From jw at broekemaweb.nl Sun Dec 2 13:35:51 2007 From: jw at broekemaweb.nl (Jan Willem Broekema) Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:35:51 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] Deadline POSTPONED for abstract submission ECS 2008 conference Message-ID: <47532537.4000901@broekemaweb.nl> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sonsdemar at lab.upc.edu Mon Dec 3 09:51:14 2007 From: sonsdemar at lab.upc.edu (sonsdemar at lab.upc.edu) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:51:14 +0100 (CET) Subject: [MARMAM] New educational website on the effects of marine noise pollution Message-ID: <2193.147.83.140.11.1196704274.squirrel@www.lab.upc.es> Dear All, We would like to draw your attention to an initiative from the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB) of the Technical University of Catalonia, to present, explain and promote the research conducted on the effects of artificial noise on the marine environment. We have designed an interface (www.sonsdemar.eu; Catalan for 'sounds of the sea') where the visitors, in addition to learn about the acoustic processes in cetaceans, will be able to listen to natural, biological and anthropogenic sound sources that are nowadays co-existing in the oceans, experiencing the need of research to get back to a natural acoustic balance of the seas. With kind regards, The Sons de Mar Staff Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioac?stiques Universitat Polit?cnica de Catalunya (UPC) info at lab.upc.edu http://www.lab.upc.es Centre Tecnol?gic de Vilanova i la Geltr? Avda. Rambla Exposici?, s/n 08800 Vilanova i la Geltr? Barcelona, Espanya tel: +34 - 93 896 7227/ 00 fax: +34 - 93 896 7201 From David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu Wed Dec 5 08:12:19 2007 From: David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu (Dave Mellinger) Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:12:19 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] whale seasonal distribution in the Gulf of Alaska Message-ID: <4756CDE3.7060804@oregonstate.edu> The following paper has just been published: Stafford, K.M., D.K. Mellinger, S.E. Moore, and C.G. Fox. 2007. Seasonal variability and detection range modeling of baleen whale calls in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999-2002. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122:3378-3390. Five species of large whales, including the blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (B. physalus), sei (B. borealis), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), and North Pacific right (Eubalaena japonica), were the target of commercial harvests in the Gulf of Alaska (GoA) during the 19th through mid-20th Centuries. Since this time, there have been a few summertime visual surveys for these species, but no overview of year-round use of these waters by endangered whales primarily because standard visual survey data are difficult and costly. From October 1999-May 2002, moored hydrophones were deployed in six locations in the GoA to record whale calls. Reception of calls from fin, humpback, and blue whales and an unknown source, called Watkins? whale, showed seasonal and geographic variation. Calls were detected more often during the winter than during the summer, suggesting that animals inhabit the GoA year-round. To estimate the distance at which species-diagnostic calls could be heard, par abolic equation propagation loss models for frequencies characteristic of each of each call type were run. Maximum detection ranges in the subarctic North Pacific ranged from 45 to 250 km among three species (fin, humpback, blue), although modeled detection ranges varied greatly with input parameters and choice of ambient noise level. Reprints are available at ftp://newportftp.pmel.noaa.gov/newport/mellinger/Stafford07-GoAWhalesAndDetectionRange.pdf From mstocker at msa-design.com Tue Dec 4 15:55:30 2007 From: mstocker at msa-design.com (Michael Stocker) Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:55:30 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Melon head whales stranding in Cape Verde In-Reply-To: <20071201021222.xequ32o9440gsgg0@w18.mail.sapo.pt> Message-ID: Salvador et. al I have attached a report by Bob Brownell et. al. that he gave at the International Whaling Commission meeting a few years ago. There is much information on the coincidence of marine mammal strandings and Naval exercises. The Brownell report summarizes many events around US Naval operations in Japan and includes some citations. The most recent large scale melon headed whale event occurred in Hanalei Bay in July 2004. An evaluation of this event from the US National Marine Fisheries service can be found here: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/health/stranding_melonheadedwhales_final_re port.pdf Good luck with your work. Michael Stocker Ocean Conservation Research www.OCR.org Report as follows: SC/56E37 Mass Strandings of Cuvier?s Beaked Whales in Japan: U.S. Naval Acoustic Link? Robert L. Brownell, Jr., Tadasu Yamada, James G. Mead and Anton L. van Helden Southwest Fisheries Science Center National Science Museum 1352 Lighthouse Ave. Shinjuju, Tokyo, Pacific Grove, California Japan USA Smithsonian Institution Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum of Natural History P. O. Box 467 Washington, DC 20560 Wellington USA New Zealand INTRODUCTION Cuvier?s beaked whales, Ziphius cavirostris, are abundant in many parts of the world and are commonly known from numerous single strandings throughout much of their range (Backus and Schevill 1961, Gaskin 1968, Harmer 1927, Mitchell 1968). Taylor et al. (2004) listed 31 mass strandings (i.e. strandings involving two or more animals) of Cuvier?s beaked whales that were recorded worldwide between 1914 and 2002. These included both single species and multispecies mass stranding events. Ten of these strandings since 1974 were associated with naval maneuvers and three of the ten strandings were directly correlated with naval operations known to be using mid-frequency(MF) active tactical sonar (Zimmer 2004, Balcomb and Claridge 2001). One stranding occurred at the same time as Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) and MF testing (Frantzis 1998, NATO-SACLANTCEN 1998) and a recent mass stranding of this species is associated with seismic testing (Taylor et al. 2004). All of the mortality events associated with naval activity occurred during the past 30 years. However, none of the mass strandings of Z. cavirostris reported by Taylor et al. (2004) were from Japan. Balcomb and Claridge (2001) reported details of a March 2000 multispecies mass stranding in the Bahamas, an event which included eight Z. cavirostris. They noted that individual Cuvier?s beaked whales which had been repeatedly photographically identified in the region were not re-sighted after the stranding. This observation suggests that the number of whales killed during naval operations may be significantly higher than the number of whales that mass strand. Ishikawa (1994) reported 68 Cuvier?s beaked whales that stranded on the coast of Japan between 1960 and 1993. This paper examines in detail the Ishikawa (1994) strandings plus additional strandings of Cuvier?s beaked whales around Japan between 1994 and 2004 and suggests a possible explanation for the unusual pattern of some of these strandings. METHODS Our definition of a mass stranding of beaked whales is when two or more animals (excluding female-calf pairs) strand simultaneously in the same location. This is the normal type of mass stranding observed with sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), pilot whales (Globicephala spp.), false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), etc. Also the ?atypical mass stranding? as noted by Frantzis (1998, 2004) is defined as more than two whales (including one or more species) that strand approximately simultaneously but not in the same location. As a control, we sought a comparable island area to that of Japan that lay within the range of this species in the Pacific Ocean but without facilities or vessels for major operations and for which there is a good record of cetacean stranding events. The control area chosen was New Zealand, a region in which Ziphius is known to occur commonly. RESULTS Ishikawa (1994) reported 68 Cuvier?s beaked whales that had stranded on the coast of Japan starting between 1960 and 1993. These records include eight cases of mass strandings between 1960 and 1990 with a total of 43 individuals. Additional stranding records (National Science Museum, Tokyo) from Japanese waters yielded another 43 records of Cuvier?s beaked whales between the late 1950s and May 2004. Combined these data comprise 111 stranded whales including ten mass strandings with a total of 47 individuals. The mass strandings involved between 2 to 13 individuals. In seven of the ten mass strandings, all individuals were alive at the time of the stranding. Six of the ten mass strandings with more than two whales each were considered atypical strandings with whales scattered over a larger area. All of the mass strandings occurred in either Suruga Bay or Sagami Bay on the central Pacific coast of Honsu; in contrast the individual strandings occurred throughout the Japanese Archipelago. The only other mass stranding of beaked whales around Japan occurred on 24 July 1987 when four live Baird?s beaked whales, Berardius bairdii, stranded at Miura, Sagami Bay. One of these whales was returned to the sea and the others were trucked to Wadaura where they were examined at the Gaibo Hogei Whaling Station on 26 July. No gross lesions were found in these whales (RLB and William A. Walker, unpublished data). These whales stranded eight days after two dead Z. cavirostris (Table 1) were discovered (on 16 July 1987) in Suruga Bay. Only two other possible mass strandings of beaked whales are known from the Pacific coast of Japan (Ishikawa pers. comm.). These are: (1) two Mesoplodon densirostris (one dead and one live), probably a female and calf at Atsumi (near Nagoya) on 29 March 1999, and (2) two dead Mesoplodon sp. on 1 October 1993 at Nemuro, Hokkaido. We examined 97 records of Cuvier?s beaked whales that stranded around North and South Islands, New Zealand between 1862 and 2004 (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington dataset). All of the records were single strandings except for four pairs. At least two of these pairs appear to be female/calf pairs. Details on the other two pairs are lacking to determine the relationship of the whales. No mass strandings of this species larger than two whales are known from New Zealand waters. DISCUSSION Cuvier?s beaked whales were first reported from Japanese waters when two whales were taken by fisherman in 1935 (Ogawa 1937a,b). These whales are known to be abundant in the Pacific coast waters of Japan and were commonly hunted for food after the end of World War II (Omura et al. 1955). Nishiwaki (1967) reported without any additional details that: ?From 1961 to 1965, from 3 to 10 individuals were stranded annually on the shores in Sagami Bay and the Izu Peninsula. The cause of this unusual incident has not been explained. Ten skeletons of the above individuals are kept in the Whales Research Institute?. Omura (1972) describes the ten Ziphius noted by Nishiwaki (1967) but Omura (1972:2) noted that "To my regret the data on the exact time, place, body length, sex, and other particulars of the animals are missing, but if I correctly remember most of them had stranded on the sandy beach of Sagami Bay at different times and not in mass." The ten mass strandings of Ziphius from Sagami Bay and Suruga Bay reported here each had between 2 and 13 individuals per stranding event. The mean group size of free-swimming Cuvier?s beaked whales along the Pacific coast of Japan is 4.7 animals (Toshio Kasuya, per. comm., unpublished data from July 1984 cruise in Pacific Japanese waters to study the distribution and behavior of Baird?s beaked whales [see Kasuya 1986 for details of the cruise]). Therefore, the larger Japanese mass strandings in 1978, 1979 and 1990 reported here may have comprised more than one group of these whales. Between 1948 and 1952, and from 1965 and 1970, 145 individuals of Ziphius were killed by small-type Japanese whaling operations just outside the 1,000 m contour that is close to shore around Izu Penisula [to the west in Suruga Bay and to the east in Sagami Bay] (Omura et al.1955, Nishiwaki and Oguro 1972). Catches were made in all months in this region except July during the 1965 to 1970 period. We report here strandings in this region in July (Table 1) and sightings in July 1984. Therefore, Cuvier?s beaked whales are considered to be year-round residents off Sagami and Suruga Bays. Sagami Bay is west and south of Tokyo Bay to which it is connected by a narrow opening. Yokosuka, near the mouth of Tokyo Bay, is the command base for operations of the US Navy?s Pacific Seventh Fleet. Therefore, a large number of U.S. Navy ships use Yokosuka as their homeport or transit through Yokosuka while deployed to the western Pacific. U.S. Navy ships may have tested their tactical mid-range frequency sonars after departing Yokosuka or conducted sonar operations that coincided with the mass strandings reported here. Some Japanese Self-Defense Forces vessels with tactical mid-range sonar systems that have been correlated with beaked whale mass strandings were obtained by Japan from the US Navy. No mass strandings of three or more animals were found among the 97 Cuvier?s beaked whales reported from New Zealand waters. The New Zealand navy is based in Auckland but none of the vessels in their fleet has the type of mid-range frequency sonar used by the U.S. Navy that has been implicated in beaked whales strandings. [ANTON] Frantzis (1998, 2004) reported that only eight mass strandings of Cuvier?s beaked whales with more than four whales had been reported worldwide between 1963 and 1996. The number of individuals, location, and