From taylor at wildlifetrust.org  Tue Sep  1 06:56:46 2009
From: taylor at wildlifetrust.org (Cynthia Taylor)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:56:46 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Job Announcement - Right Whale Aerial Survey Observers
Message-ID: <4980A1B4B01A4CD194C30462D9F122B0@CyndiTaylorWT>

Wildlife Trust

Right Whale Aerial Survey Observers

Job Announcement

  

Wildlife Trust, a non-profit international research and conservation
organization, is seeking temporary, seasonal aerial observers for marine
mammal surveys from November 2009 through April 2010.  These observer
positions are in anticipation of research activities to be conducted in the
southeast United States, specifically coastal Georgia and South Carolina.
This project 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 daily, 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:  

Previous aerial or marine mammal survey experience and experience in
photo-identification of large cetaceans is strongly desired.  Applicants
should be experienced in database entry and other computer applications
including photo processing software.  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.  We are currently accepting applications from US citizens and
permanent residents.

 

Application Process:

Please send cover letter, resume, and three references to
<mailto:taylor at wildlifetrust.org> taylor at wildlifetrust.org by September 18,
2009.

 

Cynthia Taylor
Aquatic Conservation Program
Wildlife Trust
233 Third St. N., Suite 300
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
941.232.4587
www.wildlifetrust.org

 

 

 

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From rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org  Tue Sep  1 09:53:24 2009
From: rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org (William Rossiter)
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:53:24 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Request for witnesses to hand harpoon hunts
Message-ID: <4A9D5184.3090305@csiwhalesalive.org>


Posted on behalf of Andrew Darby
by Bill Rossiter
Cetacean Society International

Please reply directly to Andrew Darby <mail at ismedia.com.au>, who asks:

"I am researching a piece for my papers on the Risso's porpoise and 
other small cetacean hand harpoon hunts, as distinct from the drive 
hunts.  Could you tell me whether you know of anyone who has witnessed 
these?

With thanks.

Andrew Darby
Hobart correspondent
The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald
1115 Huon Road,
Neika, Tasmania 7054
Australia

ph +61 (0)3 6239  1487
m.  +61 (0)4 1936 1289"


From officeafl at hawaii.rr.com  Wed Sep  2 17:34:48 2009
From: officeafl at hawaii.rr.com (Aquatic Farms)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:34:48 -1000
Subject: [MARMAM] Acceptance of Applications for NMML Jobs is now closed.
Message-ID: <20090903003454297.HAPC8470@hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com>

Thank you for your interest in either one of the Job Announcements posted
with MARMAM:

 

Fisheries Research Scientist

Biotech III, Upper Trophic Level Ecosystem Studies, Seattle, WA.

Fisheries Bio Tech I

 

We have received more than enough applications to fill the positions.
Applicants will be notified after the selection process is complete. 

 

Again, we thank you for your interest and look forward to posting future job
announcements. 

 

 

 

Calinda "Cal" Goo

Aquatic Farms, Ltd.

49-139 Kamehameha Hwy

Kaneohe, HI. 96734

(808) 239-2929

FAX: (808) 239-8436

Email: officeafl at hawaii.rr.com

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From srichardson at coastalstudies.org  Thu Sep  3 06:36:04 2009
From: srichardson at coastalstudies.org (Stephanie Richardson)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:36:04 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Job Posting: PCCS Marine Education Director
Message-ID: <9fdb734e0909030636x49e2e158i148728027d9839fc@mail.gmail.com>

Please post the following employment opportunity to your message board:


The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) is in search of a
full-time education program director.  We hope to find an individual
interested in taking the lead to fulfill part of the PCCS mission ?To
conduct educational activities and to provide educational resources that
encourage the responsible use and conservation of coastal and marine
ecosystems.?  Start-up funds for this position are available; the successful
applicant will be expected to develop and seek funds to support ongoing
education program components.
Preferred qualifications include: Master?s degree in education and/or marine
science or comparable education and work experience , experience with
developing hands on  inquiry-based programs and curricula, familiarity
working within universities and  public schools, knowledge of local and
national standardized requirements, fund raising and grant writing
experience, ability to work independently and as part of a team, experience
working with scientists, good administrative and organizational skills, and
strong computer and IT skills (web-design skills are a plus). For further
information please visit our website at www.coastalstudies.org
Please submit cover letter, resume and two references to:

Stephanie Richardson, Human Resource Manager
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
115 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
e. srichardson at coastalstudies.org

-- 
Stephanie Richardson
Human Resource Manager
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
115 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02652
t. (508) 487-3622 Ext. 113
f. (508) 487-4495
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From caryns at sirenian.org  Thu Sep  3 06:23:43 2009
From: caryns at sirenian.org (Caryn Self-Sullivan)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:23:43 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Manatee Volunteer Opportunity in Belize!
Message-ID: <74caff90$7dbf1366$23af3c4d$@com>

Here's you opportunity to help rehab an orphaned manatee in Belize!  See 
email below and links for more information. 
  
I've posted a PDF about Twiglet, the orphan manatee in Belize, online at 
http://sirenian.org/ManateeVolunteerDocument.pdf 
I've posted the Application Form online at 
http://sirenian.org/ManateeApplicationForm.doc 
  
If you have questions, PLEASE DO NOT reply to this email!   
Read all the information below and linked above, then contact Zoe Walker at 
office at wildtracksbelize.org if you have specific questions ;-) 

----------------------------------------

From: Wildtracks [mailto:office at wildtracksbelize.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 2:22 PM

    
We are filling volunteer placements for one month slots from September 1st 
onwards, and will need two to three volunteers in place at any one time. 
During these first months, 24 hour care is essential, with feeds every 
three hours, day and night, making human resources one of the limiting 
constraints, and making volunteer assistance particularly valuable.   
  
The Belize Manatee Rehabilitation Centre is a completely voluntary facility 
established by Wildtracks (a Belize non-profit organization) to respond to 
individual manatee rehab requirements on a calf by calf basis. As such, 
whilst we can provide accommodation, volunteers would need to be able to 
get themselves to Belize, have travel insurance cover, and be able to 
contribute US$65 per week towards food costs.  
  
Work is shared between volunteers and involves manatee care (food 
preparation/feeding/clean-up and working with the calf), emptying, 
cleaning, filling and maintenance of the pools, keeping records, and 
writing monthly reports. As the calf grows older, and requires less 
individual attention, there will also be public awareness activities and 
visits to schools in the idyllic, local fishing community of Sarteneja, one 
of the stakeholder communities of Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 
(established to protect the West Indian Manatee). There are also 
opportunities to work with the local conservation organization - Sarteneja 
Alliance for Conservation and Development - which is taking on 
co-management of Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, one of Belize's manatee 
strongholds 
  
Wildtracks is located approximately two miles south of Sarteneja, in 
northern Belize, overlooking the Shipstern Lagoon system. Accommodation is 
basic, with shared thatched, screened cabanas (sorry - no air conditioning 
or fans!), with adjoining bathrooms. However, there is generally a breeze 
coming off the lagoon, keeping temperatures lower than further inland. Food 
preparation and consumption are both social occasions, with everyone 
contributing towards cooking and washing up. Both vegetarians and 
non-vegetarians are welcome. 
  
Zoe Walker (office at wildtracksbelize.org)  
================================   
Posted by:
Caryn Self-Sullivan, Ph.D.
President & Co-founder, Sirenian International
Temporary Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University
Mobile:  540.287.8207  |  Fax:  540.242.9196
Email:  caryns at sirenian.org or cselfsullivan at georgiasouthern.edu

The mission of Sirenian International is to promote the long-term 
conservation of manatee and dugong populations and our shared aquatic 
habitats around the world through research, educational outreach, and 
capacity building. Please remember us when budgeting for your charitable 
donations. Adopt a Mermaid Ambassador or Donate online at 
http://www.sirenian.org    . 

   
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From llippsett at whoi.edu  Tue Sep  1 08:44:41 2009
From: llippsett at whoi.edu (Lonny Lippsett)
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:44:41 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] possible article of interest to MARMAM listserv
Message-ID: <4A9D4169.1000401@whoi.edu>

Dear MARMAM Editors,

Perhaps this article in /Oceanus/ magazine would interest your readers


      Buoys Help Avert Whale-Ship Collisions


      /Specially engineered mooring system detects whales and warns ships/

To turn a pie-in-the-sky dream of a real-time whale warning system into
an up-and-running reality, a long line of people with competing
interests and complementary expertise had to find ways to collaborate:
Texas-based energy corporation representatives and New England
conservationists, biologists and engineers, and officials from a
smorgasbord of governmental regulatory agencies.

http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=57146&sectionid=1000


Sincerely,
Lonny Lippsett
Managing editor
Oceanus magazine



From oceamm at orange.fr  Thu Sep  3 13:28:29 2009
From: oceamm at orange.fr (OCEAMM)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:28:29 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] Atypical pigmentation on harbour porpoise
Message-ID: <5439371F-091B-4874-BB42-8FF5F19A7D2D@orange.fr>

Dear Marmam and ECS subscribers,

You will find enclosed some photos (not very good quality) of a  
harbour porpoise spotted off Dunkirk (north of France) last week. The  
animal was sighted during a base-land survey with 3 other foraging  
porpoises.
The animal presents an unusual pattern : white body, excepted a dark  
spot around the blow-hole, dark dorsal fin, tail and flippers.
Could you please let me know if this kind of atypical pigmentation has  
ever been sighted before on an harbour porpoise ?
Photos can be seen on our web site : http://web.mac.com/OCEAMM/english/blognews/files/archive-aug-2009.html

Looking forward to your answers.
Best regards,


Sylvain PEZERIL
OCEAMM Observatoire pour la Conservation et l'Etude des Animaux et  
Milieux Marins
5 Place de la Gare - F-59123 ZUYDCOOTE
Tel : +33(0)3.28.20.61.04 or GSM +33(0)6.37.52.56.65
Email : oceamm at orange.fr
Site : http://www.oceamm.org
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From emily at dolphins.org  Thu Sep  3 08:34:19 2009
From: emily at dolphins.org (Emily Guarino)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:34:19 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Dolphin Research Internships
Message-ID: <002a01ca2cac$011a0540$034e0fc0$@org>

Dolphin Research Internships

Dolphin Research Center (DRC) is currently accepting applications for
Research Interns for the Winter term. DRC is a not-for-profit education and
research facility, home to a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and
California sea lions.  DRC is located on Grassy Key, in the heart of the
Florida Keys.

Internships at DRC are an exciting way to develop career skills as well as
an opportunity to get "behind the scenes" to see how a marine mammal
facility operates. Research interns participate in DRC's ongoing research
projects, giving them broad exposure to a variety of research methodologies.
Interns receive extensive on-the-job training in observing marine mammal
behavior, collecting observational data, working with research equipment,
and assisting with experimental research sessions. 

 Specific job duties include:
*	Collecting observational behavioral data 
*	Preparing stimuli for experimental research sessions
*	Assisting in setting up and tearing down equipment for experimental
research sessions 
*	Operating video equipment 
*	Entering or scanning data into the computer for analysis
*	General support of the facility through participation in the
volunteer resource pool (facility maintenance, bird care, assisting with
public programs, guest interactions, etc.) 

Publications:  
Jaakkola, K., Fellner, W., Erb, L., Rodriguez, A. M., & Guarino, E. (2005).
Understanding the concept of numerically "less" by bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus).  Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Jaakkola, K., Guarino, E., Rodriguez, M., Erb, L., & Trone, M. (in press).
What do dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) understand about hidden objects?
Animal Cognition, Online first. Published online 19 June 2009, DOI
10.1007/s10071-009-0250-z.

Internships require a minimum of a 16-week commitment, 40 hours per week.
The internship is unpaid, and interns are responsible for providing their
own housing. DRC will provide assistance in locating housing and/or matching
up interns and volunteers desiring roommates. Successful candidates will be
ready and willing to learn, self-motivated, and flexible. Prior research
experience is recommended but not required.

The deadline to apply is *** October 1st***.  To apply, you must download
the application available at www.dolphins.org.  Click "Help DRC", and then
"Volunteer / Intern Opportunities".  

The application, and all associated materials (resume, transcript, and
letters of rec.) must be mailed to DRC.

 --------------------------------
Emily Guarino
Administrative Director of Research
emily at dolphins.org
Dolphin Research Center
58901 Overseas Hwy.
Grassy Key, FL 33050
www.dolphins.org

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From janiger at cox.net  Mon Sep  7 00:03:05 2009
From: janiger at cox.net (David S. Janiger)
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:03:05 -0700
Subject: [MARMAM] New Articles
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20090907000305.00c0e230@pop.west.cox.net>

Hi, All
 
Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have
been included. Abstracts also available on request.
 
Please don't hit the reply button.
Make all requests to: janiger at bcf.usc.edu
 
Cheers!
 
David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals)
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 763-3369
janiger at bcf.usc.edu
djaniger at nhm.org
Janiger Journals

ACEVEDO, JORGE; ANELIO AGUAYO-LOBO and DANIEL TORRES.
POLAR BIOLOGY 32(8):1239-1243. 2009.
Albino Weddell seal at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica.
0.337 MB

ACEVEDO-WHITEHOUSE, KARINA; LAURA PETETTI; PADRAIG DUIGNAN anD AURELLE
CASTINEL.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
276(1672):3523-3529. 2009.
Hookworm infection, anaemia and genetic variability of the New Zealand sea
lion.
0.182 MB

AICHINGER DIAS, LAURA; DENISE HERZING and LEONARDO FLACH.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):967-973. 2009.
Aggregations of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) in Sepetiba Bay, Rio
de Janeiro, south-eastern Brazil: Distribution patterns and ecological
characteristics.
0.254 MB

AMSTRUP, STEVEN C.; HAL CASWELL; ERIC DEWEAVER; IAN STIRLING; DAVID C.
DOUGLAS; BRUCE G. MARCOT and CHRISTINE M. HUNTER.
INTERFACES 39(4):353-369. 2009.
Rebuttal of "polar bear population forecasts: A public-policy forecasting
audit".
0.132 MB

BENNETT, ERIN R.; PETER S. ROSS; DAVID HUFF; MEHRAN ALAEE and ROBERT J.
LETCHER.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 58(7):1078-1083. 2009.
Chlorinated and brominated organic contaminants and metabolites in the
plasma and diet of a captive killer whale (Orcinus orca).
0.205 MB

BERMUDEZ, LUIS; MARIE-FRANCOISE VAN BRESSEM; OSCAR REYES-JAIMES; ALEJANDRO
J. SAYEGH and ALBERTO E. PANIZ-MONDOLFI.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 15(8):1301-1303. 2009.
Lobomycosis in man and lobomycosis-like disease in bottlenose dolphin,
Venezuela.
0.499 MB

BEST, PETER B.; JAMES P. GLASS; PETER G. RYAN and MEREL L. DALEBOUT.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1023-1032. 2009.
Cetacean records from Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic.
0.507 MB

BROEKEMA, JAN WILLEM; JOOST C. A. SCHOKKENBROEK; GRAHAM J. PIERCE and PETER
G. H. EVANS.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):869-872. 2009.
Marine mammals in time: Past, present and future.
0.076 MB

COLEGROVE, K. M.; F. M. D. GULLAND; D. K. NAYDAN and L. J. LOWENSTINE.
VETERINARY PATHOLOGY 46(4):642-655. 2009.
Tumor morphology and immunohistochemical expression of estrogen receptor,
progesterone receptor, p53, and Ki67 in urogenital carcinomas of California
sea lions (Zalophus californianus).
5.344 MB

COOPER, MARGARET H.; SUZANNE M. BUDGE; ALAN M. SPRINGER and GAY SHEFFIELD.
POLAR BIOLOGY 32(8):1137-1145. 2009.
Resource partitioning by sympatric pagophilic seals in Alaska: Monitoring
effects of climate variation with fatty acids.
0.408 MB

CREMER, MARTA JUSSARA; PAULO CESAR SIMOES-LOPES and JOSE SALATIEL RODRIGUES
PIRES.
BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY 52(3):765-774. 2009.
Occupation pattern of a harbor inlet by the estuarine dolphin, Sotalia
guianensis (P. J. van Beneden, 1864) (Cetacea, Delphinidae).
0.224 MB

DANILEWICZ, DANIEL; EDUARDO R. SECCHI; PAULO H. OTT; IGNACIO B. MORENO;
MANUELA BASSOI and MARCIO BORGES-MARTINS.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):943-949. 2009.
Habitat use patterns of franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) off
southern Brazil in relation to water depth.
0.206 MB

DE BRUYN, MARK; BRENDA L. HALL; LUCAS F. CHAUKE; CARLO BARONI; PAUL L. KOCH
and A. RUS HOELZEL.
PLOS GENETICS 5(7) e1000554. 11pp. 2009.
Rapid response of a marine mammal species to Holocene climate and habitat
change.
0.435 MB

DE FATIMA FILLA, GISLAINE and EMYGDIO LEITE DE ARAUJO MONTEIRO-FILHO.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):985-993. 2009.
Group structure of Sotalia guianensis in the bays on the coast of Parana
State, south of Brazil.
0.271 MB

DE OLIVEIRA, LARISSA ROSA; PAULO HENRIQUE OTT; PAULO A. C. FLORES;
SALVATORE SICILIANO; RAQUEL SANTOS DE ALMEIDA and SANDRO L. BONATTO.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1003-1007. 2009.
First molecular estimate of sex-ratio of southern right whale calves,
Eubalaena australis, for Brazilian waters.
0.102 MB

ESKESEN, G.; J. TEILMANN; B. M. GEERTSEN; G. DESPORTES; F. RIGET; R. DIETZ;
F. LARSEN and U. SIEBERT.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):885-892. 2009.
Stress level in wild harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) during satellite
tagging measured by respiration, heart rate and cortisol.
0.245 MB

FERNANDEZ, R.; M. B. SANTOS; M. CARRILLO; M. TEJEDOR and G. J. PIERCE.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):873-883. 2009.
Stomach contents of cetaceans stranded in the Canary Islands 1996-2006.
0.224 MB

GANNIER, ALEXANDRE.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):931-941. 2009.
Comparison of odontocete populations of the Marquesas and Society Islands
(French Polynesia).
0.352 MB

GROSS, ALEXANDRA; JEREMY KISZKA; OLIVIER VAN CANNEYT; PIERRE RICHARD and
VINCENT RIDOUX.
ESTUARINE, COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE 84(3):367-374. 2009.
A preliminary study of habitat and resource partitioning among co-occurring
tropical dolphins around Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean.
0.497 MB

HALL, AILSA J.; GARETH O. THOMAS and BERNIE J. MCCONNELL.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 43(16):6364-6369. 2009.
Exposure to persistent organic pollutants and first-year survival
probability in gray seal pups.
0.304 MB

HANSON, N. N.; C. M. WURSTER; M. I. BIRD; K. REID and I. L. BOYD.
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 388:263-272. 2009.
Intrinsic and extrinsic forcing in life histories: Patterns of growth and
stable isotopes in male Antarctic fur seal teeth.
0.262 MB

HEINZELMANN, LARISSA; MAURICIO TAVARES; PAULO H. OTT; IGNACIO M. B. MORENO
and JOSE ARTUR B. CHIES.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1009-1013. 2009.
MHC class II expression in skin biopsies from the franciscana dolphin
Pontoporia blainvillei and the southern right whale Eubalaena australis.
0.151 MB

HOOKER, SASCHA K.; ROBIN W. BAIRD and ANDREAS FAHLMAN.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY 167(3):235-246. 2009.
Could beaked whales get the bends? Effect of diving behaviour and
physiology on modelled gas exchange for three species: Ziphius cavirostris,
Mesoplodon densirostris and Hyperoodon ampullatus.
0.832 MB

IERARDI, JESSALYN L.; ANNALAURA MANCIA; JOELLYN MCMILLAN; MATS L.
LUNDQVIST; TRACY A. ROMANO; JOHN PIERCE WISE, SR.; GREGORY W. WARR and
ROBERT W. CHAPMAN.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS
4(3):154-158. 2009.
Sampling the skin transcriptome of the North Atlantic right whale.
0.448 MB

JAAMAN, SAIFULLAH A.; YUHANA U. LAH-ANYI and GRAHAM J. PIERCE.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):907-920. 2009.
The magnitude and sustainability of marine mammal by-catch in fisheries in
East Malaysia.
0.553 MB

