175Mallette, S.D., Lockhart, G., Bort, J., Rabon, A., McAlarney, R.J., Cummings, E.W., Pabst, D.A., McLellan, W.A.,
and S.G. Barco. A review of three years of large whale survey effort off the coast of Virginia utilizing multiple
research platforms. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium, Wilmington, NC, March 28-30,
2014.
McLellan, W., Foley, H., McAlarney, R., Cummings, E., Swaim, Z., Hodge, L., Stanistreet, J., Urian, K., Waples,
D., Paxton, C., Pabst, D., Bell, J., and Read, A. Patterns of cetacean species occurrence, distribution and density at
three sites along the continental shelf break of the U.S. Atlantic coast. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal
Symposium, Wilmington, NC, March 28-30, 2014.
Singleton, E., McLellan, W., Koopman, H., Almeida, A., Pabst, D.A. Depth-specific thermal properties of the
blubber of Gervais’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus). Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal
Symposium, Wilmington, NC, March 28 - 30, 2014. (Graduate Student Poster Award).
2013
Arthur, L.H., McLellan, W.A., Woodward, B., Winn, J., Piscitelli, M. and D.A. Pabst. Estimating maximal force
output of a large whale axial locomotor muscle. North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Meetings, New Bedford,
Massachusetts, November 6-7, 2013. (Graduate Student Presentation Award).
Arthur, L.H., Velten, B.P, Kinsey, S.T., McLellan, W.A. and D.A. Pabst. Oxygen storage capacity of a primary
locomotor muscle in two similarly-sized, pelagic dolphins. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
San Francisco, California, January3-7, 2013.
Arthur, L.H., Velten, B.P, Kinsey, S.T., McLellan, W.A. and D.A. Pabst. Oxygen storage capacity of a primary
locomotor muscle in two similarly-sized, pelagic dolphins. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal
Symposium, Jacksonville, Florida, March 22-24, 2013. (Award for Best Poster by a Graduate Student)
Foley, H.J., McAlarney, R.J., Swaim, Z.T., Cummings, E. W., Hodge, L.W., McLellan, W. A., Pabst, D. A. and A.J.
Read. Protected Species Monitoring in the Proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range Offshore of Jacksonville,
FL. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium, Jacksonville, Florida, March 22-24, 2013.
Mallette, S.D., Pabst, D.A., McLellan, W.A. and S.G. Barco. Investigation of growth in a coastal apex predator, the
bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco,
California, January3-7, 2013.
Mallette, S.D., McLellan, W.A. Koopman, H.N., Scharf, F.S., Barco, S.G. and D.A. Pabst. Ontogenetic allometry
and body composition of the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from the US mid-Atlantic.
Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium, Jacksonville, Florida, March 22 - 24, 2013.
McAlarney, R. J., Cummings, E. W., Foley, H. J., Hardee, R.E., Hodge, L. E. W., Holt, R. C., Nilsson, P. B.,
McLellan, W. A., Pabst, D. A. and A.J. Read. Winter occurrence of minke whales (Balaenoptera
acutorostrata) in the South Atlantic Bight. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium,
Jacksonville, Florida, March 22-24, 2013.
Staudinger, M.D., R. McAlarney, W. A. McLellan, and D.A. Pabst. The feeding ecology of the pygmy and dwarf
sperm whales (Kogia spp.) inferred from diet and stable isotope analyses. Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology, San Francisco, California, January3-7, 2013.
Thornton, S.W., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A. and D.A. Pabst. Functional morphology of dorsal acoustic
structures in pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales. Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology, San Francisco, California, January3-7, 2013.
Thornton, S.W., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A., Dillaman, R.M., Nowacek, D.P., Koopman, H.N., and D. A.
Pabst. Functional morphology of dorsal acoustic structures in pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm
whales. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium, Jacksonville, Florida, March 22-24, 2013.
(Award for Best Oral Presentation by a Master’s Student)
2012
Velten, B.P., W. A. McLellan, and D. A. Pabst. A comparative study of the locomotor muscle of extreme deep-
diving cetaceans. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Charleston, South Carolina, January 3-7, 2012.
Pabst, D. A. Insights into the functional morphology of cetaceans through strandings. NOAA Southeast
Regional Stranding Meeting. Charleston, South Carolina, February 15-17, 2012.
2011
Bagge, L.E., Koopman, H.N., Pokorny, A., McLellan, W.A., Pabst, D.A. Depth-specific fatty acid composition and
temperature dependent thermal properties of the blubber of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus).
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 3-7, 2011.