year in each event was: (1) 5, Puerto Rico, 1965 (Erdman 1970); (2) 6, Galapagos, 1983 (Robinson et al. 1983); (3) 6, Japan, 1979 (Miyazaki 1989); (4) 10, Japan, 1972 (Miyazaki 1989); (5) 12, Canary Islands, 1885 (Simmonds and Lopez-Jurado 1991); (6) 15, Italy, 1963 (Tortonese 1963); (7) 19, Canary Islands, 1989 (Simmonds and Lopez-Jurado 1991), and (8) 12, Greece, 1996 (Frantzis 1998). The oldest of these strandings, from Italy in 1963, is the first known atypical mass stranding of Cuvier?s beaked whales and this stranding coincided in time with the introduction and deployment of mid-frequency tactical sonars. During the time period (1963 through 1996) examined by Frantzis (1998) we can add our additional four mass stranding events with more than four Cuvier?s beaked whales in each stranding to his eight strandings. As noted above, the ten Cuvier?s beaked whales from Japan in 1972 was not a mass stranding (see Omura 1972). In addition, since the review by Frantzis (1998), four more atypical mass strandings of this species have been recorded (Taylor et al. 2004). In its review of the effect of noise on marine mammals, the U.S. National Research Council (2003) identified a number of specific research needs and recommended strategies for addressing gaps in our current understanding of this issue. However, retrospective reviews of existing data were not one of the NRC recommendations. Based on our review of Cuvier?s beaked whale mass strandings in Japan, we recommend a more in-depth retrospective review of the activities of U. S. Naval activities based in Yokosuka at the time of these strandings. We also recommend a detailed retrospective review of beaked whale mass strandings in areas around other US naval bases (i.e. Adak, Alaska [Walker and Hanson 1999]; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico [Erdman 1970]; and Midway, Hawaii [Galbreath 1963]) as well as other parts of the world where various naval operations have been using tactical mid-frequency sonar systems. Finally, we recommend that the area were Cuvier?s beaked whales were hunted in Pacific coast Japanese waters, especially around Sagami Bay, be surveyed to assess the current status of this species in the area. Are any of these Japanese mass strandings of Ziphius and the one mass stranding of Berardius, related to naval operations with acoustical components in the deep coastal waters off central Japan? The co-occurrence of the mass strandings and the US Navy activity in this region strongly suggests such a relationship. The correlation is particularly noteworthy when contrasted with the lack of mass strandings of Ziphius around the rest of Japan and around New Zealand (our control area); in both cases, the area concerned is marked by either no concentration of naval activity, or no use of tactical mid-frequency sonar. Table 1. Mass strandings of Cuvier?s beaked whales, Ziphius cavirostris, on the central Pacific coast of Honshu. Data are from Ishikawa (1994). Date Number Stranded Live or Dead Location Remarks 3 III 1960 2 live Oshima Island, Sagami Bay 12 III 1963 3 dead Chigasaki, Sagami Bay Total of 12 III 1963 1 dead Hiratsuka, Sagami Bay 8-10 whales 2 II 1964 1 dead Chigasaki, Sagami Bay 2 II 1964 1 dead Chigasaki, Sagami Bay 16 III 1967 1 live Kanagawa, Sagami Bay 16 III 1967 1 live Odawara, Sagami Bay 25 I 1978 5 live Atami, Sagami Bay 25 I 1978 2 live Atami, Sagami Bay 25 I 1978 1 live Atami, Sagami Bay 25 I 1978 1 live Atami, Sagami Bay 17 X 1978 4 live Shimizu, Suruga Bay 7 XI 1979 13 live Odawara, Sagami Bay 16 VII 1987 1 dead Numazu, Suruga Bay 16 VII 1987 1 dead Shizuoka, Suruga Bay 21 II 1989 3 live Ninomiya, Sagami Bay 5 IV 1990 1 live Shimizu, Suruga Bay 5 IV 1990 3 live Numazu, Suruga Bay 5 IV 1990 1 live Numazu, Suruga Bay 5 IV 1990 1 live Numazu, Suruga Bay ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The NMSF Office of Protected Resources? Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program provided funding for RLB to visit Japan to gather additional details on Japanese Ziphius mass strandings. Toshio Kasuya provided sighting observations of Ziphius from his July 1984 survey along the Pacific coast of Japan. Hiroshi Ohizumi, Department of Fisheries, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan provided details of the Kubota 17 October 1978 strandings after interviewing Professor Kubota. Also thanks to Mary Jacobs-Spaulding who help to organize the data in our paper. Kenneth C. Balcomb III, Phillip J. Clapham, Katherine Ralls, and Dave W. Weller made useful comments on a draft of the paper. Literature Cited Backus, R. H. and Schevill, W. E. 1961. The stranding of a Cuvier?s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in Rhode Island, USA. Norsk Hvalfangst-tidende 50(5):177-181. Balcomb, K. C. and Claridge, D. E. 2001. A mass stranding of cetaceans caused by naval sonar in the Bahamas. Bahamas Journal of Science 8(2):2-12. Erdman, D. S. 1970. Marine mammals from Puerto Rico to Antigua. Journal of Mammalogy 51(3):636-639. Frantzis, A. 1998. Does acoustic testing strand whales? Nature 392:29. Frantzis, A. 2004. The first mass stranding that was associated with the use of active sonar (Kyparissiakos Gulf, Greece, 1996). Pages 14-20, In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Active Sonar and Cetaceans, P. G. H. Evans and L.A. Miller, editors, ECS Newsletter no. 42, special issue. Galbreath, E. C. 1963. Three beaked whales stranded at Midway Islands, central Pacific Ocean. Journal of Mammalogy 44(3):422-423. Gaskin, D. E. 1968. The New Zealand Cetacea. Fisheries Research Bulletin New Series 1:1-92. Harmer, S. F. 1927. Report on Cetacea stranded on the British coasts from 1913 to 1926. British Museum (Natural History) No. 10:1-91 + 7 maps. Ishikawa, H. 1994. Stranding records from Japanese coasts (1901-1993). Geiken Sosho [Institute Cetacean Research, Tokyo] 4:1- 94 [In Japanese]. Kasuya, T. 1986. Distribution and behavior of Baird?s beaked whales off the Pacific coast of Japan. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute 37:61-83. Mitchell, E. 1968. Northeast Pacific stranding distribution and seasonality of Cuvier?s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris. Canadian Journal of Zoology 46:265-279. Miyazaki, N. 1989. Stranding records of cetaceans on the coast of Japan. IBI Reports 1:21-25. National Research Council. 2003. Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals. The National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 193 pp. NATO-Saclantcen. 1998. Report of the SACLANTCEN Bioacoustic Panel and SACLANTCEN Marine Mammal Environmental Policy and Mitigation Procedures Panel, La Spezia, 15-19 June. NATO Saclantcen, La Spezia, Italy. Nishiwaki, M. 1967. Distribution and migration of marine mammals in the North Pacific Area. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute University of Tokyo 1:1-64. Nishiwaki, M. and Oguro, N. 1972. Catch of the Cuvier?s beaked whales off Japan in recent years. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute 24:34-41. Ogawa, T. 1937a. Studien uber die Zahnwale in Japan. 7. Cogia (continued), VII. Ziphius. [Plants and Animals] 5:24-34. [In Japanese]. Ogawa, T. 1937b. Studien uber die Zahnwale in Japan. 8. Ziphius (continued), VIII. Mesoplodon. [Plants and Animals] 5:9-X. [In Japanese]. Omura, H. 1972. An osteological study of the Cuvier?s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris, in the northwest Pacific. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute 24:1-34. Omura, H. Fujino, K. and Kimura, S. 1955. Beaked whales Berardius bairdi of Japan, with notes on Ziphius cavirostris. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute 10:89-132. Robinson, G., Koster, F. and Villa, J. 1983. Stranding of Cuvier?s beaked whales on Baltra. Noticias de Galapagos 38:16-17. Simmonds, M. P. and Lopez-Jurado, L. F. 1991. Whales and the military. Nature 351:448. Taylor, B., Barlow, J., Pitman, R., Ballance, L., Klinger, T., DeMaster, D., Hildebrand, J., Urban, J., Palacios, D. and Mead, J. G. 2004. A call for research to assess risk of acoustic impact on beaked whale populations. SC/46/E36 Tortonese, E. 1963. Insolita comparsa di cetacei (Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuv.) nel golfo di Genova. Natura 54:120-122. Walker, W. A. and Hanson, M. B. 1999. Biological observations on Stejneger?s beaked whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, from strandings on Adak Island, Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 15:1314-1329. Zimmer, W. M. X. 2004. Sonar systems and stranding of beaked whales. Pages 8-13, In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Active Sonar and Cetaceans, P. G. H. Evans and L. A. Miller, editors, ECS Newsletter no. 42, special issue. Footnotes for each of the mass strandings 1. Two Cuvier?s beaked whales stranded on Oshima Island in Sagami Bay (Nakajima and Kurata 1960). Kurata, Y. [Enoshima Aquarium] seems to be the person who actually visited the stranding site. Both whales stranded live. Kurata estimated the total length by using his hand as a unit. The estimated lengths were 10 m for the female and the 8 m for the male. The female had a foetus 174 cm long. The body length of the female is incorrect. The largest known female is 754 cm (Mead 1984, fide Fraser 1946). Nakajima and Kurata (1960) also reported that the two whales rushed to shore straight for a fairly long distance, as if they were chased by something like killer whales. However, no killer whales were observed in the area of the strandings. 2. In an appendix of Geiken Tsushin number 146, Nakajima (1963) reported recent strandings that included four dead strandings of Cuvier?s beaked whales that he examined at Chigasaki and Hiratsuka in Sagami Bay. Total lengths of the three that stranded together were 3.5 m (male) and 6.0 m and 5.5 m (females). The total length of the fourth whale is unknown. Nakajima (1963) also noted that two more might have stranded at Odawara, Sagami Bay; 1-2 more at Atami, Sagami Bay; and 1-2 more at Ito, Sagami Bay at or about the same time as the four Cuvier?s beaked whales that stranded on 12 March 1963. Therefore, the total number of Ziphius in this mass stranding could have been 8 to 10 whales. 3. Two Cuvier?s beaked whales stranded dead at Chigasaki on 2 February 1964 (Nakajima 1995). One was a male, 450 cm that stranded at Yanagishima, Chigasaki, Sagami Bay and the other one was a female, 610 cm, that stranded at Nakamae, Chigasaki, Sagami Bay. The female was not pregnant. These two strandings were not reported by Ishikawa (1994). 4. Nakajima (1995) reported two live strandings of Cuvier?s beaked whales at Chigasaki, Sagami Bay. The first whale was a 417 cm male that stranded at 10:30 at Ninomiya, Kanagawa, Sagami Bay and the second whale was a 500 cm female that stranded at 10:45 at Kouzu, Odawara, Sagami Bay. The distance between Ninomiya and Kouzu is approximately 5 km. These two strandings were not reported by Ishikawa (1994). 5. Nine Cuvier?s beaked whales stranded live at Atami, Sagami Bay and these were reported by the Hiyoriyama Aquarium [Sea of Japan] Aquarium and Zoo database [Newsletter] (Ishikawa 1994). One of the whales from the group of five [see DO-009 in Ishikawa 1994] was 5.48 m in TL with no sex given. No details are available for the other eight whales. 6. Four Cuvier?s beaked whales stranded live and were examined by Kitamura and all total lengths were about 5 m (Ishikawa 1994). Miyazaki (1983) reported two whales (two females and one male). Miyazaki (1989) reported of two whales from this event and their sizes were 474 cm female and 475 cm. Mori (1993) reported four whales all with the same total length, 5 m, citing Kubota (1981) as his original source of data. Miyazaki (1986) reported two skulls from females on this date in National Science Museum with total lengths of 474 cm and 475 cm. The original source of this stranding was Kubota (1981). Kubota examined two of the four whales. One was a 512 cm male and the other a 563 cm female. The whales stranded at about 07:30 on 17 October 1978 on the coast of Kuno, southwest of Shimizu port. The other two whales (one a male and the sex of the other unknown) stranded several km west of the first two whales. Professor Kubota via Ohizumi, Hiroshi, provided these details. 7. Thirteen Cuvier?s beaked whales stranded live at Odawara, Sagami Bay. Some of the whales were examined by Kitamura, Shoichi of Enoshima Aquarium, and the total lengths ranged between 3.5 m to 5 m (Ishikawa 1994). Miyazaki (1983) reported six females? Miyazaki (1986) reported one skull from a female, no total length, on this date in the National Science Museum. Miyazaki (1989) reported six females on this date, one of which was 468 cm. 8. Two Cuvier?s beaked whales (male 6.7 m and female 5.38 m) stranded dead at Numazu, Suruga Bay and Shizuoka, Suruga Bay (Ishikawa 1994). Fujimaki, Yasutoshi who was working with Nakajima, examined these whales. Miyazaki (1989) reported a single stranding on this date as a 540 cm female. Mori (1993) reported two whales with total lengths of 6.7 and 5.4 m and cited Anon. (1987) as his original sources of data for the strandings. 9. Three Cuvier?s beaked whales (one was a female 5.8 m in total length) stranded live at Ninomiya, Sagami Bay (Ishikawa 1994). These whales were examined by Nakajima, Fugimaki who was also working at Enoshima Aquarium. Miyazaki (1989) reported one whale 588 cm. 10. Six Cuvier?s beaked whales stranded live at Shimizu and Numazu and were examined by Nakajima, Fugimaki and a different Yamada [who is working at Tsukiji Fish Museum] (Ishikawa 1994). The total lengths of these whales were: 5.5 m male, 3 whales between 5.52 m and 4.59 m (2 females and one unknown), 5.5 m female, and 5.54 m male. Mori (1993) reported only five whales with total lengths of 5.5, 5.5, 5.5, 5.3 and 4.6 m. Anon. (1990) appears to be the original source of his data. References to footnotes Anon. 1987. Geiken Tsushin 371:112. Anon. 1990. Geiken Tsushin 378:23-24. Fraser, F. C. 1946. Report on Cetacea stranded on the British coasts from 1933 to 1936. British Museum (Natural History) 11:1-41, 6 maps. Ishikawa, H. 1994. Stranding records from Japanese coasts (1901-1993). Geiken Sosho [The Institute of Cetacean Research, Tokyo] 4:1- 94 [In Japanese]. Kubota, T. 1981. Stranding and beaching to the shores of larger animals. Marine Science Museum 11(3):4-6. Mead, J.G. 1984. Survey of reproductive data for the beaked whales (Ziphiidae). Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 6:91-96. Miyazaki, N. 1983. [cited in Miyazaki 1989 but no reference provided] Miyazaki, N. 1986. Catalogue of marine mammals specimens. National Science Museum, Tokyo, 151 pp. Miyazaki, N. 1989. Stranding records of cetaceans on the coast of Japan. IBI Reports [International Marine Biological Research Institute, Kamogawa, Japan] 1:21-25. Mori, K. 1993. Records of cetaceans stranded and caught along the costs of Suruga Bay, central Japan 1935-1992. Bulletin Institute Oceanic Research & Development, Tokai University 14:135-141. Nakajima, M. 1963. A strayed finless porpoise. Geiken Tsushin 147:193-196. Nakajima, M. 1995. A study on Cuvier?s beaked whales, Ziphius cavirostris, stranded on the beaches. Journal of Japanese Association of Zoological Gardens and Aquaria 37(2):49-58. Nakajima, M. and Kurata, Y. 1960. Cuvier?s beaked whales stranded on Izu Oshima Island. Geiken Tsushin 110:197-201. Revised 28VI2004//25VII2004 -----Original Message----- From: marmam-bounces at lists.uvic.ca [mailto:marmam-bounces at lists.uvic.ca] On Behalf Of salvadorvet at sapo.pt Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 6:12 PM To: MARMAM at lists.uvic.ca Subject: [MARMAM] Melon head whales stranding in Cape Verde I'm a DVM working now in Portugal and I'm collaborating in the rehab of stranded dolphins in this country. I was born in Cape Verde, so I'm very aware of problems that are happening there. Right now I'm really shocked about a mass stranding of Melon Head Whales at Boavista Island, on Cape Verde the last November 18th during the night. 265 dolphins came ashore and stranded and died in spite of all the efforts made by the authorities and civilians. But the weird thing happened after: they buried all the dolphins before anyone could collect any organ or blood. Therefore no necropsy was performed. On the next day more 6 Melon Head Whales died and the biologist in charge at that island told to newspapers that when she came to the beach where they stranded, all the dolphins had been taken by people to be eaten, so she could not get any sample. The previous day the US nuclear submarine USS Annapolis (SSN760) departed from the S.Vicente Island that is one of the ten islands of Cape Verde. This submarine is there in charge against illegal immigration and drug traffic. By this time we don't have any explanation from the authorities or from the US Navy or any effort are in progress to find out the true. That appear to be too much coincidence and there are many strandings around the world related to such coincidence. All of us are aware of the bad consequences of military sonar and cetaceans, specially to "deep divers". I would like to ask if anybody has information connecting submarine sonar to cetaceans. Thank you for your help. Best regards. Salvador St.Aubyn Mascarenhas, DVM _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM at lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1164 - Release Date: 12/2/2007 11:30 AM Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1170 - Release Date: 12/4/2007 10:52 AM From Phillip.Clapham at noaa.gov Fri Dec 7 12:46:20 2007 From: Phillip.Clapham at noaa.gov (Phillip.Clapham at noaa.gov) Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:46:20 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper; Determining spatial and temporal scales for management Message-ID: <6817ea0e69190532.4759409c@noaa.gov> The following has just been published online: Clapham, P.J., Aguilar, A. and Hatch, L.T. 2007 (in print 2008). Determining spatial and temporal scales for the management of cetaceans: lessons from whaling. Marine Mammal Science doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00175.x. ABSTRACT Selection of the appropriate management unit is critical to the conservation of animal populations. Defining such units depends upon knowledge of population structure and upon the timescale being considered. Here, we examine the trajectory of eleven subpopulations of five species of baleen whales to investigate temporal and spatial scales in management. These subpopulations were all extirpated by commercial whaling, and no recovery or repopulation has occurred since. In these cases, time elapsed since commercial extinction ranges from four decades to almost four centuries. We propose that these subpopulations did not recover either because cultural memory of the habitat has been lost, because widespread whaling among adjacent stocks eliminated these as sources for repopulation, and/or because segregation following exploitation produced the abandonment of certain areas. Spatial scales associated with the extirpated subpopulations are frequently smaller than tho se typically employed in management. Overall, the evidence indicates that: i) the timeframe for management should be at most decadal in scope (i.e. less than 100 years) and based on both genetic and non-genetic evidence of population substructure, and ii) at least some stocks should be defined on a smaller spatial scale than they currently are. The paper is available free from: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/MMS/0/0 Phil Clapham National Marine Mammal Lab, Seattle From David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu Thu Dec 6 20:03:42 2007 From: David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu (Dave Mellinger) Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:03:42 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Fwd: new RFP on fixed passive acoustic Message-ID: <4758C61E.3000302@oregonstate.edu> The Sound and Marine Life Joint Industry Programme (JIP) of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP) has posted a new Request for Proposals (RFP) about passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) on its web site. In part, the RFP says this: --------------------------------------------- Current fixed PAM technology requires further development in order to provide an effective long term monitoring tool (detection, classification and localisation) and therefore increase its usefulness to Industry and the scientific community. There are a number of autonomous buoy systems currently in use, all of which collect data over extended periods of time, which are then collected and analysed post data recording. A potential area of interest may be the development of highspeed data links from fixed PAM installations to vessel or shore-based stations for real-time data processing and analysis of acoustic data over wide areas. The OGP E&P Sound and Marine Life JIP is requesting proposals that address: * Compiling a detailed inventory of fixed PAM technologies and methods that are currently available and potential new technologies and methods currently being developed. * Conducting a critical review and assessment of fixed PAM capabilities and their application during E&P activities offshore. * Identifying potential areas of further development in order to improve both effectiveness and accuracy of detecting/classifying/ localising marine mammals at sea. --------------------------------------------- To learn more, see the JIP web site at http://www.soundandmarinelife.org From debbie.steel at oregonstate.edu Fri Dec 7 14:49:05 2007 From: debbie.steel at oregonstate.edu (steel, debbie) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:49:05 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] recent publications, University of Auckland and Oregon State University Message-ID: December 7, 2007 Announcement: Recent articles (2006 and 2007) from the Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, University of Auckland and the Cetacean Conservation and Genetics Laboratory, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University Available at the URL as shown below or by visiting the website of the Cetacean Conservation and Genetics Laboratory, Marine Mammal Institute, and selecting 'publications' http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/ccgl Or by email request to scott.baker at oregonstate.edu subject header 'Reprint request' 2007 Jackson, J. A., N. J. Patenaude, E. L. Carroll, and C. S. Baker. 2007. How few whales were there after whaling? Inference from contemporary mtDNA diversity. Molecular Ecology, http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03497.x . Dalebout, M. L., C. S. Baker, D. Steel, K. M. Robertson, S. J. Chivers, W. F. Perrin, J. G. Mead, R. V. Grace, and D. T. Schofield. 2007. A divergent mtDNA lineage among Mesoplodon beaked whales: molecular evidence for e new species in the tropical Pacific? Marine Mammal Science, online early. Constantine, R., K. Russell, N. Gibbs, S. Childerhouse, and C. S. Baker. 2007. Photo-identification of humpback whales in New Zealand waters and their migratory connections to breeding grounds of Oceania. Marine Mammal Science, 23:715-720. Endo, T., Y.-U. Ma, C. S. Baker, N. Funahashi, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, V. Lukoschek, and K. Haraguchi. 2007. Contamination level of mercury in red meat products from cetaceans available from South Korea markets. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54:669-677. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V6N-4NC50YV-2&_user=576687&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000029364&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=576687&md5=ce57bd4e04702be3196400544ffa2d86 Olavarr?a, C., C. S. Baker, C. Garrigue, M. Poole, N. Hauser, S. Caballero, L. Fl?rez-Gonz?lez, M. Brasseur, J. Bannister, J. Capella, P. J. Clapham, R. Dodemont, M. Donoghue, C. Jenner, M. N. Jenner, D. Moro, M. Oremus, D. A. Paton, and K. Russell. 2007. Population structure of humpback whales throughout the South Pacific and the origins of the eastern Polynesian breeding grounds. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 330:257-268. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v330/p257-268/ Patenaude, N. J., V. A. Portway, C. M. Schaeff, J. L. Bannister, P. B. Best, R. S. Payne, V. J. Rowntree, M. Rivarola, and C. S. Baker. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA Diversity and Population Structure among Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis). Journal of Heredity, 98:147-157. http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/esm005??ijkey=A2zAQwdDVzOtpmo&keytype=ref Oremus, M., M. M. Poole, D. Steel, and C. S. Baker. 2007. Isolation and interchange among insular spinner dolphin communities in the South Pacific revealed by individual identification and genetic diversity. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 336:275-289:275-289. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v336/p275-289/ Baker, C. S., J. G. Cooke, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, Y.-U. Ma, N. Funahashi, C. Carraher, and R. L. Brownell Jr. 2007. Estimating the number of whales entering trade using DNA profiling and capture-recapture analysis of market products. Molecular Ecology, 16:2617-2626. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03317.x Caballero, S., F. Trujillo, J. A. Vianna, H. Barrios-Garrido, M. G. Montiel, S. Beltran-Pedreros, M. Marmontel, M. C. Santos, M. Rossi, F. R. Santo, and C. S. Baker. 2007. Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for "tucuxi" (Sotalia fluviatilis) and "costero" (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. Marine Mammal Science, 23:358-386. 2006 Baker, C. S., V. Lukoschek, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, M. Yong-un, T. Endo, and N. Funahashi. 2006. Incomplete reporting of whale, dolphin and porpoise 'bycatch' revealed by molecular monitoring of Korean markets. Animal Conservation, 9:474-482. Baker, C. S., M. D. Vant, M. L. Dalebout, G. M. Lento, S. J. O'Brien, and N. Yuhki. 2006. Diversity and duplication of DQB and DRB-like genes of the MHC in baleen whales (suborder: Mysticeti). Immunogenetics, 58:283-296. http://www.springerlink.com/content/54257g410tr5lpj2/ Weinrich, M. T., H. Rosenbaum, C. Scott Baker, A. L. Blackmer, and H. Whitehead. 2006. The Influence of Maternal Lineages on Social Affiliations among Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on Their Feeding Grounds in the Southern Gulf of Maine. 