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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.

2022 Scientific Publications

Merck DE, Petrik CG, Manfroy AA, Muller EM (2022). Optimizing seawater temperature conditions to increase the productivity of ex situ coral nurseries. PeerJ, 10.0, e13017. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13017
Kucklick J, Boggs A, Huncik K, Moors A, Davis E, Ylitalo G, McConnell M, Makris C, Wells RS (2022). Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sarasota Bay Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Frontiers in Marine Science, 9.0, 763918. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.763918
Baker, L.J., Reich, H.G., Kitchen, S.A. et al. (2022). The coral symbiont Candidatus Aquarickettsia is variably abundant in threatened Caribbean acroporids and transmitted horizontally. ISME Journal, 16.0(2.0), 400-411. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01077-8
Dobbelaere T, Holstein DM, Muller EM, Gramer LJ, McEachron L, Williams SD and Hanert E (2022). Connecting the Dots: Transmission of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease From the Marquesas to the Dry Tortugas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9.0, 778938. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.778938
Klinges JG, Patel SH, Duke WC, Muller EM, Vega Thurber RL (2022). Phosphate enrichment induces increased dominance of the parasite Aquarickettsia in the coral Acropora cervicornis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98.0(2.0), fiac013. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac013
Veglia AJ, Beavers K, Van Buren EW, Meiling SS, Muller EM, Smith TB, Holstein DM, Apprill AM, Brandt ME, Mydlarz LD, Correa AMS (2022). Alphaflexivirus Genomes in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease-Affected, Disease-Exposed, and Disease-Unexposed Coral Colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11.0(2.0). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01199-21
Andrea M. Tarnecki, Christelle Miller, Tracy A. Sherwood, Robert J. Griffitt, Ryan W. Schloesser, Dana L. Wetzel (2022). Dispersed Crude Oil Induces Dysbiosis in the Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus External Microbiota. Microbiology spectrum, 10(1), e00587-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00587-21
Aguirre EG, Million WC, Bartels E, Krediet CJ, Kenkel CD (2022). Host-specific epibiomes of distinct Acropora cervicornis genotypes persist after field transplantation. Coral Reefs, 41.0, 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02218-x
Fifer JE, Bui V, Berg JT, Kriefall N, Klepac C, Bentlage B, Davies SW (2022). Microbiome Structuring Within a Coral Colony and Along a Sedimentation Gradient. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8.0(805202.0). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.805202
Rosales SM, Huebner LK, Clark AS, McMinds R, Ruzicka RR, Muller EM (2022). Bacterial Metabolic Potential and Micro-Eukaryotes Enriched in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Lesions. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8.0, 776859. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.776859

2021 Scientific Publications

Lacy, R. C., Wells, R. S., Scott, M. D., Allen, J. B., Barleycorn, A. A., Urian, K. W., Hofmann, S. (2021). Assessing the Viability of the Sarasota Bay Community of Bottlenose Dolphins. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.788086
Linnehan, B. K., Gomez, F. M., Huston, S. M., Hsu, A., Takeshita, R., Colegrove, K. M., et al. (2021). Cardiac assessments of bottlenose dolphins in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 16(12.0), e0261112. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261112
Christian R. Voolstra , David J. Suggett, Raquel S. Peixoto, John E. Parkinson, Kate M. Quigley, Cynthia B. Silveira, Michael Sweet, Erinn M. Muller, Daniel J. Barshis, David G. Bourne, and Manuel Aranda (2021). Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2, 747–762. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00214-3
Gravinese, P. M., Douwes, A., Eaton, K. R., et al. (2021). Ephemeral hypoxia reduces oxygen consumption in the Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata. Coral Reefs, 41, 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02197-5
Franks BR, Tyminski JP, Hussey NE, Braun CD, Newton AL, Thorrold SR, Fischer GC, McBride B and Hueter RE (2021). Spatio-Temporal Variability in White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Movement Ecology During Residency and Migration Phases in the Western North Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 744202. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.744202
Cloyed, C. S., R. M. Wilson, B. C. Balmer, A. A. Hohn, L. H. Schwacke, E. S. Zolmann, M. C. Tumlin, R. S. Wells, A. A. Barleycorn, J. B. Allen and R. H. Carmichael (2021). Specialization of a mobile, apex predator affects trophic coupling among adjacent habitats. Scientific Reports, 11, 19611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99017-1
Toms, C. N., T. Stone, and T. Och (2021). Skin lesion and mortality rate estimates for common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Florida Panhandle following a historic flood. PLOS ONE, 16(10.0), e0257526. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257526
Clark, A. S., Williams, S. D., Maxwell, K., Rosales, S. M., Huebner, L. K., Landsberg, J. H., Hunt, J. H., Muller, E. M. (2021). Characterization of the Microbiome of Corals with Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease along Florida’s Coral Reef. Microorganisms, 9(11.0), 2181. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9112181
Perrault, J. R., Lasala, J. A., Manire, C. A., Coppenrath, C. M., Page-Karjian, A., Blew, A., & Stacy, N. I. (2021). Nonpigmented Versus Pigmented: Health Variables and Genetics Of Albino Florida Green Turtle Hatchlings Compared With Normally Pigmented Hatchlings From The Same Clutch. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58(1.0), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-21-00031
Modest, M., L. Irvine, V. Andrews-Goff, W. Gough, D. Johnston, D. Nowacek, L. Palin, A. Read, R. Tyson Moore, and A. Friedlaender (2021). First description of migratory behavior of humpback whales from an Antarctic feeding ground to a tropical calving ground. Animal Biotelemetry, 9, 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00266-8