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Carolyn Cush

Research Assistant

Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP)

Today's Research for Tomorrow's Oceans

Biography:

Carolyn is an employee of the Chicago Zoological Society, based at Mote Marine Laboratory as part of a partnership to engage in dolphin research, education, and conservation action.

Education:

BS in Marine Science - Biology, Eckerd College

Current Publications

Tyson Moore RB, Urian KW, Allen JB, Cush C, Parham JR, Blount D, Holmberg J, Thompson JW, Wells RS (2022). Rise of the Machines: Best Practices and Experimental Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Dorsal Fin Image Matching Systems for Bottlenose Dolphins. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9.0, 849813. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.849813
McHugh, K. A., Barleycorn, A. A., Allen, J. B., Bassos-Hull, K., Lovewell, G., Boyd, D., Panike, A., Cush, C., Fauquier, D., Mase, B., Lacy, R. C., Greenfield, M. R., Rubenstein, D. I., Weaver, A., Stone, A., Oliver, L., Morse, K., Wells, R. S. (2021). Staying Alive: Long-Term Success of Bottlenose Dolphin Interventions in Southwest Florida. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 624729. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.624729
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, 9-Jan. https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v18i1.409