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For more information about the course content, please visit the website at: http://www.nova.edu/ocean/marmam/marmam.html You may take this course: a) for graduate credit (3 credits) b) at undergraduate level c) for a general interest diploma, which will be awarded all successful candidates d) towards a 4-course distance Graduate Certificate in Coastal Studies. Those taking credit versions of the course must complete two written essay assignments, and take part in e-mail interactions. For more information on the Oceanographic Center?s distance learning courses and programs, including registration details and costs, please visit the website at http://www.nova.edu/ocean/disted.html For registration: http://www.nova.edu/ocean/distedregform.html Registration inquiries may be made at any time. If you have any questions, please first contact Professor Jane Dougan - douganj at nova.edu Professor Keith Ronald kronald at nova.edu and Barra L. Gots gots at nova.edu Instructors for the Marine Mammal Management Distance Education course. For further information, please reply to Barra Gots: gots at nova.edu From anna.situ at oceanpark.com.hk Sun Dec 9 17:42:49 2007 From: anna.situ at oceanpark.com.hk (Anna Situ) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:42:49 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] OPCFHK scientific project application 08-09 Message-ID: <3D681A35EDC97E4CA3A53892391CD65001D76054@bmail.oceanpark.com.hk> Dear Sir/Madam, I wish to post the following message on Marmam e-mail list. Dear Sir/Madam, The Foundation is now inviting new funding applications for conservation research projects in 2008-2009. The application form and guideline can be downloaded from our website: www.opcf.org.hk. As the conservation arm of Ocean Park, the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK) advocates, facilitates and participates in the conservation of wildlife and habitats, with an emphasis on the Asian region, through research and education. Our vision is to ensure the sustainability of wildlife and biodiversity. Funding support will be given to research and conservation projects on, but not limited to, marine mammals, Giant Pandas, amphibians, fishes, birds, terrestrial mammals and reptiles. To encourage Ocean Park to directly support the conservation projects, part of this funding will be allocated for conservation projects collaborated with Ocean Park. We also encourage institutions in Hong Kong to apply funding for projects based locally in Hong Kong. This financial assistance will be used to cover project related expenses, including travelling and field equipment but not to cover the in-house staff cost. Submission deadline for applications is Jan 31, 2008. All the funding applications will then go through our Scientific Advisory Committee members (SACs) for review and recommendation. It usually takes 4 to 6 weeks for the reviewing process. Research projects recommended by SACs will be further reviewed by the Foundation's Trustees. With Trustees' approval, confirmation of funding will be announced in late June 2008, the Foundation will set up agreements with the Principal Investigators or the Institutes who are in charge of the recommended projects. Thank you for your kind attention and I am looking forward to your application. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Yours Sincerely, Anna Situ Assistant Scientific Officer OPCFHK Tel: 852-2873-8679 Fax: 852-2553-5840 E-mail: anna.situ at oceanpark.com.hk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joel.t.bell at navy.mil Mon Dec 10 11:25:12 2007 From: joel.t.bell at navy.mil (Bell, Joel T CIV NAVFAC Lant) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:25:12 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Position opening - Natural Resources Management Specialist (Marine Resources) Message-ID: <2DE5DAA65A2A6E4395A6893EA7FB25D906B55D4F@naeanrfkez01> Please direct all questions and inquiries to Julie Rivers (julie.rivers at navy.mil) and/or Vanessa Pepi (vanessa.pepi at navy.mil). Additional information can be found on the USAJobs website by searching for the announcement number provided below. ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: PAC7-0401-12-4B828453-DE TITLE: NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST (MARINE RESOURCES) PAY PLAN: GS SERIES: 0401 GRADE: 12 OPENING DATE: 12/06/2007 CLOSING DATE: 12/20/2007 LOCATION: PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII HIRING ORGANIZATION: NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND, PACIFIC, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII As a marine resources representative in the Natural Resources Branch, the incumbent prepares or manages the preparation of complex documents or special environmental studies; develops monitoring and mitigation measures; coordinates proposals with agencies and the public and develops solutions to resolve conflicts. The incumbent serves as a member of the Marine Resources Support Group (MRSG) and as a subject matter expert on marine resources related issues to the Fleets, CNO, Regions, and various Facilities Engineering Commands (FECs) on operational marine resources related issues. Serve as a marine biologist in support of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) training worldwide. Serves as a liaison on all marine resources related issues. Prepares and review marine related documentation including marine resources assessments, density reports, endangered species and marine mammal consultations, Environmental Impact statements (EISs)(Overseas EISs (OEISs), Environmental Assessments (EAs)/Overseas EAs (OEAs), Categorical Exclusions (Cat EX) and related special environmental studies assessing the environmental impacts of proposed COMPACFLT operations, training and homeporting/home basing actions. Prepares and manages the preparation of complex documents or special environmental studies; develops monitoring and mitigation measures; coordinates proposals with agencies and the public and develops solutions to resolve conflicts. Responsible for participating in the Marine Resources Support Group (R+MRSG) to ensure fleet compliance with the Navy's "at sea" policies. Assesses and makes recommendations as to what work will be perform in-house or by contract, prepares statements of work, reviews statements of work, monitors schedules and quality standards to ensure program objectives are met, coordinates contractor work to ensure program goals are accomplished, reviews invoices for accuracy, maintains a file of contract related actions, recommends the acceptance or rejection of contractor's work. The employee establishes work schedules, determines priorities, coordinates work with other section employees, promotes team building, and ensures program quality across contractor and in-house products. <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< Joel T. Bell Marine Protected Species Biologist Environmental Conservation - Marine Resources Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic Phone: (757) 322-4854 Fax (757) 322-4894 NIPR: joel.t.bell at navy.mil SIPR: joel.bell at lantnavfac.navy.smil.mil <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< <'//>< "The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin." ~Thomas H. Huxley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Phocid at aol.com Fri Dec 7 10:40:33 2007 From: Phocid at aol.com (Phocid at aol.com) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:40:33 EST Subject: [MARMAM] Seal Pup Internships Message-ID: Seal Pup Rehabilitation Internships Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre is a registered not for profit organization operating under permits from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada and the Ministry of Water, Land and Air. Recipient of the Islands Trust Environmental Stewardship Award, IWNCC?s focus is on the rescue and rehabilitation of orphaned Harbour Seals. For the 10th year, IWNCC will be offering summer internships. In the past, students have earned academic credit toward their degrees through the completion of these internships and the centre is also open to the creation and execution of short term, noninvasive research projects by the interns. There will be 14 internships awarded this summer and fall each lasting 8 to 12 weeks. The internships are on a voluntary basis, however comfortable housing and a food stipend are provided. Interns are accepted internationally and are responsible for their own transportation to and from British Columbia. Interns will work directly under marine mammal rehabilitation specialists and can expect to learn the following: Safe rescue and handling of Harbour Seal pups. Proper restraint techniques. Stabilizing critical patients and new arrivals. Food preparation through all stages of the rehabilitation process. Gavage (tube) feeding, force feeding and hand feeding techniques. Proper hygiene and isolation protocols to prevent the spread of disease. Administration of oral medications. Behavioral and medical observation and proper record keeping. Natural history of marine mammal species. Fundamentals of how, why and when to administer alternative remedies such as homeopathy and Chinese herbs. Response to the rescue hotline and public interface as well as the logistics of coordinating rescues from many remote locations. General care of many other indigenous avian and mammalian species. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2008. For more information and to download an application, please visit our web site at: www.sealrescue.org Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre 322 Langs Road Salt Spring Island, BC V8K1N3 www.sealrescue.org iwncc at aol.com ************************************** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From K.A.Stockin at massey.ac.nz Tue Dec 11 18:26:14 2007 From: K.A.Stockin at massey.ac.nz (Stockin, Karen) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:26:14 +1300 Subject: [MARMAM] Lesions - Feedback Message-ID: Dear MARMAM A big thank you to all who responded regarding the identification of apparent lesions found on Delphinus in New Zealand waters. Just to clarify, the lesions in question were the circular speckled marks evident under the dorsal fin of the photographed animal. Due to the light, angle and contrast of the photograph, a few respondents mistook the query to be about the pale colouration on the dorsal fin. This in actual fact is merely dorsal fin pigmentation found commonly in most Delphinus in NZ waters. A range of suggestions were made for the apparent lesions including fungal infection and a result of possible contact with acidic chemicals. However, the overwhelming majority of responses suggested consistency with either tattoo or ring lesions which apparently manifest as a result of the poxvirus. Useful further information on this and other viruses can be found in the following references; Van Bressem et al. 1999. A review of virus infections of cetaceans and the potential impact of morbilliviruses and papillomaviruses on host population dynamics. Disease of Aquatic Organisms 38: 53-65 Van Bressem & Van Waerebeek 1996. Epidemiology of poxvirus in small cetaceans from the eastern South Pacific. Marine Mammal Science 12: 371-382. Many thanks again for your assistance. Best wishes, Karen ========================================= Karen A Stockin Research Officer Coastal - Marine Research Group Institute of Natural Resources Massey University at Albany Private Bag 102 904 North Shore MSC New Zealand Tel: + 64 9 414 0800 Ext 41127 Fax: + 64 9 443 9790 Cell: + 64 21 146 5511 Email: k.a.stockin at massey.ac.nz http://cmrg.massey.ac.nz http://wildlife.massey.ac.nz/people/staff_ks.asp ========================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lister at beamreach.org Tue Dec 11 13:21:23 2007 From: lister at beamreach.org (Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:21:23 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [MARMAM] Tuition Reduction to Study Whales and Student Papers Available Message-ID: <4533363.1197408083925.JavaMail.sfdc@na2-app3-1-sjl.ops.sfdc.net> We've just been given the opportunity to offer a $1,500 tuition reduction to study orcas in the wild for our Spring 2008 program. Applications must be received by January 7, 2008. Spend 10 weeks studying killer whales in the Pacific Northwest. Beam Reach is for you if you want to: -study endangered orcas in the wild -work with experts in killer whale conservation -learn about marine conservation and sustainability -sail on a biodiesel electric catamaran -learn in a small group and get lots of individual time with instructors -work on science that matters and your own research project -explore the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest -earn 18 credits from the University of Washington Find out if Beam Reach is for you: http://www.beamreach.org/is-beam-reach-for-you.html?1tr081mrm071211 Apply Now! http://beamreach.org/application.html?2tr081mrm071211 Let us know if you have any questions. tracy at beamreach.org You can also see the results from the Fall 2007 class. There are 10 student papers posted on-line. They all focus on the endangered killer whales of the Pacific Northwest. Here are two titles to give you an idea of what you can learn by reading them: Vessel noise and orca vocalization: Implications for policy Alexandra Kougantakis http://beamreach.org/071/papers/final-paper-alex071.pdf?3tr081mrm071211 Relationship between depth and southern resident killer whale echolocation click production Anne Harmann http://beamreach.org/071/papers/final-paper-anne071.pdf?4tr081mrm071211 See them all here: http://beamreach.org/071/?5tr081mrm071205 _____________________________________________________________________ Beam Reach http://beamreach.org Marine Science and Sustainability School 6537 16th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115 Dr. Scott Veirs, President 206.251.5554 Tracy Smith, Admissions 800.839.7495 From Thea.Johanos-Kam at noaa.gov Wed Dec 12 13:41:34 2007 From: Thea.Johanos-Kam at noaa.gov (Thea Johanos-Kam) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:41:34 -1000 Subject: [MARMAM] Hawaiian Monk Seal Field Research Positions for 2008 Message-ID: <4760558E.6010206@noaa.gov> Aquatic Farms (Ltd. of Honolulu, Hawaii), a contractor for The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, is soliciting cover letters and resumes for the upcoming 2008 field research season to study the endangered Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This work is part of a long-term annual Hawaiian monk seal population monitoring and conservation program which includes: conducting trend counts; tagging seals; identifying individual seals by tags, scars, natural markings,and applied bleach marks; monitoring reproduction, survival, injuries, entanglements, migration, performing necropsies; collecting scat & spew samples for food habitat analysis; collecting tissue samples for DNA analysis; collecting & removing debris capable of entangling seals and other wildlife. Behavior data are also collected at some sites. For general information about the program, visit this website: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/psd/ Employment will be from early April to mid-September, though some positions will continue until early October. The number of positions and/or continuation of the program is subject to funding. The first 4-5 weeks of employment