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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@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
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 MRCVS Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine,
University of Cambridge, England.
B.A. Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, England.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS
2004 to present
2003
1983
1981
1977
1976
1975
President, Right Whale Consortium
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 Licenses: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and
Connecticut.
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 AirBreathing 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 present - doctoral candidate advisor.
Boston University Marine Program
Nadine Lysiak 2003 to present doctoral candidate – 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
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)
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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
12 right whales, 7 humpback whales, 4 minke whales, 1 blue whale, 1
sperm whale, and numerous smaller species. With substantial local
student involvement (NC to Quebec).
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
Society for Marine Mammalogy
European Association for Aquatic Mammals
American Veterinary Medical Association
British Veterinary Association
COMMITTEE/ PANEL/ TASKFORCE MEMBERSHIP
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
present
Sippican Lands Trust: Trustee 1993 to 2003
Right Whale Consortium – Board Member 1999 to 2002 Vice
President 2002 to present
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.
JOURNAL REVIEW
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
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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.
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
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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
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.
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Woodward, B., Winn, J., and Moore, M. Experimental modeling of large
whale entanglement injuries. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 22-299-310
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
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.
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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.ht
ml.
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.
SELECTED ABSTRACTS
SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
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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
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
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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
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history in free-ranging Northern right whales. Marine Mammal
Conference, Hawaii Oct 30-Dec 4
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
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
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
http://oceanusmag.whoi.edu/v43n2/moore.html
Two lectures as part of the WHOI OLI Right Whale Forum.
http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/oli/activities/rwforum_moore1.html
http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/oli/activities/rwforum_moore2.html