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MICHAEL MOORE
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Biology Department, MS #50
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Woods Hole MA 02543 U.S.A.
Tel: 508 289 3228 Fax: 508 457 2169
Email: mmoore “at” whoi.edu
www.whoi.edu/people/mmoore
EXPERIENCE
1991 to present
1998 to present
1997 to 2006
1985 to 1986
1983 to 1985
1983
1979 to 1980
1979 to 1982
Director Marine Mammal Center (2011 to present), Senior Research
Specialist (2006 to present), Research Specialist (1995 to 2006), Visiting
Investigator (1993 to 1995), Postdoctoral Investigator, (1991 to 1993):
Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Program Director (1998 to 2000), Veterinarian (2001 to present), Cape Cod
Stranding Network.
Lecturer, Boston University Marine Program.
Veterinarian, Laboratory for Marine Animal Health (Marine Biological
Laboratory), Dept. Avian & Aquatic Animal Medicine, N.Y.S. College
Veterinary Medicine.
Associate Veterinarian, 1983 to 1985, Bulger Animal Hospital, N. Andover,
MA Veterinarian.
International Whaling Commission, Hvalfjordur, Iceland.
Assistant Scientist, Ocean Research and Education Society (r/v Regina
Maris).
Field Research Assistant, Zoology Department, Cambridge University,
England.
EDUCATION
1986 to 1991
1979 to 1983
1975 to 1979
PhD WHOI/MIT Joint Program in Biological Oceanography.
Vet MB Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of
Cambridge, England.
B.A. Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, England.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS
2003
1983
1981
1977
1976
1975
Outstanding Service Award, Cape Cod Stranding Network.
Sismey Prize in Medicine & Surgery.
Glaxovet Parasitology Prize.
University of Cambridge, Foundation Scholar.
Foundress Memorial Prize, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
Exhibition - Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
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LICENSURE
National: Certified A.V.M.A. Educational Commission for Foreign
Veterinary Graduates.
State Veterinary License: Massachusetts.
DEA and Comm. Mass. Controlled Substance Registration.
Northeast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Authorization to
maintain tissue parts from stranded marine mammals.
NOAA Office Protected Species and US Fish and Wildlife Service Permits to
import and Export Marine Mammal parts.
COURSES TAUGHT
WHOI/MIT Joint PhD Program in Biological Oceanography
Fall 1999 – Topics in Behavior - Marine Mammal Anatomy
Spring 2003 – Topics in Behavior – Comparative Anatomy of Air-Breathing
Marine Vertebrates
Spring 2004 – Marine Mammal Toxicology
Boston University Marine Program
Oct 1997 - Marine Mammals – Anatomy section
Oct 1998 - Marine Mammals – Anatomy section
Feb 1999 – Marine Mammal Anatomy
U Penn/ Cornell Aquavet Program
1989 to 1999 Lectures in Marine Ecotoxicology
GRADUATE STUDENTS
WHOI/MIT Joint PhD Program in Biological Oceanography
Regina Campbell-Malone – 2001 to 2007 - PhD -advisor.
Boston University Marine Program
Nadine Lysiak 2003 to 2008 – PhD – joint advisor
Carolyn Miller 1998 to 2005 - PhD - advisor
Melinda Sweeny 2000 to 2003 – MA – advisor
Stefani Valentini 1997 to 1998 – MA – advisor
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Michael Morss 1996 to 1998 – MA - joint advisor
College of the Atlantic
Colby Moore – MA – Joint Advisor
MAJOR CRUISES
Winter flounder survey for Massachusetts Water Resources Authority –
annual April cruise, 1990 to present (Chief Scientist)
Large whale survey and biopsy – RV Abel J. Falkland Islands to South
Georgia 4 weeks Jan Feb 1997 (Chief Scientist)
Right whale body condition surveys – Bay of Fundy – August 1995 to 2002
(Chief Scientist)
North Atlantic historic right whaling habitat survey 15 months, 18,000 miles,
2001/2002 (Skipper)
Survey of Basque whaling sites in Labrador Straits July 2004 and Lower N
Shore Quebec July 2005 (Skipper)
Acoustic behavioral studies Bay of Fundy August 2004 (Skipper)
NECROPSIES UNDERTAKEN
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38 right whales, 12 humpback whales, 4 minke whales, 1 fin whale, 1 blue
whale, 1 sperm whale, and numerous smaller species. With substantial local
student involvement (NC to Quebec).
