NOTE:  These are all of the references I have collected concerning Galápagos Marine Iguanas.  If you have seen others please let me know.  Thanks!  --  Jeffrey Sonnentag, JSonnentag@yahoo.com

Ackerman, R. A. and F. N. White.  1980.  The effects of temperature on acid-base balance and ventilation  of the marine iguana.  Resp. Physiol. 39: 133-147.

Aldhous, P.  1996.  Preparation pays for weedy iguanas.  New Scientist 2029(11 May): 18.

Bartholomew, G. A. and R. C. Lasiewski.  1965.  Heating and cooling rates, heart rate and simulated diving in the Galapagos marine iguana.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 16: 573-582.

Bartholomew, G. A.  1966.  A field study of temperature relations in the Galápagos marine iguana.  Copeia 1966(2): 241-250.

Bartholomew, G. A., A. F. Bennett, and W. R. Dawson.  1976.  Swimming, diving and lactate production of the marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Copeia 1976(4): 709-720.

Bartholomew, G. A. and D. Vleck.  1979.  The relation of oxygen consumption to body size and to heating and cooling in the Galapagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  J. Comp. Physiol. 132: 285-288.

Bennett, A. F., W. R. Dawson, and G. A. Bartholomew.  1975.  Effects of activity and temperature on aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in the Galapagos marine iguana.  J. Comp. Physiol. 100: 317-329.

Boersma, P. D.  1982.  The benefits of sleeping aggregations in marine iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, p. 292-299.  In G. M. Burghardt and A. S. Rand [eds.], Iguanas of the world.  Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ.

Butler, P. J., P. B. Frappell, T. Wang, and M. Wikelski.  2002.  The relationship between heart rate and rate of oxygen consumption in Galapagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) at two different temperatures.  J. Exp. Biol. 205: 1917-1924.

Buttemer, W. A. and W. R. Dawson.  1993.  Temporal pattern of foraging and microhabitat use by Galapagos marine iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Oecologia (Heidelberg) 96(1): 56-64.

Calgua, A.  1993.  Die Leguane der Galapagos-Inseln.  Iguana Rundschreiben 1(6 Jahrgang 1993): 9-11.

Carpenter, C.  1966.  The marine iguana of the Galapagos Islands, its behavior and ecology.  Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 34(6): 329-376.

Cayot, L., K. Rassmann, and F. Trillmich.  1993.  Status of the marine iguana: Are they threatened by introduced predators?  Galapagos Bulletin Fall 1993: 2-3.

Cayot, L. J., K. Rassmann, and F. Trillmich.  1994.  Are marine iguanas endangered on islands with introduced predators?  Noticias de Galápagos 53: 13-15.

Cooper, J. E. and W. A Laurie.  1987.  Investigation of deaths in marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Galapagos.  J. Comp. Pathol. 97: 129-36.

Couch, L., P. A. Stone, D. W. Duszynski, H. L. Snell, and H. M. Snell.  1996.  A survey of the coccidian parasites of reptiles from islands of the Galápagos archipelago: 1990-1994.  J. Parasitol. 82: 432-437.

Dawson, W. R., G. A. Bartholomew, and A. F. Bennett.  1977.  A reappraisal of the aquatic specializations of the Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).  Evolution 31: 891-897.

Dellinger, T. and G. von Hegel.  1990.  Sex identification through cloacal probing in juvenile marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).  J. Herp. 24: 424-426.

Dellinger, T.  1996.  Population dynamics and energetics of reproduction of marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) in Galapagos.  Charles Darwin Research Station Annual Report 1988-1989 1996: 83-85.

Drent, J, W. D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, and M. Wikelski.  1999.  Effects of foraging mode and season on the energetics of the marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Func. Ecol. 13: 493-499.

Dunson, W. A.  1969.  Electrolyte excretion by the salt gland of the Galápagos marine iguana.  Amer. J. Physiol. 216: 995-1002.

Flavell, A. J., V. Jackson, M. P. Iqbal, I. Riach, and S. Waddell.  1995.  Ty1-copia group retrotransposon sequences in amphibia and reptilia.  Mol. Gen. Genet. 246: 65-71.

Frost, I. and M. B. Frost. 1983.  Limitations to algal growth in the Galapagos islands: Its consequences on the breeding strategy of the marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Noticias de Galápagos. 37: 23-24.

Gadsden, H. and G. Guerra.  1991.  Los acaros ectoparásitos de Amblyrhynchus cristatus Bell (Sauria: Iguanidae) como trazadores zoogeographicos, en las islas Galápagos, Ecuador.  Folia Entomol. Mex. 83: 183-197.