are spent in Honolulu training and packing, and the final weeks are also spent in Honolulu to clean up gear and summarize data. Food and lodging in Honolulu are not provided; a listing of potential housing options is available. Transportation from Honolulu to and from the field site, food, and lodging in the field are provided. Field work is accomplished by 2-5 member teams in remote camps. Researchers live either in wall tents or buildings at the various sites. All sites are accessible by ship (2-8 day travel; 830-2,300 km from Honolulu), and two are accessible by plane. Few supply opportunities exist and outside communication is limited. *NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31 BUT SOONER IS BETTER* Please submit a cover letter and resume with employment history, education history, the names and phone numbers of three work related references to: Thea Johanos, Wildlife Biologist Hawaiian Monk Seal Assessment Program Email: Thea.Johanos-Kam at noaa.gov Phone (808) 944-2174 Email submissions are preferred, but you can also mail applications to: Thea Johanos Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Protected Species Division 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814-4700 Please also send duplicate cover letters and resumes to: Calinda Goo Aquatic Farms Email: officeafl at hawaii.rr.com (preferred) or By mail to: 49-139 Kam Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744 Employment will be provided by Aquatic Farms (Ltd. of Honolulu, Hawaii)a contractor that provides Scientific Support Services to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. Applicants will be considered for two types of positions: field camp leader and field camp assistants, depending upon education and experience. FIELD CAMP LEADER One field camp leader serves as the senior person in a camp. Leads field personnel in camp preparation, collection, entry and editing of data. Responsible for quality and timeliness of the field team's work. Responsible for maintaining a safe working environment for field personnel. Responsible for ensuring all necessary equipment and supplies for remote research camp are prepared. Performs daily maintenance and operation of field camp. Collects census and life history data on Hawaiian monk seals. Conducts boating operations at multiple-island atolls. Responsible for return of field equipment and supplies at the end of camp. Collaborates with scientists within NMFS to conduct and analyze field studies on the Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Produces annual report at end of field season. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's or Associates degree with 2 years field experience (5 yrs experience may be substituted for the education requirements). Good communication, leadership and decision-making skills. Working knowledge of personal computers including use of word processing, spreadsheets, and databases. Ability to swim. Must be able to pass pre-deployment training requirements including field medical training before being deployed to remote island. Ability to work in remote locations for extended periods of time. Must be able to work long hours in the sun. Must be able to walk long distances (up to 7 miles)in the sand carrying 25-35 pounds of field gear. Must be able to manually restrain immature seals (up to 200 pounds). Must be able to obtain medical clearance for working on NOAA research vessels. Desirable qualities include prior field experience in a Hawaiian monk seal field camp. Previous experience in field or laboratory studies of marine mammals, previous experience handling marine mammals, working knowledge of computers, prefer applicants interested in pursuing career in marine mammalogy or related field. Ability to perform basic data analysis. Ability to operate small boat and conduct routine maintenance. FIELD CAMP ASSISTANT One or two assistants participate in each field camp. Under guidance of field camp leader and/or NMFS personnel, assists in camp preparation, collection, entry and editing of data. Maintains a safe working environment for field personnel. Participates in daily maintenance and operation of field camp. Collects census and life history data on Hawaiian monk seals. Conducts boating operations at multiple-island atolls. Assists with return, repair and clean-up of field equipment and supplies at the end of camp. Minimum Qualifications: High school graduate or equivalent with 3 years field experience. Good communication and team skills. Working knowledge of personal computers including use of word processing, spreadsheets,and databases. Ability to swim. Must be able to pass pre-deployment training requirements including field medical training before being deployed to remote island. Ability to work in remote locations for extended periods of time. Must be able to work long hours in the sun. Must be able to walk long distances (up to 7 miles) in the sand carrying 25-35 pounds of field gear. Must be able to manually restrain immature seals (up to 200 pounds). Must be able to obtain medical clearance for working on NOAA research vessels. Desirable qualities include prior field experience in a Hawaiian monk seal field camp. Previous experience in field or laboratory studies of marine mammals, previous experience handling marine mammals, working knowledge of computers, previous data entry experience, prefer applicants interested in pursuing career in marine mammalogy or related field. Ability to operate small boat and conduct routine maintenance. From aaltukhov at gmail.com Thu Dec 13 23:07:02 2007 From: aaltukhov at gmail.com (Alexey Altukhov (Mail)) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:07:02 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] MARINE MAMMALS OF THE HOLARCTIC Message-ID: <47622B96.9010105@mail.ru> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ukrsc at st-andrews.ac.uk Fri Dec 14 03:24:55 2007 From: ukrsc at st-andrews.ac.uk (UK Regional Student Chapter) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:24:55 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Extended Abstract Deadline & Registration of Interest Message-ID: <1197631495.4762680792b82@webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk> The deadline for abstract submission for oral presentations at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the UK Regional Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy has been extended to the 10th January 2008. Oral presentations can relate to any aspect of marine mammal research and should be timed for 12 minutes followed by 3 minutes for questions. To register your interest in attending and/or submitting abstracts please email ukrsc at st-andrews.ac.uk. Abstracts should be sent as an email attachment. We also invite all participants to bring along a poster about their work for display during the annual meeting (preferred but not compulsory). Date: 7-8 February 2008 Location: Lighthouse Field Station George Street, Cromarty Ross-shire IV11 8YJ, Scotland www.abdn.ac.uk/zoology/lighthouse Any questions regarding the conference please email Andy Foote at ukrsc at st-andrews.ac.uk -- UKRSC Chapter Contact Sea Mammal Research Unit Gatty Marine Lab University of St Andrews St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB UK http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~ukrscgrp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of St Andrews Webmail: https://webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk From donna.hauser at gmail.com Thu Dec 13 16:05:34 2007 From: donna.hauser at gmail.com (Donna Hauser) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:35:34 -0330 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: killer whale space use Message-ID: <1df05ed0712131605s36ef48e4nd9b1c9852f15f053@mail.gmail.com> The following publication is available: Hauser, Donna DW, Logsdon, Miles G, Holmes, Elizabeth E, VanBlaricom, Glenn R, and Osborne, Richard W*.* 2007. Summer distribution patterns of southern resident killer whales *Orcinus orca*: core areas and spatial segregation of social groups. Marine Ecology Progress Series 351: 301-310. PDFs are available online at: http://donna.hauser.googlepages.com/donnahauser or by email to donna.hauser at gmail.com -- Donna DW Hauser donna.hauser at gmail.com http://donna.hauser.googlepages.com/donnahauser -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Interns will be exposed to all aspects of the daily care and training of California sea lions. *Responsibilities* This internship is designed to give aspiring trainers educational and career experience. Interns will be responsible for a number of tasks throughout the day such as diet preparation, sanitation, exhibit maintenance and cleaning, public presentations, guest interactions, animal observations, and the participation in animal training and husbandry sessions. Depending on your skill level and motivation, your internship can be tailored so that you can get the most of out your time here. *Requirements* Candidates must be highly self-motivated, willing to work hard and get dirty, but to also have some fun at the same time. This internship involves heavy lifting of up to 50lbs. All candidates must be willing to work full-time, 40 hours per week, including weekends and some holidays for no less than three months. No housing is provided, but Audubon Zoo is located within walking distance of two major colleges so roommates will be easy to find. *To apply:* Please send cover letter stating your interests and your resume via e-mail (subject: internship application) or regular mail. Contact Information Audubon Zoo Tiffany Nance Sea Lion Department 6500 Magazine St New Orleans, LA 70118 USA Phone: +1 360 339 0803 sealions at auduboninstitute.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From yvonnesmiles at googlemail.com Thu Dec 13 19:40:59 2007 From: yvonnesmiles at googlemail.com (Yvonne Miles) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:40:59 +1000 Subject: [MARMAM] Course Registration Now open Message-ID: Please find below new course Dates for JNCC approved Marine Mammal Observer Training in Australia and UK for 2008 All information can be found at the web site www.scanningoceansectors.org Hervey Bay - Queensland - Australia - Marine Mammal Observer Course dates February 11th ? 13th 2008 May 26th ? 28th 2008 November 24th ? 26th 2008 RNLI Poole - Dorset - UK - Marine Mammal Observer Course dates March 17th -19th 2008 course 1 March 24th -26th 2008 course 2 July 7th ? 9th 2008 course 1 July 10th ? 12th 2008 course 2 October 27th ? 29th 2008 course 1 October 30th ? 1st November 2008 course 2 To ensure your place on the course make sure you register early Regards Yvonne Miles -- Yvonne Miles 9 Long Street Point Vernon Hervey Bay QLD 4655 Australia 0435 017 524 mob 07 4124 8320 land line www.scanningoceansectors.org info at scanningoceansectors.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CostidisA at vetmed.ufl.edu Fri Dec 14 06:34:07 2007 From: CostidisA at vetmed.ufl.edu (Alex Costidis) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:34:07 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Beaked whales and sonar Message-ID: <47624E0F.042D.0042.0@vetmed.ufl.edu> Dr. Mascarenhas, One more new reference can be found in the October 2007 issue of Marine Mammal Science. It is an interesting paper that goes into a lot of analytical work on gas bubble growth and exchange as it relates to their dive profiles, etc.. It is more about beaked whale diving physiology and behavior than sonar specifically, but it is all related to causes of apparent beaked whale susceptibility to sonar. Zimmer, W. M. X., Tyack, P. L. 2007. Repetitive Shallow Dives Pose Decompression Risk in Deep-diving Beaked Whales. Marine Mammal Science. 23(4): 888-925 Hope this helps, Alex Costidis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CostidisA at vetmed.ufl.edu Thu Dec 13 07:03:04 2007 From: CostidisA at vetmed.ufl.edu (Alex Costidis) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:03:04 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Melon head whales stranding in Cape Verde&In-Reply-To= Message-ID: <47610358.042D.0042.0@vetmed.ufl.edu> Hello Dr. Mascarenhas, I wanted to pass along some more references on the topic of sonar-related strandings and cetaceans. Below are a few useful papers that cover topics like lesions/pathology, etc. Our manuscript (the first one on the list) covers the latest basics, theories, etc. and I believe is a good overview of the issue. The rest of the papers cover various topics, mostly involving observed lesions. This should get you started on the topic and help you decide which references to pursue. I hope this helps. I can send you pdf copies of most of these. Rommel, S. A. et al. 2006. Elements of Beaked Whale Anatomy and Diving Physiology and Some Hypothetical Causes of Sonar-related Stranding. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 7(3):189-209. Cox, T.M. et al. 2006. Understanding the Impacts of Anthropogenic Sound on Beaked Whales. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 7(3):177-187. Fernandez, A. et al. 2005. Gas and fat embolic syndrome involving a mass stranding of beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) exposed to anthropogenic sonar signals. Vet. Pathol. 42:446-57. Jepson, P.D. et al. 2003. Gas-bubble lesions in stranded animals. Was sonar responsible for a spate of whale deaths after an Atlantic miliary exercise? Nature 425 (6958):575-76. Jepson, P.D. et al. 2005. Acute and chronic gas bubble lesion in cetaceans stranded in the United Kingdom. Vet. Pathol. 