Current Dissertations:

Horback, K. Personality assessment of African elephants (Loxodonta africana).

Caffery, K. Tactile behavior in a group of captive rough-toothed dolphins as a function of opportunities to play with objects.

Current Theses:

Perisho, S. Implications of 1/f scaling in bottlenose dolphin echolocation.

Smith, C.E. Dialect use within a socially fluid group of Southern Resident killer whales.

Previous Dissertations:

Miller, L.J. (2009) The effects of dolphin education programs on conservation-related knowledge, attitude and behavior.

Highfill, L.E. (2008) The use of personality assessments in designing environmental enrichment for Garnett's bushbabies (Otolemur garnettii)

Makecha, R.N. (2008) An investigation of the use of touch in the social interactions of a group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Yeater, D. (2008) The influence of species and context on human dolphin interactions

Hernandez, E.N. (2007) Measuring mismatch negativity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Paulos, R.D. (2007) Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) codas and creaks in the northern Gulf of Mexico : classification, comparison, and co-occurrence.

Tranel, K.S. (2006) Possible maternal influences on the ontogeny of echolocation in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Trone, M. (2006) A comparison of acquisition rates for symbols used in relative numerosity judgments by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) : the visual modality versus the combined echoic and visual modalities.

Walker, R. (2005) Investigation into the potential effects of anthropogenic noise on sperm whale sound production (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hill, H.M. (2003) Mother-calf interactions during the first year of life for bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus).

Previous Theses:

Horback, K. (2010). Variations in social behavior given the estrous cycle of a captive killer whale (Orcinus orca).

Mackey, A.D. (2010) Site fidelity and association patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound.

Miller, L.E. (2010) An Examination of Aggressive Behavior in Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus).

Miller, L.J. (2008) Short-term changes in Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) behavior related to education programs.

Kristiansen, R.E. (2008) Interspecific interactions between marine tucuxi dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Costa Rica.

Schneider, L.G. (2007) The relationship between sperm whale (Physeter macropcephalus) vocalizations and the lunar cycle.

Highfill, L.E. (2006) Judging personality traits in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).

Hernandez, E.N. (2006) Time and frequency parameters of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) whistles as predictors of surface behavior in the Mississippi Sound.

Ramos, J.A. (2006) Categorization of whistles produced by two species of free-ranging dolphins : the atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis, in the Bahamas, and the indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus, at Mikura Island, Japan.

Yeater, D. (2005) Factors that influence voluntary regurgitation in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Makecha, R.N. (2005) The ontogeny of social play in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) calves.

Paulos, R.D. (2004) Non-vocal communication in the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus).

Trone, M. (2002) Does participation in dolphin-human interaction programs affect bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) behavior?

Walker, R. (2001) Nocturnal and diurnal activity budgets of a group of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Tranel, K.S. (2001) Do captive Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) use absolute size or the abstract concept of relative size when solving a relational match-to-sample task?

Hill, H.M. (2000) Can sea lions use the information in a mirror image to locate a hidden object?