Publications

Wetzel, D. L., Reynolds, J. E. III, Mercurio, P., Givens, G. H., Pulster, E. L., George, J. C. (2017). Age estimation for bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) using aspartic acid racemisation with enhanced hydrolysis and derivatisation procedures. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 17, 9-14. https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v17i1.426

El-Habashi, A., Duran, C.M., Lovko, V., Tomlinson, M.C., Stumpf, R.P., & Ahmed, S. (2017). Satellite retrievals of Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms in the West Florida shelf using neural networks and impacts of temporal variabilities. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 11(3), 032408. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.11.032408

Josef, N. (2017). Peri-Ocular eye patterning (POEP): More than meets the eye. Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 7, 356-363. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojas.2017.73027

Tarnecki, A.M., Burgos, F.A., Ray, C.L., & Arias, C.R. (2017). Fish intestinal microbiome: diversity and symbiosis unraveled by metagenomics. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 123(1), 2-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.13415

Ronje, E. I., Barry, K. P., Sinclair, C., Grace, M. A., Barros, N., Allen, J., Balmer, B., Panike, A., Toms, C., Mullin, K. D., & Wells, R. S. (2017). A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) prey handling technique for marine catfish (Ariidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLOS ONE, 12(7), e0181179. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181179

Ritchie, K.B., Schwarz, M., Mueller, J., Lapacek, V., Merselis, D., Walsh, C.J., & Luer, C.A. (2017). Survey of antibiotic-producing bacteria associated with the epidermal mucus layers of rays and skates. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1050. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01050

Ewing, R. Y., Mase-Guthrie, B., McFee, W., Townsend, F., Manire, C. A., Walsh, M., Borkowski, R., Bossart, G. D., & Schaefer, A. M. (2017). Evaluation of serum for pathophysiological effects of prolonged low salinity water exposure in displaced bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4, 80. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00080

Muller, E.M., Leporacci, N.M., Macartney, K.J., Shea, A.G., Crane, R.E., Hall, E.R., & Ritchie, K.B. (2017). Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata. PLoS ONE, 12(6), e0178869. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178869

Schopmeyer, S. A., Lirman, D., Bartels, E., Gilliam, D. S., Goergen, E. A., Griffin, S. P., Johnson, M. E., Lustic, C., Maxwell, K., & Walter, C. S. (2017). Regional restoration benchmarks for Acropora cervicornis. Coral Reefs, 36(4), 1047-1057. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1596-3

Bejarano, A. C., Wells, R. S., & Costa, D. P. (2017). Development of a bioenergetic model for estimating energy requirements and prey biomass consumption of the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus. Ecological Modelling, 356, 162-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.05.001

Tarnecki, A.M. & Rhody, N.R. (2017). Microbiota of common snook Centropomus undecimalis larvae exhibiting high mortality. Aquaculture Research, 48(11), 5693-5698. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.13377

Pasamontes, A., Aksenov, A. A., Schivo, M., Rowles, T., Smith, C. R., Schwacke, L. H., Wells, R. S., Yeates, L., Venn-Watson, S., & Davis, C. E. (2017). Noninvasive respiratory metabolite analysis associated with clinical disease in cetaceans: A Deepwater Horizon oil spill study. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(10), 5737-5746. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b06482

Ahmed, S., El-Habashi, A., Lovko, V. (2017). Neural network retrievals of phytoplankton absorption and Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms in the West Florida Shelf. Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), Ocean Sensing and Monitoring IX, 101860L. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2261848

Ladd, M.C., Shantz, A.A., Bartels, E., & Burkepile, D.E. (2017). Thermal stress reveals a genotype-specific tradeoff between growth and tissue loss in restored Acropora cervicornis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 572, 129-139. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12169

Churnside, J. H., Marchbanks, R. D., Lembke, C., & Beckler, J. (2017). Optical backscattering measured by airborne lidar and underwater glider. Remote Sensing, 9(4), 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9040379

Wilkinson, K.A., Wells, R.S., Pine, W.E., & Borkhataria, R.R. (2017). Shark bite frequency in resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Marine Mammal Science, 33(2), 678-686. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12385

Suprenand, P.M., & Ainsworth, C.H. (2017). Trophodynamic effects of climate change-induced alterations to primary production along the western Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 569, 37-54. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12100

Ardente, A.J., Wells, R.S., Smith, C.R., Walsh, M.T., Jensen, E.D., Schmitt, T.L., ... & Hill, R. C. (2017). Dietary cation-anion difference may explain why ammonium urate nephrolithiasis occurs more frequently in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under human care than in free-ranging common bottlenose dolphins. Journal of Animal Science, 95(3), 1396-1406. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2016.1113

Hollenbeck, C.M., Portnoy, D.S., Wetzel, D., Sherwood, T.A., Samollow, P.B., & Gold, J.R. (2017). Linkage mapping and comparative genomics of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatuus) using next-generation sequencing. G3: Genes/Genomes/Genetics, 7(3), 843-850. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.036350

Nowicki, R.J., Thomson, J.A., Burkholder, D.A., Fourqurean, J.W., & Heithaus, M.R. (2017). Predicting seagrass recovery times and their implications following an extreme climate event. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 567, 79-93. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12029