From dagmar_fertl at hotmail.com Mon Sep 1 19:08:11 2008 From: dagmar_fertl at hotmail.com (Dagmar Fertl) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:08:11 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Follow-up to MMS sperm whale/seismic study report In-Reply-To: <48BC7AF5.9090400@tx.rr.com> References: <48BC7AF5.9090400@tx.rr.com> Message-ID: This is a follow-up to a message I posted regarding the MMS synthesis report on their funded research on sperm whale-seismic studies. I have been bombarded with emails from people complaining that the link is not working right now. For those of you who are not familiar with MMS, that particular office (Gulf of Mexico Region), which generated the report (and associated link), is located in New Orleans which is currently being affected by Hurricane Gustav. My guess is that MMS shut down their network server to protect their computer equipment in anticipation of some pretty bad weather. So...patience!!! Try the link in a few days again, and if you are still unable to access the report, THEN you can email me, and I'll contact someone at MMS to see when the link is expected to be reachable again. I'm sure MMS appreciates everyone's interest in the report, and that they appreciate everyone's concern for the safety and welfare of the people in that region. Regards, Dagmar Fertl http://www.ziphiusecoservices.com _________________________________________________________________ Get ideas on sharing photos from people like you. Find new ways to share. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/photogallery/posts?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Photo_Gallery_082008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jspitz at univ-lr.fr Mon Sep 1 07:48:24 2008 From: jspitz at univ-lr.fr (jspitz) Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:48:24 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] Symposium on Monitoring Strategies for Marine Mammal Populations - 2nd announcement Message-ID: <48BC00B8.2040405@univ-lr.fr> SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT : REGISTRATION AND CALL FOR PRESENTATION *Symposium on Monitoring Strategies for Marine Mammal Populations, La Rochelle, France, November 21-23, 2008* Hosted by the *University of La Rochelle *(LIENSs / CRMM) http://marinemammal.univ-lr.fr/colloque2008En.html Online abstract submission (September 30th) and online registration (October 30th) are open on the symposium website at: http://marinemammal.univ-lr.fr/colloque2008En.html Please, read the notice on the registration/submission home web page. For more information do not hesitate to contact us at: conference2008 at univ-lr.fr *Theme:* Marine mammals are important actors in marine ecosystems. Their position of top predators confers them a general value of indicators of marine ecosystem conservation state and exposes them to several types of pressures related to human activities at sea, including accumulation of contaminants along food webs and interactions with fisheries. Other sources of pressures and threats, independent of their role of top predators, include /inter alia/ disturbance, collisions with ships and acoustic pollution. In most European countries, marine mammals are protected by national, EU and international texts, which clarify the responsibility of governments in monitoring and conservation of these populations (Marine Protected Areas, national regulation on protected species, Habitat Directive, Common Fishery Policy, regional agreements ASCOBANS and ACCOBAMS, ?). However indicators proposed to estimate the status of marine mammal populations are only defined in very general terms, with mainly two criteria that are fairly easy to express but difficult to document: abundance and distribution. Other approaches are empirically used but their value as monitoring tools has not been really assessed; they notably include acoustic monitoring, stranding schemes, coastal watch and at-sea sightings from platforms of opportunity. As a consequence, to elaborate properly a strategy for monitoring the conservation status of marine mammal populations in Europe, it is necessary to compare available methods and estimate the performance of potential indicators, in terms of their capacity to detect changes in wild populations and of their cost-effectiveness. The objectives of the meeting will thus encompass the following topics: **1. Expressing the societal demand in monitoring marine mammal populations *2. Converting the societal demand into measurable parameters *3. Existing practices of monitoring *4. Marine mammal population indicators and their performance *5. Examples of integrated monitoring strategies* Expected participants would include people in charge of public environmental policies, in particular as to the monitoring and conservation of marine mammal populations and habitats at national, EU and international levels, research groups in marine mammal biology and conservation and field correspondents or operators who collect and synthesize data relative to the state of conservation of marine mammal populations. It will thus be a unique opportunity to gather actors involved at all levels in monitoring marine mammal populations, from policy makers to data collectors. *The organizing committee:* The Ecology and Conservation of Marine Mammal research group of the University of La Rochelle (constituted of /Centre de Recherche sur les Mammif?res Marins/ CRMM and /Littoral Environnement et Soci?t?s/ LIENSs, Joint Research Unit 6250 CNRS/ULR) will host an international symposium on strategies for monitoring marine mammal populations, from 21-23 November 2008 in La Rochelle, France. The symposium is hosted by: University of La Rochelle, France sponsored by: French Agency of the Marine Protected Areas, French Ministry of Environment, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes and supported by: ACCOBAMS, ASCOBANS For the organizing committee, Pr Vincent Ridoux, University of La Rochelle. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kate.longley at gmail.com Mon Sep 1 14:44:35 2008 From: kate.longley at gmail.com (Kate Longley) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:44:35 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] RIGHT WHALE AERIAL SURVEY RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION Message-ID: <7fb7272e0809011444k2e285deof7231150fad3fc8a@mail.gmail.com> RIGHT WHALE AERIAL SURVEY RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA, is seeking a right whale aerial survey research assistant for the 2009 winter/spring season (January 2 to June 1, 2009). Responsibilities will include: participation in aerial surveys of Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters, data entry, photo analysis and matching. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications: prior experience as a marine mammal aerial survey observer, experience in matching (right whales or other species of cetaceans), at least a B.S. with courses in biology (MSc preferred), and the ability to function in a team environment. This is a full-time seasonal position with no benefits. Housing will be provided at no cost. General information about the right whale research program at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is available at:http://www.coastalstudies.org/what-we-do/right-whales/aerialsur.htm Please send cover letter and resume to scrockett at coastalstudies.org -- Kate Longley Right Whale Aerial Observer Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies 5 Holway Avenue Provincetown, MA 02657 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bbeatty at nyit.edu Tue Sep 2 12:34:30 2008 From: bbeatty at nyit.edu (Brian Beatty) Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:34:30 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] strand feeding dolphin specimens? Message-ID: <795d8a7917b3.7917b3795d8a@nyit.edu> Hello all, My name is Brian, and I've been studying tooth wear in odontocetes. Of particular interest to me are odontocetes that perform "strand feeding" behaviors, which thus far has only included a handful of populations of delphinids. But my sample size of those is not as high as I would like it to be, and I suspect I am missing other populations of strand feeding odontocetes. If there are some collections of skeletal specimens of strand-feeding odontocetes in collections you know of, would you please contact me with suggestions for how to access them? I have been to many collections, but suspect that there are many that I am not familiar with that could really help. Thank you very much, Brian Brian L. Beatty, PhD Assistant Professor of Anatomy New York College of Osteopathic Medicine Northern Boulevard Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000 Phone: (516) 686-7435 Fax: (516) 686-3740 email: bbeatty at nyit.edu http://iris.nyit.edu/nycom/Departments/Anatomy/index.htm ****************************************************************************** This e- mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail and destroy all copies of the original. ****************************************************************************** From Hannahk at TMMC.org Tue Sep 2 12:15:32 2008 From: Hannahk at TMMC.org (Kathleen Hannah) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:15:32 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Job Posting Message-ID: <39AD038EA3A2CE4CAC6C1A892A5986571AD054EA4E@dawn.TMMC.org> RESEARCH ASSISTANT APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 The Marine Mammal Center is seeking applicants for the position of RESEARCH ASSISTANT to provide administrative support and research assistance to staff of the Veterinary Science Department. This is a full-time position with very good benefits. The Marine Mammal Center is dedicated to marine mammal rescue, rehabilitation, release, research and education. Duties: Provide administrative and research assistance to the veterinary staff, including: data recording, entry and management; specimen storage and management, shipping assistance; necropsy assistance including carcass disposal, equipment maintenance and cleaning; coordination of sample requests and collaborative research projects; and library management. Requires: Bachelors degree in science; and computer skills in word processing, data entry and data management. Candidates must be physically fit and able to lift 45 lbs and to hike 5 miles. To apply, please send resume and salary requirements to: Director of Human Resources, The Marine Mammal Center, 1065 Fort Cronkhite, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, CA 94965-2609. OR email resume & salary requirements to: lechleitnerj at tmmc.org. Applications must be received by September 12, 2008. No phone calls or faxes please. The Marine Mammal Center is an equal opportunity employer. Kathleen Kathleen M. 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The SDRP uses an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach in conducting studies of bottlenose dolphins within Sarasota Bay, Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and the Gulf of Mexico coastal waters. For more information about the SDRP, please visit: TUwww.sarasotadolphin.orgUT . The SDRP is in the process of selecting volunteer interns for the spring 2009 internship program (a minimum of 2 months of participation during 5 January - 24 April). The successful candidate(s) will have the unique opportunity to participate in three diverse research projects: 1) *Dolphin population monitoring project* (TUwww.sarasotadolphin.org/Ecology/monitor_2008.aspUT ) This study will continue to monitor the resident bottlenose dolphin community in Sarasota Bay. Duties in the field will include assisting with boat-based photographic identification surveys for dolphin groups. Behavioral, location, individual, and environmental data will be recorded for each dolphin group. While in the lab, work will generally involve photo-identification of dolphins, computer data entry, dolphin dorsal fin identification catalog maintenance, equipment maintenance and other duties (approx. 40% time); 2) *Dolphin prey** and habitat use project* (TUhttp://www.sarasotadolphin.org/Ecology/prey_2008.aspUT) This study will use the Sarasota dolphin community and fish populations to study predator-prey interactions and bioacoustics, specifically helping us to understand relationships between distributions of dolphins and their prey and factors that affect fish community ecology, such as red tide. While in the field, work will involve sampling of fish communities through purse seining techniques, recording of fish sounds via hydrophone and collection of other environmental data (approx. 15% time); 3) *Sea bird ecology project* (TUwww.sarasotadolphin.org/Health/redtide_2008.aspUT ) This study will look at the abundance, distribution and habitat use of sea birds in Sarasota Bay and the effects of red tide on those sea bird communities. In the field, this work will consist of boat-based point-count surveys of sea birds in four habitats. Behavior, distance, species, and environmental data will be recorded for each station (approx. 45% time). There is no compensation for these internship positions and successful applicants will be responsible for their own living and transportation expenses during the time of the internship. Shared housing opportunities near Mote Marine Laboratory may be available (cost: $75/week). Scholarships are available from Mote Marine Laboratory through a competitive application process. Applicants would ideally have the following qualifications: *Minimum of 18 years of age and engaged in or recently completed undergraduate studies; *A background or degree in Biology, Marine Biology, Ecology, Zoology or a related field; *Basic computer proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (especially Excel and Access); *Some field research experience preferred but not required; *Must be able to swim; *Enthusiasm and desire to learn a variety of field and lab based research methods; *A willingness to spend a minimum of 2 - 3 months working full time with our program. *To apply for a **Sarasota** Dolphin Research Program internship, interested persons should:* 1) Fill out an application form by navigating to Mote Marine Laboratory's website (TUwww.mote.org/internsUT ) and following the education links to the college intern page. Be sure to select "Center for Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Research" as your first choice and then type in "Sarasota Dolphin Research Program" as the specific program; 2) Complete and provide to Mote's intern office all other application materials including: a statement of interest, current college transcript, letter of recommendation, and /curriculum vitae/; 3) Send a brief email to the SDRP's Lab Manager (Jason Allen, TUallenjb at mote.orgUT ) stating your name, contact information, exact dates available and that you have provided all of your application materials to the Mote intern office, as detailed above. All applications will be reviewed; those received by October 15P^th ^P will be given first priority. Applicants may contact Jason Allen (941-388-4441 ext. 452, TUallenjb at mote.orgUT ) in the SDRP with any questions. -- Jason Allen Lab Manager, Field Coordinator Sarasota Dolphin Research Program Chicago Zoological Society c/o Mote Marine Laboratory 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway Sarasota, FL 34236 Tel: 941.388.4441 ext. 452 Fax: 941.388.4223 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From K.Wenziker at murdoch.edu.au Wed Sep 3 22:31:59 2008 From: K.Wenziker at murdoch.edu.au (Kristel Wenziker) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:31:59 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Seeking volunteers for PhD project in Western Australia Message-ID: Hi all, I am seeking volunteers to help out on field work for my PhD project, Ecology