Michael J. Polito, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2014- Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States 
Area:
Trophic Ecology, Stable Isotopes, Ornithology
Website:
www.oceanography.lsu.edu/politolab/

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2023 Cusset F, Bustamante P, Carravieri A, Bertin C, Brasso R, Corsi I, Dunn M, Emmerson L, Guillou G, Hart T, Juáres M, Kato A, Machado-Gaye AL, Michelot C, Olmastroni S, ... Polito M, et al. Circumpolar assessment of mercury contamination: the Adélie penguin as a bioindicator of Antarctic marine ecosystems. Ecotoxicology (London, England). 32: 1024-1049. PMID 37878111 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-023-02709-9  0.362
2023 Rogers R, Polito MJ, de Jesús Crespo R. Tree canopy cover affects basal resources and nutrient profiles of Aedes and Culex larvae in cemetery vases in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Journal of Medical Entomology. PMID 36920104 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad018  0.321
2022 Lois NA, Balza U, Brasso R, Dodino S, Pütz K, Polito MJ, Riccialdelli L, Ciancio J, Quillfeldt P, Mahler B, Rey AR. Mercury and stable isotopes portray colony-specific foraging grounds in southern rockhopper penguins over the Patagonian Shelf. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 184: 114137. PMID 36183510 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114137  0.329
2020 Balza U, Lois NA, Polito MJ, Pütz K, Salom A, Raya Rey A. The dynamic trophic niche of an island bird of prey. Ecology and Evolution. 10: 12264-12276. PMID 33209286 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6856  0.393
2020 Lois NA, Campagna L, Balza U, Polito MJ, Pütz K, Vianna JA, Morgenthaler A, Frere E, Sáenz-Samaniego R, Raya Rey A, Mahler B. Metapopulation dynamics and foraging plasticity in a highly vagile seabird, the southern rockhopper penguin. Ecology and Evolution. 10: 3346-3355. PMID 32273992 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.6127  0.473
2020 Rosciano NG, Polito MJ, Raya Rey A. Seasonally persistent foraging niche segregation between sympatric Southern Rockhopper and Magellanic penguins breeding at Isla de los Estados, Argentina Journal of Ornithology. 161: 1093-1104. DOI: 10.1007/S10336-020-01800-W  0.482
2020 Kalvakaalva R, Clucas G, Herman RW, Polito MJ. Late Holocene variation in the Hard prey remains and stable isotope values of penguin and seal tissues from the Danger Islands, Antarctica Polar Biology. 43: 1571-1582. DOI: 10.1007/S00300-020-02728-W  0.756
2019 Cole TL, Dutoit L, Dussex N, Hart T, Alexander A, Younger JL, Clucas GV, Frugone MJ, Cherel Y, Cuthbert R, Ellenberg U, Fiddaman SR, Hiscock J, Houston D, Jouventin P, ... ... Polito MJ, et al. Receding ice drove parallel expansions in Southern Ocean penguins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 31843914 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1904048116  0.458
2019 McMahon KW, Michelson CI, Hart T, McCarthy MD, Patterson WP, Polito MJ. Divergent trophic responses of sympatric penguin species to historic anthropogenic exploitation and recent climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 31792174 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1913093116  0.778
2019 Johnson JJ, Olin JA, Polito MJ. A multi-biomarker approach supports the use of compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids to quantify basal carbon source use in a salt marsh consumer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : Rcm. PMID 31344761 DOI: 10.1002/Rcm.8538  0.555
2019 Hernandez K, Bogomolni A, Moxley J, Waring G, DiGiovanni R, Hammill M, Johnston D, Sette L, Polito M. Seasonal variability and individual consistency in gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) isotopic niches Canadian Journal of Zoology. 97: 1071-1077. DOI: 10.1139/Cjz-2019-0032  0.458
2019 Rosciano NG, Polito MJ, Rey AR. What’s for dinner mom? Selective provisioning in southern rockhopper penguins ( Eudyptes chrysocome ) Polar Biology. 42: 1529-1535. DOI: 10.1007/S00300-019-02538-9  0.36
2019 Polito MJ, Trivelpiece WZ, Reiss CS, Trivelpiece SG, Hinke JT, Patterson WP, Emslie SD. Intraspecific variation in a dominant prey species can bias marine predator dietary estimates derived from stable isotope analysis Limnology and Oceanography-Methods. 17: 292-303. DOI: 10.1002/Lom3.10314  0.688
