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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.

2026 Scientific Publications

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

2025 Scientific Publications

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
Patricia M. Glibert, Cynthia A. Heil , Ming Li (2025). More sustained, more severe blooms and shifting monthly patterns of the toxigenic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis on the West Florida Shelf. Harmful Algae, 150, 102967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102967
Yuren Chen, Ming Li, Patricia M. Glibert, Cynthia Heil, So Hyun Ahn (2025). A modeling investigation into the ecological role of mixotrophy in Karenia brevis blooms on the West Florida Shelf. Harmful Algae, 150, 102979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102979
Stephanie Rosales, Grace Klinges, Abigail Clark, Erinn Muller, Lindsay Huebner (2025). Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Results in Persistent Microbial-Level Disturbances on Coral Reef Ecosystems. Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70264
Eaton, K., Banister, R., Arick, L., Hall, E., & Muller, E. (2025). Genotype and symbiont composition rather than environment influence susceptibility to stony coral tissue loss disease in coral restoration broodstock. Scientific Reports, 15, 444000. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-29292-9