Wayne McFee

Research Wildlife Biologist - NOAA

Education

M.S., 1990, Northeastern University
B.S., 1987, Jacksonville University

Microplastic research of bottlenose dolphins
Use of UAS (drone) technology to capture blow exhalations of bottlenose dolphins for respiratory microbiome analysis and images for dolphin body condition analysis
Zoonotic pathogens in dolphin tissues
Other ad hoc activities include: aging of dolphin teeth; detecting oil signatures in dolphin teeth; prey species analysis; dolphin photo-id/stranding analysis

Claro, F., Fossi, MC, Ioakeimidis, C, Baini, M, Lusher, AL, McFee, W, McIntosh, RR, Pelamatti, T, Sorce, M, Galgani, F, and BD Hardesty. 2019. Tools and constraints in monitoring interactions between marine litter and megafauna: insights from case studies around the world. Marine Pollution Bulletin 141: 147-160.
Powell, JWB, Duffield, DA, Kaufman, JJ and WE McFee. 2019. Bone density cannot accurately predict age in the common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Marine Mammal Science DOI: 10.1111/mms.12591: 1-6.
Balmer, B., Zolman, E., Rowles, T., Smith, C., Townsend, F., Fauquier, D., George, C., Goldstein, T., Hansen, L., Quigley, B., McFee, W., et al. 2018. Ranging patterns, spatial overlap, and association with dolphin morbillivirus exposure in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the Georgia, USA coast. Ecology and Evolution 8:12890-12904.
Bryan, C.E., Bossart, G.D, Christopher, S.J., Davis, W.C., Kilpatrick, L.E., McFee, W.E. and T.X. O’Brien. 2017. Selenium protein identification and profiling by mass spectrometry: a tool to assess progression of cardiomyopathy in a whale model. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 44: 40-49.
Ewing, R.Y., Mase-Guthrie, B., McFee, W., Townsend, F, Manire, C.A., Walsh, M., Borkowski, R., Bossart, G.D. and A.M. Schaefer. 2017. Evaluation of serum for pathophysiological effects of prolonged low salinity water exposure in displaced bottlenose dolphins. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 4: 1-7