April 7 9, 2017 Beaufort, NC SCHEDULE

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1 April 7 9, 2017 Beaufort, NC SCHEDULE Friday, April 7 Friday events at Maritime Museum (315 Front Street, Beaufort, NC 28516) 16:00 18:00 Registration 18:00 20:30 Ice breaker Saturday, April 8 All events in DUML Auditorium unless otherwise noted. 08:15 09:00 Registration / Poster set-up / Coffee 09:00 09:15 Welcome / Opening Remarks 09:15 10:30 Panel Discussion: The future of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. Panelists: Brendan Cummings, Abigail Ross Hopper, Ingrid Biedron, Steve Roady 10:30 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 12:30 Session 1 Behavior Chair: Robin Perrtree 11:00 Jeanne Shearer et al. Diving behavior of Cuvier s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 11:15 Chelsea Bohaty & A. Quinton White The effect of photoperiod on the migratory habits of the Florida manatee. 11:30 Cassandra Harris et al. Residency of begging common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the estuarine waters of Savannah, GA. 11:45 Klatsky, L., Austin Allen, et al. Movement and dive behavior of offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near the bermuda pedestal. SEAMAMMS 2017, Beaufort, NC, April 7-9 1

2 12:00 Madison Miketa et al. Bottlenose dolphin females have stable preferred associations in Shark Bay, Australia. 12:15 Caitlin Karniski et al. Reproductive senescence in bottlenose dolphins. 12:30 13:30 Lunch DUML dining hall 13:30 14:45 Session 2 Distribution/Demography Chair: Madison Miketa 13:30 Danielle Marie Brown et al. Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sightings in the New York- New Jersey harbor estuary. 13:45 Emily Griffin et al. Evaluation of the southern boundary of the northern Georgia southern South Carolina estuarine system stock of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the waters around Savannah, Georgia. 14:00 Amelia Johnson et al. North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) presence and distribution in the waters of Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina from 1998 to :15 Jordan M. Rutland et al. A preliminary analysis of life history indices of female common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, and their calves in waters near Savannah, GA. 14:30 Jessica Thompson et al. Establishing a robust baseline: the first estimates of abundance for the estuaries near Savannah, Georgia using the robust design. 14:45 15:15 Coffee Break Special break-out session with Brendan Cummings from the Center for Biological Diversity: The Intersection of Science-Law-Advocacy in the Marine Mammal Field Pilkey Conference Room 15:15 16:30 Session 3 - Physiology/Methods/Misc Chair: Kristy Brightwell 15:15 Tori Carlson et al. Speciation of North Atlantic marine mammals through ancient DNA analysis. SEAMAMMS 2017, Beaufort, NC, April 7-9 2

3 15:30 Carissa D. King & Quincy A. Gibson The potential effects of chronic anthropogenic sound on the habitat use patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Jacksonville, FL. 15:45 Elizabeth Mason & David W. Johnston An evaluation of the accuracy of photogrammetric measurements from unmanned aircraft systems. 16:00 MaryKathleen Ryan et al. Analysis of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) strandings in North Carolina during the Mid-Atlantic Morbillivirus Unusual Mortality Event. 16:15 Jillian Wisse et al. Measurement of cortisol in blow: biological and methodological validation. 16:30 18:00 Poster Session Pilkey Building 18:30 22:00 Banquet Maritime Museum (315 Front Street, Beaufort, NC 28516) Sunday, April 9 All events in DUML Auditorium unless otherwise noted. 08:30 09:30 Session 1 Chair: Dani Silva 08:30 Kristy Brightwell et al. The effect of a mass mortality event on bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure and male mating strategies in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. 08:45 Paul B. Nader Cold-impregnation plastination of marine mammal hearts as improved method of anatomical study. 09:00 Briana Harvey et al. Associations and the role of affiliative, agonistic, and socio-sexual behaviors among common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 09:15 Janet Mann et al. The Potomac-Chesapeake dolphin project: preliminary findings and future directions. 09:30 10:00 Coffee Break & Poster break-down SEAMAMMS 2017, Beaufort, NC, April 7-9 3

