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Dolphins Plus Conference Presentations

Banick, K., & Borger, J. L. (2005). A mass-stranding event of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in the Florida Keys (Florida, USA): II. Release and tracking. Formal presentation at the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals.

Bergman, K. R., Byerly, H. C., Richardson, J.L., Weierick, M. M, & Lilli, J. L. (2011). A novel approach to training phlebotomy procedures in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to treat iron storage disease. Formal presentation presented at the 39th annual International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association, Miami, Florida.

Butzen, C., & Byerly, H. C. (2010). Factors affecting the ability of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to interpret human-given social cues. Poster presented at the Animal Behavior Society Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Byerly, H. C., & Ashley, L. B. (2010). A systematic examination of training techniques and the elicitation of motivation in an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Formal presentation at the 38th annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

Byerly, H. C., Richardson, J. L., & Kuczaj, S. A. (2009). Paternal investment in the care of a dolphin calf. Poster presented at the 18th Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Quebec, Canada.

Byerly, H. C., Richardson, J. L., & Kuczaj, S. A. (2011). Mating behavior in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Poster presented at the 19th Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Tampa, Florida.

Clegg, I. L. K., Borger-Turner, J. L., & Eskelinen, H. C. (2015). C-Well: The development of a welfare assessment index for captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Formal presentation at the 42nd Annual International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association Conference, Nassau, Bahamas.

Cooper, N. J., Borger-Turner, J. L., Eskelinen, H. C., Noll, N., & Renner, M. (2016). Scanning cetaceans: Facilitating serial computerized tomography (CT) scans of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).  Formal presentation presented at International Marine Animal Training Association, San Diego, California.

Cooper, N. J., Richardson, J. L., Byerly, H. C. & Cooper, A. G. (2010). Training transformation: overhauling the training protocol of two marine mammal facilities in the Florida Keys. Formal presentation at the 38th annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

Cooper, N. J., Richardson, J. L., Turner, T. N., & Eskelinen, H. C. (2014). Marine mammal training protocol and behavioral inventory for Tursiops truncatus. Poster presented at the 41st annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Enright, N. K., Halladay, M. A., Borger-Turner, J. L. (2015). Taking on rescued California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups: The realities, the challenges, and the rewards.  Formal presentation at the 42nd Annual International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association Conference, Nassau, Bahamas.

Eskelinen, H. C., Tufano, S., & Borger-Turner, J. L. (2015). Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) whistle rates and blood cortisol levels during periods of perceived stress. Formal presentation at the 21st Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, San Francisco, California.

Herring, H. M., & Byerly, H. C. (2011). An examination of superstitious behaviors of two hearing impaired bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Poster presented at the 39th annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Miami, Florida.

Johnson, B. K., Byerly, H. C. (2015). An analysis of modifying an aversive stimulus into a reinforcer in a single bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Poster presentation at the Annual International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association Conference, Miami, Florida.

Jones, B. L., Eskelinen, H. C., & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2015). Bubblestream whistle production, quality, and parameter development in infant Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) during the first thirty days of life. Poster presented at the 21st Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, San Francisco, California.

Jones, B. L., Eskelinen, H. C., & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2015). Whistle production in infant bottlenose dolphins during the first thirty days of life. Formal presentation at the 1st annual Watkins Memorial Marine Mammal Bioacoustics Symposium, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Kleinschmidt, E. L., Richardson, J. L., Turner, T., & Feucht, T. R. (2014). Quantification of tooth rake marks in captive bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) for improved aggression management. Formal presentation at the 41st annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Kuczaj, S. A., Byerly, H. C., Perisho, S., Jones, B., & Richardson, J. L. (2012, October). Individual dolphin mothers use unique signals to call their calves. Formal presentation at the Comparative Cognition Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kuczaj, S. A., Byerly, H. C., Richardson, J. L., Sayre, S. C., & Perisho, S. (2009). Gotta go, mom’s calling: Dolphin mothers use acoustic signals to call their calves. Poster session presented at the 18th Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Quebec, Canada.

Kuczaj, S. A., Highfill, L. E., & Byerly, H. C. (2011). The importance of considering context in the assessment of personality characteristics. Formal presentation at the 19th Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Tampa, Florida.

