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Forrest Gomez

National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)

Conservation Medicine

2240 Shelter Island Drive
Suite 200
San Diego, CA  92106  

forrest.gomez@nmmf.org

Project List:

Consortium for Advanced Research on Marine Mammal Health Assessment (CARMMHA)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Investigation of Mechanisms for Reproductive Failure in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Understand Population Recovery Scenarios for Cetaceans

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2020

Barratclough, A., Gomez, F. M., Morey, J. S., Deming, A., Parry, C., Meegan, J. M., et al. (2020). Pregnancy profiles in the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Clinical biochemical and hematological variations during healthy gestation and a successful outcome. Theriogenology, 142, 92–103.
Linnehan, B. K., Hsu, A., Gomez, F. M., Huston, S. M., Takeshita, R., Colegrove, K. M., et al. (2020). Standardization of Dolphin Cardiac Auscultation and Characterization of Heart Murmurs in Managed and Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Front. Vet. Sci., 7.

2019

Barratclough, A., Wells, R. S., Schwacke, L. H., Rowles, T. K., Gomez, F. M., Fauquier, D. A., et al. (2019). Health Assessments of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Past, Present, and Potential Conservation Applications. Front. Vet. Sci., 6.

Conference Presentations - 11

2020

Gomez, F., Colegrove, K., Huston, S., Hsu, A., Linnehan, B., Takeshita, R., et al. (2020). Assessment of Sublethal Cardiac Injury in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico Following Exposure to Deepwater Horizon Oil-Associated Chemicals. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Schwacke, L. H., Smith, C., Gomez, F., Rowles, T., Wells, R., Zolman, E., et al. (2020). Health Trends of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the eight years following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Evidence for lack of resilience. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Smith, C., Gomez, F., Colegrove, K. M., Rowles, T., Zolman, E., Speakman, T., et al. (2020). Sustained Maternal Illness and Low Reproductive Success Rate in Barataria Bay Bottlenose Dolphins Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Takeshita, R., Rowles, T. K., Balmer, B. C., Zolman, E. S., Thomas, L., Wells, R., et al. (2020). Health and Behavioral Responses of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Low Salinity Waters Within the Barataria Basin in Louisiana. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

Gomez, F., Colegrove, K., Huston, S., Hsu, A., Linnehan, B., Takeshita, R., et al. (2019). Assessment of sublethal cardiac injury in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico following exposure to Deepwater Horizon oil associated chemicals. In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.
Schwacke, L. H., Thomas, L., Smith, C., Bossart, G., Burt, L., De Guise, S., et al. (2019). Veterinary Expert System for Outcome Prediction (VESOP): A Bayesian model to predict changes in cetacean population vital rates from measures of individual health. In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.
Smith, C., Gomez, F., Colegrove, C., Rowles, T., Balmer, B., Takeshita, R., et al. (2019). The Long-Term Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Bottlenose Dolphins and the Development of Advanced Diagnostic Tools to Better Characterize Injury and Recovery. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Smith, C., Gomez, F., Ivancic, M., Musser, W., Barratclough, A., Meegan, J., et al. (2019). New diagnostic techniques to characterize fetal, placental, and maternal health in bottlenose dolphins following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In World Marine Mammal Conference 2019. Barcelona, Spain : 12/09/19-12/12/19.

2017

Sharp, S., Cendejas, V., Baird, M., Gomez, F., Meegan, J., Townsend, F., et al. (2017). Using blood gas analysis and capnography to determine oxygenation status in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Halifax, Canada : 10/22/17-10/27/17.
Smith, C., Schwacke, L., Venn-Watson, S., Gomez, F., Sharp, S., Rowles, T., et al. (2017). Investigating Mechanisms for Reproductive Failure Among Bottlenose Dolphins in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.