Publications

Abrams, L. A., Fogarty, N. D., Koch, H. R., Leto, C., O'Neil, K. L., Martin, K., Pratt, T. A., Rich, L.-P., Tanguay, S. F., Van Horn, M., Villoch Diaz Maurino, M., Whitehead, R. F., Williams, S. D., Figueiredo, J. (2026). Species-specific light spectrum optimization for coral grow-out. Aquaculture, 625, 744328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2026.744328

Loneragan, N. R., Taylor, M. D., Wu, Z., Cottingham, A., Schloesser, R. W., Brennan, N. P., Poh, B., Trayler, K., Becker, A., Tweedley, J. R. (2026). To stock or not to stock: The paradox of releasing fish and invertebrates in estuaries. Fisheries Research, 300(2026), 107793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2026.107793

Celina Cebbalos, Catherine J. Walsh, Jenna Cabrera, Kathleen S. Rein (2026). Brevetoxicosis in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris): Plasma proteomics for Florida red tide biomarkers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C , 3016, 110525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2026.110525

Celina Ceballos, Kathleen S. Rein, Catherine J. Walsh (2026). Brevetoxicosis in loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles: Plasma proteomics for Florida red tide biomarkers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C , 306, 1105041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2026.110541

Bullock, E. J., Mason, R., Schaal, I. V., Bristol, E. M., Cardenas, M. B., McClelland, J. W., & Charette, M. A. (2026). Inorganic and Methylmercury Inputs to Arctic Coastal Waters from Submarine Groundwater Discharge. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c05701

Kasana, D., Espinoza, R., Gonzalez, J., Soto, M., Morris, J., Hagan, V., Lares, M., Manocherian, L., Chapman, D. D. (2026). Where there’s a fin, there’s a way: Fishery-dependent shark fishery monitoring in Puerto Rico using fisher-submitted secondary fins. Fisheries Research, 299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2026.107778

Sara D. Williams, Michael S. Studivan, Stephanie Sirotzke, Natalia Andrade Rodriguez, Zachary Craig, Sarah B. Hamlyn, Daniel M. Holstein, Lys M. Isma, Nicholas J. Macknight, Joseph A. Mandara, Stephanie M. Rosales, Ashely M. Rossin, Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Cory Walter, Benjamin D. Young, Erinn M. Muller (2026). Restoration stocks of a Caribbean coral species contain low levels of inherent stony coral tissue loss disease resistance. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-56396-7

Cardeñosa, D., Babcock, E. A., Quinlan, J., Shea, S. K., Zhang, H., Feldheim, K. A., Yang, F., Gale, S. W., Chapman, D. D. (2026). CITES compliance gaps: Illegal international trade of fins from Western Pacific–Indian Ocean increasingly sustain pelagic thresher sharks in major global market. Biological Conservation, 318, 111852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111852

Cubillos-M, J. C., Fearing, A., Chapman, D. D., Kyne, P. M., Dias, P. J., Gonzalez, C., Lehman, R. N., Chichaco, Y., Huerta-Beltrán, B. L., McCulloch, K. L., Toepfer, S. M., Carlson, J. K., Phillips, N. M. (2026). One Assay to Rule Them All: Development of a Global Environmental DNA Tool to Support Range Wide Surveys of an Imperiled Sawfish and its Application in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Ecology and Evolution, 16(6), e73733. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73733

Sherwood, T. A., Miller, C., Stimmelmayr, R., Adams, B., Schloesser, R., Wetzel, D. L. (2026). Spatial contaminant assessment (PAHs, PCBs, OCs, PBDEs) and lipid composition in Beaufort Sea (2011−2020) and Chukchi Sea polar bear (2015–2016) subpopulations, Alaska, USA. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 227, 119424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119424

Bankhead, K., McHugh, K. M., Wells, R. S., Cantor, M. (2026). Human-influenced environmental changes can impact foraging and social behavior of wild bottlenose dolphins. Animal Behaviour, 236, 123585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123585

Max Lee, Carole Neidig, Ryan Schloesser (2026). Impacts of hook size on catch and bycatch in the eastern Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery using electronic monitoring. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 18(3), 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtag007

Demir, C., Guimond, J. A., Bristol, E. M., Bullock, E., McClelland, J. W., Charette, M. A., & Cardenas, M. B. (2026). Hydrological and Thermal Dynamics of a Supra‐Permafrost Subterranean Estuary. Water Resources Research, 62(5), e2025WR041790. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR041790

Williams, S. D., MacKnight, N. J., Beavers, K. M., Brandt, M., Mydlarz, L. D., Muller, E. M. (2026). From Immunity to Community : A predictive trait space model for white plague disease on Caribbean reefs. Ecosphere, 17(5), e70634. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70634

Kelley, M. C., Chapman, D. D., Flowers, K. I., Lamb, N., Miranda, A., van Zinnicq Bergmann, M. P. M., & Papastamatiou, Y. P. (2026). Individual and size based variability in movements and residency by nurse sharks at a Caribbean Atoll. Marine Biology, 173(4), 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-026-04815-8

Moxley, J. H., Kiszka, J. J., Wilkinson, K. A., Parra, G. J., Heithaus M. R. (2026). Global variation and drivers of shark predation risk experienced by estuarine and coastal dolphins. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 782, 15096. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15096

Angelo Jason Spadaro, Taylor Queen, Jaclyn McFadden, Marina Pham, Philip Gravinese (2026). Chemical cues affect the survival and settlement behavior of the Caribbean king crab (Maguimithrax spinosissimus). Marine Biology, 173, 75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-026-04814-9

Speare, L., Klinges, J. G., Duke, W. C., Muller, E. M., & Vega Thurber, R. L. (2026). Evaluating Candidatus Aquirickettsia rohweri gene expression upon nutrient enrichment in disease-susceptible Acropora cervicornis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1754183

J. R. Johnson, T. A. Sherwood, C. Miller, D. L. Wetzel, and R. J. Griffitt (2026). Acute exposure to nanoplastics and GenX results in increased tissue accumulation of GenX in brain and liver of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2026.2643391

Spotte, S. (2026). Predicting Evening Departure Times of an Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops Asio) from its Daytime Resting Site. Florida Field Naturalist, 54(1), 1-19.