Publications

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

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

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

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.

Spencer, E. T., Hoopes, L. A., Morris, J. J., Chapman, D. D., Hagan, V., Hueter, R. E., & Papastamatiou, Y. P. (2026). Thermal performance and activation energy explain flexible thermal habitat use in great hammerhead sharks. Journal of Experimental Biology, 229(6). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251837

Pirotta, E., Harris, C. M., Schwacke, L. H., Thomas, L., Allen, J. B., Barleycorn, A. A., Marco Casoli, Crossman, J., Aichinger Dias, L., Engleby, L., LaBrecque, E., Litz, J. A., McHugh, K. A., Miller, P., Moore, M., Photopoulou, T., Quigley, B. M., Smith, C. R., Southall, B. L., Speakman, T. R., Takeshita, R., Toms, C. N., Wells, R. S., Zolman, E. S., Tyack, P. L. (2026). An experimental approach to assess the combined effects of multiple stressors on a large vertebrate species. Conservation Biology, e70224. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70224

Frankovich, T. A., Majewska, R., Sullivan, M. J., Huggins, J. L., Stepanek, J. G., Ashworth, M. P., Wells, R. S. (2026). 100 years later: new discoveries and observations on ceticolous diatoms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 169(1), 49-78. https://doi.org/10.1635/053.169.0105

Fahlman, A., Wells, R. S., West, N., Allen, A., Jabois, A., Gallagher, T., Larsson, J., Strom, E., Mosing, M., Harake, T., Adler, A. (2026). Using electrical impedance tomography to estimate tidal volume in bottlenose dolphins and cape fur seals in seawater and on land. Journal of Experimental Biology, 229. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251412

Taran McNelly, Lilly Branton, Philip M. Gravinese (2026). The physiological responses of the Florida stone crab to changes in salinity. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 595, 152171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2026.152171

Cusick, K. N., Bland, A., Stacy, N. I., McFee, W. E., Takeshita, R., Wells, R. S., Smith, C. R., Schwacke, L., Janech, M. G. (2025). Proteomic Characterization of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Urine. Journal of Proteome Research. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.5c00718

Anderson, D. M., Wells, M. L., Trainer, V. L., Suddleson, M., Claridge, K., Coyne, K. J., Dortch, Q., Gobler, C. J., Heil, C. A., Inaba, N., Laughinghouse IV, H. D., Mardones, J. I., Nakayama, N., Park, T., Peacock, M. B., Pokrzywinski, K., Raymond, H., Toyoda, J. H., Trethewey, D., Visser, P. M., Wang, Y., Yuan, Y. (2025). Controlling harmful algal blooms (HABs) in marine waters: Review of current status and future prospects. Harmful Algae, 150, 102989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102989