• Consolidating the Record: Florida Environmental Collections FLA Posters 

  Stover, Susan; Donovan, Gail; Mahaney, Erin; Gamble, Alyson (2014-08-08)

  Posters on Consolidating the Record. This publication describes activities leading to the development of a subject specific collection guide focused on environmental resource materials. The Guide is intended to be utilized ...
• Hybrid speciation in a marine mammal: The clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) 

  Amarel, Ana; Lovewell, Gretchen; Coelho, Maria; et al. (PLOS One, 2014-01)

  Natural hybridization may result in the exchange of genetic material between divergent lineages and even the formation of new taxa. Many of the Neo-Darwinian architects argued that, particularly for animal clades, natural ...
• Bibliography of the Collected Papers from Mote Marine Laboratory volumes 1-17, 1957-2011, including a list of 2012-2013 publications. 

  Hale, Kay K.; Stover, Susan M. (Arthur Vining Davis Library & Archives, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida., 2013-12-06)

  This searchable bibliography lists the Mote staff publications, including their Contribution Number, from 1957 through 2011. A preliminary list of staff publications from 2012-2013 is also included.
• Sharks in perspective. 

  Gilbert, Perry W. (Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, Arlington, Va., 1978)

  Except for occasional flutters of publicity when attacks occurred, sharks were of academic interest to only a few scientists before World War II. Then, when servicemen were victims of air and sea disasters and met sharks ...
• Serological changes associated with gill-net capture and restraint in three species of sharks. 

  Manire, Charles A.; Hueter, Robert E.; Hull, E.; Spieler, Richard E. (American Fisheries Society, 2001)

  Activities are to investigate the biochemical effects of capture and restraint on sharks. 17 serum constituents were measured in three species (bonnethead shark Sphyrna tiburo, blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus, and ...
• Underwater visual acuity of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 

  Bauer, Gordon B.; Colbert, Debborah E.; Gaspard III, Joseph C.; Littlefield, Brandie; Fellner, Wendi (International Society for Comparative Psychology, 2003)

  In Experiment 1 underwater visual acuity was assessed in two Florida manatees, Trichechus manatus latirostris, using grating stimuli in three conditions: Vertical gratings presented in freshwater, vertical gratings in ...
• Mating behavior, egg deposition, incubation period, and hatching in the clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria. 

  Luer, Carl A.; Gilbert, Perry W. (Dr W . Junk Publishers, Dordrecht ., 1995)

  Adult clearnose skates, Raja eglanteria, were captured during the winters of 1981 and 1983 off of Longboat Key in Florida, and observed to mate in captivity. Mating and egg depositions took place on the central west coast ...
• Learning from nature: bottlenose dolphin care and husbandry. 

  Wells, Randall S. (Wiley-Liss, Inc., 2009)

  The world’s longest-running study of a wild dolphin population, operated by the Chicago Zoological Society since 1989, has focused on the multi-generational resident community of about 160 bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota ...
• Tarpon tracking research at Boca Grande. 

  Edwards, Randy E. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 1994)

  This article appears in Mote News from the Winter, 1994 issue, Charlotte Harbor - Back to our Roots. It discusses fishery studies conducted at Mote Marine Laboratory and describes tarpon research and the different methods ...
• Charlotte Harbor's Seagrass Beds. 

  Marshall, Michael J. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 1994)

  This article appears in Mote News from the Winter, 1994 issue, Charlotte Harbor - Back to our Roots. It discusses possible causes of damage and loss of seagrass beds in the Charlotte Harbor area, and ways to minimize harm ...
• The Lands and Rivers of Charlotte Harbor. 

  Estevez, Ernest D. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 1994)

  This article appears in Mote News from the Winter, 1994 issue, Charlotte Harbor - Back to our Roots. It discusses the Charlotte Harbor ecosystem and how the land and rivers associated with and connected to the Harbor ...
• The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, from Florida and California, with comments on its biology and systematics. 

  Springer, Stewart; Gilbert, Perry W. (The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1976)

  The known range of the basking shark is extended to the Gulf of Mexico by an adult female taken alive at Sarasota, Florida. Comparisons of some characters of the specimens are made with those of an adult male found in ...
• Versions 1-6 of an Ecological Condition Index for Sarasota County's urbanizing tidal streams. 

  Estevez, Ernest D. (2006)

  This is presentation slides prepared by Dr. Ernest Estevez of the Ecological Condition Index for Sarasota County's urbanizing tidal streams. Included in the discussion is identification of sampling sites and the study of ...
• Mote Marine Laboratory's Center for Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Research. 

  Unknown author (2005)

  This paper represents a Power Point presentation describing the mission and activities of Mote Marine Laboratory's Center for Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Research. Five programs of field and laboratory research are ...
• The geographical movements of whale sharks tagged with pop-up archival satellite tags off Quintana Roo, Mexico. 

  Hueter, Robert E.; Tyminski, John P.; de la Parra, Rafael (2008)

  This document was produced for a conference entitled 'Proceedings of the 2nd International Whale Shark Conference, Holbox, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 15-20 July 2008'. It describes and illustrates activities of a tagging project ...
• The red tide story. 

  Heyl, Michael G. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 1978)

  This paper describes the red tide bloom in Florida, the development and abundance, possible causes of red tide and how it grows, and the ways it is harmful to organisms including fish and other marine life as well as humans, ...
• What is the value of a unique, long-term dolphin research and conservation program? 

  Wells, Randall S. (Chicago Zoological Society, 2013-01)

  This article describes the value of research and conservation efforts for bottlenose dolphins located in Sarasota Bay, Florida. A summary of the program is described as well as the various threats that dolphins have faced ...
• Processing manual for Mote Library and Archives : a guide for staff and volunteers. 

  Mahaney, Erin (2013-02-07)

  This item is Appendix C from the Policies and Procedures for Special Collections. It provides an overview of the principles and best practices for archival processing, as well as specific rules and guidelines for processing ...
• Mote Library and Archives disaster plan : preparation, aftermath, and recovery. 

  Mahaney, Erin (2013-02-07)

  This item is Appendix B from the Policies and Procedures for Special Collections and provides guidelines for handling a disaster in the Mote Library and Archives. This disaster plan provides policies and procedures for ...
• Preservation plan for special collections. 

  Mahaney, Erin (2013-02-06)

  This item is Appendix A from the Policies and Procedures for Special Collections, and discusses ways the Mote Library and Archives practices preservation for its collections, both general and special. This item includes ...

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