Links
Dunbar, S.G. OzCoasts Coastal Indicators: http://www.ozcoasts.org.au/indicators/hermit_crabs.jsp