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1. Bergfelt DR, Steinetz BG, Reif JS, Schaefer AM, Bossart GD, Mazzoil MS, Zolman E, Fair PA. Evaluation of single-sample analysis of progesterone in combination with relaxin for diagnosis of pregnancy in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Aquatic Mammals 39(2):198-206 2013

2. Wirth JR, Peden-Adams MM, White ND, Bossart GD, Fair PA. In Vitro PFOS exposure on immune endpoints in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and mice. Journal of Applied Toxicology. (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI 10.1002/jat.2891. 2013

3. Camus AC, Dill JA, McDermott AJ, Clauss TM, Berliner AL, Boylan SM, Soto E, Francisella noatunensis subsp. Orientalis infection in Indo-Pacific reef fish entering the United States through the ornamental fish trade. Journal of Fish Diseases 2013

4. Cray C, Arheart KL, Hunt M, Clauss TM, Leppert LL, Roberts K, McCulloch SD, Goldstein JD, Gonzalez C, Sweeney J, Stone R, Fair PA, Bossart GD, Acute phase protein quantitation in serum samples from healthy Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 25(1):107-111 2013

5. Bossart GD, Hurley W, Biedenbach G, Denny M, Borkowski R, Goricki C, Searcy E, Roberts K, Reif J, Pathologic findings in stranded cetaceans from northeastern Florida. Florida Scientist 76(1):36-50 2013

6. Goldstein JD, Shaefer AM, McCulloch SD, Fair PA, Bossart GD, Reif JS, Clinicopathologic findings from Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with cytologic evidence of gastric inflammation. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43(4):730-738 2012

7. Fair PA, Houde M, Hulsey TC, Bossart GD, Adams J, Balthis L, Muir DCG, Assessment of perflourinated compounds (PFCs) in plasma of bottlenose dolphins from two southeast US estuarine areas: Relationship with age, sex and geographic locations. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64:66-74 2012

8. Mazzaro LM, Johnson SP, Fair PA, Bossart GD, Carlin KP, Jensen ED, Smith CR, Andrews GA, Chavey PS, Venn-Watson S, Iron Indices in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Comparative Medicine 62(6):508-515 2012

9. Scheifele PM, Johnson MT, Kretschmer L, Clark JG, Kemper D, Potty G, Ambient habitat noise and vibration at the Georgia Aquarium . Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, online publication 2012

10. Salter CE, O’Donnell K, Sutton D, Marancik DP, Knowles S, Clauss TM, Berliner AL, Camus AC, Dematitis and systemic mycosis in lined seahorses Hippocampus erectus associated with a marine-adapted Fusarium solani species complex pathogen. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 101:23-32 2012

11. Rehtanz M, Bossart GD , Fair PA, Reif JS, Ghim SJ, Jenson AB, Papillomaviruses and herpesviruses: Who is who in genital tumor development of free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)? Veterinary Microbiology 160:297-304 2012

12. Meegan J, Sidor IF, Field C , Roddy N, Sirpenski G, Dunn JL, Endoscopic evaluation and biopsy collection of the gastrointestinal tract in the green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris): Application in a case of chronic mucus gland hyperplasia. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42(3):615-620 2012

13. McFee WE, Adams JD, Fair PA, Bossart GD, Age distribution and growth of two Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) populations from capture-release studies in the southeastern United States. Aquatic Mammals38(1):17-30 2012

14. Hyatt MW, Anderson PA, O’Donnell PM, Berzins IK, Assessment of acid-base derangements among bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) , bull (Carcharinus leucas) and lemon (Negaprion brevirostris) sharks from gillnet and longline capture and handling methods. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 162:113-120 2012

15. Field C, Tuttle AD, Sidor IF, Nyaoke K, Deering KM, Gilbert-Marchetrerre K, Risatti G, Spoon T, Meegan J, Romano TA, Frasca Jr. S, Dunn JL. Systemic mycosis in a California Sea Lioin (Zalophus californianus) with detection of Cystofilobasidiales DNE. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43(1):144-152 2012

16. Field C, Beaufrere H, Wakamatsu N, Raemacher N, MacLean R, Discospondylitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus in an African Black-footed Penguin (Spheniscus demersus). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 26(4):232-238 2012

17. Field C, Tablin F, Response of Northern Elephant Seal platelets to pressure and temperature changes: A comparison with human platelets. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 162:289-295 2012

18. Dove ADM, Leisen J, Zhou M, Byrne JJ, Lim-Hing K, Webb HD, Gelbaum L, Viant, MR, Kubanek J, Fernandez F, Biomarkers of Whale Shark Health: A Metabolomic Approach. PLoS ONE 7(11):1-10 2012

19. Carlson BA, Feeding activity by the blenny Excallias brevis causes multifocal bleaching in corals: Comment on Zvuloni et al. (2011). Marine Ecology Progress Series 463:297-299 2012

20. Biancani B, Field C, Dennison S, Pulver R, Tuttle A, Hiatal Hernia in a Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pup. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43(2):355-359 2012

