Peer-Reviewed Publications
Szott, E.A., Brightwell, K. & Gibson, Q. (2022) Assessment of social mixing and spatial overlap as a pathway for disease transmission in a northeast Florida estuarine dolphin community. Mammalian Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s42991-022-00282-y
Brown, A., Romanis, C., Dvorak, P., Foss, A., Gibson, Q., Villanueva, C., Durden, W., Garvey, A., Jenkins, P., Hasler, P., Johansen, J., Neilan, B., & Casamatta, D. (2021). A new species of cryptic cyanobacteria isolated from the epidermis of a bottlenose dolphin and as a bioaerosol. Phycologia 60(6): 603-618. DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2021.1968173
Brightwell, K., Titcomb, E.M., Mazzoil, M. & Gibson, Q. (2020). Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure and distribution changes following the 2008 Unusual Mortality Event in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Marine Mammal Science 36(4):1271-1290. 1-20. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12716
Mazzoil, M., Gibson, Q., Durden, W.N., Borkowski, R., Biedenbach, G., McKenna, Z., Gordon, N., Brightwell, K., Denny, D., Howells, E., Jakush, J., Moreland, L., Perna, A., & Caldwell, M. (2020). Spatiotemporal Movements of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) in Northeast Florida, U.S. Aquatic Mammals 46(3): 285-300. DOI:1578/AM.46.3.2020.285.
Brown, A., Foss, A., Miller, M., & Gibson, Q. (2018). Detection of cyanotoxins (microcystins/nodularins) in livers from estuarine and coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Northeast Florida. Harmful Algae 76: 23-34. DOI:10.1016/j.hal.2018.04.011.
Nekolny, S., Denny, M., Biedenbach, G., Howells, E., Mazzoil, M., Durden, W.N., Moreland, L., Lambert, J.D., & Gibson, Q. (2017). Effects of study area size on home range estimates of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Current Zoology 63(6): 693-701. DOI: 10.1093/cz/zox049.
Ermak, J., Brightwell, K. & Gibson, Q. (2017). Multi-level dolphin alliances in northeastern Florida offer comparative insight into pressures shaping alliance formation. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 1096-1104. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx053.
Gibson, Q., Howells, E., Lambert, J., Mazzoil, M. & Richmond, J. (2013). The ranging patterns of female bottlenose dolphins with respect to reproductive status: Testing the concept of nursery areas. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 445: 53-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.03.020.
Dr. Gibson's Prior Publications:
Stanton, M.A., Gibson, Q.A. & Mann, J. (2011). When mum’s away: A study of mother and calf ego networks during separations in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.). Animal Behaviour 82(2): 405-412.
Gibson, Q.A. & Mann, J. (2009). Do sampling method and sample size affect basic measures of dolphin sociality? Marine Mammal Science 25(1): 187-198.
Mann, J., Sargeant, B.L., Gibson, Q.A., Heithaus, M.R., Connor, R.C. & Patterson, E. (2008). Why do dolphins carry sponges? PLoS ONE 3(12): e3868. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0003868.
Gibson, Q.A. & Mann, J. (2008). Early social development in wild bottlenose dolphins: sex differences, individual variation and maternal influence. Animal Behaviour 76(2): 375-387.
Gibson, Q.A. & Mann, J. (2008). The size, composition, and function of wild bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) mother-calf groups in Shark Bay, Australia. Animal Behaviour 76(2): 389-405.
Gibson, Q.A. (2006). Non-lethal shark attack on a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) calf. Marine Mammal Science 22(1): 192-198.
Conference Presentations
Our research team has a strong track record of presenting research findings at regional, national and international scientific conferences.