SEAMAMMS 2008
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A printed copy of the final schedule of events will be included as part of your registration packet (please pick up Friday evening or Saturday morning). Oral and poster abstracts are now available as a pdf file. Please print and bring with you if you want a printed copy of abstracts. In order to save paper, we will not have printed abstract books.
Friday,
March 28, 2008 |
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| 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Registration and packet pick-up; tours of Hollings Marine Laboratory |
| 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Reception
at Hollings Marine Laboratory (Directions) 331 Ft. Johnson Rd., Charleston, SC 29412 |
Saturday,
March 29, 2008 |
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| 8:30 am to 9:00 am | Load talks onto podium computer; hang posters |
| 9:00 am to 9:15 am | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 9:15 am to 10:00 am | Keynote
Address: Dr. Frances Gulland Health concerns for marine mammals of the west coast |
| 10:00 am to 10:15 am | Confirmation of the harmful algal toxin, domoic acid, in Kogia spp. stranded in mid-Atlantic waters of the U.S., Spencer Fire |
| 10:15 am to 10:30 am | Depletion of high abundance proteins from California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) plasma using commercially-available depletion columns, Jason Ferrante |
| 10:30 am to 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am to 11:00 am | Womb of Doom: Examples of uterovarian disease among small cetaceans and pinnipeds from the Gulf of Mexico and eastern seaboard, David Rotstein |
| 11:00 am to 11:15 am | A review of 14 years of causes of death of bottlenose dolphins in South Carolina, Wayne McFee |
| 11:15 am to 11:30 am | Photo-identification for estimation of prevalence, spatial distribution and temporal trends of Lobomycosis in bottlenose dolphins from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, Elizabeth Murdoch |
| 11:30 am to 11:45 am | Bartonella species as a potential cause of disease in marine mammals: Current status, Ricardo Maggie |
| 11:45 am to 12:00 pm | Bartonella species detection in captive and stranded versus healthy free-ranging dolphins and porpoises in the southeastern United States, Craig Harms |
| 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | Lunch provided at SC DNR Outdoor Classroom |
| 1:00 pm to 1:15 pm | Stomach content analysis of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) stranded in South Carolina, Michelle Pate |
| 1:15 pm to 1:30 pm | Temporal and ontogenetic variation in the nutritional value of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), an important prey species in the Bay of Fundy, Canada, Hillary Lane |
| 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm | Differences in energy expenditures of coastal and estuarine bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Robert Clelland |
| 1:45 pm to 2:00 pm | Break – load Sunday talks onto podium computer |
| 2:00 pm to 2:15 pm | Using mitochondrial DNA to examine the differences between coastal and offshore populations of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico, Nicole Vollmer |
| 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm | Paternity assessment of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the Bahamas, Michelle Green |
| 2:30 pm to 2:45 pm | Factors influencing variation in age at independence for free-ranging bottlenose dolphin calves in Sarasota Bay, Florida, Katherine McHugh |
| 2:45 pm to 3:00 pm | The impacts of two major hurricanes on the social structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops Truncatus, in the Bahamas, Cindy Rogers |
| 3:00 pm to 3:10 pm | Break |
| 3:10 pm to 4:00 pm | Panel
Discussion: “Marine mammal health research and its application
to conservation and management” Panel members: Dr. Frances Gulland (The Marine Mammal Center), Dr. Andy Read (Duke University Marine Laboratory), Dr. Teri Rowles (NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources), Dr. Randy Wells (Chicago Zoological Society/Mote Marine Laboratory). Facilitator: Dr. Susan White (Hollings Marine Laboratory). |
| 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Poster session – lobby of SC DNR |
| 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Harbor
Cruise. Boarding 6:30, departure 7:00 from the Charleston
Maritime Center, 10 Wharfside St. Charleston, SC (off Concord St.
½ block south of the SC Aquarium) Charleston Harbor Tours (link: http://www.charlestonharbortours.com/) |
Sunday,
March 30, 2008 |
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| 8:30 am to 8:45 am | Predictive modeling of right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) calving habitat in the Atlantic Ocean, Andy Read |
| 8:45 am to 9:00 am | Temporal and spatial distribution of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, along the southeast coast of the United States, Meghan Bills |
| 9:00 am to 9:15 am | An analysis of Kogia stranding data from the southeastern United States, Nicole O’Brien |
| 9:15 am to 9:30 am | Social structure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Biscayne Bay, Florida leads to habitat partitioning and fine-scale spatial variation in dolphin organochlorine concentrations, Jenny Litz |
| 9:30 am to 9:45 am | Location, location, location …… or what can the transcriptome tell us about populations of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus?, Annalaura Mancia |
| 9:45 am to 10:30 am | Break and poster session - lobby of SC DNR |
| 10:30 am to 10:45 am | Distribution of organohalogen contaminants between blubber and blood in wild bottlenose dolphins: Implications for biomonitoring and health, Jennifer Yordy |
| 10:45 am to 11:00 am | Depredation and fishing interactions involving bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida, Jessica Powell |
| 11:00 am to 11:15 am | Boat-based anthropogenic impacts on dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, Sarah Bechdel |
| 11:15 am to 11:30 am | Understanding the landscape and informing conservation: A case study of Florida manatees and Florida boaters, Janet Gannon |
| 11:30 am to 11:45 am | Evidence of a low reporting rate of entangled whales, Scott Landry |
| 11:45 am to 12:00 pm | Student Awards |
| 12:00 pm to 12:15 pm | Closing Remarks & Business Meeting |
SEAMAMMS Conference, Charleston, SC, March 28-30,
2008