2018 Clucas GV, Younger JL, Kao D, Emmerson L, Southwell C, Wienecke B, Rogers AD, Bost CA, Miller GD, Polito MJ, Lelliott P, Handley J, Crofts S, Phillips RA, Dunn MJ, et al. Comparative population genomics reveals key barriers to dispersal in Southern Ocean penguins. Molecular Ecology. PMID 30308702 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.14896  0.427
2018 Borowicz A, McDowall P, Youngflesh C, Sayre-McCord T, Clucas G, Herman R, Forrest S, Rider M, Schwaller M, Hart T, Jenouvrier S, Polito MJ, Singh H, Lynch HJ. Multi-modal survey of Adélie penguin mega-colonies reveals the Danger Islands as a seabird hotspot. Scientific Reports. 8: 3926. PMID 29500389 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-018-22313-W  0.748
2018 Lerner JE, Ono K, Hernandez KM, Runstadler JA, Puryear WB, Polito MJ. Evaluating the use of stable isotope analysis to infer the feeding ecology of a growing US gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) population. Plos One. 13: e0192241. PMID 29466372 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0192241  0.764
2017 Moxley JH, Bogomolni A, Hammill MO, Moore KMT, Polito MJ, Sette L, Sharp WB, Waring GT, Gilbert JR, Halpin PN, Johnston DW. Google Haul Out: Earth Observation Imagery and Digital Aerial Surveys in Coastal Wildlife Management and Abundance Estimation. Bioscience. 67: 760-768. PMID 29599542 DOI: 10.1093/Biosci/Bix059  0.438
2017 Polito MJ, Hinke JT, Hart T, Santos M, Houghton LA, Thorrold SR. Stable isotope analyses of feather amino acids identify penguin migration strategies at ocean basin scales. Biology Letters. 13. PMID 28794274 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2017.0241  0.621
2017 Rosciano NG, Pütz K, Polito MJ, Raya Rey A. Foraging behaviour of Magellanic Penguins during the early chick-rearing period at Isla de los Estados, Argentina Ibis. 160: 327-341. DOI: 10.1111/Ibi.12547  0.312
2017 Herman RW, Valls FCL, Hart T, Petry MV, Trivelpiece WZ, Polito MJ. Seasonal consistency and individual variation in foraging strategies differ among and within Pygoscelis penguin species in the Antarctic Peninsula region Marine Biology. 164. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-017-3142-9  0.797
2017 McCann MJ, Able KW, Christian RR, Fodrie FJ, Jensen OP, Johnson JJ, López-Duarte PC, Martin CW, Olin JA, Polito MJ, Roberts BJ, Ziegler SL. Key taxa in food web responses to stressors: theDeepwater Horizonoil spill Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 15: 142-149. DOI: 10.1002/Fee.1474  0.572
2016 Polito MJ, Brasso RL, Trivelpiece WZ, Karnovsky N, Patterson WP, Emslie SD. Differing foraging strategies influence mercury (Hg) exposure in an Antarctic penguin community. Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). PMID 27567712 DOI: 10.1016/J.Envpol.2016.04.097  0.698
2016 Fournier AM, Welsh KJ, Polito M, Emslie SD, Brasso R. Levels of Mercury in Feathers of Clapper Rails (Rallus crepitans) over 45 Years in Coastal Salt Marshes of New Hanover County, North Carolina. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. PMID 27370821 DOI: 10.1007/S00128-016-1870-Z  0.684
2016 Levy H, Clucas GV, Rogers AD, Leaché AD, Ciborowski KL, Polito MJ, Lynch HJ, Dunn MJ, Hart T. Population structure and phylogeography of the Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) across the Scotia Arc. Ecology and Evolution. PMID 26933489 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.1929  0.461
2016 Rosciano N, Polito M, Raya Rey A. Do penguins share? Evidence of foraging niche segregation between but not within two sympatric, central-place foragers Marine Ecology Progress Series. 548: 249-262. DOI: 10.3354/Meps11689  0.355
2015 Brasso RL, Chiaradia A, Polito MJ, Raya Rey A, Emslie SD. A comprehensive assessment of mercury exposure in penguin populations throughout the Southern Hemisphere: Using trophic calculations to identify sources of population-level variation. Marine Pollution Bulletin. PMID 26072048 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2015.05.059  0.662
2015 McMahon KW, Polito MJ, Abel S, McCarthy MD, Thorrold SR. Carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionation of amino acids in an avian marine predator, the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua). Ecology and Evolution. 5: 1278-90. PMID 25859333 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.1437  0.618
