Publications

Andrew Baker, Iliana Baums, Sarah Davies, Andrea Grottoli, Carly Kenkel, Sheila Kitchen, Ilsa Kuffner, Mikhail Matz, Margaret Miller, Erinn Muller, John Parkinson, Carlos Prada, Andrew Shantz, Ruben van Hooidonk, Scott Winters (2025). Proactive assisted gene flow for Caribbean corals in an era of rapid coral reef decline. Science, 389(6758), 344-347. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx5842

Andrea G Grottoli, Ann Marie Hulver, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Robert J Toonen, Emily R Schmeltzer, Ilsa B Kuffner, Katie L Barott, Iliana B Baums, Karl D Castillo, Leila Chapron, Marie Alice Coffroth, David J Combosch, Adrienne M S Correa, Eric D Crandall, Megan Donahue, Jose M Eirin-Lopez, Thomas Felis, Christina Ferrier-Pages, Hugo B Harrison, Scott F Heron, Danwei Huang, Adriana Humanes, Carly D Kenkel, Thomas Krueger, Joshua Madin, Mikhail V Matz, Lisa C McManus, Monica Medina, Erinn M Muller, Jacqueline L Padilla-Gamino, Hollie M Putnam, Yvonne Sawal, Tom Shlesinger, Michael J Sweete, Christina R Voolstra, Virginia M Weis, Christian Wild, Henry C Wu (2025). Future of coral bleaching research. BioScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf066

Erin T. Spencer, Lisa A. Hoopes, Jack J. Morris, Demian D. Chapman, Valerie Hagan, Mark Johnson, Nicholas L. Payne, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Ruth E. Dunn & Yannis P. Papastamatiou (2025). Energetic benefit of prey choice for a shark-eating shark. Oecologia, 207(113). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05758-5

Alexi S. Pearson-Lund, Sara D. Williams, Katherine R. Eaton, Abigail S. Clark, Nathanial Hanna Holloway, Kristen A. Ewen, Erinn M. Muller (2025). Evaluating the effect of amoxicillin treatment on the microbiome of Orbicella faveolata with Caribbean yellow band disease. Applied and environmental microbiology, e02407-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02407-24

Brady, Beth A.; Ramos, Eric A.; Lasala, Jake A.; Ferrell, Zoe Nadine R.; Kaney, Nicholas A.; Martinez, E.; Illescas, Maria Renee Areolla; Arena, Joe (2025). Captive Male and Female West Indian Manatees Display Variable Vocal and Behavioral Responses to Playbacks of Conspecifics. Marine Mammal Science, e70038. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70038

Sequeira, A., Rodriguez, J., et al (2025). Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets. Science, 388(6751), 1086-1097. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0239

Spencer, E. T., Hoopes, L. A., Morris, J. J., Chapman, D. D., Hagan, V., & Papastamatiou, Y. P. (2025). Searching day and night: diel hierarchical search patterns in a large marine predator that never stops swimming. Animal Behaviour, 223, 123152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123152

Dziobak, M. K., Curtian, T., Wells, R. S., Takeshita, R., Smith, C. R., Zolman, E., Toms, C. N., Allen, R. F., Hart, L. B. (2025). Comparing phthalate exposure between bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) residing in urban and rural environments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1554075

Wilkinson, K. A., Langan, J. N., Meegan, J. M., Toms, C. N., Faulkner Allen, R., Sweeney, J. C., Fauquier, D. A., Kiszka, J. J., Hostnik, E. T., Barratclough, A., Walsh, M. T., Wells, R. S. (2025). Case Report: Shark bite resulting in a urethral obstruction and urinary tract-body wall fistula in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1551129

Kerri M. Scolardi, Krystan A. Wilkinson, William H. Aeberhard (2025). Long-term aerial monitoring of Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris in a diverse Gulf Coast environment. Endangered Species Research, 56, 213-230. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01394

Wilson, M. W., Bigler, M., Renaud-Byrne, G., Gutiérrez Plata, S., Hylkema, A., Patterson, J., Pilnick, A., Spadaro, A. J., & Williams, S. M. (2025). Employing invertebrates to restore herbivory on Caribbean coral reefs: recent developments and remaining barriers. Restoration Ecology, e70025. http://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70025

Gulland, F. M. D., Asmutis-Silvia, R., Boehm, J., DiGiovanni Jr., R. A., Goertz, C. E. C., Huggins, J. L., Lovewell, G. N., Moore, K. M., & West, K. (2025). Marine Mammal Stranding Networks in the 21st Century: Whence and Whither?. Marine Mammal Science, e70016. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70016

Wells, R. S. and McHugh, K. A. (2025). Bottlenose dolphin community structure along Florida’s Gulf coast. Animal Behaviour, 225, 123229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123229

Baldachini, M., Papale, E., Shearer, J. M., Wells, R. S., & Jensen, F. H. (2025). Drivers of biosonar click rates in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) over the West Florida Shelf. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1558655

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

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

Devanshi Kasana, Hector Daniel Martinez, Julio Sánchez-Jiménez, Elisa M. Areano-Barillas, Kevin A. Feldheim, Demian D. Chapman (2025). Hunt for the Easter sharks: a genetic analysis of shark and ray meat markets in Guatemala. Fisheries Research , 283, 107300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107300

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

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