May 2011. The Wildlife Conservation Society, New Jersey Chapter, spring meeting, Waretown, NJ. McLaughlin, Daniel. “Research and management of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) in New Jersey.”

November 2010. 5th National Symposium on the Ecology, Status, and Conservation of the Diamondback Terrapin. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA. Wood, R.C. and L. Smith. “Predation on Northern Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) by Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephala) along the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay Coasts of New Jersey.”

November 2010. 5th National Symposium on the Ecology, Status, and Conservation of the Diamondback Terrapin. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA. Grottola, J.M. and R.C. Wood. “Saved from the Sewers: Rescuing Hatchling Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) from Storm Drains along the Southern New Jersey Coast.”

November 2010. 5th National Symposium on the Ecology, Status, and Conservation of the Diamondback Terrapin. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA. McLaughlin, D. and R.C. Wood. “Terrapin Barrier Fences along the Atlantic Coast of Southern New Jersey.”

November 2010. 5th National Symposium on the Ecology, Status, and Conservation of the Diamondback Terrapin. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA. Wood R.C. and D. McLaughlin. “Roadkill Rollercoaster: Twenty Years of Monitoring Terrapin Mortality along the Atlantic Coast of Southern New Jersey.”

November 2010. 5th National Symposium on the Ecology, Status, and Conservation of the Diamondback Terrapin. Chauvin, LA. Baker P.J., Thompson A., Vatnick I., Wood R.C. “Estimating survival times for diamondback terrapins, Malaclemys terrapin, trapped in submerged crab pots.”

July 2010. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Providence, RI. Wood, R.C. and D. McLaughlin. “Terrapins and Tires: A Large-Scale Community-Based Conservation Initiative in Southern New Jersey, USA.”

July 2010. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Providence, RI. Wood, R.C., P. Baker, R. Herlands, J. Rokita, B. McGee. “A Unique Long-Term Headstarting Program for the Northern Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) in Southern New Jersey, USA.”

April 2010. Presentation at the Florida Keys Audubon Society, Key West, FL. Wood R.C.  “The diamondback terrapin conservation and research program at the Wetlands Institute.”

March 2010. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society meeting, Atlantic City, NJ. Wood, R.C. and L. Smith. “Predation on Northern Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) by Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephala) along the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay Coasts of New Jersey.”

March 2010. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society meeting, Atlantic City, NJ. Samodurov, Cathrena, M. Krachey, R.C. Wood. “The Influence of Air Temperature, Precipitation, and Tide on Nesting Activity of Northern Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin).”

March 2010. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society meeting, Atlantic City, NJ. Grottola, J.M. and R.C. Wood. “Saved from the Sewers: Rescuing Hatchling Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) from Storm Drains along the Southern New Jersey Coast.”

2010. Baker P.J., Costanzo J.P., Iverson J.B., and R.E. Lee Jr. Winter severity and phenology of spring emergence from the nest in freshwater turtles. Naturwissenschaften 97: 607-615.

October 2009. Presentation at International Symposium on Fossil Turtles, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. Wood, R.C. “Fossil leatherback turtles from the Paleogene of the South Carolina coastal plain.”

March 2009. Day of Research presentation, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Wood, R.C. “A case study of community-based conservation: diamondback terrapins on the Cape May Peninsula of southern New Jersey.”

February 2009. BIOL Seminar, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Wood, R.C. “Celebration of the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his publishing the first edition of On the Origin of Species.”

October, 2008. Seminar presentation, University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Environmental Studies. Wood, R.C. “Terrapins, Tires, and Traps: conservation biology at the Jersey Shore.”

January 2008: Diamondback Terrapin Road Mortality Workshop, co-hosted by the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and the Jekyll Island Authority, Jan. 10-11. Keynote speaker, Wood, R.C. “Terrapin road mortality and management strategies.”

August 2007: 4th Symposium on the Ecology, Status and Conservation of Diamondback Terrapins, Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center, Millersville, MD, Aug. 10-12. Baker, P.J., M.L. Perry, H. Chmura, R. Herlands and R.C. Wood. “Environmental correlates of emergence from the nest for hatchling M. terrapin.”

August 2007. Ibid. I.S. Eberly and R.C. Wood. “Use of roadway fencing as a means of preventing diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) mortality from vehicle strikes in New Jersey.”

August 2007: Ibid. Hernandez, D. and R. Wood. “Preliminary results of radio telemetry to analyze movement patterns of mangrove terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum) in Key West National Wildlife Refuge, FL (USA).”

August 2007. Ibid. Owens, J.R. and R.C. Wood. “Tracking northern diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) in a southern New Jersey (USA) salt marsh using sonic telemetry.”

August 2007. Ibid. Wood, R. and D. Hernandez. “Ecology and Behavior of the mangrove terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum) in Key West National Wildlife Refuge, FL (USA).”

July 2007. 5th Annual Joint Meeting of the Turtle Survival Alliance and The Freshwater Turtle and Tortoise Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Atlanta, GA. Wood, R.C. “Impact of hurricanes on mangrove terrapins in Key West National Wildlife Refuge.”

2007. Baker P.J., Costanzo J.P., and R.E. Lee Jr. Oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity of a terrestrially-hibernating hatchling turtle. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 177:875-883.

November, 2006.  Symposium: The Geology and Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Wood, R.C.  “Fossil turtles from the Calvert Cliffs.”

October, 2006. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Baltimore, MD. Owens, J.R. and R.C. Wood. “Tracking northern diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in a southern New Jersey salt marsh using sonic telemetry.”

2006. Costanzo, J.P., P.J. Baker, and R.E. Lee Jr. Physiological responses to freezing in hatchlings of freeze-tolerant and -intolerant turtles. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 176: 697-707.

2006. Baker, P.J., J.P. Costanzo, R. Herlands, R.C. Wood, and R.E. Lee Jr. Inoculative freezing promotes winter survival in hatchling diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84:116-124

Electronic Publications:
Audubon Magazine Web Exclusive (March 2009): "Shell Shocked: Protecting Turtles from Crab Traps." (www.audubonmagazine.org)

Stockton Now: The Official Stockton College E-zine (Fall 2010): "'Eggs'-citing Project." (www.stockton.edu)

The Conservation Registry (Fall 2010). Wood R.C. and McLaughlin, D. "New Jersey's Diamondback Terrapins." This is a poster-size brochure(when unfolded) funded jointly by the Wetlands Institute and a grant from the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife's Conserve Wildlife Matching Grant Program. (www.conservationregistry.org)