From nicole_adimey at fws.gov Mon Sep 2 19:17:01 2013 From: nicole_adimey at fws.gov (Nicole Adimey) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 22:17:01 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] FW: International Sirenain Symposium In-Reply-To: a4d806d9276471a5022ac9c648446d91@mail.gmail.com References: a4d806d9276471a5022ac9c648446d91@mail.gmail.com Message-ID: *The Sixth International Sirenian Symposium* The Sixth International Sirenian Symposium will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2013 in conjunction with the 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Dunedin, New Zealand. This symposium will be kindly sponsored by the Secretariat of the Dugong MOU*, Convention on Migratory Species Office - Abu Dhabi. The aim of this full-day symposium, in collaboration with the IUCN Sirenian Specialists Group, is to foster communication between researchers, managers, and policy makers. Scientists and managers representing countries from all over the globe are invited to present new information on Sirenian conservation and management, stranding response and medical assessment, monitoring applications, and general biology and research. A special session will be devoted to Dugong conservation efforts in the Indo-Pacific. The symposium will include presentations, a poster session, and a Q & A session. Sirenian items will be available for purchase to raise funds for future student travel scholarships. The cost of this workshop is $10.00. Space is limited, so please register at: http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=591&Itemid=336&workshop=39 . If you would like to submit a presentation or poster please send an electronic copy of your abstract (300 word limit) to Nicole Adimey (* nicoleadimey at gmail.com*) by *September 30, 2013*. *MOU: "The Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs (Dugong dugon) and their Habitats throughout their Range" * * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Simon.Goldsworthy at sa.gov.au Mon Sep 2 18:58:10 2013 From: Simon.Goldsworthy at sa.gov.au (Goldsworthy, Simon (PIRSA-SARDI)) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 11:28:10 +0930 Subject: [MARMAM] New book on pinnipeds "Fur Seals and Sea Lions" Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the publishing of a new book: Fur Seals and Sea Lions AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY SERIES, CSIRO Publishing by Roger Kirkwood and Simon Goldsworthy This book outlines the comparative evolutionary ecology, biology, life-history, behaviour, conservation status, threats, history of human interactions and latest research on the three species of otariids that live in the waters of southern Australia: the Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal and Australian sea lion. It also includes brief descriptions of Antarctic and Subantarctic seals that occupy the Antarctic pack-ice and remote Australian territories of Macquarie Island and Heard Island. The book summarises the enormous amount of new scientific information from studies in the past 10 years, and provides full descriptions of the species and their biology. This book is presented in an easy to read format for general public, students and researchers who want to learn a bit more about seals. It includes 17 pages of colour photos plus many b & w images, graphs and figures. A must for all those interested in marine wildlife. Fur Seals and Sea Lions can be ordered online: http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6491.htm AUS$39.95 Cheers, Roger Kirkwood and Simon Goldsworthy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbaumgartner at whoi.edu Tue Sep 3 09:53:47 2013 From: mbaumgartner at whoi.edu (Mark Baumgartner) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 12:53:47 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] real-time detection publication Message-ID: Colleagues, The following paper was recently published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. The article is available at the JASA website (http://link.aip.org/link/?JAS/134/3/htmltoc), my website (www.whoi.edu/sites/mbaumgartner) or by request to me. Kind regards, Mark Baumgartner Baumgartner, M.F., D.M. Fratantoni, T.P. Hurst, M.W. Brown, T.V.N. Cole, S.M. Van Parijs, and M. Johnson. 2013. Real-time reporting of baleen whale passive acoustic detections from ocean gliders. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134:1814-1823. Abstract: In the past decade, much progress has been made in real-time passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammal occurrence and distribution from autonomous platforms (e.g., gliders, floats, buoys), but current systems focus primarily on a single call type produced by a single species, often from a single location. A hardware and software system was developed to detect, classify, and report 14 call types produced by 4 species of baleen whales in real time from ocean gliders. During a 3-week deployment in the central Gulf of Maine in late November and early December 2012, two gliders reported over 25,000 acoustic detections attributed to fin, humpback, sei, and right whales. The overall false detection rate for individual calls was 14%, and for right, humpback, and fin whales, false predictions of occurrence during 15-minute reporting periods were 5% or less. Transmitted pitch tracks ? compact representations of sounds ? allowed unambiguous identification of both humpback and fin whale song. Of the 10 cases when whales were sighted during aerial or shipboard surveys and a glider was within 20 km of the sighting location, 9 were accompanied by real-time acoustic detections of the same species by the glider within ?12 hours of the sighting time. Mark Baumgartner Associate Scientist Biology Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MS #33, Redfield 256 Woods Hole, MA 02543 mbaumgartner at whoi.edu www.whoi.edu/sites/mbaumgartner (508)289-2678 phone (508)457-2134 fax -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jlm91 at psu.edu Tue Sep 3 11:31:05 2013 From: jlm91 at psu.edu (Jennifer Miksis-Olds) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 14:31:05 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Penn State Acoustics Short Course Message-ID: <015101cea8d3$c0ac5b90$420512b0$@psu.edu> The Penn State Acoustics Short Course will be offered October 7-11, 2013. This short course provides a broad but comprehensive introduction to many important topics in underwater acoustics and signal processing. The goal is to give participants a practical understanding of fundamental concepts, along with an appreciation of current research and development activities. It serves as a foundation for more advanced study of current literature or for other specialized courses. This short course is designed for scientists and engineers who want an introduction to, or a review of, topics in underwater acoustics and signal processing. Course details are found at: www.arl.psu.edu/uwasp.htm Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds, PhD Senior Research Associate, The Applied Research Laboratory Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Acoustics The Pennsylvania State University PO Box 30, Mailstop 3510D State College, PA 16804 (814) 865-9318 jlm91 at psu.edu www.personal.psu.edu/jlm91/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew.mcleish at marine-life.org.uk Tue Sep 3 12:54:49 2013 From: andrew.mcleish at marine-life.org.uk (Andrew McLeish) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 20:54:49 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] Employment Opportunity with MARINElife Message-ID: MARINElife is now accepting applications for the post of Conservation Science Manager. We are looking for an experienced and dynamic marine scientist to lead on the delivery and development of our cetacean and seabird research programmes. Key activities will include the management of our ferry survey programme and species research and monitoring projects, data management and analysis, and liaising with scientific partners and government agencies. The postholder will have a significant role in the development of the Atlantic Research Coalition (ARC), a network of European groups gathering and publishing data on the status of marine mammals. Candidates should have a proven track record of working in applied research for marine biodiversity conservation and of developing funded research projects. Further application information and forms can be found on our website at: http://www.marine-life.org.uk/employment-opportunity-with-marinelife-(020913) Alternatively a recruitment pack may be requested by e-mail from: tricia.dendle at marine-life.org.uk MARINElife is a UK registered charity with a mission to conserve marine wildlife through research and education. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GroningerH at TMMC.org Tue Sep 3 12:54:03 2013 From: GroningerH at TMMC.org (Heather Groninger) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 12:54:03 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA is hiring a Monterey Bay Operations Manager Message-ID: Announcing an employment opportunity at The Marine Mammal Center. This listing can also be found on our website here: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/about-us/organization-information/jobs/ MONTEREY BAY OPERATIONS MANAGER The Marine Mammal Center, an equal opportunity, non-profit employer, is seeking a Monterey Bay Operations Manager to join our team. The Marine Mammal Center's mission is to expand knowledge about marine mammals-their health and that of their ocean environment-and to inspire their global conservation. Our core work is the rescue and rehabilitation of sick and injured marine mammals, supported by state-of-the-art animal care and research facilities, a corps of dedicated volunteers, and an engaged community. Reporting to the Director of Veterinary Science, the Monterey Bay Operations (MBO) Manager is a full-time, exempt position with competitive benefits. The Monterey Bay Operations Manager functions as the primary administrator for the Monterey Bay Operations (MBO) of The Marine Mammal Center, located in Moss Landing, CA. This role receives public reports of stranded animals and coordinates the appropriate response. It is also responsible for supervision and recruitment of volunteers, rotating on call and meeting attendance duties across the entire response range, and overseeing and implementing facilities, equipment and vehicle maintenance. The position also acts as a media representative and works in collaboration with other departments and organizations. The MBO Manager reports directly to the Director of Veterinary Science. CORE COMPETENCIES * Strong leadership skills in managing projects and personnel * Ability to communicate effectively and with diverse audiences * Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team * Ability to cultivate effective relationships with internal partners, volunteers, consultants, and outside partners * Ability to work effectively and strategically with remote supervision * Awareness of safety procedures for handling wild animals and working in the field MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES * Implement policies and procedures at the direction of the Stranding Department Manager and Veterinary Staff. Provide guidance and actively participate in problem solving to reach results * Respond to public questions and concerns about distressed animals, volunteer opportunities, and all other general inquiries * Coordinate assessment and rescue teams, from pick-up to transport. Participate in rescues, transports, medical treatments, and releases as needed * Maintain open lines of communication with the Stranding Manager, co-workers and volunteers * Collect & process animal response data, including paper and electronic data entry * Conduct regular staff and committee meetings, producing meeting minutes * Administer the MBO facility and resources; including petty cash account, Home & Office Depot cards, utilities, and technology. In cooperation with appropriate departments, schedule regular maintenance of MBO computers, equipment, facilities, and vehicles * Responsible for ensuring that MBO volunteers follow the Veterinary Science department's best practices. Ensures, with ample notice, that the MBO facility is adequately stocked with medical supplies. Communicates medical needs directly with the Veterinary Science staff. Oversees MBO medical and animal care teams * Maintain MBO event and volunteer schedules. Coordinate the scheduling of Sausalito crew shifts for MBO and SLO volunteers * Manage MBO supervisors and volunteers; overseeing recruitment, mentoring program, and training of new volunteers. Implement volunteer recognition efforts * Provide direct support to volunteer management including collection of new volunteer liability waivers, data entry into Raisers Edge, creation of class RSVP lists and content management of the Monterey Bay Operations volunteer only webpage * Maintain clear communication with volunteer management regarding volunteer recruitment and resource needs * Under the direction of the Education Department, manage MBO Education Committee and outreach program. Work collaboratively with designated education staff to ensure MBO volunteers receive regular training and support to facilitate programs aligned with the Education Department's best practices * Participate in Education Department staff/planning meetings (typically bi-weekly) * Oversee MBO stranding and veterinary training programs. Support education training initiatives * Manage additional committees and volunteer activities that include but are not limited to apparel, fund-raising and produce MBO email newsletter * Facilitate communication and coordination among MBO, San Luis Obispo Operations (SLO), and Sausalito staff * Travel to other internal and external facilities as needed QUALIFICATIONS * Four year college degree and/or two years of related experience working with Marine Mammals, or equivalent combination of education and experience * Maintaining a valid California Driver's License and a clean driving record * Experience working with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook and comfortable working with database software * Ability to frequently lift and carry objects weighing up to 30 pounds when moving supplies and animal carriers * Ability to stand, bend, stoop and crouch while working with animals or at events * Available for weekend and evening work as necessary To apply: Please send a cover letter and resume attention Human Resources Director & IT Manager to admin at tmmc.org. Please put "MBO Manager" in the subject line. Deadline for applications is September 15, 2013. Please no phone calls or faxed submissions. Heather Groninger Human Resources Director and IT Manager The Marine Mammal Center 2000 Bunker Road Fort Cronkhite Sausalito, CA 94965 415-289-7348 Fax: 415-754-4048 groningerh at tmmc.org www.tmmc.org Notary Public, County of Marin Commission #2006591, expires 3/7/17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jailsonfm at gmail.com Wed Sep 4 09:35:21 2013 From: jailsonfm at gmail.com (Jailson Fulgencio de Moura) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 13:35:21 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: strandings of humpback whales in Brazil Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We'd like to draw your attention to our paper "Humpback whales washed ashore in southeastern Brazil...", which was recently published in Biologia (Springer). The abstract is below and the article can be found at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.2478%2Fs11756-013-0237-8 - Moura J.M., Rodrigues D.P., Roges E.M., Souza R.L., Ott P.H., Tavares M., Lemos L.S., Tavares D.C., Siciliano S. (2013) Humpback whales washed ashore in southeastern Brazil from 1981 to 2011: stranding patterns and microbial pathogens survey. Biologia, 68(5): 992-999. - *ABSTRACT*: In the Southwest Atlantic Ocean the wintering breeding ground of *Megaptera novaeangliae* is located in northeastern coast of Brazil, mainly in the Abrolhos Bank (16?55? S, 38?50? W) and its surroundings. During migratory percussion, events of strandings are thought to occur. A total of 58 stranded humpback whales were recorded between 1981 and 2011 along the coast of the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The number of strandings in 20 years (1992?2011) increased during the period of study, with a mean of 2.6 events per year. In 2010 a peak occurred with 13 records of strandings. Most of them occurred preferably in the southern half of the study area, or in the southeast area of Rio de Janeiro state. Three cases of entanglement were found, two of these involving calves with less than eight meters of body length. Stranding events were more frequent during winter and spring. No statistical differences were found between age categories, but 33% were classified as ?dependent calf? (< 8 m length). Males stranded more often than females. Only one whale out of 16 specimens that had the stomach contents examined presented food remains, but comprising only two cephalopod beaks of the squid *Doryteuthis sanpaulensis*. Bacteriological survey of Vibrionaceae and Aeromonadaceae agents in three live stranded whales on the Brazilian coast indicated evidence of animal impairment that resulted or were associated with the cause of death and stranding event. - All the best, *________________________________________ * *Jailson Fulgencio de Moura Bi?logo; Doutor em Sa?de P?blica e Meio Ambiente (ENSP/Fiocruz)* *Grupo de Estudos de Mam?feros Marinhos da Regi?o dos Lagos (GEMM-Lagos)* *Instituto Megafauna Marinha (IMMAR) * *---------------------------------------------- Jailson Fulgencio de Moura Biologist, Doctor of Public Health and Environment (ENSP/Fiocruz) Group of Marine Mammal Research from Regi?o dos Lagos (GEMM-Lagos)* *Megafauna Marinha Institute (IMMAR)* *Home page: www.gemmlagos.com.br* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From californiastudentsmm at gmail.com Wed Sep 4 02:18:25 2013 From: californiastudentsmm at gmail.com (Sarah Peterson) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 11:18:25 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] Abstracts due Sept 15th for 1st Annual California Student Chapter Meeting! Message-ID: We would like to remind students in the California area of the United States that we are having our first annual SMM Student Chapter Meeting on Saturday October 26th and Sunday October 27th at the University of California Santa Cruz. Abstract submission is open until Sept 15th and registration is open until Oct 15th (although earlier registrations are preferred) and we welcome submissions from both undergraduate, graduate, and recently graduated students. Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6JLLKXD to register/submit an abstract. Click here, or check out our website for more information on the meeting. Please email us at californiastudentsmm at gmail.com if you have any questions! 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This is a follow-up to a workshop held prior to the 19th Biennial conference, and the purpose is to bring together scientists, managers, and other interested parties involved with odontocete research, conservation and management efforts in Hawaiian waters, to discuss current findings, planned research and management strategies. If you are interested in presenting at the workshop, please submit an abstract (300 word maximum), note your preference for a talk or a poster, and also note whether your presentation will also be given at the Biennial (and if so, in what form). We also welcome submissions that compare the ecology, habitat and structure of odontocetes in Hawai?i with those in other island or archipelago systems. The deadline for abstracts is 30 September 2013. Please use the same format as for the SMM conference abstracts, which will facilitate distributing abstracts to the workshop attendees. There is a workshop fee to cover costs of space, AV equipment, lunch and coffee breaks. To register go to: http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=591&Itemid=336&workshop=34 Let us know if you have any questions, Robin Baird (rwbaird at cascadiaresearch.org) Erin Oleson (erin.oleson at noaa.gov) =============================================================================== Robin W. Baird, Ph.D. Research Biologist Cascadia Research Collective 218 1/2 W. 4th Avenue Olympia, WA 98501 USA Follow us on Facebook http://www.cascadiaresearch.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Ilse.van.Opzeeland at awi.de Mon Sep 9 01:09:02 2013 From: Ilse.van.Opzeeland at awi.de (Ilse van Opzeeland) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 08:09:02 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication Message-ID: <1FC6B99726D20D4596A5F314133E7D0B99C12F33@ex2.dmawi.de> We are pleased to announce publication of the following paper: Calling in the cold: pervasive acoustic presence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Antarctic coastal waters (2013). Ilse Van Opzeeland, Sofie Van Parijs, Lars Kindermann, Elke Burkhardt and Olaf Boebel. PLOS ONE 8(9): e73007. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073007. Abstract: Humpback whales migrate between relatively unproductive tropical or temperate breeding grounds and productive high latitude feeding areas. However, not all individuals of a population undertake the annual migration to the breeding grounds; instead some are thought to remain on the feeding grounds year-round, presumably to avoid the energetic demands of migration. In the Southern Hemisphere, ice and inclement weather conditions restrict investigations of humpback whale presence on feeding grounds as well as the extent of their southern range. Two years of near-continuous recordings from the PerenniAL Acoustic Observatory in the Antarctic Ocean (PALAOA, Ekstr?m Iceshelf, 70?31'S, 8?13'W) are used to explore the acoustic presence of humpback whales in an Antarctic coastal area. Humpback whale calls were present during nine and eleven months of 2008 and 2009, respectively. In 2008, calls were present in January through April, June through August, November and December, whereas in 2009, calls were present throughout the year, except in September. Calls occurred in un-patterned sequences, representing non-song sound production. Typically, calls occurred in bouts, ranging from 2 to 42 consecutive days with February, March and April having the highest daily occurrence of calls in 2008. In 2009, February, March, April and May had the highest daily occurrence of calls. Whales were estimated to be within a 100 km radius off PALAOA. Calls were also present during austral winter when ice cover within this radius was >90%. These results demonstrate that coastal areas near the Antarctic continent are likely of greater importance to humpback whales than previously assumed, presumably providing food resources year-round and open water in winter where animals can breathe. Best Regards, Ilse Van Opzeeland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lml.miralles at gmail.com Fri Sep 6 12:38:57 2013 From: lml.miralles at gmail.com (Laura Miralles) Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 21:38:57 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on Pilot Whales and cetacean hybridization Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We'd like to draw your attention to our new paper "*Interspecific Introgression in Cetaceans: DNA Markers Reveal Post-F1 Status of a Pilot Whale*", 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.0069511 - ABSTRACT: Visual species identification of cetacean strandings is difficult, especially when dead specimens are degraded and/or species are morphologically similar. The two recognised pilot whale species (*Globicephala melas* and *Globicephala macrorhynchus*) are sympatric in the North Atlantic Ocean. These species are very similar in external appearance and their morphometric characteristics partially overlap; thus visual identification is not always reliable. Genetic species identification ensures correct identification of specimens. Here we have employed one mitochondrial (D-Loop region) and eight nuclear loci (microsatellites) as genetic markers to identify six stranded pilot whales found in Galicia (Northwest Spain), one of them of ambiguous phenotype. DNA analyses yielded positive amplification of all loci and enabled species identification. Nuclear microsatellite DNA genotypes revealed mixed ancestry for one individual, identified as a post-F1 interspecific hybrid employing two different Bayesian methods. From the mitochondrial sequence the maternal species was *Globicephala melas*. This is the first hybrid documented between *Globicephala melas* and *G. macrorhynchus*, and the first post-F1 hybrid genetically identified between cetaceans, revealing interspecific genetic introgression in marine mammals. We propose to add nuclear loci to genetic databases for cetacean species identification in order to detect hybrid individuals. - Interspecific Introgression in Cetaceans: DNA Markers Reveal Post-F1 Status of a Pilot Whale . Miralles L, Lens S, Rodr?guez-Folgar A, Carrillo M, Mart?n V, et al. (2013) Interspecific Introgression in Cetaceans: DNA Markers Reveal Post-F1 Status of a Pilot Whale. PLoS ONE 8(8): e69511. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069511 - All the best, Laura Miralles M.Sc.Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Departamento Biolog?a Funcional Universidad de Oviedo, Espa?a. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randalcounihan at gmail.com Sun Sep 8 16:37:14 2013 From: randalcounihan at gmail.com (Randal Counihan) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 07:37:14 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] URGENT: Seeking assistants for research on Bottlenose dolphins in Bunbury, Western Australia. Message-ID: Seeking assistants for research on Bottlenose dolphins in Bunbury, Western Australia. Dates: commences immediately 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. 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. 2 hours 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. Randal Counihan randalcounihan at gmail.com Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit (MUCRU) Dolphin Discovery Centre, P.O. Box 1178, Lot 830 Koombana Drive, Bunbury, WA. 6230 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cynthia.christman at noaa.gov Mon Sep 9 14:59:32 2013 From: cynthia.christman at noaa.gov (Cynthia Christman - NOAA Federal) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:59:32 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Publication on bowhead whales in the Beaufort Sea Message-ID: Greetings, We are pleased to announce our recent publication in Polar Biology. The citation and abstract are below. If you would like a pdf of the publication, please contact me at cynthia.christman at noaa.gov. Regards, Cynthia L. Christman Field Research Leader III Contractor with Ocean Associates, Inc. Alaska Fisheries Science Center National Marine Mammal Laboratory 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 4 Seattle, WA 98115 Phone Number: (508) 274-3142 Email: cynthia.christman at noaa.gov Christman CL, Citta JJ, Quakenbush LT, Clarke JT, Rone BK, Shea RA, Ferguson MC, Mads Peter Heide-J?rgensen. 