Center Investigator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Division of Marine Mammal Research and Conservation
5600 U.S. 1 North
Fort. Pierce Florida 34946
Phone: 561-465-2400
Fax: 561-465-2446
Web Site: http://www.hboi.edu
Email:gbossart@HBOI.EDU
Biography
Education
| B.A. and B.S. | (1973) | Physical Geography and Biology, University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania |
| M.S. Candidate | (1973) | Veterinarian Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA |
| V.M.D. | (1978) | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| Resident | (1981-1985) | University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL |
| Ph.D. | (1985) | Immunopathology, Florida International University, Miami, Fl |
Research Interests
Marine mammal research and conservation including: biomedical research, education and conservation programs involving various marine mammal species around the world. Present research programs are documenting the cause of marine mammal strandings, the effects of harmful algal bloom biotoxins and the identification of emerging diseases in these species. Special emphasis is placed on the study of the gross and histopathologic characterization of diseases of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that inhabit the Indian River Lagoon (IRL). There is a present concern about the health of IRL dolphins and the IRL ecosystem as a whole based on HBOI photo identification data that document an increased incidence of a varied assortment of skin lesions in dolphins that suggest infectious, toxic and human-related etiologies.
Recent Publications
Bossart GD: Sirenian medicine. In: Dierauf L and Gulland F (eds.), Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine: Health, Disease and Rehabilitation, 2nd edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, in press, 2001.
Bossart GD, Reiderson T and Dierauf L: Marine mammal clinical laboratory medicine. In: Dierauf L and Gulland F (eds.), Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine: Health, Disease and Rehabilitation. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, in press, 2001.
Bossart GD, Decker SJ and Ewing RY. Cytopathology of cutaneous viral papillomatosis in the killer whale (Orcinus orca). In: Pfeiffer C (ed.), Molecular and Cell Biology of Marine Mammals, Krieger Publishing Co., Melbourne, FL, in press, 2001.
Bossart GD, Baden DG, Ewing RY and Wright SD. Manatees and brevetoxicosis. In: Pfeiffer C (ed.), Molecular and Cell Biology of Marine Mammals, Krieger Publishing Co., Melbourne, FL, in press, 2001.