2015 Beaulieu M, González-Acuña D, Thierry AM, Polito MJ. Relationships between isotopic values and oxidative status: insights from populations of gentoo penguins. Oecologia. 177: 1211-20. PMID 25698143 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-015-3267-9  0.32
2015 Polito MJ, Trivelpiece WZ, Patterson WP, Karnovsky NJ, Reiss CS, Emslie SD. Contrasting specialist and generalist patterns facilitate foraging niche partitioning in sympatric populations of Pygoscelis penguins Marine Ecology Progress Series. 519: 221-237. DOI: 10.3354/Meps11095  0.739
2015 Hinke JT, Polito MJ, Goebel ME, Jarvis S, Reiss CS, Thorrold SR, Trivelpiece WZ, Watters GM. Spatial and isotopic niche partitioning during winter in chinstrap and Adélie penguins from the South Shetland Islands Ecosphere. 6: art125. DOI: 10.1890/Es14-00287.1  0.655
2015 Freer JJ, Mable BK, Clucas G, Rogers AD, Polito MJ, Dunn M, Naveen R, Levy H, Hart T. Limited genetic differentiation among chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colonies in the Scotia Arc and Western Antarctic Peninsula Polar Biology. DOI: 10.1007/S00300-015-1711-2  0.394
2014 Brasso RL, Polito MJ, Emslie SD. Multi-tissue analyses reveal limited inter-annual and seasonal variation in mercury exposure in an Antarctic penguin community. Ecotoxicology (London, England). 23: 1494-504. PMID 25085270 DOI: 10.1007/S10646-014-1291-X  0.687
2014 McLean BS, Ward JK, Polito MJ, Emslie SD. Responses of high-elevation herbaceous plant assemblages to low glacial COâ‚‚ concentrations revealed by fossil marmot (Marmota) teeth. Oecologia. 175: 1117-27. PMID 24916834 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-014-2982-Y  0.593
2014 Clucas GV, Dunn MJ, Dyke G, Emslie SD, Naveen R, Polito MJ, Pybus OG, Rogers AD, Hart T. A reversal of fortunes: climate change 'winners' and 'losers' in Antarctic Peninsula penguins. Scientific Reports. 4: 5024. PMID 24865774 DOI: 10.1038/Srep05024  0.661
2014 Emslie SD, Polito MJ, Brasso R, Patterson WP, Sun L. Ornithogenic soils and the paleoecology of pygoscelid penguins in Antarctica Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/J.Quaint.2014.07.031  0.662
2013 Beaulieu M, Thierry AM, González-Acuña D, Polito MJ. Integrating oxidative ecology into conservation physiology. Conservation Physiology. 1: cot004. PMID 27293588 DOI: 10.1093/Conphys/Cot004  0.323
2013 Brasso RL, Polito MJ. Trophic calculations reveal the mechanism of population-level variation in mercury concentrations between marine ecosystems: case studies of two polar seabirds. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 75: 244-9. PMID 23993395 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2013.08.003  0.456
2013 Brasso RL, Drummond BE, Borrett SR, Chiaradia A, Polito MJ, Rey AR. Unique pattern of molt leads to low intraindividual variation in feather mercury concentrations in penguins. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry / Setac. 32: 2331-4. PMID 23761066 DOI: 10.1002/Etc.2303  0.45
2013 Emslie SD, Polito MJ, Patterson WP. Stable isotope analysis of ancient and modern gentoo penguin egg membrane and the krill surplus hypothesis in Antarctica Antarctic Science. 25: 213-218. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000740  0.651
2013 Polito MJ, Reiss CS, Trivelpiece WZ, Patterson WP, Emslie SD. Stable isotopes identify an ontogenetic niche expansion in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Marine Biology. 160: 1311-1323. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-013-2182-Z  0.684
2012 Brasso RL, Polito MJ, Lynch HJ, Naveen R, Emslie SD. Penguin eggshell membranes reflect homogeneity of mercury in the marine food web surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula. The Science of the Total Environment. 439: 165-71. PMID 23069932 DOI: 10.1016/J.Scitotenv.2012.09.028  0.673
2012 Polito MJ, Koopman HN, Able S, Walsh J, Goebel ME. Physiological constraints and the influence of diet on fatty acids in the yolk of gentoo penguins, Pygoscelis papua. Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 182: 703-13. PMID 22327194 DOI: 10.1007/S00360-012-0649-8  0.442