4 10:00 11:00 Session 2 Chair: Tiffany Keenan-Bateman 10:00 Ann Weaver & Stan Kuczaj Neither toy nor tool: grass-wearing behavior among free-ranging bottlenose dolphins in western Florida. 10:15 Brandon Southall et al. Multi-scale behavioral response studies of cetaceans and MFAs along the US East Coast. 10:30 Robin Perrtree et al. Using opportunistic data for an early mark-recapture abundance estimate near Savannah, Georgia. 10:45 Kim Urian et al. Determining the stock identity of stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Unusual Mortality Event using the mid-atlantic bottlenose dolphin catalog (MABDC). 11:00 12:00 Student Awards / Business Meeting POSTERS Presenting author in bold. 1. Brian Balmer et al. Bottlenose dolphin occurrence in St. Andrew Bay, Florida and coastal waters near the naval surface warfare center, Panama City Divison Testing Range. 2. Jackson Bialek et al. An ontogenetic and cross-species comparative investigation of the lower-reproductive tract in female cetaceans. 3. Amber O. Brown and Quincy A. Gibson. Determining microcystin presence in stranded Tursiops truncatus. 4. William Cioffi et al. Baleen (alpha-keratin) archives metabolic and endocrine life histories of mysticetes. 5. Clark, K., Costidis, A., Paul Doshkov, et al. Outer Banks Marine Mammal Stranding Network summary of Erin Cummings et al. Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) presence and behavior off the mid-atlantic states of North Carolina and Virginia from 2011 to Christine M. Favorito and Nicole L. Vollmer. An ocean of data: analysis of Lagenorhynchus acutus genetic population structure across the North Atlantic. SEAMAMMS 2017, Beaufort, NC, April 7-9 4

5 8. Allison Galezo, Ewa Krzyszczyk, and Janet Mann. Sexual segregation in bottlenose dolphins is driven by female avoidance of males. 9. Natalie Hunter et al. Growth patterns and morphological changes of the reniculated kidney in the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 10. Kate (Yi Kyung) Jin et al. The social function of synchronous breathing in wild bottlenose dolphin calves. 11. Tiffany F. Keenan-Bateman. An investigation into the chemosensory biology of odontocete cetaceans dissertation research plan. 12. Skyler Klingshirn et al. Fin whale song variation in the southeast and middle Atlantic. 13. Jamie Knaub et al. Prevalence of the trematode Campula in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in southeastern North Carolina. 14. Jackie P. Kroeger, William A. McLellan, and D. Ann Pabst. Locomotor muscle morphology of three species of pelagic delphinids. 15. Melissa A. Laurino and Michael A. Denk. Spinal deformities and other field observed pathologies of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) off Cape May, New Jersey. 16. Harry Lee et al. Tooth rake healing and age and sex-specific conflict rates in wild bottlenose dolphins. 17. Ryan McAlarney et al. Patterns of cetacean occurrence in the deep waters off Virginia and North Carolina. 18. Samantha M. Pelletier and Jeremy C. Stalker. Stable isotope analysis of the vibrissae of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 19. Shaiane Pinto et al. The occurrence of the Florida manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris in warm-water effluents along the Savannah River, Georgia. 20. Keith A. Rittmaster et al. Stranding response and skeletal rearticulation of a Gervais beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus). 21. Dani Silva et al. Stock assessment throwback: new evidence for the southern North Carolina coastal stock. 22. Victoria G. Thayer, Samantha M. Binion-Rock, and Jill M. Sullivan. Preliminary comparison of stomach contents from stranded common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with and without evidence of human interaction. SEAMAMMS 2017, Beaufort, NC, April 7-9 5

6 23. Brianna Tramutolo et al. Estimating the abundance of the northern South Carolina estuarine system stock of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 24. Ashlen T. Ward and Quincy A. Gibson. The ranging patterns of female St. Johns River bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) differ based on reproductive state. 25. Chen-Yi Wu, Laurens E. Howle, and Douglas P. Nowacek. Untangling the North Atlantic right whale entanglements in computer model. 26. Robert F. Young and Dani C. Silva. Why these stocks? SEAMAMMS 2017, Beaufort, NC, April 7-9 6