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UH Hilo Marine Mammal Laboratory

Marine Mammal Lab Presentations

  • Pack, A. A. (2024). Invited Presentation on Humpback Whale Research at the Hilo Yacht Club “A Legacy of Studying Humpback Whales in Hawai’i and Alaska” (March 10, 2024).
  • Alvarez, P., Pack, A., Hart, P. & Lammers, M. (2023). Oral Presentation. Discovering the importance of windward habitats for spinner dolphins off Hawai’i Island. 30th Annual Hawai’i Conservation Conference, Honolulu, HI (June 26-29).
  • Mobley, J. Deakos, M., Pack, A. & Bortolotto, G. (2023). Oral Presentation by A. Pack. Aerial survey perspectives on humpback whale resiliency in Maui Nui following an unprecedented North Pacific marine warming event. 30th Annual Hawai’i Conservation Conference, Honolulu, HI (June 26-29).
  • Lyman, E., Lammers, M., Pack, A., Bradford, A. Kramer, D….Finn, R. (2023). Oral Presentation. Variability in collisions between vessels and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaiian waters (1979-2022). 30th Annual Hawai’i Conservation Conference, Honolulu, HI (June 26-29).
  • Pack A., Atkinson, DeMaster, S. & Mashburn, K. (2022). Oral Presentation. Sexy Hump-back? Progesterone concentrations in female humpback whales (Megaptera novaeanglaie) predict their attractiveness in the Hawaiian breeding grounds. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Van Aswegen, M., Szabo, A., Currie, J., Stack, S., Pack, A., Cheeseman, T. Atkinson DeMaster, S., & Bejder, L. (Oral Presentation). The ups and downs of humpback whale motherhood: quantifying the dcost of maternal investment and calf growth on their Hawaiian breeding grounds and Southeast Alaskan foraging grounds. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • McElligott, M., Lammers, M. Zang, E., & Pack, A. (2022). Poster Presentation. Variation in Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) daytime habitat-use during rtestricted commercial boating activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Mobley, J. R., Deakos, M. Pack, A., & Bortolotto, G. (2022). Poster Presentation. Results of 2019-20 aerial surveys of the Maui Nui region, Hawaii: Are Hawaiian humpback whales on the decline? 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Lyman, E., Lammers, M., Pack, A., Bradford, A., Schofield, Currie, J., Stack, S., Rossa, J. & Tom, A. (2022). Oral Presentation. Variability in collisions between vessels and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaiin waters (1979-2021). 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Lammers, M., Kittel, J., Zang, E., Zeh, J., Parks, S. E., Gough, W., Cade, D., Lyman, E. & Pack, A. (2022). Poster Presentation. The behavioral activity of humpback whales on their Hawaiian breeding grounds measuring through instrumented tags. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Kugler, A., Lammers, M., Zang, E., & Pack, A. (2022). Oral Presentation. Music to my ears: New insights into how humpback whale song chorusing can inform their ecology. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Cheeseman, T….Pack A.…et al. (2022). Oral Presentation. A happy collaboration: Basin-scale, high-throughput, AI-assisted photo-ID matching for North Pacific humpback whales. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Shannon Atkinson DeMaster, Pack, A., Pearson, H., Melica, Valentina, Mashburn, K., Lammers, M., Moran, J., Teerlink, S., Bejder, L., Currie, J., Stack, S., Szabo, A., Cates, K., & van Aswegen, M. (2022). Oral Presentation. Seasonally stressed? Varying metabolic biomarkers in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Alaska and Hawaii. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Alvarez, P., Pack, A., Lammers, M., & Hart, P. (2022). Poster Presentation. “Go east young dolphin!” Discovering windward coastal Hawaiian spinner dolphins habitat off the Big Island using combined passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) and visual techniques. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Palm Beach, FL (Aug 1-5, 2022).
  • Zeh, J. M., Lammers, M. O,., Pack, A. A. & Parks, S. E. (2022). Oral Presentation. Assessing intra-individual consistency in humpback whale song production using animal-borne acoustic recorders. 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO (May 24, 2022).
