Publications

Courtney N. Klepac, Katherine R. Eaton, Chelsea G. Petrik, Lindsay N. Arick, Emily R. Hall and Erinn M. Muller (2023). Symbiont composition and coral genotype determines massive coral species performance under end-of-century climate scenarios. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 164. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1026426

Sayigh, L. S., El Haddad, N., Tyack, P. L., Janik, V. M., Wells, R. S., & Jensen, F. H. (2023). Bottlenose dolphin mothers modify signature whistles in the presence of their own calves. Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, 27(27). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2300262120

Gantt, S.E., Keister, E.F., Manfroy, A.A., Merck, D.E., Fitt, W.K., Muller, E.M. and Kemp, D.W. (2023). Wild and nursery-raised corals: comparative physiology of two framework coral species.. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02333-9

Duffield, Debbie; Wells, Randall (2023). Paternity patterns in a long-term resident bottlenose dolphin community. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1076715. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1076715

Simpfendorfer, C. A., Heithaus, M. R., Heupel, M. R., MacNeil, M. A., Meekan, M., Harvey, E., Sherman, C. S., Currey-Randall, L. M., Goetze, J. S., Kiszka, J. J., Rees, M. J., Speed, C. W., Udyawer, V., Bond, M. E., Flowers, K. I., Clementi, G. M., Valentin-Albanese, J., Adam, M. S., Ali, K., … Chapman, D. D. (2023). Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays. Science, 380(6650), 1155-1160. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade4884

Nicolas R. Evensen, Katherine E. Parker, Thomas A. Oliver, Stephen R. Palumbi, Cheryl A. Logan, James S. Ryan, Courtney N. Klepac, Gabriela Perna, Mark E. Warner, Christian R. Voolstra , Daniel J. Barshis (2023). The Coral Bleaching Automated Stress System (CBASS): A low-cost, portable system for standardized empirical assessments of coral thermal limits. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 21, 421–434. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10555

Fahlman, A., Tyson Moore, R. B., Stone, R., Sweeney, J., Faulkner Trainor, R., Barleycorn, A. A., McHugh, K., Allen, J. B., Wells, R. S. (2023). Deep diving by offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.). Marine Mammal Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13045

Bruce E. Kurtz, James E. Landmeyer, James K. Culter (2023). Precipitation, submarine groundwater discharge of nitrogen, and red tides along the southwest Florida Gulf coast.. Heliyon, 9, e16046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16046

Eric Angel Ramos1,2 | Beth Brady3 | Jake Andrew Lasala3 | Angus Liebschner4 | Sander Obbink4 | Zoe Walker4 | Maegan Rebello5 | Marcelo O. Magnasco1 (2023). Antillean manatee calves in captive rehabilitation change vocal behavior in anticipation of feeding. Zoo Biology, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21785

Ashley Barratclough, Wayne E. McFee, Megan Stolen, Aleta A. Hohn, Gretchen N. Lovewell, Forrest M. Gomez, Cynthia R. Smith, Daniel Garcia-Parraga, Randall S. Wells, Celeste Parry, Risa Daniels, Sam H. Ridgway, and Lori Schwacke (2023). How to estimate age of old bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus); by tooth or pectoral flipper?. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1135521. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1135521

Jensen Havmand, F., Wolters, P., van Zeeland, L., Morrison, E., Ermi, G., Smith, S., Tyack, P. L., Wells, R. S., McKennoch, S., Janik, V. M., Sayigh, L. S. (2023). Automatic Deep-Learning-Based Classification of Bottlenose Dolphin Signature Whistles. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_143-1

Aileen Lavelle, Jake A. Lasala, Melissa C. Macksey, Michelle S. Koo, and Carol L. Spencer (2023). Anthropogenic Effects on Loggerhead Turtle Nest Success and Predation in the Gulf of Mexico. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 18(3), 450-463. http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_18/Issue_3/Lavelle_etal_2023.pdf

James V. Locascio, Christopher C. Koenig, Christopher R. Malinowski (2023). Absolute Abundance Estimates of Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) on Spawning Aggregation Site. Fishes, 8, 394-407. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080394

Lauran R. Brewster, Ali K. Ibrahim, James Locascio, Breanna C. DeGroot, Laurent M. Cherubin, Matthew J. Ajemian (2023). Seasonal Dynamics and Environmental Drivers of Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) Sound Production. Fishes, 8(293), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8060293

Benjamin M. Binder, Guillaume Rieucau, James V. Locascio, J. Christopher Taylor, Kevin M. Boswell (2023). Active acoustic surveys reveal coastal fish community resistance to an environmental perturbation in South Florida. PeerJ, 11(e14888), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14888

Robert D. Ellis, Christopher C. Koenig, James Locascio, Christopher R. Malinowski, Felicia Coleman (2023). Spawning Migrations of the Atlantic Goliath Grouper Along the Florida Atlantic Coast. Fishes, 8, 398-423. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080398

Ali Salem Altaher, Hanqui Ahuang, Ali K. Ibrahim, Ali Muhamed Ali, Ahmed Altaher, James Locascio, Michael P. McCallister, Matthew J. Ajemian, Laurent M. Cherubin (2023). Detection and localization of Goliath Grouper using their low-frequency pulse sounds. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(4), 2190-2202. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017804

Emily R. Hall, L. Kellie Dixon, Gary Kirkpatrick, Ari Nissanka, Brad Pederson (2023). Phytoplankton communities of the west coast of Florida – multiyear and seasonal responses to nutrient enrichment. Harmful Algae, 130, 102547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2023.102547

Taylor B. L., Abel, G., Bader, D., Barlow, J., Braulik, G., Cipriano, F., Collins, T., DeMaster, D., von Fersen, L., Gomez, F., Hao, Y., Miller, P. S., Minton, G., Reeves, R. R., Rojas-Bracho, L., Secchi, E. R., Smith, C. R., Suydam, R., Wang, D., Wells, R. S., and Zerbini, A. (2023). Integrated Conservation Planning for Cetaceans. The Zoological Garden, 91, 101-112. https://doi.org/10.53188/zg0017

Cahill, B. V., Eckert, R. J., Bassos-Hull, K., Ostendorf, T. J., Voss, J. D., DeGroot, B. C., Ajemian, M. J. (2023). Diet and Feeding Ecology of the Whitespotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) from Florida Coastal Waters Revealed via DNA Barcoding. Fishes, 8(8), 388. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080388