179R.S. Wells. Bartonella species detection in captive and stranded versus healthy free-ranging dolphins and
porpoises in the southeastern United States. SEAMAMMS, Charleston, SC, March 28-30, 2008.
Barco, S.G., Friedlaender, A.S., McLellan, W.A., Swingle, W.M., and D.A. Pabst. The phenology of strandings:
twenty years of Tursiops truncatus strandings in Virginia, US. SEAMAMMS, Charleston, SC, March 28-30 2008.
Balmer, B.C. , Wells, R.S., Lane, S.M., Schwacke, L.H., Speakman, T.R., Zolman, E.S., McLellan, W.A., George,
R.C., and D. A. Pabst. A plan to monitor abundance, site-fidelity, and habitat utilization patterns of bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near a National Priority List (NPL) polluted site and an adjacent pristine reference
site in Georgia. SEAMAMMS, Charleston, SC, March 28-30, 2008.
Cross, C., Rotstein, D., McLellan, W.A., and D. A. Pabst. Hydrocephalus in a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia
breviceps). SEAMAMMS, Charleston, SC, March 28-30, 2008.
Nilsson, P. B., McAlarney, R.J., McLellan, W.A. and D.A. Pabst. Marine mammal and sea turtle sightings from
aerial surveys in the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) in Onslow Bay, North Carolina for June
- December 2007. SEAMAMMS, Charleston, SC, March 28-30, 2008.
2007
Barco, S.G., Friedlaender, A. S., McLellan, W.A., Swingle, W. M, and Pabst, D.A. The phenology of strandings: 20
years of Tursiops truncatus strandings in Virginia, US. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals. 29 Nov – 3 Dec 2007 Cape Town, South Africa.
Urian, K.W., Read, A.J., McLellan, W.A., Pabst, D.A., Paxton, C., Borchers, D., McAlarney, R.J., Nilsson, P.B.,
Monitoring plan for the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range in Onslow Bay, NC USA. 17th Biennial
Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 29 Nov – 3 Dec 2007 Cape Town, South Africa.
Cotten P.B., Piscitelli M.A., McLellan W.A., Rommel S.A., and Pabst, D.A. Gross morphology and histochemistry
of the respiratory muscles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal
Symposium. Beaufort, NC., March 16-18, 2007.
Cotten P.B., Piscitelli M.A., McLellan W.A., Rommel S.A., and Pabst, D.A. Gross morphology of the respiratory
muscles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology, Phoenix AZ, January 3-7, 2007.
Harper, C.J., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A., Dillaman, R.M., Gay, D.M., and Pabst, D.A. The gross morphology
and fiber architecture of the melon in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine
Mammal Symposium. Beaufort, NC., March 16-18, 2007.
Harper, C.J., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A., Dillaman, R.M., Gay, D.M., and Pabst, D.A. The gross morphology
and fiber architecture of the melon in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Annual Meeting of the Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix AZ, January 3-7, 2007.
Meagher E.M., McLellan W.A., Williams T.M., Blum J.E., and Pabst D.A. Comparing heat loss and O 2
consumption rates in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine
Mammal Symposium. Beaufort, NC., March 16-18, 2007.
Meagher E.M., McLellan W.A., Williams T.M., Blum J.E., and Pabst D.A. Comparing heat loss and O 2
consumption rates in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Annual Meeting of the Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix AZ, January 3-7, 2007.
Pabst, D.A., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A., Scott, M., Irvine, A.B., Sweeney, J.C., Stone, R. Friedlaender, A.S,
Meagher, E. M., Hohn, A.A., Blum, J., Wells, R. S. Ontogeny of reproductive thermoregulation in bottlenose
dolphins. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix AZ, January 3-7, 2007.
Piscitelli, M.A., Cotton, P.B., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A. and Pabst, D.A. Shape change of the thoracic cavity
in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): implications for respiratory mechanics. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic
Marine Mammal Symposium. Beaufort, NC., March 16- 1 8, 2007.
Taylor, C.R. McLellan, W.A., Glass, A.H., Zani, M., McAlarney, R. and D.A. Pabst. Right whale sightings in the
mid-Atlantic and Southeast Atlantic Bight. North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Meeting. November 7-8, 2007.
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
2014 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Principal Investigator: Measuring compartment size and gas
solubility in marine mammals; 10 month study; $ 25,375.
2014 National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Prescott Stranding Grant, Principal Investigator:
Response to and Coordination of Marine Mammal Strandings in North Carolina; 1 year study, $99,904