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Explore Mote Marine Laboratory's latest marine science by searching and browsing our peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, books and chapters.

This page launched in 2024 and is continually adding new citations. Thanks for your patience as we continue to upload Mote's collection dating back to the 1930s. See all citations by year in our annual reports.

2025 Scientific Publications

Jang, M., Sem, K., Choi, J., Vuong, Q. T., Pierce, R., Blum, P., Javaruski, J., & Madhu, A. (2025). Enrichment of lipophilic brevetoxins in sea spray aerosol during red-tides. Environmental Pollution, 366, 125474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125474
Amorim, L., Chieza, L., Lasala, J. A., Teodoro, S. S. A., Colombo, W. D., Barcelos, A. C., Guimarães, P. R. L., Fonseca, J. L. G., Marcondes, A. C. J., Santos, A., & Vargas, S. (2025). Reproductive strategies in loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta: polyandry and polygyny in a Southwest Atlantic rookery. PeerJ, 13, e18714. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18714
Souza-Guedes, D; Campos, JC; Bessa, F; FFCM; Lasala, JA; Marco, A; and Sillero, N (2025). The effects of warming on loggerhead turtle nesting counts. Journal of Animal Ecology, 00, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14242
Walsh, C. J., Sherwood, T. A., Tarnecki, A. M., Rhody, N. R., Main, K. L., & Restivo, J. (2025). Challenges in cellular agriculture: lessons from Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-024-01011-0
Patton, P. T., K. Pacifici, R. W. Baird, E. M. Oleson, J. B. Allen, E. Ashe, A. Athayde, C. J. Basran, E. Cabrera, J. Calambokidis, J. Cardoso, E. L. Carroll, A. Cesario, B. J. Cheney, T. Cheeseman, E. Corsi, J. J. Currie, J. W. Durban, E. A. Falcone, H. Fearnbach, K. Flynn, T. Franklin, W. Franklin, B. Galletti Vernazzani, T. Genova, M. Hill, D. R. Johnston, E. L. Keene, C. Lacey, S. D. Mahaffy, T. L. McGuire, L. McPherson, C. Meyer, R. Michaud, A. Miliou, G. L. Olson, D. N. Orbach, H. C. Pearson, M. H. Rasmussen, W. J. Rayment, C. Rinaldi, R. Rinaldi, S. Siciliano, S. H. Stack, B. Tintore, L. G. Torres, J. R. Towers, R. B. Tyson Moore, C. R. Weir, R. Wellard, R. S. Wells, K. M. Yano, J. R. Zaeschmar, and L. Bejder. (2025). Optimizing automated photo identification for population assessments. Conservation Biology, e14436. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14436
Rebecca L. Vega Thurber, Denise Silva, Lauren Speare, Aldo Croquer, Alex J. Veglia, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Jessie R. Zaneveld, Erinn M. Muller, Adrienne M.S. Correa (2025). Coral Disease : Direct and Indirect Agents, Mechanisms of Disease, and Innovations for Increasing Resistance and Resilience. Annual Reviews, 17, 227-255. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-011123-102337
Wells, R. S., Hohn, A. A., Scott, M. D., Sweeney, J. C., Townsend Jr., F. I., Allen, J. B., Barleycorn, A. B., McHugh, K. A., Bassos-Hull, K., Lovewell, G. N., Duffield, D. A., Smith, C. R., Irvine, A. B. (2025). Life history, reproductive, and demographic parameters for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1531528. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1531528
Devanshi Kasana, Hector Daniel Martinez, Julio Sánchez-Jiménez, Elisa M. Areano-Barillas, Kevin A. Feldheim, Demian D. Chapman (2025). Hunt for the Easter sharks: a genetic analysis of shark and ray meat markets in Guatemala. Fisheries Research , 283, 107300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107300
Gantt, S. E., Keister, E. F., Jerry, S. E., Tindal, R. F., Manfroy, A. A., Merck, D. E., Muller, E. M., & Kemp, D. W. (2025). Physiological and symbiotic flexibility of reef‐building corals to new habitats: Insights from clonal colony transplants. Journal of Applied Ecology, 62(2), 207-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14836
Lankes, J. D., Page, H. N., Quasunella, A., Torkelson, J. F., Lemaire, C., Nowicki, R. J., Blasius, L., & Hall, E. R. (2025). Quantifying coral-algal interactions in an acidified ocean: Sargassum spp. exposure mitigates low pH effects on Acropora cervicornis health. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1487102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1487102
Paredes-Torres, L. M., Castelblanco-Martínez, D. N., Niño-Torres, C. A., Garcés-Cuartas, N., & Ramos, E. A. (2025). Evaluating Tour Boat Compliance With Dolphin-Watching Guidelines in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve. Marine Mammal Science, e70004. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70004
Ochoa, G. M., Ramos, E. A., & Gonzalez-Socoloske, D. (2025). Predation of a Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) by Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in Guanaja, Honduras. Aquatic Mammals, 51(1), 31-36. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.51.1.2025.31
Prohaska, B. K., Marshall, H., Grubbs, R. D., Lear, K., Frazier, B. S., Morris, J. J., Andres, A., Hueter, R. E., Keller, B. A., & Whitney, N. M. (2025). Stress physiology of scalloped and great hammerhead sharks from a bottom longline fishery. Conservation Physiology, 13(1), coaf015. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf015
Wilson, M. W., Bigler, M., Renaud-Byrne, G., Gutiérrez Plata, S., Hylkema, A., Patterson, J., Pilnick, A., Spadaro, A. J., & Williams, S. M. (2025). Employing invertebrates to restore herbivory on Caribbean coral reefs: recent developments and remaining barriers. Restoration Ecology, e70025. http://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70025
Spencer, E. T., Hoopes, L. A., Morris, J. J., Chapman, D. D., Hagan, V., & Papastamatiou, Y. P. (2025). Searching day and night: diel hierarchical search patterns in a large marine predator that never stops swimming. Animal Behaviour, 223, 123152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123152

