From Calambokidis at cascadiaresearch.org Thu Jan 4 09:06:38 2007 From: Calambokidis at cascadiaresearch.org (John Calambokidis) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:06:38 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Participants needed for humpback whale research in Nicaragua in February 2007 Message-ID: <21701FB12DB4B648921199BC4614914C16AB33@server1.cascadia.local> Cascadia Research is seeking participants for a research expedition to study humpback whales in Nicaragua in February 2007. This is part of a long-term research program on humpback whales in Central America. Past work has been focused in Costa Rica (including trips sponsored by Oceanic Society) and only in the last 2 years has a more extensive effort been attempted in Nicaragua as part of the SPLASH research project. Past reports and publications on this research are available at Cascadia's web site (downloadable reports at http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/reports/onlinereports.htm). We are seeking participants for two week-long trips in February. Our primary trip will be 17-23 February 2007 with a trip on 10-17 February if the primary trip fills up. Daily trips will be taken in two boats to find, photo-identify, and acoustically record, humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of Nicaragua. Participants will assist with sightings, recording data, taking photographs, monitoring weather, and making recordings. There will be nightly lectures and research wrap-ups. Food and accommodations are rather luxurious at a very nice resort based on a small lagoon in a remote area of northern Nicaragua. Costs of the trips cover all transportation, lodging, and meals starting in Managua as well as support the research effort. Full details on the trips are available at the Cascadia Research web site (www.cascadiaresearch.org then follow link to Nicaragua research). For more information contact: John Calambokidis Research Biologist Cascadia Research 218 1/2 W 4th Ave. Olympia, WA 98501 Phone 360-943-7325 Email: calambokidis at cascadiaresearch.org Web site: www.cascadiaresearch.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From biomario at gmail.com Wed Jan 3 06:12:41 2007 From: biomario at gmail.com (Mario A. Pardo) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 09:12:41 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Call for Craneometry Standard Protocol Message-ID: Dear all, I need to make a craneometry of a false killer whale. Have any of you a standard protocol? Thank you, -- Mario A. Pardo Marine Biologist. B.Sc. Colombia biomario at gmail.com http://biomario.googlepages.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jenn at whalecenter.org Tue Jan 2 06:48:30 2007 From: jenn at whalecenter.org (Jenn Tackaberry) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 09:48:30 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Mammal Internship-Summer & Fall 2007, Spring 2008 Message-ID: <000001c72e7d$12876000$6801a8c0@BEACON> Marine Mammal Research Internships (For a detailed description and application, please see our website at www.whalecenter.org/intern.htm) The Whale Center of New England, located in Gloucester, MA, is a non-profit research organization involved with the study of the behavior, ecology, and natural history of the whales and dolphins found in the waters off of Massachusetts. The Whale Center is also heavily involved with habitat conservation and education programs. We are currently looking to fill research internships for the summer (May 21-August 24) and fall (August 20 - December 21) semester of 2007 and for the spring (January 28 - May 23) semester of 2008. Please note: All positions are filled in the spring of each year. The Whale Center of New England internship provides experience needed to further pursue fields in marine biology and animal behavior. It is our goal to provide college students and recent graduates with the opportunity to collect valuable information important to the marine mammal field and to see how this information is used in management and conservation efforts in this area. Each internship session offers different experiences in marine mammal science that will depend on the season. These duties may include, but are not limited to: extensive photo-identification and computer work (training provided), field data collection aboard commercial whale watching vessels and our 27' research vessel Silver II, attendance at necropsies (whale autopsies), marine mammal stranding response, harbor seal surveys and attendance at conferences and meetings. A fee of $1000 for the period will be charge and in return interns will receive housing and a $30 weekly food stipend. A common apartment is used, where interns live together and share cooking and cleaning duties. Rooms are shared with one other person. A living arrangement such as this is conductive to open discussion and interaction between peers and home life is often a continuation of the day in the field. Also, college credit may be arranged by the student through their department or as an independent research program at their college or university. The Whale Center of New England encourages this, and will take whatever steps are required to facilitate such efforts. Internship applicants should have the following: * A background in biology, zoology, or related field * Some knowledge of research methods and design * An ability to work, live and communicate well with others * Enthusiasm and dedication to work long days (sometimes 12 hours or more) in the field or lab * Completed their freshmen year at the time of application In order to apply for an internship: please send a resume, a cover letter detailing your reason(s) for applying, one letter of reference, and an updated transcript. Once your application has been received, an interview will be arranged. In-person interviews are preferred, necessitating travel to Gloucester, MA, during one of two weekends in March 2007 (10th-11th & 24th-25th). All applications must be submitted by March 1, 2007. Applicants should note which semesters they are applying for (a single application may enter an applicant into the pool for more than one session, in case they are not selected for their first choice). All positions are highly competitive. Because of an increased work calendar during the summer session, volunteer positions are also available. Application materials and questions regarding the internship should be directed to the intern coordinator: Jennifer Tackaberry P.O. Box 159 Gloucester, MA 01930 978-281-6351 (office) 978-281-5666 (fax) jenn at whalecenter.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael.lueck at aut.ac.nz Wed Jan 3 21:03:03 2007 From: michael.lueck at aut.ac.nz (Michael Luck) Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:03:03 +1300 Subject: [MARMAM] 5th International Coastal & Marine Tourism Congress (CMT'07) Message-ID: Kia Ora MARMAMers this is just a quick reminder that full paper abstracts for the 5th International Coastal & Marine Tourism Congress (CMT'07) in September are due on February 16. Abstracts must be submitted via the CMT website, where you also find all necessary information regarding formatting, deadlines, and the CMT'07 in general: http://nztri.aut.ac.nz/cmt2007/pages/index.php We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in Auckland in September! All the Best for 2007 micha (for the Organising Committee) From Roger.gentry at comcast.net Thu Jan 4 10:53:27 2007 From: Roger.gentry at comcast.net (Roger.gentry at comcast.net) Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:53:27 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Funding Opportunities: Requests for Proposals Message-ID: <010420071853.11902.459D4D2700038D9D00002E7E2216525806979D9B020A09D29D0A0901AD@comcast.net> The Joint Industry Programme announces three newly-posted Requests for Proposals. They are on the subjects of: 1) mysticete hearing, 2) a survey of existing data collected by marine mammal observers, and 3) fish tissue injury from acoustic exposure. Please see our website, www.soundandmarinelife.org, for full descriptions of the proposals we seek, and instructions for applying. All three RFP's call for the submission of two to three page pre-proposals three weeks from now. Please do not submit full proposals unless asked to do so by the programme. The competition for funding under these three RFP's will be held March 5, 2007, and the final selections for funding in most cases will occur April 4, 2007. Posted by Roger L. Gentry, Ph. D., JIP Programme Manager, address Roger.gentry at comcast.net. Please do not use my personal address to ask about these Requests for Proposals or other aspects of the JIP Programme. Instead, address all inquiries to info at soundandmarinelife.org and your message will be directed to the approriate person. Thanks, Roger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bearzi at tiscali.it Fri Jan 5 06:57:07 2007 From: bearzi at tiscali.it (bearzi at tiscali.it) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:57:07 +0100 (CET) Subject: [MARMAM] Courses on cetaceans in the ACCOBAMS area Message-ID: <31867408.1168009027033.JavaMail.root@ps7> Dear list members I have been asked by ACCOBAMS* to draft a list of educational opportunities in or near the Agreement area (Europe, North Africa, Mediterranean and Black Seas riverine States) for people interested in cetacean research, management and conservation. Should you know about such opportunities, I would be grateful if you could help me ensure that my list is as complete as possible. Please fill in the few fields below and e-mail this information back to me (please reply to my email, not to the list). If you don't possess all the necessary information, please just contribute what you know. The results of this survey, once completed, will be published on the ACCOBAMS web site at http://www.accobams.org Thank you for your help! Giovanni Bearzi * Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area ------------------ COURSES WITH A FOCUS ON MARINE BIOLOGY, Marine Resource Management, or other topics relevant for a cetacean research/management/conservation curriculum - Facility: University, Faculty, other (specify) - Kind of course(s) offered: MSc, PhD, other (specify) - Location: City, Country - Language: English, Arabic etc. - Short description of course: max 100 words - Duration of the course: minimum, specify whether weeks, months or years - Facilities: campus, own research vessel, laboratories etc. - Web site: http:// - Contact person for additional information: name, address, e-mail address - Conditions for participation: age, degree, nationality, other requirements/limitations (specify) - Indicative costs: currency and time frame -- Compiled by: your name and e-mail address _________________________________ Giovanni Bearzi, Ph.D. bearzi at inwind.it President, Tethys Research Institute Viale G.B Gadio 2, 20121 Milano, Italy tel. +39 0272001947; fax +39 0286995011 http://www.tethys.org/ http://www.tethys.org/giovanni_bearzi.htm _________________________________ Naviga e telefona senza limiti con Tiscali Scopri le promozioni Tiscali adsl: navighi e telefoni senza canone Telecom http://abbonati.tiscali.it/adsl/ From cynthia at californiawildlifecenter.org Tue Jan 2 09:55:54 2007 From: cynthia at californiawildlifecenter.org (Cynthia Reyes) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 09:55:54 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING RESPONSE INTERNSHIP Message-ID: <000601c72e97$4718de60$0600a8c0@cwcmm2> Please post the following, thank you: MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING RESPONSE INTERNSHIP ? Spring & Summer 2007 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) and May 15th (summer session). There is some flexibility of start dates. The internships are unpaid positions and interns are responsible for all housing and travel expenses. Intern housing may be available for qualified applicants. 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: * Letter of intent (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 deadline is February 5, 2007. If you have any further questions, contact Cynthia Reyes at (818)222-2658 or via email at Cynthia at californiawildlifecenter.org. If you would like to find out more about our Organization, please visit our website at http://www.californiawildlifecenter.org Cynthia Reyes Director, Marine Mammal Response California Wildlife Center Phone: (818)222-2658 Hotline: (310)458-WILD ???`?.??..><((((?>.???`?.??.???`?.?><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?><((((?>`?.? ..?<`?.??.???`?.?.<.?. , . .???`?.. From dfertl at geo-marine.com Fri Jan 5 11:46:53 2007 From: dfertl at geo-marine.com (Dagmar Fertl) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:46:53 -0600 Subject: [MARMAM] Contents/abstracts - Aquatic Mammals (2006) vol 32(3) Message-ID: <007901c73102$3fcacf20$4764a8c0@gmi.lan> Marmam and ECS-talk subscribers - Happy New Year! Apologies in advance, to those of you on both listserves who will receive cross-postings. The following are the contents and abstracts for the most recent issue of _Aquatic Mammals_. This journal was established by the European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM) in 1974. The EAAM, European Cetacean Society (ECS), and the Board of the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums sponsor the journal. _Aquatic Mammals_ accepts a wide variety of papers on the care, conservation, medicine, and science of marine mammals. The number of papers submitted for review has risen dramatically in recent years, and, in response, the journal increased its annual issues from three to four in 2005. Dr. Jeanette Thomas of Western Illinois University is the editor and Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski of Mystic Aquarium is the co-editor. Dr. Dan Odell recently joined the publication?s editorial board. Subscription information can be found on the journal?s Web site, which is at: http://www.wiu.edu/users/aquamamm/index/home.htm. These abstracts are posted as a courtesy to the Marmam editors and the sponsoring societies, as well as the managing editor of _Aquatic Mammals_: Dr. Jeanette Thomas at Western Illinois University-Quad Cities. For instructions to authors, abstracts of previous issues, and publication fees, see the journal website: EAAM (http://eaam.org) and ECS(www.broekemaweb.nl/ecs). Please do not contact me or the listserve editors for copies of the articles. Instead, please find the addresses of the authors to whom reprint requests and other inquiries should be directed. When an email address was provided with the article, I included it with the article. Thank you for your continued interest in these postings, as well as other publication postings to the listserves. Dagmar Fertl Geo-Marine, Inc. dfertl at geo-marine.com http://www.geo-marine.com ************************************************************************* Osinga, N.*, and P. 't Hart. 2006. Fish-hook ingestion in seals (Phoca vitulina and Halichoerus grypus): The scale of the problem and a non-invasive method for removing fish-hooks. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):261-264. *Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, Hoofdstraat 94-a, 9968 AG Pieterburen, The Netherlands >From 1975 to 2005, the Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre (SRRC) in Pieterburen was confronted with 12 cases of seals that had ingested a fish-hook. During the autopsy on ten seals, performations were found in the oesophagus, stomach, and intestines. Two seals survived the ingestion of a fish-hook by being fed cotton wool, which prevented a perforation. Most hooks were identified as hooks used in fisheries around wrecked vessels to catch cod. Fishermen are therefore advised to take preventive measures. ************************************************************************* Guerrero-Ruiz*, M., H. P?rez-Cort?s M., M. Salinas Z., and J. Urb?n R. 2006. First mass stranding of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):261-264. *Programa de Investigacion de Mamiferos Marinos, Departamento de Biologia Marina, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, A.P. 19-B, La Paz, B.C.S., C.P. 23081, Mexico We present the first report of a mass stranding of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Mexican waters. This species is a temporal inhabitant of the region. On 31 July 2000, eight killer whales stranded alive at the southern tip of Isla San Jose in Bahia de La Paz (24 deg 54?N, 110 deg 35? W). All the individuals died despite the attempts performed by local fishermen to return them to the sea. The group consisted of an undetermined number of females, immature males, and two calves. Skin and blubber samples were collected, as well as a skull on 2 August from a 4.6-m immature male. A second skull was collected on 19 August, which belonged to an individual of undetermined sex that measured 5 m in length. The teeth from both individuals were completely worn down. A couple of months later, two other skulls were collected. Individual strandings of killer whales are rare, and six records have been documented in the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California. This report represents the first mass stranding of killer whales in Mexico. Since 1972, more than 160 killer whale sightings have been collected in the Gulf of California, with more than 90 photo-identified killer whales; nevertheless, no matches with the stranded individuals were found. There are few cases of killer whales found stranded live, probably as a result of whales chasing or following prey, or as a result of an outgoing tide. Causes of this stranding remain unknown. ************************************************************************* Mattioli, S.*, and D.P. Domning. 2006. An annotated list of extant skeletal material of Steller?s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) (Sirenia: Dugongidae) from the Commander Islands. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):273-288. *Sezione di Ecologia Comportamentale, Etologia e Gestione della Fauna, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Universita di Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli, 53100 Sienna, Italia A new survey has permitted us to ascertain that at least 27 skeletons, 62 additional skulls, and more than 550 bones of Hydrodamalis gigas from the Commander Islands are currently stored in 51 museums in 42 localities. It is possible that only two to four skeletons originate from a single individual. The other skeletons are assemblages of bones from two to 16 animals. After 27 years of heavy persecution, the Steller?s sea cow was exterminated in about 1768. For decades after extinction, no osteological evidence indicated the existence of H. gigas. The first bones were likely retrieved shortly before 1840, the first partial skull was collected in 1844, and the first skeleton was unearthed in 1855. Most of the skeletal remains were found under the supervision of N.A. Grebnitskiy, A.E. Nordenski?ld, B. Dybowski, and L.H. Stejneger. One skeleton and several bones have been collected in recent decades. ******************************************************************* Kurihara, N., and S. Oda. 2006. Cranial variation and taxonomic revision of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) from Japanese waters. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):289-300. *Graduate School of Bio-Agricultural Science, Nagoya University, Aichi 464-8601, Japan We analyze the skulls of 27 bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) from the water around Japan to clarify their systematics. We divided the Japanese bottlenose dolphins into two morphological groups. Group A was comprised of six specimens from the coastal waters of the Amami Islands, Amakusa-Shimoshima Island, and Mikura Island. Group B included 21 specimens from other waters around Japan. Comparisons with type specimens showed that Groups A and B were identical to the types of T. aduncus and T. truncatus, respectively. These results support previous molecular studies on some specimens identified as T. aduncus. ************************************************************************* Fontaine, M.C., * M. Galan, J-M Bouquegneau, and J.R. Michaux. 2006. Efficiency of fluorescent multiplex polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) for rapid genotyping of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with 11 microsatellite loci. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):301-304. *Laboratorie d?Oceanologie, Universite de Liege, Bat. B6c Allee de la Chimie 3, 4000 Liege, Belgique We developed two multiplex sets (PPH1 and PPH2) to amplify 11 polymorphic microsatellite loci previously used in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) studies with only four polymerase chain reactions (PCRs). PPH1 allows for the amplification of six loci at once, and PPH2 requires three PCR reactions to amplify five loci. These two multiplex sets were tested on 100 animals from the Belgian coast and the Black Sea. They provided a rapid and efficient genotyping procedure for large-scale population genetic studies. ************************************************************************* D?az L?pez, B., 2006. Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) predation on a marine fin fish farm: Some underwater observations. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):305-310. Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI), V.Diaz 4, Golfo Aranci 07020 Sassari, Italy This paper reports on the results of underwater observations of bottlenose dolphin feeding behaviour in a marine fin fish farm on the Sardinian coast in Italy from 2000 to 2005. During the study period, 178 underwater encounters were noted during 79 sightings of bottlenose dolphins at a fish farm. Total time spent underwater in the presence of dolphins was 284 min, with a mean encounter duration of 1.6 ? 1.3 min. Bottlenose dolphins were primarily observed hunting both schooling and solitary prey around the fish farm cages, using seven cooperative and individual feeding strategies throughout the water column. The underwater observations suggest that the use of different feeding strategies is consistent with the hypothesis that bottlenose dolphins apply common decision rules in relation to prey availability, resulting in the use of different foraging techniques. The observed frequency of the feeding strategies employed by dolphins preying directly on farmed fish could be worrisome for aquaculture. ***************************************************************** Williams, M.T.*, C.S. Nations, T.G. Smith, V.D. Moulton, and C.J. Perham. 2006. Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) use of subnivean structures in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea during development of an oil production facility. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):311-324. *LGL Alaska Research Associates, Inc., 1101 E. 76th Avenue, Suite B, Anchorage, AK 99518, USA We investigated whether ringed seal (Phoca hispida) use of breathing holes and lairs (structures) during winter and spring was affected by construction and drilling on Northstar Island, built in the nearshore Alaskan Beaufort Sea. Trained dogs searched the sea ice for structures within 3.5 km of Northstar during each of three survey periods: November/December 2000, March 2001, and May 2001. Temperature sensors were placed in 54 different ringed seal structures to determine dates of abandonment. Ringed seals created and used sea ice structures within 11 to 3,500 m of Northstar activities. Of the 35 structures located in November and December 2000, 68% had been abandoned by late March 2001. Of the 60 structures located in March 2001, 42% had been abandoned by late May 2001. During all surveys combined, 181 structures were located, and 118 (65%) were actively used by late May 2001. We used Cox regression to determine three primary factors influencing the abandonment of these structures: (1) structures found during later searches were significantly less likely to be abandoned; (2) structures in areas of higher ice deformation were significantly more likely to be abandoned; and (3) structures farther from the ice road to Northstar were more likely to be abandoned, though marginally significant. We would have predicted structures closer to Northstar would have been abandoned at higher rates if Northstar activities negatively affected seal use of structures. Ringed seals in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea appear to create and abandon structures throughout the winter and spring at rates higher than previously documented. ****************************************************************** Castellote, M., and F. Fossa. 2006. Measuring acoustic activity as a method to evaluate welfare in captive beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Aquatic Mammals 32(3):325-333. Parques Reunidos Valencia S.A.L?Oceanographific, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencas, Valencia, Spain Animal welfare evaluation is a difficult task. Behavioural and physiological parameters are commonly used, but their interpretation is not always robust. The study of vocal behaviour as an indicator of animal welfare has proven to be effective in some terrestrial captive mammals, but little is known about its application in marine mammals. The acoustic activity of two belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) was monitored during two procedures: (1) before and after air transportation to new facilities and (2) before and after the introduction of four harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to the same facilities. After transportation, the underwater vocalization rate dropped dramatically, remained very low during the next 4 wks, and did not reach the same level as before the transport until the 5th wk. Similarly, the vocalization rate decreased just after the introduction of the harbour seals, and it remained low for 2 wks. The observed decrease in the acoustic activity of beluga whales in both situations and the persistence of this change through time suggests that the acoustic behaviour in this species is very sensitive to environmental stressors. We propose that observation of underwater acoustic activity in captive beluga whales is a potentially effective method to monitor stress is a potentially effective method to monitor stress level and adaptations to environmental changes in their facilities. This technique must be explored further since it could be valuable in cetacean management in oceanaria and rehabilitation centres. **************************************************************** K.A. Zagzebski*, F.M.D. Gulland, M. Haulena, M.E. Lander, D.J. Greig, L. Gage, M.B. Hanson, P.K. Yochem, B.S. Stewart. 2006. Twenty-five years of rehabilitation of odontocetes stranded in central and northern California, 1977 to 2002. Aquatic Mammals3 2(3): 334-345. *The Marine Mammal Center, 1065 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, CA 94965, USA Rehabilitation of stranded cetaceans is receiving increasing attention and involves considerable financial and personnel resources, although the survival rate appears to be low. To evaluate rehabilitation success, we examined 25 years (1977 to 2002) of data on live-stranded odontocetes (n=70) from northern California were rescued for rehabilitation. Thirty-five animals (50%) died within the first 24 h of being rescued, 13 animals (19%) died within the first week, seven animals (10%) died within a month, and five animals (7%) survived longer than one month, but subsequently died. Three animals (4%) were deemed nonreleasable and placed into captivity, whereas five animals (7%) were released back into the wild. Two animals (3%) were relocated and released; these animals were never seen again. Clinical signs were nonspecific, and it was difficult to differentiate medical problems that resulted from stranding from those that may have caused the stranding. Causes of death included pneumonia (n=16), septicemia (n=6), encephalitis (n=3), maternal separation (n=7), and blunt trauma (n=6). No morbilliviral inclusion bodies or typically associated lesions were detected. Cause of death was unknown for 23 cases. Myocardial degeneration and contraction band necrosis (n=9) and nephrosis (n=4) probably resulted from the stress of stranding. Ulcerative glossitis and esophagitis were observed in most animals that were tube-fed in rehabilitation. Four animals that had been in rehabilitation for more than 1 wk had rhabdomyolysis and one had scoliosis. These data indicate that the success of rehabilitating and releasing stranded odontocetes in California is minimal, and the stress of stranding and rehabilitation in addition to pre-existing disease can result in morbidity and mortality. Of the animals released, two common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and one harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) were tagged with satellite transmitters. Transmissions were received for up to 5 mo after release. Increased use of telemetry is essential for post-release monitoring and evaluating rehabilitation success. ******************************************************** Cunningham-Smith, P.*, D.E. Colbert, R.S. Wells, and T. Speakman. 2006. Evaluation of human interactions with a provisioned wild bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) near Sarasota Bay, Florida and efforts to curtail the interactions. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):346-356. *Center for Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Research, Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA Boaters have provisioned a free-ranging bottlenose male dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) for more than 15 years near Nokomis, Florida. The dolphin is a well-known attraction to tourists and local boaters of his predictable presence in a narrow section of the Intracoastal Waterway near the Albee Road Bridge. Observations and records collected since 1990 documented this animal being fed by and interacting with humans, sometimes resulting in injury to the humans attempting to touch, feed, or swim with it. We initiated a study in 1997 to document the dolphin?s interactions with boaters, to characterize the frequency and types of boater interactions with the animal, and to evaluate the effectiveness of public education and enforcement efforts to curtail these illegal activities. The project consisted of three phases: (1) a base-line study, (2) a docent program, and (3) a follow-up study. Approximately 26% of the 1,797 interactions observed during the baseline study involved touching, teasing, or splashing, and 11% of interactions involved feeding. The docent program involved increased signage and the operation of a marked vessel to shadow the dolphin, monitor the types and frequencies of interactions, and offer educational materials about responsible wildlife viewing. Only 1.3% of boaters interacted with the dolphin in the presence of the docents; more than half of those questioned indicated that they were aware of the illegality of their actions. During follow-up observations to assess the effectiveness of the docent program and minimally increased law enforcement efforts, boater interactions with the dolphin increased by 5% after docent discussions. The docent and follow-up studies demonstrated that a small segment of the boating public continue to interact with the dolphin in spite of highly visible public education efforts. Increased law enforcement efforts, including the application of well-publicized punitive sanctions, may be required to bring about a further reduction in dolphin-human interactions in this area. ************************************************************************* Warren-Smith, A.B.*, and W.L. Dunn. 2006. Epimeletic behaviour toward a seriously injured juvenile bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):357-362. *Dolphin Research Institute, P.O. Box 77, Hastings, Victoria, 3915, Australia Various studies have shown dolphin social relationships to be complex, and this is an area of research that is continually expanded. This paper describes the first account of epimeletic behaviour observed in a small resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia. The presumed mother displayed nurturant epimeletic behaviour, assisting a paralysed juvenile to swim. In addition, two adults and a juvenile dolphin were also present during the observations. The three additional dolphins did not assist in physically supporting the juvenile; however, one exhibited succorant epimeletic behaviour towards the mother and inured juvenile whenever a vessel was positioned close to the group. Once the juvenile was euthanized, the group appeared agitated, showing short dives in a directionally erratic manner. A postmortem revealed that the juvenile?s spine was severed, and it was considered that this was caused by a boat propeller. ************************************************************ Acquarone, M.*, E.W. Born, and J.R. Speakman. 2006. Field metabolic rates of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) measured by the doubly labeled water method. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):363-369. *Current address: Frue Kirkestraede 5, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark (MA) The energy and food requirements of free-ranging pinniped species are difficult to measure and, as a consequence, are unknown for most species. They can be inferred from measures of Field Metabolic Rate (FMR) made by the Doubly Labeled Water (DLW) method, however. In this work, we confirmed our hypothesis that the FMR of pinnipeds measured by DLW can be described by an allometric relationship as a function of body weight. Although costly and difficult to apply, the DLW method is one of the few possible methods generating estimates of energy demands for unrestrained, free-living animals. The results of its application on two adult, male, free-living Atlantic Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), weighing 1,370 kg and 1,250 kg, respectively, estimated from length and girth measures, are pre-estimated here. These data extend the size range of seven pinniped species for which the DLW method has been applied by a factor of 10. The animals were measured at a site in northeast Greenland (76 deg N) during the summer. FMR was dependent on the pool model for estimating metabolic rate and was approximately 13% higher when using the single-pool compared with the two-pool model. The estimates using the two-pool model were 328.1 (SE 8.7) MJ*day-1 and 365.4 (SE 15.4) MJ*day-1 for each of the two walruses. These figures were combined with estimated FMR using the same method in seven other pinniped species to derive a new, refined predictive equation for pinniped FMR (Ln-FMR [MJ*day-1]=0.173 = 0.816 Ln-Total Body Mass [kg]). This equation suggest that pinniped food requirements might sometimes be twice as high as that assumed in some fisheries models, which are based on multiples of the theoretical basal metabolism. ************************************************************** Van der Schaar, M., and M. Andre. 2006. An alternative sperm whale (Physter macrocephalus) coda naming protocol. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):370-373. Laboratori d?Aplicacions Bioacustiques, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain Codas are characteristic acoustic signals that sperm whales produce in social contexts. They consist of a short series of pulses that are repeated several times within a short time interval. The analysis of these codas and their possible group specificity have led some authors to believe that they may also help understand population trends and geographical separation. The use of a consistent tool for their comparison, therefore, appears necessary to confirm these assumptions on a wide scale. Coda classification is currently achieved by clustering codas into different types based on the number of clicks per coda and their normalized inter-pulse intervals. This labeling does not follow a clear protocol, however, making it difficult to compare results from different studies. Therefore, an alternative naming protocol for labeling the normalized coda clusters is suggested. The goal of the protocol is to remove ambiguity and subjectivity from the current naming schemes and to give a systematic approach to labeling the clusters by a characterization of their rhythm. The protocol is demonstrated on coda vocalizations recorded near the Canary Islands. ************************************************************ Adams, J.D., T. Speakman, E. Zolman, and L.H. Schwacke. 2006. Automating imagine matching, cataloging, and analysis for photo-identification research. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):373-384. Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomedical Research, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 219 Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412-9110, USA; email: Jeff.Adams at noaa.gov The expanding use of digital photography for marine mammal photo-identification has created a need for tools to analyze and manage growing image file archives. While database management systems have been commonly employed to manage text and numerical data generated by photo-identification research, their use for analysis and management of associated image files has been limited. This paper describes a photo-identification database management system with embedded image analysis and management capabilities. Matching and cataloging are expedited using a multiple-attribute, non-metric catalog sorting algorithm. Algorithm efficiency at locating catalog matches under the multiple-attribute approach required at least 50% fewer comparisons for 90% of the 409 individuals tested. For 50% of the individuals, 80% fewer comparisons were required. System utility is further extended through embedded mapping components that allow researchers to visually inspect sighting locations following each survey and to examine sighting histories for specific individuals. In addition, a companion ArcGIS extension allows researchers to quickly explore and interact with the photo-identification data within a GIS environment. This system, while created for a bottlenose dolphin research application, can be adapted to accommodate photo-identification research on a variety of other species. ***************************************************************** Book Reviews: ****************************************************************** Tucker, T.* 2006. Review ? Sea turtles: A complete guide to their biology, behavior, and conservation. J.R. Spotila, John Hopkins University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8018-8007-6Aquatic Mammals 32(3):385-387. *Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA ***************************************************************** Noke Durden, W., and M.K. Stolen. 2006. Review ? Marine mammals ashore: A field guide for strandings (2nd edition). J.R. Geraci and V.J. Lounsbury, National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 2005. ISBN 0-9774609-0-8. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):388-389. *Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, 6295 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida, 32821, USA ************************************************************************* Cornick, L.A.* 2006. Review ? The Gulf of Alaska: Biology and oceanography. P.R. Mundy (ed.), Alaska SeaGrant College Program, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 2005. ISBN 1-56612-090-X. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):390. *Marine Biology and Statistics, Department of Environmental Science, Alaska Pacific University, 4101 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA; lcornick at alaskapacific.edu ************************************************************************ P. Whooley.* 2006. Review ? The complete whale-watching handbook: A guide to whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the world. B. Wilson and A. Wilson, Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN, 2006, ISBN 760325677. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):391. *Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, Derren Rossmore Clonakilty Co. Cork From bruno_daz2000 at yahoo.es Fri Jan 5 09:09:23 2007 From: bruno_daz2000 at yahoo.es (Bruno Diaz) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:09:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [MARMAM] Spring Dolphin Internships and Thesis work available Message-ID: <20070105170923.4053.qmail@web86804.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI) www.thebdri.com is currently seeking research internships (also MS thesis students) for the Spring 2007 (April 2007 to June 2007). Research interns participate in BDRI?s ongoing research projects (more info in http://www.thebdri.com/education/internships.htm), giving them broad exposure to a variety to research methodologies (Photo-identification, Bioacoustics, Diving and surface behavioural analysis, etc). Other responsibilities may include but are not limited to data entry into the computer for analysis, library, and involvement in special projects. We support non-invasive and non-disruptive research. See accounts of our last Research assitents: www.thebdri.com/education/accounts.htm The Spring 2007 period internship offers an excellent opportunity for motivated individuals to participate in field observations of bottlenose dolphins and to obtain laboratory training in bioacoustics and behavioural analysis under the mentorship of experienced bottlenose dolphin researchers. In addition, interns are required to complete a research project on an assigned relevant topic. Starting and ending dates are flexible. Our internships program is a full time voluntary position. Unfortunately, funds are very limited, there is no compensation for this internship position and successful applicants will be responsible for their living and transportation expenses during the time of the internship. Food and living space could be arranged for internships onsite. Moreover, the volunteer is in charge of providing an insurance that covers the risks of the volunteer itself when engaged in the field work. We anticipate filling this internship position by February 15th, 2006. We are happy to answer any questions you have, but answers to common questions can be found on our web site at: http://www.thebdri.com Best regards, Bruno D?az L?pez The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI Via Diaz 4 , Golfo Aranci 07020 Italy www.thebdri.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dodell at cfl.rr.com Mon Jan 8 08:52:27 2007 From: dodell at cfl.rr.com (Daniel K. Odell) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:52:27 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] American Society of Mammalogists - Request for Symposium and Workshop proposals Message-ID: <00e601c73345$61d53070$9703a8c0@hswri.org> The deadline for the receipt of complete symposium and/or workshop proposals for the 2008 annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists are due on Friday, 16 March 2007. The 2008 meeting will take place at South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, from 22-25 June. Symposium and workshop proposal guidelines and proposal submission forms are available on the ASM web page under the Committees / Program Committee link. http://www.mammalogy.org/committees/index.asp Daniel K. Odell Chair, ASM Symposium sub-committee dodell at hswri.org From Heloise.Frouin at iaf.inrs.ca Mon Jan 8 09:53:52 2007 From: Heloise.Frouin at iaf.inrs.ca (Frouin, Heloise) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:53:52 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Request for information on leukocyte cell line from seals Message-ID: <618F06209D97594BA025CD1FF49F4E070173C6D9@piccolo.iaf.inrs.ca> Der all, during my doctorate, I experience the specific contaminants' effect on immune system of common and grey seals and I try very hard to obtain some commercial leukocyte cell lines from common and grey seals. ATCC offers no longer its leukocyte cell lines from harbor seals (product numbers : CRL-6528 and CRL - 6605). If you have information on these items (or similars) or have them in your laboratory please feel free to contact me so that we may discuss alternatives. Please contact me with any questions. Thank you in advance for your time. Cheers, Heloise Frouin Ph. D. candidate INRS-Institut Armand Frappier Michel Fournier's laboratory 245 boulevard Hymus Pointe-Claire (Qc) CANADA H9R 1G6 TEL : (514) 630-8852 FAX : (514) 630-8850 heloise.frouin at iaf.inrs.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Margie.Barlas at MyFWC.com Tue Jan 9 12:53:29 2007 From: Margie.Barlas at MyFWC.com (Barlas, Margie) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:53:29 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] FWC Manatee Tracking Project Internship Opportunity Message-ID: <1DB18CF57E4FC540A154AA38998EF86A01E17AEB@FWC-TLEX3.fwc.state.fl.us> Manatee Tracking Project Research Intern or Volunteer The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Marine Mammal Research Group is looking for two motivated interns or volunteers to serve for the upcoming spring-summer session in St. Petersburg, FL. Position description: The intern's primary responsibility is to assist researchers in the Manatee Behavioral Ecology Program with tracking manatees in the Lemon Bay area of southwest Florida (Sarasota and Charlotte Counties). The principle aim of this study is to characterize manatee response to watercraft in their natural environment using state-of-the-art multi-sensor digital acoustic recording tags and satellite-linked GPS technology. The successful applicant will record behavioral observations of individual tagged manatees and operational information of vessel traffic from small boats. Other duties include equipment maintenance, data entry, miscellaneous office tasks, and public outreach as needed. While in the office, interns are expected to work a minimum of 3 days each week. Hours are generally Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. While in the field, interns are expected to work Friday through Monday (including weekends); some morning and evening hours may be required to utilize daylight and maximize data collection. Applicants should understand that this job requires them to be wet, dirty, and outdoors in all weather conditions. This position is unpaid; housing is not provided, and interns must provide their own transportation to and from the office. Transportation, meals, and lodging will be provided in the field. Qualifications: * Must be college junior or senior for internship credit; volunteers do not need to meet this qualification * Must have basic computer proficiency * Some field research experience with data collection on animals preferred * Should be comfortable speaking to the public * Ability to trailer boats and operate watercraft up to 22' in length preferred * Experience with radio telemetry tracking gear is desirable, but training can be provided * Must be able to swim * Preference given to applicants who possess a valid US driver's license Application Process: We are currently accepting applications for the spring - summer 2007 session (April-August). Internships, which ideally last three to four months, require a minimum ten-week commitment. Starting and ending dates are flexible. Please send a hard copy of your r?sum? with your cover letter, college transcripts (unofficial are sufficient if not applying for internship credit), a list three references and contact information to the address below. Please indicate in your cover letter the position for which you are applying. Dr. William S. Arnold- Internship Coordinator FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 8th Avenue SE St. Petersburg, FL 33701-3095 You can also send your application by e-mail to: ManateeInterns at myfwc.com For Information on FWRI: http://research.MyFWC.com/ For More Information on FWRI Internships: http://research.myfwc.com/education/category_sub.asp?id=5148 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adevos_zoo_staff_sci_main_uct at mail.uct.ac.za Wed Jan 10 03:23:35 2007 From: adevos_zoo_staff_sci_main_uct at mail.uct.ac.za (adevos_zoo_staff_sci_main_uct at mail.uct.ac.za) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:23:35 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] Volunteers needed for seal/shark predation project Message-ID: <1168428215.45a4ccb7add1b@webmail.uct.ac.za> Volunteers needed for behavioural study of Cape fur seal behaviour in relation to shark predation at Seal Island, Cape Town, South Africa. I am looking for volunteers to assist me with data collection for my postgraduate project on Cape fur Seals. This involves field observation of Seal groups at the island and monitoring VHF telemetry systems. The island boasts some of the highest predation rates on seals by sharks anywhere in the world. Volunteers must be hard-working and should ideally be in possession of a skippers ticket. The field season runs from April - September 2007 and volunteers would need to be available for four weeks at a time. Unfortunately we cannot assist with living costs, but we can facilitate accomodation and other logistical issues. Interested parties please contact Alta de Vos at adevos at botzoo.uct.ac.za Thank you, Alta de Vos MSc student, University of Cape Town. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. From cpg2 at duke.edu Tue Jan 9 14:18:33 2007 From: cpg2 at duke.edu (Caroline Good) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:18:33 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] SEAMAMMS 2007: Call for Abstracts Message-ID: <015e01c7343c$19d9e160$8b710398@ml.duke.edu> Call for Abstracts The 15th Annual Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium (SEAMAMMS) will be held March 16-18 2007 in Beaufort, North Carolina. 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Interns receive extensive on-the-job training in observing > marine mammal behavior, collecting observational data, working with > research equipment, and assisting with experimental research sessions. In > addition, educational opportunities are available such as informal journal > article reviews and the development of personal learning objectives. > > Specific job duties include: > * Collecting observational behavioral data > * Preparing stimuli for experimental research sessions > * Assisting in setting up and tearing down equipment for experimental > research sessions > * Operating video equipment > * Entering data into the computer for analysis > * General support of the facility through participation in the > volunteer resource pool (facility maintenance, bird care, assisting with > public programs, guest interactions, etc.) > > Research studies can vary widely in nature and availability. For > information on past or current research projects at DRC, please visit our > website, at www.dolphins.org . > > Publications: > Jaakkola, K., Fellner, W., Erb, L., Rodriguez, A. M., & Guarino, E. > (2005). Understanding the concept of numerically "less" by bottlenose > dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Comparative Psychology. > > Internships require a minimum of a 16-week commitment, 40 hours per week. > The internship is unpaid, and interns are responsible for providing their > own housing. DRC will provide assistance in locating housing and/or > matching up interns and volunteers desiring roommates. Successful > candidates will be ready and willing to learn, self-motivated, and > flexible. Prior research experience is recommended but not required. > > The deadline to apply is February 1st. Further information and > application materials can be found on our website at www.dolphins.org > . > > -------------------------------- > Emily Guarino > Research Coordinator > emily at dolphins.org > Dolphin Research Center > 58901 Overseas Hwy. > Grassy Key, FL 33050 > www.dolphins.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org Thu Jan 11 05:30:16 2007 From: rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org (William Rossiter) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:30:16 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Pygmy blue whale ID Message-ID: <45A63BE8.4090701@csiwhalesalive.org> Posted to MARMAM by CSI on behalf of Anoop.A.Krishnan: This is a request for assistance with determining whether blue whales sighted during surveys off Sri Lanka or stranded in India are Balaenoptera musculus bravicuda, the pygmy or dwarf blue whale subspecies. The following researcher has photographs which he would like to share with experts, so as to make more positive identifications for scientific and management purposes. Please reply to anoop_a2001 at yahoo.co.in Thanking you in advance, Anoop.A.Krishnan Senior Research Scholar MRC of CMFRI, P. B No. 244, Bolar, Mangalore-575001, India Phone: +919448152501 Fax: +918242424061 Email: anoop_a2001 at yahoo.co.in From janiger at usc.edu Thu Jan 11 14:42:19 2007 From: janiger at usc.edu (David S. Janiger) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:42:19 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] New Articles Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20070111144219.00b7f278@email.usc.edu> Hi, All Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. Because I'll be away, the next posting should be 2/15. 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 BEINEKE, ANDREAS; URSULA SIEBERT; GUNDI MULLER and WOLFGANG BAUMGARTNER. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 115(1-2):100-106. 2006. Increased blood interleukin-10 mRNA levels in diseased free-ranging harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). 0.148 MB BESTER, M. N.; G. J. G. HOFMEYR; S. P. KIRKMAN; L. F. CHAUKE; P. J. N. DE BRUYN; S. M. FERREIRA; A. B. MAKHADO; T. A. M. MASWIME; T. MCINTYRE; T. W. MULAUDZI; F. M. MUNYAI; P. PISTORIUS; P. RADZILANI; A. RAMUNASI; N. TSHITHABANE and I. S. WILKINSON. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH 36(2):195-198. 2006. The leopard seal at Marion Island, vagrant or seasonal transient? 0.145 MB BESTER, M. N.; J. W. WILSON; M.-H. BURLE and G. J. G. HOFMEYR. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH 36(2):191-194. 2006. 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Echo features used by human listeners to discriminate among objects that vary in material or wall thickness: Implications for echolocating dolphins. 0.410 MB DUECK, LARRY P.; MADS PETER HIEDE-JORGENSEN; MIKKEL VILLUM JENSEN and LIANNE D. POSTMA. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2006/050. 22pp. 2006. Update on investigations of bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) movements in the eastern Arctic, 2003-2005, based on satellite-linked telemetry. 1.140 MB EDVARDSSON, RAGNAR and MAGNUS RAFNSSON. N?tt?rustofa Vestfjar?a (The Natural History Institute of Vestfir?ir), A?alstr?ti 21, IS-415 Bolungarv?k, Iceland. 25pp. 2006. Basque whaling around Iceland. Archeological investigation in Str?katangi, Steingr?msfj?r?ur. 0.636 MB GENDE, SCOTT M. and MICHAEL F. SIGLER. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 53(3-4):432-441. 2006. Persistence of forage ?sh 'hot spots' and its association with foraging Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in southeast Alaska. 0.299 MB GENTY, EMILIE and JEAN-JACQUES ROEDER. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 72(6):1241-1247. 