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Seth P. Stapleton Title: Wildlife Biologist Address: Dept of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, UMN, 200 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 Phone: (919) 357-8992 Fax: (612) 625-5299 Email: sstapleton@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	2012	University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN	Conservation Biology
M.S.	2005	University of Georgia, Athens, GA	Wildlife Ecology and Management
B.S.	1999	The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA	Biology and Environmental Science

Professional Experience

2012 - Present	Wildlife Biologist (STEP), USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK
2008 - Present	Graduate Research Assistant (Polar Bear Population Ecology), University of MInnesota, St. Paul, MN
2009 - Present	Director, Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project, Antigua, West Indies
2007 - 2009	Associate Director and Project Manager, Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project, Antigua, West Indies
2007 - 2008	Project Manager and Staff Biologist, Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative, Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies and Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network, Durham, NC
2006 - 2007	Technical Assistance Biologist, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, Rowland, NC
2004 - 2005	Field Director, Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project, Antigua, West Indies
2001 - 2005	Graduate Research Assistant (Snake Ecology), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2001	Gamebird Technician, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL
2000	Field Assistant, Archbold Biological Station, Avon Park, FL
2000	Wildlife Research Technician, North Carolina Stae University, Amelia, VA
1999	Naturalist Intern, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (National Audubon Society), Naples, FL

Significant Recent Publications

Ditmer, M. and S. Stapleton. In Press. Factors affecting hatch success of hawksbill sea turtles on Long Island, Antigua, West Indies. PLoS ONE.

LeRoux, R. A., P. H. Dutton, F. A. Abreu-Grobois, C. J. Lagueux, C. L. Campbell, E. Delcroix, J. Chevalier, J. A. Horrocks, Z. Hillis-Starr, S. Troeng, E. Harrison, J. Richardson and S. Stapleton. In Press. Re-examination of population structure and evolution of hawksbill turtles in the Wider Caribbean using longer mtDNA sequences. Journal of Heredity.

Stapleton, S., D. Tilley and K. Levasseur. 2010. Monitoring Antigua’s Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata): A Population Update from More than Two Decades of Saturation Tagging at Jumby Bay. Marine Turtle Newsletter 127:19-22.

Stapleton, S. P., K. J. Sash, D. B. Means, W. E. Palmer, and J. P. Carroll. 2008. Eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis g. getula) population decline in North Florida and South Georgia. Herpetological Review 39:33-35.

TECHNICAL REPORTS AND MANUALS
Stapleton, S., S. Atkinson, D. Hedman and D. Garshelis. 2012. Western Hudson Bay polar bear aerial survey. Final project report to the Government of Nunavut and project collaborators. 56 pp.

Stapleton, S., E. Peacock, S. Atkinson and D. Garshelis. 2012. Aerial survey population monitoring of polar bears in Foxe Basin. Final project report to the Nunavut Wildlife Research Trust and project collaborators. 17 pp.

Stapleton, S., E. Peacock, and D. Garshelis. 2011. Foxe Basin Polar Bear Aerial Survey, 2010 Interim Report. Government of Nunavut. 8 pp.

Stapleton, S., T. Arnold, S. Atkinson and D. Garshelis. 2010. Baffin Bay polar bear aerial survey: Pilot results and research alternatives. Unpublished report to project collaborators: Government of Nunavut, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Qikiqtarjuaq HTO, and the University of Minnesota: 23 pp.

Stapleton, S. 2010. Polar bear monitoring and aerial survey assessment in Sirmilik National Park: Final Project Report. Report to Parks Canada and WWF. 11 pp.

Peacock, E., V. Sahanatien, S. Stapleton, A. E. Derocher, and D. L. Garshelis. 2009. Foxe Basin Polar Bear Project, 2009 Interim Report. Government of Nunavut. 58 pp.

Peacock, E., A. Orlando, V. Sahanatien, S. Stapleton, A. E. Derocher, and D. L. Garshelis. 2008. Foxe Basin Polar Bear Project, 2008 Interim Report. Government of Nunavut. 55 pp.

Stapleton, S. P. and K. L. Eckert. 2008. Community-based sea turtle research and conservation in Dominica: A manual of recommended practices. Prepared by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) for the Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization (DomSeTCO), Technical Report No. 9, Beaufort, NC, USA. 47 pp.

Stapleton, S. P. and K. L. Eckert. 2007. Nesting ecology and conservation biology of marine turtles in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies: RoSTI 2007 Annual Project Report. Prepared by WIDECAST for the Ministry of Agriculture and theEnvironment (Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division). Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. 45 pp.

Stapleton, S. P. and C. J. G. Stapleton. 2007. An assessment of marine turtle nesting at the Mill Reef Club, Antigua, West Indies. Prepared for the Mill Reef Club. 11 pp.

Stapleton, S. P. and C. J. G. Stapleton. 2006. Tagging and nesting research on hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Jumby Bay, Long Island, Antigua, West Indies: 2005 Annual Report. Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network. 27 pp.

Stapleton, S. P. and C. J. G. Stapleton. 2004. Tagging and nesting research on hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Jumby Bay, Long Island, Antigua, West Indies: 2004 Annual Report. Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network. 23 pp.