Tara Cox

Tara Cox

Assistant Professor
Savannah State University

Expertise:
Large marine vertebrate spatial ecology and conservation

Issues of Interest:
Marine mammal biology, human interactions with large marine vertebrates, policy and management.

Current Projects:

• Foraging ecology of bottlenose dolphins
• Begging behavior of bottlenose dolphins
• Photo-identification of bottlenose dolphins
• Global assessment of bycatch of marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds
• Seasonal and individual movements of bottlenose dolphins in Georgia
• Bacterial community composition in dolphin tissues

Location:
Savannah River Estuary; Wassau Sound

Project Links:

Homepage:
http://www.savannahstate.edu/scitech/scmath/html/marine/cox.htm