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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

Paredes-Torres, L. M., Castelblanco-Martínez, D. N., Niño-Torres, C. A., Garcés-Cuartas, N., & Ramos, E. A. (2025). Evaluating Tour Boat Compliance With Dolphin-Watching Guidelines in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve. Marine Mammal Science, e70004. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70004
Prohaska, B. K., Marshall, H., Grubbs, R. D., Lear, K., Frazier, B. S., Morris, J. J., Andres, A., Hueter, R. E., Keller, B. A., & Whitney, N. M. (2025). Stress physiology of scalloped and great hammerhead sharks from a bottom longline fishery. Conservation Physiology, 13(1), coaf015. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf015
Greene, W., Pereira, N., Doescher, B., Rojo-Solis, C., David, H., Faustino, R., Reese, D., De Voe, R., Latson, E., & Mylniczenko, N. (2025). Case report: Endolymphatic system disease in elasmobranchs: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment strategies. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, 1463428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1463428
Wells, R. S., Hohn, A. A., Scott, M. D., Sweeney, J. C., Townsend Jr., F. I., Allen, J. B., Barleycorn, A. B., McHugh, K. A., Bassos-Hull, K., Lovewell, G. N., Duffield, D. A., Smith, C. R., Irvine, A. B. (2025). Life history, reproductive, and demographic parameters for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1531528. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1531528
Gantt, S. E., Keister, E. F., Jerry, S. E., Tindal, R. F., Manfroy, A. A., Merck, D. E., Muller, E. M., & Kemp, D. W. (2025). Physiological and symbiotic flexibility of reef‐building corals to new habitats: Insights from clonal colony transplants. Journal of Applied Ecology, 62(2), 207-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14836
Lankes, J. D., Page, H. N., Quasunella, A., Torkelson, J. F., Lemaire, C., Nowicki, R. J., Blasius, L., & Hall, E. R. (2025). Quantifying coral-algal interactions in an acidified ocean: Sargassum spp. exposure mitigates low pH effects on Acropora cervicornis health. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1487102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1487102
Jang, M., Sem, K., Choi, J., Vuong, Q. T., Pierce, R., Blum, P., Javaruski, J., & Madhu, A. (2025). Enrichment of lipophilic brevetoxins in sea spray aerosol during red-tides. Environmental Pollution, 366, 125474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125474
Amorim, L., Chieza, L., Lasala, J. A., Teodoro, S. S. A., Colombo, W. D., Barcelos, A. C., Guimarães, P. R. L., Fonseca, J. L. G., Marcondes, A. C. J., Santos, A., & Vargas, S. (2025). Reproductive strategies in loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta: polyandry and polygyny in a Southwest Atlantic rookery. PeerJ, 13, e18714. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18714
Souza-Guedes, D; Campos, JC; Bessa, F; FFCM; Lasala, JA; Marco, A; and Sillero, N (2025). The effects of warming on loggerhead turtle nesting counts. Journal of Animal Ecology, 00, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14242
Walsh, C. J., Sherwood, T. A., Tarnecki, A. M., Rhody, N. R., Main, K. L., & Restivo, J. (2025). Challenges in cellular agriculture: lessons from Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-024-01011-0
Rebecca L. Vega Thurber, Denise Silva, Lauren Speare, Aldo Croquer, Alex J. Veglia, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Jessie R. Zaneveld, Erinn M. Muller, Adrienne M.S. Correa (2025). Coral Disease : Direct and Indirect Agents, Mechanisms of Disease, and Innovations for Increasing Resistance and Resilience. Annual Review of Marine Science, 17, 227-255. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-011123-102337
Ochoa, G. M., Ramos, E. A., & Gonzalez-Socoloske, D. (2025). Predation of a Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) by Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in Guanaja, Honduras. Aquatic Mammals, 51(1), 31-36. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.51.1.2025.31
Humble, E., Boggio-Pasqua, A., Takoukam Kamla, A., Bassos-Hull, K., Bergacker, S., Gose, M., Hilbourne, S., Laglbauer, B., Martinez-Lopez, A., Fogwan, C., Biankeu, C. I., Stevens, G. M. W., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. (2025). Genetic and Morphometric Support for the Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831), in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic conservation marine and freshwater ecosystems, 35(1), e70030. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70030
Cong Fei, Anne Booker, Sarah Klass, Nayani K. Vidyarathna, So Hyun Ahn, Amin R. Mohamed, Muhammad Arshad, Patricia M. Glibert, Cynthia A. Heil, Joaquín Martínez Martínez, Shady A. Amin (2025). Friends and foes: symbiotic and algicidal bacterial influence on Karenia brevis blooms. ISME Communications, 5(1), ycae164. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae164

2024 Scientific Publications

Philip W. Stevens, Kyle L. Williams, Meredith B. Pfennig, Ryan W. Schloesser, Alexis A. Trotter, Derek P. Crane (2024). Use of hatchery-raised fish in validation of daily age estimates for juvenile Common Snook. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 16(6), e10321. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10321
Cong Fei; Anne Booker; Sarah Klass; Nayani K Vidyarathna; So Hyun Ahn; Amin R Mohamed; Muhammad Arshad; Patricia M Glibert; Cynthia A Heil; Joaquín M Martínez; Shady A Amin (2024). Friends and Foes: Symbiotic and Algicidal bacterial influence on Karenia brevis blooms. ISME Communications. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae164
Kathryn Flowers, Elizabeth Babcock, Demian Chapman, Norlan Lamb, Ashbert Miranda, Randolph Nunez, Megan Kelley, Yannis Papastamatiou (2024). Classifying southern stingray activity states across abiotic factors in Belize coral reef ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2024-0106
Smith, A. L., LaBadie, J., Busse, A., Solomon, E., Farrell, C, Holstein, D. M., Xue, Z., & Gravinese, P. M (2024). Will Climate Change Alter the Swimming Behavior of Larval Stone Crabs?: A Guided-Inquiry Lesson. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 39(4), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.5334/cjme.117
Mark Ladd, Andrew Shantz, Cailin Harrell, Nicole Hayes, David Gilliam, Keri O'Neil, Brian Reckenbeil, Zachary Craig, Diego Lirman (2024). Acclimation and size influence predation, growth, and survival of sexually produced Diploria labyrinthiformis used in restoration. Scientific Reports, 14, 26362. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73727-8