of Bottlenose dolphins and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in the Ningaloo Reef-Exmouth region of Western Australia. The project investigates population sizes, spatial distribution and habitat usage patterns of humpback and bottlenose dolphins utilising the Ningaloo Marine Park and Exmouth Gulf region of Western Australia. It also aims to determine the social structure and movement patterns of these species. Field season dates are 1st December 2008 to 28th February 2009. Volunteers are asked to commit for a minimum of five days per week for 3-8 weeks and are asked to pay $100.00 per week to cover food and accommodation expenses. You will need to make your own way to Coral Bay. Accommodation is at the Coral Bay Research Station where we will be living in close quarters. Fieldwork is highly weather dependent and research will be conducted in a small (5.15 metre) research vessel in a team of three people so volunteers must be fit, adaptable and patient. Duties include boat handling, data recording, equipment maintenance and fin-matching. Coral Bay is a small town in the remote northwest of Western Australia and conditions at this time of the year will be very hot (e.g. 35? Celsius). Fieldwork will vary between weekends and weekdays so flexibility is required. If you would like to help out then please send your CV at your earliest convenience to k.wenziker at murdoch.edu.au Regards, Kristel Kristel Wenziker PhD Candidate School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit Murdoch University 90 South Street Murdoch WA 6150 Western Australia Email: k.wenziker at murdoch.edu.au Mobile: (+61) 0409 206 408 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jan.herrmann at cetacea.de Wed Sep 3 14:00:50 2008 From: jan.herrmann at cetacea.de (Jan Herrmann) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:00:50 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New publications week 29 Message-ID: Dear all, here are some new publications of week 29/ 2008, 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: 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 Beatty, B.L. and B.M. Rothschild (2008): Decompression syndrome and the evolution of deep diving physiology in the Cetacea. Naturwissenschaften 95(9): 793-801. Cowan, D.F., E.M. Haubold, and Y. Tajima (2008): Histological, Immunohistochemical and Pathological Features of the Pituitary Gland of Odontocete Cetaceans from the Western Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Comparative Pathology 139(2-3): 67-80. McGowen, M.R., C. Clark, and J. Gatesy (2008): The Vestigial Olfactory Receptor Subgenome of Odontocete Whales: Phylogenetic Congruence between Gene-Tree Reconciliation and Supermatrix Methods. Systematic Biology 57(4): 574-590. Arnason, U. et al. (2008): Mitogenomic relationships of placental mammals and molecular estimates of their divergences. Gene 421(1-2): 37-51. PINNIPEDIA Charrassin, J.-B. et al. (2008): Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea-ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(33): 11634-11639. Cronin, M.A. and B.J. McConnell (2008): SMS seal: A new technique to measure haul-out behaviour in marine vertebrates. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 362(1): 43-48. Holmes, A.L. et al. (2008): Metal tissue levels in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56(8): 1416-1421. Kastak, D. et al. (2008): Noise-induced permanent threshold shift in a harbor seal. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123(5): 2986. Schusterman, R.J. and C. Reichmuth (2008): Sound production by pinnipeds can be modified by contingency learning. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123(5): 3508. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de From taylor at wildlifetrust.org Thu Sep 4 06:27:41 2008 From: taylor at wildlifetrust.org (Cynthia Taylor) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:27:41 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Job Announcement - Right Whale Aerial Survey Observer Message-ID: <200809041407.m84E70Jq4440214@cascara.comp.uvic.ca> Right Whale Aerial Survey Observers Wildlife Trust Wildlife Trust, a non-profit international research and conservation organization, is seeking temporary, seasonal aerial observers for marine mammal surveys from November 2008 through April 2009. These observer positions are in anticipation of research activities to be conducted in the southeast United States, specifically coastal Georgia and South Carolina. Anticipated research would require observers to fly up to four days per week, up to eight hours per day in a small, twin engine, high wing aircraft primarily to locate North Atlantic right whales in the Southeast U.S. calving ground. Surveys will be flown every day, weather permitting, and observers must be willing to work weekends and holidays during the survey period. Observers will be required to participate in aviation and marine safety and survival training. This is a temporary, 40 hour/week position at a salary rate of $14/hr. Health benefits are not provided with this position. Housing will be provided for the duration of the project. These positions are contingent upon funding. Qualifications: Applicants must be experienced in database entry and word processing and preferably other computer applications. The ability to live and work well in a team environment and withstand up to 8 hours per day in a small aircraft is required. Previous aerial or marine mammal survey experience and experience in photo-identification of large cetaceans is strongly desired. We are currently accepting applications from US citizens and permanent residents. Application Process: Please send cover letter, resume, and three references to HYPERLINK "mailto:taylor at wildlifetrust.org"taylor at wildlifetrust.org by September 17, 2008. ___________________________________ Cynthia Taylor Director, Aquatic Conservation Program Senior Research Scientist Wildlife Trust 941-232-4587 HYPERLINK "mailto:taylor at wildlifetrust.org"taylor at wildlifetrust.org HYPERLINK "http://www.wildlifetrust.org/"www.wildlifetrust.org No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.16/1650 - Release Date: 9/3/2008 4:13 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mflannery at calacademy.org Thu Sep 4 13:06:25 2008 From: mflannery at calacademy.org (Flannery, Moe) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:06:25 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Job opening - San Francisco, CA Message-ID: <1FF70133A01E5A4D83F29BDE20B5A13D060BA9@yoshi.calacademy.org> Hello All- We are currently hiring the following part-time position: Curatorial Assistant / Preparator - Ornithology & Mammalogy (ref. 4521) POSITION SUMMARY: Under supervision, performs duties related to specimen preparation, cataloging and archiving specimens, processing loans, collection maintenance and organization; assists in implementation of ongoing programs and provides departmental support as assigned. Assigned responsibilities for this position are diverse and range from average to difficult in nature and require advanced knowledge. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Processes specimens, including sorting, preparing, some identification, cataloging, labeling and integration... To view the job, click here: http://calacademy.snaphire.com/jobseeker/safelink=JSJD&O_p=2swl7& posted by: *** Maureen Flannery Collections Manager, Ornithology & Mammalogy California Academy of Sciences 415.379.5371 phone 415.379-5738 fax mflannery at calacademy.org www.calacademy.org Reopening in Golden Gate Park 9.27.08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kstamieszkin at coastalstudies.org Mon Sep 8 06:01:56 2008 From: kstamieszkin at coastalstudies.org (karen stamieszkin) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:01:56 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] RESEARCH ASSISTANT- Right Whale Habitat Studies Message-ID: <19342ee60809080601s68914b45re096fb04118c8c1f@mail.gmail.com> Dear MARMAM, Please note the CHANGE IN APPLICATION DEADLINE for the following position. RESEARCH ASSISTANT- Right Whale Habitat Studies The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS), a private, non-profit research, conservation, and education organization based in Provincetown, MA, is seeking a full-time Research Assistant for the 2009 winter/spring season (Jan. 2 ? May 15) of the Right Whale Habitat Studies Program. The successful candidate will play an integral role in the rapid assessment and reporting of habitat characteristics that influence right whale distribution in the Cape Cod Bay Critical Habitat. Primary responsibilities include extensive time at sea conducting zooplankton sampling, microscopic identification and enumeration of zooplankton samples, right whale behavioral studies and photo-ID, and database management/data entry. Field work will likely occur in harsh winter weather conditions. Additional duties may involve assisting with field and laboratory operation of a Conductivity-Temperature-Depth profiler (CTD) and Optical Plankton Counter (OPC), and with the downloading and analysis of cruise data. Familiarity with the identification of Gulf of Maine zooplankton species is highly preferred, but not required. Experience with Microsoft Access and Excel, GIS software and biological oceanography software/data management techniques are preferred. Candidates must have a relevant 4-year college/university degree (B.A. or B.S.), should be highly motivated and independent, and should have strong attention to detail; completion of a Masters degree or equivalent experience is preferred. This position provides housing and a monthly stipend of approximately $2450. To learn more about PCCS and the Right Whale Habitat Studies Program, and to read field notes from last year's season, visit www.coastalstudies.org. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume with references to: Karen Stamieszkin Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies 5 Holway Ave. Provincetown, MA 02657 kstamieszkin at coastalstudies.org Email applications accepted. Position open until October 1, 2008. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From taylor at wildlifetrust.org Mon Sep 8 06:55:46 2008 From: taylor at wildlifetrust.org (Cynthia Taylor) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:55:46 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Job Opening - Right Whale Aerial Survey Team Leader Message-ID: <200809081356.m88DuSAo2752634@cascara.comp.uvic.ca> Wildlife Trust Right Whale Aerial Survey Team Leader Job Announcement Wildlife Trust is a non-profit wildlife research and conservation organization founded in 1971. Wildlife Trust works in the U.S. and worldwide to save threatened species from extinction, protect habitat, and improve ecological health through collaborative projects with scientists, educators, and policy experts. The Wildlife Trust team focuses its work on human-modified landscapes and seascapes where biodiversity is at risk because of habitat loss, disrupted ecosystems, and other environmental changes caused by humans. Job Location: South Carolina, USA Job Description: Right Whale Aerial Survey Team Leader This is a temporary, seasonal position contingent upon funding. Responsibilities will include: coordinating, overseeing and participating in right whale aerial survey projects in South Carolina from November through April, including hiring and supervising observers, coordinating aircraft support, scheduling staff and flights, managing and tracking budgets, managing data and photographic images, analyzing data and writing final reports, facilitating the transmittal of data to managers and other appropriate agencies, and presenting information to the scientific community. Minimum Qualifications: Previous marine mammal aerial survey and photo-identification experience is required. Applicants must be experienced in database entry and word processing. Strong administrative and supervisory skills are preferred. Aviation and marine safety and survival training will be provided. We are currently accepting applications from US citizens or permanent residents. Application Process: Please send cover letter, resume, and three references to HYPERLINK "mailto:taylor at wildlifetrust.org"taylor at wildlifetrust.org by September 19, 2008. Cynthia Taylor Director, Aquatic Conservation Program Senior Research Scientist Wildlife Trust 941-232-4587 HYPERLINK "mailto:taylor at wildlifetrust.org"taylor at wildlifetrust.org HYPERLINK "http://www.wildlifetrust.org/"www.wildlifetrust.org No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1659 - Release Date: 9/8/2008 7:01 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please email Shelly Morgan at smorgan at tnc.org for a full position description for more information. The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please consider the environment before printing this email ________________________________ Steve A. MacLean Bering Sea Program Director smaclean at tnc.org (907) 276-3133 Ext. 101 (Phone) (907) 276-2584 (Fax) nature.org The Nature Conservancy Alaska Field Office 715 L Street Suite 100 Anchorage, AK 99501 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: emailsig_pixel.gif Type: image/gif Size: 53 bytes Desc: emailsig_pixel.gif URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Organized by: Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) www.tudav.org (only in Turkish for the moment, but will be available in English shortly) Deadlines: a.. November 3, 2008 Abstracts submission, application for financial support, workshop submission, video submission for showing at the video night b.. January 7, 2009 Early registration c.. January 30, 2009 Late registration More details will be shown shortly on our conference website. If you have any questions, please contact ecs2009 at tudav.org See you in Istanbul next year! Bayram Ozturk Ayaka Amaha Ozturk The Organizing Committee for ECS 2009 Istanbul TUDAV -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lmarino at emory.edu Wed Sep 10 07:16:00 2008 From: lmarino at emory.edu (Lori Marino) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:16:00 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Paper rebutting Manger hypothesis is now online Message-ID: <48C7D6A0.8050607@emory.edu> Dear MARMAM subscribers, In 2006 neuroanatomist Paul Manger put forth what has come to be known as the 'thermogenesis hypothesis' of cetacean brain evolution. In 2007 we published a response to Manger's general argument in PLos Biology. Today, I wish to announce the online publication of a more extensive and detailed rebuttal to Manger's points in our new paper in Biological Reviews. It is attached and you may also find it on the journal's Early View at the following link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119878059/issue The citation is: A claim in search of evidence: reply to Manger's thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain structure Lori Marino, Camilla Butti, Richard C. Connor, R. Ewan Fordyce, Louis M. Herman, Patrick R. Hof, Louis Lefebvre, David Lusseau, Brenda McCowan, Esther A. Nimchinsky, Adam A. Pack, Joy S. Reidenberg, Diana Reiss, Luke Rendell, Mark D. Uhen, Estelle Van der Gucht, Hal Whitehead Published Online: Sep 9 2008 2:28PM DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00049.x Thank you. My contact information is below. Sincerely, Lori Marino Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program 1462 Clifton Road, Suite 304 Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 Phone: (404) 727-7582 Fax: (404) 727-7471 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Showing 25 species of marine mammals occurring (or recorded) in Hawaiian waters. My thanks and gratitude to Robin Baird (http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/robin/hawaii.htm) for his help and advice on this guide. Remaining errors are mine. These guides will be available for purchase online: www.rainforestpublications.com Prices are $5.95 per guide. Any future feedback is always appreciated. We are making every effort to keep these guides accurate and up-to-date. If you have any questions, let me know. Possible future guides will include Chile and Antarctica. Stay tuned! Uko Uko Gorter Natural History Illustrations 12712 NE 91st Lane Kirkland, WA 98033 www.ukogorter.com uko at ukogorter.com (425) 827-3437 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Stockin, K.A. et al. (2008): Use of radiography to determine age class and assist with the post-mortem diagnostics of a Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42(3): 307-313. Stokstad, E. (2008): Whales to Receive Protection. Science 321(5893): 1145. PINNIPEDIA David, J. and L. Van Sittert (2008): A reconstruction of the Cape (South African) fur seal harvest 1653-1899 and a comparison with the 20th-century harvest. South African Journal of Science 104(3-4): 107-110. Freitas, C. et al. (2008): Predicting habitat use by ringed seals in a warming Arctic. Ecological Modelling 217(1-2): 19-32. H?rk?nen, T. et al. (2008): Pup Production and Breeding Distribution of the Caspian Seal (Phoca caspica) in Relation to Human Impacts. Ambio 37(5): 356-361. Lake, S. et al. (2008): Annual reproductive rates of Weddell seals in eastern Antarctica from 1973 to 2000. Marine Ecology Progress Series 366(): 259-270. Meynier, L. et al. (2008): Temporal and sex differences in the blubber fatty acid profiles of the New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri. Marine Ecology Progress Series 366(): 271-279. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de From dianealps at acsonline.org Thu Sep 11 08:52:08 2008 From: dianealps at acsonline.org (Diane Alps (ACS)) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:52:08 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] ACS Conference - Nov 13-17, Monterey, CA Message-ID: <017701c91426$5943d420$0bcb7c60$@org> Whales in a Changing World American Cetacean Society's 11th International Conference November 13-16, 2008 Monterey Bay, CA **With a Gray Whale and Climate Change Symposium following on Monday, November 17** We're pleased to announce that the 11th International ACS Conference will be held November 13-16, 2008, in Monterey Bay, California. American Cetacean Society conferences have a long tradition of presenting the latest findings and news about whales and other marine life. We also work to promote discussion and thought about the role and conservation of whales in an ever-changing world, and leave attendees motivated to work together for the good of the whales. American Cetacean Society conferences are open to everyone - you don't need to be "in the field" to participate. So come, be informed and inspired, and immerse yourself in the world of "Whales in a Changing World". For more information see the event press release below and visit the ACS website at >. The Program Whales in a Changing World will look at how whales, dolphins, and porpoises are currently adapting to rapid environmental changes and altered ecosystems. Human uses of the ocean have irrevocably changed the ecosystem where whales have thrived, including the overfishing of whales and many other marine species. As roads become more crowded, we look to the ocean for increased levels of transport of both people and goods. As energy gets more scarce, we look to the ocean as a source of power (from such things as wind energy and the potentially disastrous return to offshore oil drilling); and to build shipping terminals that had previously been associated with ports of call (e.g. offshore LNG terminals). Further, the changes that we have brought to the global climate will also likely affect oceans and their ecosystem, potentially in serious ways. Join us as we take a look at the Whales in a Changing World from a wide range of views: Orcas in a Changing World Orcas and prey succession - Paul Wade (NMML Seattle) Orcas off Monterey - Nancy Black (Monterey Bay) SPLASH: Structure of Populations, Levels of Abundance, and Status of Humpbacks Program overview & results from photo ID - John Calambokidis (Cascadia Research, WA) Entanglements - Dave Mattila (NOAA, HI) Genetic findings - Scott Baker (OSU, OR) Whaling in a Changing World The politics of humpback and fin whale scientific hunts The U.S. effort to stop whaling - D.J. Schubert (Whales Need US, PEW) Efforts to stop whaling - Jon Stern (SFSU) Whale Conservation in a Changing World Extinction of the Baiji: What could we have done? Vaquita - A species at the latest minute? Right Whale Conservation: Tangled in a web of politics - Sharon Young (Boston) Whales in a Changing World Sea Ice and Climate Change - Sue Moore (Seattle) Bowhead whales and climate change Sea ice, polar bears, and seals The environment and the current political climate Climate change and politics: what can we do? And no ACS conference would be complete without our ever-popular Art Show and Silent Auction! Gray Whales and Climate Change: Sentinels of the North Pacific/Arctic Ecosystems You are invited to a workshop on gray whales and their apparent responses to changes in their environment on Monday 17 November 2008. The workshop will bring together a group of marine scientists with broad research interests to review and discuss gray whale population dynamics and behavior change in the context of environmental changes that are being observed throughout the gray whales' North Pacific and Arctic range. Specific topics will include observed changes in physical, chemical, and biological oceanography of the North Pacific and Arctic and the time scales of those changes, and the history and current status of the gray whale population including shifts in distribution, phenology, population dynamics, and behavior throughout their range. All of this information will be discussed in the context of how well gray whales serve as indicators of environmental change, and how they serve as "sentinels of the North Pacific/Arctic ecosystems". This workshop will contribute to the development of a qualitative framework for integrating gray whales and other marine mammals into ecosystem and climate change studies. This workshop will follow the Biennial Conference of the American Cetacean Society's Biennial Conference in Monterey, California 15-16 November 2008. The gray whale workshop will be from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Monday 17 November 2008 at the same venue as the American Cetacean Society Biennial, and is sponsored by the Pacific Life Foundation. Call for Abstracts Researchers, Educators, Conservationists, and Students are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations at the ACS conference, Whales in a Changing World. The poster session is a great way to share cutting edge research, new methods or concepts in education, and new issues in conservation of cetaceans. Students (undergraduate, Masters, or Ph.D.) can also enter their poster into the student poster contest to be held during the poster session. Student posters will be judged by a panel of attending scientists in the field and cash prizes will be awarded. The deadline for abstract submission is October 1st, 2008. Prospective authors may direct questions and submit abstracts via email to Kate Sardi at sardika at hotmail.com (please cc all submissions to lasol at verizon.net) or by regular mail to: American Cetacean Society Attn: Kate Sardi PO Box 1391 San Pedro, CA 90733-1391 Abstracts must be no longer than 300 words and written in a clear and concise manner. Students wishing to be entered into the student poster contest should indicate so clearly on their submission, as well as list the school attending and degree sought. Please visit the ACS website (www.acsonline.org) for details on abstract submission. Fantastic Field Trips Join fellow whale lovers aboard the "Sea Wolf II" for a natural history trip in world-famous Monterey Bay. Blue whales often linger into November and humpback whales are still a good possibility. The first gray whales can be expected on their southward migration. Many species of dolphins are regular in the bay, including Pacific white-sided, Northern right whale, long-beaked and short-beaked common, Risso's and bottlenose as well as harbor porpoise. We did have killer whales on the conference field trip in 2000, and they are spotted regularly in Monterey Bay. Many other species are possible. Enter the Photo Contest We invite amateur photographers to participate in the "Whales in a Changing World" photo contest. The winning entries will be displayed during the conference Monterey Bay, CA, on November 13 - 16, 2008. Entries must be received by October 31, 2008. For entry form and guidelines, please visit www.acsonline.org Submit Your Video for the Video Reception We invite cinematographers to submit your entries for the "Whales in a Changing World" video night. Accepted entries will be displayed during the Friday night reception. Entries must be received by October 15, 2008. For entry form and guidelines, please visit www.acsonline.org Conference Venue Embassy Suites - Special rate of just $169/night for a suite! Please note that all reservations made at the Embassy Suites help keep our costs, and therefore, YOUR registration costs, down! Please make your overnight accommodations at the Embassy Suites - be sure to mention ACS to get the great rate of just $169 night! You must make your reservation before the October 31st deadline. We look forward to seeing you there. **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************** Researchers to Discuss Whale Conservation Issues at International Conference in Monterey Bay, CA American Cetacean Society to host Whales in a Changing World The 11th Annual International American Cetacean Society (ACS) Conference will be held on November 13-16, 2008 in Monterey Bay, California. The conference will provide ACS members, and the general public, with the opportunity to participate in discussions with leading experts in whale conservation biology from around the world. The theme of the conference is Whales in a Changing World. This is an important issue since most large whale species migrate thousands of miles, crossing international boundaries, between their breeding and feeding grounds. Whales in a Changing World's program is designed to look at how whales, dolphins, and porpoises are currently handling and will be prepared to deal with an environment, and an ecosystem, that is changing at a rapid rate. Human uses of the ocean have irrevocably changed the ecosystem that whales live in during the last century, by over-fishing both the whales themselves and many other marine species. Now we are looking to the ocean for increased levels of transport of both people and goods as roads become more crowded; as energy gets scarcer we are looking to the ocean as a source of power (from such things as wind energy and the potentially disastrous return to offshore oil drilling); and to build shipping terminals that had previously been associated with ports of call (e.g. offshore LNG terminals). Further, the changes that we have brought to the global climate will also likely affect oceans and their ecosystem, potentially in serious ways. The 11th International ACS Whales in a Changing World Conference will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Monterey Bay, CA November 13-16, 2008 and will include a photography contest, silent auction, poster presentations, and a whale watch in Monterey Bay. Abstracts are being accepted for the poster session until October 1, 2008 and the photography contest entries are being accepted through October 31, 2008. For more information about conference registration contact the American Cetacean Society at (310) 548 6279 or www.acsonline.org . The American Cetacean Society protects whales, dolphins, porpoises, and their habitats through public education, research grants, and conservation actions. Founded in 1967, the American Cetacean Society (ACS) is the oldest whale conservation group in the world. ACS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with an office in San Pedro, California and chapters in Los Angeles, Orange County, Puget Sound (Seattle), Monterey, San Francisco, and the Channel Islands (Santa Barbara). ACS members live throughout the United States and in more than 20 countries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diane Alps ACS Conference Co-Chair and Event Coordinator dianealps at acsonline.org (310) 500-8485 Sign up now! The ACS Conference is Nov. 13-16 in Monterey Bay. More details are available at www.acsonline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at wilddolphinproject.org Thu Sep 11 08:02:15 2008 From: info at wilddolphinproject.org (Wild Dolphin Project) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:02:15 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Publication available on evidence of maternal teaching behavior by Atlantic spotted dolphins Message-ID: <8967E3D3-D3BA-449C-B8D8-26758F649F0D@wilddolphinproject.org> Please post this message to all the List Members. Thank you and kind regards, Courtney E. Bender Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 courtbender at yahoo.com Subject: Publication available on evidence of maternal teaching behavior by Atlantic spotted dolphins Dear MARMAM subscribers, I would like to announce the recent publication of a study as a part of ongoing research at The Wild Dolphin Project, which provides evidence of maternal teaching behavior by Atlantic spotted dolphins is now available. The article will be published in Animal Cognition and is available with supplementary videos from the study depicting the possible teaching behavior through an early online version at the following link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/d34432212317u643/? p=af0dd7af6a7140cf83bdbf04d7f773f4&pi=14 The citation is: Bender, C. E., Herzing, D. L., & Bjorklund, D. F. (2008). Evidence of Teaching In Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis) by Mother Dolphins Foraging in the Presence of their Calves. Animal Cognition, [Epub ahead of print]. Published Online: July 29, 2008 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0169-9 If you have any questions or comments about the article, feel free to the authors at the contact information below. Thank you, Courtney E. 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Please submit articles to HYPERLINK "BLOCKED::mailto:taylor at wildlifetrust.org"taylor at wildlifetrust.org. Thank you - Cynthia Taylor, Director - Aquatic Conservation Program, Wildlife Trust, 941-232-4587, HYPERLINK "mailto:taylor at wildlifetrust.org"taylor at wildlifetrust.org, HYPERLINK "http://www.wildlifetrust.org"www.wildlifetrust.org James A. Powell Ph.D., Director, Sea to Shore Alliance, 941-322-8809 (office), 941-661-2941 (cell), HYPERLINK "mailto:jpowell at sea2shore.org"jpowell at sea2shore.org, HYPERLINK "http://www.sea2shore.org"www.sea2shore.org No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1665 - Release Date: 9/10/2008 7:00 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1665 - Release Date: 9/10/2008 7:00 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scrockett at cape.com Thu Sep 11 12:56:45 2008 From: scrockett at cape.com (Sherry Crockett) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:56:45 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Job Posting for Sr. Scientist with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Message-ID: <000601c91448$85088a20$6401a8c0@coastal3> SENIOR SCIENTIST - Marine Mammal Research and Conservation The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) is seeking a Senior Scientist in the field of marine mammal research and conservation. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and undertaking research to advance the mission of PCCS. In addition, s/he will be responsible for overseeing the Center's well-established right whale aerial survey program. This is a state-funded program to monitor North Atlantic right whales in Massachusetts state waters. Qualifications include a Ph.D. in a relevant field and at least 10 years of research experience, including a strong record of grant writing, project management and scientific publication. PCCS is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to research, conservation, and education for over 35 years. To learn more about PCCS research programs and the right whale aerial survey program, visit www.coastalstudies.org Compensation commensurate with qualifications including a full benefits package. Interview process to begin this month. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and references as soon as possible to: Sherry Crockett, Human Resources and Administrative Coordinator Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies 115 Bradford Street Provincetown, MA 02657 scrockett at coastalstudies.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k_sathasivam at yahoo.co.in Fri Sep 12 09:49:10 2008 From: k_sathasivam at yahoo.co.in (Kumaran Sathasivam) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:19:10 +0530 (IST) Subject: [MARMAM] Indian marine mammal network Message-ID: <601736.4915.qm@web8317.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear marmammers, We are pleased to invite you to www.marinemammals.in, the Web site of the Marine Mammal Conservation Network of India. This site has been created to provide information about the marine mammals of the seas around India. In this site you will also find details on how to help stranded animals and on how to collect valuable data. It has a searchable database of records to which anyone can contribute their observations and findings. Closely linked to the site is the electronic group marinemammalsofIndia. Please join this group. You will find details of how to do so on the site. Together the site and the discussion group aim to network all persons with an interest in the marine mammals of the Indian region. We look forward to your participation. Yours sincerely Kumaran Sathasivam K.S. Natarajan Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ From kmorgan at wheatonma.edu Fri Sep 12 09:22:43 2008 From: kmorgan at wheatonma.edu (Kathy Morgan) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:22:43 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Getting Dead Whale Smell Out of Clothes In-Reply-To: <003901c90879$e45c0270$8e01a8c0@DRCID142> References: <003901c90879$e45c0270$8e01a8c0@DRCID142> Message-ID: <48CA9753.30400@wheatonma.edu> Hi all, I have NO idea of whether this is even possible, OR if MARMAM is the place for this question, but I figured I would give it a shot. I have a student who has a jacket she wore to a whale stranding that resulted in a beachside necropsy. She cannot seem to get the smell of dead whale out of that jacket, no matter what she does to it. Just wondered before I insist that she tosses it if anyone has any "cures" for this kind of thing. Thanks! Please reply to me offline. If there is sufficient interest, I will post a summary of replies to the list. --Kathy Morgan Wheaton College Norton, MA 02766 kmorgan at wheatonma.edu From ewolff at wisc.edu Fri Sep 12 21:55:35 2008 From: ewolff at wisc.edu (Ewan D.S. Wolff) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:55:35 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] 2nd Annual WEZAM Marine Mammal Conference- Abstract Deadline Extended Message-ID: The poster abstract submission deadline for the 2nd Annual WEZAM Marine Mammal Conference at UW-Madison has been extended through September 30th. All abstracts should be submitted via the conference abstract form to ewolff at wisc.edu. We look forward to your submissions; we have already gotten some great contributions! The five best student posters as judged by the conference speakers will receive free registration to the conference and the top student poster will receive an award. Cheers, Ewan Wolff ----------------------- Ewan D.S. Wolff, PhD Dept of Pathobiological Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine 2015 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706 From catharina at baiji.org Mon Sep 15 03:05:56 2008 From: catharina at baiji.org (Catharina Clausen) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:05:56 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] [ECS-TALK] & MARMAM Summary of Cetacean news week 36 & 37 (September 1 to 14, 2008) Message-ID: <4A2D936F-B421-4ABB-81B8-0CEF4E14D2CF@baiji.org> Dear ECS and MARMAM List subscribers, in the following please find some interesting Cetacean news of the last two weeks: (September 1, 2008) Spey Bay training day prepares people for whale rescues - http:// www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/814945?UserKey= Whales shedding blubber - Japan - http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/ story/0,21985,24275091-5005961,00.html (September 2, 2008) Surfers For Cetaceans USA Launches With A Whale Of A Bash - http:// www.surfline.com/surf-news/press-release/surfers-for-cetaceans-usa- launches-with-a-whale-of-a-bash_18192/ 4,000+ Japan Whale Harvest Not Justified, Experts Say - http:// news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080902-japan-whaling.html White whale, dolphins add to season's mystique - http:// latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2008/09/white-whale-dol.html Boston Joins Worldwide Protest of Japan's Dolphin Slaughter - http:// www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/boston-joins-worldwide-protest-of- japans-dolphin-slaughter,522661.shtml Supersize Me: Whale Meat Resurfaces on Iceland Menus - http:// online.wsj.com/article/SB122031777512289251.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Norway's whalers defend tradition amid shrinking markets - http:// www.france24.com/en/20080902-norways-whalers-defend-tradition-amid- shrinking-markets Experts rubbish Japanese claims on skinny whales (+ audio) - http:// www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/02/2352730.htm (September 3, 2008) The mystery of the 'highly unusual' sea mammals who washed up on the British coast - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ article-1051932/The-mystery-highly-unusual-sea-mammals-washed-British- coast.html Activists stage dolphin die-in at Japanese embassy in US - http:// afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJudqJKNpfNuDC0r1OJDW23Y11Nw Scientist rejects Japanese study on minke whales - http:// www.smh.com.au/news/whale-watch/scientist-rejects-japanese-study-on- minke-whales/2008/09/02/1220121234480.html Dolphins are 'so hungry they're turning on each other': Surf war breaks out in British seas - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ article-1051936/Surf-wars-Dolphins-hungry-theyre-turning-British- seas.html RARE RESCUE OF HARBOUR PORPOISE AT VANCOUVER AQUARIUM?S MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE CENTRE - http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=15429_0_1_0_M (September 6, 2008) Watch the whales - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/ 2008/0906/1220628332311.html?via=mr Family find 'murdered' porpoise - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/ scotland/tayside_and_central/7600541.stm Mote whale in rehab has died - http://www.wwsb.com/Global/story.asp? S=8958996 Whale performs for the camera - http:// www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/whale-did-best-trick-camera/ article-310970-detail/article.html (September 11, 2008) Chile Passes National Whale Sanctuary Law - http://www.ens- newswire.com/ens/sep2008/2008-09-11-02.asp Scientists Complete their Joint Study on Elusive Beaked Whales - http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/39674/ Unexpected feast as Canadians harpoon beluga whale - http://nnsl.com/ northern-news-services/stories/papers/sep8_08wh.html (September 12, 2008) Sanctuaries for endangered dolphins key to saving species - http:// www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4689357a6568.html Wildlife Extra has the following interesting Cetacean news for the first two weeks of September: Bay of Biscay whales research - 2009 - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/ go/news/biscay-whales.html Norwegian whalers can?t find enough whales - http:// www.wildlifeextra.com//go/news/norway-whaling082.html Research on blue whales near shipping lanes off California after spate of deaths. - http://www.wildlifeextra.com//go/news/blue- whale_research008.html Also, seaweb offers a list with recent articles in their Marine Science Review Issue 277 with 10 pages of recent articles on Marine Mammals with abstracts, worth downloading here: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp? e=001nst_2GP79qeFkScAxeTBtiDxrTpWwfNjuSZlxk9chx8JtuGhaYrrt5ctbU0b1- oIfJ_Emntjx9GLJV6IGEXc_E0ZKW9L-WXR5lyAfWVkUpi0k1n9_GISy- t3A1BdVcz6bu678BGqJrr8LjQnaBE0-YvnqzdwKotVbsesdONBUZ8oC_Nr4XiEZg== Please let me know, if a link is not working. 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Program Description: The Stranding Department Internship is an exciting opportunity for individuals who are interested in increasing their experience and knowledge of marine mammal behavior and the Marine Mammal Stranding Network. Interns will be responsible for answering the animal hotline and rotating the after hours on-call. Interns will coordinate rescue and triage response throughout the Center's 600-mile rescue range. Interns will have the opportunity to participate in marine mammal rescues and releases. In addition, interns will be required to assist with animal care duties (feed preparations, medical charting, and pen cleaning) for all on-site pinnipeds. Other duties may include: participation in training classes, data entry and tracking, maintaining rescue equipment and assorted miscellaneous tasks. Intern Responsibilities & Qualifications: The internship is open to all applicants 21 years of age or older, with an avid interest in marine biology, zoology, general biology, policy or a related field. If the intern intends to receive university credit for their internship, they are responsible for making all arrangements with their educational institution. Interns must be able to work for a minimum of 3 months, 5 days a week, at least 40 hours per week. Work schedule must be flexible and may include weekends and holidays. This is an unpaid position and all interns are responsible for obtaining housing and transportation. Applicants should demonstrate excellent communication skills and have practical computer knowledge with programs such as Word, Access, and Excel. This internship position involves a fair amount of physical activity, such as: lifting, restraining and moving animals and other physical tasks. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a r?sum? that includes the names of three references, and a cover letter detailing interests, experience, housing accommodations, and availability. Please forward all application materials to the following address: The Marine Mammal Center Marin Headlands 1065 Fort Cronkhite Sausalito, California 94965 Attn: Erin Brodie Or via email to: BrodieE at TMMC.org There is some flexibility on the start date of each position, with the earliest start date of February 1st and the last available internship beginning June 15th. Internship Period Application Deadline Interviews Notification of acceptance Approximate Internship Time Winter November 2, 2008 November 5-8, 2008 November 12, 2008 February - April 2009 Spring February 2, 2009 February 9-10, 2009 February 13, 2009 April - June Summer February 2, 2009 February 11-12, 2009 February 16, 2009 June - August Celebrating its 34th year in 2009, The Marine Mammal Center is a non-profit hospital dedicated to the rescue and release of sick, injured or orphaned marine mammals, and to research about their health and diseases. Volunteers and staff have treated more than 13,000 California sea lions, elephant seals, porpoises, and other marine life. The Center uniquely combines its rehabilitation program with scientific discovery and education programs to advance the understanding of marine mammal health, ocean health and conservation. 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Moreno** *Neurobrucellosis in stranded dolphins, Costa Rica. 2008. Emerg Infect Dis Sep;14(9):1430-3 *Abstract:* Ten striped dolphins, *Stenella coeruleoalba*, stranded along the Costa Rican Pacific coast, had meningoencephalitis and antibodies against * Brucella* spp. *Brucella ceti* was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of 6 dolphins and 1 fetus. *S. coeruleoalba* constitutes a highly susceptible host and a potential reservoir for *B. ceti* transmission. Pdf copies are available on request: ghernandez at fundacionketo.org or http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/9/1430.htm Best Regards, Gabriela Hern?ndez Mora Investigation Program in Tropical Diseases (P.I.E.T.) Universidad Nacional, P.O.Box 304-3000, Heredia Costa Rica www.fundacionketo.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Areas of work we are currently involved in include advising on potential impacts of marine renewable energy projects; providing guidance on marine mammal populations; assessing how wider commercial activities within the marine environment may affect marine organisms and developing tools through which users can access high quality marine environmental data. SMRU Ltd is at an exciting stage in our development and we are currently looking for motivated applicants to apply for this new post to join and augment our team of scientists. The successful candidate will take up a key position in a dynamic and expanding team. MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: This role will include the reviewing of management reports, and the provision of scientific advice based on the available literature primarily related to the development of offshore energy sites. Much of this work is related to marine mammal visual and acoustic monitoring survey techniques and the successful candidate would be expected to be familiar with the appropriate field techniques both in theory and in practice. QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS Educated to either Masters level in the relevant field with some marketplace experience, or educated to PhD level in the relevant field Familiarity with and ability to interpret and evaluate scientific literature on approaches to visual and/or acoustic surveys of marine mammals Ability to design, and experience of executing field surveys Confident in their ability to meet project requirements Ability to work both independently and as part of a team Experience of scientific report writing and working to deadlines ADDITIONAL SKILLS Has experience of working on EIAs and knowledge of the environmental legislation in the UK Competent in statistical data analysis SALARY SMRU Ltd offers a competitive salary; negotiable dependent on qualifications and experience. 