From pirotts at libero.it Mon Jul 1 01:40:36 2013 From: pirotts at libero.it (Enrico Pirotta) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 10:40:36 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on the effects of dredging on bottlenose dolphins Message-ID: <75407729.13112131372668036914.JavaMail.actor@webmail41> Dear MARMAM colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been published online: Pirotta E, Laesser BE, Hardaker A, Riddoch N, Marcoux M, Lusseau D. 2013. Dredging displaces bottlenose dolphins from an urbanised foraging patch. Marine Pollution Bulletin. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.020 ABSTRACT: The exponential growth of the human population and its increasing industrial development often involve large scale modifications of the environment. In the marine context, coastal urbanisation and harbour expansion to accommodate the rising levels of shipping and offshore energy exploitation require dredging to modify the shoreline and sea floor. While the consequences of dredging on invertebrates and fish are relatively well documented, no study has robustly tested the effects on large marine vertebrates. We monitored the attendance of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to a recently established urbanised foraging patch, Aberdeen harbour (Scotland), and modelled the effect of dredging operations on site usage. We found that higher intensities of dredging caused the dolphins to spend less time in the harbour, despite high baseline levels of disturbance and the importance of the area as a foraging patch. KEY WORDS: Construction; Displacement; Dredging; Harbour; Scotland; Tursiops truncatus A PDF copy of the work can be downloaded from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X13003123 Please do not hesitate to contact me for any question regarding our work. Best Regards, Enrico Pirotta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aileen at pacificbio.org Mon Jul 1 09:18:48 2013 From: aileen at pacificbio.org (Aileen Jeffries) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 09:18:48 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Job Post - Marine Biologist - PhD Message-ID: <00187856D1D6475A8A017E7F04A0EFCE@Porpoise> Marine Biologist: Second Posting Marine biologist to lead population study of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and its role in the Salish Sea ecosystem. Required: PhD in marine biology, or equivalent, experience in cetacean research, demonstrated ability to secure funding for independent research. A US citizenship or existing work visa for the US is required. The ability to relocate to Washington is required. Desirable: Experience in wildlife population ecology, experience using acoustic instruments, experience handling boats, experience meeting with natural resource managers to recommend management policy, experience meeting with agencies and foundations, success obtaining funding for conservation research. The successful candidate will be asked to take the lead in a project that is underway, to use acoustic monitors and land-based observations to estimate a population of harbor porpoise. The project leader will have the assistance of one support staff and work with the current PI. The initial, primary duties will be to direct measurements to obtain the detection probability of acoustic monitors. This will include placing, deploying and swapping acoustic monitors, analyzing data, assessing the accomplishment of the project and modifying design and execution as necessary. The second phase will be to work with a network of monitors and develop population assessment tools. The project leader will be expected to maintain contact with and coordinate with agencies working in the area and to be available to occasionally give public presentations. The project leader must be self-directed, able to take initiative and able to work as part of a team. The project leader must keep the success of the project a high priority and will be encouraged to develop innovative, original research and publish. Salary is dependent on experience. Work will begin in October. We hope to have selected someone by September. Please send a cover letter detailing experience relevant to this position and a resume to aileen at pacificbio.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cvincent at univ-lr.fr Mon Jul 1 05:09:42 2013 From: cvincent at univ-lr.fr (=?UTF-8?B?Q8OpY2lsZSBWaW5jZW50?=) Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:09:42 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] Bio-logging 5 Second announcement In-Reply-To: <519F1FE5.1020906@iphc.cnrs.fr> References: <519F1FE5.1020906@iphc.cnrs.fr> Message-ID: <51D17186.8050700@univ-lr.fr> Good day everybody, This is the second announcement for the Bio-logging Symposium 5. The website (http://bls5.sciencesconf.org/) has been updated with the following items: - *Important dates* (Registration will open in September 2013) - *Tentative program and detailed themes *(click on the (+) mark to read the details - *Plenary speakers *(their names speak for themselves!) - *Registration Fees *(we tried to keep them as low as possible but it's crisis time) - *Call for Workshops *(it's open now!) Concerning the call for workshops, if you are interested in organizing a workshop please contact Cecile Vincent, Akiko Kato and myself (bls5 at iphc.cnrs.fr and cvincent at univ-lr.fr). Could you please provide us with a tentative title, name and affiliation of the organizer(s), a rough estimate of the number of attendees, the expected duration and a short half a page summary, before the end of September. Workshops can be held on the Wednesday afternoon (3 rooms already secured), as well as before and after the symposium (rooms to be secured depending on the demand). 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DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00601.x Members of the Society for Marine Mammalogy can download a pdf copy of the paper from the Marine Mammal Science website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00601.x/full or you may contact me directly at sally.mizroch at noaa.gov. ABSTRACT We investigated the distribution and movements of sperm whales (*Physeter macrocephalus*) in the North Pacific by analyzing whaling data and movement data of whales marked with Discovery marks. Prior studies suggested that there were discrete ?stocks? of sperm whales, assuming that the intervals between historical areas of concentration indicated subpopulation boundaries. Our analyses clearly refute this assumption: whaling and marking data suggest no obvious divisions between separate demes or stocks within the North Pacific. Sperm whales appear to be nomadic and show widespread movements between areas of concentration, with documented movements of over 5,000 km, time spans between marking and recovery over 20 yr, and ranges that cover many thousand km2. Males appear to range more widely than females. Sperm whales likely travel in response to geographical and temporal variations in the abundance of medium- and large-sized pelagic squids, their primary prey. Our analyses demonstrate that males and females concentrated seasonally in the Subtropical Frontal Zone (*ca*. 28?N?34?N) and the Subarctic Frontal Zone (*ca*. 40?N?43?N), and males also concentrated seasonally near the Aleutian Islands and along the Bering Sea shelf edge. It appears that the sperm whales targeted by the pelagic whalers range widely across this ocean basin. 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 necessarilyreflect any position of NOAA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From coralie.dlima at gmail.com Tue Jul 2 04:51:53 2013 From: coralie.dlima at gmail.com (Coralie D'Lima) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 21:51:53 +1000 Subject: [MARMAM] REMINDER: ANNOUNCING A T-SHIRT / POSTER COMPETITION FOR THE 20TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON THE BIOLOGY OF MARINE MAMMALS IN DUNEDIN Message-ID: Hi Everyone, This a reminder that the SMM conference committee is organizing a T-shirt / poster competition for the 20th Biennial conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Dunedin. Here are the details of the competition: Theme: "Marine Mammal Conservation ? Science Making a Difference" (and possibly keep in mind that the conference location is in New Zealand) The winner will get a prize pack including a whale watching ticket, a book and authorship of your very own illustration on the conference T-shirts / posters! Images should be sent as .jpg or .tiff files to biennialnzcompetition at gmail.com The competition is open to anyone who registers for the conference Deadline: 8th of July, 2013 NOTE: Please send in your ORIGINAL illustrations Feel free to send in as many entries as you like! Good luck! Coralie D'Lima Student Member at Large Society of Marine Mammalogy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This conference provides an opportunity for those engaged in marine research, offshore development, and the regulation of offshore activities to learn more about the effects of noise on aquatic animals and the aquatic environment. Aquatic Noise 2013, like its predecessors, is intended to introduce participants to the most recent research in this field. Presentations will focus on the most recent findings, discuss regulatory and other current issues and identify data gaps. The meeting itself will promote contact between researchers and between scientists, engineers and regulators and allow opportunities for collaboration. Effects of noise on a wide range of animals will be considered, including marine mammals, turtles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates. If you are interested in attending the meeting you should visit the website at www.an2013.org/ The latest iteration of the program is available on the website _______________________________________ Arthur N. Popper Professor, Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Email: apopper at umd.edu Phone: (301) 405-1940 Fax: (301) 314-9358 Web: popperlab at umd.edu Program: www.ccebh.umd.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cortwatt at msn.com Tue Jul 2 07:36:12 2013 From: cortwatt at msn.com (Cortney Watt) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 07:36:12 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on narwhal foraging behaviour (Watt, C.) Message-ID: New paper on narwhal foraging behaviour (Watt, C.) We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper on narwhal foraging behaviour "How adaptable are narwhal? A comparison of foraging patterns among the world's three narwhal populations" by Cortney A. Watt, Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen, and Steven H. Ferguson. Ecosphere 4(6):71. AbstractHow organisms will fare in the face of climate change depends on their behavioral adaptability to changing conditions. Adaptability in foraging behavior will be particularly critical as food web changes are already occurring in Arctic regions. Stomach contents from narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in the Baffin Bay (BB) population have suggested that narwhals are dietary specialists with little behavioral flexibility, but there are two other narwhal populations in the world, the Northern Hudson Bay (NHB) and East Greenland (EG) populations, of which very little is known about diet. We investigated whether plasticity in foraging behaviors existed among the world?s narwhal populations and between sexes by comparing their stable isotope values and niches, and running stable isotope mixing models to determine primary prey. Stable isotope analysis was conducted on skin collected by Inuit hunters during their subsistent narwhal hunt in Canada and Greenland. Stable isotope analysis on carbon (d13C) and nitrogen (d15N) revealed the three populations have distinct stable isotope values that are not expected based on geographic differences and that males in all populations had significantly higher d13C. Stable isotope mixing models revealed narwhals in EG forage more on pelagic prey, particularly capelin, while those in NHB typically forage in the benthos. Males, probably because of their size and enhanced diving ability, likely feed more intensively on benthic organisms, resulting in their higher d13C. Stable isotopic niches were similar between males and females in each population, and between NHB and BB, but EG narwhals had a significantly larger niche, suggesting they either forage across a larger geographical expanse, or whales within the population employ individual dietary specialization. This is the first study to use stable isotopes to evaluate and compare diet in all three narwhal populations, which is vital for understanding how they will fare in the face of changing climate.We discuss how narwhal are adaptable in their preferred prey and how there is potential for narwhal to adjust foraging behavior in the face of the dramatic ecosystem shifts occurring with climate warming. The paper is avalable online at http://www.esajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1890/ES13-00137.1 Thank you. Cortney WattPhD Candidate - University of Manitoba501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, ManitobaR3T 2N6 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joan.gimenez at csic.es Thu Jul 4 01:54:30 2013 From: joan.gimenez at csic.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Joan_Gim=E9nez_Verdugo?=) Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 10:54:30 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: Isotopic evidence of limited exchange between Mediterranean and eastern North Atlantic fin whales. Message-ID: Dear MARMAM members, We are pleased to announce that a new publication on fin whales is available in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. Gim?nez, J., G?mez-Campos, E., Borrell, A., Cardona, L. and Aguilar, A. 2013. Isotopic evidence of limited exchange between Mediterranean and eastern North Atlantic fin whales. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectometry, 27: 1801?1806 Online version: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rcm.6633/abstract Abstract: RATIONALE: The relationship between stocks of fin whales inhabiting the temperate eastern North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea is subject to controversy. The use of chemical markers facilitates an alternative insight into population structure and potential borders between stocks because the two areas present dissimilar isotopic baselines. METHODS: Baleen plates, composed of inert tissue that keeps a permanent chronological record of the isotopic value of body circulating fluids, were used to investigate connectivity and boundaries between the stocks. Values were determined by continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry. RESULTS: Stable isotopes confirm that, while the two subpopulations generally forage in well-differentiated grounds, some individuals with characteristic Atlantic values do penetrate into the Mediterranean Sea up to the northernmost latitudes of the region. As a consequence, the border between the two putative subpopulations may be not as definite as previous acoustic investigations suggested. The discriminant function obtained in this study may assist researchers to use baleen plate isotopic data to assign the origin of fin whales of uncertain provenance. CONCLUSIONS: This study strengthens the stock subdivision currently accepted for management and conservation while recognizes a low level of exchange between the Mediterranean and temperate eastern North Atlantic subdivisions. Best regards, -- *Joan Gim?nez Verdugo* *Estaci?n Biol?gica de Do?ana (CSIC) * *Department of Conservation Biology* Avenida Americo Vespucio s/n 41092 Sevilla Mail: joan.gimenez at csic.es Phone: 619176849 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kristenk at uvic.ca Wed Jul 3 11:03:00 2013 From: kristenk at uvic.ca (kristenk at uvic.ca) Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:03:00 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Fin whale recordings available from Ocean Networks Canada Message-ID: <87ad0266de01d189af1116cfbddc5290.