  • Carvalho, J., Lammers, M., Indeck, K., Pack, A. & Castilho, R. (2021). Poster Presentation. The social signaling behavior of humpback whales on the Hawaiian Islands breeding grounds investigated using acoustic tags. The 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Hyatt Regency Seattle, Washington (Nov 29-Dec 3, 2021).
  • Pack, A. A. (2021). Invited oral presentation. Are the pressures of humpback whale motherhood in Hawaiian waters reflected in stress-related steroid hormone concentrations? The National Marine Sanctuaries Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Research Symposium, Webinar hosted in Maui, Hawaiʻi (October 18-19, 2021).
  • Lammers, M. O., Kittel, J., Zang, E., Zeh, J., Parks, S., Gough, W. T., Cade, D. Lyman, E. & Pack, A. A. (October, 2021). The behavioral activity of humpback whales on their Hawaiian breeding grounds measured through instrumented tags. Oral Presentation. The 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium. Honolulu, HI (Oct 18-21, 2021).
  • Pack, A. A. & Darling, J. (December 3, 2020). SPLASH 2: Hawaii Summary (Origins, SPLASH, Post-SPLASH, Future). Presentation on history and status of humpback whale research in the Hawaiian Islands. International Zoom Workshop on SPLASH (Structure of Populations, Levels of Abundance and Status of North Pacific Humpback Whales) 2. (December 1-3).
  • Pack, A. A. (November 23, 2020). Sizes, Strategies and Steroid Hormones: Insights into the Humpback Whale Mating System of 25 years of Field Research in Hawaiian Waters. Invited Webinar Presenter. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. https://www.facebook.com/hawaiihumpbackwhale/videos/667183057286961/?vh=e&d=n
  • Pack, A. A. (November 18, 2020). Invited Webinar Presenter. Interactive 90-minute Questions and Answers with virtual audience as featured researcher following airing of the PBS Film “Mystery of the Humpback Whale Song.” Office of National Marine Sanctuaries NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgEQ0TUjZh0
  • Pack, A. A. (November 17, 2020). Invited Webinar Presenter. Representing UH Hilo in KUPU Event, University of Hawaii Natural Resources and Natural Sciences: 4-year Campuses: UH Manoa, Hilo, West Oahu. Presented to State of Hawaii High School Teachers. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/zFAks-_JOf47VcI7Xt0rWJrMXvpMuDoYCOFdjEwm50VPKjWpa4mmTpABzxJKxxxWrpFS3dMwSeOhKlRW.-uwInhm92TYtR0LL?startTime=1605668768000&_x_zm_rtaid=jFF_4MCSSUiGfPZs4oycsA.1606289902254.c71b1ea91f623a66343da5a7a497e5e9&_x_zm_rhtaid=460
  • Pack, A. A. (October 21, 2020). Invited Webinar Presenter. Featured Researcher in selected screening of PBS Film “Mystery of the Humpback Whale” for New York Wildlife Conservation Film Festival.
  • Pack, A. A. (February 4, 2020). Part of a trio of presentations by Jens Currie, Chief Scientist at Pacific Whale Foundation, Lars Bejder, Director of the Marine Mammal Research Program at HIMB, UH Manoa, and Adam Pack, Pack Marine Mammal Laboratory at UH Hilo on factors contributing to declining humpback whale sightings in Hawaii and Alaska. Maui Ocean Center, Maalaea, Hawaii.
  • Pack A., Cates, K., Atkinson, S., Gabriele, C., Straley, J., Yin, S. & Lammers, M. (December, 2019). First comparisons of testosterone levels in male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) of different behavioral roles and body sizes in the breeding grounds. Oral presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain (9 Dec – 12 Dec).
  • Chen, J., Pack, A. & Au, W. W. L. (December, 2019). Non-song calls produced by a female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaii. Poster presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain (9 Dec – 12 Dec).
  • McElligott, M., Lammers, M., Pack, A. (December, 2019). Long-term variability in spinner dolphin acoustic activity measured at two resting bays off Oahu, Hawaii. Poster presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain (9 Dec – 12 Dec).
  • Mobley, J.R., Deakos, M., Pack, A. (December, 2019). Relative Abundance of Humpback Whales in Maui Nui--Preliminary Results of 2019-20 Aerial Surveys. Poster presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain (9 Dec – 12 Dec).
  • Siddiqui, S., Pack, A., Stimpert, A. & Hart, P. (December, 2019). Acoustic examination of non-song call production as a function of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod composition and subsurface behavior in Hawaii. Oral presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain (9 Dec – 12 Dec).
  • Pack, A.A. (July 30, 2019). In search of an advertising function of fitness in male humpback whale song. Invited presentation and Alaska premier of PBS film “Mystery of the Humpback Whale Song.” Petersburg Library, Petersburg, AK.
  • Mobley, J., Deakos, M. & Pack, A. (February 16, 2019). 2019-20 Humpback Whale Survey Project. Presentation for Whale Tails 2019, Ritz Carlton, Maui.
  • Pack, A. A. (October 12, 2018). The influences of body size and reproductive status on humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) behavioral role, social interaction, and habitat use in Hawaiian waters. Biology Department Fall Seminar Series, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. https://manoa.hawaii.edu/biology/node/740
  • Pack, A. A. (July 30, 2018). Choices female humpback whales make when with versus without calf in Hawaiian waters. Invited presentation. Petersburg Marine Mammal Center Science Lecture Series. Council Chambers, Petersburg, Alaska.
  • Pack, A. A. (April 27, 2018). Cognitive characteristics of bottlenose dolphins. Invited 2.5 hr presentation in PSY 429 – Marine Mammals in Hawaii: From Dolphin Language to Curious Humpbacks. University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  • Nagurney, A. J., Staats, K. J. & Pack, A. A. (April, 2018). The impact of attachment style and past cheating experiences on current perceptions of infidelity. Poster presentation at the 98th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon (26 April – 29 April).
  • Pack, A. A., Craig, A. S. & Waterman, J. O. (October, 2017). An unexpected journey: Diurnal movement into deeper waters by humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf pairs observed off Northwest Maui, Hawaii. Poster presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Halifax, Nova Scotia (22 Oct-27 Oct).
  • Chen, J., Pack, A. A., Stimpert, A. & Au, W. W. L. (October, 2017). Vocalizations and behavior of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf groups in the Hawaiian wintering grounds. Poster presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Halifax, Nova Scotia (22 Oct-27 Oct).
  • Lammers, M. O., Pack, A. A., Kugler, A. & Deakos, M. (October, 2017). Humpback whale song as a display of male fitness: Evidence from measurements of variability in song units in conjunction with singer body size. Oral presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Halifax, Nova Scotia (22 Oct-27 Oct).
  • Cates, K., Atkinson, S., Straley, J., Pack, A. A., & Gabriele, C. (October, 2017). Endocrine markers for understanding stress response and reproduction in male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaiian and Alaskan waters. Oral presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Halifax, Nova Scotia (22 Oct-27 Oct).
  • Pack, A. A. (July, 2017). Invited Speaker - 2nd World Congress on Humpback Whales. A tribute to Louis M. Herman (3 July – 7 July).
  • Pack, A. A. (July, 2017). Invited Keynote Speaker – 2nd World Congress on Humpback Whales. Twenty years of sizing whales underwater: Insights into the behavioral ecology and mating system of humpback whales in the Hawaiian breeding grounds, Reunion Island (3 July – 7 July).
  • Lammers, M.O., Pack, A., Kuegler, A. and Deakos, M. (July 2017) “Humpback whale song as a display of male fitness: Evidence from measurements of variability in song units in conjunction with singer body size.” 4th International Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals, Omaha, Nebraska.
  • Fernandez, N., Hart, P., Paxton, E., Paxton, K. & Pack, A. (July, 2017). Acoustic variability of the ‘Oma’o in a fragmented landscape. Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference. Honolulu, HI (18 July- 20 July).
  • Pack, A. A. (April, 2017). Invited participant and presenter representing Hawaii. An overview of humpback whale research in Hawaiian waters and a summary of early attempts to estimate whale abundance International Whaling Commission workshop on a comprehensive assessment on North Pacific humpback whales. NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA (18 Apr-21 Apr).
  • Chen, J., Pack, A. A., Stimpert, A. K. & Au, W. W. L. (November, 2016). Acoustic characteristics of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf vocalizations in the Hawaiian wintering grounds. 172nd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (28-Nov-2 Dec).
  • Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Craig, A., Spitz, A., Waterman, J., Herman, E., Deakos, M., Hakala, S. & Lowe, C. (December, 2015). “Use of shallow water habitats by maternal female humpback whales (Megaptera novaeanagliae) in the breeding grounds decreases as length of residency and calf size increase.” Poster presentation. 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA.
  • Chen, J., Pack, A. A., Au, W. W. L. & Stimpert, A. (December, 2015). Acoustic characteristics of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf vocalizations and the potential for interference in communications due to vessel noise in the Hawaiian winter grounds. .” Poster presentation. 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA.
  • Herzing, D., Augliere, B., Elliser, C., Green, M. & Pack, A. (December, 2015). “Exodus? Massive displacement and social adjustments of resident Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamas.” Poster presentation. 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA.
  • Atkinson, S., Straley, J. Pack, A., Gabriele, C., Moran, J., Dendron, D. & Mashburn, K. (December, 2015). “Is assessing reproductive state a prerequisite for stress studies?” Poster presentation. 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA.
  • Cates, K., Atkinson, S., Moran, J., Pack, A., & Straley, J. (December, 2015). “Do testosterone levels of humpback whales suggest breeding activity in Alaska feeding grounds?” Poster presentation. 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA.
  • Pack, A. A. (October 12, 2015). “New insights into shallow water preferences by humpback whale mother-calf pairs in the Hawaiian breeding grounds.” Invited speaker. UH Hilo TCBES MS. Program Seminar Series.
  • Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Craig, A., Lowe, C., Lyman, E., Herman, E., Lammers, M. & Waterman, J.****(August, 6, 2015). “Challenges faced by humpback whale mother-calf pairs in Hawaiian waters.” Oral presentation. Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference, Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
  • Bierwagen, S. L., Price, D. K., Pack, A. A. & Meyer, C. G. (August, 2015). “Bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis) are both natural control agents and mobile vecors for invasive algae in a Hawaiian marine reserve. Oral presentation. Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference, Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
  • Tanimoto, A., Hart, P., Pack, A. & Switzer, R. (Aug 4, 2015). The Vocal Repertoire of the ´Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) During Breeding Season: A Comparison Between Current Captive and Past Wild Populations of the Native Hawaiian Crow. Oral presentation. Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference, Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
  • Hart, P., Pack, A. & Sebastian Gonzalez (April 7, 2015). Conservation bioacoustics in Hawaii: From birds to whales. Invited presentation. Natural History and Conservation Hilo Seminar Series, Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
  • Pack, A. A. (November 19, 2014). “Does one size fit all?” Investigating the role of body size in humpback whales on their breeding grounds. Invited presentation. Special Biology Department Seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Falmouth, MA.
  • Chen, J., Au, W.W.L., Pack, A.A. First measurements of humpback whale song received sound levels recorded from a tagged calf. Oral presentation at the Fall 2014 Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America at Indianapolis, Indiana. October 27-31, 2014. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-OP-14-07
  • Pack, A. A. (December, 2013). How durable are male-male associations in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the Hawaiian breeding grounds? Invited oral presentation. 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Duneden, New Zealand (Dec 9-13).
  • Sharpe, F., Szabo, A., Pack, A. A., & Nahmens, J. (December, 2013). The social structure of bubble net feeding whales in SE Alaska. Invitated oral presentation. 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Duneden, New Zealand (Dec 9-13).
  • Pack, A. A. (January, 2013). Sizing up Humpback Whales in Hawaiian Waters. Guest speaker. 3rd Annual Waimea Ocean Film Festival. Waimea, HI.
  • Pack, A. A. (November, 2012). Sizing up humpback whales in Hawaiian waters. Invited speaker. UH Hilo TCBES MS. Program Seminar Series.
  • Pack, A. A. (July, 2012). The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary Advisory Council and Recommendations of the Council’s Ecosystem Protections Working Group. Invited oral presentation. Aloha Aina Workshop. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Honolulu, HI.
  • Pack, A. A. (August, 2012). The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary Advisory Council: Past, Present and Future. Invited oral presentation. Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference. Honolulu, HI.
  • Pack, A. A., Lammers, M. O., Lyman, E. G. & Davis, L. (December, 2011). Trends in Collisions Between Vessels and North Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in their Principal Calving Grounds (1975-2011). Invited oral presentation. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa, Florida.
  • Milette, A. J., Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Estes, A. W. McCue, L. & Greenwood, V. (December, 2011). The frequency of encounters between individual Hawaiian spinner dolphins and dolphin directed human activity along Leeward Oahu. Invited poster presentation19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa, Florida.
  • Apprill, A., Robbins, J., Mincer, T., Pack, A. A. & Mattila, D. (December, 2011). Specificity of the humpback whale skin-microbiome across geographically distinct populations. Invited oral presentation. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa, Florida.
  • Hill, M. C., Bradford, A. L., Andrews, K. R., Baird, R. W., Deakos, M. H., Mahaffy, S. D., Milette, A., J., Oleson, E. M., Ostman-Lind, J., Pack, A. A., Rickards, S. H., Yin, S., & Johnston, D. W. (December, 2011). Abundance and movements of spinner dolphins off the Main Hawaiian Islands. Invited posted presentation.
  • Pack, A. A. (September, 2011). Historical trends in Collisions Between Vessels and Humpback Whales in Hawaiian Waters. Invited oral presentation. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Humpback Whale Working Group Workshop on Humpback Whales.
  • Ou, H. H., Au, W. W. L., Lammers, M. O., Pack, A. A. & Zurk, L. M. (November, 2011). Automated extraction and classification of contours in humpback whale vocalizations. Oral paper presented at the 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of American, San Diego.
  • Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Hakala, S., Spitz, S. S., Deakos, M. H., Herman, E. Y. K., Milette, A., & Craig, A. S. (October, 2009). What’s in a pair? Sex and sexual maturity of partners in humpback whale “dyads” on the Hawaiian winter breeding grounds. Invited poster presentation. 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Quebec City, Canada.
  • Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A., Milette, A., Craig, A. S., Hakala, S., Herman, E. Y. K. , Rose, K. (October, 2009). 31 years and counting: Long-term resights of humpback whales on the Hawaiian winter grounds. Invited poster presentation. 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Quebec City, Canada.
  • Hakala, S.E, Herman, L. M. & Pack, A. A. (October, 2009). She’s just not that into you: Hazards of evaluating male mate choice in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Invited poster presentation. The 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Quebec City, Canada.
  • Mizroch, S. A., Tillman, M. F., Jurasz, S., von Ziegesar, O., Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A., Baker, S., Darling, J., Glockner-Ferrari, D., Ferrari, M., Salden, D., & Clapham, P. J. (October, 2009). Long-term survival of humpback whales radio-tagged in Alaska from 1976 through 1978. Invited poster presentation. 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Quebec City, Canada.
  • Pack, A. A. (July 2009). Size matters for humpback whales in the Hawaiian breeding grounds. Invited presentation. Petersburg Marine Mammal Center, Petersburg, Alaska.
  • Pack, A. A. (February, 2009). Size Matters. Invited presentation. Fourth Annual Whale Quest. Kapalua, Maui.
  • Pack, A. A. (February, 2008). Whale Water Safety. Invited presentation. Third Annual Whale Quest. Kapalua, Maui.
  • Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A., Hakala, S., Spitz, S., Deakos, M. H., & Herman, E. Y. K. (November, 2007). Humpback whale song: Who sings? Poster presentation. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Capetown, South Africa.
  • Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Spitz, S., Hakala, S., Deakos, M. & Herman, E. Y. K. (November, 2007). Male humpback whales in the winter grounds preferentially associate with larger females. Oral presentation. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Capetown, South Africa.
  • Potter, J. R., Pack, A. A., Reidenberg, J., Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M., Seekings, P., Chitre, M. A., Koay, T. B., & Herman, L. M. (November, 2007). Humpback whale song source location in the head, source levels, and directionality from in-situ rebreather diver recordings. Oral presentation. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Capetown, South Africa.
  • Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., & Herman, E. Y. K. (October, 2007). The social ecology of female humpback whales in Hawaiian waters: Implications for use of CRITTERCAM. Invited presentation. Animal-Borne Imaging Symposium. National Geographic Society, Washington DC.
  • Pack, A. A. (February, 2007). A whale’s eye view: Insights into humpback whale mating habits using CRITTERCAM. Invited presentation. Whale Quest. Kapalua Resort, Hawaiʻi.
  • Pack, A. A. (September, 2006). Transmitting real-time maps of whale locations to vessels to help prevent vessel-whale collisions. Invited presentation: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting. Honolulu.
  • Pack, A. A. (February, 2006). Using Crittercam to study the mating system of humpback whales on their wintering grounds. Invited presentation: Whale Researchers Public Lecture Series: Lahaina, Hawaiʻi.
  • Pack, A. A. (December, 2005). Dolphin Social Cognition. Invited presentation: Workshop on Dolphin Cognition. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, CA.
  • Deakos, M. H., Herman, L. M., & Pack, A. A. (December, 2005). The context of breaching behavior performed by humpback whales on the Hawaiian wintering grounds. Poster presentation. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA.
  • Goetschius, K. J. C., Pack, A. A., & Herman, L. M. (December, 2005). Dive duration and travel speed of humpback whales on their Hawaiian wintering grounds vary with behavioral role and activity level. Poster presentation. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA.
  • Hakala, S. E., Herman, L. M., & Pack, A. A. (December, 2005). Alternative mating strategies followed by different individual male humpback whales. Poster presentation. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA.
  • Herman, E. Y. K., Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A., Marshall, G., Bakhtiari, M., Greene, P. L., Delarue, J., Terna, S., Shepard, C., M., Cheung, D., Tweedy, J. IIII, & Bendlin, A. (December, 2005). Exploring the humpback whale mating system using CRITTERCAM. Oral presentation. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA.
  • Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Deakos, M. H., Hakala, S., Craig, A. S., Olson, J. R., Spitz, S. S., Herman, E., Goetschius, K., & Lammers, M. O. (December, 2005). First report of sounds recorded from individual humpback whale calves on the Hawaiian wintering grounds. Poster presentation. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA.
  • Pack, A. A. (February, 2005). Avoiding Vessel Strikes on Whales by Transmitting Real-Time Maps of Whale Locations to Oncoming Whales. Invited presentation. Workshop of the Vessel-Whale Collision Working Group: (Co-chair: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary).
  • Pack, A. A. (January 2005). The Science of Humpback Whales in Hawaiʻi. Invited presentation. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and Hanauma Bay Marine Mammal Lecture Series.
  • Pack, A. A. (January 2005). From whale hunting to whale research. Invited Presentation. Workshop of the partners of the Education through Cultural and Historic Organizations Project. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
  • Pack, A. A. (July 2004). Dolphin Cognition: Invited presentation on dolphin cognition: Marineland, FL.
  • Pack, A. A. (June, 2004). Dolphin Cognition: Invited presentation: Singapore Ministry of Tourism.
  • Pack, A. A. (May, 2004). Dolphin Cognition and Whale Behavior: Invited presentations: Biology Department, Psychology Department: National University of Singapore.
  • Pack, A. A., Au, W. W. L., Lammers, M. O., Herman, L. M., & Deakos, M. H. (2003 December). Determining the acoustic field and transmission characteristics for singing humpback whales on the Hawaiian winter grounds. Oral presentation. The 15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Greensboro, NC.
  • Lammers, M. O., Pack, A. A., & Davis, L. (August, 2003). Historical evidence of whale/vessel collisions in Hawaiian waters (1975 – present). Invited presentation for the whale/ship strike conference. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Maui, HI.
  • Pack, A. A., Potter, J. R., Herman, L. M., Deakos, M. H., & Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M. (May 2003). Determining source levels and sound fields for singing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the Hawaiian wintering grounds. Paper presented at the ONR sponsored workshop on Environmental Consequences of Underwater Sound. San Antonio, TX.
  • Pack, A. A. (February 2003). Humpback whales are choosy in habitat usage and escorting strategies. Invited presentation for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Kihei, Hawaiʻi.
  • Pack, A. A. (January 2003). Humpback whales are choosy in habitat usage and escorting strategies. Invited presentation for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Waimea, Hawaiʻi.
  • Branstetter, B. K., Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A., Mevissen, S., Roberts, S. P., Kamath, P., Conley, A., Belshaw, M., & Graham, S. (December, 2001). The spatial acuity of dolphin sonar. Poster presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver.
  • Craig, A., Herman, L., & Pack, A. (December, 2001). Male mate choice and male-male competition coexist in the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Oral presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver.
  • Deakos, M., Pack, A. Herman, L. & Spitz, S. (December, 2001). Why do humpback whales slap their pectoral fins in competitive groups? Poster presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver.
  • Pack, A. A., Spitz, S., Herman, L., Deakos, M., & Hakala, S. (December, 2001). Where have all the females gone? Humpback whale calf length measurements suggest many conceptions and births occur enroute to the winter grounds. Poster presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver.
  • Spitz, S. S., Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A., & Deakos, M. H. (December, 2001). For wintering humpback whales, size does matter. Poster presentation at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver.
  • Pack, A. A. (September, 2001). Methods and Techniques for Field Studies of Cetaceans. Presentation for University of Hawaiʻi Cetacean Research Seminar, Psychology Department.
  • Pack, A. A. (March, 2001). The behavioral biology of humpback whales: New studies of the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory. Invited presentation for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Kihei, Maui.
  • Pack, A. A. (April, 2001). Referential understanding in dolphins. Invited colloquium presentation. Psychology Department, University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu.
  • Pack, A. A. (March, 2000). Sizing up humpback whales. Invited community presentation at “Whale Fest,” Maui, Hawaiʻi.
  • Pack, A. A. (February, 2000). Humpback Whale Ecology. Invited community presentation at Sea Life Park, Hawaiʻi.
  • Branstetter, B. K., Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A., Mevissen, S. J., Moore, A. M., Granum, J., Carsrud, L., Butler, C., Lecaroz, S., & Roberts, S. (December, 2000). Horizontal angular discrimination by an echolocating bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Paper presented at the Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Newport Beach, CA.
  • Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M. & Branstetter, B. (November, 1999). A dolphin reports the presence or absence of objects across the senses of echolocation and vision. Poster presentation at the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, HI.
  • Pack, A. A. (July, 1999_). The Ecology and Intelligence of Dolphins and Whales_. Invited address for Project I.S.L.E. Presentation for Teachers from the US and abroad, Maui, Hawaiʻi.
  • Deakos, M. H., Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Spitz, S. S., & Craig, A. S. (November, 1999). Survival and recovery of a humpback whale calf with a grievous propeller wound. Poster presentation at the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, HI.
  • Herman, E. Y. K., Matus, D., Abichandani, S., Ivancic, M., Pack, A. A., & Herman, L. M. (November, 1999). Body awareness and identification of body parts by a bottlenosed dolphin. Poster presentation at the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, HI.
  • Herman, L. M., Abichandani, S. L., Herman, E. Y., & Pack, A. A. (November 1999). Human complex pointing gestures are spontaneously understood by dolphins. Oral presentation at the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, HI.
  • Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M., Herman, L. M., Todt, D., & Pack, A. A. (November, 1999). Auditory and visual vigilance in the bottlenosed dolphin. Oral presentation at the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, HI.
  • Killebrew, D., Mercado III, E., Pack, A. A., Macha, I., & Herman, L. M. (November, 1999). Generalization of a “same-different” classification rule in bottlenosed dolphins. Poster presentation at the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, HI.
  • Spitz, S. S., Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A., & Craig, A. S. (November, 1999). Relation of sizes of humpback whales to behavior role and sex as determined by new underwater video technique. Spoken presentation at the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, HI.
  • Pack, A. A., & Spitz, S. S. (May, 1998). KBMML’s humpback whale project: Past, present, & future. Presentation at the Maui high performance computing center, Maui, Hawaiʻi.
  • Pack, A. A., & Herman, L. M. (October, 1996). Dolphins can immediately recognize complex shapes across the senses of echolocation and vision. Paper presented at the 3rd Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Societies of America and Japan, Honolulu, HI.
  • Killebrew, D. A., Mercado III, E., Pack, A. A., & Herman, L. M. (October, 1996). Burst-pulse sounds of a neonate bottlenosed dolphin. Paper presented at the 3rd Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Societies of America and Japan, Honolulu, HI.
  • Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M., Herman, L. M., & Pack, A. A. (August, 1995). Judgements of Similarity of Rotated and Unrotated Objects by a Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Paper presented at the International Ethological Conference, Honolulu, HI.
  • Pack, A. A. & L. M. Herman, (December, 1994). Sensory Integration in the bottlenosed dolphin: Immediate recognition of complex shapes across the senses of echolocation and vision, Invited paper for the conference, Critical Issues in Replicating Biosonar, San Diego, CA.
  • Pack, A. A. (April, 1994). Are Dolphins Even Smarter Than We Thought? Invited address at Claremont-McKenna College, California.
  • Pack, A. A. (February, 1994). Dolphin Communication and Intelligence. Invited address at Sea Life Park, Hawaiʻi.
  • Pack, A. A. & Herman, L. M. (November, 1993). The nature of echoic-visual sensory integration in the dolphin. Paper presented at the 10th biennial conference on the biology of marine mammals as part of a symposium on dolphin cognition organized by A. A Pack and L. M Herman, Galveston, TX.
  • Herman, L. M. & Pack, A. A. (November, 1993). The synergy of laboratory and field studies of dolphin cognition. Paper presented at the 10th conference on the biology of marine mammals as part of a symposium on dolphin cognition organized by A. A Pack and L. M Herman, Galveston, TX.
  • Pack, A. A. & Herman, L. M. (December, 1991). Cross-modal recognition by the bottlenosed dolphin. Paper presented at the 9th biennial conference on the biology of marine mammals, Chicago, IL.
  • Herman, L. M., & Pack, A. A. (October, 1991). Echoic-visual cross-modal recognition by a dolphin. “Sensory systems and behavior of aquatic mammals.” USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
  • Reeve, S. H., Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Prince, C. G. (December, 1991). Visual delayed same/different performance and serial probe recognition in the bottlenosed dolphin. Presentation at the 9th biennial conference on the biology of marine mammals, Chicago, IL.
  • Morrel-Samuels, P., Herman, L. M., & Pack, A. A. (November, 1990). Cerebral asymmetry during picture recognition: Preliminary evidence from dolphins. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.
  • Pack, A. A. & Herman, L. M. (December, 1989). Person recognition by a bottlenosed dolphin. Paper presented at the 8th biennial conference on the biology of marine mammals, Monterey, CA.
  • Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., & Roitblat, H. L. (June, 1987). Visual delayed matching in the California sea lion. Presentation at the Animal Behavior Society Conference, Williamstown, MA.
  • Mardon, K. A., Pack, A., Herman, L. M., Ralston, J. V., & Roitblat, H. L. (October, 1987). Auditory and visual problem solving in the California sea lion. Paper presented at the 1987 International Marine Mammal Trainer’s Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.