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URL: From salvador.herrando-perez at adelaide.edu.au Tue Sep 16 17:35:51 2008 From: salvador.herrando-perez at adelaide.edu.au (Salvador Herrando-Perez) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:05:51 +0930 Subject: [MARMAM] density dependence first use - Smith 1935 paper In-Reply-To: <48CA9753.30400@wheatonma.edu> References: <003901c90879$e45c0270$8e01a8c0@DRCID142> <48CA9753.30400@wheatonma.edu> Message-ID: <008001c9185d$562f10c0$028d3240$@herrando-perez@adelaide.edu.au> Dear colleagues, I am currently working on a manuscript on density-dependence (DD) detection across taxa. I have been unable to find at my university and from colleagues nearby the old paper by Smith (1935) in which the term DD is used for the first time to define the population regulation negative feedbacks, i.e. Smith 1935. The role of biotic factors in the determination of population densities. Journal of Economic Entomology 28, 873-898. If you had it available, I would very much appreciate a pdf copy of this old reference. Many thanks for your time on this request, Salva Salvador Herrando-P?rez School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Office phone: +61 8 8303 5254 / Office fax: +61 8 8303 4347 / Mobile phone: +61 406049010 https://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/salvador.herrando-perez -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From e.rogan at ucc.ie Wed Sep 17 10:17:07 2008 From: e.rogan at ucc.ie (Rogan, Emer) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:17:07 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] Job posting - postdoctoral researcher Message-ID: Beaufort Post-doctoral researcher Marine Ecologist: marine mammal - fisheries interactions Applications are invited for a Beaufort postdoctoral position in marine mammal and fisheries interactions. The successful candidate will be based in Dept. Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science, University College Cork. This post is part of a large 7 year research programme on Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAF), co-ordinated by UCC with partners in Queen?s University Belfast and the Marine Institute, Galway. Project: There are two key elements to this component of the project. An ecological risk assessment framework for the effects of fishing will be developed, at a fishery and area level, involving the compilation of large datasets on fisheries (landings, discarding, effort), modelling, and stakeholder involvement. The second element includes examining the interactions of cetaceans and fisheries, modelling the spatial and temporal overlap of cetaceans and fisheries and developing plans to mitigate cetacean bycatch. Candidate: Our ideal candidate should hold a PhD in cetacean, fisheries or marine ecology, with at least three years post-doctoral experience. The candidate should be highly motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a team. Applicants should have a high level of competence in spatial modelling and data analysis, be familiar with current methods in fish stock assessment, cetacean abundance estimation, cetacean distribution modelling, oceanography and GIS, have experience dealing with stake holders and should be able to match up policy demands with research output. They should have an excellent academic record, strong inter-personal skills and a good publication record. The candidate will be expected to participate at relevant ICES and marine mammal meetings and publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, the candidate may be required to undertake some lecturing in the Department of Zoology, Ecology & Plant Science at UCC Duration and Salary: Duration is 6.5 years conditional upon review at the end of year three. Starting salary (gross) is ?55,000 pa rising to ?79,000 pa with annual increments Application: The closing date for applications is 26th September 2008. Applications should include a letter of application, curriculum vitae & the names of two referees. Candidates should submit their application via e-mail to E.Rogan at ucc.ie. As part of the Irish Government?s National Development Plan (NDP), the Beaufort Marine Research Award is grant aided by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF) under the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation (SSTI) and the Sea Change Strategy. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grandi at cenpat.edu.ar Wed Sep 17 11:58:17 2008 From: grandi at cenpat.edu.ar (Florencia) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:58:17 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] article request Message-ID: <48D12919.28916.477267C@localhost> Dear colleagues, I am currently working on a manuscript on growth and age at sexual matutity in sea lions. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find at my university and from colleagues nearby the old paper by Laws (1956) i.e. Laws RM (1956) Growth and sexual maturity in aquatic mammals. Nature (Lond) 178:193-194 If you had it available, I would very much appreciate a pdf copy of it. Many thanks for your time on this request, Florencia Grandi Lic. Ma. Florencia Grandi Laboratorio de Mam?feros Marinos, Centro Nacional Patag?nico (CONICET) Bvd. Brown 2825, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. Tel: 54-2965 - 451024 - 450401 - 451301 - 451375 - Interno: 252 Fax: 54-2965 - 451543 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jan.herrmann at cetacea.de Thu Sep 18 10:31:35 2008 From: jan.herrmann at cetacea.de (Jan Herrmann) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:31:35 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New publications week 31 / JMBA special issue Message-ID: Dear all, here are some new publications of week 31/ 2008, 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: This list is rather long today because of the Special Issue "Marine Mammals" of the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (JMBA). Because this issue is the result of a cooperation of Cambridge Journals and the European Cetacean Society, ECS members will have free access to the PDF files of this issue. Please note the following call for contributions by Graham Pierce, ECS Editor: There will be a 2009 special issue of JMBA on marine mammals and it remains open for contributions. To be fair to authors who already submitted papers, if there are too many papers for the special issue, those papers submitted latest will be held back for a future issue. While ECS especially welcomes papers based on presentations at the ECS conference, all original research papers and reviews on marine mammals will be considered for publication by the journal and there is no discrimination on the basis of whether or not the work was presented at ECS. 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 Aguilar de Soto, N. et al. (2008): Cheetahs of the deep sea: deep foraging sprints in short-finned pilot whales off Tenerife (Canary Islands). Journal of Animal Ecology 77(5): 936 - 947 . A?ssi, M. et al. (2008): Large-scale seasonal distribution of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the central Mediterranean Sea. JMBA 88(6): 1253-1261. Azzellino, A. et al. (2008): Biological consequences of global warming: does sea surface temperature affect cetacean distribution in the western Ligurian Sea? JMBA 88(6): 1145-1152. Canning, S.J. et al. (2008): Seasonal distribution of white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) in UK waters with new information on diet and habitat use. JMBA 88(6): 1159-1166. Caon, G. et al. (2008): Milk composition of franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) from Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. JMBA 88(6): 1099-1101. Culloch, R.M. and K.P. Robinson (2008): Bottlenose dolphins using coastal regions adjacent to a Special Area of Conservation in north-east Scotland. JMBA 88(6): 1237-1243. de Carvalho, C.E.V. et al. (2008): Heavy metal distribution in two cetacean species from Rio de Janeiro State, south-eastern Brazil. JMBA 88(6): 1117-1120. de Oliveira, L.V. and E.L.A. Monteiro-Filho (2008): Individual identification and habitat use of the estuarine dolphin Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Canan?ia, south-eastern Brazil, using video images. JMBA 88(6): 1199-1205. D?az L?pez, B. et al. (2008): Diving activity of a solitary wild free ranging bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). JMBA 88(6): 1153-1157. Dulau-Drouot, V., V. Boucaud, and B. Rota (2008): Cetacean diversity off La R?union Island (France). JMBA 88(6): 1263-1272. Dunshea, G. et al.(2008): Pseudogenes and DNA-based diet analyses: a cautionary tale from a relatively well sampled predator-prey system. Bulletin of Entomological Research 98(3): 239-248. Gannier, A. and J. Epinat (2008): Cuvier's beaked whale distribution in the Mediterranean Sea: results from small boat surveys 1996-2007. JMBA 88(6): 1245-1251. Gomes Pereira, J.N.D.S. (2008): Daily species checklist from whale-watching-studying the research potential with an Azorean case study. JMBA 88(6): 1283-1288. Gom?z de Segura, A., P.S. Hammond, and J.A. Raga (2008): Influence of environmental factors on small cetacean distribution in the Spanish Mediterranean. JMBA 88(6): 1185-1192. Goodwin, L. and C. Speedie (2008): Relative abundance, density and distribution of the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena) along the west coast of the UK. JMBA 88(6): 1221-1228. Guimar?es Corr?a Sholl, T. et al. (2008): Taxonomic identification of dolphin love charms commercialized in the Amazonian region through the analysis of cytochrome b DNA. JMBA 88(6): 1207-1210. Huggenberger, S. (2008): The size and complexity of dolphin brains-a paradox? JMBA 88(6): 1103-1108. Koopman, H.N. and Z.P. Zahorodny (2008): Life history constrains biochemical development in the highly specialized odontocete echolocation system. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 275(1649): 2327-2334. Kyhn, L.A. et al. (2008): Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) static acoustic monitoring: laboratory detection thresholds of T-PODs are reflected in field sensitivity. JMBA 88(6): 1085-1091. MacLeod, C.D. et al. (2008): Temperature-based summer habitat partitioning between white-beaked and common dolphins around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. JMBA 88(6): 1193-1198. Miller, L.J., M. Solanqi, and S.A. Kuczaj II (2008): Immediate response of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins to high-speed personal watercraft in the Mississippi Sound. JMBA 88(6): 1139-1143. Morete, M.E. et al. (2008): Fluctuating abundance of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in a calving ground off coastal Brazil. JMBA 88(6): 1229-1235. Moulins, A. et al. (2008): Partitioning of the Pelagos Sanctuary (north-western Mediterranean Sea) into hotspots and coldspots of cetacean distributions. JMBA 88(6): 1273-1281. P?rez-Vallazza, C. et al.(2008): Cetacean diversity at the west coast of La Palma Island (Canary Islands). JMBA 88(6): 1289-1296. Pierpoint, C. (2008): Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) foraging strategy at a high energy, near-shore site in south-west Wales, UK. JMBA 88(6): 1167-1173. Rossi-Santos, M.R. et al. (2008): Descriptive parameters of pulsed calls for the spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris, in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. JMBA 88(6): 1093-1097. Rosso, M., A. Moulins, and M. W?rtz(2008): Colour patterns and pigmentation variability on striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba in north-western Mediterranean Sea. JMBA 88(6): 1211-1219. Santos, M.B. et al. (2008): Strandings of striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba in Scottish waters (1992-2003) with notes on the diet of this species. JMBA 88(6): 1175-1183. Walton, M.J. et al. (2008): Fatty acid characterization of lipid fractions from blubber biopsies of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus located around the Azores. JMBA 88(6): 1109-1115. Evans, P.G.H., S. Panigada, and G.J. Pierce (2008): Integrating science and management for marine mammal conservation. JMBA 88(6): 1081-1083. PINNIPEDIA Fowler, M.A. et al. (2008): Hormonal regulation of glucose clearance in lactating northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Experimental Biology 211(18): 2943-2949. Nollens, H.H. et al. (2008): In vitro susceptibility of sea lion poxvirus to cidofovir. Antiviral Research 80(1): 77-80. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Oliveira de Meirelles, A.C. (2008): Mortality of the Antillean manatee, Trichechus manatus manatus, in Cear? State, north-eastern Brazil. JMBA 88(6): 1133-1137. Valentine, K. et al. (2008): Ancient DNA reveals genotypic relationships among Oregon populations of the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Conservation Genetics 9(4): 933-938. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de From pabsta at uncw.edu Thu Sep 18 14:11:56 2008 From: pabsta at uncw.edu (Pabst, D. Ann) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:11:56 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Two Assistant Professor positions in UNCW's Department of Biology and Marine Biology Message-ID: Hello, I would like to share the embedded announcement for two Assistant Professor positions in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at UNCW. Thank you - Ann Pabst TWO ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITIONS MARINE BIOLOGIST AND Cell/Molecular Biologist The Department of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites applications for two tenure-track positions starting August 2009. Marine Biologist: Candidates in any sub-discipline of marine biology are encouraged to apply. Cell and Molecular Biologist: Candidates with research interests in the field of sensory biology are especially welcomed. Duties for both positions include undergraduate and graduate teaching; the cell and molecular biologist will contribute to the anatomy and physiology sequence. Each successful candidate will be expected to maintain an extramurally funded research program involving graduate and undergraduate students. The Department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees and excellent support for research is provided in the Department (http://www.uncw.edu/bio/ ) and at the Center for Marine Science (http://www.uncw.edu/cmsr/ ). Candidates must have a Ph.D. and post-doctoral experience. To apply, complete the online application available at http://consensus.uncw.edu by electronically submitting separately (1) a letter of application including brief statements of teaching and research interests, (2) a curriculum vitae, and (3) contact information for three references. MS Word or Adobe PDF attachments are preferred. For questions about the Marine Biologist position, contact Dr. Steve Kinsey (kinseys at uncw.edu; 910-962-7398); for assistance with the online application process, contact Ms. Tracie Chadwick (chadwickt at uncw.edu; 910-962-3536). For questions about the Cell and Molecular Biologist position, contact Dr. Ann Pabst (pabsta at uncw.edu ; 910-962-7266); for assistance with the online application process, contact Ms. Debbie Cronin (cronind at uncw.edu ; 910-962-3707). Priority will be given to applications received by November 10, 2008. The Department is committed to promoting diversity in education and UNCW actively fosters a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment. Qualified men and women from all racial, ethnic, or other minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply. UNCW is an equal opportunity employer. D. Ann Pabst Biology and Marine Biology University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 S. College Rd. Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: 910-962-7266 Fax: 910-962-4066 pabsta at uncw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We invite postgraduate students enrolled at UK Universities to submit abstracts for oral presentations (max 300 words). Presentations can relate to any aspect of marine mammal research. Oral presentations should be timed for 12 minutes followed by 3 minutes for questions. Registration for the conference is free! You just have to submit the attached registration form filled in (also available on our website). Submission of abstracts should be done as an email attachment to ukrsc at st-andrews.ac.uk before 1st December 2008. We also invite all participants to bring along a poster for display during the annual meeting (preferred but not compulsory). If you are a student enrolled in a UK university studying marine mammals and haven?t already done so, join our chapter! Becoming a member is free of charge and all you have to do is send us an email. As a member you will receive information about all the activities organised by the chapter, as well as be able to join our Facebook discussion forum. You can visit our website (www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~ukrscgrp) to find out more about us. If you have any questions regarding the conference please email us at ukrsc at st-andrews.ac.uk We look forward to meeting you in 2009! -- UKRSC Chapter Contact c/o Sea Mammal Research Unit Gatty Marine Lab University of St Andrews St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB UK http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~ukrscgrp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of St Andrews Webmail: https://webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We're keenly aware of the fight over Japanese whaling activities, and we believe that the decision to show ?Saving Luna? by this major festival adds to considerable other evidence that there's significant openness in Japan to friendlier ways of thinking about cetaceans. The festival is making a big deal about its emphasis on bringing green awareness to its audiences and this helps show that its commitment to fresh ways of thinking about the human relationship to land and sea is genuine. "Saving Luna" is the story of L-98, a young solitary sociable orca nicknamed Luna, who was separated from his Southern Resident pod in Vancouver Island's Nootka Sound and tried to establish social relationships with humans. The story describes efforts to keep Luna and people apart; a drama that developed when a First Nations band, which believed he was a reincarnated chief, decided to try to prevent him from being captured and relocated closer to his pod; and what happened after that. 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AAAS seeks candidates from a broad array of backgrounds and a diversity of geographic, disciplinary, gender, and ethnic perspectives. Fellows have ranged in age from late 20s to early 70s. They represent a spectrum of career stages, from recent PhD graduates to faculty on sabbatical to retired scientists and engineers. Fellows also come from a range of sectors, including academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and government labs. AAAS partners with approximately 30 scientific and engineering societies that also sponsor fellowships. They conduct separate application and selection processes and may provide different stipend and benefits support. Individuals interested in the Science & Technology Policy Fellowships are encouraged to apply with all scientific and engineering societies for which they qualify. Please see our website at www.fellowships.aaas.org for details. *Eligibility & Criteria:* * * To be considered for a fellowship via AAAS, successful applicants must: - Hold a doctoral level degree (PhD, ScD, MD, DVM, etc.), in any of the following: Social/Behavioral sciences, Medical/Health disciplines, Biological, Physical or Geosciences, or Engineering disciplines *(applicants with a MS in engineering and three or more years of post-degree professional experience also qualify)* Note: All degree requirements must be completed by the application deadline - Have solid scientific and technical credentials and the endorsement of three references - Show a commitment to serve society - Exhibit good communication skills, both verbally and in writing, and the ability to engage with non-scientific audiences - Demonstrate integrity, problem-solving ability, good judgment, flexibility, and leadership qualities - Hold U.S. citizenship *Note:* Federal employees are not eligible * * *Stipend and Benefits:* * * *Stipend: *Approximately $70,000 to $92,000 (depending on years of experience and previous salary). *Relocation Allowance: *Up to $4,000 for first-year Fellows with stipends via AAAS if move is greater than 50 miles outside Washington, D.C. *Health Insurance: *Monthly reimbursements for Fellows who receive stipends via AAAS. Insurance coverage via agency for those hired directly as temporary federal employees. *Travel/Training: *Minimum of $4,000 for Fellows receiving a stipend via AAAS, to be used for fellowship assignment-related travel, conferences, and/or training. Varies by placement and must be approved by supervisor. *Professional Development:* A year-long program including orientation, monthly seminars, skill building workshops, career sessions, and networking events. *APPLY: *The deadline is December 15th, 2008. AAAS accepts online applications only. 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At band 4 level the incumbent serves as program authority and expert technical advisor to the Division Chief, Office Director and Assistant Administrator for Fisheries on the national implementation of the ESA; analyzes complex Federal activities such as the use of seismic survey equipment and other acoustic impacts to threatened and endangered species. The incumbent should have several years prior experience conducting interagency consultation. ESA Section 7 activities will be conducted in coordination with the General Counsel for Fisheries, NMFS Regions and Centers, and other elements as appropriate. The incumbent will also provide guidance to other agencies on ESA section 7 consultation requirements and processes and prepares briefing materials and background materials for NMFS,NOAA, and DOC officials on applicable ESA program activities. *Fishery Biologists **NMFS-PR-2008-0025* These positions are in the Office of Protected Resources, Endangered Species Division, at Silver Spring, MD. The incumbents will implement section 7 (interagency consultations) of the Endangered Species (ESA), in accordance with statutory requirements and agency policies and procedures. The incumbents will analyze Federal activities to determine their effects to threatened and endangered species under NMFS jurisdiction. These activities may include U.S. Navy training activities, scientific research cruises, and the issuance of scientific research permits. They will undertake this activity in coordination with the General Counsel for Fisheries, NMFS Regions and Centers, and other elements as appropriate. The incumbents will also provide guidance to other agencies on ESA Section 7 consultation requirements and processes; and prepares briefing materials and background materials for NMFS, NOAA, and DOC officials on applicable ESA program activities. Payment of relocation expenses is authorized. Applications will be accepted only from United States citizens. To see the entire vacancy announcement and further details, go to:http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/?WT.svl=navsearch *Pesticides Toxicologist NMFS-PR-2008-0023* This position is in the Office of Protected Resources, Endangered Species Division, at Silver Spring, MD. The incumbent provides expert level toxicological expertise to evaluate the effects of pesticides and other pollutants on NOAA trust resources, with a special emphasis on species listed pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 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URL: From salvador.herrando-perez at adelaide.edu.au Sun Sep 21 04:09:41 2008 From: salvador.herrando-perez at adelaide.edu.au (Salvador Herrando-Perez) Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:39:41 +0930 Subject: [MARMAM] from density dependence (1935) to regulation (who?) In-Reply-To: <220A8311B150744F9B869CB15DE7D5C1DF8771@internal.rogue.com> References: <220A8311B150744F9B869CB15DE7D5C1DF8771@internal.rogue.com> Message-ID: <002e01c91bda$8bfb1c00$a3f15400$@herrando-perez@adelaide.edu.au> Dear colleagues Thanks a lot for making the paper by Smith (1935) accessible to me, which was in turn requested by a good number of MARMAM users. Once I have been able to pin down the concept of density dependence (in fact sensu density-dependent mortality factors), I am now tracking the original definition of the concept of regulation in the context of population dynamics where it refers to population size self-adjustment, where density dependence might [I am not sure yet] represent the otherwise called return tendency, i.e. mortality rates increasing and birth rates decreasing as population size increases. This is much harder a task since regulation is quite a rather general, easy-to-use term. The theory of population regulation seems to be attributed to Alexander John Nicholson (see Turchin 2003, p. 5, and others), and in fact the origin of the (still debated, see White 2008) regulation versus limitation controversy is most commonly associated with the exchange of ideas between Nicholson and Herbert Andrewartha at the Cold Spring Harbour Symposium in the 1950?s. I have been able to track two of Nicholson?s seminal publications (Nicholson 1933, 1954), but funnily enough although Nicholson does use the term, no definition is provided. I have a double request if you can possibly help. 1.- Whether you can point me to a proper reference where I can find or pursue the original definition of regulation. 2.- Whether you have access to the following three old references: Andrewartha 1957. The use of conceptual models in population ecology. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium of Quantitative Biology 22, 219-232. Nicholson 1957. The self-adjustment of populations to change. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium of Quantitative Biology 22, 153-173. Nicholson and Bailey 1935. The balance of animal populations. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3, 551-598. Many thanks Salva REFERENCES USED Nicholson, A. J. 1933. The balance of animal populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 2, 132-178. Nicholson, A. J. 1954. An outline of the dynamics of animal populations. Australian Journal of Zoology 2, 9-65. Turchin, P. 2003. Complex population dynamics: a theoretical empirical synthesis. Princeton University Press. White, T.C.R. 2008.The role of food, weather and climate in limiting the abundance of animals. Biological Review83, 227?248. From: marmam-bounces at lists.uvic.ca [mailto:marmam-bounces at lists.uvic.ca] On Behalf Of Salvador Herrando-Perez Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:36 PM To: marmam at lists.uvic.ca Subject: [MARMAM] density dependence first use - Smith 1935 paper Dear colleagues, I am currently working on a manuscript on density-dependence (DD) detection across taxa. I have been unable to find at my university and from colleagues nearby the old paper by Smith (1935) in which the term DD is used for the first time to define the population regulation negative feedbacks, i.e. Smith 1935. The role of biotic factors in the determination of population densities. Journal of Economic Entomology 28, 873-898. If you had it available, I would very much appreciate a pdf copy of this old reference. Many thanks for your time on this request, Salva Salvador Herrando-P?rez School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Office phone: +61 8 8303 5254 / Office fax: +61 8 8303 4347 / Mobile phone: +61 406049010 https://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/salvador.herrando-perez -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From catharina at baiji.org Mon Sep 22 04:23:19 2008 From: catharina at baiji.org (Catharina Clausen) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:23:19 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] [ECS-TALK] & MARMAM Summary of Cetacean news week 37/38 (September 11 to 21, 2008) Message-ID: <7749129C-DFB5-41D2-9214-F2BA06A692A0@baiji.org> Dear ECS and MARMAM List subscribers, in the following please find some of the Cetacean news of week 38. News from September 11 to September 14 are added subsequently to the news of last week. (September 11, 2008) IWC issues media blackout on discussions to lift whaling ban - http:// news.mongabay.com/2008/0911-whales_hance.html Whales Had Legs, Wiggled Hips, Study Says - http:// news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080911-whale-legs.html (September 12, 2008) Greenland seeks whaling breakaway - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ science/nature/7611617.stm (September 14, 2008) Cape Cod provides a sanctuary for whales - http://www.thenational.ae/ article/20080914/FOREIGN/465407512/1014/SPORT (September 15, 2008) Oceans are 'too noisy' for whales - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ science/nature/7616283.stm Haifa researchers 'harvest' full whale skeleton for research and display - http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? cid=1221489039878&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (September 16, 2008) Experts: Whale Songs Are Heard For The First Time Around New York City Waters - http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php? article_id=96170482105 RESEARCHERS fear tourists to Australia's dolphin-watching capital could be loving the popular marine mammals to death. - http:// www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24359387-5014090,00.html (September 17, 2008) Taiwan Urged to Take Action to Protect Endangered Coastal Dolphin - http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1558316/ taiwan_urged_to_take_action_to_protect_endangered_coastal_dolphin/ Whale had lung problems, parasites, scientist says - http:// www.charleston.net/news/2008/sep/17/ whale_had_lung_problems_parasites_scient54740/ (September 18, 2008) New deal on power could help put Soko Islands dolphins in the pink - http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp? pp_cat=11&art_id=71826&sid=20449657&con_type=1 New Marine Mammal Center Formed At Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php? article_id=40928610735 In search of Moby-Dick - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/ 7621592.stm 11 Burning Questions with Dr. Thomas White - http:// media.www.laloyolan.com/media/storage/paper803/news/2008/09/18/News/ 11.Burning.Questions.With.Dr.Thomas.White-3437799.shtml Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activists investigated - http:// www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/18/ eawhales118.xml (September 19, 2008) Get ready to blubber in Whaledreamers - http:// www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/entertainment/film/get-ready-to-blubber- in-whaledreamers/2008/09/18/1221331007892.html Humpback whale spotted in the Channel - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/ go/news/channel-humpback.html Blue whales sighted off Irish coast - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/ news/ireland-blue-whales723.html (September 20, 2008) Popular killer whale 'Ku' dies at Nagoya Port Aquarium - http:// mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20080920p2a00m0na006000c.html Trefriw man guilty of selling porpoise skull on eBay - http:// www.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/conwy-county-news/local-conwy-news/ 2008/09/20/trefriw-man-guilty-of-selling-porpoise-skull-on- ebay-55243-21857662/ The five most endangered whales - http://www.independent.co.uk/ environment/nature/the-five-most-endangered-whales-935150.html Troubled waters: Did we really save the whale? - http:// www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/troubled-waters-did-we- really-save-the-whale-935193.html All best, Catharina Clausen ************************************************************************ ** baiji.org foundation Kanzleistrasse 127 CH-8004 Zurich Switzerland tel. 