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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 ...

Dispersion and abundance of wood habitat on the Santa Fe and Lower Suwannee River systems in relation to flow and flow-related variables. A report of findings.

Estevez, Ernest D.; Sprinkel, Jay M. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2000-02)

So far as known, wood dispersion and abundance in Florida streams are unstudied, especially with reference to the vertical dispersion of wood along river banks. The present study therefore sought to describe the vertical ...

Oyster habitat assessment in Little Sarasota Bay. Final report.

Leverone, Jay R. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-10-01)

This report describes a project involving conducting an assessment of existing oyster beds and an analysis of water quality data in the Little Sarasota Bay area in Florida. This was to be done prior to any oyster bed ...

Partitioning release mortality in the undersized red snapper bycatch: comparison of depth vs. hooking effects.

Burns, Karen M.; Parnell, Nicholas F.; Wilson, Raymond R. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2004-03-05)

Red snapper support important commercial and recreational fisheries in both the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic. Due to critical management issues concerning this species, it has been targeted for high priority research. ...

Abundance, movement and habitat use of the smalltooth sawfish. Final report.

Simpfendorfer, Colin A. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003)

The purpose of this research project was to begin to address the lack of scientific data available on smalltooth sawfish by investigating their distribution and abundance in southwest Florida, and studying their movement ...

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 ...

Pharmacokinetics of ticarcillin in the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, after single intravenous and intramuscular injections.

Manire, Charles A. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003)

Pharmacokinetic studies of drugs used in endangered and threatened sea turtles are extremely limited. This study was undertaken to provide a drug dosage for sea turtles for ticarcillin, a semi-synthetic anti-pseudomonal ...

Caloosahatchee River and estuary collaborative research plan. Final report, 2002-2003 field study.

Kirkpatrick, Gary J. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-09-24)

This report describes the results of a collaborative program with goals to describe the present-day conditions of the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary study area. Objectives are also to determine and empirically evaluate ...

Life history, essential habitat and stock assessment of highly migratory sharks in U.S. and Mexican waters: Fisheries research by The Center for Shark Research, 2001-2002. Final report.

Hueter, Robert E. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-04-30)

The primary emphasis of this research and information program involved biological assessments of sharks as a fishery resource. This project addressed major gaps in our resource information base for the blacktip shark, a ...

Studies in Matlacha Isles and other areas of southwestern Florida: facilitating adult survival estimations in southwestern Florida and documenting manatee habitat use patterns. Final report.

Reynolds, John E.; Barton, Sheri L.; Nostrom, Rachel V.; Kessenich, Teresa J. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-05-30)

The goals of the project included continuing the photo-identification efforts of Manatees in southwestern Florida, particularly in Matlacha Isles; to supplement efforts by State personnel to conduct the photo-identification ...

Sensory processes of manatees. Final report.

Bauer, Gordon B.; Mann, David A.; Reynolds, John E.; Colbert, Debborah (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-05-11)

This report describes two projects, Visual Acuity in Florida Manatees and Auditory Brainstem Responses [ABR]: Sensory Evoked Potential Studies in Manatees. The Visual Acuity report is composed of the text of a manuscript ...

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 ...

Spatial variability in coral-algal symbiosis within polyps and colonies: developing methods to investigate symbiont acquisition and expulsion and assess the management potential of inoculating corals with resilient algae. Interim report.

Baker, Andrew C.; Jones, Paul R. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2011)

The initial goals of this project are to design and rigorously evaluate the specificity of oligonucleotide probes required for the identification and localization of algal symbionts (Symbiodinium spp.) in reef corals using ...

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 ...

A characterization of boat traffic in Terra Ceia Bay, Florida. Final report.

Gorzelany, Jay F. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-05-30)

While boater compliance studies serve as an important management tool for evaluating the effectiveness of existing speed zones, most studies have done systematic data collection prior to sign placement. As a result, most ...

Calibration of winter manatee counts at power plants. Final report.

Edwards, Holly H.; Reynolds, John E.; Ackerman, Bruce B.; Pollock, Kenneth H.; Powell, James A. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-05-30)

The purpose of this project was to assess the optimal conditions under which to obtain the highest counts of manatees at the Tampa Electric Company's Apollo Beach power plant in Florida; to determine the percentage of ...

MarineLab student water quality monitoring program. Programmatic report, interim report.

Egner, Sarah (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2010-09-29)

This report describes a project which involved obtaining water samples at least every two weeks at Florida Bay stations by student groups at MarineLab. Water quality testing was done and data was gathered. The data was ...

Upper Keys coral reef classroom. Interm report, programmatic report.

Pulfer, Jessica (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2010)

This report describes activities of coral reef classroom programs conducted by Mote Marine Laboratory in the Florida Upper Keys. There was a total of nine classroom programs, each including a classroom and a field component. ...

Diagnostic indicators of manatee immune function. Final report.

Walsh, Catherine J.; Romano, T.R.; Stott, Jeffrey L.; Manire, Charles A. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-05-13)

The purpose of this project was to initiate development of reliable indicators of manatee immune health with potential diagnostic utility. The long-term goal is to develop a panel of diagnostic indicators of manatee immune ...

Manatee acoustics and the manatee-watercraft issue. Final report.

Reynolds, John E. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2003-05-30)

The purpose of this report was to develop a position paper on manatee acoustics and the manatee-watercraft issues. The paper concludes that manatees in Florida appear, under many circumstances to hear motorboats, but ...

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