Monday June 1st, 2015 |
4:00pm - 8:00pm |
Registration |
Registration Desk |
4:00pm - 8:00pm |
Poster Set-Up |
Century Ballroom B/C |
Tuesday June 2, 2015 |
7:00am - 5:00pm |
Registration |
Registration Desk |
7:00am - 8:00am |
Morning Refreshments |
Century Ballroom B/C |
7:50am-8:00am |
Welcome From Dr. James Lloyd, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine |
Century Ballroom A |
8:00am-8:30am |
Keynote Address - Dr. Jan Landsberg
Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems and Tipping Points |
Century Ballroom A |
8:30am - 9:00am |
Keynote Address - John Reynolds
Marine Mammal Conservation: The Role of Health Professionals |
Century Ballroom A |
Aquatic Ecosystem Health Assessments- Cetaceans- Session Chair- Dr. Craig Pelton |
9:00am - 9:30am |
Evaluating ecosystem impacts on the health of Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphins during the 2013 unusual mortality event |
Dr. Wendy Noke |
Century Ballroom A |
9:30am - 9:45am |
Health assessments in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis): from individuals to population level projections |
Dr. Scott Kraus /
Dr. Rosalind Rolland |
Century Ballroom A |
9:45am - 10:00am |
Augmenting capture based dolphin health assessments |
Dr. Craig Pelton /
Dr. Michael Walsh |
Century Ballroom A |
10:00am - 10:15am |
The 'Best Place for Dolphins to Live" Index: creating a metric for local citizens and government involvement in protecting dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida |
Ms. Marilyn Mazzoil |
Century Ballroom A |
10:15am - 10:30am |
Applying dolphin population health to conservation |
Dr. Randy Wells |
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10:30am-10:45am |
Break |
Century Ballroom B/C |
Aquatic Ecosystem Health Assessments-Manatees- Session Chair- Dr. Martine DeWit |
10:45am - 11:00am |
One health at the terrestrial-aquatic interface |
Dr. Jennifer Chatfield |
Century Ballroom A |
11:00am - 11:30am |
The use of hematology and chemistry analyses for monitoring health in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and its contribution to understanding biological population data |
Dr. Nicole Stacy |
Century Ballroom A |
11:30am - 11:45am |
Disseminated toxoplasmosis and serologic survey for Toxoplasma gondii in the wild Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) |
Dr. Lauren Smith |
Century Ballroom A |
11:45am - 12:00pm |
Establishing thromoboelastography reference intervals in wild Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) to enable further understanding of the pathophysiology of cold stress syndrome |
Dr. Ashley Barratclough |
Century Ballroom A |
12:00pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch |
Albert's Restaurant |
Aquatic Ecosystem Health Monitoring-Sea Grass, HABS, GIS Satellite Use- Session Chair- Dr. Jan Landsberg |
1:30pm - 1:50pm |
Harmful algal bloom monitoring to protect public and animal health in Florida |
Dr. Alina Corcora |
Century Ballroom A |
1:50pm - 2:10pm |
Brevetoxin-associated mass mortality event of bottlenose dolphins and manatees along the east coast of Florida |
Dr. Spencer Fire |
Century Ballroom A |
2:10pm - 2:30pm |
The rise and fall… and rise again of the benthic macrophyte communities in the Indian River Lagoon |
Ms. Lori Morris |
Century Ballroom A |
2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Florida Dept. of Health water quality monitoring |
Dr. Bob Vincent /
Dr. Danielle Stank |
Century Ballroom A |
3:00pm - 3:15pm |
Break |
Century Ballroom B/C |
Aquatic Ecosystem Health Monitoring- Non-mammalian research-Session Chair - Dr. Michael Walsh |
3:15pm- 3:30pm |
A large scale chronic fish kill in the St. Johns River, Florida: A complex consequence of cyanobacteria blooms |
Dr. Jan Landsberg |
Century Ballroom A |
3:30pm - 3:45pm |
Status, trends, and health of Florida's coral reefs |
Ms. Vanessa Brinkhuis |
