• Post-Nuchal Depression as an Indicator of Health in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) 

  Reed, Lynnette; McHugh, Katie; Wells, Randall S. (2015-08-26)

  Health assessments for resident dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida provide direct measurements of body condition for a subset of animals each year. However, directly handling dolphins can be stressful to the animal, involves ...
• Effects of toxic elements on blood analytes of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting on Casey Key, Florida 

  Poor, Savannah; Perrault, Justin R.; Stacy, Nicole I.; Walsh, Catherine J. (2015-08-26)

  Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are an internationally threatened species and are protected under the U.S Endangered Species Act. Numerous factors contribute to the threatened status of loggerheads such as habitat ...
• Microbiome, Macro Benefits 

  Orlando, Megan; Larsen, Andrea; Walsh, Cathy (2015-08-26)

  The presence of bacteria in the blood is often considered a sign of disease but a number of studies have identified bacteria in the blood of apparently healthy individuals. Discovering a healthy blood microbiome would ...
• The effect of the presence of Syringodium filiforme on the physiology of Acropora cervicornis under ocean acidification conditions 

  Irgebay, Zhazira; Shepherd, Cathrine G.; Hall, Emily R. (2015-08-26)

  The increase of carbon emissions into the atmosphere is shifting the ocean chemistry, decreasing the pH and increasing the temperature, which can ultimately have detrimental effects on the physiology of calcifying organisms, ...
• Diet Analysis of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in Sarasota County, FL 

  Griffin, Mackenzie; Lovewell, Gretchen; Hazelkorn, Rebeccah (2015-08-26)

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