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
Society for Marine Mammalogy
American Veterinary Medical Association
COMMITTEE/ PANEL/ TASKFORCE MEMBERSHIP
WHOI Staff Committee 2006 to 2008
WHOI Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Veterinarian 1987 to
present
WHOI Sea Water Users Committee 1988 to present
WHOI Information Systems Council 1995 to 1997
Barnstable County MMR Scientific Advisory Panel 1996 to 1997
Mass Water Resources Authority Outfall Monitoring Taskforce 1992 to 1993
Various regional panel discussions on MWRA issues 1993 to 1995
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Site Review Team 6/98,
6/03
Island Foundation Inc: Corporator 1984 to present. President 2003 to 2007
Sippican Lands Trust: Trustee 1993 to 2003
Right Whale Consortium – Board Member 1999 to present,
Vice President 2002 to 2004, President 2004 to 2007
NOAA Right whale/fishery gear interaction workshops
Annual presentations to MWRA Science Review meetings 1992 to present.
MWRA Outfall Monitoring Science Assessment Panel – Periodically in past
decade
New Bedford Whaling Museum – Trustee 2005 to present.
South Georgia Heritage Trust Trustee 2005 to present
JOURNAL REVIEW
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (Aquatic Mammals Subject Editor), Marine
Pollution Bulletin, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Marine Environmental
Research, Aquatic Toxicology, Science, Nature, Marine Mammal Science, J
Mammalogy, J Cetacean Research and Management, Endangered Species
Research, Science Asia.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Whitehead H. P. & M. J. Moore. Distribution and movements of West Indian
humpback whales in winter. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 60:2203-2211
Parry K., M. J.Moore & G. Hulland. Why do whales come ashore? New
Scientist. 17 March: 716-717
Moore M. J., R. Smolowitz and J. J. Stegeman. Cellular alterations preceding
neoplasia in Pseudopleuronectes americanus from Boston Harbor, MA, USA.
Mar. Environ. Res. 28 :425-429
McMahon, G., L. J. Huber, M. J. Moore, J. J. Stegeman and G. N. Wogan.
Mutations in C-K-ras oncogenes: prevalence in livers of winter flounder from
Boston Harbor. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 87: 841-845
Smolowitz, R. M., M. J. Moore and J. J. Stegeman. Cellular distribution of
Cytochrome P450E in winter flounder liver with degenerative and neoplastic
disease. Mar. Environ. Res. 28 :441-446.
Tay K. L., K. G.Doe, F. J. Wade, B. A. Vaughn, R. E. Berrigan, and M. J.
Moore. Biological effects of contaminants in Halifax Harbor sediments. Proc
17th Ann Toxics Workshop, Nov 5th 1990, Vancouver B.C. Can Tech. Rep.
Fish. & Aq. Sci. 1774:383-426
Koza, R. A., Moore M. J. , and J. J. Stegeman. Elevated ornithine decarboxylase
activity in winter flounder exhibiting cellular lesions. Mar. Env. Res. 34: 19-23
Moore M. J., and J. J. Stegeman. Bromodeoxyuridine uptake in hydropic
vacuolation and neoplasms in winter flounder Mar. Env. Res. 34: 13-18
Koza, R. A., M. J. Moore and J. J. Stegeman. Elevated ornithine decarboxylase
activity and cell proliferation in neoplastic and vacuolated liver cells of winter
flounder (Pleoronectes americanus). Carcinogenesis 14: 399-405
Moore, M.J., D.F. Leavitt, A.M. Shumate, P. Alatalo and J.J. Stegeman. A cell
proliferation assay for small fish and aquatic invertebrates using bath exposure to
bromodeoxyuridine. Aq. Tox. 30:183-188
Moore, M.J. and J.J. Stegeman. Hepatic neoplasms in winter flounder, P.
americanus, from Boston Harbor, MA., U.S.A. Dis. Aq. Org. 20:33-48
Duignan, P.J., House, C., Geraci, J., Early, G., Copland, H.G., Walsh, M.T.,
Bossart, G.D., Cray, C., Sadove, S., St Aubin, D.J., Moore, M.J.. Morbillivirus
infection in two species of pilot whales (Globicephala sp.) from the Western
Atlantic. Marine Mammal Science 11: 150-162
Moore, M.J., Stegeman, J.J. Hepatocyte vacuolation and autolytic changes in the
liver of pilot whales, G.melas, stranded on Cape Cod MA USA. Sci. Tot. Env.
