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Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are due by 5:00 pm on Friday, February 1, 2008. Early abstract submission is encouraged!
Authors will be notified by February 15th regarding the status of their presentation. The number of oral and poster presentations is limited; selection of abstracts for presentation will be made on the basis of anonymous peer review. Oral presenters will be allowed a 15 minute slot, and should aim for 12 minute presentations allowing time for questions. A designated poster session will be held on Saturday. Each individual may present only a single poster or oral presentation. Awards will be given for best student poster and best student oral presentation. Abstracts must be submitted in the format shown below.
Email the abstract and related information as an attachment OR as text in the body of the email message to seamamms08@noaa.gov. Please start the subject line of the message with "SEAMAMMS".
Format for Abstract Submission
Please include the following:
Name
Affiliation
Mailing Address
Phone
E-mail
Student? Y or N
Preferred Presentation Format? Oral or Poster
If you indicated Oral, would you be willing to present in poster format
if so designated? Y or N
Abstracts must be prepared as follows:
First line: Title
Second line: Author(s)
Third line: Author affiliation(s) -- For different affiliations among
authors, use numbered superscripts.
Fourth Line: Body of Abstract (not to exceed 250 words)
Example:
Comparison of Survival Models using Mark-Recapture Rates and Age-at-Death Data
for Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, Along the South Carolina Coast.
Suzanne M. Lane1, 2, Lori H. Schwacke3, Wayne E. McFee3, and Eric S. Zolman3
1 College of Charleston
2 NOAA Fisheries Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
3 National Ocean Service, NOAA
A variety of approaches are used for modeling survival in wildlife populations.
For cetaceans, age specific survival..."