CARMMHA scientist Carl Cloyed, of the Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, tells us about his time in Sarasota Bay, FL with the rest of the CARMMHA team: During the second week of June, CARMMHA conducted a health assessment of long-term resident Sarasota Bay dolphins. It was exciting to work with these dolphins as CARMMHA co-Principal Investigator … Read more

It is the beginning of fieldwork season, so we thought we would highlight a CARMMHA consortium researcher who has been a pioneer in bottlenose dolphin research, including health assessments, since 1970. Please read on to learn more about Dr. Randy Wells, of the Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, in his own words… 1. … Read more

Marine mammal health assessments are typically designed to specifically facilitate veterinary evaluations of animals. However, situations can arise when we are able to provide medical intervention for a suffering animal. In this article, our Barataria Bay Capture Lead, Eric Zolman, describes how the members of our team responded to a dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with fishing … Read more

1. What is your role in the CARMMHA consortium? I am a co-principal investigator for CARMMHA, leading the Coastal Dolphin Health Assessment component of the consortium.  My specific roles include identifying optimal places to capture dolphins, handling individual animals, developing the methodologies to safely, efficiently, and effectively collect sample s for the 50+ projects that will be … Read more

CARMMHA is committed to GoMRI’s mission to improve society’s ability to understand, respond, and mitigate impacts of petroleum pollution and related stressors on the marine and coastal ecosystems. Our research objectives will be informative to ongoing restoration efforts, resource management, and mitigation efforts aimed at reducing the effects of stressors on cetacean populations and improving … Read more

Toxic effects of the oil resulted in some dolphin and whale stocks losing over half of their population, and without any active restoration, these stocks may take over 50 years to recover (DWH NRDA Trustees, 2016). However, questions linger about the biological mechanisms by which the oil caused illness, death, and reproductive failure, as well … Read more