186:105-108
Moore, M., Shea, D., Hillman, R. and Stegeman, J.: Trends in hepatic tumors and
hydropic vacuolation, fin erosion, organic chemicals and stable isotope ratios in
winter flounder from Massachusetts, USA. Mar. Poll. Bull. 32: 458-470
Steinhauer, W. G., C. D. Hunt, C. S. Peven, R. E. Hillman, M. J. Moore, J.J.
Stegeman and D. Redford. Contaminants and cytochrome P4501A induction in
bottom fish collected near the 106-mile site. J. of Marine Environmental
Engineering. 3:173-187
Moore, M., R. Smolowitz and J. Stegeman. Hydropically vacuolated hepatic
epithelia in winter flounder from a chemically contaminated site. Dis. Aq. Org.
31:19-28
Moore, M., C. Miller, A. Weisbrod, D. Shea, P. Hamilton, S. Kraus, V.
Rowntree, N. Patenaude and J. Stegeman (1998). Cytochrome P450 1A and
chemical contaminants in dermal biopsies of northern and southern right whales.
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International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee comprehensive
assessment of right whales: A worldwide comparison. SC/M98/RW24
Moore, M. J., Smolowitz, R. M., Leavitt, D. F., and Stegeman, J. Chemical
impacts in fish and shellfish from Cape Cod and Massachusetts Bays.
Environment Cape Cod 1:68-85.
Moore, M. J., S. D. Berrow, B. J. Jensen, P. Carr, R. Sears, V. Rowntree, R.
Payne and P. K. Hamilton. “Relative abundance of large whales around South
Georgia (1979 - 1998).” Marine Mammal Science: 15.4
Portway, V.A., P.B. Best, P.J. Clapham, P.K. Hamilton, M.J. Moore, R.S. Payne,
V.J. Rowntree, M. Rivarola, C. M. Schaeff. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation
and genetic diversity in south Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena australis).
Molecular Ecology 9:1793-1802
Celander, M., Moore, M.J. and Stegeman, J.J. Cellular localization of CYP3A
proteins in various tissues from pilot whale (Globicephala melas). Environ.
Toxicol. Pharmacol. 8, 245-253.
Weisbrod, A. V., Shea, D., Moore, M. J., and Stegeman, J. J. Bioaccumulation
patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides in northwest
Atlantic pilot whales. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 3:667-677.
Weisbrod, A. V., Shea, D., Moore, M. J., and Stegeman, J. J. Organochlorine
exposure and bioaccumulation in the endangered northwest Atlantic right whale
(Eubalaena glacialis) population. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
19:654-666.
Wilson, J. Y., Cooke, S. R., Moore, M. M., Martineau, D., Mikaelian, I., Metner,
D. A., Lockhart, W. L., and Stegeman, J. J. CYP1A localization in Beluga
whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary and the Arctic.
Marine Environmental Research. 50:1-5.
Weisbrod, A. V., Shea, D., Moore, M. J., and Stegeman, J. J. Species, tissue and
gender-related organochlorine bioaccumulation in white-sided dolphins, pilot
whales and their common prey in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Environmental
Research. 51:29-50.
Moore, M. J., C. A. Miller, M. S. Morss, R. Arthur, W. Lange, K. G. Prada, M.
K. Marx, and E. A. Frey. Ultrasonic measurement of blubber thickness in right
whales. J. Cetacean Research and Management Spec. Iss. 2 301-309
Wiley, D. N., G. Early, C. A. Mayo and M. J. Moore (2001). "Rescue and release
of mass stranded cetaceans from beaches on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA;
1990-1999: a review of some response actions." Aquatic Mammals 27(2): 162171.
Moore, MJ; Mitrofanov, IV; Valentini, SS ; Volkov, VV; Kurbskiy, AV ;
Zhimbey, EN; Eglinton, LB; Stegeman, JJ.. "Cytochrome P4501A expression,
chemical contaminants and histopathology in roach, goby and sturgeon and
chemical contaminants in sediments from the Caspian Sea, Lake Balkhash, and
the Ily River Delta, Kazakhstan." Marine Pollution Bulletin 46: 107-119.
Moore, M., L. Steiner, and B. Jann, Cetacean surveys in the Cape Verde Islands
and the use of cookiecutter shark bite lesions as a population marker for fin
whales. Aquatic Mammals 29: 383-389.