Lawrence, M. K., Borger-Turner, J. L., Eskelinen, H. C., Turner, T. N. (2015). Investigating the effects of applied learning principles on the “create” response in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Formal presentation at The Comparative Cognition Society 23rd International Conference, Melbourne, Florida.

Lawrence, M. K., Richardson, J. L., Eskelinen, H. C., & Turner, T. N. (2014). Investigating the effects of psychological learning theories on Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) choice behavior. Informal presentation at the 41st annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Lopes, M. M., Eskelinen, H. C., Kuczaj, S. A., & Richardson, J. L. (2014). Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) responses to an artificial stimulus: impacts of novelty and demographic variations. Informal presentation at the 41st annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Lopes, M. M., Richardson, J. L., Eskelinen, H. C., & Kuczaj, S. A. (2015). Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) response to a novel stimulus. Formal presentation at The Comparative Cognition Society 23rd International Conference, Melbourne, Florida.

McCarthy, J. K., Byerly, H. C., Bates, R. J., & Richardson, J. L. (2011). An analysis of caloric intake, water temperature, reproductive status, and sexual behavior of Tursiops truncatus in ambient seawater facilities. Poster presented at the 19th Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Meeting, Tampa, Florida.

McCarthy, J. K., Byerly, H. C., Bates, R. J., & Richardson, J. L. (2011). An analysis of the effects of water temperature and reproductive status on caloric intake in Tursiops truncatus in ambient seawater facilities. Poster presented at the 39th Annual International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association, Miami, Florida.

Noll, N. E., Vanderhart, M. I., & Renner, M. (2016). The clinical importance of following up computed tomography scans in thoracic disease of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Formal presentation at the 47th Annual IAAAM Meeting and Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Prevost, K., & Byerly, H. C. (2010). Identifying and evaluating social, dominant, and aggressive behaviors among three bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Key Largo, Florida. Poster presented at Tennessee Academy of Sciences Christian Brothers University Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.

Rivard, A., Richardson, J. L., & Byerly, H. C. (2012). Assessing peripheral visual acuity in a visually-impaired California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pre and post cataract surgery. Formal presentation at the 2nd Annual Symposium of the Florida Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, Sarasota, Florida.

Sayre S., Andersen S., Richardson J., & Cooper, N. (2007) Contacting Castaway: Training a Wild, Deaf, Offshore Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Formal presentation at the 36th Annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Sayre, S. C., & Wright, M. (2008). Disabled but not discounted: A case study of two Tursiops truncatus. Formal presentation at the 36th Annual International Marine Animal Trainers Association Conference, Cancun, Mexico.

Strobel, M. M., Walsh, M. T., Houser, D. S., Moore, K. T., Mann, D. A., Finneran, J. J., Clough, P. L., Davis, M. R., Staggs, L. A., Eskelinen, H. C., & Bates, R. J. (2016). Auditory evoked potentials and behavioral considerations with hearing loss in small cetaceans: Application as a standard diagnostic test in health assessment. Formal presentation at the 47th Annual IAAAM Meeting and Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Winship, K. A., Eskelinen, H. C., Holmes, S., & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2016). Individual differences in dolphins while watching video footage. Formal Presentation at The Comparative Cognition Society 24th International Conference, Melbourne, Florida.

Winship, K. A., Jones, B. L., Ames, A., Eskelinen, H. C., & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2015). Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) sound production during a cooperative task. Poster Presentation at The Comparative Cognition Society 23rd International Conference, Melbourne, Florida.

Winship, K., Kuczaj, S. A. II, & Eskelinen, H. C. (2014). Dolphins can cooperate to solve a novel task. Formal presentation at the 21st Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida.

Winship, K. A., Taylor, A., Eskelinen, H. C., & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2015). Individual differences in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) problem solving. Poster presented at the 21st Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, San Francisco, California.

Wright, K. A. (2011). Decreased ability to acquire food of a captive deaf dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Slower reaction times and lower success rates.  Presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference at Guelph. Ontario, Canada.

