Publications

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

Max Lee, Carole Neidig, Ryan Schloesser (2026). Impacts of hook size on catch and bycatch in the eastern Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery using electronic monitoring. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 18(3), 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtag007

Demir, C., Guimond, J. A., Bristol, E. M., Bullock, E., McClelland, J. W., Charette, M. A., & Cardenas, M. B. (2026). Hydrological and Thermal Dynamics of a Supra‐Permafrost Subterranean Estuary. Water Resources Research, 62(5), e2025WR041790. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR041790

Williams, S. D., MacKnight, N. J., Beavers, K. M., Brandt, M., Mydlarz, L. D., Muller, E. M. (2026). From Immunity to Community : A predictive trait space model for white plague disease on Caribbean reefs. Ecosphere, 17(5), e70634. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70634

Kelley, M. C., Chapman, D. D., Flowers, K. I., Lamb, N., Miranda, A., van Zinnicq Bergmann, M. P. M., & Papastamatiou, Y. P. (2026). Individual and size based variability in movements and residency by nurse sharks at a Caribbean Atoll. Marine Biology, 173(4), 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-026-04815-8

Moxley, J. H., Kiszka, J. J., Wilkinson, K. A., Parra, G. J., Heithaus M. R. (2026). Global variation and drivers of shark predation risk experienced by estuarine and coastal dolphins. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 782, 15096. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15096

Angelo Jason Spadaro, Taylor Queen, Jaclyn McFadden, Marina Pham, Philip Gravinese (2026). Chemical cues affect the survival and settlement behavior of the Caribbean king crab (Maguimithrax spinosissimus). Marine Biology, 173, 75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-026-04814-9

Speare, L., Klinges, J. G., Duke, W. C., Muller, E. M., & Vega Thurber, R. L. (2026). Evaluating Candidatus Aquirickettsia rohweri gene expression upon nutrient enrichment in disease-susceptible Acropora cervicornis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1754183

J. R. Johnson, T. A. Sherwood, C. Miller, D. L. Wetzel, and R. J. Griffitt (2026). Acute exposure to nanoplastics and GenX results in increased tissue accumulation of GenX in brain and liver of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2026.2643391

Spotte, S. (2026). Predicting Evening Departure Times of an Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops Asio) from its Daytime Resting Site. Florida Field Naturalist, 54(1), 1-19.

Spencer, E. T., Hoopes, L. A., Morris, J. J., Chapman, D. D., Hagan, V., Hueter, R. E., & Papastamatiou, Y. P. (2026). Thermal performance and activation energy explain flexible thermal habitat use in great hammerhead sharks. Journal of Experimental Biology, 229(6). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251837

Pirotta, E., Harris, C. M., Schwacke, L. H., Thomas, L., Allen, J. B., Barleycorn, A. A., Marco Casoli, Crossman, J., Aichinger Dias, L., Engleby, L., LaBrecque, E., Litz, J. A., McHugh, K. A., Miller, P., Moore, M., Photopoulou, T., Quigley, B. M., Smith, C. R., Southall, B. L., Speakman, T. R., Takeshita, R., Toms, C. N., Wells, R. S., Zolman, E. S., Tyack, P. L. (2026). An experimental approach to assess the combined effects of multiple stressors on a large vertebrate species. Conservation Biology, e70224. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70224

Frankovich, T. A., Majewska, R., Sullivan, M. J., Huggins, J. L., Stepanek, J. G., Ashworth, M. P., Wells, R. S. (2026). 100 years later: new discoveries and observations on ceticolous diatoms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 169(1), 49-78. https://doi.org/10.1635/053.169.0105

Fahlman, A., Wells, R. S., West, N., Allen, A., Jabois, A., Gallagher, T., Larsson, J., Strom, E., Mosing, M., Harake, T., Adler, A. (2026). Using electrical impedance tomography to estimate tidal volume in bottlenose dolphins and cape fur seals in seawater and on land. Journal of Experimental Biology, 229. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251412

Taran McNelly, Lilly Branton, Philip M. Gravinese (2026). The physiological responses of the Florida stone crab to changes in salinity. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 595, 152171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2026.152171

Cusick, K. N., Bland, A., Stacy, N. I., McFee, W. E., Takeshita, R., Wells, R. S., Smith, C. R., Schwacke, L., Janech, M. G. (2025). Proteomic Characterization of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Urine. Journal of Proteome Research. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.5c00718

Anderson, D. M., Wells, M. L., Trainer, V. L., Suddleson, M., Claridge, K., Coyne, K. J., Dortch, Q., Gobler, C. J., Heil, C. A., Inaba, N., Laughinghouse IV, H. D., Mardones, J. I., Nakayama, N., Park, T., Peacock, M. B., Pokrzywinski, K., Raymond, H., Toyoda, J. H., Trethewey, D., Visser, P. M., Wang, Y., Yuan, Y. (2025). Controlling harmful algal blooms (HABs) in marine waters: Review of current status and future prospects. Harmful Algae, 150, 102989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102989