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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.

2025 Scientific Publications

Manzello, D., Cunning, R., Karp, R., Baker, A., Bartels, E., Bonhag, R., Borreil, A., Bourque, A., Brown, K., Brucker, A., Corbett, B., D'Alessandro, M., Dahlgren, C., Dilworth, J., Geiger, E., Gilliam, D., Gomez, M., Hanson, G., Harrell, C., Hesley, D., Huebner, L., Kenkel, C., Koch, H., Kuehl, J., Kuffner, I., Ladd, M., Lee, S., Lesneski, K., Lewan, A., Lirman, D., Liu, H., Matsuda, S., Montoya-Maya, P., Moore, J., Muller, E., Nedimyer, K., Parkinson, J. E., Ruzicka, R., Spadaro, J., Spady, B., Stein, J., Unsworth, J., Waler, C., Wen, A., Williams, D., Williams, S., Williamson, O. (2025). Heat-driven functional extinction of Caribbean Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef. Science, 390(6771), 361-366. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adx7825
Bankhead, K., McHugh, K. M., Wells, R. S., and Cantor, M. (2025). Foraging in proximity to humans can shape social centrality in wild dolphins. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 79, 99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03641-0
Morris, J.; Hagan, V.; Harrington, K.; Chapman, D. (2025). Electronic pulse device deters and delays shark feeding in a depredation context. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70220
Ryan W. Schloesser* , Nathan P. Brennan , Paula Caldentey , Kenneth M. Leber (2025). Best practices for common snook stock enhancement identified through iterative release experiments. Fisheries Research, 291, 107540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107540
Collins, K. M., Hounshell, A. G., Kirkpatrick, B., Cook, A., Hubbard, K., Tomlinson, M., & Stumpf, R. P. (2025). Predicting Karenia brevis induced respiratory irritation at individual southwest Florida beaches using cell abundances plus wind direction and speed. GeoHealth. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.175882964.43331403/v1
Sharla Sugierski, Chad Campbell, Emily R. Hall, Matthew McLean and Nicole D. Fogarty (2025). Microplastic exposure under future oceanic conditions further threatens an endangered coral, Acropora cervicornis. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1615308. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1615308
Victoria Devillier, Emily R. Hall, Cynthia A. Heil, Jessica D. Frankle, Sarah Klass, Jennifer H. Toyoda, Rich Pierce (2025). Lessons learned from mesocosm experiments with curcumin: Pilot studies of a harmful algal bloom mitigation technique. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10731
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, 39(4), e14436. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14436
Elizabeth K. Wright‑Fairbanks, Natalie Lord, Darcy Dugan, Kaitlin Goldsmith, Emily R. Hall, Alex Harper, Janet J. Reimer, Samantha Siedlecki, Elizabeth J. Turner, Jennifer Vreeland‑Dawson, Kirstin Wakefield, Kimberly K. Yates (2025). Management considerations for establishing a coastal acidification monitoring system from U.S. Coastal Acidification Networks. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197, 990. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14434-3
Mary Hagedorn, Nikolas Zuchowicz, Michael Henley, Claire Lager, Riley Perry, Harvey Blackburn, Jessica Bouwmeester, Olivier Brunel, Claire Carter, Kathryn M. Rodriguez-Clark, Pierre Commizzoli, Beth Firchau, Dean Miller, Jennifer Moore, Erinn Muller, Keri O'Neil, Andrea Quattrini, Didier Zoccola, Anastazia Banaszak, Kristen Marhaver, Rebecca Hobbs, Justine O'Brien, Jonathan Daly (2025). Conservation of coral genetic diversity through a global biorepository network. BioScience, biaf117. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf117