JAQUET, NATHALIE and DIANE GENDRON.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):975-983. 2009.
The social organization of sperm whales in the Gulf of California and
comparisons with other populations.
0.225 MB

JUNG, J.-L.; E. STEPHAN; M. LOUIS; E. ALFONSI; C. LIRET; F.-G. CARPENTIER
and S. HASSANI.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1045-1050. 2009.
Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in north-western France: Aerial
survey, opportunistic sightings and strandings monitoring.
0.290 MB

KIM, DAE-WON; ARAM KANG; SANG-HAENG CHOI; ZANG GEUN KIM; WOO-JIN KIM;
HYUNG-CHEOL KIM and HONG-SEOG PARK.
GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS 84(2):185-189. 2009.
Evolutionary characterization of a highly repetitive sequence identified
from the false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens).
1.320 MB

KIMURA, TOSHIYUKI; YOSHIKAZU HASEGAWA and YOSHITSUGU OKUMURA.
PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH 13(2):167-171. 2009.
Early Miocene platanistoid from the Mizunami Group, central Japan.
0.288 MB

KUCZAJ, STAN; MOBY SOLANGI; TIM HOFFLAND and MARCI ROMAGNOLI.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 21(2):84-95. 2008.
Recognition and discrimination of human actions across the senses of
echolocation and vision in the bottlenose dolphin: Evidence for dolphin
cross-modal integration of dynamic information.
0.146 MB

LAIDRE, KRISTIN L.; RONALD J. JAMESON; ELIEZER GURARIE; STEVEN J. JEFFRIES
and HARRIET ALLEN.
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 90(4):906-917. 2009.
Spatial babitat use patterns of sea otters in coastal Washington.
2.577 MB

LAMBERT, OLIVIER.
BULLETIN DE L'INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE SCIENCES
DE LA TERRE 78:277-316. 2008.
Sperm whales from the Miocene of the North Sea: A re-appraisal.
1.927 MB

LANDER, MICHELLE E.; THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN; MILES G. LOGSDON; GLENN R.
VANBLARICOM; BRIAN S. FADELY and LOWELL W. FRITZ.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 19(6):1645-1659. 2009.
Regional differences in the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of
oceanographic habitat used by Steller sea lions.
1.288 MB

LANG, S. L. C.; S. J. IVERSON and W. D. BOWEN.
ECOLOGY 90(9):2513-2523. 2009.
Repeatability in lactation performance and the consequences for maternal
reproductive success in gray seals.
0.850 MB

LAURIANO, G.; L. CARAMANNA; M. SCARNO and F. ANDALORO.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):921-929. 2009.
An overview of dolphin depredation in Italian artisanal fisheries.
0.343 MB

LUQUE, P. L.; G. J. PIERCE; J. A. LEARMONTH; M. B. SANTOS; E. IENO; A.
LOPEZ; R. J. REID; E. ROGAN; A. F. GONZALEZ; J. BOON; R. J. LAW and C. H.
LOCKYER.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):893-902. 2009.
Dentinal anomalies in teeth of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from
Scottish waters: Are they linked to sexual maturation and environmental
events?
0.213 MB

MACLEOD, COLIN D.; TOM BRERETON and CLIVE MARTIN.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1059-1065. 2009.
Changes in the occurrence of common dolphins, striped dolphins and harbour
porpoises in the English Channel and Bay of Biscay.
0.554 MB

MADEIRA DI BENEDITTO, ANA PAULA; MONIQUE VIRAES BARBOSA DOS SANTOS and
MANUEL VAZQUEZ VIDAL JR.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):903-905. 2009.
Comparison between the diet of two dolphins from south-eastern Brazil:
Proximate-composition and caloric value of prey species.
0.072 MB

MAKHADO, AZWIANEWI B.; MIKE A MEYER; ROBERT J. M. CRAWFORD; LES G.
UNDERHILL and CHRIS WILKE.
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 47(3):335-340. 2009.
The efficacy of culling seals seen preying on seabirds as a means of
reducing seabird mortality.
0.083 MB

MAQUART, MARIANNE; PHILIPPE LE FLECHE; GEOFFREY FOSTER; MORTEN TRYLAND;
FRANCOISE RAMISSE; BENIT DJONNE; SASCHA AL DAHOUK; ISABELLE JACQUES;
HEINRICH NEUBAUER; KARL WALRAVENS; JACQUES GODFROID; AXEL CLOECKAERT and
GILLES VERGNAUD.
BMC MICROBIOLOGY 9(145): 11pp. 2009.
MLVA-16 typing of 295 marine mammal Brucella isolates from different animal
and geographic origins identifies 7 major groups within Brucella ceti and
Brucella pinnipedialis.
0.740 MB

MEIRELLES, ANA CAROLINA O.; CASSIANO MONTEIRO-NETO; ALINE M. A. MARTINS;
ALEXANDRA F. COSTA; HELEN M. D. R. BARROS and MARIA DANISE O. ALVES.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1083-1090. 2009.
Cetacean strandings on the coast of Ceara, north-eastern Brazil (1992-2005).
0.150 MB

MOONEY, T. A.; A. F. PACINI and P. E. NACHTIGALL.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 87(8):726-733. 2009.
False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) echolocation and acoustic
disruption: Implications for longline bycatch and depredation.
0.468 MB

MOORE, EMMA; SHANNON LYDAY; JAN ROLETTO; KATE LITLE; JULIA K. PARRISH;
HANNAH NEVINS; JIM HARVEY; JOE MORTENSON; DENISE GREIG; MELANIE PIAZZA;
ALISON HERMANCE; DEREK LEE; DAWN ADAMS; SARAH ALLEN and SHELAGH KELL.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 58(7):1045-1051. 2009.
Entanglements of marine mammals and seabirds in central California and the
north-west coast of the United States 2001-2005.
0.494 MB

MORELL, MARIA; EDUARD DEGOLLADA; JOSEP MARIA ALONSO; THIERRY JAUNIAUX and
MICHEL ANDRE.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 376(2):55-58. 2009.
Decalcifying odontocete ears following a routine protocol with RDO?.
0.313 MB

MURPHY, SINEAD; ARLISS WINSHIP; WILLY DABIN; PAUL D. JEPSON; ROB DEAVILLE;
ROBERT J. REID; CHRIS SPURRIER; EMER ROGAN; ALFREDO LOPEZ; ANGEL F.
GONZALEZ; FIONA L. READ; MARJAN ADDINK; MONICA SILVA; VINCENT RIDOUX;
JENNIFER A. LEARMONTH; GRAHAM J. PIERCE and SIMON P. NORTHRIDGE.
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 388:273-291. 2009.
Importance of biological parameters in assessing the status of Delphinus
delphis.
1.035 MB

NOEL, MARIE; LANCE BARRETT-LENNARD; CHRISTOPHE GUINET; NEIL DANGERFIELD and
PETER S. ROSS.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 68(4):196-202. 2009.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in killer whales (Orcinus orca) from
the Crozet Archipelago, southern Indian Ocean.
0.287 MB

NOREN, D. P.; A. H. JOHNSON; D. REHDER and A. LARSON.
ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 8(3):179-192. 2009.
Close approaches by vessels elicit surface active behaviors by southern
resident killer whales.
0.631 MB

PHILLIPS, CALEB D.; JOHN W. BICKHAM; JOHN C. PATTON and THOMAS S. GELATT.
OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY 283:1-15. 2009.
Systematics of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus): Subspecies
recognition based on concordance of genetics and morphometrics.
0.771 MB

PHILLIPS, C. D.; R. G. TRUJILLO; T. S. GELATT; M. J. SMOLEN; C. W. MATSON;
R. L. HONEYCUTT; J. C. PATTON and J. W. BICKHAM.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 18(16):3379-3393. 2009.
Assessing substitution patterns, rates and homoplasy at HVRI of Steller sea
lions, Eumetopias jubatus.
0.408 MB

PICANCO, C.; I. CARVALHO and C. BRITO.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1071-1076. 2009.
Occurrence and distribution of cetaceans in Sao Tome and Pr?ncipe tropical
archipelago and their relation to environmental variables.
0.321 MB

PIERPOINT, CHRIS; LIZ ALLAN; HOLLY ARNOLD; PETER EVANS; SARAH PERRY; LIZZIE
WILBERFORCE and JANET BAXTER.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1033-1043. 2009.
Monitoring important coastal sites for bottlenose dolphin in Cardigan Bay, UK.
0.583 MB

RAYMENT, WILLIAM; STEVE DAWSON and LIZ SLOOTEN.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1015-1022. 2009.
Trialling an automated passive acoustic detector (T-POD) with Hector's
dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori).
0.341 MB

RIZZO, L. Y. and D. SCHULTE.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):995-1002. 2009.
A review of humpback whales' migration patterns worldwide and their
consequences to gene flow.
0.338 MB

SAKAI, HIROKI; EUN-YOUNG KIM; EVGENY A. PETROV; SHINSUKE TANABE and HISATO
IWATA.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 43(16):6391-6397. 2009.
Transactivation potencies of Baikal seal constitutive active/androstane
receptor by persistent organic pollutants and brominated flame retardants.
0.522 MB

SCHWACKE, LORI H.; AILSA J. HALL; FORREST I. TOWNSEND; RANDALL S. WELLS;
LARRY J. HANSEN; ALETA A. HOHN; GREGORY D. BOSSART; PATRICIA A. FAIR and
TERESA K. ROWLES.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH 70(8):973-985. 2009.
Hematologic and serum biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging
common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and variation in the
distributions of clinicopathologic values related to geographic sampling site.
0.815 MB

SHUCKSMITH, RICHARD; NIA H. JONES; GEORGE W. STOYLE; ANDREW DAVIES and
EMILY F. DICKS.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1051-1058. 2009.
Abundance and distribution of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) on
the north coast of Anglesey, Wales, UK.
0.210 MB

SIGLER, MICHAEL F.; DOMINIC J. TOLLIT; JOHANNA J. VOLLENWEIDER; JOHN F.
THEDINGA; DAVID J. CSEPP; JAMIE N. WOMBLE; MANDY A. WONG; MICHAEL J.
REHBERG and ANDREW W. TRITES.
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 388:243-261. 2009.
Steller sea lion foraging response to seasonal changes in prey availability.
0.474 MB

SMITH, CURTIS A.; ITAMARA GILADI and YOUNG-SEON LEE.
ECOLOGY 90(9):2503-2512. 2009.
A reanalysis of competing hypotheses for the spread of the California sea
otter.
0.539 MB

URAZGHILDIIEV, ILDAR R.; CHRISTOPHER W. CLARK; TIMOTHY P. KREIN and SUSAN
E. PARKS.
IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING 34(3):358-368. 2009.
Detection and recognition of North Atlantic right whale contact calls in
the presence of ambient noise.
1.672 MB

VARGAS, ROMEO; LAYLA P. OSMAN and DANIEL TORRES.
POLAR BIOLOGY 32(8):1177-1186. 2009.
Inter-sexual differences in Antarctic fur seal pup growth rates: Evidence
of environmental regulation?
0.568 MB

VIEIRA, N. and C. BRITO.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):1067-1070. 2009.
Past and recent sperm whales sightings in the Azores based on catches and
whale watching information.
0.122 MB

WAITE, JASON N. and JO-ANN E. MELLISH.
POLAR BIOLOGY 32(8):1221-1225. 2009.
Inter- and intra-researcher variation in measurement of morphometrics on
Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus).
0.223 MB

WEIR, CAROLINE R.; COLIN D. MACLEOD and SUSANNAH V. CALDERAN.
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
89(5):951-960. 2009.
Fine-scale habitat selection by white-beaked and common dolphins in the
Minch (Scotland, UK): Evidence for interspecific competition or coexistence?
0.445 MB

WHITEHEAD, HAL.
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 73(6):1000-1009. 2009.
Estimating abundance from one-dimensional passive acoustic surveys.
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From tilen.genov at gmail.com  Mon Sep  7 05:11:59 2009
From: tilen.genov at gmail.com (Tilen Genov)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:11:59 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] Humpback whale in Slovenia: an epilogue and a new paper
Message-ID: <aa0fbffa0909070511g5214a87cye67bec03f4f96b74@mail.gmail.com>

Dear list members,

in February 2009, we posted a message about a humpback whale in Slovenian
waters (North Adriatic). As several list members showed great interest in
this issue and asked us to send some updates, we decided to send this
summary, a sort of an "epilogue" of the story.

A humpback whale (*Megaptera novaeangliae*) was present in Slovenian waters
(off the town of Piran) between February and April 2009. According to the
available literature, this was the first documented record of this species
in Slovenia and the Gulf of Trieste, the second in the Adriatic Sea and the
14th in the Mediterranean.

After receiving initial reports about a whale from local fishermen and port
police, we located the whale on 16 February 2009 and identified it as a
humpback whale. During its stay, we regularly monitored the whale. We
observed and recorded its behaviour, movements and dive times. It was
estimated to be about 10-12 meters long. Based on this, we assumed that the
animal was a young adult or a sub-adult. The animal appeared in good body
condition and did not show any obvious signs of illness or difficulties.
Underwater footage of the genital area revealed that the animal was a male.
No injuries (other than normal scarring) were observed. We photographed the
dorsal fin and the tail fluke of the whale for photo-identification.

Although we do not have any definite evidence, certain observations (i.e
occasional lateral sub-surface swimming, presence of feeding
seagulls) suggest that the whale was feeding. The fact that large schools of
gilt sardine (*Sardinella aurita*) were present in the area (many were seen
washed ashore dead, or swimming feebly at the water surface), further
supports this hypothesis. We believe this was the most likely reason for the
whale to come to the North Adriatic. Interestingly, a short-beaked common
dolphin (*Delphinus delphis*), a species that has not been recorded here in
the last 20 years, was also seen in the area at that time.

In collaboration with colleagues from College of Atlantic, we compared the
photos to the North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalogue (curated at the
College of Atlantic), but no matches were found. The whale was given a new
HWC# code and included in the NAHWC catalogue.

During the whale's visit, we contacted the Slovenian Ministry of Environment
and Spatial Planning and proposed a code of conduct for observing the whale.
We are very pleased that the Ministry responded quickly and issued the
official code of conduct, which at least partially reduced disturbance.
Furhermore, after collecting a "sufficient" amount of data from our
inflatable boat (in the first week), we refrained from further boat
observations and continued to monitor the whale from the coast (as the whale
constantly remained close to coast, this was fairly easy to do). We decided
to do so in order to set an example to the public and because additional
potential disturbance was unnecessary. Only a few additional boat-based
observations were carried out later on in March, to check on the condition
of the whale.

A short paper about this unusual visit was recently published:
*Genov, T., Kotnjek, P. & Lipej, L. 2009.* New record of the humpback whale
(*Megaptera novaeangliae*) in the Adriatic Sea. Annales, Series Historia
Naturalis, 19(1), 25-30.

The paper is available at the following address:
http://www.morigenos.org/upload/pageFiles/File/Genov_etal_2009_Humpback_whale_Adriatic.pdf
Please let us know if you have trouble opening the file or have any
comments.

The whale was last seen on 21 April 2009. We received no further reports
about the whale from anywhere else in the Mediterranean. If anyone has
spotted (or will spot) any humpbacks in the Mediterranean (or in the Strait
of Gibraltar, for that matter), we kindly ask you to let us know!

We are at your disposal for any further information.


Best wishes,


Tilen Genov and Polona Kotnjek, Morigenos - marine mammal research and
conservation society, Slovenia, www.morigenos.org

&

Lovrenc Lipej, National Institute of Biology, Marine Biological Station,
Slovenia, www.mbss.org
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From ada.natoli at gmail.com  Tue Sep  8 00:32:28 2009
From: ada.natoli at gmail.com (Ada Natoli)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:32:28 +0400
Subject: [MARMAM] 2009SMM: Workshop - Taxonomical status of the Tursiops in
	the Indian Ocean - Closing date registration
Message-ID: <dac284ec0909080032r3adebc15s834b816605799644@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

This is the last announcement for the following workshop that will take
place on October 11th, a day before the 18th Biennial Conference. CLOSING
REGISTRATION DATE  IS SEPTEMBER 15TH.

*Taxonomical status of the Tursiops in the Indian Ocean*

Taxonomic status of the genus Tursiops spp. in eastern African and
Australasian waters: The taxonomic status of the genus Tursiops is
unresolved and highly controversial. Currently, only two species are
recognised world-wide within this genus, the common bottlenose dolphin (T.
truncatus) and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (T.aduncus) (LeDuc et al
1999).
However, LeDuc and colleagues recommended a full taxonomic revision of the
sub-family Delphininae. This recommendation was based on their finding that
T. aduncus has closer affinities to the genus Stenella (ie. S. coeruleoalba,
S. frontalis and S. clymene) as well as to common dolphins Delphinus spp.
than to the common bottlenose dolphin T. truncatus. The taxonomic
uncertainty has been confirmed in more recent studies. A geographically
broad phylogenetic study suggested that aduncus-type dolphins from South
Africa may represent a different species from T. truncatus and aduncus-type
Chinese dolphins (Natoli et al., 2004). Furthermore, a mtDNA study of
bottlenose dolphins southern Australia showed that animals in this area may
represent an undescribed taxon (Charlton et al., 2006). This was confirmed
in a recent study by M?ller et al. (2008) who described a new species of
bottlenose dolphin in southern Australia based on multi-gene evidence.

In the past, there have been several attempts by various institutions and
researchers to form consortia aimed at addressing these question on a
world-wide scale. However, these efforts have not been successful presumably
because of the large scale at which the projects were aimed at, resulting in
difficulties to coordinate such an effort. Yet, the taxonomic uncertainty of
the genus Tursiops remains still a pressing question.

We therefore propose to start on a smaller scale by addressing these issues
in Indian Ocean and adjacent waters, as there is already a wealth of data
generated at numerous study sites available, with some of the most
interesting findings have been made in these waters. Our proposed workshop
will be relevant for all attendees interested in unresolved taxonomic issues
in cetaceans, especially since it concerns some of the best studied cetacean
species. Furthermore, the increasing availability of behavioural data within
the genus Tursiops will make it soon possible to draw direct comparisons
between different populations. However, given the taxonomic uncertainty of
this species, it is often still not clear whether comparisons are inter- or
intrageneric, hence seriously limiting the conclusions that can be drawn
from comparative studies. We intend to divide the day in two sections. In
the first part (public), researchers will present their latest results.
Depending on the number of contributions, we could accommodate for oral
presentations and 2 min slots for poster presentations. The second part will
be a workshop in which we identify geographic regions for future work, agree
on a set of genetic and morphological markers, and identify institutions
(laboratories) willing to collaborate.

For further information on the Timetable, please contact:
michael.kruetzen at aim.uzh.ch or ada.natoli at gmail.com


Organizers: Michael Krutzen,  Ada Natoli

Date: October 11, 2009

Time: 8.30am - 5p.m. (Full day)

Location:  RM 205A

Cost: approx $30 CAN  (payment at location)
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From jipperim at yahoo.com  Mon Sep  7 22:34:04 2009
From: jipperim at yahoo.com (Imogen Webster)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 22:34:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [MARMAM] Volunteer opportunity in Mauritius
Message-ID: <439788.73300.qm@web110210.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Dear Marmammers, ???????????????????????????????????????????? 

In 2008 The Mauritian Marine Conservation Society embarked on a scientific study of the dolphin watching industry in Mauritius and the dolphins exploited in this industry. To give a little background:

The dolphin watching industry has grown unregulated and uncontrolled over the last 5 or 6 years. (A whale watching industry is nascent and may take off at any moment). On a typical day, groups of spinner dolphins, sometimes up to 100 animals, but typically 50 dolphins, will be visited by an average of 40 boats over a 4 hour period, early to mid- morning. With a non-ending stream of snorkellers jumping in the water to be near them. 

On occasion, perhaps 20% of the time, small groups (2 to 5) of bottlenose dolphins are subjected to the same fate. 

At the moment the population of bottlenose is the major conservation issue. We expect to find, based purely on intuition and not science, a very small population of Tursiops, probably around 100 to 150 animals. In contrast, the spinners that visit the coast daily are probably part of a larger population, probably around 3000 to 5000 strong - perhaps 1 or 2 thousand less. 

