• https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/68024/
• https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/78111/
• https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/75807/
• https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/77393/

For this thesis, Sara Kophamel Orduña received the Dean's Award for Excellence 2023.

Four publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publications are:

[Chapter 1] Kophamel, Sara, Illing, Björn, Ariel, Ellen, Difalco, Morgan, Skerratt, Lee F., Hamann, Mark, Ward, Leigh C., Méndez, Diana, and Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) Importance of health assessments for conservation in noncaptive wildlife. Conservation Biology, 36 (1). e13724.

[Chapter 2] Kophamel, Sara, Ward, Leigh C., Ariel, Ellen, Mendez, Diana, O'Brien, Lauren M., Burchell, Lauren, and Munns, Suzanne L. (2023) A Standardized Protocol for Measuring Bioelectrical Impedance in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 96 (2). pp. 87-99.

[Chapter 3] Kophamel, Sara, Rudd, Donna, Ward, Leigh C., Shum, Edith, Ariel, Ellen, Mendez, Diana, Starling, Jemma, Mellers, Renee, Burchell, Richard K., and Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for wild green turtles (Chelonia mydas): a Bayesian approach for small sample sizes. Conservation Physiology, 10 (1).

[Chapter 4] Kophamel, Sara, Ward, Leigh C., Konovalov, Dmitry A., Mendez, Diana, Ariel, Ellen, Cassidy, Nathan, Bell, Ian, Balastegui Martínez, María T., and Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) Field‐based adipose tissue quantification in sea turtles using bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy validated with CT scans and deep learning. Ecology and Evolution, 12.