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Jason Allen

Lab Manager

Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP)

Today's Research for Tomorrow's Oceans

Biography:

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

Education:

B.S. in Marine Science, Biology Concentration, and Minor in Mathematics from Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL.

Current Publications

Moore, M. J., Lanagan, T. M., Wells, R. S., Kapit, J., Barleycorn, A. A., Allen, J. B., Baird, R. W., Braun, C. D., Skomal, G. B., Thorrold, S. R. (2024). Development of single-pin, un-barbed, pole-tagging of free-swimming dolphins and sharks with satellite-linked transmitters. Animal Biotelemetry, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-024-00364-3
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
DiMaggio, K. M., Acevedo, M. A., McHugh, K. A., Wilkinson, K. A., Allen, J. B., Wells, R. S. (2023). The fitness consequences of human-wildlife interactions on foraging common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Marine Mammal Science, 1-17. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/mms.13042
Fhalman, A., Allen, A., Blawas, A., Sweeny, J., Stone, Rae., Faulkner Trainor, R., Jensen, F. H., McHugh, K., Allen, J. B., Barleycorn, A. A., Wells, R. S. (2023). Surface and diving metabolic rates, and dynamic aerobic dive limits (dADL) in near- and off-shore bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops spp., indicate that deep diving is energetically cheap.. Marine Mammal Science, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13023
Schwacke, L. H., Thomas, L., Wells, R. S., Rowles, T. K., Bossart, G. D., Townsend Jr, F., Mazzoil, M., Allen, J. B., Balmer, B. C., Barleycorn, A. A., Barratclough, A., Burt, L., De Guise, S., Fauquier, D., Gomez, F. M., Kellar, N. M., Schwacke, J. H., Speakman, T. R., Stolen, E. D., Quigley, B. M., Zolman, E. S., Smith, C. R. (2023). An expert-based system to predict population survival rate from health data. Conservation biology, e14073. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14073
Patton, P. T., Cheeseman, T., Abe, K., Yamaguchi, T., Reade, W., Southerland, K., Howard, A., Oleson, E. M., Allen, J. B., Ashe, E., Athayde, A., Baird, R. W., Basran, C., Cabrera, E., Calambokidis, J., Cardoso, J., Carrol, E. L., Cesario, A., Cheney, B. J., Corsi, E., Currie, J., Durban, J. W., Falcone, E. A., Fearnbach, H., Flynn, K., Franklin, T., Franklin, W., Galletti Vernazzani, B., Genov, T., Hill, M., Johnston, D. R., Keene, E. L., Mahaffy, S. D., McGuire, T. L., McPherson, L., Meyer, C., Michaud, R., Miliou, A., Orbach, D. N., Pearson, H. C., Rasmussen, M. H., Rayment, W. J., Rinaldi, C., Rinaldi, R., Siciliano, S., Stack, S., Tintore, B., Torres, L. G., Towers, J. R., Trotter, C., Tyson Moore, R., Weir, C. R., Wellard, R., Wells, R., Yano, K. M., Zaescmar, J. R., Bejder, L. (2023). A deep learning approach to photo-identification demonstrates high performance on two dozen cetacean species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14167
Trotter, C; Wright, N; McGough, S; Sharpe, M; Cheney, B; Arso Civil, Monica; Tyson Moore, R; Allen, J; Berggren, P. (2022). Towards Automatic Cetacean Photo-Identification: A Framework for Fine-Grain, Few-Shot Learning in Marine Ecology. IEEE Big Data, 1942-1949. https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.03646
Amber Lea D. Kincaid, Gretchen N. Lovewell, Jason B. Allen, Kim Bassos-Hull, Jessica L. Blackburn, Rebeccah A. Hazelkorn, and Randall S. Wells (2022). Necrocoitus in Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near Sarasota, Florida. Aquatic Mammals, 68(6), 693-702. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.48.6.2022.693
Cloyed, C. S., R. M. Wilson, B. C. Balmer, A. A. Hohn, L. H. Schwacke, E. S. Zolmann, M. C. Tumlin, R. S. Wells, A. A. Barleycorn, J. B. Allen and R. H. Carmichael (2021). Specialization of a mobile, apex predator affects trophic coupling among adjacent habitats. Scientific Reports, 11, 19611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99017-1
Lacy, R. C., Wells, R. S., Scott, M. D., Allen, J. B., Barleycorn, A. A., Urian, K. W., Hofmann, S. (2021). Assessing the Viability of the Sarasota Bay Community of Bottlenose Dolphins. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.788086
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
Sherman, K. K., Beaulieu-McCoy, N. E., Wurster, E. L., Wells, R. S., Smith, C. R., Barleycorn, A. A., Allen, J. B., Kellar, N. M. (2021). Serum correlation, demographic differentiation, and seasonality in common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Sarasota Bay, FL. Scientific Reports, 11, 8941. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88602-z
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
Fahlman, A., Brodsky, M., Wells, R., McHugh, K., Allen, J., Barleycorn, A., Sweeney, J.C., Fauquier, D., Moore, M. (2018). Field energetics and lung function in wild bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Sarasota Bay Florida. Royal Society Open Science, 5.0(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171280
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

Additional Publications

Balmer, B., McDonald, T., Hornsby, F., Adams, J., 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. J. Cetacean Res. Manage., 18, 1-9.