Publications

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

Dziobak, M. K., Curtian, T., Wells, R. S., Takeshita, R., Smith, C. R., Zolman, E., Toms, C. N., Allen, R. F., Hart, L. B. (2025). Comparing phthalate exposure between bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) residing in urban and rural environments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1554075

Wilkinson, K. A., Langan, J. N., Meegan, J. M., Toms, C. N., Faulkner Allen, R., Sweeney, J. C., Fauquier, D. A., Kiszka, J. J., Hostnik, E. T., Barratclough, A., Walsh, M. T., Wells, R. S. (2025). Case Report: Shark bite resulting in a urethral obstruction and urinary tract-body wall fistula in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1551129

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

Gulland, F. M. D., Asmutis-Silvia, R., Boehm, J., DiGiovanni Jr., R. A., Goertz, C. E. C., Huggins, J. L., Lovewell, G. N., Moore, K. M., & West, K. (2025). Marine Mammal Stranding Networks in the 21st Century: Whence and Whither?. Marine Mammal Science, e70016. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70016

Baldachini, M., Papale, E., Shearer, J. M., Wells, R. S., & Jensen, F. H. (2025). Drivers of biosonar click rates in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) over the West Florida Shelf. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1558655

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

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

Greene, W., Pereira, N., Doescher, B., Rojo-Solis, C., David, H., Faustino, R., Reese, D., De Voe, R., Latson, E., & Mylniczenko, N. (2025). Case report: Endolymphatic system disease in elasmobranchs: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment strategies. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, 1463428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1463428

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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