2024 Scientific Publications

Vivier, F., Andres, C., Gonzalvo, J., Fertitta, K., van Aswegen, M., Foroughirad, V., Mann, J., McEntee, M., Wells, R. S., Bejder, L. (2024). Inferring dolphin population status: using unoccupied aerial systems to quantify age-structure. Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12978
Conger, E., Dziobak, M., Berens McCabe, E., Curtain, T., Gaur, A., Wells, R., Weinstein, J., Hart, L. (2024). An Analysis of Suspected Microplastics in the Muscle and Gastrointestinal Tissues of Fish from Sarasota Bay, FL: Exposure and Implications for Apex Predators and Seafood Consumers. Environments, 11(185). https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11090185
Sophia MacVittie, Erin Cuyler, Brandon J. Rose, Emily R. Hall, Cory J. Crediet (2024). Holobiont-level responses to elevated temperature and reduced pH in Aiptasia. Bulletin of Marine Science, 100. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2024.0041
González-Gómez, R., Avendaño, O., Barriga-Sosa, I. A., Bastos, P., Caamal-Monsreal, C., Castillo-Estrada, G., Cedillo-Robles, C., Daw, A., Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, M., Galindo-Cortes, G., Guerrero-Kommritz, J., Haimovici, M., Ibáñez, C. M., Jiménez-Badillo, M. L., Larson, P., Leite, T., Lima, F. D., Markaida, U., Meiners-Mandujano, C., Morillo-Velarde, P. S., Ortiz, N., Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C., Pliego-Cárdenas, R., Ré, M. E., Siegel, B., Urbano, B., Vidal, E. A. G., Gleadall, I. G. (2024). Biodiversity of octopuses in the Americas. Marine Biology, 171(189). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04489-0
Walsh, Catherine J; Rhody, Nicole; Main, Kevan L; Restivo, Jessica; Tarnecki, Andrea M (2024). Advances in development of long-term embryonic stem cell-like cultures from a marine fish, Sciaenops ocellatus. Current Research in Food Science , 9, 100841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crfs.2024.100841