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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 2089
Email: mmoore “at” whoi.edu
www.whoi.edu/people/mmoore
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
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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. 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. (in press)
Mitochondrial DNA differentiation and genetic diversity in south Atlantic
(Moore et al. 2003)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.
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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): 162-171.
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
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.
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
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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. 7:39-42
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.
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: 1-4244-0115-1.: 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 23:731-50
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.
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
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. 38,
REPORTS
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1979
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.
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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
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).
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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.ht
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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.
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
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.
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POPULAR ARTICLES AND LECTURES ON LINE
Moore, M. J. 1982. Grindadrap: The Faroese Pilot Whale Drive. J. Am. Cet. Soc. 16:6-7.
Whither the North Atlantic Right Whale?
Scientists explore many facets of whales' lives to help a species on the edge of extinction
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Two lectures as part of the WHOI OLI Right Whale Forum.
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