Angell, C., Wilson, J., Moore, M., and Stegeman, J. 2004. Cytochrome P4501A1
expression in cetacean integument: implications for detecting contaminant
exposure and effects. Marine Mammal Science 20:554-566.
Moore, M., and Early, G. Cumulative sperm whale bone damage and the bends.
Science 306:2215
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Moore, M., Lefkovitz, L., Hall, M., Hillman, R., Mitchell, D., and Burnett, J.
Reduction in organic contaminant exposure and resultant hepatic hydropic
vacuolation in winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) following
improved effluent quality and relocation of the Boston sewage outfall into
Massachusetts Bay, USA: 1987–2003. Marine Pollution Bulletin 50:156-166.
2005
Moore, M., Rubinstein, B., Lipscomb, T. P., and Norman, S. The most northerly
record of Gervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europeaus, from the Western
Atlantic. J. Cet. Res. Man. 6:279-281
Moore, M. J., Knowlton, A. R., Kraus, S. D., McLellan, W. A., and Bonde, R. K.
In press. Morphometry, gross morphology and available histopathology in North
Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) mortalities (1970 to 2002). J. Cet. Res.
Man. 6:199-214
Moore, M., and Early, G. What Causes Lesions in Sperm Whale Bones?
Science 308:631-632
Sweeny, M., J. Price, G. Jones, T. French, G. Early, M. Moore (2005)
Spondylitic changes in long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) stranded
on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, between 1982 and 2000. J. Wildlife Disease
41: 717-727
Cavatorta, D., Starczak, V., Prada, K., and Moore, M. 2004. Friction of Different
Ropes in Right Whale Baleen: an Entanglement Model. J. Cet. Man. Res. 7:3942
Wilson, J. Y., Cooke, S. R., Moore, M. J., Martineau, D., Mikaelian, I., Metner,
D. A., Lockhart, W. L., and Stegeman, J. J.. Systemic effects of Arctic pollutants
in beluga whales indicated by CYP1A1 expression. Envir. Health Perspect. 113,
1594-1599.
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Woodward, B., Winn, J., and Moore, M. Experimental modeling of large whale
entanglement injuries. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 22-299-310
Moore M, Bogomolni A, Bowman R, Hamilton P, Harry C, Knowlton A, Landry
S, Rotstein D, Touhey K (2006) Fatally entangled right whales can die extremely
slowly. Oceans'06 MTS/IEEE-Boston, Massachusetts September 18-21, 2006 ISBN: 1-4244-0115-1.: 3 pp
Bogomolni A, Ellis J, Gast1 B, Harris R, Pokras M, Touhey K, Moore M (2006)
Emerging Zoonoses in Marine Mammals and Seabirds of the Northeast U.S.
Oceans'06 MTS/IEEE-Boston, Massachusetts September 18-21, 2006 - ISBN: 14244-0115-1.: 9pp
Myers R, Boudreau S, Kenney R, Moore M, AA R, Sherrill-Mix S, Worm B
Saving Endangered Whales at No Cost. Current Biology 17:R10-R11
Moore M, Early G, Touhey K, Barco S, Gulland F, Wells Rehabilitation and
Release of Marine Mammals in the United States: risks and benefits Marine
Mammal Science 23:731-750
Campbell-Malone, Barco S, Daoust, PY, Knowlton, A, McLellan W, Rotstein D,
Moore M. Gross and histologic evidence of sharp and blunt trauma in North
Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) killed by ships. Journal of Zoo and
Wildlife Medicine vol. 39:37-55
Wilson, J., R. Wells, A. Aguilar, A. Borrell, V. Tornero, P. Reijnders, M. Moore
and J. Stegeman. 2007. Correlates of Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1)
Expression in Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Integument Biopsies. Tox.
Sci. 97:111-119
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Hooker S, Metcalfe T, Metcalfe, C, Angell C, Wilson J, Moore M, Whitehead H.