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> Ocean Networks Canada has just deployed a low frequency hydrophone between the Papa Bare, Mama Bare and Baby Bare seamounts in the abyssal plain of the Northeast Pacific Ocean, and we are picking up Fin Whales on this hydrophone. We have recordings from June 30th, July 1st and July 2nd, and are continuing to pick them up. All of these recordings are available for free from dmas.uvic.ca (register for free to access the data, and navigate to ODP 1027>ODP1026>hydrophone). A sample has been uploaded to the highlight's page, and can be found here: http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~jdorocic/nept-featured/iclf224/index.html Please contact John Dorocicz at jdorocic at uvic.ca if you have any questions or would like more information. From sgolaski at coa.edu Thu Jul 4 07:19:57 2013 From: sgolaski at coa.edu (Sara Golaski) Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 15:19:57 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] =?windows-1252?q?Volunteer_field_assistant_opportunity_-?= =?windows-1252?q?_Heaviside=92s_dolphins_research_in_Namibia?= Message-ID: *Volunteer field assistant opportunity - Heaviside?s dolphins research in Namibia* *BACKROUND:* This volunteer position is to assist University of Pretoria MSc student Sara Golaski. The project aims to obtain baseline information on abundance and habitat use of Heaviside?s dolphins in Namibia using primarily photographic identification (photo-ID). *WHERE:* Walvis Bay, Namibia *WHEN:* As soon as possible until December 2013. *DATA ANALYSIS & FIELDWORK:* The volunteer position is primarily office based processing photo-ID images, but you will be aiding the Namibian Dolphin Project in all project activities including some fieldwork, community outreach and attending cetacean strandings should they occur. *EXPECTATIONS*, volunteers are expected to: - Be experienced with photo-ID work - Have good attention to detail - Be reliable, adaptable and hard-working - Be prepared to work long days - Be sociable, enthusiastic and have a positive attitude. - Participate for a minimum of 2 months, 3 months preferred Post would suit upper level undergrads and graduate students who have interest and background in Biology, Marine Biology and an interest in pursuing further study. Due to the training required, applicants should be available for a *minimum of 2 months.* *LIVING & COSTS:* Volunteers are expected to cover their own living expenses, including flight costs. We can assist in finding accommodation which can be around ZAR 3000 ($300 USD) per month. Food and other personal expenses can be kept between ZAR 2000-3000 a month. *DEADLINE AND APPLICATIONS:* Interested volunteers should email Sara Golaski as soon as possible with a: *1 - LETTER of interest outlining relevant experience and motivation for participation* *2 ? CV* *3 - Duration of stay (expected start and end date)* * * *to Sara Golaski sgolaski at coa.edu * *FOR MORE INFORMATION:* Namibian Dolphin Project website: http://www.namibiandolphinproject.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fernando.diaz at flinders.edu.au Tue Jul 2 22:04:49 2013 From: fernando.diaz at flinders.edu.au (Fernando Diaz Aguirre) Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 05:04:49 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Field assistants needed for research on Burrunan Dolphins in Coffin Bay, South Australia Message-ID: <3F5B35F997CCA34C9C21B365423104A0E0F002@HKXPRD0310MB388.apcprd03.prod.outlook.com> Dear MARMAMers, Field assistants needed for research on Burrunan Dolphins in Coffin Bay, South Australia Fieldwork dates: Volunteers are needed from 9th September to 30th November 2013. Application deadline: 30th July 2013 Project title: Population size, spatial ecology and socio-genetic structure of the Burrunan dolphins (Tursiops australis) in Coffin Bay, Thorny Passage Marine Park (TPMP), South Australia. Institution: Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab (CEBEL); Flinders University; South Australia www.cebel.org.au Overview: We are seeking experienced field assistants to help two PhD students during spring season with boat-based photo-ID of Burrunan dolphins (Tursiops australis) in Coffin Bay, one of the most beautiful marine parks of South Australia. * Commitment to the full duration of this time will be highly favoured. Project aim: provide baseline information on the ecology, habitat use, social and genetic population structure of Burrunan dolphins in the TPMP in South Australia. This research is part of a larger research program into this species lead by the Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab at the School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University. This is an opportunity to gain experience in field techniques for small cetacean research and contribute to a project with very high conservation and management value. Duties: Searching for dolphins, driving the boat, photo-identification, recording field observations, equipment cleaning and data entry (incl. fin matching). Expectations: Field assistants need to be adaptable and patient as weather is highly dependent. We will be committed to go sampling everyday whenever weather allows us. If not, we'll be working in data entry and fin matching of identified individuals. Assistants will need to be prepared for early morning departures (6-7AM) and long days (6-8 hours) on the water for multiple consecutive days. Expect up to a week between days off, as field work is weather dependent. Prerequisites: ? Experience of working on a small boat (highly desirable, Coxswain certificate will be highly favoured); ? Experience of photo-ID survey techniques (highly desirable); ? Experience of field research on small cetaceans (highly desirable); ? Enrolled in or completed a degree in biology, marine science, animal behaviour or a related field (desirable) ? No history of debilitating seasickness (essential); ? Be team-oriented, patient, and have an enthusiastic attitude to hard work and collecting data on the natural environment (essential); ? Fluent English or Spanish (highly desirable) We'll provide accommodation during the entire field season in Coffin Bay. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide monetary compensation. Assistants will be responsible for their own travel to Port Lincoln, South Australia, and will have to pay for their own food. We'll share house duties including cooking and cleaning. If you are interested, please send a CV, a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience, and contact details of two relevant referees to Cecilia.passadore at flinders.edu.au and fernando.diaz at flinders.edu.au by 30th July 2013. Kind Regards, Cecilia and Fernando ____________________________________ Fernando Diaz-Aguirre Marine Biologist (MSc), PhD Candidate Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab School of Biological Sciences Flinders University of South Australia GPO Box 2100/Adelaide SA 5001 Mobile: +61 4 98189090 fernando.diaz at flinders.edu.au www.cebel.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon.elwen at gmail.com Wed Jul 3 11:42:22 2013 From: simon.elwen at gmail.com (Simon Elwen) Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 19:42:22 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] Gray whale still in Namibia Message-ID: Dear colleagues. I thought you might be interested to hear that the gray whale is still in Walvis Bay, 2 months after it was first reported. For photos and details please see our project blog: http://namibiandolphinproject.blogspot.com Regards, Simon Elwen -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Simon Elwen Ph.D. Research Fellow at the Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria Based in: Walvis Bay - Namibia. Phone: +264 81 421 4968 (mob Namibia) Namibian Dolphin Project: www.namibiandolphinproject.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lherman at hawaii.edu Sat Jul 6 20:03:50 2013 From: lherman at hawaii.edu (Louis Herman) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 17:03:50 -1000 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on humpback song and singers Message-ID: > >Greetings: > >We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper on >humpback whale song. The paper is available as an Online First >Article (prior to the print version) in the July 2013 issue of >Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, and a PDF may be downloaded >from Springer Direct if you or your institution has access. I will >post a second notice when the print version appears with >instructions as to how to obtain a PDF of that. You may contact me >for further information. > >Humpback whale song: who sings? Herman, L. M., Pack. A. A., Spitz, >S. S., Herman, E. Y. K., Rose, K., Hakala, S. & Deakos, M. H. 2013. >Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67 (3 July 2013) DOI >10.1007/s00265-013-1576-8 > >Abstract >While on their winter breeding grounds, male humpback whales >(Megaptera novaeangliae) produce long sequences of structured >vocalizations called song, whose function within the mating system >is still unresolved. Here we ask which males sing. Is it only those >sexually mature, as typifies songbirds and some lekking ungulates in >which vocalizations during the rut are restricted to mature males? >Or do immature males join in the chorus? Using an underwater >videogrammetric technique, we measured the body lengths of 87 >humpback singers in the Hawaiian winter grounds. Applying length and >sexual maturity relationships for North Pacific humpbacks as >determined by biologists aboard twentieth century Japanese whaling >vessels, we found that singer lengths ranged from 10.7 to 13.6 m, >with 15 % of lengths indicative of probable sexual immaturity >(length<11.3 m, p [maturity]<0.5). We interpret this broad >participation of males as a lekking aggregation and the asynchronous >singing chorus as an instance of by-product mutualism. The >participation of many singers yields a heightened signal level that >may attract more females to the singing area. Sexually mature males >can benefit through access to more females. Immature males may gain >deferred benefits through increased opportunities to learn and >practice the social, behavioral, and acoustical skills and >conventions of the winter grounds that they can apply usefully in >later years. > >Cheers, > >Lou Herman >lherman at hawaii.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brandon.southall at sea-inc.net Sun Jul 7 00:10:36 2013 From: brandon.southall at sea-inc.net (Brandon Southall) Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 00:10:36 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Two new papers on marine mammal behavioral responses Message-ID: <51D9146C.6010007@sea-inc.net> MARMAM subscribers, On behalf of my colleagues in the Southern California Behavioral Response Study (SOCAL-BRS), I am pleased to let you know that we had two papers published recently on beaked and blue whale responses to simulated and actual mid-frequency sonar and other sounds. The references and abstracts are given below for each paper as well as the link to get the actual papers (available through Open Access). Thank you, Brandon Southall DeRuiter SL, Southall BL, Calambokidis J, Zimmer WMX, Sadykova D, Falcone EA, Friedlaender AS, Joseph JE, Moretti D, Schorr GS, Thomas L, Tyack PL. 2013 First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier?s beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar. Biol Lett 9: 20130223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0223 Available via Open Access at: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/4/20130223.full Abstract: Most marine mammal strandings coincident with naval sonar exercises have involved Cuvier?s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris). We recorded animal movement and acoustic data on two tagged Ziphius and obtained the first direct measurements of behavioural responses of this species to mid-frequency active (MFA) sonar signals. Each recording included a 30-min playback (one 1.6-s simulated MFA sonar signal repeated every 25 s); one whale was also incidentally exposed to MFA sonar from distant naval exercises. Whales responded strongly to playbacks at low received levels (RLs; 89?127 dB re 1 mPa): after ceasing normal fluking and echolocation, they swam rapidly, silently away, extending both dive duration and subsequent non-foraging interval. Distant sonar exercises (78?106 dB re 1 mPa) did not elicit such responses, suggesting that context may moderate reactions. The observed responses to playback occurred at RLs well below current regulatory thresholds; equivalent responses to operational sonars could elevate stranding risk and reduce foraging efficiency. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Goldbogen JA, Southall BL, DeRuiter SL, Calambokidis J, Friedlaender AS, Hazen EL, Falcone EA, Schorr GS, Douglas A, Moretti DJ, Kyburg C, McKenna MF, Tyack PL. 2013 Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar. Proc R Soc B 280: 20130657. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0657 Available via Open Access at: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1765/20130657.full Abstract: Mid-frequency military (1?10 kHz) sonars have been associated with lethal mass strandings of deep-diving toothed whales, but the effects on endangered baleen whale species are virtually unknown. Here, we used controlled exposure experiments with simulated military sonar and other mid-frequency sounds to measure behavioural responses of tagged blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in feeding areas within the Southern California Bight. Despite using source levels orders of magnitude below some operational military systems, our results demonstrate that mid-frequency sound can significantly affect blue whale behaviour, especially during deep feeding modes. When a response occurred, behavioural changes varied widely from cessation of deep feeding to increased swimming speed and directed travel away from the sound source. The variability of these behavioural responses was largely influenced by a complex interaction of behavioural state, the type of midfrequency sound and received sound level. Sonar-induced disruption of feeding and displacement from high-quality prey patches could have significant and previously undocumented impacts on baleen whale foraging ecology, individual fitness and population health. -- Brandon L. Southall, Ph.D. President, Senior Scientist, SEA, Inc. Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz 9099 Soquel Drive, Suite 8, Aptos, CA 95003, USA 831.332.8744 (mobile); 831.661.5177 (office); 831.661.5178 (fax) Brandon.Southall at sea-inc.net; www.sea-inc.net From orcaspirit_ at hotmail.com Thu Jul 4 01:25:28 2013 From: orcaspirit_ at hotmail.com (Katie H) Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 20:25:28 +1200 Subject: [MARMAM] Volunteers Needed in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand Message-ID: Volunteers Needed in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand Wanted: Volunteers for September, October and November 2013 Enthusiastic and reliable volunteers are required to assist me in the field as I continue my study on marine mammal use of Admiralty Bay, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. This project is being conducted through the Cawthron Institute of Nelson, New Zealand. This would benefit anyone who wants experience in working with small boats, theodolites, photo-ID work and marine mammal observation. Ideally however, the volunteers will have had some experience in some of these areas already in addition to a background in marine biology. Duties will include assistance in the field for data collection, data entry/processing and logistical support, in addition to sharing of cooking and cleaning duties. The coming field season is 14 weeks from approximately 26th August ? 