Micah Bakenhaster

Position
Assistant Research Scientist

Section
Ecosystem Assessment and Restoration – Fish and Wildlife Health

Education
B.S. Marine Science and Biology, University of Tampa
M.S. Coastal Sciences (Marine Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology), University of Southern Mississippi

Research Interests
Aquatic animal health; communicable diseases of marine organisms; epizootics and aquatic animal mortality events; parasitology including morphology, taxonomy, biodiversity, life history, and host interactions.  

Current Activity
Active collaborations describing new species of parasitic helminths and Microsporidia; teratological study of whiptail rays in Florida; use of gravimetrically determined tissue lipid concentration to elucidate energy allocation dynamics in gag grouper and red snapper; member of a multidisciplinary team investigating the cause of a large-scale, aquatic animal health event in the Florida Keys involving abnormal swimming behaviors and mortalities of fish.

Publications
Micah Bakenhaster Publications