Changes in persistent contaminant concentration and CYP1A1 biopsy samples
from northern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon
onset of nearby oil and gas development. Environmental Pollution 202:205-246
Winn J, Woodward B, Moore M, Peterson M: Modeling whale entanglement
injuries: An experimental study of tissue compliance, line tension, and drawlength. Marine Mammal Science 24: 326-340
Campbell-Malone, Barco S, Daoust, PY, Knowlton, A, McLellan W, Rotstein D,
Moore M. Gross and histologic evidence of sharp and blunt trauma in North
Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) killed by ships. Journal of Zoo and
Wildlife Medicine vol. 39:37-55
Victims or vectors: a survey of marine vertebrate zoonoses from coastal waters of
the Northwest Atlantic. Bogomolni, A, Gast R, Ellis J, Dennett, M, Pugliares K,
Lentell B, Moore, M In press – Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 81:13-38
McLeod BA, Brown MW, Moore MJ, Stevens W, Barkham SH, Barkham M,
White BN: Bowhead Whales, and Not Right Whales, Were the Primary Target of
16th- to 17th-century Basque Whalers in the Western North Atlantic. Arctic 61:
61-75
Rose J, Gast R, Bogomolni A, Ellis J, Lentell B, Touhey K, Moore M.
Occurrence and patterns of antibiotic resistance in vertebrates off the
Northeastern United States coast. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 67:421-431
Bogomolni, A, Gast R, Ellis J, Dennett, M, Pugliares K, Lentell B, Moore, M.
Victims or vectors: a survey of marine vertebrate zoonoses from coastal waters of
the Northwest Atlantic. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 18:31-38.
Molecular characterization of Giardia intestinalis haplotypes in marine animals:
variation and zoonotic potential Lasek-Nesselquist E, Bogomolni A, Gast R,
Welch D, Ellis J, Sogin M, Moore M. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 18:39-51.
Moore M, Bogomolni A, Dennison S, Early G, Garner M, Hayward B, Lentell B,
Rotstein D: Gas bubbles in seals, dolphins and porpoises entangled and drowned
at depth in gill nets. Veterinary Pathology 46: 536-547
Moore M. Current issues facing North Atlantic right whales and stakeholders.
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 36:309-317
Hlista BL, Sosik H, Martin Traykovski L, Kenney R, Moore M Seasonal and
inter-annual correlations between Right Whale distribution and calving success
and chlorophyll concentrations in the Gulf of Maine, USA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 394:289-302
Bogomolni AL, Pugliares KR, Patchett K, Herzig SM, Harry CT, LaRocque JM,
Touhey KM, Moore MJ (2009) Mortality Trends of Stranded Marine Mammals
on Cape Cod and Southeastern Massachusetts between 2000-2006. Diseases of
Aquatic Organisms 88:143-155
Wilson JY, Moore MJ, Stegeman JJ Catalytic and immunochemical detection of
hepatic and extrahepatic microsomal cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) in whitesided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus). Aquatic Toxicology In Press
Montie E, Letcher R, Reddy C, Moore M, Rubinstein B, Hahn M. 2010.
Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine contaminants in winter
flounder, harp and hooded seals, and North Atlantic right whales from the
Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60:1160-69
Moore M, Walsh M, Bailey J, Brunson D, Gulland F, Landry S, Mattila D, Mayo
C, Slay C, Smith J, Rowles T Sedation at Sea of Entangled North Atlantic Right
Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) to Enhance Disentanglement. PLoS ONE 5:e9597
http://dx.doi.org/9510.1371%9592Fjournal.pone.0009597
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Moore M, Hammar T, Arruda J, Cramer S, Dennison S, Montie EW, Fahlman A
(2011) Hyperbaric computed tomographic measurement of lung compression in
seals and dolphins. Journal Experimental Biology 214: 2390-2397
Cassoff R, McLellan W, Barco S, Touhey Moore K, Moore M Pathobiology
of large whale entanglement. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
Fahlman A, Loring S, Ferrigno M, Moore C,Early G, Niermeyer M,Lentell B,
Wenzel F, Joy R, Moore M. Static inflation and deflation pressure-volume curves
in excised lungs of marine mammals J. Experimental Biology
Reeves R, Rosa C, George JC, Sheffield G, Moore M. Implications of Arctic
industrial growth and strategies to mitigate future vessel and fishing gear impacts
on bowhead whales.
Dennison S, Moore M, Fahlman A, Moore K, Sharp S, Harry C, Hoppe J,
Niemeyer M, Lentell B, Wells R Bubbles in live stranded dolphins.
Proceeding Royal Society B
REPORTS
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Moore, M J., Cole, AT and Hutton, TC.: Final Report of the 1978 Cambridge
Pilot Whale Expedition to the Faroe Islands
Age structure of long-finned pilot whale from the Faroes: undergraduate thesis Zoology Department, Cambridge University.