Century Ballroom A |
3:45pm - 4:00pm |
Fish kills and disease events in Florida: FWC role and resources |
Mr. Micah Bakenhaster |
Century Ballroom A |
4:00pm - 4:15pm |
Emerging diseases of aquatic birds |
Dr. Mark Cunningham |
Century Ballroom A |
4:15pm - 4:30pm |
Anthropogenic impacts on Florida's coastal marine invertebrates |
Dr. LeRoy Creswell |
Century Ballroom A |
4:30pm - 4:45pm |
Long-term data provide insights on the impact of harmful algal blooms on marine turtles of the Indian River Lagoon |
Mr. Christopher Long |
Century Ballroom A |
4:45pm - 5:00 pm |
The role of rehab in sea turtle health assessments |
Dr. Michael Walsh /
Dr. Craig Pelton |
Century Ballroom A |
5:30pm - 7:30pm |
Poster Session With Hors D'Oeuvres |
Century Ballroom B/C |
Wednesday June 3, 2015 |
7:00am - 5:00pm |
Registration |
Registration Desk |
7:00am - 8:00am |
Morning Refreshments |
Century Ballroom B/C |
Infectious Diseases-Emerging Infectious Disease- Session Chair- Dr. James Wellehan |
8:00am - 8:15am |
Pathologic findings from the 2013 Mid-Atlantic dolphin Morbillivirus unusual mortality event |
Dr. David Rotstein |
Century Ballroom A |
8:15am - 8:30am |
Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus in Florida Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) or the Indian River Lagoon and proximate sentinel birds following Florida introduction in 2011 |
Dr. David Kilpatrick |
Century Ballroom A |
8:30am - 8:45am |
Genomic characterization of two papillomaviruses in Indian River Lagoon Bottlenose dolphins |
Dr. Galaxia Cortes |
Century Ballroom A |
8:45am - 9:00am |
A viromic study of serum collected from wild Turpsiops truncatus (bottlenose dolphin) |
Mr. Cory Russo |
Century Ballroom A |
9:00am - 9:15am |
Phylogenomics diversity of cetacean morbilliviruses |
Ms. Nelmarie Landrau Giovannetti |
Century Ballroom A |
9:15am - 9:30am |
Infectious diseases in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) |
Dr. David Rotstein |
Century Ballroom A |
9:30am - 9:45am |
Fatal systemic Salmonellosis in an adult Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) |
Dr. Bryan Vorbach |
Century Ballroom A |
9:45am - 10:00am |
Characterization of a novel papillomavirus in Florida manatees, Trichechus manatus Papillomavirus 2 |
Dr. James Wellehan |
Century Ballroom A |
10:00am - 10:15am |
Break |
Century Ballroom B/C |
Anthropogenic Health Stressors: Emerging Contaminants and Toxicology- Session Chair- Dr. Nancy Denslow |
10:15am - 10:30am |
Investigating an increase in Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) mortalities in 2013 using proteomic and transcriptomic analyses |
Dr. Nancy Denslow |
Century Ballroom A |
10:30am - 10:45am |
Trace metals in tissues of free-ranging Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and its environment: Thirty year perspective |
Dr. Noel Takeuchi |
Century Ballroom A |
10:45am - 11:00am |
Are molecular endpoints useful for environmental monitoring programs? |
Dr. Chris Martyniuk |
Century Ballroom A |
11:00am - 11:15am |
Analytical toxicology of inshore Gulf seafood: bridging environmental and public health concerns post-DWH oil spill |
Dr. Andrew Kane |
Century Ballroom A |
11:15am - 11:30am |
Mercury concentrations in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the Indian River Lagoon, Florida and local human residents: Patterns of distribution |
Mr. Adam Schaefer |
Century Ballroom A |
11:30am - 11:45am |
Investigating the possibility that pollution due to oil and gas activates may be affecting recovery of Cook Inlet beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) |
Dr. Dana Wetzel |
Century Ballroom A |
11:45am - 12:00pm |
Understanding the use and limitations of clinicopathologic endpoints in toxicologic studies of Aquatic Animals |
Dr. Nicole Stacy |
Century Ballroom A |
12:00pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch |
Albert's Restaurant |
Marine Mammal Molecular Techniques and Immunology- Session Chair- Dr. Margaret Hunter |
1:30pm - 1:45pm |
Next-generation sequencing of gut content to help inform the Florida manatee unusual mortality event in the Indian River Lagoon |
Dr. Margaret Hunter |
Century Ballroom A |
1:45pm - 12:00pm |
Comparative study of the innate immunity and clinical pathology among two populations of Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) after the 2013 unusual mortality event |
Dr. Estelle Rousselet |
Century Ballroom A |
2:00pm - 2:15pm |
Sublethal red tide toxin exposure in free-ranging manatees (Trichechus manatus) affects the immune system through reduced lymphocyte proliferation responses, inflammation and oxidative stress |
Dr. Cathy Walsh |
Century Ballroom A |
2:15pm - 2:30pm |
Immune assessment in manatees with cold stress syndrome |
Dr. Tracy Sherwood |
Century Ballroom A |
2:30pm - 2:45pm |
Baseline leukocyte cytokine levels in a subpopulation of healthy Florida manatees measured by quantitative PCR |
Dr. Jason Ferrente |
Century Ballroom A |
2:45pm - 3:00pm |
A transcriptomic analysis of skin from the Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncates |
Mrs. Jeanie Morey |
Century Ballroom A |
3:00pm - 3:15pm |
Kissin' cousins: A look at the high genetic relatedness and inbreeding of the endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus) |
Dr. Michelle Davis |
Century Ballroom A |
3:15pm- 3:30pm |
Getting the most information during health assessment, stranding response and rehabilitation studies: Optimizing sample collection for future molecular diagnostics and toxicology studies |
Dr. Alissa Deming |
Century Ballroom A |
3:30pm - 3:45pm |
Break |
Century Ballroom B/C |
Marine Mammal Reproductive Health- Session Chair- Dr. Dana Wetzel |
3:45pm - 4:00pm |
Defining baseline reproduction: the basis for reproductive health assessment programs |
Dr. Todd Robeck |
Century Ballroom A |
4:00pm - 4:15pm |
Reproductive success of bottlenose dolphins |
Dr. Randy Wells |
Century Ballroom A |
4:15pm - 4:30pm |
Reproductive anatomy and histology of the male Florida mantaee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) |
Ms. Hilda Chaves Perez |
Century Ballroom A |
4:30pm - 4:45pm |
Anthropogenic health stressors potentially related to captive management during rehabilitation of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) |
Dr. Ray Ball |
Century Ballroom A |
4:45pm - 5:00 pm |
Impaired reproduction in North Atlantic Right Whales: assessing sub-lethal anthropogenic influences |
Dr. Rosalind Rolland /
Dr. Scott Kraus |
Century Ballroom A |
5:00pm - 7:00pm |
Poster Removal |
Century Ballroom B/C |
7:00pm - 9:00pm |
Reception / Social |
Florida Museum of Natural History |
Thursday June 4, 2015 |
7:00am - 8:00am |
Morning Refreshments |
Century Ballroom B/C |
Moving Towards Solutions for Maintaining Healthy Marine Ecosystems- Session Chair- Dr. John Reynolds |
8:00am - 8:30am |
Optimizing Conservation Solutions Through Health Professionals |
Dr. Pat Rose |
Century Ballroom A |
8:30am - 8:45am |
Role of Government in aquatic ecosystem health |
Mr. Larry Williams |
Century Ballroom A |
8:45am - 9:10am |
A rising tide: Translational social research, institutional anthropology and the policy sciences as tools to navigate the complex dynamics of social engagement in conservation |
Dr. Adrian Cerezo |
Century Ballroom A |
9:10am - 9:35am |
Applying Economics to Marine Mammal Conservation |
Dr. Elizabeth Pienarr |
Century Ballroom A |
9:35am-10:00am |
Break |
Century Ballroom B/C |
10:00am - 12:00pm |
Panel: Linking Priorities and Partners for Ecosystem Conservation |
Dr. Adrian Cerezo,
Dr. Elizabeth Pienarr,
Dr. Pat Rose &
Dr. James Lloyd |
Century Ballroom A |
12:00pm - 12:30pm |
Conference Closing Remarks |
Dr. Michael Walsh /
Dr. Thomas Waltzek |
Century Ballroom A |