Select Publications and Presentations

  • Matassa K., Futch K., Contreras K., Every “Spot” Tells a Story: LIVE Data Mapping and Analysis with OARRA; California Community Science Symposium, Aquarium of the Pacific, October 2023. Presentation.

  • | Veterinary Science 2021 Matassa K., et al. A Comparison of Parapoxviruses in North American Pinnipeds | Veterinary Science 2021

  • Fire S., Bogomolni A., DiGiovanni R., Early G., Leighfield T., Matassa K., et al. An assessment of temporal, spatial, and taxonomic trends in harmful algal toxin exposure in stranded marine mammals from the U.S. New England coast 2021

  • Lawler D.F., Tangredi P., Matassa K., Evans R.H., "Population Evaluation of Starvation and Death Among California Sea Lion Pups" 2020.

  • DiGiovanni R. A., Matassa K., Durham K., DePerte A.M., 2015 California SeaLion (Zalophus californianus) Emergency Response Satellite Tagging Project, Tech Report. 2019

  • Matassa K., Donald K., Troung B., Introducing PMMC'c Seal Spotter App. Poster, 10th Annual S. California Marine Mammal Workshop. Feb 2019

  • Siembieda J., Hall A., Gulland F., Rowles T., Garron M., Matassa K., Rotstein D. , et al. Epidemiology of a Phocine Distemper Virus Outbreak Along the North Atlantic Coast of the United States Aquatic Mammals 2017, 43(3), 254-263, DOI 10.1578/AM.43.3.2017.254

  • Duignan P. J., Van Bressem M., Matassa K., et al. Review Phocine Distemper Virus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions; Viruses 2014, 6, 5093-5134; doi:10.3390/v6125093 viruses ISSN 1999-4915 www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses

  • Levin M., Romano T., Matassa K. A., De Guise S.; “Validation of a commercial canine assay kit to measure pinniped cytokines" Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 160 (2014) 90–96.

  • Levin M., Romano T., Matassa K. A., De Guise S.; A commercial canine assay kit to measure pinniped cytokines; Oral presentation,44th Annual IAAAM, San Francisco, CA,44th Annual IAAAM Conference, Hosted by The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, California, USA; April 21-26, 2013.

  • Wallace C., Yund P., Ford T., Matassa K. A., and Bass A.; “Increase antibiotic resistance in bacteria isolated from stranded marine animals in the northwest Atlantic.” Ecohealth 2013 Jun;10(2):201-10. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0842-6. Epub 2013 May 2.,

  • Bass A., Torralba M., Matassa K., Patchett K., Prendiville S., Simpson A., and Nelson K., Respiratory and digestive microbiomes of weanling harbor seals, Phoca vitulina, from the Gulf of Maine

  • Matassa K. A., King M., Burgess R., Huitt M.; Small Scale Composting at the UNE MARC Compost Facility. Oral Presentation, Northeast RegionStranding Conference, Baltimore MD, March 5-9,2012.

  • Mooney T.A., Ketten D.R., Nachtigall P.E., Williams C. R., and Matassa, K. A., Using auditory evoked potentials to examine hearing loss in aquatic animals: From marine mammals to squid. Poster, 34th Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Baltimore, MD, February 19-23, 2011.

  • Matassa K., So….you Want to Have a University Student-Based Stranding Program? Keynote Address 5th Annual Pacific Islands Region Conference. Hilo, Hawaii May 2010.

  • Nielsen O., Matassa K., An Overview of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Marine Mammals with Emphasis on the Lessons Learned from the 2006 Distemper Outbreak in the Gulf of Maine Seals. Oral Presentation, Gulf of Maine Seals-populations, problems and priorities Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WoodsHole, MA. May 2009.

  • Matassa K., Early G., King M., Gearinger K., Composting Marine MammalCarcasses-Facility Design and Operations. Oral Presentation, 2009 BioCycle International Conference, San Diego, California. April 2009.

  • Patchett K., Bean S., Matassa K., Mercker E., Prendiville S., Temm K., An Atypical Presentation of Liver Disease in a Harbor Seal (Phoca Vitulina). Oral presentation, 2009 Northeast Region Stranding Network Conference, Salem, Massachusetts, March 2009.

  • Matassa K., Early G., King M., Seekins B., Hutchinson M., Whaley J., Burgess R., Gearinger K., Results of Testing of Compost Material from theUNE/MARC Marine Mammal Compost Facility. Oral Presentation, 2009 Northeast Region Stranding Network Conference, Salem, Massachusetts, March 2009.

  • Patchett K., Bean S., Matassa K., Mercker E., Prendiville S., Development of a Quarantine Alert System. Oral Presentation, 2009 Northeast Region Stranding Network Conference, Salem, Massachusetts, March 2009.

  • Bean S., Matassa K., Sims M., Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Cold-Stunned Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) Tissue. Oral Presentation, 2009 Northeast Region Stranding Network Conference, Salem, Massachusetts, March 2009.