1st December and I currently require either 2 volunteers who can commit to the whole time (preferable), or a series of volunteers to cover this timeframe. Preference will be given to those who can commit to longer periods. For more information on the Admiralty Bay/French Pass area go to http://www.frenchpass.com/. Provided: Food and board in Admiralty Bay, Marlborough Sounds will be provided in exchange for your assistance. Please note that this is volunteer work and you will not be paid, but you will gain valuable work experience in the above areas. What you need to provide: Your own transport at least as far as Nelson, Picton or Blenheim, New Zealand. Your own clothes and field gear e.g. wet-weather gear, warm clothing, sturdy shoes. Reliable assistance and a positive attitude while enduring long hours in the field. Essential Skills: Volunteers must- -Be able to commit to a minimum period of 4 weeks on the project -Work well with others -Be able to live in close quarters with others in a small, isolated community -Be enthusiastic, hard-working, motivated and willing to work and learn -Be committed to working long hours for several days in a row -Be physically fit and able to work in outdoor conditions -Possess fluent English language skills -Be safety conscious -Be a non-smoker What?s involved: This project involves data collection both by boat and theodolite work. Boat trips will only be day-trips (not overnight) on a 4.5m rigid hull inflatable boat and involve working along transect lines recording the locations of any observed marine mammal groups, taking photographs for identification of individual dolphins and limited behaviour work. Theodolite data will be recorded from a hilltop near the shoreline, and will require spending the day on an exposed cliff top scanning the bay with binoculars for dolphin groups and recording data with the theodolite and laptop computer. Applications For more information on the project or to apply, please contact Katie Halliday via email at khal250 at aucklanduni.ac.nz In your application you must include a current CV with relevant experience stating whether you have experience in marine mammal observation and boat and/or theodolite work, references or contact details for referees and details of your availability during the above time period. 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It is consistently ranked as the best aquarium in the United States for its innovative exhibits and unsurpassed visitor experience, and is home to more than 35,000 animals and plants in nearly 200 galleries and exhibits. The aquarium is a showcase for the habitats and sea life of Monterey Bay and California's Central Coast - one of the world's richest marine regions. The aquarium has since its founding been committed to a rigorous program of scientific research involving key habitats and marine species, notably California sea otters, Pacific bluefin tuna and great white sharks. It has grown to become one of the leading ocean conservation organizations in the world, largely on the strength of research, policy and advocacy programs that are grounded firmly in science. In addition to its research programs, the aquarium's main conservation initiatives include the widely recognized and influential Seafood Watch sustainable seafood program; collaborations with science and policy leaders at Stanford University, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and other institutions; and advocacy on behalf of ocean policy issues at the state, regional and national level. The aquarium has become a trusted voice on ocean issues because of the rigor and integrity of its own research programs, and its integration of science to expand the aquarium's visibility and policy influence to support its conservation priorities. The Director of Conservation Research will join the newly formed Conservation and Science Division to lead our conservation research program, working closely with the other key departments within the division (Seafood Watch and Policy). The Conservation Research group works to synthesize and communicate the scientific results of its work and to deepen the strategic partnerships that help advance the aquarium's conservation mission. Position Summary The Director of Conservation Research and Chief Scientist reports to the Vice President of Conservation & Science and is responsible for managing and providing oversight and strategic direction to the Aquarium's Conservation Research Program and partnerships (currently focusing on sea otters, Pacific bluefin tuna, and white sharks). This position also serves as the Aquarium's chief science advisor and principal point of contact for issues related to marine and conservation science and research. In this capacity, the position facilitates, develops and supports multi-institutional collaborations that conduct and/or promote marine conservation research. The Director develops and implements mechanisms to assure rigor of scientific research initiatives and programs that support the Aquarium's programmatic and conservation imperatives, provides scientific advice on major conservation and policy initiatives, generates funding to help support research, and assists with institutional short and long-range planning. The broad objectives for the Director of Conservation Research and Chief Scientist are as follows: * Direct, promote, evaluate and create marine research opportunities that advance the conservation of identified regional populations, species, communities or systems. Oversee administration of the Conservation Research Program, including setting goals, preparing annual budgets and supervising managers and support staff. Serve as the Aquarium's principal point of contact for issues related to marine conservation science and research, and be responsible for ensuring scientific accuracy of Aquarium products and messages. * Oversee and design mechanisms to ensure scientific rigor of Aquarium supported science, acting in a chief scientist capacity, including but not limited to arranging for external science advice or review and serving as chair of the Aquarium's Research Oversight Committee. * Successfully create and maintain formal and informal collaborations with other research groups and institutions to advance mutual conservation research goals, including multi-institutional relationships/partnerships with MBARI, Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC) collaborators, Tuna Research and Conservation Center (TRCC) and pelagic research groups. * Provide scientific research support to all Aquarium work groups requiring such support; promote and facilitate on-site research opportunities for outside investigators. * Provide scientific advice to Aquarium leadership and programs on major Conservation and Science Division and Aquarium-wide initiatives, particularly the Policy and Seafood Watch programs. * Remain actively informed about important and emerging science relevant to the Aquarium's policy, conservation and research initiatives and efforts, including fishery and ecosystem science, ocean pollution and health, climate change/ocean acidification, wildlife rehabilitation and population studies, and nearshore ecology. * Work with Husbandry Division to identify priorities and support meaningful husbandry research and publication. Qualifications Ph.D. in marine science or conservation. Demonstrated record of accomplishment in marine ecological research or conservation research. Experience working with policy and advocacy players to apply science to conservation policy solutions. At least 5 years' experience in program administration, including personnel and budget management, short and long-term goal setting, program development and evaluation. Experience/Competencies Demonstrated capacity to enthusiastically communicate and execute a progressive science vision that advances the Aquarium's long term goal of ocean ecosystem health. Outstanding oral and written communication skills with ability to convey science to the public in a compelling fashion. Excellent leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to create and lead motivated and effective teams as well as work with colleagues in a team-oriented environment. Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively with a very diverse audience, including but not limited to Aquarium staff and volunteers, visitors, members of the public at large, Aquarium and academic colleagues, donors and board members. Experience and comfort speaking to the news media. Experience writing grant proposals and successfully competing for public and/or private research funding. Cheers! Andy Andrew Johnson Sea Otter Research and Conservation Manager P 831-648-7934 M 831-402-1851 [cid:image001.gif at 01CE7D54.3DBAF2F0] Monterey Bay Aquarium 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940 www.montereybayaquarium.org Our mission is to inspire conservation of the oceans. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Other projects include assisting with data and photo processing for our new whale app. Commitment: 15-20 hours/week for 16 weeks Responsibilities include, but are not limited to * Taking dorsal fin photos of animals encountered during daily cruises * Maintain detailed data logs of sightings and enter them into ACCESS databases * Answer questions and interpret for guests on board. * Photo processing and IDing individual whales seen during daily trips * Create a project to display to Aquarium guests using whale data QUALIFICATIONS * Must be 18 or over * Major/ed in biology, marine biology, or conservation a plus * Lift a maximum of 50 lbs KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS * Each applicant must have a broad knowledge of ecological and biological principles, especially those relating to marine habitats, * Ability to spend many hours standing especially on a boat * Experience working with digital SLR camera's a plus but not required * Experience in data entry, preferably with Microsoft Access * Comfortable speaking in front of large groups * Have excellent oral and written communication skills * Be able to demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities and work with a diverse group of people. Please apply at http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/volunteer/college_internships/ by July 31, 2013 Kera Mathes Education Specialist Aquarium of the Pacific (562) 951-1651 KMathes at lbaop.org "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please respond directly to me, Danielle, at danielle.m.dion at hotmail.com Thank you so much, Cheers, Danielle? Danielle Dion Naturalist/Photographer/Volunteer Research Quoddy Link Marine St. Andrews, NB danielle.m.dion at hotmail.com http://quoddylinkmarine.blogspot.com/ http://www.quoddylinkmarine.com/ https://www.facebook.com/quoddylinkmarine?ref=ts -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osheaine at gmail.com Mon Jul 1 09:36:46 2013 From: osheaine at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C1ine_O=27Shea?=) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:36:46 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Fwd: Definition (or there lack of) of residency / site fidelity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello everyone Following a request I submitted to MARMAM last week regarding a definition for residency / site fidelity, I have received some information which I would like to share with the MARMAM site. Here are the main points & recommendations I received from respondents: (Please note, these are the respondants opinions & I am very grateful for everyone who contributed) - It varies and there is no standard definition - The term "site fidelity" is *borrowed* from studies of terrestrial taxa, and in many cases those animals (whether they're mammals, lizards etc.) have very narrow ranges and/or territories that are easily defined. This isn't the case with most cetaceans - Residency is in the eye of the beholder - There's no easy place to draw the line - Residency suggests that animals are almost always present within a specific area, while site fidelity means that animals always return to the same location. Animals can show both residency and site fidelity, or they can show site fidelity without residency (as is the case in many migratory species) - In both cases, the terms are scale-dependent; that is, whether you define an animal as showing residency or site fidelity will depend on the size of the area you are using as your sampling units (usually defined as a study area) e.g. an individual might not be resident in a study area that consists of a single bay, while it may be resident in a wider region - Similarly, for site fidelity, an animal may not repeatedly return to the exact same bay, but may return to the same general area each year, e.g. a humpback whale might not show site fidelity to the island of Maui, but may show site fidelity for the entire Hawaiian archipelago - Both site fidelity and residency may be interpreted as somewhat human constructs imposed on animals based on how we view a specific area of interest, and in all cases, they should be accompanied by a specific definition of the spatial area to which they are being applied - Residency, and to a lesser extent site fidelity, are not particularly useful ecological concepts (the fact that there are no clear definitions is also an indicator of this). Instead, it would be better to use more ecologically-meaningful terms like home range (which captures all areas where an individual occurs and is based on its own distribution and not any human construct of a study area at a specific spatial scale) - Levels of site fidelity can also be captured within the home range concept by looking at core areas within the total home range (for example, areas where an animal spends 50% of its time), and these can be identified using kernel density estimates (KDEs) - There is no natural division between residents and visitors in the Bottlenose population, Adelaide - some are almost always seen, some seen many times, some quite a lot, some only occasionally, some rarely, etc. - The terms may be defined by the conductor of the study - The term residency depends on your research question and hypothesis - Read studies outside the taxon which may or may not shed more light on definition - There is no consistency in the definitions, as in most cases the definitions are based on the duration of the study and not in what the animals are doing - The re-sighting pattern of dolphins will vary with time and if the study is short, their definition is not going to be very rigorous - The best definition of the terms, have been defined for dolphins studies conducted in Sarasota Bay, Florida, and Shark Bay, Australia ? as they are the two longest running projects of wild dolphins in the world - One must be careful with definitions and understand that different species have different re-sighting patterns based on the way that their societies are organized - The site fidelity or residency is dependent of the frequency and amount of individuals surveyed - The terms vary also, like residence time (occupancy), annual return rate (recapture rate) and site fidelity - they are not the same, but reflect a tendency of animals coming back / using a particular area, in a certain period - Specify individuals within the species, so you should document your identification process and results - Specify GPS coordinates of location you are proving fidelity. For example, resident Orcas may be loyal to a particular bay, cove, inlet while still being characterized by residents - Specify dates/time of year so you can connect with migration patterns and/or all other known factors for the species and individual - Specify criteria, i.e. how often does the animal return? With what other animals does s/he aggregate? For what duration? - The method of residency / site fidelity is only a tool, not the truth - Figure out if your definition is close to someone else?s and why - Be careful not to miss factors that can drive the coincidence and determine if the pattern is biologically meaningful - Explain also the meaning of any level of variability you observe and how it may overlap with someone else?s definition and why you stick to one or the other - Regardless of the definitions used, the level of understanding of site fidelity for any particular species/population depends both on the actual movement patterns of the animals and the methods used to study them Hope this information is of use Best Regards, ?ine -- ** -- *?