Gleeson, T. T.  1978.  Metabolic analysis of locomotion in the Galapagos marine iguana.  Amer. Zool. 18: 654.

Gleeson, T. T.  1979.  Foraging and transport costs in the Galapagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Physiol. Zool. 52: 549-557.

Gleeson, T. T.  1980.  Metabolic recovery from exhaustive activity by a large lizard.  J. Appl. Physiol. 48: 689-694.

Gleeson, T. T.  1980.  Lactic acid production during field activity in the Galapagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Physiol. Zool. 53: 157-162.

Hayes, W. K., R. L. Carter, M. Wikelski, J. A. Sonnentag.  2004.  Determinants of lek mating success in male Galápagos marine iguanas: Behavior, body size, condition, ornamentation, ectoparasite load, and female choice.  Pp. 127-147 in A. C. Alberts, R. L. Carter, W. K. Hayes, and E. P. Martins, eds. Biology and Conservation of Iguanas.  University of California Press, Berkeley.

Higgins, P. J. and C. S. Rand.  1974.  A comparative immunochemical study of the serum proteins of several Galapagos iguanids.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 49A: 347-355

Higgins, P. J., C. S. Rand, and J.-L. Haynes.  1974.  Galapagos iguanas: Amblyrhynchus and Conolophus serum protein relationships.  J. Exp. Zool. 189: 255-258.

Higgins, P. J. and C. S. Rand.  1975.  Comparative immunology of Galapagos iguana hemoglobins.  J. Exp. Zool. 193: 319-397.

Higgins, P. J.  1977.  Immunodiffusion comparisons of the serum albumins of marine and land iguanas from different islands in the Galapagos Archipelago.  Can. J. Zool. 55: 1389- 1392.

Higgins, P. J.  1978.  Immunochemical identity of the high and low molecular weight forms of Galapagos marine iguana hemoglobin.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 59B: 129-132.

Higgins, P. J.  1980.  Physico-chemical properties of South American iguanid albumins.  Experientia 36: 1388-1389.

Hobson, E. S.  1965.  Observations on diving in the Galapagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus (Bell).  Copeia 1965(2): 249-250.

Hobson, E. S.  1969.  Remarks on aquatic habits of the Galapagos marine iguana, including submergence times, cleaning symbiosis, and the shark threat.  Copeia 1969(2): 401-402.

Hobson, E. S.  1974.  The marine iguana.  Oceans 7: 48-49.

Kruuk, H. and H. Snell.  1981.  Prey selection by feral dogs from a population of marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).  J. Appl. Ecol. 18: 197-204.

Laurie, A. ????.  Marine iguanas -- Where have all their babies gone?  Noticias de Galápagos. ???: ???-???.

Laurie, A. ????.  Marine iguanas suffer as El Niño breaks all records.  Noticias de Galápagos. ???: ???-???.

Laurie, A. ????.  Interim report on the marine iguana situation in the aftermath of the 1982-3 El Niño.  Noticias de Galápagos. ???: ???-???.

Laurie, A. ????.  Marine iguana project to continue.  Noticias de Galápagos. ???: ???-???.

Laurie, W. A.  1990.  Population biology of marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).  I. Changes in fecundity related to a population crash.  J. Anim. Ecol. 59: 515-528.

Laurie, W. A. and D. Brown.  1990.  Population biology of marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).  II. Changes in annual survival rates and the effects of size, sex, age and fecundity in a population crash.  J. Anim. Ecol. 59: 529-544.

Laurie, W. A. and D. Brown.  1990.  Population biology of marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).  III. Factors affecting survival.  J. Anim. Ecol. 59: 545-568.

Lucker, H.  1994.  Die Meeresechsen (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) von Galapagos.  Sauria 16(2): 3-8.

Miles, D. B., L. A. Fitzgerald, and H. L. Snell.  1995.  Morphological correlates of locomotor performance in hatchling Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Oecologia (Heidelberg) 103(2): 261-264.

Morgareidge, K. R. and F. N. White.  1969.  Cutaneous vascular changes during heating and cooling in the Galapagos marine iguana.  Nature 223: 587-591.

Nagy, K. A. and V. H. Shoemaker.  1984.  Field energetics and food consumption of the Galápagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Physiol. Zool. 57: 281-290.

O'Connor, M. P.  1999.  Physiological and ecological implications of a simple model of heating and cooling in reptiles.  J. Thermal Biol. 24: 113-136.

Partecke, J., A. von Haeseler, and M. Wikelski.  2002.  Territory establishment in lekking marine iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus: support for the hotshot mechanism.  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 51: 579-587.

Patton, J. L.  1984.  Genetical processes in the Galapagos.  Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 21: 97-111.