But, that is all conjecture, we need to establish the sustainability of the industry and the conservation status of the dolphins scientifically. 
We have two students working on this:
1. Behavioural? aspects, what the dolphins are doing in the area, what they do before the boats arrive, during and after.
2. Determining numbers and ecological aspects of both species.
In addition the examination of the socio-economic aspects, what the industry is worth, how many people, from where etc etc will be continued through tourist and operator surveys. 
The trouble is we have a limited budget and we, like most science, need to augment this in some way. Hence, we are looking for paying volunteers to come to Mauritius and help us with this work. Other than the research (undertaken by two PhD students) outlined above, the programme also encompasses: Working with schools to promote environmental awareness.
Lobbying Government, the dolphin watching industry and private business in an effort to gain support for sustainable marine eco-tourism.

So, not only is there opportunity to help the PhD students with their research, but there will be ample opportunity to work with the MMCS in their educational and awareness campaign and get involved with many aspects of workings of a Non Governmental Organization.

We would like to host a maximum of four volunteers at any one time to help. Help would mostly be collecting data at sea, on our boat (2 or 3 times a week), or somehow helping the collection of other research data such as surveys, data entry.? 
Volunteers will be accommodated in a small furnished house in Black River (GPS 20o 21.77'S, 57o 21.48'E) with one of the students.? Volunteers will have their own room and be given a weekly food allowance. Anything outside of this (alcohol, personal snacks etc) will be for the volunteer's own account. Volunteers will be expected to do their own cooking, cleaning etc.

The house is well appointed, two toilets, one bathroom with shower. It is about 750 m from a shopping centre that has a well stocked supermarket. The beach is about 100 m away.? 

Openings for volunteers are available from October (closed over Christmas and new year).

Charges will be AUS$405/GBP?200 per week, additional to organize airport transfers, with a minimum of 4 weeks (and a maximum of 8 weeks, because of Government stipulation).

For more info on volunteering, contact:
Imogen Webster Principle Research Officer (PhD candidate) 
iwebster at mmcs-ngo.org or Skype imogen.webster




      
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From sep20 at psu.edu  Mon Sep  7 10:12:37 2009
From: sep20 at psu.edu (Susan Parks)
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:12:37 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] SEABASS 2010 - Bioacoustics Summer School
Message-ID: <000501ca2fde$66453fe0$32cfbfa0$@edu>

Applications are now being accepted for SEABASS 2010- Bioacoustics Summer
School

 

WHAT: SeaBASS provides the opportunity for graduate students interested in
pursuing careers in marine bioacoustics to develop a strong foundation of
both marine animal biology and acoustics from distinguished lecturers in the
field.  The goals of SeaBASS are to discuss important topics in marine
bioacoustics, foster technical communication across disciplines, and promote
mentoring and collaboration.  SeaBASS gives students an opportunity to learn
from experts who will discuss a suite of topics not often offered at any one
university.  

 

WHEN: June 20-25, 2010.   Arrive on June 19.  Depart on June 25.

 

WHERE:  Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College, PA

 

COSTS:  The basic costs of student attendance (room and board, based on
double occupancy for students) will be funded from sponsor support (Penn
State Applied Research Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research).  There
is no registration fee.  Full-time participation of all is required.
Transportation costs are the responsibility of the student, but travel
assistance can be requested during the application process.

 

APPLICATION: The on-line application is available at
www.arl.psu.edu/edu_seabass.php.  Applications are due on February 1, 2010.
Direct questions to Dr. Jennifer Miksis-Olds or Dr. Susan Parks via email
at: seabass at only.arl.psu.edu.

 

COURSE TOPICS:

Introduction to Underwater Sound,  Sound Propagation,  Marine Mammal Biology
& Behavior,  Sound Production,  Fisheries Acoustics/Fish Behavior,  Hearing
and Masking,  Marine Animal Acoustic Communication,  Echolocation,  Hot
Topic: Passive Acoustic Monitoring,  Hot Topic: Effects of Noise

 

 

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From Carolyn.Rosner at nprb.org  Tue Sep  8 15:56:20 2009
From: Carolyn.Rosner at nprb.org (Carolyn Rosner)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:56:20 -0800
Subject: [MARMAM] Save the Date: 2010 Alaska Marine Science Symposium
Message-ID: <D64C5AA349FA7940ABE2CB8DACA0A93F02475F2DF9A0@aoos-nprb-mail.aoos-nprb.local>

SAVE THE DATE: 2010 ALASKA MARINE SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
January 18-22
Hotel Captain Cook
Anchorage, Alaska
www.alaskamarinescience.org<http://www.alaskamarinescience.org/>

Scientists from Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, the nation, and beyond will gather in Anchorage to inform each other about their research in the marine ecosystems of the Arctic, the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska.

A broad spectrum of ocean science
Plenary and poster sessions will feature the latest research on climate, oceanography, lower trophic levels, the benthos, fishes and invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, local and traditional knowledge, and socioeconomic research.

Colleagues, students and mentors connect
Word continues to spread about the Symposium's reputation as a gathering place to share innovative Alaska marine research. Students in ocean science connect with mentors and meet authors of the literature that they have been studying as part of their own work.

Free registration
Support from many sponsors allows registration to remain free of charge for attendees.

Abstract submission begins in October.
Abstract deadline is late November.

Visit the Symposium website at www.alaskamarinescience.org<http://www.alaskamarinescience.org/> for updates and further information.
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From EFalcone at cascadiaresearch.org  Tue Sep  8 14:40:35 2009
From: EFalcone at cascadiaresearch.org (Erin Falcone)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:40:35 -0700
Subject: [MARMAM] New Publication on Cuvier's beaked whales in Southern
	California
Message-ID: <21701FB12DB4B648921199BC4614914C97513A@server1.cascadia.local>

The following article has been published online in the journal Marine
Biology:

 

Falcone, E.A., G.S. Schorr, A.B. Douglas, J. Calambokidis, E. Henderson,
M.F. McKenna, J. Hildebrand, and D. Moretti. 2009. Sighting
characteristics and photo-identification of Cuvier's beaked whales
(Ziphius cavirostris) near San Clemente Island, California: a key area
for beaked whales and the military? Marine Biology doi:
10.1007/s00227-009-1289-8

 

Abstract   

 

The relationship between beaked whales and certain anthropogenic sounds
remains poorly understood and of great interest. Although Cuvier's
beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) are widely distributed, little is
known of their behavior and population structure throughout much of
their range. We conducted a series of five combined visual-acoustic
marine mammal surveys from 2006 to 2008 in the southern San Nicolas
Basin, a site of frequent naval activity off the southern California
coast, west of San Clemente Island. The study area was defined by a
1,800 km2 array of 88 bottom-mounted hydrophones at depths up to 1,850
m. The array was used to vector visual observers toward vocalizing
marine mammal species. Thirty-seven groups of Cuvier's beaked whales
were encountered during the study period. The overall encounter rate was
one group for every 21.0 h of survey effort, and was as high as one
group per 10.2 h of effort during the October 2007 survey. Whales were
encountered in the deepest portion of the study area, at a mean bottom
depth of 1,580 m (SD 138). The average group size was 3.8 individuals
(SD 2.4), which was higher than has been reported from other studies of
this species. Twenty-four groups were observed over multiple surfacings
(median = 4 surfacings, range 2-15). The mean encounter duration of
extended sightings was 104 min (SD 98, range 12-466 min) and the mean
distance moved over the course of sightings was 1.66 km (SD 1.56, range
0.08-6.65 km). Temporal surfacing patterns during extended encounters
were similar to dive behavior described from Cuvier's beaked whales
carrying time-depth recording tags. Seventy-eight photographic
identifications were made of 58 unique individuals, for an overall
resighting rate of 0.26. Whales were sighted on up to 4 days, with
duration from first to last sighting spanning 2-79 days. For those
whales sighted on subsequent days, the mean distance between subsequent
sightings was 8.6 km (SD 7.9). Individuals resighted over 2-3 days were
usually in association with previous group members. Approximately
one-third of groups contained more than one adult male, and many of the
repeated associations involved adult males. These observations suggest
the basin west of San Clemente Island may be an important region for
Cuvier's beaked whales, and also one which affords an unusual
opportunity to collect detailed data on this species. Given its status
as an active military range, it can also provide the ability to monitor
the behavior of individuals in the presence of naval sonar, a critical
step in the management of this and other beaked whale populations
worldwide.

 

The article can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s00
227-009-1289-8
<http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s0
0227-009-1289-8&sa_campaign=Email/ACE/OF> 

 

For more information on this project, see also
http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/SCORE/SCOREMain.htm 

 

 

Erin Andrea Falcone

Cascadia Research

218 1/2 West 4th Ave.

Olympia, WA 98501

360-943-7325 (Office)

360-943-7026 (Fax)

efalcone at cascadiaresearch.org

www.cascadiaresearch.org

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From ehines at sfsu.edu  Tue Sep  8 15:11:18 2009
From: ehines at sfsu.edu (Ellen Hines)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:11:18 -0700
Subject: [MARMAM] last call for posters for Quebec ecological modeling
	workshop
Message-ID: <4AA6D686.2020406@sfsu.edu>

The "Ecological Modeling for Marine Mammalogists" workshop will follow 
on the very successful 2005 workshop "Application of GIS and 
Spatial-Temporal Modeling for Marine Mammal Science and Management," and 
will represent the fifth Biennial workshop devoted to modeling.  There 
is tremendous interest in applying statistical modeling techniques to 
the quantitative assessment of marine mammal distribution and habitat 
use, and our workshop seeks to explore both traditional and the latest 
methodologies.  Our goal is to bring together practitioners that can 
share their experience with various approaches to ecological modeling by 
addressing topics ranging from collecting data, selecting the 
appropriate model, evaluating the model's results, and applying those 
results in a management scenario.  The workshop format will consist of 
formal presentations followed by extended discussions during which 
particular methodologies can be fully explored by all participants.  In 
2005, we introduced the Project Forum wherein students and less 
experienced researchers presented their projects and discussed the 
statistical challenges they are facing with an expert panel.  We plan to 
bring this useful forum back in 2009 so that participants of all skill 
levels can benefit from the workshop.  As space is limited, please 
register......

CALL FOR PROJECT FORUM POSTERS
We are accepting abstracts (Max 300 words) for posters outlining 
research that addresses applications of statistical tools and modeling 
approaches for marine mammals.  These posters will be used in a session, 
as described above, where other researchers, including the workshop 
organizers can supply feedback or advice.  We also welcome posters that 
present projects that discuss innovative tool and/or model development.

PLEASE NOTE:
If you have a spatial/GIS/modeling-related poster in the regular 
conference that is pertinent to this workshop you can also present it at 
this workshop.

Please send abstracts by Sept. 14 to Ellen Hines at ehines at sfsu.edu
-- 
Ellen Hines, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA  94132
ehines at sfsu.edu
bss.sfsu.edu/ehines


From KMatassa at une.edu  Tue Sep  8 15:57:24 2009
From: KMatassa at une.edu (Keith Matassa)
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:57:24 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Job Announcement- Animal Care/Laboratory Technician
	at	UNE/MARC
Message-ID: <4AA6A913.C90C.00F7.0@une.edu>


Hi- could you please post this job announcement onto MARMAM List Serve? 
Thank you Keith Matassa
 
 
 

Position Announcement: Animal Care/Laboratory Technician
 
University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center (UNE/MARC)
 
 
The University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center (UNE/MARC) is seeking a qualified team orientated candidate to fill a 1yr grant funded Animal Care /Laboratory Technician position. The position has the potential for renewal beyond the first year provided that funds are procured through outside sources. The successful applicant will have a direct role in day to day animal care, helping train and oversee volunteers and take a lead role in conducting necropsies, assisting staff with ongoing research, and maintaining, repairing and upgrading closed sea water systems. 
 
Responsibilities:  Assist MARC veterinarians, the Senior Animal Care Technician and other staff in all aspects of animal husbandry including but not limited to animal handling, administration of medical treatments, diet preparation, laboratory analyses, medical record and database upkeep, and assisting with maintenance of infrastructure that supports MARC.  Sharing coverage of the 24 hour standing hotline will be required.  Additional duties may be assigned by the Senior Animal Care Technician or the Rehabilitation Coordinator.
 
Qualifications: Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in Biology, Wildlife Management, Zoology or related field or possess Veterinary Technician credentials. The candidate should have experience working with marine animals in a captive environment. Plumbing, sea-water system maintenance, and necropsy experience are a plus. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to work independently, work as a team member, supervise volunteers and be adept at both animal husbandry and medical procedures. Candidates must be able to work with, handle and restrain animals ranging in size from 15-300 lbs.
 
For general information on the MARC facility, please go to UNE's Website http://www.une.edu/cas/msc/. Applications should include a cover letter and resume and be submitted to http://www.careers at une.edu ( http://www.careers at une.edu/ ). No phone calls. Review of the applications will begin on October 1, and continue until the position is filled.
 
The University of New England is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and strongly encourages the application of candidates of diverse backgrounds. Please see our website (http://www.une.edu/) for additional information.
 
Keith A. Matassa
Marine Animal Rehabilitation Coordinator
UNE/MARC
11 Hills Beach Road
Biddeford, Maine 04005
 
office 207-602-2670
cell 207-468-9621
 
kmatassa at une.edu 
 
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From student.fundraiser at gmail.com  Tue Sep  8 19:44:02 2009
From: student.fundraiser at gmail.com (Charles and Ari)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:44:02 -1000
Subject: [MARMAM] Fundraiser for SMM Student Travel Fund
Message-ID: <c2490b0f0909081944g6cad1acdtf01f7146ae0ad2e8@mail.gmail.com>

Aloha MARMAM Community-

If you are going to be at the Biennial Conference in Quebec, here is a
seal-ebration you don?t want to miss. It is going to be a Steller event and
electra-fying good time.  The music will be going from Dusky to dawn with a
DJ or two.  This will be a great opportunity for students to schmooze with
senior scientists, colleagues to recount embarrassing escapades in the
field, and, of course, everyone to practice their best dance moves before
the conference's closing party.  But if this isn't enough to motivate you to
attend this seal club, dolphin disco, sirenian soiree, (you get the
picture), then here is the best part.  It is all for a good cause.  It is a
fundraiser to help support student travel to the 2011 Biennial Conference.

There is a $10 CAD cover charge to get into the party and all proceeds will
be donated to the SMM student travel fund.  There will even be a brief
ceremony to hand the check over to our current SMM Student Rep.

Space is limited to around 250 people and we already have 90 people who have
RSVP'd.  We may have to turn people away from the door so if you want a
guaranteed spot on the dance floor register early.

How do you register early? Its quick and easy and completely safe and it
will also allow you to take the VIP lane into the club if there is a line.
Paste the following link into your web browser:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7846679


Then click on the small continue button. If you don't already have a Paypal
account it is not necessary to set one up.

Remember these are donations, so it is the minimum we would like you to
contribute.  There are some nominal fees associated with Paypal and planning
this event but everything else is going to the students, so please give more
if you can.

Special note for students.  Any students who attend the ENTIRE Student
Affairs Workshop will receive a VIP pass that gets them into the event for
free.  However, we still encourage you to contribute to this good cause...
particularly if you have gotten a travel grant in the past.  Its good to
give back.

So, here is the information you need, but if you have additional questions
please contact us:  Student.Fundraiser at gmail.com

Start Time: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 8:00pm
End Time: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 3:00am
Location:         The Boudoir Lounge (www.boudoirlounge.com)
Street:         441 rue du Parvis
City/Town: Quebec, QC

 We made sure we picked a location that was close (.7 km). These are the
directions from the Convention Center:
1. Head southwest on Boulevard Ren? L?vesque E toward Rue
Louis-Alexandre-Taschereau
2. Turn right at Rue St-Simon
3. Turn left at Rue St-Joachim
4. Turn right at C?te Ste-Genevieve
5. Turn left at D' Abraham Cote
6. Sharp right at Rue Saint-Vallier E
7. Turn left at Rue Du Parvis
The Boudoir Club will be on the right

Check us out on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=126786851446&ref=ts

Please feel free to pass the word.  We hope to see you there and apologize
in advance to anyone who attends and has to present the next day.
Be safe and see you in Quebec.

Charles Littnan and Ari Friedlaender
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From james.thorburn at gardline.co.uk  Tue Sep  8 05:00:11 2009
From: james.thorburn at gardline.co.uk (James Thorburn)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:00:11 +0100
Subject: [MARMAM] Gardline ProMMO course
Message-ID: <0C12D9846D7A29448E6CA5B25618BCF18C7F4983FC@MBOX.gardline.co.uk>


Please could you post the following on the MARMAM mailing list:

Pro-MMO Training Course 26th-29th Spetember 2009

Marine Mammal Observers (MMOs) are trained personnel who mitigate against harmful impacts of noise on marine mammals. Gardline Environmental Ltd.s' Marine Wildlife Department provide & train MMOs for the energy and construction industries.

The Pro-MMO course trains applicants to become fully qualified, JNCC approved, professional MMOs who gain exceptional field experience during their training. The next available dates for this course will be 26th - 29th September 2009.

Prices will vary upon number of applicants, and is inclusive of all teaching materials, experienced staff (who all work as MMOs in the field), accommodation during the course, and support afterwards.Application forms for the course can be obtained from: james.thorburn at gardline.co.uk<mailto:mes.thorburn at gardline.co.uk>

Please get all enquiries in as soon as possible as spaces are limited and closing date for applications is early next week.

Kind Regards

James Thorburn
Marine Mammal Scientist
Gardline Environmental
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From jciir.submit at gmail.com  Tue Sep  8 08:16:23 2009
From: jciir.submit at gmail.com (Journal of Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology Research)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:16:23 +0100
Subject: [MARMAM] =?windows-1252?q?Introducing_=91=91Journal_of_Clinical_I?=
	=?windows-1252?q?mmunology_and_Immunopathology_Research_=91=91?=
Message-ID: <b97981de0909080816u530f13d8yb47f83082d82d8fe@mail.gmail.com>

*Journal of Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology Research*

www.academicjournals.org/JCIIR







Dear Colleague,



The* **Journal of Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology Research
(JCIIR)*is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published monthly
by Academic
Journals (www.academicjournals.org/JCIIR). JCIIR is dedicated to increasing
the depth of Clinical* *Immunology* *and Pathology research across
disciplines with the ultimate aim of improving immunology research.



*Editors and reviewers*



JCIIR* *is seeking qualified researchers to join its editorial team as
editors, subeditors or reviewers. Kindly send your resume to *
jciir.acadjourn at gmail.com <jahr.journal at gmail.com>* and indicate the role
you are interested in.



*Call for Papers*



JCIIR also welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general
criteria of significance and scientific excellence in this subject area, and
will publish:**



?       Original articles in basic and applied research

?       Case studies

?       Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays



We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to
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* for publication in the Maiden Issue (October 2009). Our objective is to
inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four weeks of
submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the
next issue. Instruction for authors and other details are available on our
website; http://www.academicjournals.org/JCIIR/Instruction.htm


JCIIR* *is an Open Access Journal

One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access to
research publications. Open access gives a worldwide audience larger than
that of any subscription-based journal and thus increases the visibility and
impact of published work. It also enhances indexing, retrieval power and
eliminates the need for permissions to reproduce and distribute content.
JCIIR is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and will provide free
access to all articles as soon as they are published.



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From Slaughter at mbsdc.com  Wed Sep  9 09:39:22 2009
From: Slaughter at mbsdc.com (Scott Slaughter)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:39:22 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] CRE Brasil Asks IWC to Consider New Report on Threats to
	Brazilian Marine Mammals.
Message-ID: <C6DDBE97BC8D854AB892C855C8A40EC60DDBE9@mbsdcex.mbsdc.com>

 

The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness Brasil has asked the
International Whaling Commission to review and support the
recommendations of a Field Guide that was prepared by the Petrobras
Research and Development Center (CENPES/Petrobras), and the Marine
Mammal Studies Group in the Lagos Region (GEMM-Lagos).  This Field Guide
is entitled Whales, River Dolphins, and Dolphins in the Campos Basin.
The Field Guide concludes that "pollution, ship traffic, and fishing
constitute the main threats to the survival and the continuation of
these species." It also recommends that all of the Brazilian Abrolhos
Bank be designated as critical habitat for Humpback Whales.

 

The Field Guide's lead individual author, Professor Salvatore Siciliano,
stated in an interview that pollution is "by far" the biggest current
threat to Brazil's marine mammals. Professor Siciliano further stated
that he doesn't think that oil and gas exploration and production in the
area poses a significant threat to marine mammals because "everything is
done with the greatest care."