Avens, L., Lamont, M. M., Lovewell, G., Shaver, D. J., Wallace, A. A., Foley, A. M., Stacy, B. A., & Vander Zanden, H. B. (2025). Regional differentiation in somatic growth and maturation attributes for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Biology, 172, 149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04684-7
Toth, L., Johnson, S., Lyons, E., Spadaro, J., Stathakopoulos, A., Bloomer, S., Mallon, J., Jenkins, C., Williams, S., Combs, I., Craig, Z., & Muller, E. (2025). Coral restoration can drive rapid increases in reef accretion potential. Scientific Reports, 15, 28353. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-04818-3
Allyson DeMerlis, Michael S. Studivan, Kevin Wong, Nash Soderberg, David Ehrens, Lys M. Isma, Katrina Rosing, Katrina Sophia Cocson, Rowan Thomas, Danielle Dvorkin, Patrick M. Kiel, Joseph D. Unsworth, Martine D'Alessandro, Ana M. Palacio-Castro, Diego Lirman, Andrew Baker, Erinn M Muller, Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Ian Enochs (2025). Differences in Molecular Responses to a Thermally Variable Preconditioning Treatment for Two Caribbean Coral Species. Ecology and Evolution, 15(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72108
Chapman, D. D., Cardeñosa, D., Shea, K. H., Babcock, E. A., Jabado, R. W., Zhang, H., Gale, S. W., Feldheim, K. A. (2025). Ongoing trade of finds from critically endangered rays (wedgefish and giant guitarfish) despite international regulations and a novel PCR test to detect rays among shark fins. Conservation Genetics, 26, 971-981. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-025-01716-z
Hampton, C. M.; DeGroot, B. C.; Brewster, L. R.; Bassos-Hull, K.; Metzger, B. A.; Mooney, T. A.; Ajemian, M. J. (2025). Sticking with it: a multi-sensor tag to reveal the foraging ecology and fine-scale behavior of elusive durophagous stingrays. Animal Biotelemetry, 13, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-025-00416-2
Kathleen S. Rein, Ricardo Colon, Carlos R. Romagosa, Nicholas R. Ohnikian, Kirstie T. Francis, and Samuel R. Rein (2025). Comparative Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of High and Low Toxin-Producing Karenia brevis Strains Reveals Differences in Polyketide Synthase Abundance and Redox Status of the Proteome. Marine Drugs, 23(7), 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/md23070291
Andrea G Grottoli, Ann Marie Hulver, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Robert J Toonen, Emily R Schmeltzer, Ilsa B Kuffner, Katie L Barott, Iliana B Baums, Karl D Castillo, Leila Chapron, Marie Alice Coffroth, David J Combosch, Adrienne M S Correa, Eric D Crandall, Megan Donahue, Jose M Eirin-Lopez, Thomas Felis, Christina Ferrier-Pages, Hugo B Harrison, Scott F Heron, Danwei Huang, Adriana Humanes, Carly D Kenkel, Thomas Krueger, Joshua Madin, Mikhail V Matz, Lisa C McManus, Monica Medina, Erinn M Muller, Jacqueline L Padilla-Gamino, Hollie M Putnam, Yvonne Sawal, Tom Shlesinger, Michael J Sweete, Christina R Voolstra, Virginia M Weis, Christian Wild, Henry C Wu (2025). Future of coral bleaching research. BioScience, 75(7), 585–598. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf066
Andrew Baker, Iliana Baums, Sarah Davies, Andrea Grottoli, Carly Kenkel, Sheila Kitchen, Ilsa Kuffner, Mikhail Matz, Margaret Miller, Erinn Muller, John Parkinson, Carlos Prada, Andrew Shantz, Ruben van Hooidonk, Scott Winters (2025). Proactive assisted gene flow for Caribbean corals in an era of rapid coral reef decline. Science, 389(6758), 344-347. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx5842
Chapman, D. D., Cardeñosa, D., Shea, K. H., Babcock, E. A., Jabado, R. W., Zhang, H., Gale, S. W., & Feldheim, K. A. (2025). Ongoing trade of fins from critically endangered rays (wedgefish and giant guitarfish) despite international regulations and a novel PCR test to detect rays among ‘shark’ fins. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-025-01716-z