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2026 Scientific Publications

Patricia M. Glibert , Cynthia A. Heil, Emily R. Hall, Cong Fei, Shady A. Amin (2026). Red tides, blue holes, and the importance of groundwater and terrestrial sources of nutrients fueling blooms of Karenia brevis. Harmful Algae, 159, 103208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2026.103208
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
Queen, T., Smith, G., Spadaro, A. J., & Gravinese, P. M. (2026). Elevated temperature alters swimming behavior in Caribbean king crab larvae. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13, 1923343. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1923343
Muller, E. M., Petrik, C., Conn, T., Osborne, C. C., Villoch, M., Clark, A. S., Koch, H. R., O'Neil, K., Engelsma, C., & Baums, I. B. (2026). Assisted Gene Flow Yields Physiologically Robust Acropora palmata With Novel Allelic and Transcriptomic Profiles. Evolutionary Applications, 19(9), e70321. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70321
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
Kincaid, A. L. D., Lasala, J. A., Blackburn, J. L., Stacy, B. A., & Lovewell, G. N. (2026). Anatomical location and severity of watercraft injuries in sea turtles. Endangered Species Research, 60, esr01523. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01523
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
Williams, S. D., Studivan, M. S., Sirotzke, S., Andrade Rodriguez, N., Craig, Z., Hamlyn, S. B., Holstein, D. M., Isma, L. M., MacKnight, N. J., Mandara, J. A., Rosales, S. M., Rossin, A. M., Traylor-Knowles, N., Walter, C., Young, B. D., Muller, E. M. (2026). Restoration stocks of a Caribbean coral species contain low levels of inherent stony coral tissue loss disease resistance. Scientific Reports, 16, 25819. 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