 

CRE Brasil's letter to the IWC and a white paper on the Field Guide are
found online at the Ocean Zoning IPD at
http://www.thecre.com/creipd/?p=128.

 

The Field Guide is available online at
http://thecre.com/pdf/Binder1.pdf.

 

CRE invites comments on these documents.  Comments may be submitted on
CRE's Discussion Forum, which is available online at
http://www.thecre.com/zoning-forum/?p=208.

 

 

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From monachusworkshop at gmail.com  Fri Sep 11 02:36:03 2009
From: monachusworkshop at gmail.com (Monk Seal)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:36:03 +0300
Subject: [MARMAM] Call for posters for Quebec Monk seal workshop
Message-ID: <ce956ad00909110236l63b1463alfae106c5039d0e14@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Marmam Readers


As previously announced on Marmam, before the 18th Biennial Conference in
Quebec, the following workshop will take place: ?Research, Management
Conservation, and Policy in Monk Seal Recovery: A Global Perspective?. This
workshop will provide a unique opportunity for members from the various
Hawaiian and Mediterranean monk seal programs to come together with some of
the greatest minds in the marine mammal field to discuss and share their
knowledge, forge new ideas, and develop critical plans and partnerships.


During this workshop a poster session will be held. If you have a poster
that you feel would be relevant to this workshop (monk seal related or a
technique that could be valuable for monk seal research or management)
please submit an abstract (Max. 300 words) the latest by Sept 30.


Please email us at: MonachusWorkshop at gmail.com


<MonachusWorkshop at gmail.com>

Hope to see you there.


Charles Littnan, Alexandros Karamanlidis, Pablo Fernandez de Larrinoa, and
Lisa Van Atta.
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From NRose at hsus.org  Fri Sep 11 06:08:25 2009
From: NRose at hsus.org (Naomi Rose)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:08:25 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Final Announcement for Lost in Translation: The
	Science-Policy Intersect workshop
Message-ID: <89CA520F9BA4DC4DA49AB6EBA87FD19F024449AE@mailserv>

This is the last announcement for the full day workshop Lost in
Translation: The Science-Policy Intersect on Sunday, October 11, 2009 to
be held in association with the SMM's 18th  Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals in Quebec City, Canada.  

Lost in Translation: The Science-Policy Intersect


This workshop will address questions regarding whether, when, and how
scientists should become involved in the policy arena. After
presentations by scientists and a legal expert experienced in working
with marine conservation policy issues, the workshop will break into
moderated open discussion for the afternoon. Please see the full
synopsis for the workshop on the SMM conference web site.

 

Our speakers will be Dr. Naomi Rose, Andrew Wright, Dr. Lance
Barrett-Lenard, Dr. Tim Ragen, and Dr. Howard Schiffman.  The full
program will be sent to registered participants at least one week before
the workshop.

To register for this workshop, please go to the SMM web site at: 

http://www.marinemammalogy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=categor
y&id=918&Itemid=215
<http://www.marinemammalogy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=catego
ry&id=918&Itemid=215> 


The workshop will take place on Sunday, October 11, 2009 from 8:30am to
5:30pm in Room 207.

There will be a registration fee of $35.00US, which will include
breakfast (starting at 8am) and coffee breaks - payment (cash or check
in US currency) will be collected at the door. Given the large number of
workshops being offered at this biennial, if you can attend for only a
half-day (no breakfast), we will charge a half-day fee of $10.00US.

 

We have been fortunate to secure a small amount of funding and can now
offer student members a discount of $5US on the full-day fee. Student
registration for the workshop is therefore $30US.  Depending on various
factors, we may be able to offer a further discount to students at the
door.  Please bring proof of your student status to the workshop to
obtain the discount.

 

We look forward to seeing you there.

 

 

 

Naomi A. Rose, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, HSI-Wildlife
nrose at hsi.org <mailto:nrose at hsi.org> 
t +1 301.258.3048     f +1 301.258.3082

Humane Society International
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From Ryan.Berger at MyFWC.com  Thu Sep 10 07:06:42 2009
From: Ryan.Berger at MyFWC.com (Berger, Ryan)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:06:42 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Job Announcement - Part Time Manatee Research Biologist
Message-ID: <8B5AE15CFB74F04484510AEB4AFF09BF040DB5CD@FWC-TLEX10.fwc.state.fl.us>

PART-TIME (20 hrs/wk) MANATEE RESEARCH BIOLOGIST

COMPENSATION/BENEFITS:  $11.00/ hr, no benefits

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position, located in Jacksonville, participates in Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) manatee research program in an eight-county area along inland and north east coast Florida.  It is designed as a part-time position (approximately 20 hrs/week), working on weekends.

Duties include:  fielding calls from FWC Law Enforcement, other agencies, and the general public regarding marine mammals, particularly manatees; verification of manatee mortalities and distressed manatees, potentially in need of rescue; recovery of manatee carcasses and transportation of those carcasses to the Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory (in St. Petersburg) for necropsy; participation in rescues and transportation of sick and injured manatees to appropriate facility; performing and assisting with field necropsies of manatees when appropriate; photographing and sketching manatees at secondary warm water refugia on the north east coast; using a computer and software programs such as Arcview, Excel, Access and Word; completing paperwork including time sheets, manatee carcass and rescue reports, and technical reports; assisting with manatee outreach programs such as presentations for local groups and agencies; general cleaning of office and equipment, vehicle, trailer and boat maintenance, data entry and other tasks assigned by supervisor. There is also the potential to assist in various duties involved with the FWC North Atlantic Right Whale program.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A bachelor's degree with a major in one of the biological sciences or a combination of relevant coursework and job-specific experience.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
The ability to safely operate and trailer boats less than 28 feet in length is highly desired.  Applicant must obtain boater safety certification within the first six months of employment.  Knowledge and the ability to use personal computers, field gear, and cameras are also highly desired. Applicant must be able to swim proficiently. Field work is highly physical and applicant must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must have the ability to work both as a team member as well as independently in various field situations.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships; think logically and apply problem-solving techniques; effectively communicate verbally and in writing; and maintain a valid Florida Driver's License. Marine mammal stranding-response experience is preferred.

Must be able to work weekends and holidays, potentially nights, and often under adverse field conditions.

This position is open until filled, with an immediate start date.

Please send a letter of interest, CV, and three references to Ryan Berger at Ryan.Berger at MyFWC.com<mailto:Ryan.Berger at MyFWC.com>


Ryan Berger
Research Associate
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Jacksonville Field Lab
370 Zoo Parkway
Jacksonville FL, 32218


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From SARA at pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca  Thu Sep 10 09:20:38 2009
From: SARA at pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca (XPAC Species at Risk)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:20:38 -0700
Subject: [MARMAM] Proposed Offshore Killer Whale Management Plan posted on
	SARA Public Registry
Message-ID: <BB7B33AD6D7986428C5E516F2F216A26B5AAFE@pacrhqex03.pac.dfo-mpo.ca>

The proposed Management Plan for the Offshore Killer Whale has been posted on the SARA Public Registry.  Please note that the comment period ends on November 9, 2009.  The proposed management plan and the online comment form can be found here: http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/document/default_e.cfm?documentID=1855.

Michelle Li
A/Species at Risk Program Development Officer 
Fisheries and Oceans Canada / P?ches et Oc?ans Canada 
200-401 Burrard St / 200-401 rue Burrard 
Vancouver BC, V6C 3S4 / Vancouver (C.-B) V6C 3S4 
T: (604) 666-2792 / F: (604) 666-3341 
Michelle.Li at dfo-mpo.gc.ca 





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From Ursula.Verfuss at meeresmuseum.de  Thu Sep 10 07:04:44 2009
From: Ursula.Verfuss at meeresmuseum.de (Verfuss Ursula Dr.)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:04:44 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] Symposium announcement: Passive acoustic monitoring in
	environmental impact studies
Message-ID: <FFD425ABBB43D146A0FA7E651E4C7699011E3908@sks01.meeresmuseum.local>

Symposium announcement:

The AMPOD-project SYMPOSIUM

 

In the expansion of regenerative energy the offshore-wind farms take up a special relevance. Locations at sea benefit from a unique availability of wind energy, making them an attractive platform for the installation of wind energy farms. However, construction and operation of a wind farm has an influence on the marine environment. Therefore applicants for wind farm constructions in German waters are committed by the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) to conduct an environmental impact study by regulations outlined in the standard investigation concept (StUK). Amongst others, the StUK is describing how to investigate the habitat use of harbour porpoises with the help of acoustic data loggers, the porpoise detectors (PODs). These devices register echolocation click sounds of porpoises, which are used for orientation and foraging as well as for communication.

The AMPOD-project ?Application and analysis methods for the deployment of T-PODs in environmental impact studies for wind farms: Comparability and development of standard methods? aimed for developing standard methods and guidelines for the application of PODs in static acoustic monitoring (SAM) programs in environmental impact studies (EIS) for wind farms. The influences of technical as well as environmental parameters on the data gained were investigated with calibration and field trials. Furthermore, different analysis methods were compared. This knowledge helps for a better interpretability and comparability of results obtained in SAM studies. Cooperation with Danish, British and German institutes involved in SAM studies, mainly with regards to offshore wind farm EIS, gave a great opportunity to establish standard methods for conducting static acoustic monitoring.

The symposium presents the results of the AMPOD-project and of recent POD-applications in SAM projects. Furthermore a draft version of a brochure will be presented, giving guidelines on how to conduct SAM with PODs and proposing a standard procedure for POD application and data analysis. The proposals given in the draft brochure will be discussed with the symposium participants to approve the suggested guidelines.

The AMPOD-project is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature conservation and Nuclear Safety due to a decision of the German Bundestag.

 

Dates: 28.10. ? 29.10.2009

Location: OZEANEUM, Stralsund, Germany

Organizer: German Oceanographic Museum

Registration fee: 80 Euro

Registration deadline: 04.10.2009

Contact: Dr. Ursula Verfuss

E-Mail: ursula.verfuss at meeresmuseum.de

Phone: +49 (0)3831/2650-390

 

Programme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

Wednesday 28.10.2009

 

                13:45 ? 14:30      Registration

                14:30 Opening remarks

                               Dr. Harald Benke, Director

                               German Oceanographic Museum, Germany

                14:40 The StUK and its evaluation

                               Dr. Klaus Lucke

                               FTZ Westk?ste, University of Kiel, Germany

                15:20 The AMPOD-project - aims and outcomes

                               Dr. Ursula Verfu?

                               German Oceanographic Museum, Germany

                16:00 Coffee break

                16:30 AMPOD-outcome: Acoustic properties of SAM-devices

                               Michael D?hne

                               German Oceanographic Museum, Germany

                17:10 AMPOD-outcome: Statistical advice & 

                               tools

                               Sven Adler

                               German Oceanographic Museum,Germany

                17:50 Monitoring abundance by acoustic methods 

                               Dr. Jakob Tougaard

                               National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark

                20:00     Buffet

 

Thursday 29.10.2009

 

                09:00     Effects of pile driving activities measured with SAM

                               Ansgar Diederichs

                               BioConsult-SH, Germany

                09:40     Using SAM to monitor the effect of             human activities

                               Line Kyhn

                               National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark

                10:20 Porpoises and PODS, investigating

                               anthropogenic activities in Dutch waters

                               Dr. Tamara van Polanen Petel

                               Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem, The Netherlands

                11:00 Coffee break

                11:30 Presentation and discussion of the draft       guidelines-brochure

                               Dr. Ursula Verfu?

                               German Oceanographic Museum

      13:00 Closing remarks

 

Additional Information:

http://www.stralsund.de

http://www.meeresmuseum.de

http://www.ozeaneum.de

 

Suggested accommodations:

 

Steigenberger Hotel Baltic****

Phone:   +49 (0) 3831/2040

Address:               Frankendamm 22

                               18439 Stralsund

http://www.steigenberger.com/aw/Steigenberger_Hotel_Baltic/~chkp/

 

Special prices by order until 1. October2009:

Single = 75 Euro, Double = 92 Euro incl. breakfast

Ask for ?AMPOD-Symposium?-price

 

Altstadt Pension Pei?

Phone:   +49 (0) 3831/303580

Address:               Tribseer Stra?e 15

                               18439 Stralsund

info at altstadt-pension-peiss.de 

http://www.altstadt-pension-peiss.de/

Special prices: Single = 50 Euro incl. breakfast

Ask for ?Deutsches Meeresmuseum? discount & mention that you are our guest

 

Pension Hafenblick

Phone:   +49 (0) 3831/303080

Address                Semlower Stra?e 31

                               18439 Stralsund

info at pension-hafenblick.de

http://www.pension-hafenblick.de/pensione.htm

 

Special prices: 

Single=35 Euro, Double = 55 Euro incl. breakfast 

Ask for ?Deutsches Meeresmuseum? discount & mention that you are our guest

 

Flyer containing this information on requested.

 

With best regards

 

Ursula Verfu?

 

 

Mit freundlichen Gr??en

im Auftrag

 

Dr. Ursula Verfu?

Wiss. Mitarbeiter

FB Wissenschaft

 

Deutsches Meeresmuseum

Museum f?r Meereskunde und Fischerei ? Aquarium

Stiftung des b?rgerlichen Rechts

Katharinenberg 14-20

18439 Stralsund

Tel.: +49 (3831) 2650-390

Fax: + 49 (3831) 2650-209

ursula.verfuss at meeresmuseum.de

www.meeresmuseum.de

 

Der Direktor

Dr. Harald Benke

Ust. ID Nr.: DE 162 772 269

Steuernr.: 082/141/02545

 

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From s_vdw at web.de  Fri Sep 11 11:16:13 2009
From: s_vdw at web.de (Sylvia van der Woude)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:16:13 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] New publication - Bottlenose dolphins moan like baleen
	whales
Message-ID: <4AAA93ED.4000508@web.de>

 

Dear colleagues,

 

The following article has been recently published online in The Journal 
of the Acoustical Society of America (Vol. 126, Issue 3):

 

van der Woude, S. E. (2009). "*Bottlenose dolphins (/Tursiops 
truncatus/) moan as low in frequency as baleen whales*," J. Acoust. Soc. 
Am. 126, 1552--1562.

 

A PDF copy of the article is available at 
http://link.aip.org/link/?JAS/126/1552

or by request from s_vdw at web.de <mailto:s_vdw at web.de> .

Supplementary material (2 videos and 1 PDF file) can be downloaded at

ftp://ftp.aip.org/epaps/journ_acoust_soc/E-JASMAN-126-013909 .

 

Kind regards,

Sylvia E. van der Woude

 

ABSTRACT:

Despite a vast number of investigations on the vocal repertoire of 
bottlenose dolphins, it is still not fully described. This publication 
reports on a newly discovered tonal low-frequency vocalization in the 
species at frequencies similar to baleen whale "moans." Dolphin moans 
are characterized by a slightly modulated fundamental frequency well 
below 500 Hz that ranges in duration from 0.2 to 8.7 s. Recordings (68 
h) were obtained from eight Black Sea bottlenose dolphins residing in an 
open sea enclosure in Israel. Of 132 unambiguous moans, 49 occurred 
clearly associated with the release of air from a dolphin's blowhole, 
which allowed for identifying five moaning individuals. Reasons why this 
vocalization has not been previously described in any toothed whale are 
discussed. Moans might not be part of the species' natural repertoire 
but likewise might have been overlooked due to their inconspicuousness 
and scarcity, technical limitations, or methodological biases. The 
function of moaning is unclear; however, the data suggest that moans are 
signals of anticipating physical satiation provided by humans, i.e., 
feeding or petting. To further address these questions, verification of 
moans in other populations and experimental investigation of the 
properties of moan production and perception are required.

(DOI: 10.1121/1.3177272)

/Copyright notice: ? 2009 Acoustical Society of America. This article 
may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior 
permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America.
/


////

---------------------------------------------- 
Sylvia Eke van der Woude
e-mail:  s_vdw at web.de

Germany:
Reichenberger Str. 36
10999 Berlin
cell phone:	0049 - 173 - 13 886 73
phone:		0049 - 30 - 61 28 28 28
fax:		0049 - 30 - 61 10 14 92

Israel:
ILDBR (Int. Lab. f. Dolphin Behaviour Research)
c/o Dolphin Reef
Southern Beach, P.O.B. 104
Eilat 88100
cell phone:	00972 - 525 - 126 116
phone (lab):	00972 - 8 - 634 18 68
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From b_d_r_i at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 12 11:48:57 2009
From: b_d_r_i at yahoo.com (Bruno Diaz)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:48:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [MARMAM] Bottlenose Dolphin Internships - Winter season
Message-ID: <174208.12990.qm@web54304.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Hi everyone,
?
on behalf of the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI (www.thebdri.com), I am pleased to announce that?our centre?is currently accepting internships applications for the Winter term (a minimum of 60 days of participation between February - April) in Sardinia Island, Italy. The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI? carries out field research projects and provide scientific and volunteer support.
?
BDRI's researchers are engaged in the conduction of a long term study about the ecology and behaviour of wild unrestrained bottlenose dolphins and the potential effects of human activities (fisheries, aquaculture and tourism) in their distribution and behaviour. An internship period with the BDRI offers an invaluable exposure to boat based field work,marine mammals research, intensive training and mentoring in marine biology. Undergraduate and postgraduate students could present their BDRI's personal research project as their Thesis if requested with the application. 

Internships can be used for academic or vocational purposes, but students are solely responsible for making all arrangements for receiving relevant credit(s) as a result of completing the internship.
?
Interns can expect to participate in and learn a variety of facets of marine mammal research as research assistants in two diverse research projects:
?
1. Mediterranean bottlenose dolphins societies project: We will take and analyse identification photos, study group structure and composition to refine details of dolphin societies and responses to human activities at sea. Volunteers assist with data collection onboard helping to locate, photograph and keep track of bottlenose dolphin groups. Back at the lab volunteers restock field supplies, analyse photos and transcribe data collected.
2. Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin's repertorie and communication use: Knowledge of how individuals within a population communicate and what they are communicating can generate information ranging from measures of habitat use, social relevance, geographical variation, cultural transmission to genetic fitness that can be applied to conservation. Bottlenose dolphins are extremely vocal mammalian species and vocal communication plays an important role in mediating social interactions. Although many vocalizations have been before described in the literature, their association with specific behaviours linked with human activities provides additional contextual information about their potential use as communication signals.

There is no compensation for these internship positions and successful applicants will be responsible for their own transportation expenses to and from the research camp (Sardinia, Italy). The BDRI covers 60% of the associated costs during the internships period and the selected internships will pay the 40% of the total?costs. BDRI will provide housing, training, use of materials, field work, electricity, gas, boat trips, etc.
?
There is no deadline to apply. However, approved applications are accepted on a first-come, first serve basis. Apply early! Start and end dates are flexible. Positions are open until filled. Successful candidates will be ready and willing to learn, self-motivated, and flexible. Prior field research experience is recommended but not required.

Please download the internships general information at:
www.thebdri.com/resources/downloads/internships.pdf
and the application from:
www.thebdri.com/resources/downloads/applicationinternships.rtf
?
Send cover letter or inquiries by email to the Research Chief, Bruno Diaz Lopez, at info at thebdri.com. Please indicate in your cover letter the dates you are available. 
?
?
Selected scientific publications by BDRI:
1. Diaz Lopez B. & Shirai, J.A.B., in press. Mediterranean common bottlenose dolphin's repertoire and communication use. In: Dolphins: Anatomy, Behavior, and Threats, F. Columbus (Ed.), Nova Science Publishers, New York.
2. Diaz Lopez B., 2009. The bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus foraging around a fish farm: Effects of prey abundance on dolphins' behaviour. Current Zoology (Acta Zoologica Sinica) 55(4):243-248.
3. Diaz Lopez B., Bunke, M. and Shirai, J.A., 2008. Marine aquaculture off Sardinia Island (Italy): ecosystem effects evaluated through a trophic mass-balance model. Ecological Modelling 212: 292-303.
4. Diaz Lopez, B., Shirai, J.A.; Bilbao Prieto, A. & M?ndez Fern?ndez, P., 2008. Diving activity of a solitary wild free ranging bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Marine Biological Association U.K. 88(6): 1153-1157.
5. Diaz Lopez B. and Shirai, J.A., 2008. Marine aquaculture and bottlenose dolphins social structure. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 62(6): 887-894.
6. Diaz Lopez B. and Shirai, J.A., 2007. "Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) presence and incidental capture in a marine fish farm on the noth-eastern coast of Sardinia (Italy)" Journal of Marine Biological Association U.K, 87, 113-117.
7. Diaz Lopez, B., 2006. "Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Predation on a Marine Fin Fish Farm: Some Underwater Observations". Aquatic Mammals 32(3): 305 - 310 pp.
8. Diaz Lopez, B., 2006. Interactions between Mediterranean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and gillnets off Sardinia. ICES Journal of Marine Science 63:944-951 pp.
9. Diaz Lopez, B., 2005. Interactions between bottlenose dolphins with trammel nets in the Sardinia Island. International Council for Exploration of the Sea Document CM 2005/X 1.
10. Diaz Lopez, B., 2005. Interaction between bottlenose dolphins and fish farms: could there be an economic impact? International Council for Exploration of the Sea Document CM 2005/X 10.
11. Diaz Lopez, B., Marini, L., Polo, F., 2005. The impact of a fish farm on a bottlenose dolphin population in the Mediterranean Sea. Thalassas 2005, 21(2): 53-58.