42:291-305. Alex Costidis University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Marine Mammal Pathobiology Lab Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aquaticmammals at gmail.com Sun Dec 16 16:06:13 2007 From: aquaticmammals at gmail.com (Jeanette Thomas) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:06:13 -0600 Subject: [MARMAM] last chance for discount purchase on Noise Exposure Criteria issue in Aquatic Mammals Message-ID: <4b2ea9d30712161606u3db6bdbbl1e05626952b7b910@mail.gmail.com> Special Issue: Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria Published in Aquatic Mammals: vol 33, issue 4, 2007 Table of Contents Overview Chapter 1 ? Introduction Chapter 2 ? Structure of the Noise Exposure Criteria Chapter 3 ? Criteria for Injury: TTS and PTS Chapter 4 ? Criteria for Behavioral Disturbance Chapter 5 ? Research Recommendations Appendix A. Acoustic Measurements and Terminology Appendix B. Studies Involving Marine Mammal Behavioral Responses to Multiple Pulses Appendix C. Studies Involving Marine Mammal Behavioral Responses to Non- Pulses Authors: Brandon L. Southall, Ann E. Bowles, William T. Ellison, James J. Finneran, Roger L. Gentry, Charles R. Greene Jr., David Kastak, Darlene R. Ketten, James H. Miller, Paul E. Nachtigall, W. John Richardson, Jeanette A. Thomas, and Peter L. Tyack NAME: __________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________ CITY: ___________________________ STATE/PROVINCE: ________________________ ZIP/POSTAL CODE: ______________ COUNTRY: _______________________________ Pay by check in U.S. dollars or by VISA or MasterCard to: Aquatic Mammals ISSUE COST: $24.00 USD SHIPMENT WITHIN US: $4.60 USD SHIPMENT OUTSIDE US: $11.00 USD TOTAL CHARGE: $ ______ USD CREDIT CARD: __ __ __ __ - __ _ _ __ __ - __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ EXP: __ __/ __ __ SIGNATURE: ______________________________________________________________ To order by mail or fax, send this form with check or credit card information to: Aquatic Mammals C/o Gina Colley Document and Publication Services Western Illinois University Macomb, IL 61455, USA E-mail: GR-Colley at wiu.edu Fax: 1-309-298-2869 -- Dr. Jeanette Thomas Department of Biological Sciences Western Illinois University-Quad Cities 3561 60th St. Moline, IL 61265 E-mail: aquaticmammals at gmail.com and Editor of Aquatic Mammals same address See Aquatic Mammals website at: http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/ Because I teach at two locations, email is the best method of communication From Sclymene at aol.com Mon Dec 17 07:24:10 2007 From: Sclymene at aol.com (Sclymene at aol.com) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:24:10 EST Subject: [MARMAM] New Publication: "Marine Mammals of the World" Message-ID: Dear MARMAM, ? Academic Press/Elsevier has just published Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification by Thomas A. Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, and Robert L. Pitman (2008, 573 pp., ISBN 978-0-12-383853-7).? You can check it out online ( http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/713331/description#description).? It can be ordered directly from the Elsevier website, or can be purchased in bookstores after the New Year. Best wishes, Tom ***************************************************************** Thomas A. Jefferson, Ph.D. Southwest Fisheries Science Center NOAA Fisheries 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive La Jolla, CA 92037-1508 USA Tel:?? 1 (858) 278-4240 FAX:?? 1 (858) 278-3473 Email: sclymene at aol.com Web:? http://swfsc.noaa.gov//staff.aspx?Division=PRD&id=842 ***************************************************************** ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pcrassidens at rogers.com Tue Dec 18 07:22:05 2007 From: pcrassidens at rogers.com (JOHN WANG) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:22:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on the ETS population of Sousa chinensis Message-ID: <607115.15341.qm@web88001.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear All, I'd like to announce the following paper that is now available website below or you can contact me directly for a pdf. Distribution, abundance and conservation status of the eastern Taiwan Strait population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis John Y. Wang, Shih Chu Yang, Samuel K. Hung and Thomas A. Jefferson Mammalia (71): 157?165. DOI 10.1515/MAMM.2007.032 Abstract In 2002, a small population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis, was discovered in the coastal waters of the eastern Taiwan Strait. Serious conservation concerns about this population led to a survey of most of the coastal waters of western Taiwan to better understand the status of this population. Surveys were conducted from boats (inshore waters) and a sea-kayak or land-based platforms (littoral waters inshore of large sandbars). Humpback dolphins were sighted 35 times, all within a stretch of inshore waters approximately 100 km (linear distance) and within 2 km from shore (none were observed in littoral waters). Including consideration of other records of this species, the main distribution of these dolphins was estimated to be approximately 515 km2 of water off central western Taiwan, where industrialization is a serious and rapidly increasing issue. The population?s abundance and density were estimated to be 99 individuals (coefficient of variation 51.6%) and 19.3 individuals/100 km2, respectively, which is quite low when compared to the Pearl River estuary population. Assessing this population using the IUCN Red List criteria resulted in a ??Critically Endangered?? categorization, reinforcing the urgency of the situation. http://www.atypon-link.com/WDG/toc/mamm/71/4 Cheers, John Y. Wang -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smjohn at cape.com Tue Dec 18 11:00:21 2007 From: smjohn at cape.com (smjohn at cape.com) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:00:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MARMAM] Job Posting, Whale Disentanglement Network, Provincetown MA, USA Message-ID: <3211.209.213.65.25.1198004421.squirrel@webmail.cape.com> Whale Disentanglement Program: Part-Time Disentanglement Assistant Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is seeking a Disentanglement Assistant for the Large Whale Disentanglement Program. This is a part-time salaried position. Applicants should have skills and knowledge in the following areas: knowledge of whale species and behaviors; boat handling and seamanship; working with lines under tension; knowledge of commercial fishing gear. Physical requirements include: being able to work at sea aboard a variety of vessels including small inflatable boats; must be able to lift 50 pounds. Candidates should have excellent written and verbal communication skills; leadership qualities and enjoy being a team player. Other useful knowledge and skills include: Computer literacy and photography experience. Potential collaboration in other program areas. Send cover letter and resume to: Stephanie Johnson 115 Bradford Street Provincetown, MA 02657 ccs at coastalstudies.org Stephanie Johnson Human Resource & Office Coordinator Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies 115 Bradford Street Provincetown, MA 02657 (508) 487-3622 Ext. 107 From janiger at almaak-01.usc.edu Tue Dec 18 21:12:59 2007 From: janiger at almaak-01.usc.edu (David S. Janiger) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:12:59 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New Articles Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020101000625.0125db00@email.usc.edu> Hi, All - Just want to take a moment to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday and New Year. Thank you very much for the many wonderful comments throughout the year, and sorry if I haven't had the time to reply. I would also like the thank the Marmam editor(s) for continuing to allow my messages on this listserve. Without this platform, this service wouldn't be possible. So here's to the next year and let's get down to business. Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. Please don't hit the reply button. Make all requests to: janiger at bcf.usc.edu Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3369 janiger at bcf.usc.edu djaniger at nhm.org Janiger Journals ANDERSON, C. J. R.; J. D. ROTH and J. M. WATERMAN. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 273(4):333-339. 2007. Can whisker spot patterns be used to identify individual polar bears? 0.289 MB BEAUMONT, ELLEN S. and JOHN C. GOOLD. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 87(5):1337-1343. 2007. Cheap and accessible method to aid individual photo-identification of grey seals, Halichoerus grypus. 0.246 MB BERGER, W. H. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 54(21-22):2399-2421. 2007. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology of the Southern Ocean - A Synthesis of Three Decades of Scientific Ocean Drilling. Cenozoic cooling, Antarctic nutrient pump, and the evolution of whales. 1.750 MB BLUHM, B. A.; K. O. COYLE; B. KONAR and R. HIGHSMITH. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 54(23-26):2919-2933. 2007. Effects of Climate Variability on Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystems - A GLOBEC Symposium, GLOBEC-ESSAS Symposium. High gray whale relative abundances associated with an oceanographic front in the south-central Chukchi Sea. 1.316 MB BOURG, GISELE; DAVID O'CALLAGHAN and MARIA LAURA BOSCHIROLI. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 125(3-4):375-380. 2007. The genomic structure of Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals gives clues to evolutionary history within the genus. 0.467 MB BRYAN, COLLEEN E.; STEVEN J. CHRISTOPHER; BRIAN C. BALMER and RANDALL S. WELLS. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 388(1-3):325-342. 2007. Establishing baseline levels of trace elements in blood and skin of bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida: Implications for non-invasive monitoring. 0.675 MB CAON, GLAUCO; CLARICE BERNHARDT FIALHO and DANIEL DANILEWICZ. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 88(5):1335-1341. 2007. Body fat condition in franciscanas (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. 0.150 MB COSTA, DANIEL P.; CAREY KUHN and MICHAEL WEISE. California Sea Grant College Program. Research Completion Reports. Paper Coastal 07-03. 41pp. 2007. Foraging ecology of the California sea lion: Diet, diving behavior, foraging locations, and predation impacts on fisheries resources. 2.154 MB COYLE, KENNETH O.; BODIL BLUHM; BRENDA KONAR; ARNY BLACHARD and RAYMOND C. HIGHSMITH. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 54(23-26):2906-2918. 2007. Effects of Climate Variability on Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystems - A GLOBEC Symposium, GLOBEC-ESSAS Symposium. Amphipod prey of gray whales in the northern Bering Sea: Comparison of biomass and distribution between the 1980s and 2002-2003. 0.500 MB FIRESTONE, JEREMY; SHANNON B. LYONS; CHENGFENG WANG and JAMES J. CORBETT. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 141(1):221-232. 2008. Statistical modeling of North Atlantic right whale migration along the mid-Atlantic region of the eastern seaboard of the United States. 0.835 MB FORTUNA, CATERINA MARIA; SIMONEPIETRO CANESE; MICHELA GIUSTI; ELETTA REVELLI; PIERPAOLO CONSOLI; GIUSEPPINA FLORIO; SILVESTRO GRECO; TERESA ROMEO; FRANCO ANDALORO; MARIA CRISTINA FOSSI and GIANCARLO LAURIANO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 87(5):1321-1326. 2007. An insight into the status of the striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. 0.227 MB GAILEY, GLENN; BERND WURSIG and TRENT L. MCDONALD. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):75-91. 2007. Abundance, behavior, and movement patterns of western gray whales in relation to a 3-D seismic survey, Northeast Sakhalin Island, Russia. 0.328 MB GALIMBERTI, FILIPPO; SIMONA SANVITO; CHIARA BRASCHI and LUIGI BOITANI. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 62(2):159-171. 2007. The cost of success: Reproductive effort in male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). 0.290 MB GORE, M. A.; E. AHMAD; Q. M. ALI; R. M. CULLOCH; S. A. HASNAIN; B. HUSSAIN; P. IQBAL; S. KIANI; C. D. MACLEOD; E. C. M. PARSONS; P. J. SIDDIQUI; R. F. ORMOND and U. WAQAS. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 4pgs. 2007. Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris, remains recovered on the Pakistani coast. 0.272 MB HAUSER, DONNA D. W.; MILES G. LOGSDON; ELIZABETH E. HOLMES; GLENN R. VANBLARICOM and RICHARD W. OSBORNE. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 351:301-310. 2007. Summer distribution patterns of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca: Core areas and spatial segregation of social groups. 1.022 MB JENKINS, LEKELIA D. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE PART A 38(4):698-712. 2007. Bycatch: Interactional expertise, dolphins and the US tuna fishery. 0.306 MB JOHNSON, S. R.; W. J. RICHARDSON; S. B. YAZVENKO; S. A. BLOKHIN; G. GAILEY; M. R. JENKERSON; S. K. MEIER; H. R. MELTON; M. W. NEWCOMER; A. S. PERLOV; S. A. RUTENKO; B. WURSIG; C. R. MARTIN and D. E. EGGING. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):1-19. 2007. A western gray whale mitigation and monitoring program for a 3-D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia. 0.590 MB KENNEY, ROBERT D. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 22(10):514-515. 2007. Book review Are killer whales the culprits? Book review: Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems. J. A. Estes; D. P. DeMaster; D. F. Doak; T. M. Williams & R. L. Brownell, Jr (eds.). U.C. Press. 402pp. ISBN 978-052024884-7. 2006. 0.098 MB KISZKA, JEREMY; PETER J. ERSTS and VINCENT. JOURNAL OF CETACEAN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT 9(2):105-109. 2007. Cetacean diversity around the Mozambique Channel Island of Mayotte (Comoros Archipelago) 0.256 MB KRAHN, MARGARET M.; M. BRADLEY HANSON; ROBIN W. BAIRD; RICHARD H. BOYER; DOUGLAS G. BURROWS; CANDICE K. EMMONS; JOHN K. B. FORD; LINDA L. JONES; DAWN P. NOREN; PETER S. ROSS; GREGORY S. SCHORR and TRACY K. COLLIER. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 54(12):1903-1911. 2007. Persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes in biopsy samples (2004/2006) from Southern Resident killer whales. 