2013. Presence and behavior of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in July 2011. Polar Biology: 1-6. DOI 10.1007/s00300-013-1395-4 Abstract The Western Arctic bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is highly adapted to sea ice and annually migrates through the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas. While the overall distribution and seasonal movements of bowhead whales are mostly understood, information about their distribution in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in early to mid-summer has not been well documented. In July 2011, we conducted an exploratory flight in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, north of Camden Bay (71 N 144 W), near the location of a single satellite-tagged bowhead whale. Eighteen bowhead whales were observed, and behavior consistent with feeding was documented. To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of behavior consistent with feeding north of Camden Bay in mid-July. Few studies have focused on bowhead whale distribution in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in early to mid-summer, and no long-term, region-wide surveys have been conducted during summer. Bowhead whales are already exposed to anthropogenic disturbance in the Canadian Beaufort Sea in summer, the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in fall, and the Chukchi and Bering seas from fall through spring. The presence of bowhead whale aggregations in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in summer should be considered when assessing the cumulative effects of human-related activities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz Thu Sep 5 14:22:04 2013 From: cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz (Cheng-Hsiu Tsai) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:22:04 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Foetus/neonate of Balaena and Megaptera skull Message-ID: <0DFC17DB-908E-4108-B65C-DED6F3B250A0@otago.ac.nz> Dear Colleagues, I am interested to examine the skeletal specimens of foetal/neonatal Balaena mysticetus (Bowhead) and Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback), particularly skull and mandible, even not entirely ossified, that would be great. I would much appreciate if anyone holds this sort of material for me to study. Best regards Tsai Cheng-Hsiu Tsai ????) PhD student, Department of Geology, University of Otago 360 Leith Walk (Courier) or PO Box 56 (Postal) Dunedin 9054, New Zealand Email: cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz; craniata at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ewan.fordyce at otago.ac.nz Tue Sep 10 03:59:37 2013 From: ewan.fordyce at otago.ac.nz (Ewan Fordyce) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:59:37 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] 20th Biennial Workshop: Structural-functional shifts in marine mammals, present and past Message-ID: <484A1E337A200C4FBB1550B80318BD8E11C680E8@ITS-EXM-P05.registry.otago.ac.nz> 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Workshop: Structural-functional shifts in marine mammals, present and past Sunday 8 December Marine mammal evolution has involved structural changes that are profoundly different from those of terrestrial mammals. In all marine mammals, many changes reflect the initial invasion of water. Other structural changes occurred in later history, sometimes linked to major ecological shifts involving, for example, feeding, diving, vision, and acoustics. The success of some clades ? in terms of taxonomic and ecological diversity ? plausibly reflects such structural changes. Yet other structural changes involved simplification or losses in, for example, limbs and feeding apparatus. For at-risk species, and for extinct clades known only from fossils, one might consider the roles of ?bad genes? (structural blind alleys) or ?bad luck.? Recent phylogenetic studies based on morphology and molecules of living species, and fossils, provide a continually refined framework on which to consider structural-functional changes and ecological shifts. We seek contributions that consider structural and ecological shifts conferring ?success? or extinction, whether based on direct observations of modern structures, on molecular approaches, or on fossils. The programme will involve talks of 15 minutes, with opportunities for discussion. Interested to present your work? If so - - Deadline for abstracts is Friday 11 October - Email your abstract to Ewan Fordyce, ewan.fordyce at otago.ac.nz - Abstract should be formatted as for the main Biennial meeting (length 300 words maximum) to optimise production of a printed abstract volume - Indicate whether you are presenting a talk or poster at the main meeting - Abstracts will be subject to review Associated with the workshop (day, time and venue to be finalised), we hope to make available for viewing a neonate pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata, partly dissected to show some of the musculoskeletal system and viscera. This is in planning stage at present; those indicating interest in the workshop will be emailed an update nearer the time. Register formally through the SMM Biennial website. Organisers: R Ewan Fordyce (University of Otago), and postgrad students, postdocs and associates in Otago's Cetacean Evolution Research Group: Robert Boessenecker Joshua Corrie Carolina Loch Felix Marx Moyna M?ller Yoshihiro Tanaka Cheng-Hsiu Tsai R. Ewan Fordyce Professor, Department of Geology University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, NZ From rhtardin at gmail.com Mon Sep 9 06:29:32 2013 From: rhtardin at gmail.com (Rodrigo Tardin) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:29:32 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: Distribution of Tursiops truncatus in Southeastern Brazil: a Modeling Approach for Summer Sampling Message-ID: Dear All, We are pleased to announce publication of the following paper: Tardin, R.H., Sim?o, S.M., Alves, M.A.S (2013) Distribution of Tursiops truncatus in Southeastern Brazil: a Modeling Approach for Summer Sampling. Natureza & Conserva??o 11(1):65-74. The pdf can be accessed online or via email request: rhtardin at gmail.com Abstract: Distribution modeling is a relatively new tool to study cetaceans distribution and is used to understand their relationships with the habitat, which in turn, can be used for several purposes. This is the ?rst attempt to model Tursiops truncatus distribution in South- Atlantic Ocean. A Generalized Additive Model (GAM) was developed to investigate how the distribution of T. truncatus in Cabo Frio, Brazil, during summer (December to February) is in?uenced by depth, distance to coast, slope,. Furthermore, we tested the ef?ciency of a model with number of groups (total occurrence) as response variable compared to a presence-absence data. Our results indicated that total occurrence model was more robust than presence-absence. Dolphins were found regarding to depth most frequently around 30-60 m and decreasing in more profound depths. Dolphins occurrence decreased as distance to coast increased. Our results show that Cabo Frio is an important site for T. truncatus since it may provides feeding resources and a safe place against predators. However the fast development of human activities may threaten this important area and therefore this dolphin species in Brazilian waters. Sincerely, Rodrigo -- Rodrigo Tardin Doutorando em Ecologia e Conserva??o - IBRAG - UERJ Mestre em Biologia Animal - PPGBA - UFRRJ Especialista em Doc?ncia do Ensino Superior - IAVM Laborat?rio de Bioac?stica e Ecologia de Cet?ceos - UFRRJ/ IF/ DCA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you are a user of PAM systems, we would be grateful if you could take part in this survey and complete the questionnaire on: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J355HDV The deadline for completed questionnaires is *30 September 2013*. The survey should not take more than 15 minutes and your information will only be used for statistical purposes. Your name and contact details will not be linked to your answers and will not be conveyed to third parties. Thank you very much for your help and your time, Irene Voellmy and Peter Dobbins -- Irene Voellmy School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol Woodland Road Bristol BS8 1UG Irene.Vollmy at bristol.