Megan Stolen
SeaWorld Entertainment
26 Papers
102 Citations
Megan Stolen is an academic researcher from SeaWorld Entertainment. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bottlenose dolphin & Biology. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications.
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Papers
Correlation and toxicological inference of trace elements in tissues from stranded and free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Hui-Chen W. Stavros,Megan Stolen,Wendy Noke Durden,Wayne E. McFee,Gregory D. Bossart,Patricia A. Fair +5 more
TL;DR: The present study provides the first application of trace element concentrations derived from stranded bottlenose dolphins to predict liver concentrations in free-ranging populations and indicates that skin may be useful in predicting Hg concentrations in liver tissue offree-ranging dolphins.
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Domoic acid exposure in pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia spp.) from southeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S. waters §
Spencer E. Fire,Zhihong Wang,Tod A. Leighfield,Steve L. Morton,Wayne E. McFee,William A. McLellan,R. Wayne Litaker,Patricia A. Tester,Aleta A. Hohn,Gretchen N. Lovewell,Craig A. Harms,David S. Rotstein,Susan G. Barco,Alex M. Costidis,Barbara J. Sheppard,Gregory D. Bossart,Megan Stolen,Wendy Noke Durden,Frances M. Van Dolah +18 more
TL;DR: The neurotoxin domoic acid (DA) was detected in urine and fecal samples recovered from pygmy sperm whales and dwarf sperm whales stranding along the U.S. Atlantic coast from 1997 to 2008, highlighting the need for a better understanding of the role of toxigenic algae in marine mammal morbidity and mortality globally.
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Brevetoxin-associated mass mortality event of bottlenose dolphins and manatees along the east coast of Florida, USA
Spencer E. Fire,Leanne J. Flewelling,Megan Stolen,W. Noke Durden,M. de Wit,AC Spellman,Zhihong Wang +6 more
TL;DR: This study is the first to document a brevetoxin-associated marine mammal mortality event along the Atlantic coast of Florida and demonstrates that, despite the rarity of K. brevis blooms in this region, significant negative impacts to marine mammals inhabiting this region can occur.
Prevalence and pathology of lungworm infection in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus from southwest Florida.
Deborah Fauquier,Michael J. Kinsel,Murray D. Dailey,G. E. Sutton,Megan Stolen,Randall S. Wells,Frances M. D. Gulland +6 more
TL;DR: The theory that bottlenose dolphins can be infected transplacentally by lungworm infections in stranded dolphins from southwestern Florida, USA, during the period from 2003 to 2005 is supported.
Investigation of growth phases for bottlenose dolphins using a Bayesian modeling approach
TL;DR: This study presents a Bayesian framework fitting parameters of a triple-logistic growth function to describe multiple phases of growth for bottlenose dolphins, simultaneously fitting and comparing all growth parameters between South Carolina, Mississippi Sound, and Indian River Lagoon cohorts.