**ine* ** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ajh7 at st-andrews.ac.uk Mon Jul 15 01:44:02 2013 From: ajh7 at st-andrews.ac.uk (Ailsa Hall) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:44:02 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Job announcement : Sea Mammal Research Unit Message-ID: Job Announcement Professor in Marine Biology and Director, Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) - ME3988R Description School of Biology, Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI), Sea Mammal Research Unit, Salary: Negotiable, Start: As soon as possible Details The School of Biology is seeking a new academic leader for a Chair in Marine Biology whose responsibilities include Director of the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU: http://www.smru.st-and.ac.uk/). SMRU is a world leading research group investigating all aspects of marine mammal biology within the Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI) (http://soi.st-andrews.ac.uk/) at the University of St Andrews. Whilst the Directorship of SMRU will comprise a substantial proportion of the post, time and support will be available for academic research and teaching. Applicants for the post should have a strong track record of publication in marine mammal biology or a closely related field, proven qualities of academic leadership and extensive experience of interacting with diverse stakeholders and funders. The Director of SMRU is expected to inspire and nurture interaction within the Unit that will contribute to the academic goals of the SOI and the School of Biology. The SMRU currently comprises 10 academics, 6 additional principal investigators, 16 research fellows and assistants, 30 PhD students, 6 engineers and 6 support staff. It delivers world-class research in the field of marine mammalogy and provides independent advice and expertise relating to marine mammals internationally. In the UK, SMRU's advice to government underpins responsibilities discharged by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the underlying research for which is supported by long-term funding (currently until 2022). The Unit is a Delivery Partner within the UK's National Oceanography Centre (http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/). Informal enquires may be made to Professor Ian A. Johnston (iaj at st-andrews.ac.uk; Tel +441334463440) or Dr Ailsa Hall (ajh7 at st-andrews.ac.uk); Tel +441334462634). Applications can be made through the University of St Andrews website https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/login.aspx Ref No: ME3988R Closing Date: 14 August 2013 School of Biology, Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI), Sea Mammal Research Unit Salary: Negotiable Start: As soon as possible Ailsa Hall Acting Director Sea Mammal Research Unit Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews KY16 8LB Tel: 01334 462634 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From p.brock at imperial.ac.uk Mon Jul 15 08:25:41 2013 From: p.brock at imperial.ac.uk (Brock, Paddy M) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:25:41 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Recent paper on immune activity in the Galapagos sea lion Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We'd like to draw your attention to our paper on immune activity in the Galapagos sea lion, which was recently published in PLOS ONE. The abstract is below and the article can be found at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0067132. All the best, Paddy Paddy Brock, Research Associate, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, St. May's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG p.brock at imperial.ac.uk Within individuals, immunity may compete with other life history traits for resources, such as energy and protein, and the damage caused by immunopathology can sometimes outweigh the protective benefits that immune responses confer. However, our understanding of the costs of immunity in the wild and how they relate to the myriad energetic demands on free-ranging organisms is limited. The endangered Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) is threatened simultaneously by disease from domestic animals and rapid changes in food availability driven by unpredictable environmental variation. We made use of this unique ecology to investigate the relationship between changes in immune activity and changes in body condition. We found that during the first three months of life, changes in antibody concentration were negatively correlated with changes in mass per unit length, skinfold thickness and serum albumin concentration, but only in a sea lion colony exposed to anthropogenic environmental impacts. It has previously been shown that changes in antibody concentration during early Galapagos sea lion development were higher in a colony exposed to anthropogenic environmental impacts than in a control colony. This study allows for the possibility that these relatively large changes in antibody concentration are associated with negative impacts on fitness through an effect on body condition. Our findings suggest that energy availability and the degree of plasticity in immune investment may influence disease risk in natural populations synergistically, through a trade-off between investment in immunity and resistance to starvation. The relative benefits of such investments may change quickly and unpredictably, which allows for the possibility that individuals fine-tune their investment strategies in response to changes in environmental conditions. In addition, our results suggest that anthropogenic environmental impacts may impose subtle energetic costs on individuals, which could contribute to population declines, especially in times of energy shortage. Citation:?Brock PM, Hall AJ, Goodman SJ, Cruz M, Acevedo-Whitehouse K (2013) Immune Activity, Body Condition and Human-Associated Environmental Impacts in a Wild Marine Mammal. PLoS ONE 8(6): e67132. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.006713 From Alex.Brown at murdoch.edu.au Wed Jul 17 18:11:18 2013 From: Alex.Brown at murdoch.edu.au (Alexander Brown) Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:11:18 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Seeking experienced field assistants for research on tropical dolphins in north-west Australia Message-ID: <9E471CD7B390A7419D883DA9F248CD6F014EB4@Exch-AD-MBX4.ad.murdoch.edu.au> Seeking experienced field assistants for research on tropical dolphins in north-west Australia Dates: commences 31 August 2013 for 10-12 weeks (ends mid-November). Project title: Abundance estimation, residency and genetic connectivity of snubfin and humpback dolphins in the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Institution: Cetacean Research Unit, Murdoch University - www.mucru.org Overview: I am seeking experienced field assistants to assist with boat-based photo-ID and biopsy sampling in north-west Australia for approximately 10-12 weeks from 31 August 2013. * Commitment to the full duration of the project is preferred, but a minimum commitment of the first/second ~5 weeks may also be considered * This project aims to collect baseline data on the local abundance, residency and genetic connectivity of Australian snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in northern Western Australia. This is an opportunity to gain experience in field techniques for small cetacean research, while contributing to a project with a high conservation and management value. Location: We meet in the town of Broome, then visit two different sites on the adjacent Dampier Peninsula. Approximately 5 weeks are spent at each location. These are typically remote locations with a tropical climate and limited amenities. Accommodation will comprise shared basic cabins or tents, with camp kitchen and bathroom facilities. Duties: Searching for dolphins, driving the boat, taking photos, making and recording field observations, equipment cleaning and basic maintenance, data entry, a fair share in communal cooking and housekeeping duties, and generally working hard and having a great time. Expect early starts, hot weather, up to 11 hours on the water for multiple consecutive days, and up to a week between days off. Prerequisites: Experience of working on and driving a small boat (essential); experience of photo-ID survey techniques (essential); no history of debilitating seasickness (essential); be team-oriented, patient, have a good sense of humour, and an enthusiastic attitude to hard work, long hours and collecting data on the natural environment (essential); experience of field research on small cetaceans (highly desirable). Expenses: This is an unpaid position. However, food and accommodation at field sites are provided at no cost to assistants. Assistants are responsible for their own travel costs to/from Broome (direct flights available from Perth). Please send a CV, a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience, and contact details of two relevant referees to alex.brown at murdoch.edu.au by Friday 26 July 2013. Alex Brown alex.brown at murdoch.edu.au PhD Candidate, Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit (MUCRU) School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch WA 6150 Blogs from previous trips: http://mucru.org/blogs/a-productive-month-on-the-dampier-peninsula/ http://mucru.org/blogs/snubfin-season/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danielle.gibas at seawatchfoundation.org.uk Tue Jul 16 11:32:05 2013 From: danielle.gibas at seawatchfoundation.org.uk (Danielle Gibas) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:32:05 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] Job Opportunity - Sea Watch Foundation - Wales, UK Message-ID: <03ff01ce8252$c5a69180$50f3b480$@seawatchfoundation.org.uk> Job Title: Wales Development Officer Salary: ?18.000 per annum Contract type: Fixed term (12 months) Role description: The Sea Watch Foundation (SWF) is seeking an enthusiastic and pro?active professional to lead the Welsh SeaWatchers project. The Wales Development Officer will be in charge of recruiting, training and providing support for a team of Welsh volunteers. These volunteers will be invited to become involved in three areas of SWF?s work: data collection, education and outreach. They will work under the supervision of the Sightings Officer. The position is home-based but candidates should be resident in Wales, and will be expected to attend regular meetings at the New Quay Sea Watch office. Responsibilities: ? Development of a network of volunteers involved in three main areas: o Cetacean monitoring: organisation of land-watches, boat-based observations, collecting cetacean sightings data for all Welsh waters o Outreach and public awareness: raising public awareness of the wealth of cetaceans living in Welsh waters, and the conservation threats they face, holding stands at public events, online communication o Education: visiting schools around Wales in order to present educational activities themed around UK cetaceans and their conservation ? Advertisement of volunteer roles and recruitment ? Organisation and management of induction and training sessions for volunteers involved in all three areas ? Organising and attending public events with a view to involving the general public in cetacean monitoring and raising public awareness of cetaceans in Welsh waters ? Organising and conducting educational visits to schools across Wales ? Setting up and maintaining regular land watches and collection of offshore observations ? Providing regular feedback to volunteers ? Identifying new opportunities to promote the SWF and its mission Requirements Essential: ? Degree in marine biology, conservation or other relevant topic ? Computer skills (Microsoft Office package) ? Demonstrated oral and written communications skills ? Enjoys interacting with the public ? Demonstrated ability to network ? Experience of project management ? Personal computer and access to internet Desirable: ? Working knowledge of Welsh language ? Field work experience ? Experience of working with children ? DBS check ? Two years professional experience in conservation, marine biology, communications or education ? Knowledge of Welsh cetaceans ? Driving licence (+access to a car) ? Ability to work with minimal supervision and take initiatives To apply please email your CV, cover letter and contact details of two referees to: Danielle Gibas ( danielle.gibas at seawatchfoundation.org.uk) with ?Wales Development Officer? in the subject line. Closing date for applications is 2nd August 2013. The Sea Watch Foundation The Sea Watch Foundation is a national marine environmental research charity that aims to achieve better conservation of whales and dolphins in the seas around Britain and Ireland, by involving the public in scientific monitoring of populations and the threats they face. It is the longest-running research charity in UK focusing upon cetaceans around the British Isles, and maintains a national sightings database, the largest in Europe. It works closely with all the UK statutory conservation agencies, and advises UK government, the UNEP Regional intergovernmental Conservation Agreement - ASCOBANS, the European Commission, as well as the major conservation charities and marine industries operating in the UK. At Sea Watch Wales, we are dedicated to raising awareness, knowledge and conservation of the marine wildlife of the region. Our work is funded by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Natural Resources Wales, Defra, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, and Environment Wales; and we work closely with the local management authority, Natural Resources Wales. Our aims: To monitor cetaceans in order to understand the state of our marine environment: Since 2001, SWF has monitored the Cardigan Bay bottlenose dolphins. These animals require special protection under the EU Habitats Directive and through Natural Resources Wales, SWF will alert the Welsh Government to any problems, prompting practical measures to help protect the species. To involve the public in scientific monitoring: SWF works with a network of volunteer observers from around UK who record all sightings of cetaceans. The information gathered by this network has been the primary source of knowledge about the relative status and distribution of cetaceans around UK. To raise awareness and understanding of cetaceans and the threats they face: SWF staff and volunteers work tirelessly to raise understanding of these issues by presenting at events, organising training courses and field trips, and giving lectures. To educate, inform and advise for better environmental protection: SWF provides accessible information and training materials ranging from fun educational activities for children to adult training manuals and government advisory documents.????? Danielle Gibas Sightings Officer See them? Report them? Save them? Sea Watch Foundation Paragon House Wellington Place New Quay Ceredigion SA45 9NR Tel: 01545 561227 www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From todd.speakman at noaa.gov Fri Jul 19 10:17:25 2013 From: todd.speakman at noaa.gov (Todd Speakman - NOAA Affiliate) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:17:25 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Dolphin Research Internship, Charleston, SC Message-ID: NOAA Hollings Marine Laboratory?s Marine Animal Health Program is recruiting to fill two dolphin photo-identification internship positions for the fall of 2013. The positions are at the NOAA National Ocean Service Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina and will involve a commitment of 20 hours per week extending over a 14 week period from September 9 to December 13, 2013. There is some flexibility in these start and end dates. Interns will primarily assist with laboratory activities such as