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)117 95 45945 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Although the existence of geographical variation has been already shown in some pinnipeds species, the extent to which individuals perceive it is poorly understood. Here, we studied this question in the bearded seal Erignatus barbatus, a species found across different arctic regions. As in other phocids, bearded seal males emit sophisticated acoustic displays while defending an aquatic territory during the breeding season. First, we used playbacks to demonstrate that the trill has a function in territorial defence. Second, we used synthetic trills from two distinct populations (Nunavut and Greenland), to show that bearded seal males perceived the geographic variation in the trills. Males from Greenland responded more strongly to trills from local males than those from a distant area (Nunavut). This study provides the first experimental evidence that phocid males can perceive geographic variation in their vocalisations. Acoustic analyses combined with playback experiments can help to identify distinct populations in bearded seals. This may then provide information on both strength and scale of breeding site fidelity in this and potentially other species. Best regards, Isabelle Charrier -- ************************************************************************ Isabelle CHARRIER Equipe Communications Acoustiques, CNPS-CNRS UMR 8195 Universit? Paris Sud, Bat.446, 91405 Orsay, FRANCE Tel:(33-1).69.15.68.26 Fax:(33-1).69.15.77.26 Email: isabelle.charrier at u-psud.fr new Isabelle's website: http://www.cb.u-psud.fr/pinniped/ Bioacoustics Team website: http://www.cb.u-psud.fr/ ************************************************************************ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Interns will participate with multiple projects involving bottlenose dolphins, sea turtles and diamondback terrapins. As an intern, you will be trained in all aspects of dolphin photo-id research, sea turtle satellite tracking, and other current research projects at IMMS. Interns will also participate in other operations at IMMS including stranding response, education, and animal care. Our goal is to give Interns a well-rounded experience in a variety of areas while providing expert training and experience in marine science research. Interns must: - Commit to a minimum of at least 12 weeks. The internship can be extended depending on work performance. - Be available to work Mon-Fri and must be available for all boat trips. Some field days may fall on the weekends. - Have strong sense of responsibility, work ethic, attention to detail, and ability to admit mistakes. - Produce high quality research efforts and exhibit strong interpersonal skills. - *Principle Duties include*: data entry, searching and cataloging journal articles, learning all research protocols, cropping and sorting photo-id fin images, learning to use photo-id programs such as Darwin (fin matching software), and FinBase (Microsoft Access), boat based field research (21? and 31? boats), and learn how to use ArcGIS - *Secondary Duties involve*: Assisting with animal care staff, attending marine mammal necropsies, responding to marine mammal and sea turtle strandings, and assisting with educational tours. - *Field days: * Interns must be able to spend many hours on the water and on shore in sometimes extreme seasonal conditions. Seasonal temperatures range from over 100 ?F in summer to 30 ?F in winter. Field days typically exceed eight hours and occur at least two or three times a week. Applicants must be 18 or older and must have a genuine interest in marine research. Applicants should be actively pursuing a college degree or be a recent graduate in oceanography, marine science/biology, biology, or a related field. Previous research experience in any capacity is a plus. Applicants must be able and willing to fulfill all duties outlined for this Internship Program. This is an unpaid position and Interns are responsible for their own housing and transportation. Once accepted, IMMS staff will be able to assist Interns in suggesting suitable housing options and locations. *Deadline to Apply for the Winter/Spring Session (1/6/14 - 3/2/14 and 3/10/14 - 5/6/14) is November 1, 2013* *Please visit **http://imms.org/internship.php* * for application and full details* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbaumgartner at whoi.edu Tue Sep 10 09:41:46 2013 From: mbaumgartner at whoi.edu (Mark Baumgartner) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:41:46 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Ocean Sciences 2014 session Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The 17th Biennial Ocean Sciences Meeting will take place 23-28 February 2014 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The meeting is an important venue for scientific exchange across broad marine science disciplines, with sessions on all aspects of oceanography. We would like to call your attention to a session we will be chairing that will focus on top predators, including marine mammals. Please consider submitting an abstract and attending the meeting. Abstracts are due by 4 October 2013 (3 weeks from Friday). ADVANCES IN APPROACHES TO MONITORING THE OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND BEHAVIOR OF TOP PREDATORS (session 091) Unlike most marine organisms, top predators can be monitored in the field as individuals, providing unique insight into behavioral strategies that influence the status and dynamics of populations. Tremendous technological and methodological progress has been made in marine animal detection, tagging, and tracking in the past decade, and this session seeks to gather researchers to share new insights into top predator behavior, ecology, and physiology gleaned from these state-of- the-art approaches. We encourage researchers working with autonomous platforms, passive acoustic detection, animal tagging, satellite tracking, remote monitoring technologies, and other advanced methods to participate and present their latest results. 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Earlybird Registration discounts end next Friday (20th) for the NZ Coastal Society 2013 conference "The Coast - Rough Around the Edges", to be held 19-22 November in the wonderful seaside town of Hokitika, on the South Island's West Coast. http://www.coastalsociety.org.nz/conference2013/ It'd be great to have you attend. A great option for travel is the conference bus from Christchurch. The Society has a broad-based group of members with common interests in the sustainable management of NZ's coastal & marine environment, underpinned by sound science, engineering and policy practice, comprehensive monitoring, involved communities and effective national networks. You can be sure of wide-ranging discussions, a scenic fieldtrip to the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks & Blowholes, and some of our famous West Coast hospitality! Please pass this on to others you think might be interested. Don Neale Technical Advisor - Marine, M?tanga M?tai Ahu Moana Marine Ecosystems Team Department of Conservation-Te Papa Atawhai DDI: +64 3 756 9118 Hokitika Office Private Bag 701, HOKITIKA 7842 cnr. Sewell Street & Gibson Quay, HOKITIKA 7810 T: +64 3 756 9100 Conservation for prosperity Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai www.doc.govt.nz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.dunn at duke.edu Wed Sep 11 08:53:29 2013 From: jennifer.dunn at duke.edu (Jennifer Dunn) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:53:29 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Post-Doc Opportunity Message-ID: <0F3A780C-9FCC-46C6-BB36-F7B42596BA04@duke.edu> The Marine Conservation Ecology Group at Duke University seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work on analysis of data obtained from multi-sensor tags that sample acoustics, accelerometers and depth and are deployed on a variety of cetacean species. Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in statistics, animal behavior, or ecology with a demonstrated interest in the quantitative analysis of foraging ecology, vocal behavior and/or kinematics. We are particularly interested in individuals who are well versed in Matlab and/or R and who have experience in integration and analysis of complex data sets. The successful candidate will conduct data analysis, prepare reports and manuscripts for publication in peer reviewed journals and will work under the co-supervision of Drs. Doug Nowacek and Andrew Read. We expect the successful candidate to engage fully in the intellectual life of our laboratory and take advantage of research, mentoring and teaching opportunities as they arise. The Duke University Marine Laboratory, located in Beaufort, NC, is a vibrant research and educational community located on the North Carolina coast and is part of the Nicholas School of the Environment. This is a one-year, full-time appointment with an annual salary of $50,000, with the possibility of renewal. The position carries standard health insurance and benefits from Duke University. Prospective applicants should send a CV, statement of interest and the names of three references to Jennifer Dunn (jennifer.dunn at duke. edu) by October 31st 2013. US and international applicants will be considered. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klassen at uvic.ca Wed Sep 11 17:51:14 2013 From: klassen at uvic.ca (Melvin Klassen) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:51:14 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Tenure Track Position in Wildlife Biology at the level of Assistant Professor at University of North Dakota In-Reply-To: <45603035-4D14-478B-8835-F9052666C018@herpdigest.org> References: <45603035-4D14-478B-8835-F9052666C018@herpdigest.org> Message-ID: The position will begin 16 August 2014. Review of applications will begin Oct 21, 2013, and continue until the position is filled. ________________________________ From: HerpDigest [asalzberg at herpdigest.org] Sent: September 11, 2013 2:50 PM Subject: Tenure Track Position in Wildlife Biology at the level of Assistant Professor Open at University of N. Dakota The Department of Biology at the University of North Dakota invites applications for a tenure track position in Wildlife Biology at the level of Assistant Professor. The position is integral to our undergraduate major in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology and will also strengthen the department?s teaching and research missions in ecology and evolutionary biology. We seek an individual with expertise in field-based, hypothesis-driven research involving the ecology of mammals. Specific interests may include but are not limited to human dimensions of wildlife biology, plant-herbivore interactions, disease ecology, and behavioral ecology. The successful candidate will benefit from our location in the northern plains (including three University-owned field stations in the region) and opportunities to engage with state and regional resource management agencies and conservation organizations. The University is committed to development of competitive research programs and the successful candidate will demonstrate the potential to establish a productive and extramurally funded research program. Teaching duties will not exceed two courses per year during the first several years. Course offerings will depend on the candidate?s specific expertise, but may include courses such as Ecology of Mammals, Conservation Biology, or wildlife-related courses focused on human dimensions. The department offers graduate degrees through the Ph.D. and active training of graduate students is expected. A Ph.D. is required for this position and postdoctoral experience preferred. The position will begin 16 August 2014. Review of applications will begin Oct 21, 2013, and continue until the position is filled. Send, in the following order, a cover letter, CV, statements of teaching and research interests, three representative reprints, and the names and contact information for at least three references as a single PDF file to Dr. Robert Newman at robert.newman at und.edu. Address for mail contact is University of North Dakota, Department of Biology, 10 Cornell St., Stop 9019, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019. For more information: www.und.edu/dept/biology/jobs.htm. The University of North Dakota is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and we strongly encourage applications from women and underrepresented groups. Veteran?s preference does not apply to this position. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The mechanical properties of mammalian arteries reflect the physiological loads they experience, so we examined a wide range of fin whale arteries. All arteries had abundant adventitial collagen that was usually recruited at very low stretches and inflation pressures (2-3kPa), making arterial diameter largely independent of transmural pressure. Arteries withstood significant negative transmural pressures (-7 to -50kPa) before collapsing. Collapse was resisted by recruitment of adventitial collagen at very low stretches. These findings are compatible with the hypothesis of depth-induced variation of arterial transmural pressure. Because transmural pressures depend on thoracic pressures, we modeled the thorax of a diving fin whale to assess the likelihood of significant variation in transmural pressures. The model predicted that deformation of the thorax body wall and diaphragm could not always equalize thoracic and ambient pressures because of asymmetrical conditions on dive descent and ascent. Redistribution of blood could partially compensate for asymmetrical conditions, but inertial and viscoelastic lag necessarily limits tissue response rates. Without pressure equilibrium, particularly when ambient pressures change rapidly, internal pressure gradients will develop and expose arteries to transient pressure fluctuations, but with minimal hemodynamic consequence due to their low compliance. Article is available online at the Journal of Experimental Biology website or by email from Margo Lillie at lillie at zoology.ubc.ca (2) Piscitelli MA, Raverty SA, Lillie MA, and Shadwick RE. 2013. A review of cetacean lung morphology and mechanics. J Morph *Early View online. *(DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20192) Abstract Cetaceans possess diverse adaptations in respiratory structure and mechanics that are highly specialized for an array of surfacing and diving behaviors. Some of these adaptations and air management strategies are still not completely understood despite over a century of study. We have compiled the historical and contemporary knowledge of cetacean lung anatomy and mechanics in regards to normal lung function during ventilation and air management while diving. New techniques are emerging utilizing pulmonary mechanics to measure lung function in live cetaceans. Given the diversity of respiratory adaptations in cetaceans, interpretations of these results should consider species-specific anatomy, mechanics, and behavior. Article is available online at the Journal of Morphology early view or by email from Marina Piscitelli at piscitellim at gmail.com. Please note there is substantial online supplemental material (appendices) online as well. Best Wishes, Marina ______________________________ Marina A. Piscitelli, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Zoology The University of British Columbia 6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, BC CANADA V6T 1Z4 ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lcornick at alaskapacific.edu Thu Sep 12 14:36:35 2013 From: lcornick at alaskapacific.edu (Leslie Cornick) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:36:35 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Integrating Marine Mammal Conservation: Human Dimensions and the Practitioner Message-ID: <3BA61FC8A40F73449CCD78A70D55E560C764263F@HAWK.alaskapacific.edu> Hello MARMAMers! Please join us in New Zealand at the SMM Biennial for the following half-day workshop on Dec 8. We look forward to seeing you there! Cheers, Leslie Integrating Marine Mammal Conservation: Human Dimensions and the Practitioner Date: 8 Sun. Afternoon Only Duration: Half Day Cost: $25 stud mem, $50 mem, $50 stud nonmem, $75 non mem Organizer: Leslie Cornick Organizer email: lcornick at alaskapacific.edu Description: == Note: This workshop was previously titled "Integrating marine mammal conservation: 21st century challenges" == Marine mammal conservation is unique because many species are difficult to study due to their pelagic nature, resulting in significant data gaps. All marine mammals are protected in the US under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and some species have additional protection under the Endangered Species Act. However, few species exist only in the US, so conservation plans often must include international cooperation, including First Nations tribes. Marine mammals also frequently interact with industry via competition, by-catch, and critical habitat designation. Many marine mammal species are consumed by subsistence users, and internationally through commercial and scientific whaling exemptions to the IWC. Thus, marine mammal conservation must take a multidisciplinary approach (oceanography, fisheries biology), and integrate priorities of diverse stakeholders (policy makers, industry, subsistence users). This workshop will present the summaries from presentations at the 2013 ICCB symposium that brought together stakeholders in fisheries, indigenous food security, biology, and policy to consider challenges, solutions, and best practices for advancing an integrated approach to marine mammal conservation. A significant outcome of the ICCB symposium was the need for marine mammal biologists and practitioners to understand the human dimensions and implications of their work for local communities. This symposium will include key human dimensions training for biologists and conservation practitioners. The final symposium in this three-part series will occur at the Third International Marine Conservation Congress in 2014. ************************************************************ Leslie A. Cornick, Ph.D. Department Chair, Environmental Science Professor, Marine Biology Alaska Pacific University lcornick at alaskapacific.edu 907-232-3112 From skj3 at st-andrews.ac.uk Fri Sep 13 01:37:15 2013 From: skj3 at st-andrews.ac.uk (Silje-Kristin Jensen) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:37:15 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on