Selected Publications

Turner, J. P. and J. R. Rooker. 2006. Fatty acid composition of flora and fauna associated with Sargassum mats in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Marine Biology. (pdf)

Rooker, J.R., Turner, J. P., and Holt, S.A. 2006. Determination of retrospective trophic linkages in juvenile fishes inhabiting Sargassum mats in the NW Gulf of Mexico using stable isotopes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. (pdf)

Turner, J.P., Cowan, D.F., L. Clark, G.A.J. Worthy, E.M. Haubold, and BS. Turnbull. 2006. Organ Weights and Growth Profiles in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Mammals. (pdf)

Turner J. P. and J. R. Rooker. 2005. Effect of dietary fatty acids on the body tissues of larval and juvenile cobia and their prey. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. (pdf) 

Turner, J. P. and J. R. Rooker. 2005. Effect of diet on fatty acid compositions in Sciaenops
ocellatus. Journal of Fish Biology. (pdf)

Turner, J. P. and J. R. Rooker. 2005. Determining the trophic relationships among flora and fauna within Sargassum mat communities using fatty acids. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst.

Clark, L. S., Turner, J. P. and D. F. Cowan. 2005. Involution of Lymphoid Organs in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of the Western Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Anatomy. (pdf)

Rooker, J. R., Holt S. A., Wells R. D., Turner J. P., C. Pratt. 2004. Retrospective determination of trophic relationships among pelagic fishes associated with Sargassum mats in the Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 55: 257-266.

Turner, J. P. and G.A.J. Worthy. 2003. Variation in Cranial Morphometry in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the NW Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 84(2):665-672. (pdf)

Turner, J. P. and G. A. J. Worthy 1999.  Differentiating populations of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico using skull morphometrics. Gulf Research Reports. Vol. 10, 83 p.