Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Carole Baldwin

Chair of Vertebrate Zoology, Research Zoologist and Curator of Fishes New World Shorefishes
Department / Division
Education
  • B.S., James Madison University
  • M.S., College of Charleston
  • Ph.D., College of William and Mary
Research Interests

Ocean exploration, with the goal of contributing to our understanding of diversity and evolution of tropical marine fishes.

Publications
Journal Article
Book
  • Baldwin, Carole C. and Bemis, Katherine E., editors. 2022. Tributes to Victor G. Springer In celebration of his 94th birthday. Washington, DC: Division of Fishes, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/114290.
  • Kells, Valerie A., Rocha, Luiz A., and Baldwin, Carole C. 2022. A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes of Bermuda, Bahamas, and the Caribbean Sea. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Mounts, Julie H. and Baldwin, Carole C. 2003. One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook. Washington, DC;London: Smithsonian Books.
Dataset
Book Chapter
  • Frade, Pedro R., Bongaerts, Pim, Baldwin, Carole C., Trembanis, Arthur C., Bak, Rolf P. M., and Vermeij, Mark J. A. 2019. "Bonaire and Curaçao." In Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Loya, Yossi, Puglise, Kimberly A., and Bridge, Tom C. L., editors. 149–162. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. In Coral Reefs of the World.
  • Baldwin, Carole C. 2013. "Deep reef observation project (DROP):a Smithsonian-substation Curaçao collaboration." In Proceedings of the Joint International Scientific Diving Symposium American Academy of Underwater Sciences And European Scientific Diving Panel. Lang, Michael A. and Sayer, Martin D. J., editors. 13–15.
  • Weigt, Lee A., Driskell, Amy C., Baldwin, Carole C., and Ormos, Andrea. 2012. "DNA barcoding fishes." In DNA Barcodes: Methods and Protocols. 109–126. Humana Press. 858 in Methods in molecular biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-591-6_6.
  • Baldwin, Carole C., Weight, Lee, Smith, David G., and Mounts, Julie H. 2009. "Reconciling genetic lineages with species in western Atlantic Coryphopterus (Teleostei: Gobiidae)." 113–140. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences.
  • Richards, William J., Baldwin, Carole C., and Ropke, A. 2005. "Subfamily Anthiinae." In Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Volume 1. Richards, William J., editor. 1314–1331. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.
  • Richards, William J., Baldwin, Carole C., and Ropke, A. 2005. "Subfamily Epinephelinae." In Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Volume 1. Richards, William J., editor. 1250–1313. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.
  • Richards, William J., Baldwin, Carole C., and Ropke, A. 2005. "Subfamily Serraninae." In Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Volume 1. Richards, William J., editor. 1230–1249. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.
  • Richards, William J., Baldwin, Carole C., and Ropke, A. 2005. "Chapter 119, Serranidae: Sea Basses." In Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic. Richards, William J., editor. 1224. Taylor & Francis.
  • Richards, William J., Baldwin, Carole C., and Ropke, A. 2005. "Serranidae: Sea basses." In Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Gide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Volume 1. Richards, William J., editor. 1225–1229. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.
  • Baldwin, Carole C., Leis, J. M., and Rennis, D. S. 2000. "Epinephelinae, Tribes Niphonini and Epinephelini (Groupers, Rock-cods, Coral trouts)." In The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal fishes. An Identification Guide to Marine Fish Larvae. Leis, J. M. and Carson-Ewart, B. M., editors. 377–382. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
  • Miskiewicz, A. G., Baldwin, Carole C., Leis, J. M., and Rennis, D. S. 2000. "Callanthiidae (Yellow-fin Basses, Splendid Perches)." In The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes. An Identification Guide to Marine Fish Larvae. Leis, J. M. and Carson-Ewart, B. M., editors. 280–284. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
  • Baldwin, Carole C. and Johnson, G. David. 1996. "Interrelationships of Aulopiformes." In Interrelationships of Fishes. Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., and Johnson, G. David, editors. 355–404. New York: Academic Press.
Book Review
  • Baldwin, Carole C. 1998. [Book review] "Fishes, Crayfishes, and Crabs. Louis Renard's Natural History of the Rarest Curiosities of the Seas of the Indies. Volume I: Commentary and English Text; Volume II: Facsimile and Plates. Edited by T.W. Pietsch." The Quarterly review of biology, 73, 58.
Conference Proceedings
  • Baldwin, Carole C., Collette, Bruce B., Parenti, Lynne R., Smith, David G., and Springer, Victor G. 1996. "Collecting Fishes." from Methods and techniques of underwater research: proceedings of the American academy of underwater sciences 1996 scientific diving symposium, Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C., USA. in Methods and techniques of underwater research: proceedings of the American academy of underwater sciences 1996 scientific diving symposium, Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C., USA.. 11–34. Washington, DC: American Academy of Underwater Sciences.