Whitehead, H., Davies, N., Ingham, K. and Moore, M.: The humpback whales
off the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland. Final Report to Canadian
Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Lambertsen, R. H. and Moore, M. J.: Behavioral and post mortem observations
on fin whales killed with explosive harpoons. TC/36/HK. International Whaling
Commission Tech. Comm. Rep.
Moore M. J. . Vacuolation, proliferation and neoplasia in the liver of Boston
Harbor winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus). M.I.T./W.H.O.I.
Ph.D.thesis. W.H.O.I. Tech. Doc. 91-28:1-266
Moore, M. J., Woodin, B. R. and Stegeman, J. J.: Liver pathology of winter
flounder: Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, and Cape Cod bay - 1991.
Environmental Quality Department Tech. Rep. 92-5. Massachussets Water
Resources Authority, Boston, MA.
Moore, M. J. and Stegeman, J. J.: Liver pathology of winter flounder in Boston
Harbor and Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays. Environmental Quality
Department Tech. Rep. 93-. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston
MA.
Moore, M., and Stegeman, J. 2 vs 4 cycle outboard motors: aromatic
hydrocarbons and biological effects. First Boating Effects Workshop, Woods
Hole.
Moore, M. J., Smolowitz, R. M., Leavitt, D. F. and Stegeman, J. J.: Evaluation
of Chemical Contaminant Effects in the Massachusetts Bays - Final Report.
Massachusetts Bays Program - 100 Cambridge St, Boston MA MBP 95-05
Hillman, R E, Moore, M J, Peven, C.S, Lewis, D.A, Hansen, L, Hunt,C.D,
Stegeman, J.J. 1994 Fish and Shellfish Report - MWRA Tech Report
Mitchell, D, Moore, M.J. et al. 1995 Fish and Shellfish Report - MWRA Tech
Report
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Moore M.J.: Strategic research plan for stranded cetacea, seals and turtles in
New England - Contract #9914 Report to New England Aquarium
Moore, M. M., P. K. Hamilton, B. A. Jensen and R. Sears (1997). Cruise Report
of the RV ABEL J 97-01 to the Historic Whaling Grounds North of South
Georgia.: 21 pp.
Moore, M. J., B. J. Jensen, R. Sears, P. K. Hamilton, J.J. Stegeman Final report
to the US Marine Mammal Commission on large whales in South Georgia. 50 pp.
Moore, M. J., C. A. Miller, M. S. Morss, R. Arthur, W. Lange and S. Kraus
“Cruise No. 97-081: Health Assessment of the Northern Right Whale. Cruise
Report to: Rinehart Coastal Research Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Massachusetts Environmental Trust and US State Department.” :
10pp.
Moore, M., C. Miller, C. Godard and J. Stegeman. “Health Assessment of Small
Cetaceans: Cellular Localization of Cytochrome P450 1A in Liver and
Extrahepatic Organs of By-caught and Mass Stranded Odontocetes. FINAL
REPORT for Cooperative Agreement # NA67FL0431, (Component 7 – Life
History of Small Cetaceans).
Crawford, RE, Stolpe, NE and Moore MJ Environmental Impacts of Boating:
Proceedings of a Workshop held at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Dec
7 to 9 1994. WHOI Tech Rep WHOI-98-03
http://www.whoi.edu/coastalresearch/boatingimpact/TitleAcknContents.html.
Miller, C., M. Morss, R. Arthur, W. Lange, K. Prada and M. Moore (1998).
Ultrasonic measurement of blubber thickness in right whales. International
Whaling Commission Scientific Committee comprehensive assessment of right
whales: A worldwide comparison, Monkey Valley, South Africa, March 19-25
1998.
Report of a Workshop on Large Whale Medical Intervention - Indications and
Technology Development. Woods Hole Feb 7th
Large whale disentanglement technology workshop. Moore, M, Reeb, D, Miller,
C and Smith, D. Woods Hole, December 14th
McLellan, W., Rommel, S., Moore, M., and Pabst, D. Right Whale Necropsy
Protocol. Final Report to NOAA Fisheries for contract # 40AANF112525. 51 pp.
Moore MJ, Uhlinger K and Smolowitz R. Flounder ulcer studies. Boston:
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Report 2004-10. 19 p.
Pugliares, K., S. Herzig, A. Bogomolni, C. Harry, K. Touhey and M. Moore.
Marine Mammal Necropsy: an introductory guide for stranding responders and
field biologists. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Document
2007-06. 117pp.
