Marine Biology Publications

2021    Nathan J. Robinson, Robert Ditter, John Campion, and Eric S. Cole.  Novel use of anchialine ponds by hawksbill turtles in The Bahamas.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 2021, 20(2): 296–299 doi:10.2744/CCB-1499.1

2020    Cole, E.S., “Life & Death in an Anchialine Archipelago” at the 3rd Joint Symposium on the Natural History and Geology of the Bahamas held on San Salvador Island.

2017    Eric S. Cole*, Leigh Anne Hahn, Jessica Choquette & Miranda Thacker.      Natural History Characteristics of Synaptula hydriformis, an Apodid Sea  Cucumber from Oyster Pond, San Salvador Island, Bahamas.  Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Symposium on the Natural History and Geology of The Bahamas.

2016    Cole, E.S., H. Schares, S. Barton &  Porterfield, J., J. Morrison and K. Lor. Evolutionary vs environmental influences on life history traits in the scaly pearl oyster, Pinctada longisquamosa on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.   The Proceedings of the 1st Joint Natural History & Geology Symposium of the Bahamas.

2014    Cole, E.S., C.J. Urnes, A. Hinrichs, P. Roback, E.A. Rothfus and A. Anderson Rainfall drives synchronous spawning episodes in the scaly pearl oyster, Pinctada  longisquamosa, on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.   The Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2012    H. M. Halvorson, K. Yang, S. Onstad, K. Phillips, A. Millis, and E.S. Cole.  The     evolution of life histories: New insights on differential sex determination in the scaly   pearl oyster Pinctada longisquamosa.  The Proceedings of the 14th  Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2012    H.M. Halvorson, L. Prendini, M.S. Harvey, and E.S. Cole.  Identification of four   arachnids captured on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Two scorpions, one  pseudoscorpion and a tailless whip scorpion from fortune hill runes.  The Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2010    Cole, E.S., Crumley, A.  & Carlson, S.  Patterns of Sex Determination in the Scaly Pearl Oyster in Four Anchialine Ponds on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.  The  Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2010    Carlson, S., Bieraugel, K., Carlson, R., Chada, R.,  Crumley, A.,  Haimes, B.,            Hultgren, K., Marty, M., Stachowski, M., Swanson, K., Tolen, N., Williams, A.,       Roback, P.,  Rothfus, E., Schade, J.  & Cole. E.S.   The Demographic History of the  Scaly Pearl Oyster in Four Anchialine Ponds on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.     The Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2007    Swanson, D., Jeavons, E., Roback, P. and Cole, E.S.  The Scaly Pearl Oyster,   Pinctada Longisquamosa, Population Dynamics in Inland Ponds on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.  The Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2007    Dutke,A.K., Schade,J. and Cole, E.S.   Correlating Molluscan Species with Water Chemistry in the Saltwater Ponds of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.  The Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2007    White, D.A., Campion, J. and Cole, E.S.  Characterization of Three Roses Cavern and its Accompanying Conduit System on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: An  Inland Refuge for Coastal Fish.  The Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2007    Cole, E.S., Campion,J., Hallgren, C., Voegeli, S., & Voegeli,V.   Discovery of “Three Roses Cavern”, a Submerged Horizontal Cave System on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.  Proceedings of The 12th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas.

2007    Cole, E.S., Campion, J., Campion, K., Decker, B.,  Dutke, A., Freedberg, S., Rubinchuk, M.,  Schade, J., Sedlacek, K., Spanel, N., Torstenson, C., Voegeli, E.,  Voegeli, S., White, D.   The Effect of Hurricane Activity on Sex Determination in the Scaly Pearl Oyster: Pinctada longisquamoa.  The Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

2006    Cole, E.S., Hoft, L., Campion, J. & Cole, B.G.  The Effect of Hurricane Activity on Atlantic Pearl Oysters, Pinctada longisquamosa, in Two Dissimilar Inland Marine Ponds on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.  11th Symposium on the Natural Historyof the Bahamas.

2006    Graves, A.M.  & Cole, E.S.  A Comparative  Distribution of Marine Invertebrates and Freshwater Insects Over an Intertidal Salinity Gradient.  Proceedings of The 11th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas.

1979    Gwilliam, G.F. and Cole, E.S.  The morphology of the CNS of the barnacle  Semibalanus cariosus.  Journal of Morphology.  159:297-310.