2006. Self-control: Why should sea lions, Zalophus californianus, perform better than primates? 0.368 MB GUO, JERRY. SCIENCE (WASHINGTON D. C.) 314(5807):1860. 2006. Wildlife conservation - River dolphins down for the count, and perhaps out. 0.098 MB HUNG, CRAIG L. H.; RIDGE K. F. LAU; JAMES C. W. LAM; THOMAS A. JEFFERSON; SAMUEL K. HUNG; MICHAEL H. W. LAM and PAUL K. S. LAM. CHEMOSPHERE 66(7):1175-1182. 2007. Risk assessment of trace elements in the stomach contents of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins and finless porpoises in Hong Kong waters. 0.168 MB JONES, GEORGE PIERCE; LEONARD G. PEARLSTINE and H. FRANKLIN PERCIVAL. WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN 34(3):750-758. 2006. An assessment of small unmanned aerial vehicles for wildlife research. 0.570 MB KEXIONG WANG; DING WANG; XIANFENG ZHANG; AUGUST PFLUGER and LEIGH BARRETT. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH 13(6):418-424. 2006. Range-wide Yangtze freshwater dolphin expedition: The last chance to see Baiji? 0.328 MB LANGTIMM, C. A.; M. D. KROHN; J. P. REID; B. M. SMITH and C. A. BECK. ESTUARIES AND COASTS 29(6A):1026-1032. 2006. Possible effects of the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes on manatee survival rates and movement. 0.406 MB LEARMONTH, J. A.; C. D. MACLEOD; M. B. SANTOS; G. J. PIERCE; H. Q. P. CRICK and R. A. ROBINSON. OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE BIOLOGY ANNUAL REVIEW 44:431-464. 2006. Potential effects of climate change on marine mammals. 0.287 MB MARTINEZ-AGUERO, M.; S. FLORES-RAMIREZ and M. RUIZ-GARCIA. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 5(3):421-431. 2006. First report of major histocompatibility complex class II loci from the Amazon pink river dolphin (genus Inia). 0.644 MB MASHBURN, KENDALL L. and SHANNON ATKINSON. GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 150(2):246-252. 2006. Seasonal and predator influences on adrenal function in adult Steller sea lions: Gender matters. 0.214 MB MCMAHON, CLIVE R.; HARRY R. BURTON; JOHN VAN DEN HOFF; RUPERT WOODS and COREY J. A. BRADSHAW. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 70(5):1484-1489. 2006. Assessing hot-iron and cryo-branding for permanently marking southern elephant seals. 0.137 MB MICLARD, J.; K. MOKHTARI; G. JOUVION; B. WYRZYKOWSKI; O. VAN CONNEYT; M. WYERS and M. A. COLLE. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 135(4):254-258. 2006. Microcystic meningioma in a dlphin (Delphinus delphis): Immunohistochemical and utrastructural study. 0.648 MB MOSS, MADONNA L.; DONGYA Y. YANG; SETH D. NEWSOME; CAMILLA F. SPELLER; IAIN MCKECHNIE; ALAN D. MCMILLAN; ROBERT J. LOSEY and PAUL L. KOCH. JOURNAL OF ISLAND AND COASTAL ARCHAEOLOGY 1(2):165-190. 2006. Historical ecology and biogeography of North Pacific pinnipeds: Isotopes and ancient DNA from three archaeological assemblages. 0.418 MB NEWELL, CARRIE L. and TIMOTHY J. COWLES. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 33(22), no.L22S11. 5pp. 2006. Unusual gray whale Eschrichtius robustus feeding in the summer of 2005 off the central Oregon coast. 1.005 MB O'SHEA, THOMAS J. and LYNN B. POCHE, JR. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 87(6):1061-1071. 2006. Aspects of underwater sound communication in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 0.262 MB PEDERNERA-ROMANO, C.; R. A. VALDEZ; S. SINGH; X. CHIAPPA; M. C. ROMANO and F. GALINDO. ANIMAL WELFARE 15(4):359-362. 2006. Salivary cortisol in captive dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): A non-invasive technique. 0.571 MB POSTMA, L. D.; L. P. DUECK; M. P. HEIDE-JORGENSEN and S. E. COSENS. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2006/051. 19pp. 2006. Molecular genetic support of a single population of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in eastern Canadian Arctic and western Greenland waters. 1.238 MB REHTANZ, MANUELA; SHIN-JE GHIM; ANNABEL RECTOR; MARC VAN RANST; PATRICIA A. FAIR; GREGORY D. BOSSART and ALFRED B. JENSON. JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY 87(12):3559-2565. 2006. Isolation and characterization of the first American bottlenose dolphin papillomavirus: Tursiops truncatus papillomavirus type 2. 0.126 MB RICHARDSON, E.; I. STIRLING and B. KOCHTUBAJDA. POLAR BIOLOGY 30(3):369-378. 2007. The effects of forest fires on polar bear maternity denning habitat in western Hudson Bay. 0.435 MB SEOL, BRANKA; MARTINA DURAS GOMERCIC; TOMO NAGLIC; TOMISLAV GOMERCIC; ANA GALOV and HRVOJE GOMERCIC. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 42(3):709-711. 2006. Isolation of Clostridium tertium from a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the Adriatic Sea. 0.282 MB SUPIN, ALEXANDER YA.; PAUL E. NACHTIGALL and MARLEE BREESE. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 121(1):618-625. 2007. Evoked-potential recovery during double click stimulation in a whale: A possibility of biosonar automatic gain control. 0.291 MB THORDARSON, GUDMUNDUR; GISLI A. VIKINGSSON and PALL HERSTEINSSON. POLAR BIOLOGY 30(3):379-386. 2007. Seasonal variation in body condition of adult male hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in Skjalfandi-Bay, northeast Iceland. 0.394 MB TRITES, A. W.; A. J. MILLER; H. D. G. MASCHNER; M. A. ALEXANDER; S. J. BOGRAD; J. A. CALDER; A. CAPOTONDI; K. O. COYLE; E. DI LORENZO; B. P. FINNEY; E. J. GREGR; C. E. GROSCH; S. R. HARE; G. L. HUNT, JR.; J. JAHNCKE; N. B. KACHEL; H.-J. KIM; et. al. FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY 16(1):46-67. 2007. Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatas) in Alaska: Assessing the ocean climate hypothesis. 2.038 MB VAN PARIJS, SOFIE M. and CHRISTOPHER W. CLARK. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 72(6):1269-1277. 2006. Long-term mating tactics in an aquatic-mating pinniped, the bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus. 0.487 MB VILLADSGAARD, ANNE; MAGNUS WAHLBERG and JAKOB TOUGAARD. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 210(1):56-64. 2007. Echolocation signals of wild harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena. 0.257 MB WILLIAMS, MICHAEL T.; CHRISTOPHER S. NATIONS; THOMAS G. SMITH; VALERIE D. MOULTON and CRAIG J. PERHAM. AQUATIC MAMMALS 32(3):311-324. 2006. Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) use of subnivean structures in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea during development of an oil production facility. 1.195 MB From birgitta.mercera at parcasterix.com Wed Jan 10 07:24:58 2007 From: birgitta.mercera at parcasterix.com (Birgitta MERCERA) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:24:58 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] TR: VERY last call for papers and posters for EAAM in March Message-ID: <1D4B1B03D1DEA746986095A294938BC9217093@FRGEC-MAIL.gec.local> Dear friends and coll?gues, It look's like many of you have not got my last call for papers and posters that I sent out before Christmas. Therefore I have decided to let you all a very last chance to send in your abstracts for the up coming conference in Marineland, Antibes in France the 16 to 19 of March 2007. Don't forget that the success of this year's conference is depending up on your willingness to share the result of your labour!! Last deadline for abstract submission is now: 22 of January 2007 You can send the abstract on my email address: Birgitta.mercera at parcasterix.com I invite you all to have a look at the website: www.marineland.fr and then chose EAAM conference to get all the information you need about the hotel, preliminary program, invited speakers, etc Looking very much forward to see you all in Antibes in March! Birgitta Mercera President-Elect of EAAM Birgitta Mercera Responsable Delphinarium PARC ASTERIX BP 8 60128 Plailly, FRANCE birgitta.mercera at parcasterix.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: call for papers and posters.doc Type: application/msword Size: 87552 bytes Desc: call for papers and posters.doc URL: From lhj1 at cornell.edu Thu Jan 11 07:02:05 2007 From: lhj1 at cornell.edu (Laurie Johnson) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:02:05 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Forensics and Marine Vertebrate courses Message-ID: The Shoals Marine Laboratory Director Willy Bemis would like to announce the following courses: Forensic Science for Marine Biologists: August 13-20, 2007 Forensic science represents the unique merging of scientific insight and the law. Forensic Science for Marine Biologists provides a field-oriented introduction to the forensic science domain and the utilization of marine biology within the justice system. Students receive comprehensive instruction concerning the recognition, documentation, collection, and preservation of physical evidence. Additionally, students develop practical incident response, scene management, and forensic teamwork skills. Faculty: Dr. Wayne D. Lord, Federal Bureau of Investigation Dr. Romona Haebler, United States Environmental Protection Agency Dr. Robert D. Kenney, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI Dr. William C. Rodriguez, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Dr. Inga F. Sidor, Veterinary Pathologist, Mystic Aquarium Marine Vertebrates: July 23-August 13, 2007 A course in marine vertebrate biology emphasizing laboratory studies, field collections or observations, and reading from current literature. General topics will include vertebrate evolution, ecology, conservation, and management of existing marine vertebrate populations. Special emphasis on Gulf of Maine species and their complex inter-relationships, with critical analysis of current issues in management including national and international economic and political aspects. The general curriculum is subdivided into three categories: (1) Systematics of Gulf of Maine fishes, elasmobranch biology, teleost skeleto-muscular structure and function, population biology and contemporary Gulf of Maine fisheries; (2) Biology of marine reptiles and birds, ecology and conservation of sea turtles, avian adaptations to life at sea and coloniality in sea birds; (3) Evolution and systematics of marine mammals, marine mammal anatomy, sensory biology and diving physiology, cetacean feeding behavior and ecology. Faculty: Dr. John B. Heiser, Cornell University For application and scholarship information, see the SML web site at: http://www.sml.cornell.edu or email SML admissions: LHJ1 at CORNELL.EDU From jan.herrmann at cetacea.de Fri Jan 12 15:09:28 2007 From: jan.herrmann at cetacea.de (Jan Herrmann) Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:09:28 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] New publications week 51+52 Message-ID: Dear all, here are some new publications of weeks 51+52 / 2006, 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.html 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 Endo, A. and M. Yamao (2007): Policies governing the distribution of by-products from scientific and small-scale coastal whaling in Japan. Marine Policy 31(2): 169-181. McGuire, T.L. and E.R. Aliaga-Rossel (2007): Seasonality of Reproduction in Amazon River Dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) in Three Major River Basins of South America. Biotropica 39(1): 129-135. Melcher, J. et al. (2005): Tetra- and Tribromophenoxyanisoles in Marine Samples from Oceania. Environmental Science & Technology 39(20): 7784-7789. van Elk, C.E. et al. (2007): Escherichia coli Septicemia Associated with Lack of Maternally Acquired Immunity in a Bottlenose Dolphin Calf. Veterinary Pathology 44(1): 88-92. Varela, R.A. et al. (2006): Effects of duration of capture and sample handling on critical care blood analytes in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 229(12): 1955-1961. Deutch, B. et al. (2006): Dietary composition and contaminants in north Greenland, in the 1970s and 2004. Science of the Total Environment 370(2-3): 372-381. Deutch, B. et al. (2007): Contaminants, diet, plasma fatty acids and smoking in Greenland 1999-2005. Science of the Total Environment 372(2-3): 486-496. Levin, M., B. Morsey, and S. De Guise (2007): Modulation of the respiratory burst by organochlorine mixtures in marine mammals, humans, and mice. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A 70(1): 73-83. Marques, T.A. et al. (2006): The Use of Global Positioning Systems to Record Distances in a Helicopter Line-Transect Survey. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(3): 759-763. PINNIPEDIA Brookens, T.J., J.T. Harvey, and T.M. O'Hara (2007): Trace element concentrations in the Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) in central and northern California. Science of the Total Environment 372(2-3): 676-692. Siebert, U. et al. (2007): Reversible reproductive control in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist. Theriogenology 67(3): 605-608. Tryland, M. et al. (2006): Serum chemistry for free-ranging ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in Svalbard. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 35(4): 405-412. Watson, R.R. et al. (2007): Volume density and distribution of mitochondria in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) skeletal muscle. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 177(1): 89-98. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Ropstad, E. et al. (2006): Endocrine disruption induced by organochlorines (OCs): field studies and experimental models. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A 69(1-2): 53-76. Sonne, C. et al. (2007): Skull pathology in East Greenland and Svalbard polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during 1892 to 2002 in relation to organochlorine pollution. Science of the Total Environment 372(2-3): 554-561. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de From dg50 at st-andrews.ac.uk Tue Jan 16 05:03:41 2007 From: dg50 at st-andrews.ac.uk (Douglas Gillespie) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:03:41 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Conference and Workshops on Passive Acoustics for Monitoring Marine Mammals at Sea Message-ID: <001501c7396e$bf188730$12a5000a@DOUG> Conference and Workshops on Passive Acoustics for Monitoring Marine Mammals at Sea PAMGUARD is convening a conference on passive acoustics for monitoring marine mammals at sea and will be introducing, demonstrating and providing hands on experience with the PAMGUARD software, which is an integrated open source software package for processing and analysing either real time or archived input data from both towed and fixed hydrophones. The PAMGUARD project is a research activity currently supported by the OGP E&P Sound and Marine Life JIP (originally supported by the Industry Research Funders Coalition (IRFC)) The meeting will be held over two days 28th and 29th March 2007 at Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh UK. A one day conference on 28th will be followed by a day of focused workshops and hands on training sessions. The event will be of interest to participants from a range of organisations including- Commercial, Scientific and Military operators of sound sources in the marine environment. PAMGUARD is a tool for underwater acoustic monitoring that can be used for a range of activities, including marine mammal monitoring for mitigation and research purposes. Its open source and modular architecture mean it can be readily adapted to user requirements. Marine biology researchers and academics PAMGUARD is a flexible and adaptable tool that can be used for many research activities including population surveys and behavioural studies. Regulators PAM (Passive Acoustic Monitoring) is a developing method for monitoring marine mammals at sea, which has been used as an element of mitigation requirements for various activities offshore. This event will provide an opportunity to discuss the strengths and shortcomings of PAM as a monitoring tool and include discussions related to providing long-term support, maintenance and future development of PAMGUARD. Marine Mammal Observers and PAM operators The incorporation of PAM in offshore monitoring activities will require MMOs and/or PAM operators to acquire additional skill sets, in order to interpret both visual sightings and acoustic detections of marine mammals in the field. There are advantages in having a single software interface for users in order to improve the effectiveness of both operator training and therefore use of PAM in the field. This event is an opportunity to learn more about this new technology, be amongst the first to receive training with PAMGUARD and to contribute your own practical field experience to its further development. MMO/PAM service providers This event will provide an opportunity to consider the strengths and shortcomings of PAM as a monitoring tool and include discussions related to providing long-term support, maintenance, training and future development of PAMGUARD. Equipment developers and providers This conference is an opportunity to discuss the use of existing equipment or future developments in conjunction with PAMGUARD and include discussions related to providing long-term support, maintenance and the future development of PAMGUARD. Software Developers As PAMGUARD develops beyond the establishment phase there will be increasing opportunities for developers to provide new functionality. PAMGUARD is an open source programming environment that is proving particularly suitable for developing new acoustic detection and localisation applications. Student competition A competition to develop new modules within PAMGUARD will be announced at the conference. Register There will be limited availability of spaces for the focused workshops and hands on training sessions being held on the 2nd day of the event, so please register your interest by the end of January to secure a place. To register your interest in this event and provisionally secure a place for the focused workshops and hands on training sessions, please join the PAMGUARDMeeting list by either sending an email to PAMGUARDmeetin-subscribe at googlegroups.com Or following this link A more detailed announcement with a list of presentations and workshops will be made in the coming weeks. Registering now will ensure that you receive all further notices, will provisionally secure you a place and assist us with planning the event. Further information regarding PAMGUARD can be found at www.pamguard.org . From nhy038 at abdn.ac.uk Tue Jan 16 05:45:57 2007 From: nhy038 at abdn.ac.uk (nhy038 at