0.344 MB KURIHARA, NOZOMI and SEN-ICHI ODA. ACTA THERIOLOGICA 52(4):403-418. 2007. Cranial variation in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp. from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans: Additional evidence for two species. 0.614 MB LAHAYE, V.; P. BUSTAMANTE; W. DABIN; C. CHURLAUD and F. CAURANT. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 33(8):1021-1028. 2007. Trace element levels in foetus-mother pairs of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) stranded along the French coasts. 0.336 MB LAPIERRE, JENNIFER L.; PETER O. KOSENKO; OLEG I. LYAMIN; TOHRU KODAMA; LEV M. MUKHAMETOV and JEROME M. SIEGEL. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 27(44):11999-12006. 2007. Cortical acetylcholine release is lateralized during asymmetrical slow-wave sleep in northern fur seals. 0.567 MB LAVERY, TRISH J.; NICOLE BUTTERFIELD; CATHERINE M. KEMPER; ROBERT J. REID and KEN SANDERSON. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 390(1):77-85. 2008. Metals and selenium in the liver and bone of three dolphin species from South Australia, 1988-2004. 0.628 MB LITZ, JENNY A.; LANCE P. GARRISON; LYNNE A. FIEBER; ANTHONY MARTINEZ; JOSEPH P. CONTILLO and JOHN R. KUCKLICK. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 41(21):7222-7228. 2007. Fine-scale spatial variation of persistent organic pollutants in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Biscayne Bay, Florida. 0.200 MB LUQUE, SEBASTIAN P. and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. BEHAVIOUR 144(11):1315-1332. 2007. A maximum likelihood approach for identifying dive bouts improves accuracy, precision and objectivity. 0.285 MB LYAMIN, OLEG; JULIA PRYASLOVA; PETER KOSENKO and JEROME SIEGEL. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR 92(4):725-733. 2007. Behavioral aspects of sleep in bottlenose dolphin mothers and their calves. 0.447 MB MACKEY, B. L.; J. W. DURBAN; S. J. MIDDLEMAS and P. M. THOMPSON. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 274(1):18-27. 2008. A Bayesian estimate of harbour seal survival using sparse photo-identification data. 0.256 MB MADERSPACHER, FLORIAN. CURRENT BIOLOGY 17(18):R783-R784. 2007. Bye baiji? 0.509 MB MCHUGH, BRENDAN; ROBIN J. LAW; COLIN R. ALLCHIN; EMER ROGAN; SINEAD MURPHY; M. BARRY FOLEY; DENISE GLYNN and EVIN MCGOVERN. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 54(11):1724-1731. 2007. Bioaccumulation and enantiomeric profiling of organochlorine pesticides and persistent organic pollutants in the killer whale (Orcinus orca) from British and Irish waters. 0.297 MB MEIER, S. K.; S. B. YAZVENKO; S. A. BLOKHIN; P. WAINWRIGHT; M. K. MAMINOV; Y. M. YAKOVLEV and M. W. NEWCOMER. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):107-136. 2007. Distribution and abundance of western gray whales off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia, 2001-2003. 1.692 MB MILLER, EDWARD H.; HA-CHEOL SUNG; VALERIE D. MOULTON; GARY W. MILLER; J. KERRY FINLEY and GARRY B. STENSON. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 88(5):1325-1334. 2007. Variation and integration of the simple mandibular postcanine dentition in two species of phocid seal. 0.287 MB OVIEDO, LENIN. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 87(5):1327-1335. 2007. Dolphin sympatric ecology in a tropical ford: Habitat bathymetry and topography as a strategy to coexist. 0.261 MB PARRA, GUIDO. J. MAMMALIA 71(3):147-149. 2007. Observations of an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin carrying a sponge: Object play or tool use? 0.074 MB PARSONS, E. C. M. and NAOMI A. ROSE. In: Balancing Marine Tourism, Development, and Sustainability. Proceedings of the 5th International Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress. M. L?ck, A. Graeupl, M. L. Miller, J. Auyong & M. B. 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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 148(4):454-462. 2007. Vitamin A and E tissue distribution with comparisons to organochlorine concentrations in the serum, blubber and liver of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). 0.332 MB ROZANOVA, E. I.; A. YU. ALEKSEEV; A. V. ABRAMOV; YU. N. RASSADKIN and A. M. SHESTOPALOV. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY 33(5):321-323. 2007. Death of the killer whale Orsinus orca from bacterial pneumonia in 2003. 0.110 MB RUTENKO, A. N.; S. V. BORISOV; A. V. GRITSENKO and M. R. JENKERSON. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):21-44. 2007. Calibrating and monitoring the western gray whale mitigation zone and estimating acoustic transmission during a 3D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia. 1.057 MB SAYIGH, LAELA S.; H. CARTER ESCH; RANDALL S. WELLS and VINCENT M. JANIK. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 74(6):1631-1642. 2007. Facts about signature whistles of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. 2.029 MB SILVA, JOSE MARTINS, JR; FLAVIO JOSE DE LIMA SILVA; CRISTINA SAZIMA and IVAN SAZIMA. SCIENTIA MARINA 71(3):505-511. 2007. Trophic relationships of the spinner dolphin at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, SW Atlantic. 1.073 MB SKILLETER, GREG A.; CARLA WEGSCHEIDL and JANET M. LANYON. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 351:287-300. 2007. Effects of grazing by a marine mega-herbivore on benthic assemblages in a subtropical seagrass bed. 0.483 MB SONNE, CHRISTIAN; RUNE DIETZ; ERIK W. BORN; FRANK F. RIGET; PALL S. LEIFSSON; THEA O. BECHSHOFT and MAJA KIRKEGAARD. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 387(1-3):237-246. 2007. Spatial and temporal variation in size of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sexual organs and its use in pollution and climate change studies. 0.769 MB STAVROS, HUI-CHEN W.; GREGORY D. BOSSART; THOMAS C. HULSEY and PATRICIA A. FAIR. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 388(1-3):300-315. 2007. Trace element concentrations in skin of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the southeast Atlantic coast. 0.575 MB TOTH-BROWN, JACALYN and A. A. HOHN. CRUSTACEANA 80(10):1271-1279. 2007. Occurrence of the barnacle, Xenobalanus globicipitis, on coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in New Jersey. 0.546 MB VAUGHAN, KERRIE; JASON DEL CREW; GARY HERMANSON; MARY K. WLOCH; ROBERT H. RIFFENBURGH; CYNTHIA R. SMITH and WILLIAM G. VAN BONN. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 120(3-4):260-266. 2007. A DNA vaccine against dolphin morbillivirus is immunogenic in bottlenose dolphins. 0.261 MB WANG, JOHN Y.; SHIH CHU YANG; SAMUEL K. HUNG and THOMAS A. JEFFERSON. MAMMALIA 71(4):157-165. 2007. Distribution, abundance and conservation status of the eastern Taiwan Strait population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis. 0.185 MB WHEATLEY, KATHRYN E.; PETER D. NICHOLS; MARK A. HINDELL; ROBERT G. HARCOURT and COREY J. A. BRADSHAW. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 352(1):103-113. 2007. Temporal variation in the vertical stratification of blubber fatty acids alters diet predictions for lactating Weddell seals. 0.330 MB WILLIAMS, NIGEL. CURRENT BIOLOGY 16(23):R975-R976. 2006. Iceland shunned over whale hunting. 0.745 MB YAZVENKO, S. B.; T. L. MCDONALD; S. A. BLOKHIN; S. R. JOHNSON; S. K. MEIER; H. R. MELTON; M. W. NEWCOMER; R. M. NIELSON; V. L. VLADIMIROV and P. W. WAINWRIGHT. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):45-73. 2007. Distribution and abundance of western gray whales during a seismic survey near Sakhalin Island, Russia. 1.525 MB YAZVENKO, S. B.; T. L. MCDONALD; S. A. BLOKHIN; S. R. JOHNSON; H. R. MELTON; M. W. NEWCOMER; R. NIELSON and P. W. WAINWRIGHT. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):93-106. 2007. Feeding of western gray whales during a seismic survey near Sakhalin Island, Russia. 0.325 MB Too large to email, will have to download from FTP server. Email for logon info. PUGLIARES, KATIE R.; ANDREA BOGOMOLNI; KATHLEEN M. TOUHEY; SARAH M. HERZIG; CHARLES T. HARRY and MICHAEL J. MOORE. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION TECHNICAL REPORT WHOI-2007-06. 131pp. 2007. Marine mammal necropsy: An introductory guide for stranding responders and field biologists. 9.638 MB From B.J.Godley at exeter.ac.uk Wed Dec 19 12:16:41 2007 From: B.J.Godley at exeter.ac.uk (Godley, Brendan) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:16:41 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Recent ESR Articles on Mar Mammals Message-ID: <082E6AC665A0934F8A6E18AC10A27CC43FBE4D@EXCHCL05.isad.isadroot.ex.ac.uk> Dear All As Editor in Chief of Endangered Species Research, it is a pleasure to see how a growing number in the community of marine mammal researchers has adopted the journal. We have many more forthcoming in the new year but to close 2007, the following have been published Open Access: Michaud J, Taggart CT Lipid and gross energy content of North Atlantic right whale food,Calanus finmarchicus, in the Bay of Fundy ESR 3:77-94 | Full text in pdf format Slooten E Conservation management in the face of uncertainty: effectiveness of four options for managing Hector's dolphin bycatch ESR 3:169-179 | Full text in pdf format Johnston DW, Chapla ME, Williams LE, Mattila DK Identification of humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae wintering habitat in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands using spatial habitat modeling ESR 3:249-257 | Full text in pdf format Calleson CS, Kipp Frohlich R REVIEW: Slower boat speeds reduce risks to manatees ESR 3:295-304 | Full text in pdf format Middleton DAJ, Starr PJ, Gilbert DJ COMMENT: Modelling the impact of fisheries bycatch on Hector's dolphin: comment on Slooten (2007) ESR 3:331-334 | Full text in pdf format Slooten E REPLY COMMENT: Criticism is unfounded: reply to Middleton et al. (2007) ESR 3:335-339 | Full text in pdf format With kind regards and all the best for 2008! Brendan Dr. Brendan J. Godley Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology Centre for Ecology & Conservation School of Biosciences University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus TR10 9EZ, UK Tel: +44 1326 371 861 Editor-in-Chief, Endangered Species Research Homepage -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gheckel at cicese.mx Wed Dec 19 16:47:44 2007 From: gheckel at cicese.mx (Gisela Heckel) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:47:44 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Call for abstracts SOMEMMA 2008 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20071219164744.00f365a8@arrecife.cicese.mx> Call for Abstracts XXXI International Meeting for the Study of Marine Mammals Location: Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico Dates: 18-22 May 2008 Convened by: SOMEMMA (Sociedad Mexicana de Mastozoologia Marina, A.C.) We are now OPEN for abstract submission until January 15, 2008. All information about this conference at: http://reunion2008.somemma.org See you in Ensenada! Best regards, Gisela Heckel Conference Chair somemma2008 at gmail.com From mandy.shoemaker at navy.mil Wed Dec 19 09:05:13 2007 From: mandy.shoemaker at navy.mil (Shoemaker, Mandy L CIV NAVFAC LANT, EV22MS) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:05:13 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] JOB POSTING--2 Natural/Marine Resource Specialists, Norfolk, VA Message-ID: <73148A8AF7734E47A4981DEBACC347B4048C8F3D@naeanrfkez04> ************************************************************************ **** TWO NATURAL/MARINE RESOURCE SPECIALIST POSITIONS Seeking qualified candidates with educational emphasis in marine species biology/ecology (marine mammals, sea turtles, fish, seabirds, etc.), oceanography, underwater acoustics, or GIS - and with skills in research, written and oral communication. Job Duties: The person(s) selected for this position will directly support Navy training for the U.S. Fleet Forces and the U.S. Pacific Fleet around the world, as a member of the NAVFAC Marine Resources Support Group (MRSG). The MRSG, established in April 2004 and headquartered in Norfolk, VA is a group of Navy Biologists, scientists and planners who have particular expertise or experience in environmental planning and regulatory compliance in the marine environment. Duties will include preparation, management, and review of marine resources assessments; essential fish habitat (EFH) assessments, marine species density estimates; marine mammal, sea turtle, and sea bird surveys; technical reports; Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 documentation; Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) small take authorization requests; mitigation and monitoring plans; National Environmental policy Act (NEPA) documentation; endangered species surveys; scientific literature; and environmental studies assessing the environmental impacts of proposed Navy/Marine Corps training operations and homeporting/home basing actions. The person(s) selected will be expected to participate in consultations with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), coordinate projects with a multi-disciplinary team, and participate in project management for research and compliance documents. Experience or knowledge of the following is highly desirable: marine mammal, sea turtle, seabird or fisheries biology; scientific study design; principals of underwater acoustics; statistical principles and methods; ESRI Geographic Information System (GIS) products; environmental legislation and DoD/Navy policy. ***These announcements are open for 1 year, however we will be pulling applications on January 07, 2007 in order to hire two people ASAP so please have your applications completed before that date.