Presentations

  1. Madrigal, T., Wibbels, T., Solangi, M. (2024, November). Sea Turtle Nesting Trends in Mississippi: Significant Findings and Related Conservation Projects. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  2. Madrigal, T., Wibbels, T., Solangi, M. (2024, November). Identifying Critical Habitats for the Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Sea Turtle in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Through Satellite Telemetry. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  3. Lewis, J., Suffoletta, D., Pamperin, K., Giordano, R., Lyn, H., Johnson, L., Solangi, M. (2024, November). Effects of Mississippi River Diversions into the Mississippi Sound and the Impact on Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) – Bonnet Carré Spillway Case Study. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  4. Suffoletta, D., Lewis, J., Pamperin, K., Giordano, R., Solangi, M., Lyn, H., Johnson, L. (2024, November). Dolphin Daycare: Estimating reproduction of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  5. Giordano, R., Suffoletta, D., Pamperin, K., Lewis, J., Lyn, H., Johnson, L., Solangi, M. (2024, November). Picture Perfect: Using Photo Identification to Study Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) as Indicators of Ecosystem Health. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  6. Smith, A., Austin, C., Madrigal, T., Solangi, M. (2024, November). Diet analysis of juvenile Kemp’s ridleys (Lepidochelys kempii) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  7. Busboom, K., Welsh, J., Solangi, M., Madrigal, T. (2024, November). Occurrence of unique marine mammal strandings on the Mississippi coast and barrier islands. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  8. Pamperin, K., Giordano, R., Suffoletta D., Lewis, J., Lyn, H., Solangi, M., Johnson, L. (2024, November). Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Stay Close to Home in the Mississippi Sound: Assessing Site Fidelity Patterns. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  9. Samuelson, M. M., Pulis, E. E., Wells, R. S., Schorr, G. S., Douglas, D. C., & Solangi, M. (2018, September). Movement and dive patterns of two rehabilitated pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata), following release in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  10. Moore, D. P., Pulis, E. E., Samuelson, M. M., Hoffland, T., Carron, A., Fitzpatrick-Wacker, E., Cooley, L., & Solangi, M. (2018, May). Successful rescue, rehabilitation, and release of a melon headed whale (Peponocephala electra) and two pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) at The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine Conference, Long Beach, California.
  11. Pulis, E. E., Heaton, A. J., Samuelson, M. M., Carron, A. M., Cook, M., Pitchford, J. L., Moore, D. P., & Solangi, M. (2017, April). Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) bycatch in Mississippi: Comparing angling methods with catch data. 37thAnnual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  12. Heaton, A. J., Pulis, E. E., Coleman, A. T., Pitchford, J. L., Samuelson, M. M., Carron, A. M., Sentinella, J. L., Goeke, Q. M., Hatchett, W. L., & Solangi, M. (2016, December). Diet of juvenile Kemp’s ridleys (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Mississippi Sound. Mississippi Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi.
  13. Pulis, E. E., Heaton, A. J. Gibson, G. J., Terry, B., Samuelson, M. M., Carron, A. M., Sentinella, J. L., Goeke, Q. M., Hatchett, W. L., & Solangi, M. (2016, December). Kemp’s ridley bycatch in Mississippi, comparing angling methods with catch data.Mississippi Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi.
  14. Samuelson, M. M. (2016, October). Driving conservation on the coast through science education. Mississippi Science Teachers Association, Biloxi, Mississippi.
  15. Moore, D.P., Pulis E.,Clemons-Chevis, C., Hoffland, T., Hatchett, W., Pulis, K., Goeke, Q., Carron, A., Heaton, A., Millan, A., Jensen, T., Solangi, M. (2016, September). Successful rescue and rehabilitation of two Pygmy Killer Whales (Feresa attenuata) at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. National Marine Animal Health and Stranding Network Conference, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
  16. Samuelson, M. M.,Lauderdale, L, K., Hoffland, T., Pulis, K., Solangi, M. & Lyn, H. (2016, April). The use of scent-based enrichment on the reduction of stereotypies in captive California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne, Florida.
  17. Pulis, E.,Fujiwara, M., Pitchford, J., Heaton, A., Solangi, M. (2016, February). Estimation of survival and capture probability of juvenile Kemp’s Ridleys (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Mississippi Sound, from recreational fishery incidental catch data. Southeast regional sea turtle meeting, Mobile, Alabama.
  18. Clarkson, P., Pulis, E.,Valvarde, R. (2016, February). Hooked on Kemp’s Ridleys. Southeast regional sea turtle meeting, Mobile, Alabama.
  19. Cook, M., Pulis, E.,Heaton, A., Carron, A. (2016, February). Pier Pressure: Incidental captures and recaptures of Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles on Mississippi fishing piers. Southeast regional sea turtle meeting, Mobile, Alabama.
  20. Crocker, K., Clarke, E., Heaton, A., Hatchett, W., Pulis, E.,Carron, A., Naugler, S., Moore, D., Solangi, S. (2016, February). Treatment of a fractured lower mandible and severed flipper in a subadult Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtle. Southeast regional sea turtle meeting, Mobile, Alabama.
  21. Moore, D., Heaton, A,. Hatchett, W., Pulis, E.,Carron, A., Solangi, M. (2016, February). Ingested and excreted fishing hooks and elasmobranch vertebrae from a Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtle. Southeast regional sea turtle meeting, Mobile, Alabama.
  22. Pitchford, J., Pulis, E.,Coleman, A., Solangi, M. (2016, February). Diet analysis of Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles in the Mississippi Sound. Southeast regional sea turtle meeting, Mobile, Alabama.
  23. Pulis, E.E., Coleman, A.T., Heaton, A., Carron, A., Hatchett, W., Pitchford, J.L., Shannon, D., and Solangi, M. (2015, February). Rehabilitation and ecology of immature kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Southeast regional sea turtle meeting, Jekyll Island, Georgia.
  24. Coleman, A.T., Pitchford, J.L., Hatchett, W., Carron, A., Heaton, A., Pulis, E.E., Shannon, D., Bailey, H., Cook, M., Solangi, M. (2014, November). Rehabilitation and ecology of juvenile kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Second international kemp’s ridley sea turtle symposium, Brownsville, Texas.
  25. Crawford, M. H., Crawford, L., Samuelson, M. M., Moore, D. P., Hoffland, T. & Solangi, M. (2019, September). A pygmy killer whale social structure analysis. Meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainer’s Association, New Orleans, LA.