Conference Presentations
Haddock, A., Sørensen, P.M., Guarino, E., Jaakkola, K., McMullen, C., Jensen, F.H., Tyack, P.L., & King, S.L. (2023, March). Anthropogenic Noise Affects Cooperation In Bottlenose Dolphins. Paper presented at the 2023 joint meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association and the Animal Behavior Management Alliance, Atlanta, GA. Awarded First Place in Research Advancements.
Guarino, E., Haddock, A., McMullen, C., Brignac, S., Jaakkola, K., & Linaje, K. (2023, March). Dolphins In Facilities Are Instrumental In Developing Field Research Techniques. Poster presented at the 2023 joint meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association and the Animal Behavior Management Alliance, Atlanta, GA.
Brignac, S.E., Erb, L., Guarino, E., Haddock, A., Jaakkola, J., & Rodrizuez, M. (2023, March).Does Trainer Interaction Improve Welfare Outcomes Of Toy Enrichment For Isolated Animals? Paper presented at the 2023 joint meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association and the Animal Behavior Management Alliance, Atlanta, GA.
Sørensen, P. M., Haddock, A., Guarino, E., Jaakkola, K., McMullen, C., Jensen, F., Tyack, P. L., & King, S. L. (2022, August). Anthropogenic Noise Impairs Cooperation in Bottlenose Dolphins. Paper presented at the 2022 Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, West Palm Beach, FL (Virtual).
Guarino, E., Frye, A., Hill, C., Beal, A., & Linaje, K. (2022, August). Cetacean Aerial Survey Project. Poster presented at the 2022 Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, West Palm Beach, FL.
McMullen, C., Guarino, E., Haddock, A., Brignac, S., Jaakkola, K., & Belden, N. (2022, August). Interpreting the “Minds in the Water” - Incorporating Research Topics Into Everyday Public Presentations. Poster presented at the 2022 Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, West Palm Beach, FL.
Belden, N., Erb, L., Browne, K., & Fox, J. (2022, August). Connecting the Public to Marine Mammals, Research, and Conservation During a Pandemic. Poster presented at the 2022 Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, West Palm Beach, FL.
Sørensen, P. M., Haddock, A., Guarino, E., Jaakkola, K., McMullen, C., Tyack, P. L., & King, S. L. (2021, April). Anthropogenic noise impairs cooperation in bottlenose dolphins. Paper presented at the 2021 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference (virtual).
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., Donegan, K., McMullen, C., & King, S. (2021, April). In Sync or Vocal? How Bottlenose Dolphins Coordinate in a Cooperative Task. Paper presented at the 2021 International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL (Virtual).
King, S.L., Guarino, E., Donegan, K., McMullen, C., & Jaakkola, K. (2019, December). Vocal communication facilitates coordination and cooperative success in dolphins. Paper presented at the 2019 World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
Guarino, E., Donegan, K., McMullen, C., Jaakkola, K., & Belden, N. (2019, September). Interpreting the “Minds in the Water” - Incorporating Research Topics Into Everyday Public Presentations. Poster presented at the 2019 joint meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, New Orleans, LA. Awarded Second Place in Poster Presentations.
Walsh, M.T., Whitaker, B, Ge, Y., Gong, M., Clough, P., Wells, R.S., Marquardt, S., Alder, L., Dailey, R., Malaqamba, M.J.R., Bikash, S., Pelton, C., & Moharnadzadeh, M. (2019, May). A Comparison of Standard Clinical Microbiology Diagnostic Techniques to High Throughput Sequencing Using 16s rRNA Gene Analysis in Wild, Sea Side and Aquarium Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), and the Water They Inhabit. Paper presented at the 2019 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Durban, South Africa.
Guarino, E., Salomons, H., & Jaakkola, K. (2018, October). Not just a cue: Dolphins understand human pointing as a referential means of directing attention in an imitation task. Poster presented at the 2018 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Algarve, Portugal.
Jaakkola, K. & Guarino, E. (2017, April). Not just response facilitation: Dolphins can choose to copy THAT one. Paper presented at the 2017 International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
Walsh, M.T., Pelton C., Friday, R., Martin, K., Erb, L., Marquardt, S., (2016, May). Attachment-Like Disorder in Orphaned or Stranded Juvenile and Neonatal Cetaceans: Behavioral and Medical Considerations in Support of Mental Wellness Development. Paper presented at the 2016 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA.
Montano, G.A., Robeck, T.R., Steinman, K.J., Clough, P., O’Brien, J.K., (2016, May). Characterization of Follicular Recruitment and Growth Using Endocrine and Ultrasound Evaluation in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Paper presented at the 2016 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA.
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., Hecksher, J., & Donegan, K. (2015, September). How do you fight the claim that dolphins are “forced to work all day”?...With data! Poster presented at the 2015 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, New Providence Island, Bahamas.
Strobel, M.M, Houser, D.S., Moore, K.T., Mann, D.A., Finneran, J.J., Clough, P.L., Davis, M.R., Staggs, L.A., Eskelinen, H.C., Bates, R.J., Walsh, M.T., (2016, May). Auditory Evoked Potentials and Behavioral Considerations with Hearing Loss in Small Cetaceans: Application as a Standard Diagnostic Test in Health Assessment. Paper presented at the 2016 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA.
Jaakkola, K., & Stafford, G. (2015, September). Inappropriate handling of data, invalid comparisons, and unsupported conclusions: Comments on “Captive killer whale (Orcinus orca) survival” by Jett and Ventre (2015). Special presentation at the 2015 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, New Providence Island, Bahamas.
Jaakkola, K. (2015, October). Understanding the role of marine mammal facilities in today’s conservation landscape: Answering the activists’ claims. Paper presented at the 2015 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, New Providence Island, Bahamas. Awarded Second Place in Education and Conservation
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., Keaton, L., Erb, L., & King, S. L. (2015, August). Hey Baby: Signature whistle use facilitates calf retrieval in a female bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Paper presented at Behavior 2015, Cairns, Australia.
Jaakkola, K., Keaton, L., Erb, L., Guarino, E., & King, S. L. (2015, April). Getting the baby: How a dolphin mother calls her wandering calf. Paper presented at the 2015 International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
Ivancic, M., Johnson, S., Costidis, A.M., Renner, M.S., (2015, April). A Technique for Ultrasound-Guided Catheterization of a Peripheral Vein in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Paper presented at the 2015 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Guarino, E., Jaakkola, K., Rodriguez, M., Erb, L., & Hecksher, J. (2014, September). Quizzing the minds in the water: Training a game to learn about dolphin cognition. Poster presented at the 2014 joint meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Orlando, FL. Awarded Second Place in Poster Presentations.
Jaakkola, K., Keaton, L., Erb, L., & Guarino, E. (2014, September). Go get the baby: A dolphin’s use of signature whistles to retrieve her wandering calf. Paper presented at the 2014 joint meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Orlando, FL.
Guarino, E., Hecksher, J., Rodriguez, M., Jaakkola, K., & Erb, L. (2013, September). Exploring the minds in the water: Highlighting dolphin intelligence as an interactive program. Poster presented at the 2013 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Las Vegas, NV. Awarded First Place in Poster Presentations
Clemons-Chevis, C.L., Clough, P., Xie, H., (2012, May). The Use of Traditional Chinese Herbal Formulas in the Long Term Management of an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Paper presented at the 2012 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., Rodriguez, M., & Hecksher, J. (2011, November/December). Multiple perceptual routes to imitation in a bottlenose dolphin. Poster presented at the Nineteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa, FL.
Rodriguez, K. J., Erb, L. S., Clough, P., Guarino, E., Jaakkola, K., & Renner, M. (2011, September). It took a village to raise this child! The story of Gypsi, a little dolphin with a big eating disorder. Paper presented at the 2011 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Miami, FL.
Skjegstad, J., Lang, D., Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., Rodriguez, M., Hecksher, J., & Erb, L. (2011, September). What's a DESY? And does Lucy know he's playing with dolphins? Enrichment as entertainment: For dolphins and guests. Paper presented at the 2011 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Miami, FL. Awarded First Place in Behavioral Training
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., Rodriguez, M., & Hecksher, J. (2011, July). Flexible strategies for blindfolded imitation in a bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Paper presented at Behavior 2011: The joint meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and the International Ethological Conference, Bloomington, IN
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., & Rodriguez, M. (2011, March). Exploring blindfolded imitation in a bottlenose dolphin. Invited paper at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., & Rodriguez, M. (2010, December). I can do that blindfolded: A dolphin's use of sound cues to imitate motor behaviors. Paper presented at the 2010 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Boston, MA. Awarded First Place in Research Advancements
Rodriguez, M., Guarino, E., Erb, L., & Jaakkola, K. (2010, December). Studying the minds in the water: Practical tips for conducting cognitive research with marine mammals. Paper presented at the 2010 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Boston, MA.
Clemons-Chevis, C.L., Clough, P., (2010, May). Assessment of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Using Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Diagnostic Techniques. Paper presented at the 2010 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Guarino, E., Jaakkola, K., & Rodriguez, M. (2010, March). Blindfolded imitation in a bottlenose dolphin. Poster presented at the 2010 International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., Rodriguez, M., & Erb, L. (2010, March). The voodoo bucket: Dolphins' consistent but unexplained response pattern in a spatial cognition task. Paper presented at the 2010 International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., & Rodriguez, M. (2009, November). Do what you hear: A dolphin's use of sound cues to imitate motor behaviors. Paper presented at the 2009 Fall Meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society, Boston, MA.
Renner, M.S., Clough, P., (2009, May). Novel Methods to Provide Nourishment to an Adult Male California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) With Dysphagia. Paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, San Antonio, TX.
Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., & Rodriguez, M. (2008, March). A mouse in the hand: What dolphins still don't know about hidden objects. Paper presented at the 2008 International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
Jaakkola, K. (2007, July). What do dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) understand about hidden objects? Paper presented at the 44th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Burlington, VT.
Muraco, H., Arn, D., Clough, P., (2007, May). Cooperation Among Small Facilities Leads to Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Artificial Insemination Success. Paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Orlando, FL.
Jaakkola, K. (2006, March). Can dolphins learn the shell game? A test of physical reasoning in a marine mammal. Paper presented at the 2006 International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
Jaakkola, K. (2005, November). A Baby's Breath: What Respiration Rates can tell us about Newborn Bottlenose Dolphins. Paper presented at the 2005 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Duck Key, Florida.
Jaakkola, R., Fellner, W., Erb, L., & Rodriguez, A. M. (2003, December). Double-checking the answers: A bottlenose dolphin's metacognitive response in a test of "Less". Paper presented at the Fifteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Greensboro, NC.
Jaakkola, R. (2002, March). What dolphins can tell us about the evolution of language. Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on the Evolution of Language, Cambridge, MA.
Erb, L., Fellner, W., Rodriguez, M., Sugarman, P., & Jaakkola, R. (2001, October). Conducting “numbers” research training at the Dolphin Research Center. Paper presented at the 2001 meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
