Publications

Horowitz, M. L., Shrestha, A., Feng, K. H., Pelton, C. A., Wells, R. S., Allen, R. F., Clauss, T. M., Stokka, D., Cavin, J. M., Walsh, M. T., Holmes, E. C., Allison, A. B. (2026). Viral etiology of orogenital papillomatosis and squamous cell carcinoma in bottlenose dolphins in the southeastern United States. Virology, 623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2026.111015

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

Viver, F., Lusseau, D., Hofmann, N. J., West, K., McPherson, L., Nemeth, C., Wells, R. S., van Aswegen, M., Manlik, O., Chivers, S., Pacini, A., Booth, C., Bejder, L. (2026). Drone photogrammetry reveals age-structure shifts with potential consequences for the viability of spinner dolphins in Hawai’i. Endangered Species Research, 60. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01512

Martin, E., Wells, R. S., Berens McCabe, E. J., Dziobak, M. K., Case, S. M., Curtin, T., Conger, E., Gaur, A., Knowles, M. A., Allen, R. F., Toms, C. N., Weinstein, J. E., Hart, L. B. (2026). Microplastic Munchies: Exploring Microplastic Trophic Transfer Potential Between Two Key Prey Fish Species and Resident Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Marine Mammal Science, 42(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70198

Sharp, W. C., Parsons, K. T., Muller, E. M., Bourque, A., Gilliam, D. S., Lirman, D., Shea, C. P., Voss, J. D., & Hunt, J. H. (2026). Assessing the efficacy of coral restoration along Florida’s coral reef under the chronic persistence of stony coral tissue loss disease. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1835479

AziziHariri, P., Wang, B., Brady, M., Hossain, I., Sandoval, N. R., Scott, W., McLean, T. I., Lovko, V. J., & John, V. T. (2026). A Targeted Mitigation Strategy for Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms through the Release of a Small-Molecule Polyphenolic Algaecide from Clay Nanotubes. Environmental Science & Technology, 60(29), 20573–20584. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c03235

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

Schoen, S. N., Harborne, A. R., Marquardt, M. C., Millan, T., Perez, N. N., Stinson, D. K., Severino, M., Vinculado, J., & Chapman, D. D. (2026). Seeing spots: Using Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) to assess abundance. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70524

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

Tyack, P. L., Scott, M. D., Jensen, F. H., Wells, R. S. (2026). The Sarasota bottlenose dolphin community as a proving ground for delphinid tagging technology. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1688276

Harborne, A. R., Zuercher, R., Heithaus, M. R., Clementi, G. M., Whitman, E. R., & Chapman, D. D. (2026). The Need to Manage Prey Fish Biomass to Support Shark Conservation. Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.70067

Boggio-Pasqua, A., Bassos-Hull, K., Stevens, G. M. W., Morales-Saldaña, J. M., Adnet, S., Ferguson, M. A., Pelletier, N. A., DeGroot, B. C., Wilkinson, K. A., Humble, E., Del Moral-Flores, L. F., Mott, C. R., Guertin, J. R., Ajemian, M. J., Valek, J., Fogg, A. Q., Laglbauer, B., Kamla, A. T., Pate, J. H., Fuentes, K., Hoopes, L., Coulier, L., Price, M., Kinsler, J., Collister, R., Ferreira, A., Wyffels, J. T., Blanco-Parra, M. del P., Bonfil, R., Pérez-Jiménez, J. C., De Bruyne, G., Doherty, P. D., Metcalfe, K., Mvomo Minko, Y. I., Medeiros, A. M., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., … & Sims, D. W. (2026). Closing the Gaps: Integrating Biological, Ecological and Taxonomic Data to Support the Identification and Conservation of the Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray (Mobula hypostoma). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 36(5), e70379. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70379