data entry, photo-analysis, and stranding response, in addition to participating in a limited amount of fieldwork. Building on existing data from long-term monitoring which has spanned 15+ years, boat-based photo-identification (id) surveys will be conducted for Western North Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in estuaries and near-shore waters of South Carolina as well as remote biopsy surveys near Jacksonville, FL. Specific research questions focus on relationships between contaminants and environmental factors. The internship offers an excellent opportunity for qualified and motivated individuals to obtain field and laboratory training in photo-id methodology and analysis under the mentorship of experienced dolphin researchers. There is no compensation for this position, and interns will be responsible for their own living expenses and transportation to and from the laboratory. There may be travel involved for some components of the fieldwork, which will be paid for by the laboratory. Ideal applicants will be advanced undergraduates or recent graduates of a scientifically-oriented university program in marine science, biology or a related field. Preference will be given to applicants with well-developed computer skills and boat-based field experience. The internship application consists of a letter of interest, transcripts of university coursework and two letters of recommendation from professors or research supervisors who are familiar with applicant?s scholarship, research skills and work habits relevant to the internship. Interested applicants should first correspond with Todd Speakman by email ( Todd.Speakman at noaa.gov) before preparing and submitting application materials. We anticipate filling this internship position by the August 15, 2013. -- Todd Speakman, Biologist JHT Inc. Contractor Hollings Marine Laboratory 331 Fort Johnson Road Charleston, SC 29412 Ph/ 843.762.8820 Fx/ 843.762.8737 Todd.Speakman at noaa.go v -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From iwncc at aol.com Tue Jul 23 12:27:03 2013 From: iwncc at aol.com (Island Wildlife) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:27:03 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Seal Pup Internship Vacancy Message-ID: Two Harbour Seal Internship Vacancies Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre is a registered not-for-profit marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation facility operating under permits from the Department of Fisheries & Oceans, the Ministry of Environment and Environment Canada. Located in the Pacific Northwest, on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada, Island Wildlife specializes in the care of up to 100 seal pups (and occasionally other species of marine mammals) each year. We also provide rescue services and temporary emergency care for other species of indigenous wildlife (avian and terrestrial mammals). We have two internships left to fill. The dates of the internships areAugust 21 thru October 31 andSeptember 1 thru October 31. Internships are voluntary positions and candidates are responsible for their own transportation to and from British Columbia and for their own expenses during their internship (i.e. travel, food, entertainment). We provide shared sleeping cabins (including bedding), and a communal kitchen (including all cooking utensils) and bathrooms, as well as wireless internet and use of a shared vehicle. There is no cost for accommodation. Interns will work directly under our marine mammal specialists and can expect to learn or improve skills in the following: - Safe handling and restraint of Harbour Seal pups - Assisting in stabilizing critical patients and new arrivals - Food preparation through all stages of rehabilitation - Gavage (tube) feeding, force feeding and hand feeding techniques - Proper hygiene and isolation protocols to prevent the spread of disease - Administration of oral medications - Behavioral and medical observation and proper record keeping - Assisting with the rescue hotline, transporting patients and public interface - Interns may also take part in rescues and releases may assist with diagnostic work such as x-rays and microscopic exams - General care of many other indigenous avian and mammalian species Interns are accepted internationally. Internships are open to students and non-students with an educational background in the animal sciences or veterinary medicine (including vet techs and AHTs). Candidates must be able to work well in a team, possess a strong work ethic and be willing to work long hours during our busiest months (a work day can be up to 10 hours during peak ?pupping? season). To apply please e-mail your resume to For more information on Island Wildlife go to www.sealrescue.org andwww.Facebook.com/sealrescue -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Ingebjorg.Nymo at nvh.no Tue Jul 30 03:11:49 2013 From: Ingebjorg.Nymo at nvh.no (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Nymo_Ingebj=F8rg_Helena?=) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:11:49 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Entry and Elimination of Marine Mammal Brucella spp. by Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) Alveolar Macrophages In Vitro Message-ID: <4C83AC498DD9394896032F7792BCCB9412923360@NVHEXMDB1.veths.no> Entry and Elimination of Marine Mammal Brucella spp. by Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) Alveolar Macrophages In Vitro Abstract A high prevalence of Brucella pinnipedialis serology and bacteriology positive animals has been found in the Northeast Atlantic stock of hooded seal (Cystophora cristata); however no associated gross pathological changes have been identified. Marine mammal brucellae have previously displayed different infection patterns in human and murine macrophages. To investigate if marine mammal Brucella spp. are able to invade and multiply in cells originating from a presumed host species, we infected alveolar macrophages from hooded seal with a B. pinnipedialis hooded seal isolate. Hooded seal alveolar macrophages were also challenged with B. pinnipedialis reference strain (NCTC 12890) from harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), B. ceti reference strain (NCTC 12891) from harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and a B. ceti Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) isolate (M83/07/1), to evaluate possible species-specific differences. Brucella suis 1330 was included as a positive control. Alveolar macrophages were obtained by post mortem bronchoalveolar lavage of euthanized hooded seals. Phenotyping of cells in the lavage fluid was executed by flow cytometry using the surface markers CD14 and CD18. Cultured lavage cells were identified as alveolar macrophages based on morphology, expression of surface markers and phagocytic ability. Alveolar macrophages were challenged with Brucella spp. in a gentamicin protection assay. Following infection, cell lysates from different time points were plated and evaluated quantitatively for colony forming units. Intracellular presence of B. pinnipedialis hooded seal isolate was verified by immunocytochemistry. Our results show that the marine mammal brucellae were able to enter hooded seal alveolar macrophages; however, they did not multiply intracellularly and were eliminated within 48 hours, to the contrary of B. suis that showed the classical pattern of a pathogenic strain. In conclusion, none of the four marine mammal strains tested were able to establish a persistent infection in primary alveolar macrophages from hooded seal. Available online: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070186 Citation: Larsen AK, Nymo IH, Boysen P, Tryland M, Godfroid J (2013) Entry and Elimination of Marine Mammal Brucella spp. by Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) Alveolar Macrophages In Vitro. PLoS ONE 8(7): e70186. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070186 Ingebj?rg Helena Nymo DVM Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Section of Arctic Veterinary Medicine Stakkevollveien 23b 9010 Troms? Norway ingebjorg.nymo at nvh.no http://www.linkedin.com/in/ingebjorgnymo The new e-mail domain name for The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science is @nvh.no. The former domain address @veths.no will still be in use, but it will be discontinued within 1-2 years. Please update your e-mail records. This message verifies that the e-mail has been scanned for virus, and deemed virus-free according to our scanengines. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gaileyg at tamug.edu Mon Jul 22 09:57:16 2013 From: gaileyg at tamug.edu (Glenn Gailey) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:57:16 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] DISCOVERY: A Photo-Identification Data-Management System Message-ID: <006301ce86fc$856173c0$90245b40$@edu> Dear MARMAMers, We are pleased to announce the general release of our DISCOVERY Photo-Identification software. DISCOVERY was designed to be a comprehensive data-management system to process, store, manage, visualize and analyze all photo-identification information and associated/unassociated data for single or multi-study site and/or species application. DISCOVERY assists at all processing/data entry levels from filtering of raw photographic data, filenaming routines, incoming/group matching, catalog individual-ID matching, GPS data extraction, sighting information with environmental, geographic, and numerous user-defined parameters as well as host of any other user-defined datasheets. DISCOVERY also provides GIS displays of sighting/individual/effort data and basic analyses of the data with export options to other tools, such as MARK, SOCPROG, etc. We believe DISCOVERY is adaptable to any species of marine mammals (or non-marine mammal) and particularly useful for maintaining a single database for research projects collecting data at large geographical scales and between multiple research teams working on different databases. DISCOVERY can also easily facilitate integration of existing data collected and stored by other means, such as Microsoft Access/Excel. We believe there are a number of dynamic capabilities in DISCOVERY to meet a multitude of project-specific requirements and user-specific needs. DISCOVERY is a freely-available software. To find out more about DISCOVERY's capabilities and/or to download the software. Please visit the software website at: http://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/staffhp/lk/Discovery The DISCOVERY development team will attempt their best to address any questions or issues users may have with the software. We ask that you place any inquires on the forum provided on the website. Best wishes on your research endeavors, Glenn Gailey Leszek Karczmarski __________________________________ Cetacean Ecology Lab The Swire Institute of Marine Science The University of Hong Kong Cape d'Aguilar, Shek O, Hong Kong Website: http://www.hku-cetacean-ecology.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org Fri Jul 26 07:24:08 2013 From: rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org (William Rossiter) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:24:08 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Comments to NOAA requested to help save North Atlantic right whales Message-ID: <51F28688.7020405@csiwhalesalive.org> There are approximately 509 North Atlantic right whales alive today, and two significant causes of mortality that continue to significantly affect the species' recovery: entanglements and ship strikes. Considerable effort has been made to solve these and other issues, but the current Rule affecting ship strikes by requiring 10kt speeds under certain conditions is due to end in December. This is a request that you consider commenting directly to NOAA, the U.S. agency currently considering making permanent this ship strike Rule. Comments must be received no later than 6 August. Please spread this message by any means available. The NOAA website at http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20130605_rightwhale.html gives the background, and says: "The existing rules, which reduce an ocean-going vessel's speed to 10 knots or less during certain times and locations along the East Coast from Maine to Florida, have reduced the number of whales struck by ships since 2008, when the speed limits began. No right whale ship strike deaths have occurred in Seasonal Management Areas since the rule went into place. Modeling studies indicate the measures have reduced the probability of fatal ship strikes of right whales by 80 to 90 percent." The current rule will end stop in December, unless made permanent as proposed. Your comment to NOAA is especially important to confront the opposition to making this rule permanent, which consists of commercial shipping and other marine users that assert their operations are impacted economically by the increased transit time. On the other hand, the best available science asserts that the loss of one reproductive female may precipitate the species' extinction, and several die from anthropogenic impacts every year. You may submit public comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov or by visiting the comment page on the Office of Protected Resources website at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/comment.htm . NOAA's Fisheries Service will also accept written comments mailed by August 6th to: Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; or faxed to 301-713-4060. Direct link for your comment: http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=NOAA-NMFS-2012-0058-0001 * Note that the proposed rule PDF itself may be downloaded from the comment page. Thank you, William W. Rossiter President Cetacean Society International 65 Redding Road-0953 Georgetown, CT 06829-0953 t/c: 203.770.8615, f: 860.561.0187 rossiter at csiwhalesalive.org www.csiwhalesalive.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From janiger at cox.net Mon Jul 29 20:54:34 2013 From: janiger at cox.net (David S. Janiger) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:54:34 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New Articles Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20130729205434.013907c0@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 let me know of any mistakes. Make all requests to: janiger at cox.net 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 cox.net djaniger at nhm.org Janiger Journals AARS, JON. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(8):1089-1096. 2013. Variation in detection probability of polar bear maternity dens. 0.574 MB ABREU, M. S. L.; R. MACHADO; F. BARBIERI; N. S. FREITAS and L. R. OLIVEIRA. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY 73(1):185-194. 2013. Anomalous colour in Neotropical mammals: A review with new records for Didelphis sp (Didelphidae, Didelphimorphia) and Arctocephalus australis (Otariidae, Carnivora). 1.709 MB ADAM, OLIVIER; DORIAN CAZAU; NADEGE GANDILHON; BENOIT FABRE; JEFFREY T. LAITMAN and JOY S. REIDENBERG. APPLIED ACOUSTICS 74(10):1182-1190. 2013. New acoustic model for humpback whale sound production. 1.026 MB ALEKSEEVA, YA. I.; E. M. PANOVA and V. M. BEL'KOVICH. BIOLOGY BULLETIN 40(3):307-317. 2013. Original Russian published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya No. 3, pp. 345-356. 2013. Behavioral and acoustical characteristics of the reproductive gathering of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the vicinity of Myagostrov, Golyi Sosnovets, and Roganka Islands (Onega Bay, the White Sea). 0.801 MB AMBROSE, S. T.; P. W. FRONEMAN; M. J. SMALE; G. CLIFF and S. PLON. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 160(7):1543-1561. 2013. Winter diet shift of long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) feeding in the sardine run in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 0.715 MB ANSMANN, INA C.; JANET M. LANYON; JENNIFER M. SEDDON and GUIDO J. PARRA. PLOS ONE 8(6) e65239. 