John D. Baldwin

Education

• B.S., University of Maryland, College Park
• Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory

Research Interests

• Population genetics and molecular ecology
• Wildlife and fisheries conservation
• Everglades restoration
• Marine ecology

Research Description

Research in our lab stems from a broad interest in ecological and evolutionary processes that shape natural populations. My research program is both laboratory and field-based, and typically explores fundamental questions in biodiversity using an interdisciplinary approach that combines genetics, molecular ecology, developmental biology, organismal biology, and population ecology to address hypotheses of population genetic structure, community and population diversity, reproduction, molecular systematics, phylogenetics, and biogeography. In addition, these studies seek to better inform management actions and improve conservation and restoration efforts.

Select Publications

• Polsky C., Baldwin J., Adams D.C., Clark R., Donovan V., Emrich C., Glickman S., Hoctor T., Klizentyte K., Mitchum G., Noss R., O’Brien M., Owosina A., Pate E., Vogel J., Volk M., Zierden D. 2024. The Florida Wildlife Corridor and Climate Change:  Managing Florida’s Natural and Human Landscapes for Prosperity and Resilience.  140pp. Archbold Biological Station.
• Moorehouse, M.A., Baldwin, J.D. and Hart, K.M., 2023. Hawksbill and green turtle niche overlap in a marine protected area, US Virgin Islands. Endangered Species Research, 52, pp.265-283.
• Perri, E.; Sturmer, L.; Wills, P.S.; Baldwin, J.; Laramore, S. 2023. Effect of Microalgal Diets on Sunray Venus Clam (Macrocallista nimbosa) Production and Fatty Acid Profile. Fishes, 8,: 72.
• Haro-Bilbao, I., C. Riginos, J.D. Baldwin, M. Zischke, I.R. Tibbetts, J.A. Thia. 2021. Wahoo populations are globally connected but also exhibit regional structuring between the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. J Biogeography, 48: 2053-2067.
• Frazier, D, Kircher, L, Young, J, & Baldwin, J. 2021. “Overwintering population dynamics of Centropomus undecimalis in St. Lucie River.” Florida Atlantic University Undergraduate Research Journal. 10: 29-33.
• Denton, M. J., A.W.J Demopoulos, J.D. Baldwin, B.J. Smith, and K. M. Hart. 2019. "Stable Isotope Analysis Enhances Our Understanding of Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Foraging Ecology." Estuaries and Coasts: 42(2): 596-611.
• Hanson, M.R. and J.D. Baldwin. 2017. Adjusted Diets of Bald Eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Breeding in an Altered Estuary. Journal of Raptor Research. 51(1):1-14.
• Denton, M.J., K.M. Hart, A.W.J. Demopoulos, A. Oelinik, and J.D. Baldwin. 2016. Diet of Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in subtropical mangrove habitats of South Florida. Green. M.L., Herzing, D.L. and Baldwin, J.D. (2015). Molecular assessment of mating strategies in a population of Atlantic spotted dolphins. PloS one 10(2): e0118227, 10.1371/journal.pone.0118227
• Ogden, J.C., Baldwin, J.D., Bass, O., Browder, J., Cook, M., Davis, S., Fletcher, P., Fredrick, P., Frezza, P.E., Galvez, R., Hodgson, A., Meyer, K., Oberhofer, L., Paul, A. and Lorenz, J. (2014). Waterbirds as indicators of ecosystem health in the coastal marine habitats of Southern Florida: 1. Selection and justification for a suite of indicator species. Ecological Indicators 44:128-147.
• Theisen, T. and Baldwin, J.D. (2012).  Movements and depth/temperature distribution of the ectothermic Scombrid Acanthocybium solandri (wahoo) in the western North Atlantic. Marine Biology 159(10):2249-2258.
• Baldwin, J.D., Bosley, J.W., Oberhofer, L. and Bass, O.L. (2012). Long-term changes, 1958–2010, in the reproduction of bald eagles of Florida Bay, Southern Coastal Everglades. Journal of Raptor Research 46(4): 336-348.