21. Schaefer AM, Stavros HCW, Bossart GD, Fair PA, Goldstein JD, Reif JS, Association between Mercury and hepatic, renal, endocrine, and hematological parameters in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)along the eastern coast of Florida and South Carolina. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 61:688-695 2011

22. Mazzoil M, Murdoch E, Reif JS, Bechdel SE, Howells E, De Sieyes M, Lawrence C, Bossart GD, McCulloch SD, Site fidelity and movement of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) on Florida’s east coast: Atlantic Ocean and Indian River Lagoon estuary. Florida Scientist, 74(1):25-37 2011

23. Marancik DP, Berliner AL, Cavin JM, Clauss TM, Dove ADM, Sutton D, Wickes BL, Camus AC, Disseminated Fungal Infection in Two Species of Captive Sharks. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 42(4):686-693 2011

24. Dona MG, Rehnatz M, Adimey NM, Bossart GD, Jenson AB, Bnde RK, Ghim SJ, Seroepidemiology of TmPV1 Infection in Captive and Wild Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47(3): 673-684 2011

25. de la Parra Venegas R, Hueter R, Gonzalez Cano J, Tyminski J, Gregorio Remolina J, Maslanka M, Ormos A, Weigt L, Carlson B, Dove ADM, An Unprecedented Aggregation of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Mexican Coastal Waters of the Caribbean Sea. PLoS ONE, 6(4):1-8 2011

26. Cipriano RC, Dove ADM, Far from Superficial: Microbial Diversity Associated With The Skin And Mucus Of Fish, Book Chapter: “Bridging America and Russia with shared perspectives on aquatic animal health” pps:156-167 2011

27. Camus M, Hyatt MW, Clauss TM, Berliner AL, Camus AC, Chromatophoroma in a crevice kelpfish (Gibbonsia montereyensis). Veterinary Clinical Pathology 40(4):549-552 2011

28. Bossart GD, Marine Mammals as Sentinel Species for Oceans and Human Health. Veterinary Pathology 48(3):676-690 2011

29. Morris PJ, Johnson WR, Pisani J, Bossart GD , Adams J, Reif JS, Fair PA Isolation of culturable microorganisms from free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the southeastern United States. Veterinary Microbiology 148:440-447 2011

30. Murdoch ME, Mazzoil M, McCulloch S, Bechdel S, O’Corry-Crowe G, Bossart GD, Reif JS, Lacaziosis in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, along the coastal Atlantic Ocean, Florida USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 92:69-73 2011

31. Stavros HCW, Stolen M, Durden WN, McFee W, Bossart GD, Fair PA, Correlation and toxicological inference of trace elements in tissues from stranded and free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Chemosphere 82:1649-1661 2011

32. Staggs L, St. Leger J, Bossart GD, Townsend Jr. FI, Hicks C, Rinaldi M A Novel Case of Fusarium oxysporum Infection in an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) . Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 41(2): 287-290 2010

33. Rehnatz M, Ghim SJ, McFee W, Doescher B, Lacave G, Fair PA, Reif JS, Bossart GD , Jenson AB, Papillomaviruses antibody prevalence in free-ranging and captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(1):136-145 2010

34. Motta PJ, Maslanka M, Hueter R, Davis RL, de la Parra R, Mulvaney SL, Habegger ML, Strother JA, Mara KR, Gardiner JM, Tyminski JP, Zeigler LD , Feeding anatomy, filter-feeding rate, and diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus during surface ram filter feeding off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Zoology 113:199-212 2010

35. Meegan J, Field C , Sidor I, Romano T, Casinghino S, Smith CR, Kashinsky L, Fair PA, Bossart GD, Wells R, Dunn JL, Development, validation, and utilization of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies against Brucella species in marine mammals. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 22:856-862 2010

36. Katsu Y, Kohno S, Narita H, Urushitani H, Yamane K, Hara A, Clauss TM, Walsh MT, Miyagawa S, Guillette Jr LJ, Iguchi T, Cloning and functional characterization of Chondricthyes, cloudy catshark, Scyliorhinus torazame and whale shark Rhincodon typus estrogen receptors. General and Comparative Endocrinology 168:496-504 2010

37.  Dove ADM , Arnold J, Clauss TM , Blood cells and serum chemistry in the world’s largest fish: the whale shark Rhincodon typus . Aquatic Biology 9:177-183 2010

38.  Bossart GD , Reif JS, Schaefer AM, Goldstein J, Fair PA, Saliki JT, Morbillivirus infection in free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southeastern United States: Seroepidemiologic and pathologic evidence of subclinical infection. Veterinary Microbiology 143:160-166 2010

39. Schaefer, AM, Goldstein JD, Reif JS, Fair PA, Bossart GD , Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms Cultured from Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Inhabiting Estuarine Waters of Charleston SC and Indian River Lagoon, Fl. EcoHealth 6:33-41 2009

40. Mollenhauer MAM, Carter BJ, Peden-Adams MM, Bossart GD , Fair PA, Gene expression changes in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) skin cells following exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) or perfluorrooctane sulfonate (PFOS). Aquatic Toxicology 91:10-18 2009