abdn.ac.uk) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:45:57 -0000 (GMT) Subject: [MARMAM] New Article On Climate Change And Cetaceans. Message-ID: <1124.139.133.69.168.1168955157.squirrel@www.abdn.ac.uk> Dear Marmammers, The following article on climate change and cetaceans has recently been published in Biology Letters. If you are interested in a copy, please email: c.d.macleod at abdn.ac.uk with the subject line "Reprint Request". All the best, Colin MacLeod, C.D., Santos, M.B., Reid, R.J., Scott, B.E. and Pierce, G.J. 2007. Linking sandeel consumption and the likelihood of starvation in harbour porpoises in the Scottish North Sea: could climate change mean more starving porpoises? Biology Letters, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0588 Sandeels are known to be negatively affected by climate change in a number of ways. This study investigated whether these changes are affecting the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), a species which consumes sandeels. Porpoise diet was examined in spring (March?May), a critical time of year for survival when sandeels are important prey, from 1993 to 2001 to provide baseline information on the proportion of sandeels consumed. When data from spring 2002 and 2003 were compared to these baseline data, the diet was found to be substantially different, with a significant and substantially smaller proportion of sandeels being consumed in March and May. There were also differences in the number of porpoises starving between the two time periods (33% in spring 2002 and 2003 died of starvation, but only 5% in the baseline period). This suggests that a lower proportion of sandeels in the diet of porpoises in spring increases the likelihood of starvation. Therefore, we suggest that the negative effects of climate change on sandeel availability may have serious negative effects on harbour porpoise populations in the North Sea by increasing the likelihood of starvation in spring. ================================================== Dr Colin D. MacLeod, Research-Teaching Fellow, School of Biological Sciences (Zoology), University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, UK Tel: 01224 272648 Fax: 01224 272396 Email: c.d.macleod at abdn.ac.uk In order to save paper, please do not print out this email unless it is essential ========================================================= From michael.fontaine at ulg.ac.be Wed Jan 17 05:41:01 2007 From: michael.fontaine at ulg.ac.be (Michael Fontaine) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:41:01 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] New article on harbour porpoise feeding ecology and habitat use Message-ID: <45AE276D.5020305@ulg.ac.be> Dear Marmammers, The following article on harbour porpoise feeding ecology and habitat use has just been published in BMC Ecology. If you are interested in, you can download freely the MS at this address: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/7/1/abstract All the best, Micha?l Fontaine MC, Tolley KA, Siebert S, Gobert S, Lepoint G, Bouquegneau JM and Das K (2007) Long-term feeding ecology and habitat use in harbour porpoises /Phocoena phocoena/ from Scandinavian waters inferred from trace elements and stable isotopes.BMC Ecology 2007, 7:1 doi:10.1186/1472-6785-7-1 Background We investigated the feeding ecology and habitat use of 32 harbour porpoises by-caught in 4 localities along the Scandinavian coast from the North Sea to the Barents Sea using time-integrative markers: stable isotopes (d13C, d15N) and trace elements (Zn, Cu, Fe, Se, total Hg and Cd), in relation to habitat characteristics (bathymetry) and geographic position (latitude). Results Among the trace elements analysed, only Cd, with an oceanic specific food origin, was found to be useful as an ecological tracer. All other trace elements studied were not useful, most likely because of physiological regulation and/or few specific sources in the food web. The d13C, d15N signatures and Cd levels were highly correlated with each other, as well as with local bathymetry and geographic position (latitude). Variation in the isotopic ratios indicated a shift in harbour porpoise's feeding habits from pelagic prey species in deep northern waters to more coastal and/or demersal prey in the relatively shallow North Sea and Skagerrak waters. This result is consistent with stomach content analyses found in the literature. This shift was associated with a northward Cd-enrichment which provides further support to the Cd 'anomaly' previously reported in polar waters and suggests that porpoises in deep northern waters include Cd-contaminated prey in their diet, such as oceanic cephalopods. Conclusion As stable isotopes and Cd provide information in the medium and the long term respectively, the spatial variation found, shows that harbour porpoises experience different ecological regimes during the year along the Scandinavian coasts, adapting their feeding habits to local oceanographic conditions, without performing extensive migration. -- Michael C. Fontaine - Aspirant FNRS MARE Center - Lab. for Oceanology (Univ. of Liege) B6c Allee de la Chimie, 3 Liege 4000, Belgium e-mail: michael.fontaine at ulg.ac.be personal webpage: http://users.skynet.be/fb683753/michaelcfontaine/Home.html CBGP (Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations) - INRA Campus International de Baillarguet CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex France Phone : 0033 4 99 62 33 31 Fax: 0033 4 99 62 33 45 From rh.defran at gmail.com Tue Jan 16 16:06:38 2007 From: rh.defran at gmail.com (R.H. Defran) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:06:38 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Bottlenose Dolphin Photo-identification Internships - Summer 2007 Message-ID: <52b740230701161606i51a51297k237a4117f3df160e@mail.gmail.com> From: "Dr. R.H. Defran" rh.defran at gmail.com The Marine Mammal and Protected Resources (MMPR) Program in Charleston, South Carolina is recruiting to fill two Dolphin Photo-identification Internship positions for the Summer of 2007. The MMPR is organized within NOAA's National Ocean Service and is located at the Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR) laboratory in Charleston, SC. The intern position involves a commitment of 20 hours per week extending over a 15 week period from Monday, May 7, 2007 to Friday, August 17, 2007. There is some flexibility in these start and end times, however, especially for applicants whose Spring semester would require a later start time. Interns will participate in the field and laboratory activities of the Charleston Dolphin Abundance and Distribution Project (CDAD). Three useful sources of information about the CDAD project are: 1) Zolman, E. 2002. Residence patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Stono River estuary, Charleston County, South Carolina. Marine Mammal Science 18:879-892; and 2) The Charleston Dolphin Abundance and Distribution (CDAD) Project: Standard Operating Protocols (SOP) for Field and Photographic Analysis Procedures; and 3) Speakman, T., E. Zolman, J. Adams, R.H. Defran, D. Laska, L. Schwacke, J. Craigie, and P. Fair. 2006. Temporal and spatial aspects of bottlenose dolphin occurrence in coastal and estuarine waters near Charleston, South Carolina. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 37. You can download pdf versions of these documents at the web sites listed at the bottom of this message. The CDAD project carries out boat-based photo-identification surveys in the coastal and inland waterways of the Charleston SC area. This research is designed to provide an understanding of the population characteristics, including temporal and spatial aspects, of the distribution of Charleston area Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. The internship offers an excellent opportunity for qualified and motivated individuals to obtain field and laboratory training in photo-identification methodology and analysis under the mentorship of experienced dolphin researchers. There is no compensation for this internship position and the successful applicant will be responsible for their living and transportation expenses during the time of the internship. During the internship interns must have a personal vehicle to allow them to travel to and from the laboratory and to some of the local field sites in the Charleston area. Ideal internship applicants will be advanced undergraduates or a recent graduate of a scientifically oriented university program in the behavioral or biological sciences. A typical applicant should have a strong interest in the scientific study of cetacean behavioral ecology, have potential interests in future graduate study in marine mammal science, and is an individual who seeks extensive and intensive exposure to the field work, data analysis techniques, and research literature in this field. Preference will be given to the selection of interns with well developed computer skills and boat-based field experience. The internship application will consist of a letter of interest, transcripts of university coursework and two letters of recommendation from professors or research supervisors who are familiar with your scholarship, research skills and work habits. Interested applicants should first correspond with Dr. Defran by email before preparing and submitting application materials. We anticipate filling this internship position by late March 2007.Interested applicants should correspond by email to: Dr. R.H. Defran Email: rh.defran at gmail.com Defran Home Page: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/CBL/Director.html Zolman .pdf download: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/classes/psychology/psy211/defran/CDAD/Zolman2002.pdf CDAD SOP .pdf download: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/classes/psychology/psy211/defran/CDAD/CDAD_Internship_SOP.pdf Speakman et. al. pdf download: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/classes/psychology/psy211/defran/CDAD/Speakman_et_al_2006a.pdf From apopper at umd.edu Thu Jan 18 03:30:24 2007 From: apopper at umd.edu (Arthur N. Popper) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:30:24 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20070118062626.046506d0@umd.edu> We are pleased to announce an international conference on Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life to take place in Nyborg, Denmark August 13-17, 2007. This meeting will bring together scientists and others interested in the effects of anthropogenicc sound on aquatic organisms to share the latest scientific information and to learn from one another. Details about the meeting can be found at: www.NoiseEffects.umd.edu. Any questions about the meeting can be addressed to one of the organizers listed on the web page. Individuals interested in participating should send an email to Lidia.Wysocki at univie.ac.at. Arthur N. Popper **************************************************************** Arthur N. Popper Interim Associate Dean, College of Chemical and Life Sciences Professor, Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 phone: (301) 405-1940 FAX: (301) 314-9358 email: apopper at umd.edu web: www.life.umd.edu/biology/popperlab; www.ccebh.umd.edu From anna.situ at oceanpark.com.hk Thu Jan 18 17:00:55 2007 From: anna.situ at oceanpark.com.hk (Anna Situ) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:00:55 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] OPCFHK scientific project application 07-08 Message-ID: <3D681A35EDC97E4CA3A53892391CD650F81BB4@bmail.oceanpark.com.hk> > Dear Sir/Madam, > > The Foundation is now inviting new funding applications for > conservation research projects in 2007-2008. 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. > > OPCFHK will allocate HK$ 5 million as funding support in 2007-08. As > 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 and reptiles. To encourage Ocean > Park to directly support the conservation projects, part of this > funding will be allocated for conservation projects conducted by or > 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, 2007. 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 June 2007, 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. > > I wish you a Happy New Year! > > Yours Sincerely, > Anna Situ > Assistant Scientific Officer > OPCFHK > Tel: 852-2873-8679 > Fax: 852-2553-5840 > E-mail: anna.situ at oceanpark.com.hk Disclaimer The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please delete it from your system. If you require assistance, please contact us at opc at oceanpark.com.hk Beginning 1 January 2006, Ocean Park raises its conservation commitment further by donating part of the admission to Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (www.opcf.org.hk) to support its research projects and public awareness programmes for wildlife conservation in Asia. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From schaeff at american.edu Thu Jan 18 11:59:05 2007 From: schaeff at american.edu (Cathy Schaeff) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:59:05 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Funded Graduate Positions in Marine Conservation Message-ID: <45AFD189.4080403@american.edu> We have a number of funded graduate positions at the master's level open in our department for fall 2007. Students in my lab typically work on projects involving marine mammal conservation, assessing population health via fluctuating asymmetry analysis and/or molecular markers. Examples of recent student projects include an assessment of population health of California sea lions (completed in conjunction with Francis Gulland and Denise Greig at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito) and of bottlenose dolphins (with Randy Wells at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota). Support includes tuition remission, stipend and research funds plus the opportunity to be a teaching assistant. Applications can be made online (https://my.american.edu/cgi/mvi.exe/A26.APPL.LOGIN?SCH=CAS). We have a departmental graduate open house on Feb 19th. Financial awards decisions are made in early March. Cathy Schaeff Department of Biology American University 101 Hurst Hall, 4400 Mass. Ave. NW, Washington DC 20016-8007 p: 202.885.2175, f: 202.885.2182 schaeff at american.edu http:// www.american.edu/cas/bio/faculty_media/schaeff/index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Before embarking on our field trip, students will learn the biology of marine mammals and ecology of the sea lions and receive training on the field methods commonly used to estimate population size and to measure behavior on pinnipeds at Arizona State University. The group will be camping on Islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico, with no facilities. Outdoor experience and the ability to work in difficult, hot conditions for long hours is a must. More details can be gained at: http://www.asu.edu/ssc/abroad/summer/mexicofieldecology.html or by emailing julie.k.young at asu.edu. Thank you, Julie Young Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Sciences School of Life Sciences Arizona State University, Box 874501 Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 USA phone: 480.965.7563 fax: 480.965.2519 email: Julie.K.Young at asu.edu lab: http://sols.asu.edu/faculty/lgerber.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kbilgman at gse.mq.edu.au Sun Jan 21 15:17:21 2007 From: kbilgman at gse.mq.edu.au (Kerstin Bilgmann) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:17:21 +1100 Subject: [MARMAM] new paper on biopsy sampling of bow-riding dolphins Message-ID: <45B48F310200008400006D29@gwc2cn06.its.mq.edu.au> Dear Marmam Readers, We are pleased to announce the release of the following publication in Marine Mammal Science: Kerstin Bilgmann, Owen J. Griffiths, Simon J. Allen, Luciana M. Moller 2007. A biopsy pole system for bow-riding dolphins: sampling success, behavioral responses, and test for sampling bias. Marine Mammal Science. 23(1):218-225. Summary: Biopsy samples from free-ranging cetaceans have proven to be useful for repeated, multimarker genetic analyses to address questions regarding population and social structure and evolutionary relationships. Here we present an alternative technique to the widely used remote biopsy sampling, biopsying of free-ranging, bow-riding dolphins using a modified pole. A total of 144 biopsy samples were collected from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) and short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in coastal waters of Australia. Biopsy sampling with the pole generally resulted in mild behavioral responses, regardless of whether the animal was hit or missed, and no differences were detected in species response. There were no sex biases in sampling, and the strength of the behavioral response was independent of the dolphin's sex. When using different boat types, sampling success rates were similar. However, sampling from the smallest boats resulted in stronger behavioral responses, and when sampling from the largest boat, the dolphins' responses were weaker or not noticeable. The biopsy pole technique presented here is an efficient and rapid method for obtaining skin and blubber samples from bow-riding dolphins, and can be used in situations where biopsy guns and crossbows are not convenient, or in conjunction with these remote systems. The pdf file is now available electronically on the Marine Mammal Science website, or you can receive a copy by sending a request to kbilgma at gse.mq.edu.au. All the best, Kerstin Bilgmann Marine Mammal Research Group Graduate School of the Environment Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia Email: kbilgman at gse.mq.edu.au Ph: + 61 2 9850 7982 Fax: + 61 2 9850 7972 From jan.herrmann at cetacea.de Mon Jan 22 02:53:41 2007 From: jan.herrmann at cetacea.de (Jan Herrmann) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:53:41 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] New publications week 01 Message-ID: Dear all, here are some new publications of weeks 01 / 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.html 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 Andersen, M.S. and M.L. Miller (2006): Onboard Marine Environmental Education: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands, Washington. Tourism in Marine Environments 2(2): 111-118. Howard, C. and E.C.M. Parsons (2006): Public Awareness of Whale-watching Opportunities in Scotland. Tourism in Marine Environments 2(2): 103-109. Lusseau, D., L. Slooten, and R.J.C. Currey (2006): Unsustainable Dolphin-watching Tourism in Fiordland, New Zealand. Tourism in Marine Environments 3(2): 173-178. Myers, R.A. et al. (2007): Saving endangered whales at no cost. Current Biology 17(1): R10-R11. Parsons, E.C.M., J. Lewandowski, and M. L?ck (2006): Recent Advances in Whale-watching Research: 2004-2005. Tourism in Marine Environments 2(2): 119-132. Parsons, E.C.M., M. L?ck, and J.K. Lewandowski (2006): Recent Advances in Whale-watching Research: 2005-2006. Tourism in Marine Environments 3(2): 179-189. Slansky, M. et al. (2006): Echocardiographic evaluation of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 37(4): 454-463. Whitt, A.D. and A.J. Read (2006): Assessing Compliance to Guidelines By Dolphin-watching Operators in Clearwater, Florida, USA. Tourism in Marine Environments 3(2): 117-130. PINNIPEDIA OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Jaffe, J.S. et al. (2007): Measurement of the acoustic reflectivity of sirenia (Florida manatees) at 171 kHz. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(1): 158-165. Siegal-Willott, J. et al. (2006): Electrocardiography in two subspecies of manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris and T. m. manatus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 37(4): 447-453. Tinker, M.T. et al. (2006): Incorporating diverse data and realistic complexity into demographic estimation procedures for sea otters. Ecological Applications 16(6): 2293-2312. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de From pack at hawaii.edu Mon Jan 22 22:07:45 2007 From: pack at hawaii.edu (Adam A. Pack) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:07:45 -1000 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on dolphin echolocation Message-ID: Aloha colleagues, For your interest, we have just published the following article on dolphin echolocation: Branstetter, B. K., Mevissen S. J., Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Roberts, S. R., and Carsrud, L. K. (2007). Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) echoic angular discrimination: Effects of objects separation and complexity. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121, 626-635. Summary of article A bottlenose dolphin was tested on its ability to echoically discriminate horizontal angular differences between arrays of vertically oriented air-filled PVC rods. The blindfolded dolphin was required to station in a submerged hoop 2 radial m from the stimuli and indicate if an array with two rods (S+) was to the right or the left of a single rod (S-). The angular separation between the two rods (thetaw) was held constant within each experiment while the angle between the S+ and the S- stimuli (thetab) varied to produce angular differences (Deltatheta=thetab-thetaw) ranging from 0.25 to 4?. In experiment I, thetaw was maintained at 2? and in experiment II, thetaw was maintained at 4?. Resulting 75% correct thresholds (method of constant stimuli) were 1.5 and 0.7?, respectively. The two main findings of this study are: (1) decreasing the number of targets does not aid in localization, and (2) increasing the space between the rods enhances localization. Taken as a whole, the experiments suggest dolphins have a well-developed ability to resolve spatial information through sonar. Reprint pdfs may be obtained from Brian Branstetter at branstet at hawaii.edu or from Adam Pack at pack at hawaii.edu. Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and peaceful 2007, Adam A. Pack, Ph.D. Vice President and Research and Education Program Manager, The Dolphin Institute Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa P.O. Box 700694 Kapolei, HI 96709 808-679-3690 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mjasny at nrdc.org Wed Jan 24 05:08:59 2007 From: mjasny at nrdc.org (Jasny, Michael) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:08:59 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Navy exempts itself from MMPA Message-ID: FYI: the U.S. Navy yesterday issued itself a 2-year exemption from the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for its training with mid-frequency sonar. The exemption covers all of the Navy's sonar training on its ranges and operations areas and all of its major exercises, which take place in various sites around the globe. It follows a decision from the California Coastal Commission a few weeks ago, under a different law, to require additional mitigation when the Navy uses sonar off the California coast. Please contact me if you'd like a copy of the Navy's exemption or the Coastal Commission's decision. Best, Michael Michael Jasny Senior Policy Analyst Natural Resources Defense Council 4479 W. 5th Avenue Vancouver, BC V6R1S4 tel. 604-736-9386 fax 310-434-2399 mjasny at nrdc.org PRIVILEGE AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law as attorney-client and work-product confidential or otherwise confidential communications. 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We hope that our marine mammal researcher colleagues will take great interest in seeing what our sea turtle researcher colleagues are up to. http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/PDF/MTN115.pdf The article will provide information on where to find the online link to the full-blown list of various types of interactions. Again, many, many thanks to everyone who provided information and showed great interest in the topic, whenever it was presented and discussed. Regards, Dagmar Fertl Geo-Marine, Inc. 2201 Avenue K, Suite A2 Plano, Texas 75074 USA 972-423-5480 FAX 972-422-2736 dfertl at geo-marine.com http://www.geo-marine.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From a social point of view the area is the centre of the herring weir industry, aquaculture, and ecotours and revenues from these and related industries are just under a billion dollars annually. The area thrives on this unique "eco-economy". Currently 2 applications for LNG terminals on the Maine shore of Passamaquoddy are before FERC the US energy regulatory body. Another terminal has just been announced. If the 2 terminals are approved and built, as many as 400 huge LNG tankers and their tugs, in addition to the approximately 100 coastal freighters that currently go to Eastport and Bayside ports, will pass through Head Harbour Passage and important whale habitat. It is clear that the increased number of ships will result in additional ship strikes particularly to right whales. We are also concerned about the effects of sound in the Passage itself. Since the Passage is basically a tube, will the echo effect and/or sound distortion disorient resident whales. In particular what will the impacts be on mothers and calfs? Will sound and physical disturbance result in the displacement of cetaceans from this important feeding ground, putting additional pressure on other more marginal areas? What other impacts should be expected? There are many unanswered questions and the forthcoming hearing will require expert knowledge, advice, and support that can be brought to bear on this issue. If you can help, please contact me, Art MacKay, at art at bayoffundy.ca. I post information on my website at www.bayoffundy.ca and fundywhale.blogspot.ca. I have registered as an intervenor in the hearings through my employer St. Croix Estuary Project Inc., a nonprofit community group that carries out environmental research and provides information on environmental and social issues. Please participate if you can. Thanks. Hope you can help. Art MacKay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at cbmwc.org Thu Jan 25 08:35:09 2007 From: info at cbmwc.org (CBMWC) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:35:09 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Dolphin Photo-ID Catalogue Officer & Sightings Officer required Message-ID: <005f01c7409e$c8e045a0$4001a8c0@cbmwcpc2> Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre Email ? Volunteer at cbmwc.org Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre www.cbmwc.org VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Bottlenose Dolphin Photo-ID Catalogue Officer Marine Wildlife Sightings Officer We need enthusiastic volunteers to assist with our ongoing research and education programmes concerning the marine wildlife of Cardigan Bay. We primarily study the bottlenose dolphins through photo-identification, and also monitor harbour porpoise and Atlantic grey seal populations. Our organisation relies on the generous help of volunteers to undertake its work and greatly appreciates your time. We welcome people with all sorts of skills to offer, and enthusiasm is as valued as experience, since training can be provided. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to make a positive contribution to marine wildlife conservation and to gain knowledge and experience of the species and habitats in Cardigan Bay. It is a great chance to gain experience of field work, research methods and public awareness and education programmes. We also welcome undergraduate and postgraduate students who need boat time and office space to conduct their research projects. Please contact us to discuss whether your project ideas might be feasible. About the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (Est.1996): The Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting public awareness of the marine species, habitats and conservation of the marine wildlife in Cardigan Bay through research and education. The group is affiliated to the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and supported by Environment Wales. The centre is in the heart of New Quay overlooking the beautiful beach and harbour. It is used as a base for our research and also includes our Visitor Centre. The primary purpose of our ongoing research is to study the local marine mammal populations through non-invasive and non-disruptive methods. Bottlenose Dolphin Photo-ID Catalogue Officer * Overseeing the cataloguing of the bottlenose dolphin photo-ID images, matching to previous years? images and producing the final 2007 catalogue and report. * Ensuring systems for reliability of photo?ID are implemented. * Conducting talks on the photo-ID work to interested parties. Marine Wildlife Sightings Officer * Ensuring that the land and boat based sighting are updated on our website and in our visitor centre on a daily basis. * Providing press releases and articles regarding sightings, for example for the BBC Wales website. * Ensuring that all sightings data collected during surveys are input onto the computer. * Ensuring that the Welsh sightings database is kept up to date with data from our surveys and that data submitted by other organisations is input promptly and correctly. All volunteers Boat Based Work * Assisting with boat based photo identification surveys of bottlenose dolphins. * Assisting with collection of data on marine mammals & other wildlife in Cardigan Bay * Educating passengers about the wildlife in Cardigan Bay. Land-based work * Assisting with the day-to-day operation of the Visitor Centre, including staffing the front desk, taking boat bookings and answering enquiries. * Advising visitors to the centre about local marine wildlife and our research work. * Assisting development of our education programme and interpretational materials. * Conducting land based mammal surveys from New Quay. * Assisting with photo-ID, analysis & cataloguing of bottlenose dolphin data. * Recording sightings information, update sightings boards and our central database. * Updating website pages with sightings, articles and other info. * Training new volunteers in collection of data and survey work. Desired skills An interest in marine wildlife and conservation is most important, along with enthusiasm and willingness to work in a conscientious and responsible manner. Fluency in English, good verbal and written communication skills and IT skills are important. We welcome people with experience working with children, the public or in environmental interpretation or education, however this is not essential. Indeed this is a great opportunity to gain skills in these areas. Time commitment The Photo-ID Officer role requires a commitment of at least four months, including July to October 2007. Applicants for the Marine Wildlife Sightings Officer need to be available for a minimum of three months between June and October. Volunteers living locally who are available on a part time basis are also welcome to apply. Volunteers who are available for shorter periods are also needed; please see our advert for ?Research and Education Volunteers?. Accommodation and expense arrangements Accommodation can be arranged for committed volunteers (approx ?45 per week). Volunteers are responsible for their own food, travel and accommodation costs. Further information Please see our website www.cbmwc.org or call Steve or Sarah on 01545 560032 or 07796 135490. How to apply Please contact us by post, or email volunteer at cbmwc.org, enclosing a copy of your CV detailing your background and relevant experience together with a covering letter indicating when and how long you are available to volunteer. Send to: Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre Patent Slip Building, Glanmor Terrace New Quay, Ceredigion Wales, SA45 9PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KZagzebski at nmlc.org Wed Jan 24 17:32:00 2007 From: KZagzebski at nmlc.org (Kathy Zagzebski) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:32:00 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] JOB OPPORTUNITY: Marine Animal Care Coordinator, Massachusetts Message-ID: <2890C345BB98E04F8B8EE72F62DC9EA502F826@eco.NMLC.local> ANIMAL CARE COORDINATOR (full-time): The National Marine Life Center, a marine animal rehabilitation and release facility on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, seeks a full-time animal care coordinator to work with stranded sea turtles and seals. If you are flexible, organized, conscientious, and a team player with initiative, read on! Responsibilities include: developing husbandry policies and protocols, animal husbandry, animal handling and restraint, food preparation, feeding, administering vitamins and medications, cleaning, facilities maintenance, water quality testing, and maintaining the life support systems. Additional duties include: volunteer training and supervision, presenting educational programs to the public, participating in fundraising activities, and assisting with general office duties. Requirements: experience rehabilitating sea turtles and seals; B.A./B.S. in biology, zoology, or related field, and/or veterinary technician degree/certification, and/or equivalent work experience; excellent verbal and written communication skills; proficiency with standard MS Office software. Must be willing to work weekends and holidays. Send cover letter, resume, and the names of three professional references to Kathy Zagzebski, President & Executive Director, kzagzebski at nmlc.org , (fax) 508-759-5477, National Marine Life Center, P.O. Box 269, Buzzards Bay, MA, 02532-0269. Application deadline: 28 February 2007. The National Marine Life Center is an equal opportunity employer. www.nmlc.org . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kathy Zagzebski President & Executive Director The National Marine Life Center P.O. Box 269, 120 Main Street Buzzards Bay, MA 02532-0269 phone: 508 743-9888 x15 fax: 508 759-5477 e-mail: kzagzebski at nmlc.org web: http://www.nmlc.org/ "Caring for stranded marine animals." I GoodSearch for the National Marine Life Center. You can help, too, just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com. Thanks for your support! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kathy Zagzebski President & Executive Director The National Marine Life Center P.O. Box 269, 120 Main Street Buzzards Bay, MA 02532-0269 phone: 508 743-9888 x15 fax: 508 759-5477 e-mail: kzagzebski at nmlc.org web: http://www.nmlc.org/ "Caring for stranded marine animals." I GoodSearch for the National Marine Life Center. You can help, too, just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com. Thanks for your support! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lhall at northcoastmmc.org Wed Jan 24 15:54:36 2007 From: lhall at northcoastmmc.org (Lanni Hall) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:54:36 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Pinniped rehabilitation internship Message-ID: <45B7F1BC.2040604@northcoastmmc.org> MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE/REHABILITATION INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT The Northcoast Marine Mammal Center in Crescent City, CA seeks applicants for 2 summer internships working with stranded seals and sea lions. These positions are open to undergraduate and veterinary students. Internship dates will run May 14-July 9 and July 10-September 2, 2007. Start and end dates are flexible with the chosen interns. This is unpaid position, however a small stipend is offered to offset living expenses. Interns are responsible for travel and housing. Housing may be available for qualified interns. Description: The internship is designed to give exceptional hands-on experience with pinnipeds in a rehabilitation facility setting including Pacific harbor seals, California sea lions, Northern elephant seals, Steller's sea lion, Northern fur seals. The intern will take on a leadership role among 20-30 volunteers and will be directly responsible to the Director. Interns will be involved in all aspects including, rescues, transports, veterinary procedures, animal care, releases, public relations and fundraisers. Qualifications: The internship is open to undergraduates, veterinary students and recent graduates. Applying: Interested individuals should send the following: Cover letter and resume to: Lanni Hall, Director Northcoast Marine Mammal Center 424 Howe Drive Crescent City, CA 95531 www.northcoastmmc.org or fax to: (707) 465-6265 or email to: lhall at northcoastmmc.org No phone calls please. From lpaddock at meriresearch.org Wed Jan 24 08:40:50 2007 From: lpaddock at meriresearch.org (Lea Paddock) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:40:50 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Education Internship Message-ID: <005701c73fd6$68b0b1b0$0a01a8c0@CPU18> MERI Announces Marine Education Internships ? Summer 2007 The Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI), located in Blue Hill, Maine, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research and education on the impacts of pollution on marine life, and to protecting the health and biodiversity of the marine environment for future generations. We are currently recruiting to fill three Marine Education Internships for the 2007 Summer. These are full-time positions requiring a commitment of 11 weeks (June 18th ? September 1st). Current work includes community-based marine education programs, water quality monitoring, and field research on the effects of pollution on marine mammals. MERI's education programs focus on marine life along the rocky Maine coast and promoting environmental awareness and stewardship. Education internships are offered on a competitive basis to qualified undergraduate level college students. MERI Education Internships offer young adults an invaluable exposure to the ocean environment, intensive training and mentoring in their fields, and encouragement to reach their potential as marine educators who will become leaders for future generations. This internship is an excellent opportunity for an individual working toward a career in marine science education or environmental education to gain practical experience in the field. The ideal candidate will possess a personal interest in the marine environment and a commitment to the mission of the organization. Primary Job Responsibility: This position will involve working closely with senior Education Staff in key components of the MERI education program, including leading boat and island ecology trips for children and adults, planning and implementing educational science materials for adult and child community programs, and assisting with the day-to-day operation of the MERI Center for Marine Studies. Job Description: * Assist with the implementation of educational programming, including educational Boat Cruises, MERI's Summer Day Camp, Ocean Story Hour, Ocean Video Night, and Ocean Aquarium Room programs * Interpret exhibits in the Ocean Aquarium Room to visiting groups and the general public * Assist with day-to-day operation of the MERI Center for Marine Studies, including staffing the reception desk and the Ocean Room, and attending some weekend and evening programs and special events * Help maintain Ocean Room aquaria and touch tank, including collection of species for exhibit in the tanks * Work with Education Department staff and volunteers to reorganize and catalogue the Sea Lending Library * Compile background information, assist with production of Fact Sheets, Teaching Kits and informational materials as assigned and for an individual project subject area * Articulate and promote the MERI mission to the public * Stocking and maintaining educational program materials * Setting up and cleaning areas required for educational programs * Perform other duties relating to the organization's goals and mission as required Reports to: Education Program Coordinator and Education Director Qualifications: Applicants should be working towards or possess a BA or BS degree (Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors are encouraged to apply) in environmental education, marine sciences, biology, environmental sciences or a similar major. Applicants should demonstrate enthusiasm for teaching science-related topics and preferably have experience teaching science to groups of students, ages 2-18. Applicants should be able to work well independently and as part of a team. Good public speaking and writing skills are required. Applicants must be flexible, able to adapt to a changing work environment, and at times, be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays. Knowledge of computer software including Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel required. Must possess a valid drivers license, a good driving record, and ability to drive or learn to drive a manual transmission. Knowledge of First Aid, CPR, and water safety is a plus. Time Requirements: June 18 - September 2 (11 weeks); Full-time (min. 40 hours/week) Compensation: Housing in Blue Hill and a stipend are available. A common house is used, where interns live together and are responsible for cooking and cleaning duties. Rooms may be shared with one other person. Interns are responsible for all travel expenses and food. Deadline: Until filled To Apply: If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit by email a letter of interest with your updated r?sum? and contact information for 3 references to: MERI Search Committee/Summer 2007 Education Internship education at meriresearch.org Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) PO Box 1652, 55 Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04616 Tel: (207) 374-2135 Fax: (207) 374-2931 Website: www.meriresearch.org MERI is an Equal Opportunity Employer **************************** Lea Paddock Education Coordinator Marine Environmental Research Institute 55 Main Street PO Box 1652 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Tel: 207-374-2135 Fax: 207-374-2931 lpaddock at meriresearch.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mal at stranding.org Sat Jan 20 09:00:22 2007 From: mal at stranding.org (Marine Animal Lifeline) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:00:22 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Summer 2007 Seal Rehabilitation Internships In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Summer 2007 Seal Rehabilitation Internships The Marine Animal Lifeline in Portland, Maine is seeking applicants for its summer internship positions with stranded neonate and weanling harbor seals. The Marine Animal Lifeline is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing orphaned, ill and injured marine mammals. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION & DUTIES: The operation of Marine Animal Lifeline relies heavily on the contribution of its interns. The positions will involve working under the Veterinary Technicians to provide the best possible care to the animals under rehabilitation. The interns will have a leadership role in the rehabilitation team, in addition to the responsibility for a number of support tasks. These positions will offer the intern dynamic educational and career experience in the marine mammal field. Intern duties may include, but are not limited to the following: - Preparing daily animal diet. - Cleaning of work areas. - Assisting in the feeding, cleaning and daily operations of the rehab area. - Assisting with veterinary examinations and treatments. - Assisting with rescues and releases of marine mammals. - Assisting in the taking and processing of X-rays. - Assisting with blood handling and collection. - Assisting with necropsies. - Updating medical and laboratory records and logs. - Maintaining veterinary and rehab supplies and equipment. - Other duties relating to Marine Animal Lifeline?s goals and missions as required. REQUIREMENTS: This is a 12-week, full-time (40 hours per week) internship. There are two different summer internship opportunities available. The first opportunity involves working with neonate harbor seals from May 20th through August 11th. The second opportunity involves working with weanling harbor seals from July 1st through September 22nd. Several openings are available within each of these internship opportunities. Marine Animal Lifeline is an extremely busy rehabilitation facility, and the animals often require late-night or overnight care. Interns will be on a rotating schedule, to include both opening and closing shifts. 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. Interns must be able and willing to work long, flexible hours including weekends, holidays and nights. Interns will be required to have fair physical strength and be in good health. Successful applicants will have leadership skills, or the ability to learn proper leadership skills quickly. Interns need to have the ability to multitask and work in a fast paced environment. Previous animal care and/or marine mammal experience is a plus but not required. If the intern intends to receive academic credit, they will be responsible for making all of the arrangements with their educational institutions. The internship is an unpaid position and interns are responsible for all travel and housing expenses. APPLICATION PROCESS: Only those who meet the internships requirements need apply. Interested individuals must send the following: - Letter of intent- including reasons for interest in the internship and preference to either the May start date or July start date (neonates vs. weanlings). - Resume - 3 References Submit the above items through one of the following ways: 1. Email: levans at stranding.org (via PDF file or MS Word) 2. Ground mail: Marine Animal Lifeline c/o Lisa Evans P.O. Box 621 Portland, ME 04104 3. Fax: (207)-541-1936 The application submission deadline is March 1st and selection of applicants will be completed by March 15th. If you have any further questions, contact Lisa Evans at (207) 773-7377, Ext. 414 or email at levans at stranding.org If you would like to learn more about the Marine Animal Lifeline, visit our website at www.stranding.org From kolli_kiran at yahoo.com Mon Jan 29 11:53:36 2007 From: kolli_kiran at yahoo.com (Venkata) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:53:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: [MARMAM] Request for information of manatee toxicology Message-ID: <283644.48470.qm@web51407.mail.yahoo.com> Dear MARMAMERS, My name is Venkata Kolli and I am currently pursuing a PhD at the Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University , Lubbock , Texas . I am interested in the impact of toxins and toxicants on manatees. I have gathered all the literature I could find on the subject but was not able to find many papers overall. I am interested in all reports, grey literature and peer-reviewed publications dealing with the topic of manatee toxicology and I would be most grateful if you could send me any relevant references, abstract, reprints or PDF that you may know of. My email is kolli_kiran at yahoo.com. Sincerely Venkata Kolli Venkata Kolli TIEHH Texas Tech University Box 41163 Lubbock TX 79409-1163 Ph:(806) 445-6599 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL From pieter.van.der.wal at accenture.com Tue Jan 30 00:50:45 2007 From: pieter.van.der.wal at accenture.com (pieter.van.der.wal at accenture.com) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:50:45 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] [south_sa] 'Seal finger' case In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi there and Hello to whom it may concern... My name is Pieter van der Wal, I was privileged enough to be the medic for 3 expeditions, to Marion Island, Gough Island and Antarctica respectively. Please bear in mind that these expeditions where a few years back and that I am no longer in the medical practice and am not current at this stage. There is very little information in your mail as to exactly how the infection looks, and how it was acquired (bite, cut?) As well as what the infection looks like. (pus, swollen, etc) But I have run into similar type infections in my time on the expeditions. And I would suggest the following as a start. If the wound is severe: Move over to an stronger penicillin based antibiotic (ampliclox ) or a combination of ampicillin and cloxacillin and gentamicin for a 1 week period maximum. Combine this in with very regular wound coverings with a salve mix consisting of a iodine base salve mixed liberally with honey. The honey acts as a osmosis catalyst and quite literally "sucks" the infection out. I would suggest you begin with washing the wound regularly in normal saline solution with a weak cleaning solution added to it. Then the wound dressing as described at least every 2 hours for the first 2-3 days. (dependant on the severity and reaction of the wound) Tapering the regularity of the dressing off over the next 7- 10 days, also dependant on the severity and reaction of the wound If the Wound is Extremely severe: Then I suggest you start the patient off with mefoxin (if you have the drug, and the patient is not adverse to it) Then continuing with the prescribed antibiotics mentioned above and of course the wound dressings also as mentioned. You can get more information on the use of the treatment of severe Skin and soft-tissue infections at the web site below. And Always remember to check your patient for sensitivities to the drugs Before you administer them. http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/53/1/51 you can get more information on Mefoxin at: http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/cefoxitin_ids.htm And I cannot stress this enough, get some guidance (inclusive passing this info on for confirmation) from a land based Medical practitioner (MD), preferably someone with experience in drug resistant severe soft tissue infection. But trust me on the wound dressing, it has quite literally saved a few appendages in my past. I sincerely hope this helps and please feel free to update me on the condition of your charge. You may reach me at any of the below mentioned e-mail addresses and cell number. Kind Regards ______________________________ Pieter van der Wal Cell +27 83 415 4673 Pieter.van.der.wal at accenture.com pvdwal at imaginet.co.za vanderwal.pieter at gmail.com From: south_sa at yahoogroups.com [mailto:south_sa at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of trevmcnt Sent: 26 January 2007 03:10 PM To: south_sa at yahoogroups.com Subject: [south_sa] 'Seal finger' case Posted on MARMAM today if anyone can help: Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [MARMAM] seal finger From: "Derek Lee" > Date: Thu, January 25, 2007 18:20 To: marmam at lists.uvic.ca ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Anyone who knows anything about the infection 'seal finger' recurring, and/or not responding to Tetracycline (1.5 g initially, then 500mg QID), please respond, we have a volunteer who is in danger of losing her fingers to an antibiotic-resistant infection acquired from elephant seals. Reply to: dlee at prbo.org Thank you, -Derek Lee Derek E. 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SEACR is sponsoring several longterm ongoing research projects on gray whale ecology in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada. The projects are organized and run by the Whale Research Lab of the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (http://www.geog.uvic.ca/whalelab/). INTERNSHIPS Enthusiastic individuals with a keen interest in nature and science are invited to discover the challenges of marine field research along Canada's coastal rainforest through SEACR's Marine Research Intern Program! MRIP is a volunteer program where Research Interns assist experienced and dedicated marine biologists and ecologists with their field research. Through MRIP, Research Interns will live and work at a remote research field-station in the coastal rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, to aid researchers with ongoing field research related to coastal and marine ecology. Internships are offered on a competitive basis, at cost and provide invaluable exposure to boat based field work, the Pacific coastal ocean environment, marine mammal research, intensive training and mentoring in marine ecology, and encouragement to work and play hard! We are currently recruiting to fill 4 three week and 2 week Marine Research Internships (MRIP) for the 2007 Summer. These are full-time positions running durring June 4 until Aug 18, 2007. There is no deadline to apply. However, approved applications are accepted on a first-come, first serve basis. Apply early! QUALIFICATIONS This internship is an excellent opportunity for an individual working toward a career in marine science to gain practical experience in the field. Ideal candidates possess a personal interest in marine ecology and a commitment to conservation research. Marine research is difficult and challenging work, so being a Research Intern is not for everyone! Those who wish to participate in MRIP must be in good physical health, especially free of back and leg injuries, as the field hours (in the boat and in the lab) can be long - though very satisfying! This is not a program that certifies individuals in field research. It is, however, an experience that delivers a unique opportunity for education, development of field ecology research skills, travel, and enjoyment of wildlife. THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT Flores Island is the home of the Ahousaht First Nations peoples and is nestled in world-famous Clayoquot Sound, in the Pacific Coast rainforest. Flores is an excellent place to learn about marine ecology and the study of nature. Along with learning field and technical skills during the course of work, when the opportunity arises Research Interns may engage in informal talks with graduate students, take hikes along the Wild Side Trail, have beach campfires, and interact with the Ahousaht First Nations peoples. Professors from the University of Victoria, local scientists and previous MRIP researchers will be frequent visitors to the field research station. Flores Island's natural beauty, sandy beaches, and abundant wildlife will keep you enthralled. Being here is the experience of a lifetime. APPLICATION PROCESS & COSTS To qualify as a candidate for the MRIP, see the preaplication process on our website: http://www.geog.uvic.ca/whalelab/seacr-application.html The internship costs stated below include accommodations three meals per day at the research station where interns and research staff live together and are responsible for cooking and cleaning duties. Rooms are shared. Cost does not include transportation to and from the research camp on Flores Island, personal items, or special dietary requirements. A non-refundable deposit is required upon acceptance to MRIP. Three week Internship - $ 2500 Cdn Four week Internship - $ 3000 Cdn If you are interested in applying for a position, please see the details of our application process on our website http://www.geog.uvic.ca/whalelab/seacr-application.html Questions regarding the MRIP application or internships can be directed by email to: whalelab at mail.geog.uvic.ca **************************** Laura Joan Feyrer Director Society for Ecological and Coastal Research P.O. Box 35052 Victoria, British Columbia CANADA V8T 5G2 whalelab at mail.geog.uvic.ca From jan.herrmann at cetacea.de Tue Jan 30 11:51:22 2007 From: jan.herrmann at cetacea.de (Jan Herrmann) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:51:22 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] New publications week 02+03 Message-ID: Dear all, here are some new publications of weeks 02 and 03 / 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.html 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 Howard, C. and E.C.M. Parsons (2006): Attitudes of Scottish City Inhabitants to Cetacean Conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 15(14): 4335-4356. Loseto, L.L. et al. (2006): Segregation of Beaufort Sea beluga whales during the open-water season. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1743-1751. May-Collado, L. and D. Wartzok (2007): The freshwater dolphin Inia geoffrensis geoffrensis produces high frequency whistles. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2): 1203-1212. Rankin, S. et al. (2007): Patterned burst-pulse vocalizations of the northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2): 1213-1218. Rotstein, D.S. et al. (2007): Gastric leiomyoma in a free-living Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The Veterinary Record 160(4): 130-131. Simon, M., M. Wahlberg, and L.A. Miller (2007): Echolocation clicks from killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on herring (Clupea harengus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2): 749-752. Stewart, R.E.A. et al. (2006): Bomb radiocarbon dating calibrates beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) age estimates. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1840-1852. Fischer, M.S. (2007): Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45(1): 88. PINNIPEDIA Fujii, K. et al. (2006): Seroepidemiological survey of morbillivirus infection in Kuril harbor seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) of Hokkaido, Japan. Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research 54(2-3): 109-117. Goldstein, T. et al. (2006): Infection with a Novel Gammaherpesvirus in Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(4): 830-835. Holt, M.M. and R.J. Schusterman (2007): Spatial release from masking of aerial tones in pinnipeds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2): 1219-1225. Kirkwood, R. et al. (2006): At-sea movements and habitat use of adult male Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1781-1788. O'Corry-Crowe, G. et al. (2006): Demographic independence along ecosystem boundaries in Steller sea lions revealed by mtDNA analysis: implications for management of an endangered species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1796-1809. Thompson, P.M. et al. (2007): Assessing the potential impact of salmon fisheries management on the conservation status of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in north-east Scotland. Animal Conservation 10(1): 48-56. Weise, M.J. and D.P. Costa (2007): Total body oxygen stores and physiological diving capacity of California sea lions as a function of sex and age. Journal of Experimental Biology 210(2): 278-289. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Kellogg, M.E. et al. (2007): Chromosome painting in the manatee supports Afrotheria and Paenungulata. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(1): 6. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de From rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org Tue Jan 30 12:34:48 2007 From: rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org (William Rossiter) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:34:48 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Recycling equipment Message-ID: <45BFABE8.3050205@csiwhalesalive.org> What do you do with your old but faithful research equipment, either when the work is done or you get something newer? Gone digital, upgraded your GPS, radio, data recorder, or laptop? This post is to request that you consider the potential for that equipment to end up in the hands of a scientist who needs but cannot afford such equipment, perhaps a research project in a developing country. The very broad range of equipment to be considered would include almost anything that works faithfully and can be shipped at reasonable expense. Recently Cetacean Society International sent a 2002 GPS unit to Columbia's Fundacion Omacha, to help researchers study Amazon River dolphins. A Nikon FM2 with appropriate lenses may be enroute to Trinidad shortly, to assist a dolphin population study, if we can talk an unrealistic young woman out of an extremely expensive digital outfit she saw recommended on MARMAM by someone who must have a fat contract. In some cases the equipment's fair market value may become a tax deduction from CSI for the US donor, if ownership and value can be established. If you are interested please contact CSI with a realistic and detailed description of your stuff, but send nothing. There are many caveats with this concept, and we don't have any more room in our closets either. Ideally, CSI will try to validate the request, attempt to link the request with a donor, establish that the stuff will work at the destination, and perhaps facilitate the shipping. Again, send nothing but an email to start the process. Thank you, Bill William W. Rossiter President Cetacean Society International P.O.Box 953, Georgetown, CT 06829 USA ph 203-770-8615, fx 860-561-0187 rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org www.csiwhalesalive.org From caretta05 at aol.com Wed Jan 31 06:03:37 2007 From: caretta05 at aol.com (caretta05 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:03:37 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] New Right Whale Article Message-ID: <8C91357BCACFF7E-1D28-640B@mblk-r43.sysops.aol.com> To those interested, Below is a link to a new article on the recent right whale deaths in Georgia featured in the local Savannah paper Connect Savannah: www.connectsavannah.com/show_article.php?article_id=1827 Mike Frick ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deborah.benham at wdcs.org Wed Jan 31 02:59:36 2007 From: deborah.benham at wdcs.org (Deborah Benham) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:59:36 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Interpretation Workshops Message-ID: Dear all I'm interested in finding out how many people would like to take part in and/or attend a workshop on "Interpretation in the Marine Environment and Training of Marine Interpreters and Guides", at the ECS conference in Spain (April 2007) and at the 5th International Coastal & Marine Tourism Congress in Auckland, New Zealand (September 2007). WDCS are involved in developing interpretative materials and talks for visitors to our Scottish wildlife centre, our 'Out of the Blue' whale watching holidays and for whale and dolphin watching boats. We are also developing a training programme for marine interpreters, starting with a small pilot scheme in Scotland with our residential and local volunteers. I'd be interested in organising a workshop to share ideas on marine mammal education and interpretation, and particularly on training educators/interpreters/guides. There was a really useful workshop session at the SMM conference in San Diego on 'Taking Conservation to the Public: Strategies for Getting the Message Out There' and it would be great to follow on from some of the ideas presented during that workshop. I know there's lots of expertise out there and it would be great to bring some of that expertise together. If you think you would be interested in presenting at this workshop or just attending and sharing your ideas and experiences, either in Spain or in Auckland, please email me at deborah.benham at wdcs.org If there's enough interest we will go ahead and organise these workshops. Please also forward this message to anyone else who you think might be interested. Many thanks Deborah Dr Deborah Benham Project Officer, Dolphin Space Programme Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society DSP PO Box 5890 Forres IV36 1WY Tel: (+44) 7921 106144 Website: DSP ~ www.dolphinspace.org WDCS ~ www.wdcs.org The Dolphin Space Programme is an accreditation scheme for wildlife tour boats in the Moray Firth, Scotland. It is overseen by a steering group comprising VisitScotland, the Wildlife Tour Boat Operators' Society, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, the Northern Constabulary, Grampian Police, The Highland Council, Inverness Harbour Trust, the Maritime Coastguard Agency and Scottish Natural Heritage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mary_Cody at fws.gov Tue Jan 30 17:19:23 2007 From: Mary_Cody at fws.gov (Mary_Cody at fws.gov) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:19:23 -0900 Subject: [MARMAM] [south_sa] 'Seal finger' case In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello Pieter, and everyone- I'm not a doctor, but Dr. Jane Kelly (Center for Disease Control) asked me if I could share this with the list. So I'm forwarding the most relevant emails regarding seal finger treatment (below.) The jist as I understand it is that, unlike most skin infections, seal finger is notorious for NOT responding to penicillin type drugs. Instead, tetracycline and doxicycline are the preferred drugs, and its very important to hit it early and hard. Perhaps I should have shared this on the listserv earlier, but we had responded directly to Derek. Seal finger is different from most skin infections, and unfortunately is not all that uncommon in Alaska, so I had forwarded the original email to some doc's that I knew had treated it here. Mary Cody Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Box 287 Galena, AK 99741 Mary_Cody at FWS.GOV (907) 656-1231 Thanks, Paul. That is tremendously helpful. Of course none of us can give specific medical advice without seeing the patient, but I am sure it will be helpful to the primary care physician to know there is a orthopedist he or she can contact with experience with seal finger. Thanks again! Jane -----Original Message----- From: Hager, Paul [mailto:phager at anmc.org] Sent: Fri 1/26/2007 10:03 PM To: Kelly, Jane M. (CDC/CCHP/NCCDPHP); Fox-Leyva, Leslie; Mary_Cody at fws.gov; dlee at prbo.org Cc: Subject: RE: [MARMAM] seal finger Dr. Kelly, In regards to a case of seal finger. The current antibiotic of choice is still doxycycline 100mg bid X 4 to 6 weeks or tetracycline 500mg QID X4 to 6 weeks. Those things are persistent even while you are compliant with your daily antibiotic regimen due to mycoplasmas' slow reproductive rate. Seal finger can look a lot worse than it is. When your whole finger swollen and oozing from multiple lesions for weeks it is hard to believe anything is getting better. Elevation and consistent daily range of motion exercises of joints to maintain flexibility with follow up needed if at anytime the joints become particularly painful to gentle Range of Motion which may be a sign of joint infection. The surgical debridement and irrigation usually are reserved for the infections or open contamination of the joints. I am hesitant to give medical advice except in very general terms except to say that this is the current advice we give to our Community Health Aides who see seal finger patients in remote clinics with consultation with their regional doctors. I recommend that the particular patient have their physician contact Dr. Bill Paton at ANMC Ortho Dept,. 907-729-1615 for advice. Dr. Paton is familiar with the treatment and rehabilitation of seal finger infections and is our most experienced orthopedic surgeon. Paul K. Hager, PA-C LT US Public Health Service Faculty Community Health Aide Training Center Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium 4000 Ambassador Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99508 907-729-2436 phager at anthc.org From: Kelly, Jane M. (CDC/CCHP/NCCDPHP) [mailto:azk9 at cdc.gov] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:22 AM To: Fox-Leyva, Leslie; Mary_Cody at fws.gov; dlee at prbo.org Cc: Hager, Paul Subject: Re: [MARMAM] seal finger Thanks Les, and thanks in advance, Paul, for any information you can offer on seal finger treatment. Jane -------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld -----Original Message----- From: Fox-Leyva, Leslie To: Kelly, Jane M. (CDC/CCHP/NCCDPHP); Mary_Cody at fws.gov; Derek Lee CC: Hager, Paul Sent: Thu Jan 25 18:51:43 2007 Subject: RE: [MARMAM] seal finger I'm forwarding to our PA Instructor still connected with Ortho at ANMC for his expertise (Paul Hager.) FYI Jane, Dr Bill Paton is still on staff here at ANMC and consulted with CHAP on the new CHAM. The new CHAM recommends profilactically (for human & animal bites, not specific to sea mammals); Augmentin 875/125 mg BID X 10 d, but if PCN allergic, then use ceftriaxone 1 gm IM every 12 hrs for as long as doctor orders, or clindamycin--300 mg capsules 4 times a day for 10 d. The previous CHAM edition made specific recommendations for sea mammal/fish slime and rabbit bites..."tx w/ Tetracycline or doxy" as you indicated. Hope Paul can be more help. Leslie Leslie K. Fox-Leyva MPH, NP/PA ANTHC-CHAP Training Director C-CHAP 4000 Ambassador Dr. Anchorage AK 99508 (907)729-2427 -----Original Message----- From: Kelly, Jane M. (CDC/CCHP/NCCDPHP) [mailto:azk9 at cdc.gov] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:28 PM To: Mary_Cody at fws.gov; Derek Lee; Fox-Leyva, Leslie Subject: RE: [MARMAM] seal finger Thanks for making the connection, Mary. Derek, The issue with seal finger is several fold: most docs have no experience with it, the organism (Mycoplasma sp.) that causes it is not responsive to usual antibiotics used in wound infections, treatment course is long (4-6 weeks not uncommon) and the penetration depth of the wound can be miscalculated. There is little soft tissue on the hand and a bite can penetrate the joint capsule and become more than a simple soft tissue wound. Tetracycline or Doxycycline I believe are still the drugs of first choice. But the would might need to be opened and drained surgically. There may be a joint infection for which oral antibiotics are not adequate. Some people unfortunately develop osteomyelitis (infection in the bone) that needs IV antibiotics for weeks. An MRI can help determine if this is osteomyelitis or a soft tissue infection (e.g., a more simple "flesh wound"). The Orthopedic surgeons at ANMC may be the best authorities on this. I have lost touch with the ortho docs at ANMC and am not sure of whom to ask for advice. But by this e mail I am contacting a Nurse Practitioner at ANMC , Leslie Fox-Leyva, who may be able to help. Leslie, can you help with this question on seal finger? Could you ask the orthopods about their clinical experience with seal finger? This patient is not in Alaska or eligible for care at ANMC but any advice I am sure would be welcome. I did do a Pub Med search on seal finger but the search just basically confirmed the information I provided above. Jane -----Original Message----- From: Mary_Cody at fws.gov [mailto:Mary_Cody at fws.gov] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 3:48 PM To: Derek Lee Cc: Kelly, Jane M. (CDC/CCHP/NCCDPHP) Subject: Re: [MARMAM] seal finger Hi Derek, Seal hunters along the coast of Alaska get seal finger, and I've seen a few terrible cases. I think its quite common for seal finger to recurr, and it can be very resistant to treatment. I've forwarded your email to Jane Kelly at the CDC in Atlanta. Jane used to work for the Native Health Service here in Alaska, and is more familiar with treatments. A friend of mine on St Lawrence Island had a terrible case that wasn't responding to treatment very well. It seems to me that I remember it being treated with a combination of doxicycline and rifampin when it recurred and wasn't responding to high doses of tetracycline. But I'm NOT a doctor, and I may not be remembering that accurately. You could also have her doctor check with the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage Alaska, as they treat it more often than would be likely anywhere else... ANMC's main number is (907) 563-2662. Its a terrible infection. I'm sorry I don't know any specific doctor at ANMC to referr you to. Best of luck to you and your volunteer. Mary Cody Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Box 287 Galena, AK 99741 Mary_Cody at FWS.GOV (907) 656-1231 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Derek Lee" Sent by: To marmam-bounces at li sts.uvic.ca cc Subject 01/25/2007 07:20 [MARMAM] seal finger AM Anyone who knows anything about the infection 'seal finger' recurring, and/or not responding to Tetracycline (1.5 g initially, then 500mg QID), please respond, we have a volunteer who is in danger of losing her fingers to an antibiotic-resistant infection acquired from elephant seals. Reply to: dlee at prbo.org Thank you, -Derek Lee Derek E. Lee Farallones Biologist PRBO Conservation Science 3820 Cypress Drive, #11 Petaluma, California 94954 www.prbo.org _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM at lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam From GBUCK at crs.loc.gov Wed Jan 31 06:20:45 2007 From: GBUCK at crs.loc.gov (Gene Buck) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:20:45 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] =?utf-8?q?Reviewers_sought_=E2=80=94_polar_bear_document?= Message-ID: <20070131T092045Z_BE2200180000@crs.loc.gov> Colleagues: I'm seeking volunteers for an expert panel to review and provide comments on a 5-page short report for Congress that I have completed, discussing the recent proposal to list polar bears as threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Abstract: "Polar bears depend on an Arctic sea ice habitat, which some believe is threatened by climate warming causing an earlier thaw and later freeze of coastal sea ice. The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing polar bears as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, acknowledging the increasing threats to their existence. Although this listing decision must be solely based on the best available scientific and commercial information, some are concerned that an ESA listing might have extensive economic impacts, since federal agencies are required under the ESA to ensure that anything they authorize or fund that might affect polar bears would not jeopardize the survival of these bears or their sea ice habitat." I'm seeking reviewers who are able to review this short report and return comments to me no later than March 1, 2007. I'm looking for individuals who can help me better define the various positions on issues presented, clarify factual background on these issues, and identify additional issues of concern. 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