Publications

Balmer, B., McDonald, T., Hornsby, F., Allen, J., Barleycorn, A., Clarke, P., Cush, C., Honaker, A., McHugh, K., Speakman, T., Wells, R., Schwacke, L. (2018). Long-term trends in a northern Gulf of Mexico common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) population in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 18.0, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v18i1.409

Galligan, T.M., Schwacke, L.H., Houser, D.S., Wells, R.S., Rowles, T., Boggs, A.S.P. (2018). Characterization of circulating steroid hormone profiles in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 263.0, 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.04.003

Fahlman, A., Jensen, F.H., Tyack, P.L., Wells, R.S. (2018). Modeling Tissue and Blood Gas Kinetics in Coastal and Offshore Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Frontiers in Physiology, 9.0, 838. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00838

Fahlman, A., McHugh, K., Allen, J., Barleycorn, A., Allen, A., Sweeney, J., Stone, R., Trainor, R.F., Bedford, G., Moore, M.J., Jensen, F.H., Wells, R. (2018). Resting Metabolic Rate and Lung Function in Wild Offshore Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, Near Bermuda. Frontiers in Physiology, 9.0, 886. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00886

Yanes-Roca, C., Toledo-Cuevas, ME., Sanchez, LJ., Born-Torrijos, A., Rhody, N., Main, K.L. (2018). Digestive Enzyme Activity during Larval Development of Black Snook, Centropomus nigrescens. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 49.0(3), 612-624. https://doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12466

Cheney, B., Wells, R. S., Barton, T. R., Thompson, P. M. (2018). Laser photogrammetry reveals variation in growth and early survival in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins. Animal Conservation, 21.0(3), 252-261. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12384

Gravinese, P.M., Kronstadt, S.M., Clemente, T., Cole, C., Blum, P., Henry, M.S., Pierce, R.H., Lovko, V.J. (2018). The effects of red tide (Karenia brevis) on reflex impairment and mortality of sublegal Florida stone crabs, Menippe mercenaria. Marine Environmental Research, 137.0, 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.03.004

Hall, E.R., Muller, E.M., Goulet, T., Bellworthy, J., Ritchie, K.B., Fine, M. (2018). Eutrophication may compromise the resilience of the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata to global change. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 131.0(A), 701-711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.067

Schmid, J.R., Tucker, A.D. (2018). Comparing Diets of Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in Mangrove Estuaries of Southwest Florida. Journal of Herpetology, 52.0(3), 252-258. https://doi.org/10.1670/16-164

Gravinese, P.M., Enochs, I.C., Manzello, D.P., van Woesik, R. (2018). Warming and pCO2 effects on Florida stone crab larvae. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 204.0, 193-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.02.021

Randall, C.J., Whitcher, E.M., Code, T., Pollock, C., Lundgren, I., Hillis-Starr, Z., Muller, E.M. (2018). Testing methods to mitigate Caribbean yellow-band disease on Orbicella faveolata. PeerJ, 6.0, e4800. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4800

Locascio, J., Mann, D., Wilcox, K., Luther, M. (2018). Incorporation of Acoustic Sensors on a Coastal Ocean Monitoring Platform for Measurements of Biological Activity. Marine Technology Society Journal, 52.0(3), 64-70. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.52.3.9

Armenteros, M., Saladrigas, D., Gonzalez-Casuso, L., Estevez, E.D., Kowalewski, M. (2018). The role of habitat selection on the diversity of macrobenthic communities in three gulfs of the Cuban Archipelago. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94.0(2), 249-268. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2017.1013

Hueter, R.E., Tyminski, J.P., Pina-Amargos, F., Morris, J.J., Abierno, A.R., Valdes, J.A., Fernandez, N.L. (2018). Movements of three female silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) as tracked by satellite-linked tags off the Caribbean coast of Cuba. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94.0(2), 345-358. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2017.1162

Tucker, A.D., Baldwin, R., Willson, A., Al Kiyumi, A., Al Harthi, S., Schroeder, B., Possardt, E., Witherington, B. (2018). Revised clutch frequency estimates for Masirah Island loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 13.0(1), 158-166. www.herpconbio.org/Volume_13/Issue_1/Tucker_etal_2018.pdf

Pratt, H.L., Pratt, T.C., Morley, D., Lowerre-Barbieri, S., Collins, A., Carrier, J.C., Hart, K.M., Whitney, N.M. (2018). Partial migration of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre), from the Dry Tortugas Islands. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101.0, 515-530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-017-0711-1

Baker, I., O’Brien, J., McHugh, K., Berrow, S. (2018). Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, is distinguished by age- and area-related associations. Marine Mammal Science, 34.0(2), 458-487. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12462

O’Hara, T.M., Templeton, M., Castellini, J.M., Wells, R., Beckmen, K., Berner, J. (2018). Use of Blood-soaked Cellulose Filter Paper for Measuring Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 54.0(2), 375-379. https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-08-202

Balmer, J.E., Ylitalo, G.M., Rowles, T.K., Mullin, K.D., Wells, R.S., Townsend, F.I., Pearce, R.W., Bolton, J.L., Zolman, E.S., Balmer, B.C., Schwacke, L.H. (2018). Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in blood and blubber of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at three northern Gulf of Mexico sites following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Science of The Total Environment, 621.0, 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.209

Gravinese, P.M. (2018). Ocean acidification impacts the embryonic development and hatching success of the Florida stone crab, Menippe mercenaria. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 500.0, 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.09.001