Bruno Diaz Lopez 
Chief Researcher / Marine Zoologist 
Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI 
V.Armando Diaz N?4 07020 Golfo Aranci (SS) Italy 
www.thebdri.com 
info at thebdri.com? 
tel.+ 39 346 081 5414
tel. + 0789 183 1197
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From ljhazen at duke.edu  Sun Sep 13 21:02:55 2009
From: ljhazen at duke.edu (Lucie Hazen)
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:02:55 -0700
Subject: [MARMAM] OBIS-SEAMAP Workshop at SMM Biennial: No Fee
Message-ID: <000f01ca34f0$3ede4570$bc9ad050$@edu>

In order to open the door to all interested parties, we have eliminated the
registration fee for this workshop, Introduction to OBIS-SEAMAP, an online
portal for visualizing marine mammal observations.  We welcome anyone
interested in this unique online data center to register on the conference
website and join us.

 

Date: October 11th

Time: 1:00-5:00 PM

Room 208B

Link to Workshop: Intro
<http://marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id
=342:introduction-to-obis-seamap&catid=918:workshops>  to OBIS-SEAMAP

 

OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/) is an open access data center for
marine mammal, sea bird and sea turtle observations, the primary purpose of
which is to encourage collaborations and improve the understanding of these
species by making it easy to share and visualize biogeographic data with
advanced mapping and query tools.  We are rapidly adding published datasets,
developing new tools and adding functionality to better serve the research
and management communities.  Benefits include an off-site archiving service,
multi-faceted visualization of your data and increased visibility of your
research program while data providers retain ownership of their data.  The
event, useful for both data providers and users, will include sections
focusing on visual survey data, as well as integrating photo-ID and acoustic
data. You are invited to participate as potential data providers and/or
users of OBIS-SEAMAP. 

 

Lucie Hazen

Duke University

ljhazen at duke.edu

 

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From nytakeuchi at gmail.com  Fri Sep 11 14:23:45 2009
From: nytakeuchi at gmail.com (Noel Takeuchi)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:23:45 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM]  Florida Student Chapter Meeting - October 14, 2009
Message-ID: <7d4a64920909111423p5e91ef38o33c63105aecfe5d1@mail.gmail.com>

*Florida** Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (FSCSMM)*



The Florida Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (FSCSMM)
will be in Qu?bec City!  We will be holding a meeting during the
18thBiennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals and we invite
all
interested students to attend.



*Meeting Time: October 14, 2009*

*When: 12:00-1:00PM*

*Where: Room 205A *



The primary objective of the FSCSMM is to create an opportunity for graduate
and undergraduate students studying marine mammals to meet, network, discuss
and exchange ideas in and around the state of Florida.



Please feel free to contact your FSCSMM representatives if you have any
questions or concerns.



Meghan Bills ?billsm at ufl.edu

Jen McGee ? mcgeej at vetmed.ufl.edu

Noel Takeuchi ? nytakeuchi at gmail.com
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From Ursula.Verfuss at meeresmuseum.de  Mon Sep 14 11:52:32 2009
From: Ursula.Verfuss at meeresmuseum.de (Verfuss Ursula Dr.)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:52:32 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] First Announcement of the 24th Conference of the European
	Cetacean Society
References: A<D863EE40A78A5745B6D42F82A258D50BB39E735C4E@VMAILA.uoa.abdn.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <FFD425ABBB43D146A0FA7E651E4C76995BE18F@sks01.meeresmuseum.local>

First Announcement of the 24th Conference of the European Cetacean Society

 

The German Oceanographic Museum is proud to announce the 24th Conference of the European Cetacean Society (ECS), entitled

 

"Marine Mammal Populations: Challenges for Conservation in the Next Decade"

 

The conference will be held from 22nd to 24th of March 2010 in Stralsund, Germany, a beautiful mediaeval UNESCO world heritage town. 

The accompanying workshops will take place on the 20th and 21st of March 2010, and an excursion will be offered on the 25th of March.

Submission of abstracts on the conference theme and other topics is welcome, and will be available soon on www.europeancetaceansociety.eu. 

The deadline for abstract submission, workshop applications and support requests will be Friday, 13th November 2009. 

Further information will be provided in the second announcement and on the conference website to be available within the next few weeks at www.ozeaneum.de/en/ecs-2010.html.

If you have any questions, please contact ecs2010 at meeresmuseum.de 

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Stralsund in March 2010!

 

On behalf of the Organizing Committee for the ECS 2010,

 

Ursula Verfuss

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From Janet.Whaley at noaa.gov  Mon Sep 14 08:34:37 2009
From: Janet.Whaley at noaa.gov (Janet.Whaley)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:34:37 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Updates for SMM Pre-Conference Workshop "Saving An
 Individual, Protecting A Population, Conserving A Species"
Message-ID: <4AAE628D.2010204@noaa.gov>

We have two updates to share for the workshop "Saving An Individual, 
Protecting A Population, Conserving A Species" preceding the 18th 
Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals:

1.  A draft agenda has been prepared and includes the following:

*  8 morning presentations by invited speakers to discuss previous case 
studies involving: small cetaceans, large cetaceans, pinnipeds, 
manatees; comparisons and contrasts with terrestrial wildlife species; 
and a discussion on the ethics of intervention (i.e., when and why 
should humans intervene when an animal is perceived as being out of 
habitat?).
*  5 afternoon break-out discussion groups involving all workshop 
participants to tackle the following topics:  Process for embarking on 
an intervention, Science needs, Species-specific needs, Ethical 
considerations, and Public interest/participation.

2.  The registration fee has been eliminated to enable more participants 
to join the workshop. 

Please see below for more details about the objectives and goals of the 
workshop.  If you are interested, please register at:
 
http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=361&Itemid=214. 


Workshop Description:

Saving An Individual, Protecting A Population, Conserving A Species
Proponent: Barbie Byrd and Janet Whaley, National Marine Fisheries Service
Date: 11 October, Full Day
Room: 208A

Marine mammals that are perceived as "out-of-habitat" or in peril, but 
are not stranded, pose complex challenges to agencies and groups 
responsible for determining and implementing the best course of action.

Public and political pressures often result in interventions that are 
not justified based on the health of the population in question.  In 
addition, stranding networks and regulatory agencies may potentially be 
faced with an increasing number of out-of-habitat cases if marine 
mammals (or their prey) shift distribution patterns and inhabit "new" 
areas in response to population-level or ecosystem-wide changes.  While 
protocols for stranding response are well-developed, and some of the 
same principles apply, protocols for out-of-habitat events are usually 
developed ad-hoc and based on lessons learned from a handful of prior 
cases.  The ad-hoc nature and resulting inconsistencies of responses to 
past events highlight the need for specific criteria to help in the 
decision-making process and to support decisions in the face of dissent.

The biennial provides an opportunity for attendees who have dealt with 
similar situations to gather together to share experiences and help 
shape guidelines for future use.  We propose a 1-day workshop involving 
international participants and incorporating a range of perspectives 
from academic researchers, animal welfare and environmental NGOs, and 
relevant regulatory agencies.

The workshop will begin with an overview presentation outlining the 
structure and goals of the workshop, a presentation on relevant 
governmental regulations, and 8 20-minute presentations reviewing past 
case studies.  In the afternoon, participants will be separated into 
breakout groups for about 2 hours to discuss a particular topic.  
Afterwards, each group would provide a critical review of their topic to 
all participants.  Their analyses will be incorporated into draft 
guidelines (consensus or range of opinions) to provide criteria for 
evaluation of future events and determination of the most appropriate 
responses.  A draft report will be circulated to participants for 
comment.  A final version will be distributed following incorporation of 
comments.

Cost: No Fee. 

Thank you.
Barbie Byrd and Janet Whaley

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From helekatz at gmail.com  Mon Sep 14 05:40:47 2009
From: helekatz at gmail.com (Helena Katz)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:40:47 -0300
Subject: [MARMAM] looking for an article about seal oogenesis
Message-ID: <3d6e82030909140540m727740a5k8a9dcfb39e48e413@mail.gmail.com>

Dear MARMAM,

I?m looking for the following article about oogenesis in seals, writen in a
rusian journal.
SEVERAL FEATURES OF OOGENESIS AND THE HISTOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF THE OVARIES OF
THE GREENLAND SEAL (PHAGOPHOCA GROENLANDICA)
Parfenov VN, Gabaeva NS.
Arkh. Anat Gistol Embriol
1974- Mar; 66(3):33-9

I?m conducting a research about Arctocephalus australis (South American
Fur Seal) ovaries and female reproductive tract histomorphology. As I
couldn?t find enough information about ovarian embriology in seals, this
paper could give important clues about some interesting features found
in the ovaries of South American Fur Seals (primordial follicles
distribution and interstitial cell abundance).

I would be very pleased if someone could send a scaned copy of it or other
related articles. In case someone have a conection with a russian library
where I can get in contact it would be very helpfull.
Thanks a lot,
Helena



-- 
Helena Katz
?rea de Histolog?a y Embriolog?a
Facultad de Veterinaria
Universidad de la Rep?blica
Lasplaces 1550. Montevideo
Uruguay.
Tel: +598-2- 622 29 33
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From ana_pinela at hotmail.com  Tue Sep 15 04:16:30 2009
From: ana_pinela at hotmail.com (Ana Pinela)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:16:30 +0000
Subject: [MARMAM] Published paper on Sperm Whale's population genetics and
 social structure
Message-ID: <SNT105-W3869652488532B748FC95CE1E30@phx.gbl>


To whom it may concern:

 

The following paper has been published in this month's issue of Canadian Journal of Zoology:

 

Population genetics and social organization of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores inferred by microsatellite analyses 
A. M. Pinela, S. Qu?rouil, S. Magalh?es, M. A. Silva, R. Prieto, J. A. Matos, and R. S. Santos

Can. J. Zool. 87(9): 802?813 (2009)  |  doi:10.1139/Z09-066

 

Abstract: In the northeast Atlantic Ocean, the archipelago of the Azores is frequented by female?offspring groups of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus L., 1758), as well as large males. The Azores apparently constitute both a feeding ground and a reproduction site. Little is known about the population and group structure of sperm whales in the area. We analysed 151 sloughed skin and biopsy samples collected from 2002 to 2004. Molecular analyses involved genetic tagging using 11 microsatellite loci and molecular sexing. Our objectives were to determine the population genetic structure, compare relatedness within and between social groups, infer kinship, and estimate the age of males at dispersal. Results suggest that individuals visiting the archipelago of the Azores belong to a single population. High genetic diversity and absence of inbreeding suggest that the population is recovering from whaling. Individuals sampled in close association are highly related, as well as those observed in the same area on the same day, suggesting that secondary social groups (i.e., the union of primary social units) are largely but not exclusively composed of relatives. Probable mother?offspring and full-sibling pairs were identified. Age of males at dispersal was estimated at 16.6 years, which was well above previous estimates for this species.


Here is the link to the Abstract page: http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?calyLang=eng&journal=cjz&volume=87&year=0&issue=9&msno=z09-066

 

If you are interested in a reprint please write to one of these e-mail addresses:

ana.pinela at gmail.com or anapinela at ub.edu

 

Thank you very much in advance.

Best regards,

Ana Pinela

 

Ana Pinela, Ph.D. Candidate

University of Barcelona

Faculty of Biology

Dpt. Animal Biology

Av. Diagonal 645

08028 Barcelona

Spain

 

 

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From Charles.Littnan at noaa.gov  Tue Sep 15 01:20:06 2009
From: Charles.Littnan at noaa.gov (Charles Littnan)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:20:06 -1000
Subject: [MARMAM] Job Advertisement: Protected Species Division Chief - NOAA
 Fisheries Pacific Islands Region
Message-ID: <DF8DA563-AF91-4B58-BF2B-07FCA2122974@noaa.gov>

Aloha All-

We are seeking applicants to fill a position as the Chief of the  
Protected Species Division of the National Marine Fisheries Service  
(NMFS), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), located in  
Honolulu, Hawaii.  The division conducts research supporting the  
recovery and sustainability
of marine mammals and sea turtles in the Pacific Islands Region.  The  
research covers a broad range of topics in life history, ecology,  
health and disease and demography.  Duties include:  provides program  
management and supervision for the division; provides scientific
advice and status reports of recovery, research and enhancement  
efforts for protected species; presents results of scientific findings  
at national and international venues; publishes reports and scientific  
reports; conducts innovative research to meet management
needs and enhance the conservation of protected species; serves as  
primary contact to the Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) and  
facilitates interoffice communications; supports Biological Opinion  
consultation and NEPA activities with PIFSC and PIRO staff; serves as
an expert panel member for intra- and inter-agency work shops/groups.

To apply:
Application under this announcement requires the applicant to apply  
through USAJOBS at www.usajobs.opm.gov.  The submission of anything  
other than a USAJOBS resume and the electronic assessment may result  
in your application not being considered under this vacancy
announcement.

To apply go to http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/to find this announcement  
(NMF-PIC-2009-0031) and then click the 'Apply Online' button.  You  
will be redirected to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric  
Administration website to complete
and submit a specially designed assessment.

Applicants will be able to apply online until 12:00 midnight Eastern  
Time on September 30, 2009.

** This is a Federal Full Time Position.  Applicants must be US  
Citizens to be eligible for this position.**

To learn more about this position, please go to www,usajobs.gov site.

Cheers,

Charles

Charles Littnan
Leader, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program
NOAA Fisheries
1601 Kapiolani Blvd. Suite 1100
Honolulu HI 96814

P: 808-944-2171
F: 808-941-0307




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From kuczaj_laboratory at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 15 05:59:51 2009
From: kuczaj_laboratory at yahoo.com (Kuczaj Laboratory)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Mammal Behavior & Cognition Internship - University
	of Southern Mississippi
Message-ID: <571003.71358.qm@web50807.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

The
University of Southern Mississippi Psychology Department is offering a
Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition internship to college juniors,
seniors and recent graduates for the?spring of 2010. College credits
for the internship are awarded by the University of Southern
Mississippi. 
 ?
Interns
will work with faculty and graduate student researchers and will have
an opportunity to help in the analysis of data from USM?s Mississippi
Wild Dolphin Project, a boat-based research project surveying the
Mississippi Gulf Coast bottlenose dolphin population. Interns may
assist in the analysis of environmental, behavioral, and acoustic data,
as well as photo-ID. 

 
In
the research laboratory, interns will gain experience in different
areas, such as behavioral analysis using video and ethogram data and
acoustic analyses of a variety of cetacean species, including killer
whales, sperm whales, beaked whales, and bottlenose and rough-tooth
dolphins. Interns may also have the opportunity to assist graduate
students in the collection of behavioral data of captive rough-tooth
dolphins and bottlenose dolphins. Interns are also encouraged to
complete a small personal research project on a topic relevant to their
research interests.
 ?
The
internship is a full time voluntary position, and students are
responsible for their own transportation and housing arrangements. Students interested in the Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition internship are required to send: 
applicationresumeletter
of intent including career goals and reasons for wanting the internship
(what you expect to contribute and gain from the internship)unofficial or official copy of your transcriptsat least two letters of recommendation (preferably from college professors who know you personally) 
All materials should be sent to:
 ?
Internship Coordinator 
Department of Psychology
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive, # 5025
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5025
 ?
Materials may arrive separately or together, but the complete application must be postmarked by December 1st.

We
encourage interested applicants to become familiar with the research
conducted by the Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition Lab. For more
information, please visit our website at www.usm.edu/psy-kuczaj or you can email the internship coordinator at kuczaj_laboratory at yahoo.com. 




      
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From putu.liza at jcu.edu.au  Tue Sep 15 04:42:14 2009
From: putu.liza at jcu.edu.au (Putu Mustika)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:42:14 +1000
Subject: [MARMAM] Humpback whale found stranded and dead in West Java,
	Indonesia
Message-ID: <200909151143.HAO24309@jcu.edu.au>

Dear Marmam-ers,

Just news flash to inform that a humpback whale (Megaptera 
novaeangliae) was found stranded and dead in Cipatujah Tasikmalaya, 
West Java, Indonesia in the morning of Monday, 14 September 2009. The 
local news reported that its length was 11.75m, abdominal 
circumference 4m, and weighing approx 4 tonnes. They estimated that 
the whale stranded around 3am on Monday. Pictures can be found here 
(though the news is in Indonesian):

http://taselamedia.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/ikan-raksasa-terdampar-di-pantai-cipatujah/

This is the second recorded stranding of humpback whale (first one 
was in Bali in October 2007), and the third recorded sighting (first 
one was in Lamalera in June 2005 - Benjamin Kahn pers. comm.) in 
Indonesia post colonial time. Since my location is in Australia at 
the moment, I'm trying to find someone in West Java who could rescue 
a piece of tissue for DNA analysis. Not sure if it will work, for the 
villagers already started cutting the whale, but if we can get a hold 
on the tissue, it would be a great compliment to the humpback whale 
sample that we obtained from south Bali in October 2007; report of 
which can be found in the paper below (Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 
vol 57 no 1, 2009). This event again highlights the importance of 
Indonesia as migratory corridors of great whales, and how we still 
need to fortify our stranding networks along the Archipelago.

sincerely,
Putu Liza Kusuma Mustika ('Icha')
PhD Candidate - SEES, James Cook University, Australia
Office Australia: +61 7 4782 5262

Mustika, P. L. K., Hutasoit, P., Madusari, C. C., Purnomo, F. S., 
Setiawan, A., Tjandra, K. & Prabowo, W. E. 2009, 'Whale strandings in 
Indonesia, including the first record of a humpback whale (Megaptera 
novaeangliae) in the Archipelago', The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 
vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 199-206.


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From jaquetn at gmail.com  Tue Sep 15 08:13:28 2009
From: jaquetn at gmail.com (Nathalie jaquet)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:13:28 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] New article: The social organization of sperm whales in
	the Gulf of California and comparisons with other populations
Message-ID: <180ED9A6-89AA-4ED4-BE6E-B52CD95FBAC1@gmail.com>

Dear all,

The following has now been published Journal of the Marine Biological  
Association of the United Kingdom.

Jaquet, N and Gendron D. (2009). The social organization of sperm  
whales  in the Gulf of California and comparisons  with other  
populations. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the  
United Kingdom  89(5), 975 ? 983.

