Biology of Marine Mammals (MSCI/BIOL.375)

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STUDENT PRESENTATIONS SCHEDULE AND LINKS TO STUDENT PAPERS

The following is the presentation schedule for Fall 2000. Information from these reports can be used for lab quiz questions. The opinions expressed in these reports are strictly those of the report authors and do not represent any official opinion by the marine science department or Coastal Carolina University.

IF YOUR PAPER IS NOT ON HERE, OR DOES NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE LINK, THAT MEANS I EITHER HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR DISK OR SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE DISK.

 Monday Lab

Estes, J. E., M. T. Tinker, T. M. Williams, D. F. Doak. 1998. Killer Whale Predation on Sea Otters Linking Oceanic and Nearshore Ecosystems. Science 282:473-476. (Presented by Stephen Carleton and Chris Flanary)

Fish, F.E. 1998. Comparative Kinematics and Hydrodynamics of Odontocete Cetaceans: Morphological and Ecological Correlates with Swimming Performance. J. Exp. Biol. 201:2867-2877. (Presented by: Cherie Jenkins and Jason Bishop)

Magnusson, K.G. and T. Kasuya. 1997. Mating strategies in whale populations: searching strategy vs. harem strategy. Ecol. Model. 102:225-242. (Presented by Lindsay Aschim and Brady Wilkerson).

Ross, P.S., G.M. Ellis, M.G. Ikonomou, L.G. Barrett-Lennards, and R.F. Addison. 2000. High PCB Concentrations in Free-Ranging Pacific Killer Whales, Orcinus orca: Effects of Age, Sex, and Dietary Preference. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40:504-515. (Presented by Brandi Obman and Amy Willman).

Marshall, C.D. G.D. Huth, V.M. Edmonds, K.L. Halin, and R.L. Reep. 1998. Prehensile use of perioral bristles furing feeding and associated behaviors of the Florida manatee. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 14:274-289. (Presented by Katie Fuhr and Kristen Pino).

Jenkins, L. and C. Romanzo. 1988. Makah whaling: aboriginal subsistence or a stepping stone to undermining the commercial whaling moratorium? Colorado J. Int. Environ. Law Policy 9:71-114. (Presented by Tiffany Wright).

Hall, M.A. 1998. An ecological view of the tuna-dolphin problem: impacts and trade-offs. Rev. Fish. Biol. Fish. 8:1-34. (Presented by Jessica Coombs and Melissa Weierick).

Sayigh, L.S., P.L Tyack. R.S Wells, A.R Solows, M.D.Scott & A.B Irvine. 1999. Individual recognition in wild bottlenose dolphins: a field test using playback experiments. Animal behavior. 57:41-50. (Presented by Sally Crossley and Pam Mohr).

Webb, P.M., D.E. Crocker, S.B. Blackwell, D.P. Costa and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1998. Effects Of Buoyancy On The Diving Behavior Of Northern Elephant Seals, Mirounga angustirostris. J. Exp. Biol. 201:2349-2358. (Presentation by: Heather Vukelic and T.J. Harper)

Herzing, D.L. and C.M. Johnson. 1997. Interspecific Interactions Between Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) In The Bahamas, 1985-1995. Aquatic Mammals 23:85-99. (Presented by: Heather Ryan and Jaime Searles).

Payne, M.P. et al. 1990. Recent fluctuations in the abundance of baleen whales in the southern gulf of Maine in relation to changes in selected prey. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 88:687-696. (Presented by Becky Sheiko and Alison Dean).

Boveng, P.L., L.M. Hiruki, M.K. Schwartz, and J.L. Bengtson. 1998. Population growth of Antarctic fur seals: limitation by a top predator, the leopard seal? Ecology 79:2863-2877. (Presented by Brandy Potter and Beth Sharrer).

 Wednesday Lab

Smith, R.I.L. 1988. Destruction of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems by a rapidly increasing fur seal populaton. Biological Conservation 45:55-72. (Presented by Stacia Weaver and Chris Prosser).

Wade, P.R. 1998. Calculating limits to the allowable human-caused mortality of cetaceans and pinnipeds. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 14:1-. (Presented by Heather Elliott and Serena Galvan).

Griffin, R.B. 1997. Relationships between odontocete distributions and zooplankton community structure along the southern edge of Georges Bank. J. Northwest Atl. Fish. Sci. 22:27-36. (Presented by Christy Morgan, Chris Sullivan, and Jessica Davisson).

Connor, R.C., A. Richards, R. Smolker, and J. Mann. 1996. Patterns of female attractiveness in Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins. Behaviour 133:37-69. (Presented by Deron Bauer, Matt Vanasse, and Scott Titus).

Nathanson, D.E., D. de Castro, H. Friend, and M.McMahon. 1997. Effectiveness of short-term dolphin-assisted therapy for children with severe disabilities. Anthrozoos. 10:90-99. (Presented by Megan Butterworth and Angela Watts).

Stirling, I., N.J. Lunn, J. Iacozza. 1999. Long-term trends in the population ecology of polar bears in western Hudson Bay in relation to climatic change. Arctic 52:294-306. (Presented by Matt Maxwell and Mindy Jones).

Noren, D.P., Williams, T.M., Berry, P., Butler, E. 1999. Thermoregulation during swimming and diving in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. J. Comp. Physiol. B-Biochem. Syst. Environ. Physiol. 169:93-99. (Presented by April Pini and KT Matheny)

Campagna, C., F. Quintana, B.J. Le Boeuf, S. Blackwell, and D.E. Crocker. 1998. Diving behaviour and foraging ecology of female southern elephant seals from Patagonia. Aquatic Mammals 24:1-11. (Presented by Jennifer Trofimovics and Rebekah Harris)

De L. Swart, R., Peter S. Ross, Lies J. Vedder, Helga H. Timmerman, Seim Heisterkamp, 1994. Impairment of Immune Function in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) Feeding on Fish from Polluted Waters. Ambio 23: 155-159. (Presented by Jessica Tiedeken, Todd Ploetner, and Hayley Kosmatka)

Magnusson, K.G. and T. Kasuya. 1997. Mating strategies in whale populations: searching strategy vs. harem strategy. Ecol. Model. 102:225-242. (Presented by Stephanie McPherson and Rachel Carter)

Mercado, E. III, and L.N. Frazer. 1999. Environmental contraints on sound transmission by humpback whales. J. Acoustical Society of America 106:3004-3016. (Presented by: Stacey Ellison and Tara Mae Goodrich)

Herzing, D.L. 1996. Vocalizations and associated underwater behavior of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis, and bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Aquatic Mammals 22:61-79. (Presented by Jessie Rhodes and Caroline Payne).

Hiruki, L.M., M.K. Schwartz, and P.L. Boveng. 1999. Hunting and social behavior of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) at Seal Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. J. Zool. 249:97-109. (Prsented by Laura Kukich and Katie Reid).


Student presentations from previous year's classes:

Fall 1999

Fall 1998


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