Brucella in Antarctic seals Message-ID: Dear MARMAM readers We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper on Brucella in Antarctic seals. Title: Brucella antibody seroprevalence in Antarctic seals (Arctocephalus gazella, Leptonychotes weddellii and Mirounga leonina). ABSTRACT Brucellosis is a worldwide infectious zoonotic disease caused by Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Brucella, and Brucella infections in marine mammals were first reported in 1994. A serosurvey investigating the presence of anti-Brucella antibodies in 3 Antarctic pinniped species was undertaken with a protein A/G indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) and the Rose Bengal test (RBT). Serum samples from 33 Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddelli were analysed, and antibodies were detected in 8 individuals (24.2%) with the iELISA and in 21 (65.6%) with the RBT. We tested 48 southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina sera and detected antibodies in 2 animals (4.7%) with both the iELISA and the RBT. None of the 21 Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella was found positive. This is the first report of anti-Brucella antibodies in southern elephant seals. The potential impact of Brucella infection in pinnipeds in Antarctica is not known, but Brucella spp. are known to cause abortion in terrestrial species and cetaceans. Our findings suggest that Brucella infection in pinnipeds is present in the Antarctic, but to date B. pinnipedialis has not been isolated from any Antarctic pinniped species, leaving the confirmation of infection pending. Full pdf can be downloaded from Diseases of Aquatic Organisms: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v105/n3/p175-181/ or pdf requests can be sent to: skj3 at st-andrews.ac.uk Best wishes Silje-Kristin Jensen, Ingebj?rg Helena Nymo & co-authors -- .???`?.??`?.??.???`?.?><(((?> *Silje-Kristin Jensen* MASTS Prize PhD Student Sea Mammal Research Unit Scottish Oceans Institute, Univ. of St. Andrews St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, Scotland Office: +44 (0) 1334 467 203 Mobile: +44 (0) 7742 127 322 Skype: trupsi Email: skj3 at st-andrews.ac.uk Website: http://www.sealyeh.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srichardson at coastalstudies.org Fri Sep 13 08:37:10 2013 From: srichardson at coastalstudies.org (Stephanie Richardson) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:37:10 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Aerial Observer- Right Whale Research Program Message-ID: *Aerial Observer- Right Whale Research Program* *Provincetown, MA USA * The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) is seeking an right whale aerial survey observer for the 2014 winter/spring season (January 6th to May 15th, 2014, with potential for an earlier start date). Responsibilities include: participation in aerial surveys of Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters, photo analysis, and data entry. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications: prior experience as a marine mammal aerial survey observer, experience in matching right whales (or other species of cetaceans), at least a B.S. with courses in biology, and the ability to function in a team environment. This is a full-time seasonal position. Housing will be provided at no cost. General information about the PCCS Right Whale Research Program is available at: http://www.coastalstudies.org/what-we-do/right-whales/fieldnotesintro.htm Please submit cover letter, resume and two references by October 15, 2013 to: Stephanie Richardson Human Resource Manager 115 Bradford Street Provincetown, MA 02657 Email: srichardson at coastalstudies.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thbe at dmu.dk Fri Sep 13 15:34:06 2013 From: thbe at dmu.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Thea_=D8stergaard_Bechsh=F8ft?=) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:34:06 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on hair cortisol vs. a changing climate Message-ID: <3ECB050C13BF794F84E75D8B3584606341C9F296@SRVUNIMBX04.uni.au.dk> Dear all - for those of you working with furry marine mammals and nutritional stress/effects of a changing climate, we have a new paper out on polar bears that might be of interest to you: Bechsh?ft T?, Sonne C, Rig?t FF, Letcher RJ, Novak MA, Henchey E, Meyer JS, Eulaers I, Jaspers V, Covaci A & Dietz R. 2013. Polar bear stress hormone cortisol fluctuates with the North Atlantic Oscillation climate index. Polar Biology, 36: 1525-1529 Abstract: Polar bears are heavily dependent on sea ice for hunting sufficient prey to meet their energetic needs. When the bears are left fasting, it may cause a rise in the levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol is the major corticosteroid hormone in most mammals, including polar bears. Production and regulation of this stress hormone are vital for the body as it is part of a myriad of processes, including in relation to metabolism, growth, development, reproduction, and immune function. In the present study, we examined the correlation between East Greenland polar bear hair cortisol concentration (HCC), a matrix that reflects longer-term hormone levels, and the fluctuations of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index, a large-scale climate phenomenon applied as a proxy for sea ice extent in the Greenland Sea along the coast of East Greenland. In doing so, a significant positive correlation (r = 0.88; p = 0.0004) was found between polar bear hair cortisol and the NAO, explaining 77 % of the variation in HCC observed between years over the period 1989-2009. This result indicates that interannual fluctuations in climate and ice cover have a substantial influence on longer-term cortisol levels in East Greenland polar bears. Further research into the implications and consequences inherent in this correlation are recommended, preferably across multiple polar bear populations. For a pdf copy, please either contact me or follow the link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00300-013-1364-y Wishing you all a grand weekend :) Best, Thea Thea Bechsh?ft, Biologist, MSc, PhD Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358 4000 Roskilde, Denmark E-mail: thbe at dmu.dk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mercedes.munoz at cbd-habitat.com Mon Sep 16 03:51:32 2013 From: mercedes.munoz at cbd-habitat.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Mercedes_Mu=C3=B1oz_Ca=C3=B1as?=) Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:51:32 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] Mediterranean monk seal Facebook page Message-ID: NEW FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT THE MEDITERRANENA MONK SEAL (MONACHUS MONACHUS)!! https://www.facebook.com/focamonjeCaboBlanco [1] Hello everyone! We just started a new Facebook page about the Mediterranean monk seal, and about the project that CBD-Habitat foundation develops at Cabo Blanco peninsula to save the last existing colony of one of the most endangered animals of the world. Join us and give it a like!! Pictures, videos and facts about the species are waiting for you! -- Mercedes Mu?oz Ca?as Proyecto de Conservaci?n de la foca monje del Mediterr?neo Fundaci?n CBD-Habitat 91 415 60 52 C/Gustavo Fern?ndez Balbuena 2 entreplanta 1A 28002 Madrid ______________________________________________________________________ El contenido de este correo electr?nico es confidencial y va dirigido exclusivamente a la persona que figura como destinatario. Si usted no lo es y lo ha recibido por error o tiene conocimiento del mismo por cualquier motivo, le rogamos que nos lo comunique por este medio y proceda a destruirlo o borrarlo. Est? totalmente prohibida cualquier divulgaci?n, distribuci?n o reproducci?n de esta comunicaci?n. El emisor no garantiza la integridad, rapidez o seguridad del presente correo, ni se responsabiliza de posibles perjuicios derivados de la captura, incorporaciones de virus o cualesquiera otras manipulaciones efectuadas por terceros. 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URL: From stevenbenjamins at yahoo.com Mon Sep 16 10:03:57 2013 From: stevenbenjamins at yahoo.com (Steven Benjamins) Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [MARMAM] Request for megafauna entanglement records in thick cables, moorings etc. Message-ID: <1379351037.15535.YahooMailNeo@web141404.