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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Forrest Townsend

Auburn University

College of Veterinary Medicine

Auburn, AL 36849

bayvet@bha.gccoxmail.com

Project List:

Consortium for Advanced Research on Marine Mammal Health Assessment (CARMMHA)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead, Research Scientist

Investigation of Mechanisms for Reproductive Failure in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Understand Population Recovery Scenarios for Cetaceans

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2020
Herrman, J. M., Morey, J. S., Takeshita, R., De Guise, S., Wells, R. S., McFee, W., et al. (2020). Age determination of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using dental radiography pulp:tooth area ratio measurements. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0242273.
Linnehan, B. K., Hsu, A., Gomez, F. M., Huston, S. M., Takeshita, R., Colegrove, K. M., et al. (2020). Standardization of Dolphin Cardiac Auscultation and Characterization of Heart Murmurs in Managed and Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Front. Vet. Sci., 7.
2019
Barratclough, A., Wells, R. S., Schwacke, L. H., Rowles, T. K., Gomez, F. M., Fauquier, D. A., et al. (2019). Health Assessments of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Past, Present, and Potential Conservation Applications. Front. Vet. Sci., 6.
Conference Presentations - 8
2019
De Guise, S., Levin, M., Jasperse, L., Gebhard, E., Herrman, J., Smith, C., et al. (2019). Changes in bottlenose dolphin immune functions associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico, a recurrence? In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.
De Guise, S., Levin, M., Jasperse, L., Gebhard, E., Herrmann, J., Smith, C., et al. (2019). Recurrence of Bottlenose Dolphin Immune Function Changes Associated With the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Gomez, F., Colegrove, K., Huston, S., Hsu, A., Linnehan, B., Takeshita, R., et al. (2019). Assessment of sublethal cardiac injury in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico following exposure to Deepwater Horizon oil associated chemicals. In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.
Schwacke, L. H., Thomas, L., Smith, C., Bossart, G., Burt, L., De Guise, S., et al. (2019). Veterinary Expert System for Outcome Prediction (VESOP): A Bayesian model to predict changes in cetacean population vital rates from measures of individual health. In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.
Smith, C., Gomez, F., Colegrove, C., Rowles, T., Balmer, B., Takeshita, R., et al. (2019). The Long-Term Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Bottlenose Dolphins and the Development of Advanced Diagnostic Tools to Better Characterize Injury and Recovery. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Smith, C., Gomez, F., Ivancic, M., Musser, W., Barratclough, A., Meegan, J., et al. (2019). New diagnostic techniques to characterize fetal, placental, and maternal health in bottlenose dolphins following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.
2017
Sharp, S., Cendejas, V., Baird, M., Gomez, F., Meegan, J., Townsend, F., et al. (2017). Using blood gas analysis and capnography to determine oxygenation status in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Halifax, Canada : 10/22/17-10/27/17.
Smith, C., Schwacke, L., Venn-Watson, S., Gomez, F., Sharp, S., Rowles, T., et al. (2017). Investigating Mechanisms for Reproductive Failure Among Bottlenose Dolphins in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.