12pp. 2013. Monitoring dolphins in an urban marine system: Total and effective population size estimates of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Moreton Bay, Australia. 1.457 MB ANTHONY, SIMON J.; JUDY A. ST. LEGER; ISAMARA NAVARRETE-MACIAS; ERICA NILSON; MARIA SANCHEZ-LEON; ELIZA LIANG; TRACIE SEIMON; KOMAL JAIN; WILLIAM KARESH; PETER DASZAK; THOMAS BRIESE and W. IAN LIPKIN. PLOS ONE 8(7) e68239. 6pp. 2013. Identification of a novel cetacean polyomavirus from a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) with tracheobronchitis. 0.896 MB AOKI, KAGARI; MAI SAKAI; PATRICK J. O. MILLER; FLEUR VISSER and KATSUFUMI SATO. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 99:12-20. 2013. Body contact and synchronous diving in long-finned pilot whales. 1.793 MB ARCHER, FREDERICK; PHILLIP A. MORIN; BRITTANY L. HANCOCK-HANSER; KELLY M. ROBERTSON; MATTHEW S. LESLIE; MARTINE BERUBE; SIMONE PANIGADA and BARBARA L. TAYLOR. PLOS ONE 8(5) e63396. 10pp. 2013. Mitogenomic phylogenetics of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus spp.): Genetic evidence for revision of subspecies. 0.522 MB ASHFORD, JULIAN R.; TAL EZER and CYNTHIA M. JONES. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(8):1077-1087. 2013. River discharge predicts spatial distributions of beluga whales in the Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska, during early summer. 0.547 MB BAGGENSTOSS, PAUL M. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 133(6):4065-4076. 2013. Processing advances for localization of beaked whales using time difference of arrival. 0.945 MB BASVOA, I. N. and O. V. YAGODINA. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 49(2):138-144. 2013. Original Russian Text published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 105-110. Reactivity of liver monoamine oxidase in the seal Phoca hispida ladogensis. 0.133 MB BAUMANN-PICKERING, SIMONE; TINA M. YACK; JAY BARLOW; SEAN M. WIGGINS and JOHN A. HILDEBRAND. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 133(6):4321-4331. 2013. Baird's beaked whale echolocation signals. 0.752 MB BERG SOTO, ALVARO; DANIELE CAGNAZZI; YVETTE EVERINGHAM; GUIDO J. PARRA; MICHAEL NOAD and HELENE MARSH. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 20(3):271-282. 2013. Acoustic alarms elicit only subtle responses in the behaviour of tropical coastal dolphins in Queensland, Australia. 0.169 MB BORDINO, P.; A. I. MACKAY; T. B. WERNER; S. P. NORTHRIDGE and A. J. READ. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 21(1):1-12. 2013. Franciscana bycatch is not reduced by acoustically reflective or physically stiffened gillnets. 0.454 MB BOWEN, W. D. and DAMIAN LIDGARD. MAMMAL REVIEW 43(3):207-220. 2013. Marine mammal culling programs: Review of effects on predator and prey populations. 0.234 MB BUONO, MONICA R. and MARIO A. COZZUOL. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 33(4):986-997. 2013. A new beaked whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. 2.131 MB CACERES-SAEZ, IRIS; SERGIO RIBEIRO GUEVARA; NATALIA A. DELLABIANCA; R. NATALIE P. GOODALL and H. LUIS CAPPOZZO. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 185(7):5375-5386. 2013. Heavy metals and essential elements in Commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus c. commersonii) from the southwestern South Atlantic Ocean. 0.404 MB CASAGRANDE, T.; V. O. LUNARDI and D. G. LUNARDI. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY 73(1):223-224. 2013. Lateralized behavior in Guiana dolphins, Sotalia guianensis, at Pipa Beach, RN, Brazil. 0.239 MB COLE, TIMOTHY V. N.; PHILIP HAMILTON; ALLIS GLASS HENRY; PETER DULEY; RICHARD M. PACE III; BRADLEY N. WHITE and TIM FRASIER. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 21(1):55-64. 2013. Evidence of a North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis mating ground. 0.518 MB CONN, P. B. and G. K. SILBER. ECOSPHERE 4(4). Article 43. 15pp. 2013. Vessel speed restrictions reduce risk of collision-related mortality for North Atlantic right whales. 0.771 MB COOLS, PIET; JAN HAELTERS; GUIDO LOPES DOS SANTOS SANTIAGO; GEERT CLAEYS; JERINA BOELENS; ISABEL LEROUX-ROELS; MARIO VANEECHOUTTE and PIETER DESCHAGHT. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 166(1-2):311-315. 2013. Edwardsiella tarda sepsis in a live-stranded sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). 0.271 MB CZECH-DAMAL, NICOLE U.; GUIDO DEHNHARDT; PAUL MANGER and WOLF HANKE. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):555-563. 2013. Passive electroreception in aquatic mammals. 0.536 MB DAGLEISH, M. P.; M. BARROWS; M. MALEY; R. KILLICK; J. FINLAYSON; R. GOODCHILD; A. VALENTINE; R. SAUNDERS; K. WILLOUGHBY; K. C. SMITH and M. F. STIDWORTHY. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 149(1):119-125. 2013. The first report of otarine herpesvirus-1-associated urogenital carcinoma in a South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis). 2.437 MB DERUITER, STACY L.; BRANDON L. SOUTHALL; JOHN CALAMBOKIDIS; WALTER M. X. ZIMMER; DINARA SADYKOVA; ERIN A. FALCONE; ARI S. FRIEDLAENDER; JOHN E. JOSEPH; DAVID MORETTI; GREGORY S. SCHORR; LEN THOMAS and PETER L. TYACK. BIOLOGY LETTERS 9(4): Article 20130223. 5pp. 2013. First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier's beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar. 0.973 MB DOMELES, PAULO R.; PALOMA SANZ; GAUTHIER EPPE; ALEXANDRE F. AZEVEDO; CAROLINA P. BERTOZZI; MARIA A. MARTINEZ; EDUARDO R. SECCHI; LUPERCIO A. BARBOSA; MARTA CREMER; MARIANA B. ALONSO; JOAO P. M. TORRES; et al. (See remarks for full author list) SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 463-464:309-318. 2013. High accumulation of PCDD, PCDF, and PCB congeners in marine mammals from Brazil: A serious PCB problem. 1.602 MB DUNSHEA, GLENN; NELIO B. BARROS; ELIZABETH J. BERENS MCCABE; NICHOLAS J. GALES; MARK A. HINDELL; SIMON N. JARMAN and RANDALL S. WELLS. BIOLOGY LETTERS 9(3): Article 20121036. 5pp. 2013. Stranded dolphin stomach contents represent the free-ranging population's diet. 0.482 MB ELLISOR, DEBRA; WILLIAM MCLELLAN; HEATHER KOOPMAN; LORI SCHWACKE; WAYNE MCFEE and JOHN KUCKLICK. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 463-464:581-588. 2013. The distribution and stratification of persistent organic pollutants and fatty acids in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) blubber. 0.388 MB ERBE, CHRISTINE; ROBERT MCCAULEY; CRAIG MCPHERSON and ALEXANDER GAVRILOV. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 133(6):EL465-EL470. 2013. Underwater noise from offshore oil production vessels. 1.568 MB FERNANDEZ, R.; C. D. MACLEOD; G. J. PIERCE; P. COVELO; A. LOPEZ; J. TORRES-PALENZUELA; V. VALAVANIS and M. B. SANTOS. CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH 64:88-98. 2013. Inter-specific and seasonal comparison of the niches occupied by small cetaceans off north-west Iberia. 0.941 MB FIEDLER, PAUL C.; JESSICA V. REDFERN; JOEL VAN NOORD; CANDICE HALL; ROBERT L. PITMAN and LISA T. BALLANCE. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 484:1-16. 2013. Effects of a tropical cyclone on a pelagic ecosystem from the physical environment to top predators. 2.947 MB FILATOVA, OLGA A.; ALEXANDR M. BURDIN and ERICH HOYT. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 99:34-41. 2013. Is killer whale dialect evolution random? 2.922 MB FITZGERALD, ERICH M. G.; JORGE VELEZ-JUARBE and RODERICK T. WELLS. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 33(4):956-963. 2013. Miocene sea cow (Sirenia) from Papua New Guinea sheds light on sirenian evolution in the Indo-Pacific. 1.289 MB GARSHELIS, DAVID L. and CHARLES B. JOHNSON. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 71(1-2):7-19. 2013. Prolonged recovery of sea otters from the Exxon Valdez oil spill? A re-examination of the evidence. 1.997 MB GASPARD, III, JOSEPH C.; GORDON B. BAUER; ROGER L. REEP; KIMBERLY DZIUK; LATOSHIA READ and DAVID A. MANN. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):441-450. 2013. Detection of hydrodynamic stimuli by the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 0.473 MB GERLINSKY, CARLING D.; DAVID A. S. ROSEN and ANDREW W. TRITES. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMICAL, SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 183(5):699-708. 2013. High diving metabolism results in a short aerobic dive limit for Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). 0.470 MB GIMENEZ, JOAN; ENCARNA GOMEZ-CAMPOS; ASUNCION BORRELL; LUIS CARDONA and ALEX AGUILAR. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY 27(15):1801-1806. 2013. Isotopic evidence of limited exchange between Mediterranean and eastern North Atlantic fin whales. 0.802 MB GOLDBOGEN, JEREMY A.; BRANDON L. SOUTHALL; STACY L. DERUITER; JOHN CALAMBOKIDIS; ARI S. FRIEDLAENDER; ELLIOTT L. HAZEN; ERIN A. FALCONE; GREGORY S. SCHORR; ANNIE DOUGLAS; DAVID J. MORETTI; CHRIS KYBURG; MEGAN F. MCKENNA and PETER L. TYACK. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 280(1765). Article 20130657. 8pp. 2013. Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar. 0.713 MB GOLDSTEIN, TRACEY; IGNACIO MENA; SIMON J. ANTHONY; RAFAEL MEDINA; PATRICK W. ROBINSON; DENISE J. GREIG; DANIEL P. COSTA; W. IAN LIPKIN; ADOLFO GARCIA-SASTRE and WALTER M. BOYCE. PLOS ONE 8(5) e62259. 9pp. 2013. Pandemic H1N1 influenza isolated from free-ranging northern elephant seals in 2010 off the central California coast.1.409 MB GRANT, ROBYN; SVEN WIESKOTTEN; NINA WENGST; TONY PRESCOTT and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):521-533. 2013. Vibrissal touch sensing in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina): How do seals judge size? 0.930 MB HAMILTON, VICKI; KAREN EVANS; BEN RAYMOND and MARK A. HINDELL. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 446:236-244. 2013. Environmental influences on tooth growth in sperm whales from southern Australia. 0.983 MB HAMMOND, PHILIP S.; KELLY MACLEOD; PER BERGGREN; DAVID L. BORCHERS; LOUISE BURT; ANA CANADAS; GENEVIEVE DESPORTES; GREG P. DONOVAN; ANITA GILLES; DOUGLAS GILLESPIE; JONATHAN GORDON; LEX HIBY; IWONA; KUKLIK; et al. (See remarks for full author list) BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 164:107-122. 2013. Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management. 3.876 MB HANKE, FREDERIKE D.; LARS MIERSCH; ERIC J. WARRANT; FEDOR M. MITSCHKE and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):509-519. 2013. Are harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) able to perceive and use polarised light? 0.380 MB HANKE, WOLF and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):417-420. 2013. Sensory biology of aquatic mammals. 0.144 MB HANKE, WOLF; SVEN WIESKOTTEN; CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):421-440. 2013. Hydrodynamic perception in true seals (Phocidae) and eared seals (Otariidae). 1.091 MB HANSON, ALICIA; WILLIAM GRISHAM; COLLEEN SHEH; JACOPO ANNESE and SAM RIDGWAY. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 296(8):1215-1228. 2013. Quantitative examination of the bottlenose dolphin cerebellum. 0.957 MB HARLEY, HEIDI E. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):565-582. 2013. Consciousness in dolphins? A review of recent evidence. 0.278 MB HASHIMOTO, MIDORI; KUNIO SHIRAKIHARA; MIKI SHIRAKIHARA and KAZUHIKO HIRAMATSU. POPULATION ECOLOGY 55(3):441-449. 2013. Estimating the rate of increase for the finless porpoise with special attention to predictions for the Inland Sea population in Japan. 0.633 MB HAUSSERMANN, VERENA; JORGE ACEVEDO; GUENTER FOERSTERRA; MICHELLE BAILEY and ANELIO AGUAYO-LOBO. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA MARINA Y OCEANOGRAFIA 48(1):73-85. 2013. Killer whales in Chilean Patagonia: Additional sightings, behavioural observations, and individual identifications. 2.377 MB HEIDE-JORGENSEN, M. P.; P. R. RICHARD; R. DIETZ and K. L. LAIDRE. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 16(3):331-343. 2013. A metapopulation model for Canadian and West Greenland narwhals. 2.484 MB HERRAEZ, P.; A. ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS; A. FERNANDEZ; J. F. EDWARDS; S. SACCHINI and E. SIERRA. VETERINARY JOURNAL 196(2):181-188. 2013. Capture myopathy in live-stranded cetaceans. 3.464 MB JANIK, VINCENT M. and LAELA S. SAYIGH. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):479-489. 2013. Communication in bottlenose dolphins: 50 years of signature whistle research. 0.483 MB JENSEN, FRANTS H.; ALICE ROCCO; RUBAIYAT M. MANSUR; BRIAN D. SMITH; VINCENT M. JANIK and PETER T. MADSEN. PLOS ONE 8(4) e59284. 13pp. 2013. Clicking in shallow rivers: Short-range echolocation of Irrawaddy and Ganges River dolphins in a shallow, acoustically complex habitat. 0.575 MB JEPSON, PAUL D.; ROBERT DEAVILLE; KARINA ACEVEDO-WHITEHOUSE; JAMES BARNETT; ANDREW BROWNLOW; ROBERT L. BROWNELL, JR.; FRANCES C. CLARE; NICK DAVISON; ROBIN J. 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Morphology and biomechanics of the pinniped jaw: Mandibular evolution without mastication. 0.630 MB KARENINA, KARINA; ANDREY GILJOV; DMITRY GLAZOV and YEGOR MALASHICHEV. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 67(7):1195-1204. 2013. Social laterality in wild beluga whale infants: Comparisons between locations, escort conditions, and ages. 0.373 MB KIM, SUNGHEE; MATS AMUNDIN and MATTHIAS LASKA. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):535-544. 2013. Olfactory discrimination ability of South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) for enantiomers. 0.316 MB KOT, BRIAN CHIN WING; THOMAS YUE HUEN LAU and SAMMY CHI HIM CHENG. PLOS ONE 8(5) e62060. 7pp. 2013. Stereology of the thyroid gland in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) in comparison with human (Homo sapiens): Quantitative and functional implications. 0.976 MB KYHN, LINE A.; JAKOB TOUGAARD; KRISTIAN BEEDKOLM; FRANTS H. JENSEN; ERIN ASHE; ROB WILLIAMS and PETER MADSEN. PLOS ONE 8(5) e63763. 12pp. 2013. Clicking in a killer whale habitat: Narrow-band, high-frequency biosonar clicks of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli). 1.116 MB LARSEN, FINN; CARSTEN KROG and OLE RITZAU EIGAARD. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 20(2):147-152. 2013. Determining optimal pinger spacing for harbour porpoise bycatch mitigation. 0.220 MB LIANG, LU; YONG-YI SHEN; XIAO-WEI PAN; TAI-CHENG ZHOU; CHAO YANG; DAVID M. IRWIN and YA-PING ZHANG. PLOS ONE 8(6) e65944. 8pp. 2013. Adaptive evolution of the Hox gene family for development in bats and dolphins. 0.521 MB LIN, TZU-HAO; TOMONARI AKAMATSU and LIEN-SIANG CHOU. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 160(6):1353-1363. 2013. Tidal influences on the habitat use of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in an estuary. 0.564 MB LOCH, CAROLINA; MICHAEL V. SWAIN; LUDWIG JANSEN VAN VUUREN; JULES A. KIESER and R. EWAN FORDYCE. ARCHIVES OF ORAL BIOLOGY 58(7):773-779. 2013. Mechanical properties of dental tissues in dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinoidea and Inioidea). 1.325 MB MACCRACKEN, JAMES G.; JOEL GARLICH-MILLER; JONATHAN SNYDER and ROSA MEEHAN. WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN 37(1):226-235. 2013. Bayesian belief network models for species assessments: An example with the Pacific walrus. 0.885 MB MACINTYRE, KALYN Q.; KATHLEEN M. STAFFORD; CATHERINE L. BERCHOK and PETER L. BOVENG. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(8):1161-1173. 2013. Year-round acoustic detection of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) in the Beaufort Sea relative to changing environmental conditions, 2008-2010 0.761 MB MADSEN, P. T.; N. AGUILAR DE SOTO; P. ARRANZ and M. JOHNSON. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):451-469. 2013. Echolocation in Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris). 1.017 MB MARIGO, JULIANA; NELSON S. PINTO; PAULO C. SIMOES-LOPES; LEONARDO FLACH; ALEXANDRE F. AZEVEDO and JOSE LAILSON-BRITO, JR. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 296(7):1016-1018. 2013. Case report of flipper anatomic anomaly of Sotalia guianensis from Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro. 0.185 MB MARTINEZ-LEVASSEUR, LAURA M.; DIANE GENDRON; ROBERT J. KNELL and KARINA ACEVEDO-WHITEHOUSE. BMC RESEARCH NOTES 6(1) Article 264. 