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Biology Week, an online > "open house" for biologists, biology students, and anyone else > interested, begins September 22 on Citizendium (http:// > www.citizendium.org/), the next-generation wiki encyclopedia > started by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. > > During the week, biologists and anyone interested in the topic are > invited test out the Citizendium system. Editors and authors from > the project's Biology Workgroup will be on hand to meet and greet > new people on the wiki. "I strongly believe that the Citizendium > system will be appealing to many scientists and scholars," said > Sanger. "Many of them just need to give it a try. Biology Week is > an excuse for biologists to try out the system together." > > Biology is one of the more active areas in the Citizendium, with > nearly 1,000 articles in progress. Unlike the Encyclopedia of Life, > the project is a wiki and benefits from strong collaboration; for > an example of the success of the system, biologists might want to > see the article "Life" (http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Life). > > Dr. Gareth Leng, Professor of Experimental Physiology at the > University of Edinburgh, and Citizendium author and editor, > described the project: "Our role will not be to tell readers what > opinions they should hold, but to give them the means to decide, > rationally, for themselves. The role of experts is critical?not to > impose opinions, but to support accuracy in reporting and citing > information." > > The Citizendium, or "citizens' compendium," uses the same software > as Wikipedia. It is a successful public-expert hybrid project to > produce a general reference resource. The community encourages > general public participation, but makes a low-key, guiding role for > experts. It also requires real names and asks contributors to sign > a "social contract." > > As a result, the project is vandalism-free and, despite its youth > (its public launch was just 18 months ago), has steadily added over > 8,000 articles, many of them of fine quality. > > LINKS: > > Citizendium website: http://www.citizendium.org/ > Biology Week homepage: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Biology_Week > "Life" (sample article): http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Life > PRESS CONTACT INFORMATION: > > Prof. Supten Sarbadhikari (Biology Week coordinator) > > Founding Chair of Biomedical Informatics > PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research > Coimbatore, India > supten at gmail.com > http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Supten_Sarbadhikari > Dr. Daniel Mietchen (Biology Week coordinator) > > Structural Brain Mapping Group > Department of Psychiatry > University of Jena > daniel.mietchen at googlemail.com > http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen > Dr. Larry Sanger > > Editor-in-Chief, Citizendium; co-founder of Wikipedia > Executive Director, WatchKnow (to launch soon) > sanger at citizendium.org > http://www.larrysanger.org/ > > This press release may be found at http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/ > CZ:Citizendium_Press_Releases/Sept192008 > Cell: 907-242-0637 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Anyone is welcome to contribute high quality, diagnostic imaging data should they wish. Full acknowledgment will be provided for studies used on the website, however no guarantees can be given that data submitted will be included. I hope you enjoy the website! Yours, Sophie Dennison BVM&S www.marinemammalradiology.com _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/ From Jason.Blackburn at Noaa.gov Tue Sep 23 05:12:28 2008 From: Jason.Blackburn at Noaa.gov (Jason Blackburn) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:12:28 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Nominations Sought for Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee Message-ID: <48D8DD2C.50108@noaa.gov> The Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee (MPA FAC) is seeking 15 new members for a four-year term from 2010-14. The Committee advises the Departments of Commerce and the Interior on the development and implementation of a national system of marine protected areas. Nominations are sought by November 30 for natural and social scientists; state and territorial resource managers; and representatives of ocean industry, commercial and recreational fishing, and environmental organizations. The MPA FAC meets twice yearly at coastal locations around the nation. You can view the Federal Register notice [73 FR 52329] by following this link: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-20790.pdf (Contact: Lauren Wenzel, 301-563-1136, lauren.wenzel at noaa.gov) -- ~ ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> Jason Blackburn NOAA National MPA Center 1305 East West Hwy, Rm. 9130 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281 Phone: (301) 713-3155 x144 E-mail: Jason.Blackburn at Noaa.gov ~ ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> From janiger at almaak-01.usc.edu Tue Sep 23 22:36:39 2008 From: janiger at almaak-01.usc.edu (David S. Janiger) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:36:39 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New Articles Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20080923223639.00d63f20@email.usc.edu> Hi, All Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. To save space, I didn't list the papers from the special issue of the JMBA. See Jan Herrmann's Marmam message from 9/18 for its listings. Abstracts for the papers below are available on request. Please don't hit the reply button. Make all requests to: janiger at bcf.usc.edu Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3369 janiger at bcf.usc.edu djaniger at nhm.org Janiger Journals AGUILAR SOTO, NATACHA; MARK P. JOHNSON; PETER T. MADSEN; FRANCISCA DIAZ; IVAN DOMINGUEZ; ALBERTO BRITO and PETER TYACK. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 77(5):936-947. 2008. Cheetahs of the deep sea: Deep foraging sprints in short-finned pilot whales off Tenerife (Canary Islands). 0.527 MB ARNASON, ULFUR; JOSEPH A. ADEGOKE; ANETTE GULLBERG; ERIC H. HARLEY; AXEL JANKE and MORGAN KULLBERG. GENE (AMSTERDAM) 421(1-2):37-51. 2008. Mitogenomic relationships of placental mammals and molecular estimates of their divergences. 1.294 MB BAILLEUL, FREDERIC; DAVID PINAUD; MARK HINDELL; JEAN-BENOLT CHARRASSIN and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 77(5):948-957. 2008. Assessment of scale-dependent foraging behaviour in southern elephant seals incorporating the vertical dimension: A development of the First Passage Time method. 0.973 MB BATESON, MELISSA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):169-178. 2007. Environmental noise and decision making possible implications of increases in anthropogenic noise for information processing in marine mammals. 0.244 MB BOUMA, SIETSE; GARRY HICKMAN and DOUG TAUCHER. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND 38(2):89-96. 2008. Abundance and reproduction of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) along the west coast of the Waikato region, New Zealand. 1.823 MB BRADFORD, AMANDA L.; DAVID W. WELLER; PAUL R. WADE; ALEXANDER M. BURDIN and ROBERT L. BROWNELL JR. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 6(1):1-14. 2008. Population abundance and growth rate of western gray whales Eschrichtius robustus. 0.326 MB View with Acrobat 5.0> CHARRASSIN, J.-B.; M. HINDELL; S. RINTOUL; F. ROQUET; S. SOKOLOV; M. BIUW; D. COSTA; L. BOEHME; P. LOVELL; R. COLEMAN; R. TIMMERMANN; A. MEIJERS; M. MEREDITH; Y.-H. PARK; F. BAILLEUL; M. GOEBEL; Y. TREMBLAY; et. al. (See abstract for full author list PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 105(33):11634-11639. 2008. Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea-ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals. 1.829 MB CHILVERS, B. L. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 276(1):28-36. 2008. Foraging site fidelity of lactating New Zealand sea lions. 0.436 MB CHILVERS, B. LOUISE and IAN S. WILKINSON. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 35(5):463-470. 2008. Philopatry and site fidelity of New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri). 0.559 MB COWAN, D. F. and B. E. CURRY. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 139(1):24-33. 2008. Histopathology of the alarm reaction in small odontocetes. 2.699 MB COWAN, D. F.; E. M. HAUBOLD and Y. TAJIMA. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 139(2-3):67-80. 2008. Histological, immunohistochemical and pathological features of the pituitary gland of odontocete cetaceans from the western Gulf of Mexico. 4.568 MB CRONIN, M. A. and B. J. MCCONNELL. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 362(1):43-48. 2008. SMS seal: A new technique to measure haul out behaviour in marine vertebrates. 0.534 MB DAVID, JEREMY and LANCE VAN SITTERT. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 104(3-4):107-110. 2008. A reconstruction of the Cape (South African) fur seal harvest 1653-1899 and a comparison with the 20th-century harvest. 0.308 MB DOWELL, SACHA A.; LAURA J. BOREN; SANDRA S. NEGRO; CHRIS G. MULLER; ABIGAIL K. CAUDRON and NEIL J. GEMMELL. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 56(1):33-39. 2008. Rearing two New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) pups to weaning. 0.315 MB EDWARDS, ELIZABETH. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):217-227. 2007. Fishery effects on dolphins targeted by tuna purse-seiners in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. 0.580 MB FONFARA, S.; A. KAKUSCHKE; T. ROSENBERGER; U. SIEBERT and A. PRANGE. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 155(3):337-345. 2008. Cytokine and acute phase protein expression in blood samples of harbour seal pups. 0.248 MB FOWLER, MELINDA A.; CORY D. CHAMPAGNE; DORIAN S. HOUSER and DANIEL E. CROCKER. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 211(18):2943-2549. 2008. Hormonal regulation of glucose clearance in lactating northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). 0.196 MB FREITAS, CARLA; KIT M. KOVACS; ROLF A. IMS and CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING 217(1-2):19-32. 2008. Predicting habitat use by ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in a warming Arctic. 1.464 MB FRIEDLAENDER, ARI S.; WILLIAM R. FRASER; DONNA PATTERSON; SONG S. QIAN and PATRICK N. HALPIN. POLAR BIOLOGY 31(10):1217-1224. 2008. The effects of prey demography on humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) abundance around Anvers Island, Antarctica. 0.418 MB FRITZ, L.; M. LYNN; E. KUNISCH and K. SWEENEY. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-183. 81pp. 2008. Aerial, ship and land-based surveys of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska, June and July 2005 - 2007. 4.842 MB View with Acrobat 6.0> FURUTANI, RUI. JOURNAL OF ANATOMY 213(3):241-248. 2008. Laminar and cytoarchitectonic features of the cerebral cortex in the Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), and bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 0.831 MB GIBSON, QUINCY A. and JANET MANN. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 76(2):375-387. 2008. Early social development in wild bottlenose dolphins: Sex differences, individual variation and maternal influence. 0.379 MB GIBSON, QUINCY A. and JANET MANN. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 76(2):389-405. 2008. The size, composition and function of wild bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) mother-calf groups in Shark Bay, Australia. 0.585 MB HARKONEN, TERO; MART JUSSI; MIRGALY BAIMUKANOV; ANDERS BIGNERT; LILIA DMITRIEVA; YESBOL KASIMBEKOV; MIKHAIL VEREVKIN; SUSAN WILSON and SIMON GOODMAN. AMBIO 37(5):356-361. 2008. Pup production and breeding distribution of the Caspian seal (Phoca caspica) in relation to human impacts. 3.923 MB HATCH, LEILA T. and ANDREW J. WRIGHT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):121-133. 2007. A brief review of anthropogenic souond in the oceans. 0.693 MB HERNANDEZ-CAMACHO, CLAUDIA; DAVID AURIOLES-GAMBOA; JEFFREY LAAKE anD LEAH R. GERBER. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 89(4):1059-1066. 2008. Survival rates of the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus, in Mexico. 0.284 MB HERNANDEZ-MORA, GABRIELA; ROCIO GONZALEZ-BARRIENTOS; JUAN-ALBERTO MORALES; ESTEBAN CHAVES-OLARTE; CATERINA GUZMAN-VERRI; ELIAS BAQUERO-CALVO; MARIA-JESUS DE-MIGUEL; CLARA-MARIA MARIN; JOSE-MARIA BLASCO and EDGARDO MORENO. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 14(9):1430-1433. 2008. Neurobrucellosis in stranded dolphins, Costa Rica. 0.330 MB HINDELL, MARK. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 77(5):847-849. 2008. To breathe or not to breathe: Optimal strategies for finding prey in a dark, three-dimensional environment. 0.283 MB HOLMES, AMIE L.; SANDRA WISE; CAROLINE GOERTZ; J. LAWRENCE DUNN; FRANCES GULLAND; TOM GELATT; KIMBERLEE BECKMEN; KATHY BUREK; SHANNON ATKINSON; MAY BOZZA; ROBERT TAYLOR; TONGZHANG ZHENG; YAWEI ZHANG; ABOUEL-MAKARIM ABOUEISSA and JOHN P. WISE SR. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 56(8):1416-1421. 2008. Metal tissue levels in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups. 0.385 MB JAYASANKAR, P.; B. ANOOP; VIVEKANANDAN; M. RAJAGOPALAN; K. M. M. YOUSUF; P. REYNOLD; P. K. KRISHNAKUMAR; P. L. KUMARAN; V. V. AFSAL and ANOOP A. KRISHNAN. ZOOTAXA 1583:57-67. 2008. Molecular identification of delphinids and finless porpoise (Cetacea) from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. 0.447 MB KAKUSCHKE, ANTJE and ANDREAS PRANGE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):179-193. 2007. The influence of metal pollution on the immune system a potential stressor for marine mammals in the North Sea. 0.219 MB KASTELEIN, RONALD A.; WILLEM C. VERBOOM; NANCY JENNINGS; DICK DE HAAN and SANDER VAN DER HEUL. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 66(3):319-326. 2008. The influence of 70 and 120 kHz tonal signals on the behavior of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in a floating pen. 0.541 MB KEHRIG, H. A.; T. G. SEIXAS; E. A. PALERMO; A. P. DI BENEDITTO; C. M. M. SOUZA and O. MALM. ANALYTICAL LETTERS 41(9):1691-1699. 2008. Different species of mercury in the livers of tropical dolphins. 0.113 MB View with Acrobat 8.0> KELLER, MARTHA; JOSE L. MOLINER; GRETTYS VASQUEZ; DANILO CRUZ; ORESTES BELLO; ALEX M. COSTIDIS; SENTIEL A. ROMMEL; MARON B. CALDERWOOD MAYS and SCOTT GEARHART. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 44(3):707-711. 2008. Nephrolithiasis and pyelonephritis in two West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus spp.). 0.226 MB KOOPMAN, HEATHER N. and ZOEY P. ZAHORODNY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 275(1649):2327-2334. 2008. Life history constrains biochemical development in the highly specialized odontocete echolocation system. 0.244 MB LAKE, SAM; HARRY BURTON; RICHARD BARKER and MARK HINDELL. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 366:259-270. 2008. Annual reproductive rates of Weddell seals in eastern Antarctica from 1973 to 2000. 0.305 MB View with Acrobat 5.0> LUNARDI, DIANA G.; MARCIA H. ENGEL and REGINA H. F. MACEDO. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOLOGIA 25(2):159-164. 2008. Behavior of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae): Comparisons between two coastal areas of Brazil. 0.097 MB LUSSEAU, DAVID and LARS BEJDER. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):228-236. 2007. The long-term consequences of short-term responses to disturbance experiences from whalewatching impact assessment. 0.070 MB MARTINEAU, DANIEL. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):194-216. 2007. Potential synergism between stress and contaminants in free-ranging cetaceans. 0.202 MB MCGOWEN, MICHAEL R.; CLAY CLARK and JOHN GATESY. SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY 57(4):574-590. 