41. Johnson WR, Tarralba M, Fair PA, Bossart GD , Nelson K, Morris PJ, Novel diversity of bacterial communities associated with bottlenose dolphin upper respiratory tracts. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1(6): 55-562 2009

42. Houde M, Pacepavicius G, Darling C, Fair PA, Alaee M, Bossart GD , Solomon KR, Letcher RJ, Bergman A, Marsh G, Muir DCG, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and their Hydroxylated Analogs in Plasma of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops turncatus) from the United States East Coast. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28(10): 2061-2068 2009

43. Fire SE, Wang Z, Leighfield TA, Morton SL, McFee WE, McLellan WA, Litaker RW, Tester PA, Hohn AA, Lovewell G, Harms C, Rotstein DS, Barco SG, Costidis A, Sheppard B, Bossart GD , Stolen M, Durden WN, Van Dolah FW, Domoic acid exposure in pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia spp) from southeastern and mid-Atlantic US waters. Harmful Algae 8:658-664 2009

44. Reif JS, Peden-Adams MM, Romano TA, Rice CD, Fair PA, Bossart GD , Immune dysfunction in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with lobomycosis . Medical Mycology 47:125-135 2009 Rehnatz M, Bossart GD, Doescher B, Rector A, Van Rast M, Fair PA, Jenson AB, Ghim SJ, Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) papillomaviruses: Vaccine antigen candidates and screening test development. Veterinary Microbiology 133: 43-53 2009

45. Fair PA, Lee HB, Adams J, Darling C, Pacepavicius MA, Bossart GD , Henry N, Muir D, Occurrence of triclosan in plasma of wild Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and their environment. Environmental Pollution 157:2248-2254 2009

46. Stavros HCW, Bossart GD , Hulsey TC, Fair PA, Trace element concetrations in blodd of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Influence of age, sex and location. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56:348-379 2008

47. Rector A, Stevens H, Lacave G, Lemey P, Mostmans S, Salbany A, Vos M, Van Doorslaer K, Ghim SJ, Rehtanz M, Bossart GD , Jenson AB, Van Ranst M, Genomic characterization of novel dolphin papillomaviruses provides indications for recombination within the Papillomavairidae. Virology 378:151-161 2008

48. Murdoch ME, Reif JS, Mazzoil M, McCulloch SD, Fair PA, Bossart GD , Lobomycosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida: Estimation of Prevalence, Temporal Trends, and Spatial Distribution. EcoHealth 5: 289-297 2008

49. Montie EW, Fair PA, Bossart GD , Mitchum GB, Houde M, Muir DCG, Letcher RJ, McFee WE, Starczak VR, Stegeman JJ, Hahn ME, Cytochrome P4501A1 expression, polychlorinated biphenyls and hydroxylated metabolites, and adipocyte sixe of bottlenose dolphins from the Southeast United States. Aquatic Toxicology 86:397-412 2008

50. Mazzoil MS, Kilpatrick DS, Murdoch ME, Mase-Guthrie B, Odell DK, Bossart GD, Radio-Tracking and Survivorship of Two Rehabilitated Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon. Aquatic Mammals, 34(1) 54-64 2008

51.  Mazzoil M, Reif JS, Youngbluth M, Murdoch EM, Bechdel SE, Howells E, McColluch SD, Hansen LJ, Bossart GD, Home Ranges of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon, Fl. EcoHealth 5:278-288 2008

52. Fayer R, Fair PA, Bossart GD , Santin M, Examination of Naturally Exposed Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for Microsporidia, Cryptosporidium, and Giardia. Journal of Parasitology, 94(1): 143-147 2008

53. Carlson BA, Randall JE, Dawson MN, A new Species of Epiblulus (Perciformes: Labridae) from the West Pacific. Copeia 2008(2): 476-483 2008

54. Bartlett SL, Wooster GA, Sokolowski MS, Dove ADM, Bowser PR, Naturally occurring bacteraemia in American lobsters Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards, in Long Island Sound. Journal of Fish Diseases, 31: 19-25 2008

55. Adams J, Houde M, Muir D, Speakmand T,Bossart G, Fair P, Land use and the spatial distribution of perfluoroalkyl compounds as measured in the plasma of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Marine Environmental Research 66:430-437 2008

56. Dove ADM, Defining Parasite Communities Is a Challenge for Neutral Theory. Journal of Parasitology, 92(3):673-675 2008

57. Clarke LM, Dove ADM, Conover DO, Prevalence, Intensity and effect of a nematode (Philometra saltatrix) in the ovaries of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Fishery Bulletin 104(1) 12: 118-124 2008

58. Vianna RT, Boeger WA, Dove ADM, Neotropical Monogenoidea.51. Scutalatus magniancortatus gen. et. Sp. N. (Gyrodactylidae) from South-American electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, (Gymnotidae, Gymnotiformes) and redescription of Mormygyrodactylus Gemini from the African bullfrog, Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Mormyridae, Osteoglossiformes). Acta Zoologica 88:89-94 2007

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