8pp. 2013. Control and target gene selection for studies on UV-induced genotoxicity in whales. 0.316 MB MAYER, JENS; KYRIAKOS TSANGARAS; FELIX HEEGER; MARIA AVILA-ARCOS; MARK D. STENGLEIN; WEI CHEN, WEI SUN; CAMILA J. MAZZONI; NIKOLAUS OSTERRIEDER and ALEX D. GREENWOOD. VIROLOGY 443(1):1-10. 2013. A novel endogenous betaretrovirus group characterized from polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). 4.840 MB MCKINNEY, MELISSA A.; SARA J. IVERSON; AARON T. FISK; CHRISTIAN SONNE; FRANK F. RIGET; ROBERT J. LETCHER; MICHAEL T. ARTS; ERIK W. BORN; AQQALU ROSING-ASVID and RUNE DIETZ. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 19(8):2360-2372. 2013. Global change effects on the long-term feeding ecology and contaminant exposures of East Greenland polar bears. 0.424 MB MEISE, KRISTINE; OLIVER KRUGER; PAOLO PIEDRAHITA and FRITZ TRILLMICH. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 67(6):1001-1011. 2013. Site fidelity of male Galapagos sea lions: A lifetime perspective. 0.400 MB NERY, MARIANA F.; DIMAR J. GONZALEZ and JUAN C. OPAZO. PLOS ONE 8(6) e65491. 7pp. 2013. How to make a dolphin: Molecular signature of positive selection in cetacean genome. 0.602 MB OCHIAI, MARI; KEI NOMIYAMA; TOMOHIKO ISOBE; HAZUKI MIZUKAWA; TADASU K. YAMADA; YUKO TAJIMA; TAKASHI MATSUISHI; MASAO AMANO and SHINSUKE TANABE. CHEMOSPHERE 92(7):803-810. 2013. Accumulation of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) and implications for PCBs metabolic capacities in three porpoise species. 0.666 MB OIGARD, TOR ARNE; ULF LINDSTROM; TORE HAUG; KJELL TORMOD NILSSEN and SOPHIE SMOUT. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 484:287-301. 2013. Functional relationship between harp seal body condition and available prey in the Barents Sea. 0.488 MB OLAFSDOTTIR, DROPLAUG and ANDREW P. SHINN. PARASITES & VECTORS 6(1) Article 105. 8pp. 2013. Epibiotic macrofauna on common minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804, in Icelandic waters. 0.939 MB ORPHANIDES, CHRISTOPHER D. and DEBRA L. PALKA. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 20(3):251-269. 2013. Analysis of harbor porpoise gillnet bycatch, compliance, and enforcement trends in the US northwestern Atlantic, January 1999 to May 2010. 1.844 MB OSBORNE, A. J.; M. ZAVODNA; B. L. CHILVERS; B. C. ROBERTSON; S. S. NEGRO; M. A. KENNEDY and N. J. GEMMELL. HEREDITY 111(1):44-56. 2013. Extensive variation at MHC DRB in the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) provides evidence for balancing selection. 1.300 MB PACHECO, ALDO S.; SEBASTIAN SILVA; BELEN ALCORTA; NADIA BALDUCCI; CHIARA GUIDINO; MIGUEL A. LLAPAPASCA and FIORELLA SANCHEZ-SALAZAR. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA MARINA Y OCEANOGRAFIA 48(1):185-191. 2013. Aerial behavior of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae at the southern limit of the southeast Pacific breeding area. 0.223 MB PEREZ-ALVAREZ, M. JOSE; PABLO CARRASCO; MARITZA SEPULVEDA and RENATO A. QUINONES. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA MARINA Y OCEANOGRAFIA 48(1):155-163. 2013. Comparison of behavioral patterns of South American sea lions between breeding and non-breeding seasons. 0.210 MB POLIZZI, P. S.; L. N. CHIODI BOUDET; M. B. ROMERO; P. E. DENUNCIO; D. H. RODRIGUEZ and M. S. GERPE. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 72(1):41-46. 2013. Fine scale distribution constrains cadmium accumulation rates in two geographical groups of Franciscana dolphin from Argentina. 0.888 MB QUEROUIL, SOPHIE; JEREMY KISZKA; ANA RITA CORDEIRO; IRMA CASCAO; LUIS FREITAS; ANA DINIS; FILIPE ALVES; RICARDO SERRAO SANTOS and NARCISA M. BANDARRA. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 160(6):1325-1337. 2013. Investigating stock structure and trophic relationships among island-associated dolphins in the oceanic waters of the North Atlantic using fatty acid and stable isotope analyses. 0.445 MB RACICOT, RACHEL A. and MATTHEW W. COLBERT. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 296(6):979-992. 2013. Morphology and variation in porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) cranial endocasts. 0.948 MB RAJAMANI, LEELA. ORYX 47(2):173-176. 2013. Using community knowledge in data-deficient regions: Conserving the vulnerable dugong Dugong dugon in the Sulu Sea, Malaysia 0.192 MB READ, ANDREW J. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 20(3):235-250. 2013. Development of conservation strategies to mitigate the bycatch of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine. 4.126 MB REEVES, RANDALL R.; KATE MCCLELLAN and TIMOTHY B. WERNER. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 20(1):71-97. 2013. Marine mammal bycatch in gillnet and other entangling net fisheries, 1990 to 2011. 0.238 MB REICHMUTH, COLLEEN and MARLA M. HOLT. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):491-507. 2013. Comparative assessment of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds. 0.376 MB REINHART, N. R.; S. H. FERGUSON; W. R. KOSKI; J. W. HIGDON; B. LEBLANC; O. TERVO and P. D. JEPSON. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(8):1133-1146. 2013. Occurrence of killer whale Orcinus orca rake marks on Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus. 0.655 MB ROJAS-BRACHO, LORENZO and RANDALL R. REEVES. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 21(1):77-87. 2013. Vaquitas and gillnets: Mexico's ultimate cetacean conservation challenge. 0.251 MB ROMAN, JOE; IRIT ALTMAN; MEAGAN M. DUNPHY-DALY; CAITLIN CAMPBELL; MICHAEL JASNY and ANDREW J. READ. ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1286:29-49. 2013. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology. William H. Schlesinger & Richard S. Ostfeld (eds.). The Marine Mammal Protection Act at 40: Status, recovery, and future of U.S. marine mammals. 0.483 MB RUBIO-GUERRI, CONSUELO; MAR MELERO; FERNANDO ESPERON; EDWIGE NINA BELLIERE; MANUEL ARBELO; JOSE LUIS CRESPO; EVA SIERRA; DANIEL GARCIA-PARRAGA; JOSE MANUEL SANCHEZ-VIZCAINO. BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH 9(106). 6pp. 2013. Unusual striped dolphin mass mortality episode related to cetacean morbillivirus in the Spanish Mediterranean Sea. 0.289 MB RUBIO-GUERRI, CONSUELO; MAR MELERO; BELEN RIVERA-ARROYO; EDWIGE NINA BELLIERE; JOSE LUIS CRESPO; DANIEL GARCIA-PARRAGA; FERNANDO ESPERON and JOSE MANUEL SANCHEZ-VIZCAINO. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 165(1-2):109-114. 2013. Simultaneous diagnosis of cetacean morbillivirus infection in dolphins stranded in the Spanish Mediterranean sea in 2011 using a novel Universal Probe Library (UPL) RT-PCR assay. 0.507 MB SANTORA, JARROD A.; MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 160(6):1383-1393. 2013. Dynamic intra-seasonal habitat use by Antarctic fur seals suggests migratory hotspots near the Antarctic Peninsula. 0.743 MB SCHWARZ, LISA K. MICHAEL E. GOEBEL; DANIELD P. COSTA and A. MARM KILPATRICK. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 82(4):903-911. 2013. Top-down and bottom-up influences on demographic rates of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella. 0.512 MB SEGAWA, TAKAO; HAZUMU AMATSUJI; KENTO SUZUKI; MIWA SUZUKI; MAKIO YANAGISAWA; TAKUYA ITOU; TAKEO SAKAI and TERUYUKI NAKANISHI. RESULTS IN IMMUNOLOGY 3:57-63. 2013. Molecular characterization and validation of commercially available methods for haptoglobin measurement in bottlenose dolphin. 0.938 MB SEGAWA, TAKAO; NANA KARATANI; TAKUYA ITOU; MIWA SUZUKI and TAKEO SAKAI. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 154(1-2):62-67. 2013. Cloning and characterization of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interleukin-10. 1.002 MB SEGAWA, TAKAO; TORU OTSUKA; TAKUYA ITOU; MIWA SUZUKI; NANA KARATANI and TAKEO SAKAI. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 152(3-4):218-224. 2013. Characterization of the circulating serum amyloid A in bottlenose dolphins. 0.389 MB SIEBERT, U.; P. D. JEPSON and P. WOHLSEIN. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH 59(3):441-444. 2013. First indication of gas embolism in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from German waters. 0.298 MB SIMON, AUDREY; ALAIN N. ROUSSEAU; STEPHANE SAVARY; MICHEL BIGRAS-POULIN and NICHOLAS H. OGDEN. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 127:150-161. 2013. Hydrological modelling of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts transport to investigate contaminated snowmelt runoff as a potential source of infection for marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic. 1.639 MB SINGH, GERALD G.; RUSSELL W. MARKEL; REBECCA G. MARTONE; ANNE K. SALOMON; CHRISTOPHER D. G. HARLEY and KAI M. A. CHAN. PLOS ONE 8(6) e65435. 9pp. 2013. Sea otters homogenize mussel beds and reduce habitat provisioning in a rocky intertidal ecosystem. 1.028 MB SLOOTEN, ELISABETH. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 20(2):121-130. 2013. Effectiveness of area-based management in reducing bycatch of the New Zealand dolphin. 0.888 MB SOLTYSIAK, Z.; M. SIMARD and J. ROKICKI. POLISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCES 16(1):63-67. 2013. Pathological changes of stomach in ringed seal (Pusa hispida) from Arviat (North Canada) caused by anisakid nematodes. 0.346 MB SONNE, CHRISTIAN; THEA O. BECHSHOFT; FRANK F. RIGET; HANS J. BAAGOE; ABDI HEDAYAT; MOGENS ANDERSEN; JENS-ERIK BECH-JENSEN; LARS HYLDSTRUP; ROBERT J. LETCHER and RUNE DIETZ. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 34:290-295. 2013. Size and density of East Greenland polar bear (Ursus maritimus) skulls: Valuable bio-indicators of environmental changes? 0.620 MB SOULEN, BRIANNE K.; KRISTINA CAMMEN; THOMAS F. SCHULTZ and DAVID W. JOHNSTON. PLOS ONE 8(7) e68779. 9pp. 2013. Factors affecting harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) strandings in the Northwest Atlantic. 0.671 MB SPITZ, J. and J. JOUMA'A. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 82(5):2147-2152. 2013. Variability in energy density of forage fishes from the Bay of Biscay (north-east Atlantic Ocean): Reliability of functional grouping based on prey quality. 0.503 MB SUPIN, ALEXANDER YA. and PAUL E. NACHTIGALL. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 199(6):471-478. 2013. Gain control in the sonar of odontocetes. 0.348 MB THOMPSON, PAUL M.; GORDON D. HASTIE; JEREMY NEDWELL; RICHARD BARHAM; KATE L. BROOKES; LINE S. CORDES; HELEN BAILEY and NANCY MCLEAN. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW 43:73-85. 2013. Framework for assessing impacts of pile-driving noise from offshore wind farm construction on a harbour seal population. 1.335 MB UGAZ, CRISTIAN; RICARDO A. VALDEZ; MARTA C. ROMANO and FRANCISCO GALINDO. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY BEHAVIOR: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH 8(4):285-290. 2012. Behavior and salivary cortisol of captive dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) kept in open and closed facilities. 0.612 MB VAN COEVERDEN DE GROOT, PETER; PAMELA B. Y. WONG; CHRISTOPHER HARRIS; MARKUS G. DYCK; LOUIE KAMOOKAK; MARIE PAGES; JOHAN MICHAUX and PETER T. BOAG. WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN 37(2):394-401. 2013. Toward a non-invasive inuit polar bear survey: Genetic data from polar bear hair snags. 0.162 MB VILLANGER, GRO D.; KRISTIN M. GABRIELSEN; KIT M. KOVACS; CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN; ELISABETH LIE; MAHIN KARIMI; EUGEN G. SORMO and BJORN M. JENSSEN. CHEMOSPHERE 92(7):828-842. 2013. Effects of complex organohalogen contaminant mixtures on thyroid homeostasis in hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) mother-pup pairs. 0.815 MB WALLACE, COURTNEY C.; PHILIP O. YUND; TIMOTHY E. FORD; KEITH A. MATASSA and ANNA L. BASS. ECOHEALTH 10(2):201-210. 2013. Increase in antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from stranded marine mammals of the Northwest Atlantic. 0.248 MB WATT, C. A.; M. P. HEIDE-JORGENSEN and S. H. FERGUSON. ECOSPHERE 4(6). Article 71. 15pp. 2013. How adaptable are narwhal? A comparison of foraging patterns among the world's three narwhal populations. 1.699 MB WEIJS, LIESBETH; DETLEF TIBAX; ANTHONY C. ROACH; THERESE M. MANNING; JOHN C. CHAPMAN; KATELYN EDGE; RONNY BLUST and ADRIAN COVACI. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 461-462:117-125. 2013. Assessing levels of halogenated organic compounds in mass-stranded long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) from Australia. 0.434 MB WEIR, CAROLINE R.; TIM COLLINS; TERRY CROSS; ALISON GILL; SIMON ELWEN; MICHAEL UNWIN and RICHARD J. PARNELL. MARINE BIODIVERSITY RECORDS 6: e65. 9pp. 2013. False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) sightings in continental shelf habitat off Gabon and Cote d'Ivoire (Africa). 0.450 MB WIGGINS, SEAN M.; KAITLIN E. FRASIER; E. ELIZABETH HENDERSON and JOHN A. HILDEBRAND. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 133(6):3813-3818. 2013. Tracking dolphin whistles using an autonomous acoustic recorder array. 1.583 MB From khor5600 at hotmail.com Wed Jul 24 21:22:57 2013 From: khor5600 at hotmail.com (Khor Chee Hou) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:22:57 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Request for Photos of Targeted Marine Mammals In-Reply-To: References: , , , Message-ID: Dear Marine Mammal Researchers, REQUEST FOR PHOTOS OF TARGETED MARINE MAMMALS I am assisting Dr. Leela Rajamani in her projects. We will be having a Workshop on Local Community Awareness and Participation in Marine Mammal Conservation in Penang Island, Malaysia on the 11th and 12th September 2013 in CEMACS,USM. The main purpose of this workshop is to increase awareness in the local community and encourage their participation in the marine mammal conservation effort in Penang. Thus, the photos of marine mammals species listed below are needed to be used for the workshop. Targeted marine mammal species: 1. Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) 2. Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 3. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) 4. Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) 5. Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) 6. Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) We hope that you can help us by sharing and sending us the targeted marine mammal photos and full photo credit will be given to the owner of the photo. In conjunction with we are also preparing a manual for species identification,best practice and dolphin watching In Penang. Thank you for your attention and I hope to hearing from you soon. Invite letters for the workshop will be sent to Malaysian and affiliated researchers soon. We sincerely appreciate your supports and sharing. C.H.Khor (KHOR CHEE HOU) Project assistant, Public awareness of the Conservation of Newly Described Populations of Cetaceans in North and West Penang, Cente for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From s.kuczaj at usm.edu Tue Jul 30 09:04:01 2013 From: s.kuczaj at usm.edu (Stan Kuczaj) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:04:01 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Call for papers Message-ID: Animal Behavior and Cognition is a new peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly work on all aspects of animal behavior and cognition, including behavioral ecology, behavioral genetics, communication, development, emotion, learning, mating, memory, motivation, neuroscience, parenting, perception, personality, planning, problem solving, social cognition, social interactions, and spatial mapping. Animal Behavior and Cognition provides: ? Free, open access: increased global visibility and research impact ? Electronic submission and prompt editorial decisions ? Free publication of accepted manuscripts: no author or publication fees We welcome submissions in the following formats: 1. Original research reports: Manuscripts that report original research that has not been published elsewhere. Research could be observational or experimental, and could be conducted in laboratory or natural settings. 