2012 Vasil CA, Polito MJ, Patterson WP, Emslie SD. Wanted: dead or alive? Isotopic analysis (δ13C and δ15N) of Pygoscelis penguin chick tissues supports opportunistic sampling. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : Rcm. 26: 487-93. PMID 22302487 DOI: 10.1002/Rcm.5340  0.655
2012 Brasso RL, Abel S, Polito MJ. Pattern of mercury allocation into egg components is independent of dietary exposure in Gentoo penguins. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 62: 494-501. PMID 22002784 DOI: 10.1007/S00244-011-9714-7  0.435
2012 Hinke JT, Polito MJ, Reiss CS, Trivelpiece SG, Trivelpiece WZ. Flexible reproductive timing can buffer reproductive success of Pygoscelis spp. penguins in the Antarctic Peninsula region Marine Ecology Progress Series. 454: 91-104. DOI: 10.3354/Meps09633  0.439
2012 Naveen R, Lynch HJ, Forrest S, Mueller T, Polito M. First direct, site-wide penguin survey at Deception Island, Antarctica, suggests significant declines in breeding chinstrap penguins Polar Biology. 35: 1879-1888. DOI: 10.1007/S00300-012-1230-3  0.462
2012 Raya Rey A, Polito M, Archuby D, Coria N. Stable isotopes identify age- and sex-specific dietary partitioning and foraging habitat segregation in southern giant petrels breeding in Antarctica and southern Patagonia Marine Biology. 159: 1317-1326. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-012-1912-Y  0.497
2011 Polito MJ, Trivelpiece WZ, Karnovsky NJ, Ng E, Patterson WP, Emslie SD. Integrating stomach content and stable isotope analyses to quantify the diets of pygoscelid penguins. Plos One. 6: e26642. PMID 22053199 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0026642  0.7
2011 Polito MJ, Lynch HJ, Naveen R, Emslie SD. Stable isotopes reveal regional heterogeneity in the pre-breeding istribution and diets of sympatrically breeding Pygoscelis spp penguins Marine Ecology Progress Series. 421: 265-277. DOI: 10.3354/Meps08863  0.735
2011 Polito MJ, Abel S, Tobias CR, Emslie SD. Dietary isotopic discrimination in gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) feathers Polar Biology. 34: 1057-1063. DOI: 10.1007/S00300-011-0966-5  0.684
2010 Polito MJ, Miller AK, Trivelpiece SG, Trivelpiece WZ. Maturation increases early reproductive investment in Adélie Penguins Pygoscelis adeliae Ibis. 152: 38-47. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.2009.00971.X  0.316
2010 Polito MJ, Goebel ME. Investigating the use of stable isotope analysis of milk to infer seasonal trends in the diets and foraging habitats of female Antarctic fur seals Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 395: 1-9. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2010.08.015  0.502
2010 Carneiro APB, Polito MJ, Sander M, Trivelpiece WZ. Abundance and spatial distribution of sympatrically breeding Catharacta spp. (skuas) in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica Polar Biology. 33: 673-682. DOI: 10.1007/S00300-009-0743-X  0.385
2009 Polito MJ, Fisher S, Tobias CR, Emslie SD. Tissue-specific isotopic discrimination factors in gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) egg components: Implications for dietary reconstruction using stable isotopes Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 372: 106-112. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2009.02.014  0.663
2008 Polito MJ, Trivelpiece WZ. Transition to independence and evidence of extended parental care in the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) Marine Biology. 154: 231-240. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-008-0919-X  0.35
2007 Sander M, Balbão TC, Polito MJ, Costa ES, Carneiro APB. Recent decrease in chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) populations at two of Admiralty Bay's islets on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Polar Biology. 30: 659-661. DOI: 10.1007/S00300-007-0259-1  0.458
2003 Emslie SD, Berkman PA, Ainley DG, Coats L, Polito M. Late-Holocene initiation of ice-free ecosystems in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica Marine Ecology Progress Series. 262: 19-25. DOI: 10.3354/Meps262019  0.603
2002 Polito M, Emslie SD, Walker W. A 1000-year record of Adélie penguin diets in the southern Ross Sea Antarctic Science. 14: 327-332. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102002000184  0.7
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