*** The two job announcements can be found on USA Jobs: AN142126 Natural Resources Specialist (Marine Resources), GS-401-09/12 (Salary Range: $43,731-$82,446) http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=58973505&AVSDM=2007%2D 08%2D08+00%3A00%3A06&Logo=0&q=Natural+Resource+Specialist&sort=rv&FedEmp =N&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y and AN148371 Natural Resources Specialist (Marine Resources), GS-401-05/07 (Salary Range: $28,862-$46,478) http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=60656594&AVSDM=2007%2D 08%2D08+00%3A00%3A06&Logo=0&q=Natural+Resource+Specialist&sort=rv&FedEmp =N&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y If you have any questions regarding either of the job announcements, please contact: Mandy Shoemaker Marine Protected Species Biologist mandy.shoemaker at navy.mil 757-322-4555 Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic 6506 Hampton Blvd, Code EV52MS Norfolk, VA 23507-1297 From wjschrader at yahoo.com Wed Dec 19 13:01:49 2007 From: wjschrader at yahoo.com (Wendy Schrader) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:01:49 -0800 (PST) Subject: [MARMAM] Common Dolphin Research Volunteer Positions Message-ID: <288861.14226.qm@web56606.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Volunteer research positions are available to assist with common dolphin behavioural ecology research in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Additional research opportunities with dusky dolphins off Kaikoura, New Zealand may be available. Field work will be boat-based from dedicated research vessels and tour vessels. Field work will be weather dependent and positions will include data entry and analysis tasks. Volunteers will gain experience in dolphin photo-identification techniques, behavioural data collection and analysis, and small boating skills. Previous experience is not necessary, but flexibility and the ability to work in a variety of conditions at sea is a must. Volunteers will be asked to commit to the project for 1-2 months and will be responsible for their own food, housing and transportation while in New Zealand, and their own travel to New Zealand. Volunteer positions will run year-round throughout 2008, with start and end dates to be arranged upon successful application. To apply for the position, please submit a cover letter summarizing any related experience and approximate dates of availability. For full consideration, please also enclose a copy of your CV and contact information (email addresses and phone numbers) for at least 3 professional references and send to wjschrader at yahoo.com. Wendy Schrader Ecology Group Institute of Natural Resources Massey University at Albany Private Bag 102 904 North Shore MSC New Zealand http: ecology.massey.ac.nz ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ From jan.herrmann at cetacea.de Thu Dec 20 07:39:52 2007 From: jan.herrmann at cetacea.de (Jan Herrmann) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:39:52 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] New publications week 32-34 Message-ID: Dear all, here are some new publications of week 32-34 / 2007, which haven't been announced on MARMAM earlier AFAIK. By clicking the following link you are guided to a website, where the following references are linked to their according journal homepages. There you can find abstracts and contact information: http://www.mmbib.com/news.php Please do not contact MARMAM, the MARMAM editors or me for reprints. Thank you. Thanks to all of you who sent in reprints to be included in the weekly announcements. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Frasier, T.R. et al. (2007): Patterns of male reproductive success in a highly promiscuous whale species: the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Molecular Ecology 16(24): 5277-5293. Hammill, M.O. et al. (2007): A Response to 'Sentient Beings and Wildlife Resources: Inuit, Beluga Whales and Management Regimes in the Canadian Arctic'. Human Ecology 35(5): 639-640. Lehnert, K. et al. (2007): Whale lice (Isocyamus delphinii) on a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from German waters. The Veterinary Record 161(15): 526-528. Oelschl?ger, H.A. et al. (2008): Morphology and Evolutionary Biology of the Dolphin (Delphinus sp.) Brain - MR Imaging and Conventional Histology. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 71(1): 68-86. Parks, S.E., C.W. Clark, and P.L. Tyack (2007): Short- and long-term changes in right whale calling behavior: The potential effects of noise on acoustic communication. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 122(6): 3725-3731. Sargeant, B.L. (2007): Individual foraging specialization: niche width versus niche overlap. Oikos 116(9): 1431-1437. Stafford, K.M. et al. (2007): Seasonal variability and detection range modeling of baleen whale calls in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999-2002. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 122(6): 3378-3390. Tyrrell, M. (2007): Sentient Beings and Wildlife Resources: Inuit, Beluga Whales and Management Regimes in the Canadian Arctic. Counter-response to M.O. Hammill, V. Lesage, P. Richard and P. Hall. Human Ecology 35(5): 641-642. Vela, A.I. et al. (2007): Flavobacterium ceti sp. nov., isolated from beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57(11): 2604-2608. Wei?, B.M. et al. (2007): Intra- and intergroup vocal behavior in resident killer whales, Orcinus orca. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 122(6): 3710-3716. Groussaud, P. et al. (2007): Molecular typing divides marine mammal strains of Brucella into at least three groups with distinct host preferences. Journal of Medical Microbiology 56(11): 1512-1518. PINNIPEDIA Beausoleil, N.J. and D.J. Mellor (2007): Investigator responsibilities and animal welfare issues raised by hot branding of pinnipeds. Australian Veterinary Journal 85(12): 484-485. Houser, D.S., C.D. Champagne, and D.E. Crocker (2007): Lipolysis and glycerol gluconeogenesis in simultaneously fasting and lactating northern elephant seals. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 293(6): R2376-R2381. Kapoor, A. et al. (2008): A highly divergent picornavirus in a marine mammal. Journal of Virology 82(1): 311-320. Lehnert, K., J.A. Raga, and U. Siebert (2007): Parasites in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from the German Wadden Sea between two Phocine Distemper Virus epidemics. Helgoland Marine Research 61(4): 239-245. McMahon, C.R. (2007): PERSPECTIVES. Branding the seal branders: what does the research say about seal branding? Australian Veterinary Journal 85(12): 482-484. Monamy, V. (2007): Hot iron branding of seals and sea lions: why the ban will remain. Australian Veterinary Journal 85(12): 485-486. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Seiffert, E.R. (2007): A new estimate of afrotherian phylogeny based on simultaneous analysis of genomic, morphological, and fossil evidence. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(1): 224. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de From alvaro_berg at hotmail.com Thu Dec 20 13:51:50 2007 From: alvaro_berg at hotmail.com (Alvaro Berg) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:51:50 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Research Assistants Needed for Dolphin Acoustic project in Australia Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From llippsett at whoi.edu Wed Dec 26 14:03:22 2007 From: llippsett at whoi.edu (Lonny Lippsett) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:03:22 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Article on Marine Mammal Stranding Decision Tree Message-ID: <4772CFAA.1030504@whoi.edu> Dear sirs and madams, This article, recently published on Oceanus magazine, may interest your readers: Stranded Marine Mammals Stir Tough Decisions Experts propose guidelines for when to rehabilitate, release, and euthanize Six marine mammal specialists have called for an innovative method to help balance and sort out conflicting priorities involved in strandings and forge compromises among competing interests. http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=35266§ionid=1021 Sincerely, Lonny Lippsett Managing editor From cynthia at californiawildlifecenter.org Wed Dec 26 13:18:03 2007 From: cynthia at californiawildlifecenter.org (Cynthia Reyes) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:18:03 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Mammal Stranding Response Internships 2008 Message-ID: <005f01c84804$cd8bcf20$0a00a8c0@cwcmm2> MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING RESPONSE INTERNSHIP - Spring & Summer 2008 The California Wildlife Center in Malibu, California, seeks applicants for spring and summer internships working with stranded marine mammals. These are part time 8-week internship positions beginning March 15th (spring session - 2 positions available) and May 15th (summer session - 2 positions available). There is some flexibility of start dates. The internships are unpaid positions and interns are responsible for all housing and travel expenses. It is possible that interns may stay on the premises on a first come - first served basis (a small fee may apply). Must have own transportation and current drivers license. Summary/Program Description: The California Wildlife Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of injured, orphaned and sick native wildlife. CWC fulfills this mission through marine mammal rescue, and treatment of avian and terrestrial wildlife in our rehabilitation hospital. This internship will provide an exciting and challenging educational experience in the marine mammal field, while also allowing for additional hands-on experience with other native California wildlife. The interns will be working closely with the Marine Mammal program staff in all aspects of stranding response, including logistics, assessment, capture/restraint, transport to the marine mammal rehabilitation facility, and public relations. In addition, interns will provide support to CWC Hospital staff in animal husbandry tasks for avian and terrestrial wildlife. 1. Intern Responsibilities & Qualifications: The internship is open to all applicants at least 18 years of age or older. Undergraduate students and non-students alike are encouraged to apply. If the intern intends to receive academic credit, the intern will be responsible for making all arrangements with their educational institutions. Spring internships are 3 days a week, 24 hours per week for 8 weeks. Summer internships are 4 days a week, 32 hours per week for 8 weeks. Due to the unpredictable nature of marine mammal stranding response, interns may sometimes be required to work beyond their normal scheduled hours. Interns must be able and willing to work flexible hours including weekends and holidays. Interns will be required to have good physical strength and the ability to lift/carry 50 lbs. Interns need to have the ability to multitask and work in a fast paced environment. Animal care and/or marine mammal experience is a plus but not required. Under supervision of Marine Mammal staff, duties will include: * Answering and responding to all calls, pages and messages concerning marine mammals in a timely and courteous manner * Assessing stranded marine mammals * Coordinating and leading responder team in the capture and handling of stranded marine mammals needing medical attention * Coordinating transport of stranded marine mammals to the rehabilitation facility * Completion of NMFS Level A data sheets. Maintaining detailed database records of Malibu strandings, including reports of stranding, human interaction issues, etc. * Assist with marine mammal necropsy and sample collection * Ensuring marine mammal-designated equipment is kept in clean working order * Maintaining good rapport with representatives of various public agencies Application Process Interested individuals must send the following: * Cover Letter (please indicate which session [Spring or Summer] you would like to apply for) * Resume * Two letters of reference Submit the above items via regular mail or email (preferred) to: California Wildlife Center Attn: Cynthia Reyes P.O. Box 2022 Malibu, California 90265 Email: Cynthia at californiawildlifecenter.org The application submission deadlines: Spring Session - January 31, 2008 Summer Session - March 31, 2008 If you have any further questions, contact Cynthia Reyes at (818)222-2658 or via email at Cynthia at californiawildlifecenter.org. 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This provides attendees with opportunities for in-depth discussions among students and scientists from diverse backgrounds in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. In the immediate vicinity, there are numerous outdoor activities to enjoy before and after the sessions. Abstract submission: 15 May 2008 Our Symposia are characterized by: * Longer conference presentations with open discussions and varied topics, serving both established and young scientists * Distinctive, intimate conference locations where members can build connections and relationships As part of the Comparative Nutrition Society???s goal of encouraging young scientists, the following awards are available: Two Student Travel Awards ($1,000 each and meeting registration waived) * The Susan Crissey Memorial Scholarship recognizes student research in captive animals * The Malcolm Ramsey Memorial Scholarship recognizes student research in field animals Two Student Presentation Awards ($500 each) for the highest quality oral and poster presentations Who are we? * A cross-disciplinary Society with members sharing a common interest in aspects of comparative animal nutrition * CNS membership includes those from academia, commerce, government, and animal husbandry (including zoos and aquaria) * Members have diverse backgrounds in nutrition of wildlife, livestock and humans; ecology; physiology; biochemistry; and conservation We look forward to seeing you in August! Best wishes, Karen A. Bjorndal President, CNS -- Kimberly J. Reich Ph.D. Candidate Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Zoology University of Florida Box 118525 Gainesville, Florida 32611-8525 Telephone: 352-392-5194 Email: kreich at zoo.ufl.edu