Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Recent papers from Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network

1. The dolphin FRESH protocol: visual Freshwater-Related Evaluation of Skin Health in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.)Frontiers in Marine Science · 2026
2. Distributional analyses of American manatees in the continental United States under current and future conditions using multiple modeling approachesMarine Ecology Progress Series · 2025
3. Vulnerability to climate change of United States marine mammal stocks in the western North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and CaribbeanPLoS ONE · 2023
4. Forty-year historical analysis of marine mammal strandings in Texas, from 1980 – 2019˜The œjournal of cetacean research and management. Special issue · 2022
5. Preliminary Evaluation of Potential Impacts Associated with Small Cetacean Remote Biopsy Sampling by Controlled Testing on Stranded Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens · 2021
6. Effects of Coastal Construction on Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) Behavior and Habitat-Use Off Hong KongSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología · 2021
7. Mating patterns of dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) explored using an unmanned aerial vehicleMarine Mammal Science · 2020
8. Abundance and Occurrence of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Three Estuaries of the Northwestern Gulf of MexicoGulf and Caribbean Research · 2020
9. Humpback Whale Movements and Behavior in Response to Whale-Watching Vessels in Juneau, AKFrontiers in Marine Science · 2019
10. Updated abundance estimates for common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) inhabiting West Bay, TexasAquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · 2019
11. The 1990Tursiops truncatus(Common Bottlenose Dolphin) Mass Die-Off in East Matagorda Bay, Texas: New Insight into a Cold CaseSoutheastern Naturalist · 2018
12. Adrenal Gland and Lung Lesions in Gulf of Mexico Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Found Dead following the Deepwater Horizon Oil SpillPLoS ONE · 2015
13. Demographic Clusters Identified within the Northern Gulf of Mexico Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates) Unusual Mortality Event: January 2010 - June 2013PLoS ONE · 2015
14. Prenatal data impacts common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) growth parameters estimated by length‐at‐age curvesMarine Mammal Science · 2010
15. Morphology and Histology of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Adrenal Gland with Emphasis on the MedullaAnatomia Histologia Embryologia · 2005
16. Synovial Joint Disease in Wild CetaceansJournal of Wildlife Diseases · 1999
17. Morphology of the lymphoid organs of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatusJournal of Anatomy · 1999
18. Angiomatosis, A Newly Recognized Disease in Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Gulf of MexicoVeterinary Pathology · 1999
19. Isolation of fungal rDNA from bottlenose dolphin skin infected withLoboa loboiMedical Mycology · 1998
20. Morbilliviral Epizootic in Bottlenose Dolphins of the Gulf of MexicoJournal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation · 1996