Moore M. Overview of euthanasia of large whales, International Wahling
Commission IWC/A10/E1
SELECTED ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS AT SCIENTIFIC
MEETINGS
1990
Moore, M.J., R.M. Smolowitz, and J.J. Stegeman. Pathogenesis of hepatic
neoplasia in Boston Harbor winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus).
American Association of Cancer Research, May 1990, 31:87
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Moore, M.J. and J.J. Stegeman. Hepatic DNA synthesis in normal, vacuolated
and neoplastic epithelia of winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus.
American Association of Cancer Research, May 1991. 32:86
Moore, M. J. and Myers, M. S. (1991). Pathogenesis of liver neoplasia in English
sole and winter flounder. SETAC, 12th Annual Meeting, Seattle WA Nov 3 to 7
Moore, M. J. and Stegeman, J. J. Bromodeoxyuridine uptake, cytochrome
P4501A expression and presumptive oval cells in liver of winter flounder
(Pleuronectes americanus), exposed to dietary benzo(a)pyrene and chlordane.
Proceedings American Association of Cancer Research. 33:126
Moore, M., D. Leavitt, R. White, A. Shumate, W. Vogelbein, J. McDowell and J.
Stegeman,. Cell proliferation: a link between coastal chemical exposure and
biological effect. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Houston,
TX, Nov. 1993
Stegeman, J., Miller, C., Moore, M., White, R., Joy, J., Early, G., Hahn, M.
Cellular localization of cytochrome P4501A1 in liver and extrahepatic organs of
a marine mammal, the pilot whale, Globicephala melaena. 10th International
Symposium on Microsomes and Drug Oxidation. Toronto, Canada. July 18 – 21
Moore, M., Shea, D., Hillman, R. and Stegeman, J.: The effects of anthropogenic
chemicals on mummichogs and winter flounder from Boston Harbor and
Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays. 9th Ann. Mass. Bay Ann. New. Eng. Coastal
Symposium 3/24 -25/94:
Moore, M. and Stegeman, J. 2 vs 4 cycle outboard motors: aromatic
hydrocarbons and biological effects. First Boating Effects Workshop, Woods
Hole, Dec 7th to 9th.
Moore, M. J., Miller, C. A. and Stegeman, J. J.: Histological evaluation and
cytochrome P4501A expression in tissues of pilot whales stranded on Cape Cod
MA, USA. International Whaling Commission Workshop on Chemical Pollution
and Cetaceans, Bergen Norway, 27 - 29 May 1995
Ortego, L. S., Moore, M. J., Myers, M. S., Vogelbein, W. K., Stegeman, J. J. and
Hawkins, W. E. (1995). Cell proliferation in normal and neoplastic tissues of
three species: comparison of bromodeoxyuridine and proliferating cell antigen
immunohistochemistry. 7th International Symposium on Pollution Responses of
Marine Organisms. Marine Environmental Research
Moore, M. J., Miller, C. A., Weisbrod, A. V., Shea, D. S. and Stegeman, J. J.: A
biopsy marker for circulating coplanar hydrocarbons in cetacea. 11th Biennial
Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals - Orlando FL Dec 14 - 18
Moore, M., Woodin, B., Shea, D. and Stegeman, J.: Impacts of Outboard Motors
on Aquatic Systems. 10th Massachusetts Environment Symposium JFK Library
Boston April 3 & 4 1996
Moore, M. J., S. D. Berrow, B. J. Jensen, P. Carr, R. Sears, V. Rowntree, R.
Payne and P. K. Hamilton. Relative abundance of large whales around South
Georgia (1979 - 1998). World Marine Mammal Conference, Monaco Jan 18-21
Moore, M., C. Miller, A. Weisbrod, D. Shea, P. Hamilton, S. Kraus, V.
Rowntree, N. Patenaude and J. Stegeman (1998). Cytochrome P450 1A and
chemical contaminants in dermal biopsies of northern and southern right
whales.World Marine Mammal Conference, Monaco Jan 18-21
Miller, C., Morss, M., Marx, M., and Moore, M. Relationship between
acoustic measurements of blubber thickness and age, sex and reproductive
history in free-ranging Northern right whales. Marine Mammal
Conference, Hawaii Oct 30-Dec 4
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Miller,C, Reeb, D, Best, P and Moore, M. Blubber thickness and reproductive
success in right whales. 14th Biennial, Society Marine Mammalogy Vancouver
Nov 30th.