2008. The vestigial olfactory receptor subgenome of odontocete whales: Phylogenetic congruence between gene-tree reconciliation and supermatrix methods. 8.667 MB View with Acrobat 8.0> MELLINGER, DAVID K. CANADIAN ACOUSTICS 36(1):55-59. 2008. A neural network for classifying clicks of Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris). 0.423 MB MEYNIER, LAURELINE; PATRICK C. H. MOREL; B. LOUISE CHILVERS; DUNCAN D. S. MACKENZIE; ALASTAIR MACGIBBON and PADRAIG J. DUIGNAN. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 366:271-279. 2008. Temporal and sex differences in the blubber fatty acid profiles of the New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri. 0.124 MB View with Acrobat 5.0> MOONEY, T. ARAN; PAUL E. NACHTIGALL; MANUEL CASTELLOTE; KRISTEN A. TAYLOR; AUDE F. PACINI and JOSE-ANTONIO ESTEBAN. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 362(2):108-116. 2008. Hearing pathways and directional sensitivity of the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas. 0.621 MB NERY, MARIANA F.; MARIANA DE A. ESPECIE and SHEILA M. SIMAO. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOLOGIA 25(2):182-187. 2008. Site fidelity of Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 0.292 MB NOLLENS, HENDRIK H.; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND; ELLIOTT R. JACOBSON; JORGE A. HERNANDEZ; PAUL A. KLEIN; MICHAEL T. WALSH and RICHARD C. CONDIT. ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH 80(1):77-80. 2008. In vitro susceptibility of sea lion poxvirus to cidofovir. 0.212 MB ONISHI, SHINGO. TIGERPAPER 35(2):1-8. 2008. Mutualistic fishing between fishermen and Irrawaddy dolphins in Myanmar. 0.670 MB OVIEDO, LENIN; MARIA ALEJANDRA ESTEVES; ESTEFANIA ALFE; ROMINA ACEVEDO and JAIME BOLANOS-JIMENEZ. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 2pgs. 2008. Interaction between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and a leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) off the north-eastern coast of Venezuela. 0.392 MB PETERSON, DEBORA; NATALIA HANAZAKI and PAULO CESAR SIMOES-LOPES. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 51(6):469-475. 2008. Natural resource appropriation in cooperative artisanal fishing between fishermen and dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Laguina, Brazil. 0.624 MB POST, K.; O. LAMBERT and G. BIANUCCI. DEINSEA - ANNUAL OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ROTTERDAM 12:1-10. 2008. First record of Tusciziphius crispus (Cetacean, Ziphiidae) from the Neogene of the US east coast. 3.222 MB SMITH, JOSHUA N.; ANNE W. GOLDIZEN; REBECCA A. DUNLOP and MICHAEL J. NOAD. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 76(2):467-477. 2008. Songs of male humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are involved in intersexual interactions. 0.365 MB ST AMANT, ROBERT and THOMAS E. HORTON. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75(4):1199-1208. 2008. Revisiting the de?nition of animal tool use. 0.219 MB STIRLING, IAN; ANDREW E. DEROCHER; WILLIAM A. GOUGH and KARYN RODE. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY 5(3):193-201. 2008. Response to Dyck et al. (2007) on polar bears and climate change in western Hudson Bay. 0.232 MB STOCKIN, K. A.; N. WISEMAN; A. HARTMAN; N. MOFFAT and W. D. ROE. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 42(3):307-313. 2008. Use of radiography to determine age class and assist with the post-mortem diagnostics of a Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei). 1.056 MB STOKSTAD, ERIK SCIENCE (WASHINGTON D. C.) 321(5893):1145. 2008. Whales to receive protection. 0.102 MB SUMIYAMA, DAISUKE; SHOUICHI KITAMURA; FUMIO TERASAWA; YUKIKO HORI; KOICHI MURATA; JERZY KULSKI and HIDETOSHI INOKO. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 70(7):711-713. 2008. Paternity determination of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using microsatellite DNA analysis. 0.158 MB SUZUKI, MIWA; KEN HIRAKO; SHINJI SAITO; CHIE SUZUKI; TAKESHI KASHIWABARA and HIROSHI KOIE. ZOO BIOLOGY 27(4):331-340. 2008. Usage of high-performance mattresses for transport of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin. 0.274 MB TORNO, CHRISTOPHER S.; MARIEL C. BUCCAT and JOSEPH S. MASANGKAY. PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE 45(1):49-57. 2008. Aspergillosis in a melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra). 1.970 MB VAUGHN, ROBIN L.; BERND WURSIG; DEBORAH S. SHELTON; LORI L. TIMM and LESLIE A. WATSON. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 89(4):1051-1058. 2008. Dusky dolphins influence prey accessibility for seabirds in Admiralty Bay, New Zealand. 0.448 MB VOINOV, V. B.; S. A. SINIUTIN; E. S. SINIUTIN; N. N. KAVTSEVICH and A. S. ZOTOV. BULLETIN OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 145(3):280-282. 2008. Method for studies of behavior and physiology of sea mammals. 0.654 MB WEIHE, PAL; KAYOKO KATO; ANTONIA M. CALAFAT; FLEMMING NIELSEN; AMAL A. WANIGATUNGA; LARRY L. NEEDHAM and PHILIPPE GRANDJEAN. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 42(16):6291-6995. 2008. Serum concentrations of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in Faroese whale meat consumers. 0.319 MB WEILGART, LINDA S. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):159-168. 2007. A brief review of known effects of noise on marine mammals. 0.058 MB WINTLE, BRENDAN A. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):237-249. 2007. Adaptive management, population modeling and uncertainty analysis for assessing the impacts of noise on cetacean populations. 0.193 MB WRIGHT, A. J.; N. AGUILAR SOTO; A. BALDWIN; M. BATESON; C. BEALE; C. CLARK; T. DEAK; E. EDWARDS; A. FERNANDEZ; A. GODINHO; L. HATCH; A. KAKUSCHKE; D. LUSSEAU; D. MARTINEAU; L. ROMERO; L. WEILGART; B. WINTLE; G. NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA and V. MARTIN. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):250-273. 2007. Anthropogenic noise as a stressor in animals: A multidisciplinary perspective. 0.110 MB WRIGHT, A. J.; N. AGUILAR SOTO; A. BALDWIN; M. BATESON; C. BEALE; C. CLARK; T. DEAK; E. EDWARDS; A. FERNANDEZ; A. GODINHO; L. HATCH; A. KAKUSCHKE; D. LUSSEAU; D. MARTINEAU; L. ROMERO; L. WEILGART; B. WINTLE; G. NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA and V. MARTIN. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 20(2-3):274-316. 2007. Do marine mammals experience stress related to anthropogenic noise? 0.306 MB From ashadevos at gmail.com Tue Sep 23 23:59:38 2008 From: ashadevos at gmail.com (Asha de Vos) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:59:38 +0600 Subject: [MARMAM] Paper needed Message-ID: <90f39b5f0809232359p5717fd9agd1e04354fd80b8d6@mail.gmail.com> Dear Marmamers I have been looking for this paper for some time now but to no avail. Alling, A., Dorsey, E.M. & Gordon, J.C.D. (1991) Blue whales (*Balaenoptera musculus*) off the Northeast coast of Sri Lanka: distribution, feeding and individual identification. *UNEP Marine Mammal Technical Report*, *3*, 247?258. Would anyone have a copy by any chance? If so, I would really appreciate if you could contact me at asha.devos at lincoln.oxon.org Thank you in advance Asha de Vos. -- ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?.???`?...?><((((?>?. `?.??.???`?.?????`?.. ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?.???`?...?><((((?> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Todd.Speakman at noaa.gov Tue Sep 23 08:55:33 2008 From: Todd.Speakman at noaa.gov (Todd Speakman) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:55:33 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Dolphin Research Internship Message-ID: <48D91175.3080007@noaa.gov> The Marine Mammal and Protected Resources (MMPR) Program in Charleston, South Carolina is recruiting to fill two Dolphin Photo-identification Internship positions for the winter of 2009. 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, January 12, 2009 to Friday, April 24, 2009. There is some flexibility in these start and end times. 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 below. 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 Todd Speakman by email before preparing and submitting application materials. We anticipate filling this internship position by the first week of December 2009. Interested applicants should correspond by email to Todd Speakman Email: Todd.Speakman at noaa.gov 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 Brian.Bloodworth at noaa.gov Thu Sep 25 06:20:31 2008 From: Brian.Bloodworth at noaa.gov (Brian Bloodworth) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:20:31 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Vacancy Announcement for 1 Fishery Biologist Message-ID: <48DB901F.9070508@noaa.gov> *Vacancy Announcement for 1 Fishery Biologist * *AGENCY & LOCATION*: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Endangered Species Division, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA *JOB ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: *NMFS-PR-2008-0029 *SALARY** RANGE**:* 58,206.00 - 90,698.00 USD per year *SERIES & GRADE:* ZP-0482-3/3 *OPEN PERIOD:* Tuesday, September 23, 2008 to Monday, October 20, 2008 The incumbent will support the Division's endangered Species Act (ESA) recovery, habitat conservation, and state grant programs. The incumbent will work with the National Recovery Coordinator and regions to implement and track recovery programs for listed species and will review draft recovery plans for consistency with national guidance. The incumbent will also coordinate the exchange of information between regional offices and headquarters, review and proves Federal Register notices, and write agency correspondence and memoranda. The incumbent will also coordinate the Section 10(a)(1)(B) permits, assisting regions develop HCP programs, and training staff in the HCP process. S/He will also assist the ESA Section 6 program Coordinator in reviewing and processing agreements with States and grant applications. The incumbent should exhibit outstanding communication and leadership skills to foster effective partnerships with a wide variety of organizations and promote recovery of listed species. Payment of relocation expenses is authorized. Applications will be accepted only from United States citizens. 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I attach the file refering to the event with this email. If there is any problem with it or you have any query, please do not have hesitate to contact me. Thank you. Yours faithfully, Beatriz Gonz?lez Melc?n Veterinary Surgeon CRAM Foundation www.cram.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: common seal.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 11333 bytes Desc: common seal.pdf URL: From vet at cram.org Fri Sep 26 15:13:49 2008 From: vet at cram.org (CRAM - VET) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:13:49 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] More details on the commom seal at Catalonian coast Message-ID: On September the 19th a juvenile common seal (Phoca vitulina) was found on the river Ebro's delta. This is a protected area on the Catalonian coast where there have never been sightings of this species. Some fishermen saw the seal around 19:00h, resting on the sandy shore zone, and apparently it did not show any signs of harm. The official organization responsible for the assistance and rehabilitation of marine animals in Catalunya (Spain), CRAM Foundation, was alerted, but when the veterinarians and rescue team arrived to the site, the seal had returned to the water. Early the next morning, the rescue team came back to the area and were able to locate the seal nearby. They were able to assess its health state and they confirmed a very poor nutritional condition, weakness and alterations of its behaviour and respiratory pattern. They decided to take the seal urgently to the rehabilitation centre located in Premi? de Mar (Barcelona) where they would be able to continue the assessment and start the appropriate treatments. Unfortunately the animal died en route to the rehabilitation centre so instead it was taken to the University (Universidad Aut?noma de Barcelona) where the pathology specialists could make the post mortem exam in order to find the cause of death. The post-mortem exam revealed the seal was a young female weighing 15 kg and measuring 95 cm in length. It showed a serious intestinal impaction in the cecum, 26 cm long, fibrinous enteritis, a serious parasitism by nematodes in the stomach that produced a diffused gastritis and lung collapse. Further microbiology and histopathology exams are currently being carried out by experts on these subjects. The Common seal (Phoca vitulina) lives in Arctic and Subarctic waters of the Pacific and Atlantic seas and this event is completely unusual in the Mediterranean area, so further investigations are currently being carried out in order to find the causes by which the seal could travel to this latitude. It is unknown how a female that has not yet reached the adult state could be found in Catalonian waters and any help to find the cause would be welcome from CRAM Foundation. Veterinary Team (vet at cram.org) CRAM Foundation. Barcelona (Spain) www.cram.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lister at beamreach.org Thu Sep 25 00:45:15 2008 From: lister at beamreach.org (Scott Veirs, Beam Reach) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:45:15 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [MARMAM] Research killer whales and their prey in 2009 Message-ID: <24346870.8341222328715213.JavaMail.sfdc@na2-app4-5-sjl.ops.sfdc.net> Get off-campus and study wild orcas for 10 weeks in the spring or fall of 2009! Apply now to conduct your own research with the Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School. 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This meeting has been held approximately every 10 years very successfully at Frascati (1966), Jersey (1979), Helsingor (1986), and Algarve (1998). We invite you to participate in this meeting. We provide contributed poster sessions that anyone can join. Big afternoon poster sessions are designed for the discussion among participants. Not only biosonar research but also any bioacoustic subjects are welcome to join us. The best presenter(s) will be awarded. All of the contributed papers will be peer reviewed. In the morning session, over 40 invited presenters will update their results in biosonar research. Good papers will be published after the symposium. Further details are below. http://cse.fra.affrc.go.jp/akamatsu/AnimalSonar.html Cheers, Hiroshi Riquimaroux (chair) and Tom Akamatsu (secretary) ------------------------------------ Tomonari AKAMATSU http://nrife.fra.affrc.go.jp/akamatsu/ From ewan.wolff at gmail.com Tue Sep 30 06:33:58 2008 From: ewan.wolff at gmail.com (Ewan Wolff) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:33:58 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Last Day to Submit an Abstract to the Second Annual WEZAM Marine Mammal Conference Message-ID: <1a144db60809300633y5c052b22v8cb6cd1b42e75033@mail.gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Please note and let your students know that this is the last day to submit abstracts for the poster session to the Second Annual WEZAM Marine Mammal Conference held in Madison, WI Nov. 8th and 9th. We look forward to having many quality posters on display at our conference and yours could be one of them! For more information go to: http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/ce/brochures/Marine_Mammal.pdf Thanks, Ewan -------------------------------------------- Ewan D. S. Wolff, PhD Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine 2015 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53705 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: