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Research & Conservation Efforts
at the Annual IMATA Conference

Conference Award Winners

Research Advancement Award Winners

2008
1st Place: Can You Hear Me Now? ... Good! Training a Steller Sea Lion for the First In-Air Behavioral Audiogram. Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz. Beau Richter, Traci Kendall, Jason Mulsow and Terrie M. Williams.

2nd Place: Eye Opening Research: A Clinical Study of Baseline Opthalmic Parameters of the Bottlenose Dolphin Utilizing a Voluntary Behavioral Approach. Dolphin Quest Oahu. Julie Rocho-Levine, Maya Yamagata and Gregg Levine.


2007
1st Place: First Birth of a Harbour Porpoise Under Human Care. Fjord & Baelt, Denmark Marie-Anne Blanchet, Magnus Wahlberg, Sabina Hansen, Sarah Romer, Ann-Louise Jensen and Niels Van Elk.

2nd Place: Research, Rehabilitation and Release: Using Untrained Animals to Contribute to Ocean Conservation.  Long Marine Laboratory, U.C. Santa Cruz. Beau Richter, Traci Fink, Terrie M. Williams and David Casper.

 

Education & Conservation Award Winners

2008
1st Place: Outreach Tools to Minimize Human Impacts on Wild Bottlenose Dolphins in Florida.  Mote Marine Laboratory.  Jessica Powell, Randall Wells, Robin Perrtree and Kim Bassos-Hull.

2nd Place:  Use of Rebound Tonometry as a Diagnostic Tool to Diagnose Glaucoma in the Captive California Sea Lion.  Mississippi State University.  Johanna Mejia-Fava, Skip Jack, Connie Clemons-Chevis, Maya Rodriguez, Michael Renner, Todd Schmitt, Leslie Dalton, Steve Osborn, Scott Gearhart, Lara Croft, Christopher Dold and Carmen Colitz.


2007 
1st Place: West Nile Virus Infection in an Adult California Sea Lion.  Oceans of Fun.   Shelley Ballmann and Michael Briggs, DVM.

2nd Place: Antepartum and Pastpartum Preparations for a Pacific Walrus.  New York Aquarium. Jo Anne Bassinger, Hans Walters, Paul Moylett, Stephanie Mitchell, Nicole Piscotta, Lora Murphy, and Jaclyn Mazza.

Outernet Technology Award Winners

2008
1st Place:  Use of Rebound Tonometry as a Diagnostic Tool to Diagnose Glaucoma in the Captive California Sea Lion. Mississippi State University. Johanna Mejia-Fava, Skip Jack, Connie Clemons-Chevis, Maya Rodriguez, Michael Renner, Todd Schmitt, Leslie Dalton, Steve Osborn, Scott Gearhart, Lara Croft, Christopher Dold and Carmen Colitz.

2nd Place:  Eye Opening Research: A Clinical Study of Baseline Opthalmic Parameters of the Bottlenose Dolphin Utilizing a Voluntary Behavioral Approach. Dolphin Quest Oahu. Julie Rocho-Levine, Maya Yamagata and Gregg Levine.


2007 
1st Place: Setting Goals to Manage a Physically Challenged Dolphin.  Clearwater Marine Aquarium.  Abby Stone and Diane Young.

2nd Place: Training Dolphins for the Collection of Dive Physiology Data: Swimming Through Hoops is not a Lost Art.  The Seas, Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort. Barb Losch and Patrick Berry.”

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We Need Your Suggestions!

If you have a Research & Conservation Workshop suggestion or ideas of how to help IMATA Go Green, please contact Debi Colbert, Committee Chair at ResearchConservation@imata.org.