Graduate Students: Past Student Research

Age Estimation in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops spp.); Epigenetics as a Conservation Tool.

Physiological Responses of Common Sea Stars (Asterias rubens)
Following Short-term Environmental Stressor Exposures.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aquatic Abiotic and Biotic Matrices and Tools to Assess Their Subsequent Impact on Environmental Health.

Lipid and Hormone Indicators of Reproductive Status in Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris).

Glyphosate Exposure and its Immune Consequences in Florida Manatees.

Patterns of Mortality and the Molecular Identification of Enteric Trematodes in Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Calves.

Characterization of a Novel Picornavirus Isolated from Moribund Aquacultured Clownfish.

Gonadal Function, Semen Characterization, and Morphometry of the Spermatozoa in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris).

Developing an Innovative and Safe Protective Immunity Enhanced Salmonella Vaccine against Brucella melitensis.

Genetic Diversity, Diet, and Habitat Quality of the African Manatee (Trichechus senagalensis) in the Downstream of the Sanaga River Watershed, Cameroon.

The Role of Otarine Herpesvirus 1 in California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Urogenital Carcinoma.

Detection and Characterization of Emerging Pathogens in Stranded Cetaceans.

Establishing the coagulation profile of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and identifying coagulopathies in the pathophysiology of cold stress syndrome in the Florida manatee.

Adenoviruses in pinnipeds: California sea lion adenovirus 1 in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and the diversity of adenoviruses in Otarid seals

Pedigree Analysis in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Protein Biomarkers of Head Trauma/Disease in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Ecology and Genetics of the West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis).

Tactile Abilities of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

The Morphology of the Venous System in the Head and Neck of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Evaluation of the Nutrition of Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Immunological Investigations in the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus).

Trace Metal Concentrations and the Physiological Role of Zinc in the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus).

Description of the Chemical Senses of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Relation to Reproduction

Histological and Morphometric Investigation of the Thymus of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

The relationship between water chemistry and goiter development in two species of bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium spp

Discovery, phylogenetic analysis, diagnostic test development, and surveillance of the astroviruses of marine mammals

Population Genetics and Conservation of the Florida Manatee: Past, present, and future

Evaluating the clinical significance of alphaherpesviruses in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Molecular Responses of Normal and Neoplastic Epithelial Cells to Brevetoxin-3 (PbTx-3) Exposure.

Metomidate hydrochloride as a sedative for transportation of selected ornamental fishes

Development of novel molecular and serological diagnostic assays for the rapid and differential detection of marine mammal morbilliviruses.

Sirenian conservation genetics and Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) cytogenetics

Characterization of two novel marine caliciviruses: Molecular and serological approaches for improved diagnostics

Spirorchiid trematodes of sea turtles in Florida: Associated disease, diversity, and life cycle studies

Integumentary lesions known as PIX in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).

Reproductive and stress analyses in West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus).

Monitoring oral temperature, heart rate, and respiration rate of field-captured Florida and Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris and T. m. manatus).

Conservation genetics of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris.

The Florida manatee somatosensory system.

Detection and molecular characterization of cetacean and pinniped poxviruses associated with cutaneous lesions

Skeletal biomechanics of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 

Histologic examination of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) integument

Development of a competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CI ELISA) for serosurvey of marine mammals for West Nile virus.

Poxvirus infections in North American pinnipeds

Molecular identification and genetic characterization of cetacean herpesviruses and porpoise morbillivirus.

Detection and molecular characterization of manatee papillomavirus associated with cutaneous lesions in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 

Corneal vascularization in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris).

Diagnosis of systemic inflammatory disease in manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)