Pérez Ponce de León, G. and D. R. Brooks.  1995.  Phylogenetic relationships of the genera of the Pronocephalidae Looss, 1902 (Digenea: Paramphistomiformes).  J. Parasitol. 81: 267-277.

Rassmann, K.  1997.  Evolutionary age of the Galápagos iguanas predates the age of the present islands.  Mol. Phyl. & Evol. 7: 158-172

Rassmann, K., D. Tautz, F. Trillmich, and C. Gliddon.  1997.  The microevolution of the Galápagos marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus assessed by nuclear and mitochondrial genetic analyses.  Mol. Ecol. 6: 437-452.

Rassmann, K., F. Trillmich, and D. Tautz.  1997.  Hybridization between the Galápagos land and marine iguana (Conolophus subcristatus and Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Plaza Sur.  J. Zool. Lond. 242: 729-739.

Rauch, N.  1985.  Female habitat choice as a determinant of the reproductive success of the territorial male iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 16: 125-134.

Rauch, N.  1988.  Competition of marine iguana females (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) for egg-laying sites.  Behaviour 107: 91-106.

Romero, L. M. and M. Wikelski.  2001.  Corticosterone levels predict survival probabilities of Galápagos marine iguanas during El Niño events.  PNAS 98(13): 7366-7370.

Romero, L. M. and M. Wikelski.  2002.  Exposure to tourism reduces stress-induced corticosterone levels in Galápagos marine iguanas.  Biol. Cons. 108: 371-374.

Romero, L. M. and M. Wikelski.  2002.  Severe effects of low-level oil contamination on wildlife predicted by the corticosterone-stress response: Preliminary data and a research agenda.  Spill Sci. Tech. Bull. 7(5-6): 309-313.

Shoemaker, V. H. and K. A. Nagy.  1984.  Osmoregulation in the Galápagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Physiol. Zool. 57: 291-300.

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Trillmich, K.  1979.  ONLY OUTLINE OF ARTICLE WRITTEN OUT.  Noticias de Galápagos 29: 17-20.

Trillmich, K. G. K.  1983.  The mating system of the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).  Tierpsychol. 63: 141-172.

Trillmich, F. and K. G. K. Trillmich.  1984.  The mating systems of pinnipeds and marine iguanas: convergent evolution of polygyny.  Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 21: 209-216.

Trillmich, K. G. K. and F. Trillmich.  1986.  Foraging strategies of the marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 18: 259-266.

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Vleck, D., T. T. Gleeson, and G. A. Bartholomew.  1981.  Oxygen consumption during swimming in the Galapagos marine iguana, and its ecological correlates.  J. Comp. Physiol. 141: 531-536.

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Wikelski, M., B. Gall, and F. Trillmich.  1993.  Ontogenetic changes in food intake and digestion rate of the herbivorous marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Bell).  Oecologia (Heidelberg) 94(3): 373-379.

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Wikelski, M. and F. Trillmich.  1994.  Foraging strategies of the Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus): adapting behavioral rules to ontogenetic size change.  Behaviour 128: 255-279.

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Wikelski, M.  1996.  Lekking in the Galapagos marine iguanas: Female grouping and alternative male strategies.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA December 26-30, 1996.  American Zoologist 36(5): 93A.

Wikelski, M. and S. Bäurle.  1996.  Pre-copulatory ejaculation solves time constraints during copulations in marine iguanas.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 263: 439-444.

Wikelski, M., C. Carbone, and F. Trillmich.  1996.  Lekking in marine iguanas: female grouping and male reproductive strategies.  Anim. Behav. 52: 581-596.

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Wikelski, M., V. Carillo, and F. Trillmich.  1997.  Energy limits to body size in a grazing reptile, the Galapagos marine iguana.  Ecology 78: 2204-2217.

Wikelski, M.  1999.  Influences of parasites and thermoregulation on grouping tendencies in marine iguanas.  Behav. Ecol. 10(1): 22-29.

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Wikelski, M. and P. H. Wrege.  2000.  Niche expansion, body size, and survival in Galápagos marine iguanas.  Oecologia 124: 107-115.

Wikelski, M., C. Carbone, P. A. Bednekoff, S. Choudhury, and S. Tebbich.  2001.  Why is female choice not unanimous? Insights from costly mate sampling in marine iguanas.  Ethology 107: 623-638.

Wikelski, M., L. M. Romero, and H. L. Snell.  2001.  Marine iguanas oiled in the Galapagos.  Science 292: 5516.

Wikelski, M., V. Wong, B. Chevalier, N. Rattenborg, and H. L. Snell.  2002.  Marine iguanas die from trace oil pollution.  Nature 417: 607-608.
 

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