College of Veterinary Medicine

 

Education:

AA, General Education, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA, 1974
BA, History, California State University, Long Beach, 1977

Certificate of Environmental Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 1978

Honors and Awards:

USFWS Manatee Conservation Award, 2004
Sirenian Conservation Award, 2008

Current Research:

Manatee population genetics, marine mammal life history and behavioral research studies, marine mammal gross anatomy, and field necropsy techniques.

• USGS Manatee Genetics- Sirenia Project
• Manatee Conservation in Belize

 

Laboratory Experience:

30 years with USFWS and USGS as a federal research biologist

 

Selected Publications:

For Publications Extracted From Medline Click HERE

USGS Sirenia Project Publications

Stavros, H-C.W., Bonde, R.K. and Fair, P.A. Concentrations of trace elements in blood and skin of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Marine Pollution Bulletin 56:1221-1225. 2008.

Harr, K.E., Allison, K., Bonde, R.K., Murphy, D. and Harvey, J.W. Comparison of blood aminotransferase methods for assessment of myopathy and hepatopathy in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). J. Zoo and Wild. Med. 39(4):180-187. 2008.

Harvey, J.W., Harr, K.E., Murphy, D., Walsh, M.T., Chittick, E.J., Bonde, R.K., Pate, M.G., Deutsch, C.J., Edwards, H.H. and Haubold, E.M. Clinical biochemistry in healthy manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). J. Zoo and Wild. Med. 38(2):269-279. 2007.

Eros, C., Marsh, H., Bonde, R., Beck, C., O’Shea, T., Recchia, C. and Dobbs, K. Procedures for the salvage and necropsy of the dugong (Dugong dugon). Second edition. Research Publication No. 85, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Australia. 98 pp. 2007.

Pardini, A.T., O'Brien P.C.M., Fu, B., Bonde, R.K., Elder, F.F.B., Ferguson-Smith, M.A., Yang, F., and Robinson, T.J. Chromosome painting among Proboscidea, Hyracoidea and Sirenia: support for Paenungulata (Afrotheria, Mammalia) but not Tethytheria. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274:1333-1340. 2007.

Pause, K.C., R.K. Bonde, P.M. McGuire, R.T. Zori and Gray, B.A. G-banded karyotype and ideogram for the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalanea glacialis). J. Heredity 97(3):303-306. 2006.

Siegal-Willott, J., Estrada, A., Bonde, R., Wong, A., Estrada, D.J. and Harr, K. Electrocardiography in two subspecies of manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris and T. m. manatus). J. Zoo and Wild. Med. 37(4):447-453. 2006.

Reep and Bonde. The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation. University Press of Florida, 189 pp. 2006.

Bonde, R.K., Aguirre, A.A. and Powell, J. Manatees as Sentinels of Marine Ecosystem Health: Are They the 2000-pound Canaries? EcoHealth 1:255-262. 2004.

Bonde, R. K., O'Shea, T.J., and Beck, C.A. A manual of procedures for the salvage and necropsy of carcasses of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). National Technical Information Service, PB83-255273, Springfield, Virginia. 175 pp. 1983.