ABSTRACT:
Intra-specific variation in social organization provides valuable  
insights into the selective forces driving social evolution.
Sperm whales are distributed globally and live far from shore, thus  
obtaining large sample sizes on social organization in
multiple areas is logistically challenging and few comparative  
studies exist. In order to address how ecological factors influence
sociality, we investigated the social organization of sperm whales in  
the Gulf of California (GoC) using a long-term study
(1998 ? 2004) and compare our results to other published studies.  
Standard photo-identification and behavioural observation
techniques were used. Group size was calculated from photographic  
mark ? recaptures using a Petersen estimator. Social
organization was investigated using SocProg 2.3. Mean typical group  
sizes in the GoC were similar to those in the
Gala  pagos Islands, Chile and Seychelles (24.7, 24.8, 30.4 and 18  
individuals respectively), but substantially larger than in
the Sargasso Sea, Caribbean and northern Gulf of Mexico (12.0, 6.4  
and 6.9 individuals respectively). Sperm whale social
organization in the GoC best fitted a constant companion/casual  
acquaintance model, where permanent units sizes were
12.5 individuals and two units usually associated together to form a  
group. This structure is similar to the situation in
the Galapagos Islands and Chile areas. However, groups were more  
stable in the GoC than in the South Pacific, as groups
stayed together for periods of about 80 days versus about ten days in  
the Galapagos Islands and Chile. It is likely that differ-
ences in the social organization between the study areas in the  
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans were due to differences in preda-
tion pressure and/or food resources. We suggest that, site-specific  
ecological factors are likely to influence fundamental aspects
of sperm whale social organization.

pdf reprints are available upon request at jaquetn at gmail.com

Nathalie Jaquet
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From KMatassa at une.edu  Tue Sep 15 13:22:34 2009
From: KMatassa at une.edu (Keith Matassa)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:22:34 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Corrected Job posting for UNE/MARC
Message-ID: <4AAFBF4A.C90C.00F7.0@une.edu>

Hi, there was an error in the submission email address for this position in the initial posting. The submission email address has been corrected ( careers at une.edu) would you please repost this Position Announcement: 

Animal Care/Laboratory Technician

University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center (UNE/MARC)


The University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center (UNE/MARC) is seeking a qualified team orientated candidate to fill a 1yr grant funded Animal Care /Laboratory Technician position. The position has the potential for renewal beyond the first year provided that funds are procured through outside sources. The successful applicant will have a direct role in day to day animal care, helping train and oversee volunteers and take a lead role in conducting necropsies, assisting staff with ongoing research, and maintaining, repairing and upgrading closed sea water systems. 
 
Responsibilities:  Assist MARC veterinarians, the Senior Animal Care Technician and other staff in all aspects of animal husbandry including but not limited to animal handling, administration of medical treatments, diet preparation, laboratory analyses, medical record and database upkeep, and assisting with maintenance of infrastructure that supports MARC.  Sharing coverage of the 24 hour standing hotline will be required.  Additional duties may be assigned by the Senior Animal Care Technician or the Rehabilitation Coordinator.

Qualifications: Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in Biology, Wildlife Management, Zoology or related field or possess Veterinary Technician credentials. The candidate should have experience working with marine animals in a captive environment. Plumbing, sea-water system maintenance, and necropsy experience are a plus. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to work independently, work as a team member, supervise volunteers and be adept at both animal husbandry and medical procedures. Candidates must be able to work with, handle and restrain animals ranging in size from 15-300 lbs.

For general information on the MARC facility, please go to UNE's Website http://www.une.edu/cas/msc/. Applications should include a cover letter and resume and be submitted to careers at une.edu. No phone calls. Review of the applications will begin on October 1, and continue until the position is filled.

The University of New England is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and strongly encourages the application of candidates of diverse backgrounds. Please see our website (http://www.une.edu/) for additional information.

Thank you 
Keith 

Keith A. Matassa
Marine Animal Rehabilitation Coordinator
UNE/MARC
11 Hills Beach Road
Biddeford, Maine 04005
 
office 207-602-2670
cell 207-468-9621
 
kmatassa at une.edu
 





From njq at smru.co.uk  Tue Sep 15 09:45:02 2009
From: njq at smru.co.uk (Nicola Quick)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:45:02 +0100
Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Mammals in a Renewable Age Workshop
Message-ID: <FF26334996927E40814E39D5624F38482305BA@server.smru.local>

This is the final announcement for the full day workshop Marine Mammals
in a Renewable Age to be held on 11 October 2009 prior to the SMM
Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Quebec, Canada.


Marine Mammals in a Renewable Age

Potential Conflicts between Marine Mammals and Wave and Tidal
Developments:

Monitoring, Mitigation, Best Practice and Future Research 

Full day workshop, prior to the 
18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals 
Quebec, Canada 
11 October 2009 



The main focus of this workshop will be the potential conflicts between
marine mammals and wave and tidal developments and aims to bring
together all scientists working on these issues to discuss experiences,
methodologies and data. 

The workshop will take the form of four sessions including presentations
from among others; Minerals and Management Service, The Sea Mammal
Research Unit, Oregon State University, The Scottish Association for
Marine Science and AECOM.

 

A full program can be viewed at 

http://www.smru.co.uk/media/20248/marine%20mammals%20in%20a%20renewable%
20age.pdf

 


There is still time to register for this workshop, by following the
instructions on the marine mammal society web site at: 

http://www.marinemammalogy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=categor
y&id=918&Itemid=215
<http://www.marinemammalogy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=catego
ry&id=918&Itemid=215> 


The workshop will take place on Sunday, 11 October 2009 from 8:00 AM
-5:00 PM in room 206b.
There will be a small registration fee of $15.00 USD/$16.00 CAD which
will include lunch and refreshments.


  

SMRU Limited, Scottish Oceans Institute

University of St Andrews

North Haugh

St Andrews

 

 

 

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From IMATA at mail.vresp.com  Tue Sep 15 06:27:37 2009
From: IMATA at mail.vresp.com (IMATA)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:27:37 +0000
Subject: [MARMAM] IMATA Workshops & Classes
Message-ID: <3ee1fb890c-marmam=lists.uvic.ca@mail.vresp.com>

The International Marine Animal Trainers' Association (IMATA) is
pleased to announce the following workshops and courses available in
2009:

The Essentials of Animal Training

Sunday, November 1, 2009

IMATA has invited Ocean Embassy to conduct The Essentials of Animal
Training class. The instructors will expose students to critical
developments in behavioral research and current trends in animal
training.  A variety of multi-media presentations featuring computer
graphics, video, and interactive demonstrations will be used.

Class Details:

-Proper behavior shaping and effective maintenance
-Environmental influences on behavior
-Effective environmental enrichment
-Reactive/Proactive animal care
-Animal acclimation safety
-Interpersonal communication and teamwork

Certificates of course completion will be provided and presented to
participants.

Class is from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and will be held at Georgia Aquarium.


Due to space considerations, ONLY SEVERAL SPOTS REMAIN for these
seminars.

ENROLL NOW at
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?IMATA/3ee1fb890c/bb616a2863/3a0774ce4e/63


 
=================
 

Advanced Behavior Management

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Ocean Embassy will also present the curriculum of this advanced class
which will focus on advanced behavior modification for multi-species,
and accelerated staff development to improve behavior programs.

Class Details:

-Behavior disorders and case studies (their causes, intervention,
treatment and successful outcomes)
-Behavior medicine
-Emergency intervention for handling large animals
-Aggression management

Certificates of course completion will be provided and presented to
participants.

Class is from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm and will be held at the Atlanta
Hyatt Regency. 

Note:  Students may enroll in Advanced Behavior Management as a
stand-alone class.  There are NO prerequisites.

Due to space considerations, ONLY SEVERAL SPOTS REMAIN for these
seminars.

ENROLL NOW at
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?IMATA/3ee1fb890c/bb616a2863/d0e7016bac/63


 
=================
 

Career Building Workshop

Monday, November 2, 2009

IMATA has invited ABC Dolphin Trainer Academy to host a workshop with
emphasis on employability skills and career building.  Instructors
will provide tips and insights regarding career options, how to build
your resume, and how to do a successful interview.

Note:  This workshop is included with IMATA Conference registration,
and open seating will be offered.  Conference name badge credentials
are required for admission.

This workshop is scheduled from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm* and will be held
at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency.  

*workshop starting times are subject to change.

REGISTER NOW at
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?IMATA/3ee1fb890c/bb616a2863/8e4faef0f8/61


================= 

Team Building Workshop: "I've Got Your Six"

Monday, November 2, 2009

Randy Pazen will facilitate, "I've Got Your Six" - a team building
workshop that is based on the story of a Navy SEAL who saved the day
and taught his organization the true meaning of teamwork.

Pazen is a storyteller with a mission to improve the way people view
their work and their workplace. This highly interactive workshop will
focus on how to continue to grow the leadership team(s) and it will
introduce a series of skills and tools designed to address common
challenges faced by teams, and develop a strategic plan to align our
efforts with goals and initiatives.

Note:  This workshop is included with IMATA Conference registration,
and open seating will be offered.  Conference name badge credentials
are required for admission.

This workshop is scheduled from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm* and will be held
at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency.  

*workshop starting times are subject to change.

REGISTER NOW at
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?IMATA/3ee1fb890c/bb616a2863/64e3b6d47b/61
 

 
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Panel Discussion:

Artificial Insemination & Reproductive Management

Monday, November 2, 2009

Holley Muraco will lead a "workshop-style" open panel discussion
featuring experts chosen based on their experience in the training of
behaviors that improve the reproductive management of marine mammals.

Behaviors useful for artificial insemination will be a priority, but
behaviors beneficial for natural breeding efforts and research will
also be covered.

Discussion topics may include: semen collection, urine, saliva, fecal
and blood sampling for hormonal analysis, ultrasound layout, vaginal
swabs, and vaginal endoscopy for cetaceans and pinnipeds.

Goals of the workshop will be to provide participants with current
progress of reproductive management behaviors, provide suggestions on
how to start a reproductive behavior training program, trouble shoot
problems with reproductive behaviors currently being trained,
brainstorm creative and novel approaches to training reproductive
behaviors for difficult species, and discuss the importance of working
towards genetically healthy, long-term captive populations of marine
mammals.

Note:  This workshop is included with IMATA Conference registration, 
and open seating will be offered.  Conference name badge credentials
are required for admission.

This workshop is scheduled from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm* and will be held
at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency.  

*workshop starting times are subject to change.

REGISTER NOW at
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?IMATA/3ee1fb890c/bb616a2863/aa47a03ef9/61


 
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From egido at ciad.mx  Thu Sep 17 10:51:22 2009
From: egido at ciad.mx (Janitzio)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:51:22 -0700
Subject: [MARMAM] New article on Sperm Whale related to jumbo squid in
	Guaymas basin, Gulf of California, Mexico.
Message-ID: <4AB2771A.00001B.04248@LEFFISIOLOGIA>

Dear MARMAM:

The Following paper has been published online in Marine Biodiversity Records
Juan-Pablo Gallo-Reynoso, Janitzio ?gido-Villarreal and Elsa-Mar?a
Coria-Galindo. 2009. Sperm whale distribution and diving behaviour in
relation to presence of jumbo squid in Guaymas Basin, Mexico. Marine
Biodiversity Records. doi:10.1017/S1755267209990571


Abstract
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus distribution was compared to acoustic
backscatter observations in the Gulf of California. Forty-three sperm whale
groups totalling 813 individuals were encountered during 28 observation days
 Sperm whales occurred over deep waters (mean depth = 659 mrange: 300?1800
m). A significant correlation was found between the whales' maximum depth of
dive and depth of the acoustic scattering layer (N = 36r2 = 0.944P = 0.000).
We observed sperm whales dive to the scattering layer and then surface with
prey in their jaws: jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (10 events) and unidentified
fish (one event). The average depth of sperm whale foraging dives to the
scattering layer was 342 m the average diving time was 23 minutesand the
average surface interval between foraging dives was 6 minutes. Sperm whales
spent 75% of their time diving and 25% on the surface. Swimming speed at the
surface was slower when whales reached scattering layers during a dive (2.4
km/h) compared to dives when no scattering layer was reached (8.9 km/h). Our
results establish a direct link between sperm whale distribution and
presence of its prey in the Gulf of California.

For more information contact Dr. Juan Pablo Gallo: jpgallo at ciad.mx

Kind regards,

Janitzio

MDI Janitzio ?gido Villarreal
Investigador Asociado
Laboratorio de Ecofisiolog?a
CIAD - Unidad Guaymas
Carretera al Varadero Nacional Km 6.6
Col. Las Playitas
Guaymas, Sonora 85480
MEXICO
Tel.: 01(622) 22 1 65 33 Ext. 117 
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From harald.roar.lind at npolar.no  Fri Sep 18 05:07:19 2009
From: harald.roar.lind at npolar.no (Harald Roar Lind)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:07:19 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] Open position at the Norwegian Polar Institute
Message-ID: <4D405B4872E4E54A95966E6CF909E7F325CCA5C787@anton>

We are seeking a person that will be responsible for performing field-based research programmes in the Arctic and the Antarctic that are relevant to the institute's mandate. The successful applicant will be responsible for the monitoring and management of the institutes' seabird monitoring programs at Spitsbergen. The job includes: planning research programmes; writing grant applications to help support the work financially; conducting the research in the field; analyzing the resulting data; reporting the results to the Institute's seabird data-bases; and doing basic reporting and administration of the research programme(s). The job also includes providing input and advice in environmental management processes. Research activities are expected to result in an active publication record in journals of high international quality (peer-reviewed).
Qualifications
The Norwegian Polar Institute has an opening for a full-time, permanent research position in avian ecology in Polar Regions. Potential candidates must have a PhD with a background in seabird population biology and ecology. Expertise in statistical analyses, the ability to publish in high-quality international scientific journals and the ability to secure research grants must be documented. An ability and willingness to work in multidisciplinary research groups and practical experience from field-related research programmes are important qualifications.
Salary
The salary will commensurate with the qualifications of the successful candidate, according to the Norwegian State salary code 1109 - 1183, scale 57 - 68 (NOK 435.500 - 533.300). The work place is the Norwegian Polar Institute in Troms?, Norway, with the possibility for extended periods of placement at the NPI office in Longyearbyen on Svalbard. The position is open, and the successful candidate should be able to start as soon as possible.
General
The Norwegian State Administration strives to mirror the diversity of its population and thereby achieve a balanced mix of age, gender and ethnic backgrounds among its employees. Hence, candidates with immigrant backgrounds and women are encouraged to apply for the position.
Further inquiries about the position may be directed to Research Director Kim Holm?n, e-mail: kim.holmen at npolar.no<mailto:kim.holmen at npolar.no>, phone: +47 77 75 05 30, of Head of Biodiversity Section, Kit Kovacs, e-mail: kit.kovacs at npolar.no<mailto:kit.kovacs at npolar.no>, phone: +47 77 75 05 26.
The application deadline is 31 October 2009. The application should include a CV, names of at least two references, a list of publications and details of your relevant qualifications and experience. The application is to be submitted electronically on the application form available at "Apply for this job" on this page. If this is not feasible, printed applications may be sent to the Norwegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, NO-9296 Troms?, Norway.
All applications can be handled confidentially until the application deadline. Thereafter, a public list of applicants will be prepared. Applicants who wish to reserve their applications from the public list must give reasons for this in their applications.  In accordance with new public information laws, information about an applicant can be made public even if the applicant has requested not be included from the public list of applicants, cf.  Freedom of Information Act, Section 25, 2nd paragraph.

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From monachusworkshop at gmail.com  Sun Sep 20 22:45:21 2009
From: monachusworkshop at gmail.com (Monk Seal)
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:45:21 -1000
Subject: [MARMAM] Last Call for Posters and Registration for Monk Seal
	Workshop at 18th Biennial Conference - Deadline Sept. 24
Message-ID: <ce956ad00909202245x3872f8d7ndb475f39f72afc24@mail.gmail.com>

Aloha Marmam Readers-

We would like to announce the last call for registering for the Research,
Management Conservation, and Policy in Monk Seal Recovery: A Global
Perspective workshop taking place before the18th Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals.  The deadline for workshop attendance and poster
submission is Thursday, September 24.

The workshop will allow conference participants to learn about the different
ecological, sociological and political aspects of monk seal recovery.  Monk
seal experts will give presentations on a number of topics including
conservation genetics, disease research and prevention, impacts of climate
change, and enhancement activities. Much of the discussion will focus on
current research and management gaps to encourage collaborations and future
research/management plans between workshop participants. We invite anyone
that might be interested in endangered species research and management,
collaborating on future projects, or curious about the plight of these two
species to attend.

The tentative agenda includes the following:

Presentations on the biology and ecology of, and threats to, each species.

Special Topic 1: Conservation Genetics in the Endangered Monk Seals

Special Topic 2: Monk Seal Health and Disease: Threats, Research,
Surveillance and Prevention of Disease Outbreaks

Special Topic 3:  Human and Seal Interactions: Fisheries, problem behavior,
and public perception.

Special Topic 4:  Translocation, captive care and other techniques to
enhance survival and manage monk seals.

Topic 5: Climate Change and monk seals:  Conserving into the future

There will also be a poster session during lunch that will cover a wide
variety of topics.

Date: October 10, 2009

Time: 830 - 5pm (registration starts at 8 AM)

Location: Quebec City Conference Center RM 207 (conference location)

Cost: $40 US

Registration cost will include morning and afternoon coffee and lunch at the
workshop. Payment will be by cash or US check at the door.

Space IS limited due to room size so please register early.

If you are interested in the workshop or have any questions please email us
at: monachusworkshop @ gmail.com

This is the last call for poster submissions for the workshop.  If you have
a poster that you feel would be relevant to this workshop (monk seal related
or a technique that could be valuable for monk seal research or management)
please let us know no later than Thursday September 24.

Hope to see you there.

Charles Littnan, Alexandros Karamanlidis, Pablo Fernandez de Larrinoa,
and Lisa Van Atta.
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From stafford at apl.washington.edu  Sat Sep 19 09:00:04 2009
From: stafford at apl.washington.edu (Kate Stafford)
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:00:04 -0800
Subject: [MARMAM] workshop on acoustic ecology of marine mammals -
	registration closed
Message-ID: <7C9FD891-CEDC-4C04-800A-F4FD909E6508@apl.washington.edu>

Hi all

Due to greater than anticipated interest and limited room size,  
registration for the upcoming workshop on the acoustic ecology of  
marine mammals prior to the MMC in Quebec is now closed.

Kate

********************
Kate Stafford, Ph.D.
Applied Physics Lab
University of Washington
1013 NE 40th St
Seattle WA 98105 USA
1-206-685-8617
stafford at apl.washington.edu
***********************



From Todd.Speakman at noaa.gov  Mon Sep 21 07:04:33 2009
From: Todd.Speakman at noaa.gov (Todd Speakman)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:04:33 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Dolphin Research Internship, Charleston, SC
Message-ID: <4AB787F1.1040903@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 2010. 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 14 week period from January 11, 2010 to 

April 16, 2010. There is some flexibility in these start and 

end dates. 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. 

2) The Charleston Dolphin Abundance and Distribution (CDAD) Project: 

Standard Operating Protocols (SOP) for Field and Photographic Analysis Procedures.

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 be 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 end of November, 2009.



Interested applicants should correspond by email to Todd Speakman 

Email: 

Todd.Speakman at noaa.gov <mailto: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 MaSi at natur.gl  Mon Sep 21 16:59:09 2009
From: MaSi at natur.gl (Malene J. Simon)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:59:09 -0200
Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on the feeding behaviour of bowhead whales
Message-ID: <4C9B48EE7039974C923946C0385E2C22018150AA@naturmail.natur.local>

Dear Collegues
The following paper has recently been published in Proceedings of the Royal Society
 
Simon, M., Johnson, M., Tyack, P. and Madsen, P.T. 2009. Behaviour and kinematics of continuous ram filtration in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). Proceedings of the Royal Society. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1135
 
Abstract

Balaenid whales perform long breath-hold foraging dives despite a high drag from their ram filtration of zooplankton. To maximize the volume of prey acquired in a dive with limited oxygen supplies, balaenids must either filter feed only occasionally when prey density is particularly high, or they must swim at slow speeds while filtering to reduce drag and oxygen consumption. Using digital tags with three-axis accelerometers, we studied bowhead whales feeding off West Greenland and present here, to our knowledge, the first detailed data on the kinematics and swimming behaviour of a balaenid whale filter feeding at depth. Bowhead whales employ a continuous fluking gait throughout the bottom phase of foraging dives, moving at very slow speeds (less than 1 m s^-1), allowing them to filter feed continuously at depth. Despite the slow speeds, the large mouth aperture provides a water filtration rate of approximately 3 m^3 s^-1, amounting to some 2000 tonnes of water and prey filtered per dive. We conclude that a food niche of dense, slow-moving zooplankton prey has led balaenids to evolve locomotor and filtering systems adapted to work against a high drag at swimming speeds of less than 0.07 body length s^-1 using a continuous fluking gait very different from that of nekton-feeding, aquatic predators.

