Education
Ph.D. Ecology, University of Georgia, 2008
MS Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development, University of Georgia, 1998
BS Biology, Furman University, 1993
Research Interests
Sublethal effects of contaminants on wildlife health
Long-lived reptiles as environmental sentinels
Ecology, conservation and management of long-lived reptiles
Selected Publications
Haskins, D.L., R.M. Gogal, and T.D. Tuberville. 2019. Snakes as novel biomarkers of mercury contamination: a review. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 249:133-152.
Finger, J.W., M.T. Hamilton, M. Kelley, N. Stacy, T.C. Glenn, and T.D. Tuberville. 2019. Examining the impact of chronic selenium exposure on commonly used stress parameters in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 77:14-21.
Cochran, J.P., D.L. Haskins, N.A. Eady, M.T. Hamilton, M.A. Pilgrim, and T.D. Tuberville. 2018. Coal combustion residues and their effects on trace element accumulation and health indices of eastern mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum). Environmental Pollution 243:346-353.
Hamilton, M.T., J.W. Finger Jr., R.M. Elsey, G.F. Mastromonaco, and T.D. Tuberville. 2018. Corticosterone in American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) scutes: evaluating the feasibility of using keratinized tissues for investigating environmental stressors. General and Comparative Endocrinology 268:7-13.
Finger Jr., J.W., M.T. Hamilton, M.D. Kelley, Y. Zhang, A.N. Kavazis, T.C. Glenn, and T.D. Tuberville. 2018. Dietary selenomethionine administration and its effects on the American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis): oxidative status and corticosterone levels. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 75:37-44.
Smith, J.B., T.D. Tuberville, and J.C. Beasley. 2018. Hunting and game consumption patterns of hunters in South Carolina, USA. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9:321-329.
Haskins, D.L., E.W. Howerth, and T.D. Tuberville. 2018. Experimentally induced selenosis in the yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta). Veterinary Pathology 55:473-477.
Winzeler, M.E., D.L. Haskins, S.L. Lance, and T.D. Tuberville. 2018. Survey of aquatic turtles on the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, USA for presence of ranavirus. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54:138-141.
Finger, J.W., M.T. Hamilton, T.C. Glenn, and T.D. Tuberville. 2017. Dietary selenomethionine administration in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis): hepatic and renal Se accumulation and its effects on growth and body condition. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 72:439-448.
Haskins, D.L., M.T. Hamilton, N.I. Stacy, J.W. Finger Jr, and T.D. Tuberville. 2017. Effects of selenium exposure on the hematology, innate immunity, and metabolic rate of yellow-bellied sliders (Trachemys scripta scripta). Ecotoxicology 26:1134-1146.
Hamilton, M.T., J.W. Finger Jr., M.L. Winzeler, and T.D. Tuberville. 2016. Evaluating the effect of sample type on analyte values in a point-of-care (i-STAT) blood analyser for the American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Conservation Physiology 4:1-7.
Tuberville, T.D., D.E. Scott, B.S. Metts, J.W. Finger, Jr., and M.T. Hamilton. 2016. Hepatic and renal trace element concentrations in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) following chronic dietary exposure to coal fly ash contaminated prey. Environmental Pollution 214:680-689.
Hamilton, M.T., C.A. Kupar, M.D. Kelley, J.W. Finger, Jr., and T.D. Tuberville. 2016. Blood and plasma biochemistry reference intervals for wild juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 52:631-635.
Finger, Jr., J.W., M.T. Hamilton, B.S. Metts, T.C. Glenn, and T.D. Tuberville. 2016. Chronic ingestion of coal fly-ash contaminated prey and its effects on health and immune parameters in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 71:347-358.