2. Replication attempts: Manuscripts that report attempts (successful or unsuccessful) to replicate findings that have been published in a peer-reviewed journal. 3. Critical reviews: Manuscripts that integrate and review the literature on a specific aspect of animal behavior and cognition. Authors of such submissions will typically have made significant contributions to the topic of concern. 4. Brief reports: Manuscripts of fewer than 4000 words that report intriguing methods or findings. In addition to the above formats for individual submissions, we welcome proposals for special issues to be devoted to a particular topic. Inquiries and proposals should be directed to the editor. Please direct questions or submissions to: Editor: Stan Kuczaj, s.kuczaj at usm.edu University of Southern Mississippi, USA Associate editor: Lauren Highfill, highfile at eckerd.edu Eckerd College, USA Visit the ABC website for more info: http://abc.sciknow.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tim.hunt at flinders.edu.au Tue Jul 30 09:20:45 2013 From: tim.hunt at flinders.edu.au (Tim Hunt) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:20:45 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] UPDATE: URGENTLY SEEKING EXPERIENCED FIELD ASSISTANTS for research on tropical dolphins around Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia Message-ID: Dear Marmam, Please post this updated advertisement below at your earliest convenience. I initially sent it through last Friday 26th July for a due date this Friday 2nd August but I'll now have to extend the submission date to Monday 5th August to allow people sufficient time to make a submission. Thanks very much for your help. Kind regards, Tim Hunt URGENTLY SEEKING EXPERIENCED FIELD ASSISTANTS for research on tropical dolphins around Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia Fieldwork dates: Commencing late August 2013 for 8-10 weeks (field season ends late October 2013). Application deadline: Monday 5th August 2013 (apologies for short turnaround) Project title: Population size, habitat use and social structure of Australian humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) around the North West Cape, Western Australia. Institution: Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab; Flinders University; South Australia www.cebel.org.au Overview: I am seeking experienced field assistants to assist with boat-based photo-ID of humpback (and bottlenose) dolphins around the North West Cape in north-western Australia for 8-10 weeks starting no later than 1 September 2013. * Only applicants that can commit for the full 8-10 week period will be considered * This project is currently underway and aims to collect baseline information on the abundance, habitat use and social structure of humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) around the North West Cape to improve the scientific basis for their conservation and management. The project is funded by the Australian Marine Mammal Centre and our research is in collaboration with the Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit. This is an opportunity to gain experience in field techniques for small cetacean research and contribute to a project with very high conservation and management value. Furthermore, it provides assistants the opportunity to conduct research in a unique natural setting along the World Heritage Listed Ningaloo Coast, home to one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world, Ningaloo Reef. The region is extremely picturesque and abundant with marine life, including seasonal visits from whale sharks (April-August) and humpback whales (July-November). A spectacular research setting! Location: We are based in the town of Exmouth on the tropical North West Cape of Western Australia. The small research team is staying in house accommodation within walking distance of the Exmouth town centre. Duties: Searching for dolphins, driving the boat, taking photos, making and recording field observations, equipment cleaning and basic maintenance, data entry (incl. fin matching), a fair share in communal cooking and housekeeping duties, and generally working hard and having a great time in a beautiful and unique part of the Australian coastline. Expectations: Field assistants need to be available full-time, including weekends, and be prepared for early morning departures (6-7AM), long days (7-10 hours) on the water for multiple consecutive days, and lengthy days transcribing data. Expect up to a week between days off. Expect to spend sometimes several days stranded on land. If the weather isn't right we won't be conducting the surveys and will have to wait it out. So bring a book or two and lots of movies to watch. Expect to see dolphins, dugongs... and turtles....and sharks...... and lots of whales. We've been here since late May and have seen a lot of everything! Most of all, expect to learn a lot while having an awesome time. Prerequisites: * Experience of working on and driving a small boat (essential); * Experience of photo-ID survey techniques (highly desirable); * Experience of field research on small cetaceans (highly desirable); * No history of debilitating seasickness (essential); * Be team-oriented, patient, clean, and have an enthusiastic attitude to hard work, long hours and collecting data on the natural environment (essential). * Experience in Microsoft Excel and Access (highly desirable) * Fluent in English (highly desirable) Expenses: This is an unpaid position. However, food and accommodation in Exmouth are provided at no cost to assistants. Assistants are responsible for their own travel costs to/from Exmouth (direct flights available from Perth). Please send a CV, a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience, and contact details of two relevant referees to tim.hunt at flinders.edu.au by Monday 5th August 2013. 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This research is part of a master study, lead by Ecology and Systematics of Sea Birds and Marine Mammals Lab at the Biological Sciences Institute, of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. *Duties: *Searching for whales, theodolite operating, recording field observations, equipment cleaning and data entry. *Expectations: *Field assistants need to be adaptable and patient as weather is highly dependent. We will be committed to go sampling everyday whenever weather allows us. If not, we?ll be working in data entry. *Prerequisites:* - Experience of field research on land-based technique (highly desirable); - Possess basic computer skills including MS Excel; - Enrolled in or completed a degree in biology, marine science, animal behaviour or a related field (desirable); - Be team-oriented, patient, and have an enthusiastic attitude to hard work and collecting data on the natural environment (essential); This is an opportunity to gain experience in land based techniques research and contribute to a project with high conservation and management value. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide monetary compensation. Assistants will be responsible for their own travel to Porto Alegre, South Brazil, and will have to pay for their own accommodation and food (around US$ 200,00/ month). We?ll share house duties including cooking and cleaning. ** Commitment to the full duration of this time will be highly favoured.* *Interested please send a CV, a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience, and contact details. This information must be sent in an e-mail with the subject ?Field assistant? before 25th July 2013 to ** silbottini at gmail.com* *.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gonzalezd at andrews.edu Tue Jul 2 12:48:48 2013 From: gonzalezd at andrews.edu (Daniel Gonzalez) Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:48:48 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Request for audio visual material for digital field guide Message-ID: Dear MARMAM community, I'm currently teaching a marine mammal class in Puguet Sound and the class project is to create an eBook Field guide to the Marine Mammals of the Salish Sea. We are requesting your assistance for images, short video clips, audio clips, or other interesting material of the species listed below. The eBook will be free of charge (we will not profit from your images) and we will give full credit for any material used. Minki Whale Balaenoptera acutorostra Grey Whale Eschrichtius robustus Pacific White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena Killer Whale Orcinus orca Dall?s Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli Northern or Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina Sea Otter Enhydra lutris --- Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske Assistant Professor of Biology Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49103 gonzalezd at andrews.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randalcounihan at gmail.com Thu Jul 25 04:56:04 2013 From: randalcounihan at gmail.com (Randal Counihan) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:56:04 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Seeking assistants for research on tropical dolphins in Bunbury, Western Australia. Message-ID: Seeking assistants for research on tropical dolphins in Bunbury, Western Australia. Dates: commences 31 August 2013 for several months (ends early 2014). Project title: South West Marine Research Program long term monitoring project. Institution: Cetacean Research Unit, Murdoch University - www.mucru.org Overview: I am seeking experienced field assistants to assist with boat-based photo-ID and behaviour analysis in south-west Australia from 31 August 2013. This is a long term project, 7 years so far, with the current phase extending into 2014. A minimum commitment of 5 weeks is expected, though longer stays are preferred. The South West Marine Research Program is a long-term, multifaceted project on the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins of South West Australia. This program is based in Bunbury (south of Perth) and is a collaboration between Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit and numerous industry and non-profit partners. The research, of PhD and masters students, focuses on dolphin population dynamics, abundance, social structure and behaviour, habitat use, conservation genetics and foraging ecology. Long-term data will be collected and used to investigate population dynamics and habitat use, in order to aid in future conservation and management efforts. Benthic habitat mapping and photo identification fieldwork is conducted from Busselton to Binningyup within a 540km2 area consisting of coastal beaches, inshore bays, estuarine inlets and a river. http://mucru.org/research-projects/south-west-marine-researchprogram/ This is an opportunity to gain experience in field techniques for small cetacean research, while contributing to a project with a high conservation and management value. Location: Bunbury is a small city, approx. 1 hour South of Perth. The project will be based in the Dolphin Discovery Centre, where Murdoch have office facilities. Duties: Field work will involve searching for dolphins, driving the boat, taking photos, making and recording field observations, equipment cleaning and basic maintenance. Fieldwork is highly weather dependent and will vary between weekdays and weekends. When weather permits days on the water could be long and on consecutive days. There will be a fair amount of office work involved including data entry, fin matching and project organisation. Computer programs used for data are: FinBase, ACDSee, Logger, Microsoft Access, Excel and Word. Prerequisites: Enrolled in or completed a degree in biology, marine science, animal behaviour or a related field.Previous field experience with wildlife (field data collection, photo identification, boat handling skills). Experience with research on small cetaceans is desirable but not essential. Be enthusiastic, team oriented and have a positive attitude as well as a genuine interest in wildlife science. Expenses: Unfortunately, we are unable to provide monetary compensation or living provisions and research assistants will be responsible for their own travel to Western Australia and living expenses. Please note, the Bunbury backpackers provide good discounts for assistants of the Dolphin Discovery Centre. If you are interested in volunteering, please send a CV, a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience, and contact details of two relevant referees to randalcounihan at gmail.com by Friday 2nd August 2013. Randal Counihan randalcounihan at gmail.com Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit (MUCRU) School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch WA 6150 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From EMONTIE at uscb.edu Wed Jul 31 16:02:42 2013 From: EMONTIE at uscb.edu (MONTIE, ERIC) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:02:42 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Biological Research Technician needed in fish and marine mammal bioacoustics Message-ID: <5D66402E81C1334592133F37E0D4BF701D71679E@CAE145EMBP01.ds.sc.edu> Dear Colleagues, Please pass this job advertisement onto interested applicants. All the best, Dr. Eric Montie Biological Research Technician Needed Job Description: Sound Production and Hearing Studies with Fish and Marine Mammals Organization: Marine Sensory and Neurobiology Lab, Department of Natural Sciences, University of South Carolina Beaufort Salary: $10 - $12 per hour with possible performance based raise Position Information: Full time (40 hrs per week); Monday through Friday; Flexible hours; 1 year commitment with possible extension Location: This position is located at the University of South Carolina Beaufort at the Bluffton campus. Bluffton, SC is located only 20 minutes from Hilton Head Island, SC. The campus is 10 minutes from the May River and 15 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. About Our Lab: Our research lab strives to understand the sensory and neurobiology of marine organisms. Specifically, we are interested in brain architecture, hearing of fish and marine mammals, and acoustic communication of aquatic vertebrates. The more applied part of our research program focuses on studies that investigate how natural and man-made stressors impact the brain, hearing, and acoustic communication. These stressors include man-made chemicals, harmful algal blooms, noise pollution, and climate change. We use techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, auditory evoked potentials, and passive acoustics using long-term monitoring devices. This research involves work on biomedical models such as zebrafish, as well as wild marine organisms like bottlenose dolphins. Duties Include: (1) General lab maintenance - ordering supplies, cleaning, etc. (2) Zebrafish husbandry and breeding; (3) Experiments to understand the effects of endocrine disrupting pollutants on fish development. (4) Analysis of tissues for hormones. (5) Hearing tests with fish and marine mammals. (6) Immunohistochemistry of hair cells and visualization using Apotome Optical Sectioning. (7) Sound production studies with fish and marine mammals. (8) Maintenance of water quality sensors in the May River. (9) Analysis of results, manuscript writing, and grant preparation. Qualifications Required: B.S. in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or related field. Applicants with a M.S. are welcome to apply. Demonstration of lab experience is preferred, especially if applicant has experience with fish husbandry, toxicology studies, immunohistochemistry, and/or neurophysiology. Experience on small boats is also preferred but not mandatory. This is a perfect position for a motivated, passionate student who wants to gain more research experience and is interested in publishing. How to Apply: Please email a C.V. and two reference letters with contact information to Dr. Eric Montie (emontie at uscb.edu). If you have questions on the position, please email or phone (843) 208-8107. Eric W. 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