Rusty Day

Rusty Day

Director - Marine Science And Nautical Training Academy (MANTA)

Education

Ph.D., 2012, University of Pau

Research Interests

Coral reefs, Sea turtles, Environmental pollution, Toxicology, Biomonitoring, Biomarkers, Biogeochemical proxies, Isotopes, Trace Elements, Heavy Metals, Scientific diving methodology

Publications

  1. Andersson, Erik, Rusty D Day, Thierry Martin Work, Paul E. Anderson, Cheryl M Woodley, Tracey B Schock, 2021. “Identifying metabolic alterations associated with coral growth anomalies using 1H NMR metabolomics”. Coral Reefs. 40(4):1195-1209.
  2. Bayless, Amanda, Steven J. Christopher, Russell D. Day, Jennifer Ness, Colleen E. Bryan, C. Anna Toline, Cheryl M. Woodley. 2021. “Trace element proxies and stable isotopes used to identify water quality threats to elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) at two national parks in St. Croix, USVI”. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 169.
  3. Andersson, Erik, Joseph A. Stewart, Thierry Martin Work, Cheryl M Woodley, Tracey B Schock, Rusty D Day. 2020. “Morphological, elemental, and boron isotopic insights into pathophysiology of diseased coral growth anomalies”. Scientific Reports. 10(1).
  4. Stewart, Joseph A., Laura F. Robinson, Russell D. Day, Ivo Strawson, Andrea Burke, James W.B. Rae, Peter T. Spooner, Ana Samperiz, Peter J. Etnoyer, Branwen Williams, Adina Paytan, Melanie J. Leng, Vreni Haussermann, Leslie N. Wickes, Rachael Bratt, Helena Pryer. 2020. “Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals”. Earth and Plantary Science Letters. 545(1).
  5. Rusty D. Day, Jennifer M. Keller, Craig A. Harms, Al L. Segars, Wendy M. Cluse, Matthew H. Godfrey, A. Michelle Lee, Margie Peden-Adams, Kelly Thorvalson, Mark Dodd, Terry Norton. 2010. “Comparison of Mercury Burdens in Chronically Debilitated and Healthy Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta)”. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 46(1):111-117.
  6. Day, R. D., Segars, A. L., Arendt, M. D., Lee, A. M., Peden-Adams, M. M. 2007. “Relationship of blood mercury levels to health parameters in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)”. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(10):1421-1428.