174Barbieri, M.M., McLellan, W.A. Wells, R.S., Blum, J.E., Hofmann, S., Gannon, J. and D. A. Pabst. 2010. Using
infrared thermography to assess seasonal trends in dorsal fin surface temperatures of free-swimming bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, FL, U.S.A. Marine Mammal Science. 26(1):53-66. (F.G. Wood
Memorial Scholarship Award for Best Student Paper)
Piscitelli, M.A., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A., Blum, J., Barco, S.G. and D.A. Pabst .2010. Lung size and
thoracic morphology in shallow (Tursiops truncatus) and deep (Kogia spp.) diving cetaceans. Journal of
Morphology. 269:1520-1538.
Rotstein, D. S., Burdett, L. G., McLellan, W., Schwacke, L., Rowles, T., Terio, K.A, Schultz, S. and Pabst, D.A.
- Lobomycosis in two offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from North Carolina. Emerging
Infectious Diseases. 15(4):588-590.
Balmer, B.C., Wells, R.S., Nowacek, S.M., Nowacek, D.P., Schwacke, L.H., McLellan W. A., Scharf, F.S., Rowles,
T. K., Hansen, L.J., Spradlin, T.R, and Pabst, D.A. 2008. Seasonal abundance and distribution patterns of bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near St. Joseph Bay, Florida, USA. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management.
10(2):157-167.
Cotten, P.B., Piscitelli, M.A., McLellan W.A., Rommel S.A., Dearolf J.L., and D.A. Pabst. 2008. The gross
morphology and histochemistry of respiratory muscles in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Journal of
Morphology. 269:1520-1538.
Etnier, S. F., W. A. McLellan, J. Blum, and D. A. Pabst. 2008. Ontogenetic changes in the structural stiffness of the
tailstock of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 211:3205-3213.
Harms, C.A., Maggi, R.G., Breitschwerdt, E.B., Clemons-Chevis, C.L., Solangi, M., Rotstein, D.L., Fair, P.A.,
Hansen, L.J., Hohn, A.A., Lovewell, G.G., McLellan, W.A., Pabst, D.A., Rowles, T.K., Schwacke, L.H.,
Townsend, F.I. and R.S. Wells. 2008. Bartonella species detection in captive and stranded versus healthy free-
ranging dolphins and porpoises in the southeastern United States. Veterinary Research. 39(6):59-66.
Harper, C.J., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A., Gay, D.M., Dillaman, R.M. and D.A. Pabst. 2008. Morphology of
the melon and its tendinous connections to the facial muscles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal
of Morphology. 269:820-839.
Meagher, E.M., McLellan, W.A., Westgate, A.J., Wells, R.S., Blum, J.E., Pabst, D.A. 2008. Seasonal patterns of
heat loss in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 178:529-543.Rommel, S., D. Pabst, and W. McLellan. 2008 Skull anatomy. In: Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (W.F. Perrin,
B. Wursig, and H. Thewissen, Eds), 2nd ed., Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 1033-1047.
Williams, T., Zavanelli, M., Miller, M., Goldbeck, R., Morledge, M. Casper, D., Pabst, A., McLellan, W., Cantin,
L., and D. Kliger. 2008. Running, swimming and diving as modifiers of globin-mediated protection of the
mammalian brain. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 275(1636):751-758.
Rommel, S.A., D.A. Pabst, W.A. McLellan. 2007. Functional anatomy of the cetacean reproductive system, with
comparisons to the domestic dog. In: Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Cetacea: Whales, Dolphins and
Porpoises. (ed. D.L. Miller). Science Publishers, pp. 127-145.PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS, AND PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
(undergraduate and graduate students with whom I have worked are in bold)
2014
Arthur, L.H., McLellan, W.A., Woodward, B., Winn, J., Piscitelli, M. and D.A. Pabst. Estimating force outputs of
cetacean axial locomotor muscles. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas, January 3-7,
2014.
Arthur, L.H., McLellan, W.A., Woodward, B., Winn, J., Piscitelli, M. and D.A. Pabst. Estimating force outputs of
cetacean axial locomotor muscles. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium, Wilmington, NC,
March 28-30, 2014. (Graduate Student Presentation Award).
Bateman, T., McLellan, W.A., Harms, C., Thayer, V., Clark, K., Piscitelli, M., and D.A. Pabst. Crassicauda
infection in kogiid whales. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas, January 3-7, 2014.Bateman, T., McLellan, W.A., Harms, C., Thayer, V., Clark, K., Piscitelli, M., and D.A. Pabst. Crassicauda
infection in kogiid whales. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium, Wilmington, NC, March
28 - 30, 2014.
Cummings, E., Pabst, D., Blum, J., Barco, S., Davis, S., Thayer, V., Adimey, N., and W. McLellan. Spatial and
temporal patterns of habitat use and mortality of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in the Mid-
Atlantic States of North Carolina and Virginia from 1991 to 2012. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal
Symposium, Wilmington, NC, March 28-30, 2014.