 

All best,

Malene Simon

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark. MaSi at Natur.gl

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From S.McCluskey at murdoch.edu.au  Tue Sep 22 05:37:28 2009
From: S.McCluskey at murdoch.edu.au (Shannon McCluskey)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:37:28 +0800
Subject: [MARMAM] Research Assistants Needed for Marine Ecology Project in
	Australia
Message-ID: <477A8450F426E34DBD5B2E7C6FA82D54015F7009@PLUTO.ad.murdoch.edu.au>

CALL FOR VOLUNTEER RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

 

WHAT: Volunteer assistants are requested to partake in a PhD project investigating diet and foraging ecology of bottlenose dolphins.

 

WHERE: Bunbury, South Western Australia (180 km south of Perth). A beautiful coastal town with easy access to Perth, the Margaret River wine region, surfing and bush walking. 

 

WHEN: January to March 2010; and June to September 2010. 

 

DUTIES: Relative composition and abundance of prey species in the Koombana Bay region will be sampled using beach seine nets, fish traps, and gillnets. Volunteers will be required to manually deploy and retrieve fish traps, seines and gillnets, assist in the operation of a research vessel, identify, count, weigh, and measure fish and invertebrate species. 

 

Stomach contents of stranded dolphins and scat samples will be analysed for prey content. This will involve separating and identifying hard parts in scat and stomach samples. Volunteers may also have the opportunity to assist with post mortem examinations of stranded dolphins. 

 

Spatial analysis to determine foraging "hot spots" will be carried out using point observational data. Assistants will be required to assist in the creation of data layers by entering data into an ArcGIS format and learn to use some basic GIS tools.

 

Fish, invertebrate, and marine plant samples will be collected and prepared for stable isotope analysis. Volunteers may also be required to assist in the biopsying of dolphins for stable isotope work. 

 

Data entry and management, equipment maintenance, and other office and lab tasks will be required. 

  

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Mandatory

-Primary requirement is a good attitude, work ethic, and ability to work in a physically demanding environment. This can include long hours in extreme weather conditions and long days on the water. Hauling fish traps and nets is physically demanding work. Volunteers must be able to repeatedly lift over 23 kg (~51 lbs). 

-Must be able to commit to a minimum of one month. People able to commit for longer periods will be preferred.

 

Preferred, but not mandatory

-Undergraduate degree in the biological sciences 

-Previous field work experience, specifically with fisheries or marine mammals 

-Experience using ArcGIS or similar spatial analysis software

-Experience managing large datasets

-Experience operating vessels up to 7 meters in length

 

COMPENSATION: Regrettably volunteers will be required to arrange their own transportation to Bunbury, accommodation and all living expenses. (Backpackers and rooms in shared houses are available for approximately AU$90/week). Schedules may be flexible to allow volunteers to work on a part-time basis if legally able in Australia (e.g. possession of a working holiday visa). Academic credit may be earned if arranged through your local institution. Valuable field and lab experience in the ecological sciences will be gained through participation in this project.   

 

HOW TO APPLY: Please send a CV, letter of interest, and at least one letter of reference to: 

Shannon McCluskey

Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit 

c/o Dolphin Discovery Centre

Bunbury, Western Australia 6230

 

or electronically to: S.McCluskey at murdoch.edu.au <mailto:S.McCluskey at murdoch.edu.au> 

 

LINKS OF INTEREST:

Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit: http://www.cffr.murdoch.edu.au/mucru/

Dolphin Discovery Centre: http://dolphins.mysouthwest.com.au/ <http://dolphins.mysouthwest.com.au/> 

Information on Bunbury: http://www.mybunbury.com/ <http://www.mybunbury.com/>  or 

http://www.travelau.com.au/wa/bunbury/ <http://www.travelau.com.au/wa/bunbury/> 

 

 

 

 

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From info at scanningoceansectors.org  Tue Sep 22 14:02:32 2009
From: info at scanningoceansectors.org (Yvonne Miles)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:02:32 +1000
Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustics Courses in UK
	and Australia
Message-ID: <c5022de50909221402u4b394ddak75e7babffe8b69c1@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All



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and Joint Nature Conservation Committee ? JNCC, recognised course for
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We have years of research behind the *EFFECTIVE* training of MMOs with
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training is to ensure INDUSTRY gets the MMOs they pay for, that they are
HIGHLY trained, EFFIECNT and EFFECTIVE in the job, and are prepared for all
necessary actions. We do not take your fees and run, we will support you
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Our Passive Acoustic Monitoring course is run by professionals in the
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From Charles.Littnan at noaa.gov  Wed Sep 23 13:19:05 2009
From: Charles.Littnan at noaa.gov (Charles Littnan)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:19:05 -1000
Subject: [MARMAM] Job Opening: Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program Data
 Management Systems Specialist
Message-ID: <2880B272-AF0A-4D34-8CB1-379571032E05@noaa.gov>

Aloha All-

A job is opening for anyone who has database savvy and marine mammal  
interests.  The announcement follows below.  This job is not limited  
to US Citizens.

Please contact the people listed below if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Charles
____________________________

Charles Littnan
Leader, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program
NOAA Fisheries
1601 Kapiolani Blvd. Suite 1100
Honolulu HI 96814

P: 808-944-2171
F: 808-941-0307


JIMAR PIFSC DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SPECIALIST ? ID# 29403. Joint  
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research.
Regular, Full-Time, RCUH Non-Civil Service position with the School  
of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Joint
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), located at the  
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Islands Fisheries
Science Center (PIFSC) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Continuation of  
employment is dependent upon program/operational needs, satisfactory  
work
performance and availability of funds. MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY: $3,222/ 
Mon. DUTIES: Assumes lead role in monk seal
application development team. Develops, implements, modifies and  
maintains application systems for data checking, viewing, editing,
analyzing, summarization, and report generation. Develops,  
implements, enhances, and maintains new or improved data management
systems and general program operating procedures for existing data  
and field data collection. Provides technical and non-technical
assistance and instruction on the acquisition and use of computer  
hardware and database programs to other staff. PRIMARY
QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four  
(4) year college or university in Computer Science.
EXPERIENCE: Five to seven (5-7) years of work experience in the  
design of computer programs dealing with biological data, including
design and programming of database applications. ABIL/KNOW/SKILLS:  
Knowledge of system design, programming procedures, SQL,
PL/SQL visual basic, FORTRAN or PASCAL, as well as third party  
libraries (Object Professional, B-Tree Filer, and other DOS Protected
mode complaint data base applications.) Familiarity with networking  
personal computer conventions, various types of data storage media
and file organization. Ability to prepare well-organized and complete  
documentation of developed systems and procedures. Working
knowledge of personal computer peripherals running the MS WINDOWS  
family operating systems. Post Offer/Employment Conditions:
Must meet the US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and  
Atmospheric Administration security requirements for working in a
federal facility which includes being fingerprinted and having a  
federal background check performed. SECONDARY
QUALIFICATIONS: Master?s Degree from an accredited college or  
university in Computer Science, Database Design, or related field.
Experience working in remote areas, deploying hardware and software  
into remote areas, or troubleshooting systems remotely.
Proficiency with standard tools used in Unix/Linux environments.  
Experience using ORACLE, MSDE2000, MS Access and/ or other
ODBC compliant software packages. Background in statistical and  
analytical programming, Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
Global Positioning System (GPS) data and data communications  
protocols. INQUIRIES: Nicole Wakazuru 956-9465 (Oahu).
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: The preferred method of applying for a job  
is through our on-line application process. Please go to
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qualifications
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Hall D-100, Honolulu, HI 96822 before the closing date. If you
have questions on the application process and/or need assistance,  
please call (808)956-3100. CLOSING DATE: October 12, 2009.
EEO/AA Employer.







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From vaughnrl at neo.tamu.edu  Thu Sep 24 19:48:27 2009
From: vaughnrl at neo.tamu.edu (Vaughn, Robin Lea)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:48:27 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [MARMAM] Dusky dolphin internship positions
Message-ID: <1052992291.6480761253846907447.JavaMail.root@neo-mail-1>

Dusky dolphin internship positions

I am seeking 2 volunteer interns to assist with analyses of dusky dolphin foraging behaviors/vocalizations.  These positions will be through the Marine Mammal Research Program, Texas A&M University at Galveston, in Bernd W?rsig?s lab.  Positions are unpaid, and we are unable to provide housing.  However, each intern will be included as a co-author on the resulting publication/s.  Intern positions will be 30-40 hours per week. 

Intern (1) will assist with quantification of underwater foraging behaviors.  Our objectives here are to a) describe prey herding and capturing behaviors, and b) examine relationships between these behaviors, dolphin party size, and prey ball size.  This intern will quantify behaviors (e.g., numbers/types of prey capture attempts, duration of within 2-m passes by the prey ball) using Quicktime, and summarize temporal parameters using Microsoft Excel.  Duration of this position is Jan. 5-May 7, with the potential option of continuing through summer.

Intern (2) will assist with analysis of dolphin vocalizations during foraging.  Our objectives with these analyses are to a) describe vocalizations, and b) examine vocalization functions (e.g., echolocation/communication) during foraging.  This intern will identify vocalizations using Adobe Audition, quantify parameters for each vocalization using a custom Matlab script, and objectively categorize vocalizations.  Duration of this position is Jan. 19-May 21, with the potential option of continuing through summer.

To apply, please email a letter of interest, CV, transcript/s and 2 letters of recommendation by Nov. 27 to:

Robin Vaughn
Ph.D. Candidate
Marine Mammal Research Program
Texas A&M University
Galveston, TX 77551
vaughnrl at tamu.edu



From jack.lawson at dfo-mpo.gc.ca  Fri Sep 25 07:11:08 2009
From: jack.lawson at dfo-mpo.gc.ca (Lawson Jack)
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:41:08 -0230
Subject: [MARMAM] Workshop notice posting - second submission
Message-ID: <868DF896-ABF9-4191-830D-F65CA1D259DB@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>

Good morning MARMAM readers.

We would like to urge those interested that registration for the  
workshop "TNASS-SNESSA-CODA Surveys Review" that they do so as soon as  
possible.  We are planning for refreshments and need to complete the  
order very soon.  As background, here is the workshop description text  
as posted on the SMM workshop web site:

The TNASS (Trans North Atlantic Sightings Survey), Southern New  
England to Scotian Shelf Abundance (SNESSA), and Cetacean Offshore  
Distribution and Abundance (CODA) surveys were large-scale  
international efforts to assess the abundance and distribution of  
various marine megafauna in many regions of the north Atlantic.  These  
surveys were conducted in the summer and fall of 2007, and their  
effort collectively facilitates the first pan-Atlantic estimation of  
distribution and abundance for a number of marine mammal species, many  
of which exhibit transboundary migrations.
Prior to the TNASS, the North Atlantic Sightings Surveys (NASS) were  
coordinated international surveys carried out using aircraft and  
vessel platforms.  The NASS surveys were incomplete for the north  
Atlantic area by not having coverage in adjacent Canadian waters.  The  
discontinuity is all the more striking since the National Marine  
Fisheries Service in the United States also conducted complementary  
surveys to the south of Atlantic Canada at the same time as the NASS.   
Further effort to the southeast of the TNASS studies in 2007 was the  
CODA survey of the western European shelf.
This workshop will provide participants an overview of the rationale,  
methods, analytical approach, and results (with many anecdotes!) from  
the TNASS survey, along with summary presentations describing the  
results of the SNESSA, and CODA surveys as well.  Workshop attendees  
will be invited to comment and contribute to further analysis and  
interpretation.  It is planned that a report will be created from  
these deliberations that will summarize and perhaps integrate the  
results of the three surveys, and provide suggestions and solutions  
for further analyses and future surveys at similar scales.
During the full-day workshop coffee, tea, and water will be available  
for attendees during the morning and afternoon breaks.
Date: October 10, 2009
Time: 0830 - 1700 (registration starts at 0800; the workshop may end  
earlier if all topics are covered quickly)
Location: Quebec City Conference Center RM 206A (conference location)
Cost: $15 Canadian Funds

Registration cost will include morning and afternoon coffee at the  
workshop. Payment will be by cash or check at the door.

Space IS limited so please register early.  If you are interested in  
the workshop or have any questions please email me at the address  
below (minus the embedded spaces).

We hope to see you there.



best regards,    Jack

Dr. Jack Lawson
Marine Mammals Section
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
St. John's, NL
Canada   A1C 5X1
(709) 772-2285     (709) 772-4105 (FAX)
Jack.Lawson at dfo-mpo.gc.ca
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/coe-cde/cemam/teams-equipes/Lawson/lawson-eng.html


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From info at m-e-e-r.de  Mon Sep 28 01:53:11 2009
From: info at m-e-e-r.de (Fabian Ritter, MEER e.V.)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:53:11 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] M.E.E.R. field course, springtime 2010
Message-ID: <4AC07977.7020501@m-e-e-r.de>


Dear Fellow-Marmamers!

The non-profit association M.E.E.R. would like to announce it's next
field course in behavioural biology in the Canary Islands:

"Field research of the project M.E.E.R. La Gomera"

from 15-29 April 2010

The project M.E.E.R. La Gomera is conducting a study on the interactions
between cetaceans and whale watching boats since many years. The
participants of these 2-weeks practical courses will get an insight into
the behavioural research conducted from whale watching boats operating
off the island of La Gomera. In this area, 21 cetaceans species could be
identified during the last years, representing one of the highest known
species diversities in the world. A list of publications that resulted
from this project is given below.

The course includes a full training program: the theory and practice of
behavioural research will be learned and profound background information
on whale watching will be given. Research experience that will be gained
includes sighting data recording, behavioural sampling, photo
identification, data handling and more.

The course is fully accepted for the study of Biology at the
Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin (Germany) and the University of Vienna
(Austria).

Moreover, the research is embedded in conservation efforts aiming at the
preservation and promotion of whale watching as a sustainable use of
cetaceans and the establishment of a marine sanctuary in the waters off
La Gomera. M.E.E.R. La Gomera was honoured in 2001 with the
international environmental award "Tourismus und Umwelt" by the German
Association of Travel Agencies and Travel Operators (DRV). As was said
during the bestowal, the project "realises new ways of co-operation of
research and tourism in an exemplary and innovative way".

For further information (including downloads of a detailed brochure and
a booking form) please visit

http://m-e-e-r.de/index.php?id=208&L=2

The price is 899.- ? including 7 whale watching research excursions,
accommodation, full training program, scientific supervision, donation
to M.E.E.R. e.V., written working material, certificate of attendance
and one year MEER e.V. membership.
(The journey to and from La Gomera is not included in the price.)

Early bookings are accepted until 31 December 2008 at a price of 849.- ?

For further information, booking, etc., please send an e-mail to
info at m-e-e-r.de

_____________________________________
The non-profit association M.E.E.R. is registred and based in Berlin.
The objectives of the association are conservation, research and
education in order to protect cetaceans in their natural habitats. Our
work aims at increasing the public awareness for the oceans and to
present ways how humans can deal with nature in a responsible way.
Our co-operation partners are the "Deutsche Umwelthilfe"
(Radolfzell/Germany) "Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine"
(Munich/Germany), and "Oceano Gomera" (whale watching operator/La
Gomera).

_____________________________________________
Publications in conjunction with the work of the project M.E.E.R. La
Gomera:

Ritter, F. & Ladner, U.A. 1996. Whale Watch Research on La Gomera: A new
Interdisciplinary Approach. European Research on Cetaceans 9. Proc. 9th
Ann. Conf. ECS, Lisbon 1996, 48ff.

Ritter, F. 1996. Abundance, Distribution and Behaviour of Cetaceans off
La Gomera (Canary Islands) and Their Interaction with Whale
Watching-Boats and Swimmers. Diploma Thesis to the University of Bremen,
Faculty of Biology. 114pp.

Ritter, F. & Brederlau, B. 1998. First Report of Blue Whales
(Balaenoptera musculus) Frequenting the Canary Island Waters. European
Research on Cetaceans 12. Proc. 12th Ann. Conf. ECS, Monaco, 20-24th
January 1998, 95-98.

Ritter, F. & Brederlau, B. 1999. Abundance, Distribution and Behaviour
of Dense Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) off La Gomera (Canary
Islands) and their Interactions with Humans. AQUATIC MAMMALS, 25.2,
55-61.

Ritter, F. 2001. Twenty-one Cetacean Species off La Gomera (Canary
Islands): Possible Reasons for an extraordinary Species Diversity.
Poster presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the ECS, 5-7 May 2001,
Rome, Italy.

Ritter, F. 2002. Behavioural Observations of Rough-toothed dolphins
(Steno bredanensis) off La Gomera (Canary Islands) with a special
Reference to their Interactions with Humans. AQUATIC MAMMALS 28.1,
46-59.

Smit, V., Ritter, F. & Neumann, K. 2003. Feasibility study: Land-based
observations of cetaceans off La Gomera. Abstr. 14 Ann. Conf. ECS, Gran
Canaria, Spain.

Ritter, F. 2003. Boat-Related behaviours as a tool for the development
of species-specific whale watching guidelines. Abstr. 14 Ann. Conf. ECS,
Gran Canaria, Spain.

Ritter, F. 2003. Interactions of Cetaceans with Whale Watching Boats -
Implications for the Management of Whale Watching Tourism. M.E.E.R.
e.V., Berlin, Germany, 91 pp.

Mayr, I. & Ritter, F.: PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION OF ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHINS
OFF LA GOMERA (CANARY ISLANDS) WITH NEW INSIGHTS INTO SOCIAL
ORGANISATION. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, La
Rochelle, France, April 2005.

Ritter, F. & Neumann, K. (2006): The Year of the Whale - Extraorbinary
occurrence of Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni) off La Gomera (Canary
Islands). Poster presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the ECS in
Gdynia, April 2006.

Ritter, F. (2007): BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHINS TO A
DEAD NEWBORN CALF. Marine Mammal Science, 23(2): 429-433

Carrillo, M. & Ritter, F. (2008). Increasing Numbers of Ship Strikes in
the Canary Islands: Proposals for Immediate Action to Reduce Risk of
Vessel-Whale Collisions. IWC Document SC/60/BC6.


-- 

Fabian Ritter
-Vorsitzender,President-

M.E.E.R. e.V.
Bundesallee 123
D-12161 Berlin


NEUE RUFNUMMER/NEW NUMBER!-
T/F: +49-(0)30-644 97 230

www.m-e-e-r.org

__
The dolphins were having a great relaxed time
and there were no major answers they wished
to know the questions to...
(After Douglas Adams)



From Katie.Brill at MyFWC.com  Mon Sep 28 05:39:45 2009
From: Katie.Brill at MyFWC.com (Brill, Katie)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:39:45 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Florida Manatee Research Job Vacancy
Message-ID: <8B5AE15CFB74F04484510AEB4AFF09BF0558CD88@FWC-TLEX10.fwc.state.fl.us>

Florida Manatee Research Job Vacancy

OPS Research Staff



Job #77900922

Department: Wildlife Research

Location: St. Petersburg, FL (Pinellas County)

Rate of Pay: $11.00/hr (40 hrs/wk) including some weekends and occasional holidays; no benefits provided

Close Date: October 5, 2009

Contact: Katherine Brill



Position Description:



Serve as member of FWC's manatee necropsy, carcass salvage, and rescue team.  Conduct necropsies at the Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory or in the field on manatees and other marine mammal carcasses, record observations, and complete associated necropsy reports.  Responsible for preparation and labeling of sample containers, carcass disposal, and cleaning of equipment and instruments.  Recover marine mammal carcasses for necropsy from Florida's Northwest region (coastal and inland waterways of Manatee County to Escambia County).  Assist in manatee rescue and transport operations in the Northwest region.  Assist with manatee rescues and capture operations away from designated area as needed.  Process skeletal collection requests according to FWC and USFWS guidelines; prepare skeletal remains for curating and shipping and process federal, state, and international permits for tracking skeletal collections and information requests.  Maintain inventories of tissues and tissue requests.  Manage associated database of inventories including metadata.  Responsible for vessel maintenance and associated boater safety reports. Manages the processing and labeling of manatee necropsy slides, digital images, archiving of digital images, and overseeing the image log database.  Participate in public outreach efforts ad appropriate.  Prepare research papers and technical reports. Serve with other MMPL staff members in the rotating, on-call duty (that includes weekends and occasional holidays) for the purpose of responding to marine mammal emergencies and carcasses.



Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

*     Knowledge of the Florida Manatee Recovery Plan and state and federal legislation protecting manatees

*     Knowledge of methods of data collection and principles and techniques of research and analysis

*     Knowledge of marine mammal anatomy and necropsy techniques

*     Knowledge of SLR digital cameras, filters, and lenses

*     Experience creating and managing databases, spreadsheets, and word processing using Microsoft Access, Excel, and Word

*     Able to trailer flatbeds and watercraft vessels

*     Able to safely operate watercraft vessels 26' in length and smaller

*     Be capable of daily manual labor requiring handling of heavy and sharp objects and working under unpleasant conditions

*     Must be physically fit, able to lift at least 75 lbs, and be able to swim sufficiently to save oneself

*     Able to conduct fieldwork in all weather conditions

*     Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships

*     Be comfortable speaking to the public

*     Possess or be able to obtain a Florida driver's license within a month of employment



Minimum Requirements:

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in one of the biological sciences or one year of professional biological experience in a field or lab research program.  Experience with dissection, pathology, or animal necropsies.



TO APPLY: A State of Florida Employment Application must be submitted through the People First Web site (https://peoplefirst.myflorida.com) by the closing date. Applicants selected for interview will be expected to submit a letter of introduction, resume and references--notification will be made to those individuals following the closing date.


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From Sally.Mizroch at noaa.gov  Tue Sep 29 10:02:31 2009
From: Sally.Mizroch at noaa.gov (Sally Mizroch)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:02:31 -0700
Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on the distribution and movements of North
	Pacific fin whales
In-Reply-To: <8B5AE15CFB74F04484510AEB4AFF09BF0558CD88@FWC-TLEX10.fwc.state.fl.us>
References: <8B5AE15CFB74F04484510AEB4AFF09BF0558CD88@FWC-TLEX10.fwc.state.fl.us>
Message-ID: <001d01ca4126$a2ea0990$e8be1cb0$%mizroch@noaa.gov>

Hi all, 
My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our new paper
on the distribution and movements of North Pacific fin whales.  

Mizroch, S. A., D. Rice, D. Zwiefelhofer, J. Waite and W. Perryman.  2009.
Distribution and movements of fin whales in the North Pacific Ocean.
Mammal Review 39(3):193-227

The paper can be downloaded directly from:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122607981/issue, or you may
contact me directly at sally.mizroch at noaa.gov.
 
ABSTRACT
1. We summarize fin whale Balaenoptera physalus catch statistics, sighting
data, mark recoveries and acoustics data. The annual cycle of most
populations of fin whales had been thought to entail regular migrations
between high-latitude summer feeding grounds and lower-latitude winter
grounds. Here we present evidence of more complex and varied movement
patterns.

2. During summer, fin whales range from the Chukchi Sea south to 35 ?N on
the Sanriku coast of Honshu, to the Subarctic Boundary (ca. 42 ?N) in the
western and central Pacific, and to 32 ?N off the coast of California.
Catches show concentrations in seven areas which we refer to as 'grounds',
representing productive feeding areas.

3. During winter months, whales have been documented over a wide area from
60 ?N south to 23 ?N. Coastal whalers took them regularly in all winter
months around Korea and Japan and they have been seen regularly in winter
off southern California and northern Baja California. There are also
numerous fin whale sightings and acoustic detections north of 40 ?N during
winter months. Calves are born during the winter, but there is little
evidence for distinct calving areas.

4. Whales implanted with Discovery-type marks were killed in whaling
operations, and location data from 198 marked whales demonstrate local site
fidelity, consistent movements within and between the main summer grounds
and long migrations from low-latitude winter grounds to high-latitude summer
grounds.

5. The distributional data agree with immunogenetic and marking findings
which suggest that the migratory population segregates into at least two
demes with separate winter mating grounds: a western ground off the coast of
Asia and an eastern one off the American coast. Members of the two demes
probably mingle in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands area.

6. Prior research had suggested that there were at least two non-migratory
stocks of fin whale: one in the East China Sea and another in the Gulf of
California. There is equivocal evidence for the existence of additional
non-migratory groups in the Sanriku-Hokkaido area off Japan and possibly the
northern Sea of Japan, but this is based on small sample sizes.

Best regards,
Sally
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Sally A. Mizroch
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4
Seattle, WA  98115, USA
voice: (206) 526-4030
fax:  (206) 526-6615
e-mail: Sally.Mizroch at noaa.gov

The contents of this message are mine personally and do not necessarily
reflect any position of NOAA.

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From Sara.Heimlich at noaa.gov  Tue Sep 29 14:22:56 2009
From: Sara.Heimlich at noaa.gov (sara.heimlich)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:22:56 -0700
Subject: [MARMAM] MobySound.org: soliciting sound files for the archives
Message-ID: <4AC27AB0.6060606@noaa.gov>

Dear Colleagues:

 

*We invite you to visit MobySound.org*, the new location for MobySound, 
an open-access sound database for research in automatic call recognition 
(ACR) of marine mammals.   MobySound provides training data for ACR 
methods and currently contains recordings of a number of species of 
cetaceans; pinniped recordings will be added soon.

 

We are currently expanding the archive of recordings and are actively 
soliciting contributions from our colleagues in the marine mammal 
sciences (you!)

 

We have an incoming FTP site where you could deposit sound files, or we 
are happy to get them on CD/DVD.  We will also be at the 2009 SMM 
Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Quebec City, 
where we will be able to take direct deposits. 

 

What are we looking for?  Recordings of any marine mammal species that 
are (ideally) relatively long sound files -- 10-30 minutes (or longer) 
-- along with metadata: where and when the recordings were made, 
instrumentation used, where the whale sounds are within the files, 
degree of certainty about the species in the recordings, etc.  A full 
list of desired metadata is appended below. We realize that the ideal 
recordings may not exist, and if they do, may not be easy for you to 
find in your collection, so we expect less than the ideal; any 
recordings and metadata that would be easy for you to provide would be 
helpful.

 

We always post a copyright statement, which includes an appropriate 
attribution clause regarding source and acknowledgments, and states that 
permission to use sound files beyond the immediate scope and purposes of 
this project must be sought directly from the provider.  We can also 
accommodate other copyright arrangements which might better suit the 
needs of a contributor. 

 

Feel free to contact us at any time, or hunt us down for a good chat 
during the 2009 SMM Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals 
in Quebec City.

 

Cheers-

 

Sara Heimlich and Dave Mellinger

Sara Heimlich (541) 867-0328 tel.

Sara.heimlich at oregonstate.edu

CIMRS/NOAA

VENTS Acoustics

Marine Mammal Group

Hatfield Marine Science Center

Newport, OR. 97365 USA

 

_
_

_Detailed list of the sort of information we would find useful:_

    * recordist (person)
    * recording equipment, frequency response, sample rate, bit depth
    * time/date of recordings; is that part of the sound files?
    * geographic area
    * position and speed of hydrophones (x, y, z); may be a track (e.g.,
      GPS track) for mobile hydrophones
    * time and frequency of vocalizations (or presence/absence of them
      within specific time spans)
    * signal-to-noise ratio
    * species and numbers of individuals present -- degree and type of
      verification
    * behavior
    * is hydrophone on-axis / off-axis / unknown
    * sound speed profile
    * bottom depth at sensor (or bathymetry of the area)
    * bottom characteristics
    * sea state / swell size
    * references
    * sources of noise and interfering sounds
    * distance from recorded animals
    * time/frequency positions and types of vocalizations of interest
      within each file

-- 

Sara Heimlich

CIMRS/NOAA

VENTS Acoustics

Marine Mammal Group

Hatfield Marine Science Center

Newport, OR. 97365 USA

 

(541) 867-0328 tel.

 

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From info at cbmwc.org  Tue Sep 29 06:48:28 2009
From: info at cbmwc.org (CBMWC)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:48:28 +0100
Subject: [MARMAM] Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre Project Officer -
	Position available
Message-ID: <D25443DD8AE8447FAD12BAF042CB6ABC@CBMWCLT1>

Job opportunity - Project Officer for Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre

 

 

 

Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

Project Officer for Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre

 

 

Duration:                                 October 2009 to April 2010

Line Management:                  Chairman, Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife
Group

Responsible to:                       Chief Executive (WTSWW)

Salary:                                    circa ?8,750 p/a for a 26 hour
week (days flexible)

Application process:               Send CV plus covering letter to
info at cbmwc.org by Friday 9th October 2009

                                                Interviews will be held
during the week commencing 12th October 2009

 

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Officer for the Cardigan Bay Marine
Wildlife Centre, New Quay, Wales. This post is available for a period of up
to 6 months depending on starting date.

 

JOB DESCRIPTION


Overall Purpose of Post


*	To develop and implement the volunteering strategy for the Cardigan
Bay Marine Wildlife Centre including recruitment, induction, volunteer
development and training.
*	Develop financial initiatives for the centre to secure its long term
viability and sustainability.
*	Raise the profile of the Centre and its work.
*	Further the development of the Centre, its research, education and
awareness raising work.

 

 


Main Responsibilities


*	Recruit, coordinate and support CBMWC volunteers, including
responding to all volunteer enquiries.
*	Advertise for and recruit seasonal volunteers for the 2010 field
season.
*	Encourage and promote volunteering opportunities to members and the
wider community, identify volunteer roles for long term local volunteers and
recruit.
*	Manage the running of visitor centre shop, including stock ordering
and purchasing.
*	Identify and develop other potential income streams for CBWMC.
*	Development of current projects and identification of potential
future projects, in line with CBMWC?s research, education and awareness
raising objectives.
*	Identify funding opportunities and work on grant applications.
*	General administrative support.
*	Raise awareness of the work of the Centre and marine conservation
locally and nationally.
*	Production of reports to funders.

 

 

Person Specification

Essential

*         Demonstrable experience of working with volunteers and
understanding volunteer needs

*         Excellent organisational and communication skills

*         Ability to work without supervision

*         Show self-reliance and initiative

*         Ability to lead and motivate others

*         Ability to work effectively under pressure

*         Ability to work well within a small team

*         A commitment to wildlife and conservation issues

*         Flexible working attitude

*         Understanding of Health & Safety issues

 

 

Desirable

*         Full driving licence

*         Experience coordinating volunteers

*         Knowledge of grant fundraising processes

*         Confident personality and excellent communicator

*         Knowledge and understanding of computers/databases

*         A knowledge of Welsh may be an advantage

 

This post is part-time (26 hrs per week) from October 2009 to April 2010
(covering secondment post, possible extension).  The post is based at The
Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre, Patent Slip Building, Glanmor Terrace,
New Quay, Ceredigion SA45 9PS.

 

The post is subject to a CRB data check and a 3 month probationary period.

 

Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre is supported by the Cardigan Bay Marine
Wildlife Group, a Marine interest group of the Wildlife Trust of South and
West Wales. For further information about the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife
Centre please contact Sarah Perry (01545 560032), visit www.cbmwc.org
<http://www.cbmwc.org/>  or email info at cbmwc.org.

 

DEADLINE: Applications (CV & covering letter) to be emailed to
info at cbmwc.org by Friday 9th October 2009.

 

__________________________________________________________________

 

Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre

Patent Slip Building

Glanmor Terrace

New Quay

Ceredigion

SA45 9PS

West Wales, UK

 

Ffon/Phone: 01545 560032

E-bost/E-mail:  <mailto:info at cbmwc.org> info at cbmwc.org

Website:  <http://www.cbmwc.org> www.cbmwc.org

 

www.cbmwc.org

http://twitter.com/CBMWC

 

Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre is supported by the Cardigan Bay Marine
Wildlife Group, a Marine interest group of the Wildlife Trust of South and
West Wales.

 

Helping to conserve Cardigan Bay's Marine Wildlife through education,
interpretation and research.

Cynorthwyo i gadw Bywyd gwyllt Moral Bae Aberteifi trwy addysg as ymchwil.

 

__________________________________________________________________

 

The contents of this email are confidential and are soley for the use of the
intended recipient. If you receive this email in error please delete it and
notify us either by email or telephone. It is prohibited to copy, forward or
otherwise disclose the contents of this email.

 

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From liebschner at gmx.de  Wed Sep 30 01:31:06 2009
From: liebschner at gmx.de (Alex Liebschner)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:31:06 +0200
Subject: [MARMAM] Information about the occurrence of marine mammals within
 the Antarctic Treaty Area
Message-ID: <20090930083106.295060@gmx.net>

Dear colleagues,

I?m looking for any information about the occurrence and abundance of marine mammals (especially (Blue) whales) in the area of the Eastern Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea during the austral summer (January to April). Any information as accurate as possible would be helpful to contribute to the assessment of the potential impact of seismic surveys in these areas. 

In particular, if you know about local populations or stocks of marine mammals in the areas mentioned above, it would be a great help if you could provide me with this information. 

Please, do not worry about any misuse of the information received ? no info or data will be used for any publication.

If you know anybody who could provide assistance on this matter, please don?t hesitate and transfer this mail forward. Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Please contact me directly under:
liebschner at gmx.de

Many regards
Alexander Liebschner

-- 
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sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser


From info at scanningoceansectors.org  Wed Sep 30 01:07:31 2009
From: info at scanningoceansectors.org (Yvonne Miles)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:07:31 +1000
Subject: [MARMAM] Last call for registration on Marine Mammal Observer
	Course and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Course
Message-ID: <c5022de50909300107v6683016dvbec151aba537c912@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All

*Scanning Ocean Sectors ? A Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) training company
and Joint Nature Conservation Committee ? JNCC, recognised course for
industry and research.*

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*

We have years of research behind the *effective* training of MMOs with
courses adapted to the requirements of the clients, and taught by
professionals in their specialised fields.


*Please note that we are finalising numbers for the October courses
*


**

NOTE ? There will be *ONLY **ONE** MMO COURSE IN OCTOBER 19th - 21st  *

* **
Due to high request we will be running a Passive Acoustic Monitoring course
for MMOs on 22nd ? 23rd  October 2009
*


**

*This course is booking up quickly so don?t leave it late*


**

Please visit our website for more information and to register for all
courses


At the end of November there will be 2010 dates for training up on the
website


*Note ? There are limited numbers for each course so please book early to
avoid disappointment.*

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*

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for the next issue


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From lalter at nrdc.org  Wed Sep 30 14:08:14 2009
From: lalter at nrdc.org (Alter, Liz)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:14 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] ESA listing petition for the insular stock of Hawaiian
	false killer whales
Message-ID: <8E94332873710B438F2C92E6F53AEB310E15C307@NYMAILT.nrdc.org>

Readers of MARMAM may be interested in the following announcement
regarding an Endangered Species Act listing petition for the insular
stock of Hawaiian false killer whales, filed today by the Natural
Resources Defense Council. A press release and the petition itself can
be found at the link below.

 

 

NRDC Asks Obama Administration to List Endangered Whale Species
<http://www.nrdc.org/media/2009/090930a.asp> 
LOS ANGELES (September 30, 2009) - The Natural Resources Defense Council
today called on the federal government to list the Hawaiian population
of false killer whales as an endangered species and designate critical
habitat to ensure its recovery under the Endangered Species Act. The
Hawaiian false killer whale population is a small and ecologically
unique population of 120 animals that has suffered a significant decline
over the last 25 years.

 

http://www.nrdc.org/media/2009/090930a.asp

 

 

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From rleeney at coastalstudies.org  Wed Sep 30 09:44:19 2009
From: rleeney at coastalstudies.org (Ruth H Leeney)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:44:19 -0400
Subject: [MARMAM] Internship at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies,
 Cape Cod
Message-ID: <4ac38a95.0c07560a.3149.16b4@mx.google.com>


Right whale Internship posting: Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies

The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is seeking an intern for 
the upcoming 2010 right whale survey season. This person will work 
with both the aerial survey and habitat survey teams, who operate 
between January and May every year, documenting the abundance, 
distribution and behavior of North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod 
Bay. The intern will primarily assist staff members with 
photographing right whales and collecting behavioral and 
environmental data at sites in Cape Cod Bay. The successful applicant 
will also be responsible for a number of lab-based 
photo-identification tasks, such as downloading images, database 
entry, and matching images to known animals using an online 
catalog.  He/ she will be required to work a minimum of four full 
days per week. The intern will often collect data independently in 
the field, thus responsible, detail-oriented applicants are 
encouraged to apply.
Fieldwork will likely involve one to two surveys per week, between 
January 2 and May 15. Applicants must be available for the full field season.

Requirements:


    * A degree, preferably in biological/ environmental sciences (required).

    * Experience with digital SLR cameras.

    * Experience in photo-identification of marine mammals, and 
matching of photographs (required).

    * Data entry; basic computer skills in programs such as Excel and 
Word (required).

    * Experience of working on boats. Must not suffer from seasickness.

    * Must work well in a team. Field hours can be long and the 
winter fieldwork conditions are cold.

    * Enthusiasm and willingness to learn field and lab-based research methods.

    * A valid US drivers license would be beneficial but is not essential.


Housing will be provided, as well as a stipend of $1000 for the whole 
internship period. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone 
wishing to expand their skills in marine mammal survey techniques, 
and will offer the successful applicant the unique chance to work 
with one of the world's most endangered cetacean species, the North 
Atlantic right whale.

PCCS has a long history of conservation and research work with the 
North Atlantic right whale. This internship will afford the 
successful applicant an invaluable opportunity to work within a 
well-established institution, with highly-qualified scientists, and 
to gain experience in photo-identification, matching, data entry and 
analysis. Some experience in plankton sampling may also be gained. 
Details of our work can be found at the following links:

Habitat program:
http://www.coastalstudies.org/what-we-do/right-whales/vbhabstudies.htm

Aerial program:
http://www.coastalstudies.org/what-we-do/right-whales/aerialsur.htm

Application process:
Please submit your cover letter, resume, college transcripts 
(unofficial are sufficient), and the contact information for three 
references via email to rleeney at coastalstudies.org ; please compile 
these into one pdf file if possible.
The closing date for applications is November 15, 2009.



Ruth H. Leeney, PhD
Director, Right Whale Aerial Survey Program
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
5 Holway Avenue
MA 02657
USA

t: (508) 487-3623 ext. 111
www.coastalstudies.org
www.namibiandolphinproject.blogspot.com
http://publicationslist.org/ruth.leeney  
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From nicola.hodgins at wdcs.org  Wed Sep 30 09:13:05 2009
From: nicola.hodgins at wdcs.org (Nicola Hodgins)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:13:05 +0100
Subject: [MARMAM] WDCS Request
Message-ID: <C6E94221.D4AE%nicola.hodgins@wdcs.org>

Dear MARMAMMER?s,

WDCS is kindly asking for your help as we are compiling a comprehensive
online species guide that will include up to 5 quality images of each
species alive and at sea - although we appreciate that for several species,
like for example many of the beaked whales, this will not be possible.
Unfortunately we are falling short of being able to source all the images
that we need or are looking for better ones and/or additional ones that best
showcase cetaceans and would assist in easy identification of the animal. As
and when you would get the chance can we ask you to have a trawl through
your photos and see if you can fill in any of the blanks. All photographers
will be credited and images will NOT be used for any other purpose, unless
authorised to do so by the photographer.

A list of species for which we need images follows and all and any help will
be greatly appreciated!

If you can help then please respond to me directly (nicola.hodgins at wdcs.org)
to arrange transfer of files!

Thank-you in advance for your help,
   Nicola

Antarctic minke whale
Bowhead whale
Burmeister's porpoise
Chilean dolphin
Dall's porpoise
Dwarf sperm whale
Finless porpoise
Franciscana
Fraser's dolphin
Hourglass dolphin
Long-beaked common dolphin
Melon-headed whale
Northern right-whale dolphin
Peale?s dolphin
Pygmy killer whale
Pygmy right whale
Pygmy sperm whale
Sei whale
Spectacled porpoise
Snubfin dolphin

Andrew's beaked whale
Arnoux's beaked whale
Baird's beaked whale
Cuvier's beaked whale
Gervais' beaked whale
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
Gray's beaked whale
Hector's beaked whale
Hubbs? beaked whale
Longman?s beaked whale
Perrin?s beaked whale
Pygmy beaked whale
Shepherd?s beaked whale
Sowerby?s beaked whale
Spade-toothed beaked whale
Stejneger?s beaked whale
Strap-toothed beaked whale
True?s beaked whale


Nicola Hodgins
International Projects Co-ordinator
WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

Phone: - +441249 449 537
Mobile: - +447841497597

http://www.wdcs.org
 
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