Office Phone: + 407-370-1653
Office Fax:     + 407-370-1659

Education:

High School - Skaneateles Central School, Skaneateles, New York, USA.  1963
Undergraduate - BS - Wildlife Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.  1967
Graduate - MA - Zoology (Mammalogy), University of California at Los Angeles.  1970
                 Ph.D. - Biology, University of California at Los Angeles.  1972

Dissertation Title: Aspects of the Biology of the California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) and the
                           Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) on San Nicolas Island, California.

Current Employment:  Senior Research Biologist, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, Orlando, FL

Secondary Appointments:    Adjunct Prof., Department of Biology, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Professional Affiliations:  The Society for Marine Mammalogy
                                                            Charter member
                                                            President 2000-2002
                                                            Webmaster
                                 The American Society of Mammalogists, member
                                                            Committee on Marine Mammals - member
                                                            Development Committee - member
                                                            Program Committee - member
                                                            Animal Care and Use Committee - member
                                  The European Cetacean Society - member
                                  The European Association for Aquatic Mammals - member
                                  The International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine - member
                                  Sigma Xi - member
                                  Florida Academy of Sciences - member, webmaster
                                  American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists - Fellow
                                  The Wildlife Society - member
                                  The Oceanography Society - charter member
                                  The Wildlife Disease Association - member

Other Affiliations:        The Save the Manatee Club - scientific advisory committee - member
                                      Manatee Technical Advisory Council (State of Florida) - member
                                      Atlantic Scientific Review Group - National Marine Fisheries Service - member
                                      Scientific Coordinator, Southeastern United States Marine Mammal Stranding
                                            Network
                                      State Coordinator, Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Network
                                      Biographer, Dolphin 56
                                      American Sirenian Society - founder
                                      West Indian Manatee Protection Society - founder

Research Interests:            Natural history of small cetaceans, especially Tursiops truncatus
                                            and Kogia breviceps.
                                        Natural history of sirenians, especially Trichechus manatus latirostris.
                                        Bottlenose dolphin habitat use patterns.
                                        Bottlenose dolphin feeding behavior

Recent Publications:

Clark, S., Odell, D.K.,  and Lacinak, C.T.  2000.  Aspects of growth in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca).  Marine Mammal Science  16(1):177-202

Clark, S., and Odell, D.K.  1999.  Allometric relationships and sexual dimorphism in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca).  Journal of Mammalogy 80(3):777-785

Clark, S. and Odell, D.K.  2000.  Nursing behavior in captive false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens). Aquatic Mammals 25:183-191

Duffield, D.A., Odell, D.K., McBain, J. F. and Andrews, B.F.  1995.  Killer whale reproduction at Sea World.  Zoo Biology, 14: 417-430.

Duignan, P.J., House, C., Odell, D.K., Wells, R.S., Hansen, L.J., Walsh, M.T., St. Aubin, D.J., Rima, B.K, and Geraci, J.R.  1996.  Morbillivirus infection in bottlenose dolphins: Evidence for recurrent epizootics in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.  Marine Mammal Science, 12: 499-515.

Ketten, D.R., Odell, D.K. and Domning, D.P.  1992.  Structure, function and adaptation of the manatee ear.  Pp. 77-95, IN: J. A. Thomas, R. Kastelein and A. Supin (eds.), Marine Mammal Sensory Systems, Plenum Press, New York.

Marmontel, M., Odell, D.K. and Reynolds, J.E., III.  1992.  Reproductive Biology of South American Manatees.  Pp. 295-312, IN: W.C. Hamlett (ed.), Reproductive Biology of South American Vertebrates. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Mass, A.M., Odell, D.K., Ketten, D.R. and Supin, A.Ya.  1997.  Ganglion layer topography and retinal resolution in the Caribbean manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris.  Doklady Biological Science, 355: 392-394.

Mignucci-Gianonni, A. A. and Odell, D. K..  2001.  Tropical and subtropical records of hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) dispel the myth of extant Caribbean monk seals (Monachus tropicalis).  Bulletin of Marine Science 68(1):47-58.

Noke, W. D. and D. K. Odell.  2002.  Interactions between the Indian River Lagoon blue crab fishery and the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus.  Marine Mammal Science 18(4):819-832.

Odell, D.K.  1999.  Pygmy Killer Whale - Feresa attenuata.  Pp:282-283,  IN: D. Wilson and S. Russ (eds.)  Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals.  Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Odell, D. K.  2002.  Sirenian Life History.  Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.  Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Odell, D. K. and McClune, K. M.  1999.  False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens.  Pp. 213-243, IN: S. H. Ridgway and R. J. Harrison (eds.), The Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume 6, The Second Book of Dolphins, Academic Press, London.

Odell, D. K. and Robeck, T.  2002.  Captive Breeding. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.  Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Odell, D. K. and Wlodarski, L.  2002.  Marine Parks and Zoos. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.  Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Reynolds, J.E. and Odell, D.K.  1991.  Manatees and Dugongs.  Facts on File Publishers, New York.  194p.

Reynolds, J.E., III, Odell, D.K. and Rommel, S.A.  1999.  Pp. 1-14, IN: J.E. Reynolds III and S. A. Rommel (eds.), Biology of Marine Mammals.  Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Stolen, M. K., Odell, D. K and Barros, N. B.  2002.  Growth of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon system, Florida.  Marine Mammal Science 18(2):348-357.

Walsh, M. T., Ewing, R. Y, Odell, D. K. and Bossart, G. D.  2001.  Mass strandings of cetaceans.  Pp. 83-96, IN: L. A. Dierauf and F. M. D. Gulland (editors), CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, 2nd Edition.  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.