Moore, M., Early, G., Dunn, D. and Fleetwood, M. (2003). Osteoarthropathy in
the sperm whale: a progressive patho-physiological feature of larger individuals.
15th Biennial, Society Marine Mammalogy, Greensboro, NC. December 16th.
Sweeny, M., Price, J., Jones, G., French, T., Early, G. and Moore, M. Spondylitic
changes in the axial skeleton in pilot whales Globicephala melas, stranded on
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA between 1982 and 2000. 15th Biennial, Society
Marine Mammalogy, Greensboro, NC. December 16th.
Touhey, K, Merigo, C, Moore, M, Patchett, K.Mass Stranding Prevention: The
Effectiveness of Herding and Acoustic Deterrents 15th Biennial, Society Marine
Mammalogy, Greensboro, NC. December 16th.
Bogomolni, A, Touhey, K, Moore, M., Stegeman, J. Cytochrome P4501A,
Contaminant Profile and Trophic Status of Harp, Harbor and Gray Seals of Cape
Cod, Massachusetts USA. 15th Biennial, Society Marine Mammalogy,
Greensboro, NC. December 16th.
Godard, C, Clark, R., Harper, C., Mesnick, S., Moore, M., Payne, R., Rubio, N.,
Stegeman, J.CYP1A1 Expression in Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Skin
Biopsies Show Site but not Sex Differences. 15th Biennial, Society Marine
Mammalogy, Greensboro, NC. December 16th.
Knowlton, A,., Moore, M., Kraus, S., McLellan, W., Bonde, R. Histopathology
in Northwest Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Mortalities (1970 to
2002) 15th Biennial, Society Marine Mammalogy, Greensboro, NC. December
16th.
Cavatorta, D., V. Starczak, K. Prada, and M. Moore. Friction of Different Ropes
in Right Whale Baleen: a Potential Strategy to Reduce Entanglement Mortality.
Ocean Research Conference February 15-20, 2004 · Honolulu, Hawaii
Moore, M., Brown, M., Guilbault, Y., Sanford, D., McLeod, B. Basque whaling
sites in the Labrador Straits. Right Whale Consortium, New Bedford MA
November 3-4th
Moore, M., Landry, S., Bowman, R., Knowlton A., Hamilton, P., and Rotstein, D.
Morbidity and Mortality of Chronically Entangled North Atlantic Right Whales:
a Major Welfare Issue. Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego CA Dec 12-17
Predicting lethality from vessel and gear trauma in North Atlantic right whales.
NOAA Serious Injury Technical Workshop, Seattle WA, Sept 10-12 2007
Gas emboli in seals and dolphins entangled in gillnets. Biology of Marine
Mammals, Cape Town South Africa. December 3rd
BOOK CHAPTERS
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Moore, M.J. and M.S. Myers, 1993. Pathobiology of chemical-associated
neoplasia in fish. In: Aquatic toxicology: Molecular, Biochemical, and Cellular
perspectives. Boca Raton, Lewis Publishers. 327-386.
Moore, M. J. and M. S. Morss. Bromodeoxyuridine as a marker of cell
proliferation in histological sections of aquatic organisms. Techniques in Aquatic
Toxicology. G. K. Ostrander. Boca Raton, Lewis: 229-246.
Moore, M. J. and J. J. Stegeman. Hepatic neoplasms and associated cells in
winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) and mummichog (Fundulus
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heteroclitus) from chemically-contamianted sites at Boston Massachusetts, USA.
Spontaneous Animal Tumors: a survey. L. Rossi, R. Richardson and J.
Harshbarger. Milan, Press point di Abbiategrasso: 89-94.
Moore, M. J., W. A. Mclellan, P.-Y. Daoust, R. K. Bonde, A. R. Knowlton Right
Whale Mortality: A Message from the Dead to the Living. In: Kraus, SD, R
Rolland (eds) The Urban Whale: North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads.
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Rolland, R., P. Hamilton, M. Marx, H. Pettis, C. Angell and M. Moore. External
Perspectives on Right Whale Health in S.D. Kraus and R. Rolland, eds. The
Urban Whale: North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads. Harvard
University Press, Cambridge, MA.
POPULAR ARTICLES AND LECTURES ON LINE
Moore, M. J. 1982. Grindadrap: The Faroese Pilot Whale Drive. J. Am. Cet. Soc. 16:6-7.
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