 

Dolphins Plus Peer-Reviewed Publications

Borger-Turner, J. L., Chase, D., & Eskelinen, H. C. (in prep). Activity budget and stereotypic behavior of two, rescued juvenile California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).

Clegg, I., Borger-Turner, J. L., & Eskelinen, H. C. (2015). C-Well: The development of welfare assessment measures and protocols for captive bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Animal Welfare, 24, 267–282.

Clegg, I. L. K., Borger-Turner, J. L., & Eskelinen, H. C. (in review). Measuring cetacean welfare. Soundings

Eskelinen, H. C., Borger-Turner, J. L., & Kuczaj, S. A. (in review). Paternal investment in the care of a dolphin calf. International Journal of Comparative Psychology

Eskelinen, H. C., Borger-Turner, J. L., & Tufano, S. (in prep). Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) whistle rates and blood cortisol levels during periods of perceived stress. Science

Eskelinen, H. C., Borger-Turner, J. L., & Wendt, J. K.  (in review). An analysis of caloric intake, water temperatures, reproductive status, and sexual behavior of Tursiops truncatus in ambient seawater facilities. Aquatic Mammals.

Eskelinen, H. C., Jones, B. L., & Kuczaj, S.A. (in review). The ontogeny of whistle production in infant Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Aquatic Mammals

Eskelinen, H. C., Winship, K. A., & Borger-Turner, J. L. (2015). Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) preferences toward environmental enrichment sessions. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2(3), 241–253.

Eskelinen, H. C., Winship, K. A., Jones, A. A., Ames, A. E. M., & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2016). Acoustic behavior affiliated with cooperative task success in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Animal Cognition, 1–9.

Kuczaj, S. A., & Eskelinen, H. C. (2014). The “creative dolphin” revisited: what dolphins do when asked to vary their behavior. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 1(1), 65–75.

Kuczaj, S. A., & Eskelinen, H. C. (2014). Why do dolphins play? Animal Behavior and Cognition, 1(2), 113–127.

Kuczaj, S. A., Eskelinen, H. C., Jones, B. L., & Borger-Turner, J. L.  (2015). Gotta go, mom’s calling: Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) mothers use individually distinctive acoustic signals to call their calves. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2, 88–95.

Kuczaj, S. A., Highfill, L. E., & Byerly, H. C. (2012). The importance of considering context in the assessment of personality characteristics: evidence from ratings of dolphin personality. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 25, 309–329.

Kuczaj, S. A., Highfill, L. E., Makecha, R. N., & Byerly, H. C. (2013). Why do dolphins smile? A comparative perspective on dolphin emotions and emotional expressions. In: S. Watanabe & S. Kuczaj (Eds.), Comparative perspectives on human and animal emotions. New York: Springer.

Kuczaj, S. A., Winship, K. A., & Eskelinen, H. C. (2015). Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) can cooperate when solving a novel task.  Animal Cognition, 18, 543–550.

Lawrence, M. K., Borger-Turner, J. L., Turner, T. N., & Eskelinen, H. C. (2016). Investigating the effects of applied learning principles on the “create” response in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 29, 1–9.

Lopes, M., Borger-Turner, J. L., Eskelinen, H. C., & Kuczaj, S. A., II (2016). Influence of age, sex, and the presence of offspring on the responses of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) to a novel stimulus over time. Animal Behavior and Cognition 3(1), 32–45.

Richardson, J. L., Byerly, H. C., Bergman, K. R., Weierick, M. M., Lilli, J. L., Stevens, R. O. Stevens, & Cooper, N. J. (2013). Training phlebotomy procedures in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to treat iron storage disease. Soundings, 38(1), 26–29.

Strobel, M. M., Houser, D. S., Moore, K. T., Mann, D. A., Finneran, J. J., Clough, M. R., Staggs, L. A., Eskelinen, H. C., Bates, R. J., Walsh, M. T. (in review). Auditory evoked potentials and behavioral considerations with hearing loss in small cetaceans: Application as a standard diagnostic test in health assessment. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine,

Zaias, J., Bradley, C., Richardson, J., Eskelinen, H., Ikpatt, F., & Cray, C. (in print). Evaluating Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leukocyte differential counts using the CellaVision DM96 and manual method. Veterinary Clinical Pathology.

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