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Dear colleagues, Marine renewable energy sources (offshore wind, but increasingly tide and wave energy) are becoming increasingly attractive to exploit in many parts of the world, particularly in the light of increasingly stringent carbon reduction targets. There is, however, also a strong interest in determining potential environmental risks of these new technologies. As part of a consortium with the University of Exeter, the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is currently undertaking a government-commissioned review of the potential for marine megafauna entanglement risk from renewable marine energy developments. This includes assessing the risks of marine mammals, basking sharks and marine turtles suffering injury or death due to entanglement within moorings, interconnector cables etc. These cables are typically considerably thicker (>5 cm) and stiffer than ropes and lines associated with the fishing industry, and at first glance would appear to offer fewer obvious means of entanglement. On behalf of my co-authors, I would hereby wish to ask the MARMAM community if anyone has come across any evidence (incl. anecdotal/grey literature) of marine mammals (or other megafauna) becoming entangled in thick cables, chains or moorings such as those associated with the offshore oil & gas sector, the aquaculture industry, or any other non-fisheries-related sources (eg. pontoons, floating marinas or navigational buoys). Any such records would help inform our assessment of the risks associated with this emerging and highly diverse sector, at least in terms of potential entanglement risks. Please do not hesitate to contact me directly via email (at Steven.Benjamins at sams.ac.uk) if you wish to share any such records with us, or if you have further questions. Once our review has been formally completed, a summary of our results will be provided on MARMAM. Many thanks in advance for your assistance. Yours truly, Steven Benjamins _____________________________________________________________________________________ ? Dr. Steven Benjamins Post Doctoral Research Associate SAMS (Scottish Association for Marine Science) Oban Argyll Scotland UK PA37 1QA Tel: +44(0)1631-559449 (office) Tel: +44(0)1631-559000 (switchboard) Fax: +44(0)1631-559001 E-mail address: Steven.Benjamins at sams.ac.uk http://www.sams.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbaumgartner at whoi.edu Wed Sep 18 04:47:53 2013 From: mbaumgartner at whoi.edu (Mark Baumgartner) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:47:53 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] North Pacific right whale publication Message-ID: <9B6F0E0F-959B-4BC6-8C85-B2350BBEC51F@whoi.edu> Colleagues, The following paper was recently published in Marine Ecology Progress Series. The article is available with free access from the MEPS website (http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v490/p267-284/) or by request to me. Kind regards, Mark Baumgartner Baumgartner, M.F., N.S.J. Lysiak, H.C. Esch, A.N. Zerbini, C.L. Berchok, and P.J. Clapham. 2013. Associations between North Pacific right whales and their zooplanktonic prey in the southeastern Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 490:267-284. Abstract: Due to the seriously endangered status of North Pacific right whales Eubalaena japonica, an improved understanding of the environmental factors that influence the species? distribution and occurrence is needed to better assess the effects of climate change and industrial activities on the population. Associations among right whales, zooplankton, and the physical environment were examined in the southeastern Bering Sea during the summers of 2008 and 2009. Sampling with nets, an optical plankton counter, and a video plankton recorder in proximity to whales as well as along cross-isobath surveys indicated that the copepod Calanus marshallae is the primary prey of right whales in this region. Acoustic detections of right whales from sonobuoys deployed during the cross-isobath surveys were strongly associated with C. marshallae abundance, and peak abundance estimates of C. marshallae in 2.5 m depth strata near a tagged right whale ranged as high as 10^6 copepods m^-3. The smaller Pseudocalanus spp. was higher in abundance than C. marshallae in proximity to right whales, but significantly lower in biomass. High concentrations of C. marshallae occurred in both the surface and bottom layers of the highly stratified water column, but there was no evidence of diel vertical migration. Instead, occurrence of C. marshallae in the bottom layer was associated with elevated near-bottom light attenuance and chlorophyll fluorescence, suggesting C. marshallae may aggregate at depth while feeding on resuspended phytodetritus. Despite the occasional presence of strong horizontal gradients in hydrographic properties, no association was found between C. marshallae and either fronts or phytoplankton distribution. Mark Baumgartner Associate Scientist Biology Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MS #33, Redfield 256 Woods Hole, MA 02543 mbaumgartner at whoi.edu www.whoi.edu/sites/mbaumgartner (508)289-2678 phone (508)457-2134 fax -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From janiger at cox.net Sat Sep 21 13:49:15 2013 From: janiger at cox.net (David S. Janiger) Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:49:15 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New Articles Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20130921134915.01bffbf8@pop.west.cox.net> Hi, All The bad news is there are 152 references this time. The good is the computer put out 249 recommendations for this posting. I have GOT to get back to once a month. I figure if I post this many, it has to be easier next time around. Yeah right! I will have to stop posting climate change warning papers, only because they will have already taken affect by the time its been taking me to get a posting ready. Well, that was my one token attempt at humor for this message. Let's get down to business. I hope there isn't a word limit on Marmam messages. Thanks to the editors for letting this one through. 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 For those downloading from the FTP server, it will probably be tomorrow before they are all ready for uploading. 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 ARRIOLA, ALINE; MARTIN BIUW; MIKE WALTON; SIMON MOSS and PATRICK POMEROY. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY 86(4):441-450. 2013. Selective blubber fatty acid mobilization in lactating gray seals (Halichoerus grypus). 0.463 MB AURIOLES-GAMBOA, DAVID; MONICA Y. RODRIGUEZ-PEREZ; LAURA SANCHEZ-VELASCO and MIGUEL F. LAVIN. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 488:275-290. 2013. Habitat, trophic level, and residence of marine mammals in the Gulf of California assessed by stable isotope analysis. 0.828 MB AZZOLIN, MARTA; ELENA PAPALE; MARC O. LAMMERS; ALEXANDRRE GANNIER and CRISTINA GIACOMA. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(1):694-705. 2013. Geographic variation of whistles of the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) within the Mediterranean Sea. 1.039 MB BARBOSA, PAULA DE SOUSA; VERA MARIA FERREIRA DA SILVA and GERALDO PEREIRA, JR. ACTA AMAZONICA 43(3):365-370. 2013. Tempo de passagem de duas dietas no trato gastrointestinal do peixe-boi da Amazonia Trichechus inunguis (Natterer, 1883) em cativeiro. (Transit time of two diets in the gastrointestinal tract of the Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis (Natterer, 1883) in captivity) 0.175 MB. BASHIR, TAWQIR; AFIFULLAH KHAN; SANDEEP KUMAR BEHERA and PARIKSHIT GAUTAM. MAMMAL STUDY 38(1):9-17. 2013. Time dependent activity pattern of Ganges River dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica and its response to human presence in Upper Ganges River, India. 0.688 MB BAUMANN-PICKERING, SIMONE; MARK A. MCDONALD; ANNE E. SIMONIS; ALBA SOLSONA BERGA; KARLINA P. B. MERKENS; ERIN M. OLESON; MARIE A. ROCH; SEAN M. WIGGINS; SHANNON RANKIN; TINA M. YACK and JOHN A. HILDEBRAND. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(3):2293-2301. 2013. Species-specific beaked whale echolocation signals. 0.536 MB BAUMGARTNER, MARK F.; DAVID M. FRATANTONI; THOMAS P. HURST; MOIRA W. BROWN; TIM V. N. COLE; SOFIE M. VAN PARIJS and MARK JOHNSON. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(3):1814-1823. 2013. Real-time reporting of baleen whale passive acoustic detections from ocean gliders. 0.598 MB BENGTSON NASH, SUSAN M.; COURTNEY A. WAUGH and MARTIN SCHLABACH. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 47(16):9404-9413. 2013. Metabolic concentration of lipid soluble organochlorine burdens in the blubber of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales through migration and fasting. 1.477 MB BETTS, MATTHEW W. and T. MAX FRIESEN. ANTHROPOZOOLOGICA 48(1):53-73. 2013. Archaeofaunal signatures of specialized bowhead whaling in the Western Canadian Arctic: A regional study. 0.292 MB BLACKLAWS, BARBARA A.; ANNA M. GAJDA; SABINE TIPPELT; PAUL D. JEPSON; ROB DEAVILLE; MARIE-FRANCOISE VAN BRESSEM and GARETH P. PEARCE. PLOS ONE 8(8) e71734. 9pp. 2013. Molecular characterization of poxviruses associated with tattoo skin lesions in UK cetaceans 0.444 MB BLIX, ARNOLDUS SCHYTTE; LARS WALLOE and EDWARD B. MESSELT. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 216(18):3385-3387. 2013. Short communication. On how whales avoid decompression sickness and why they sometimes strand. 0.670 MB BOESSENECKER, ROBERT W. JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 87(4):657-663. 2013. Taphonomic implications of barnacle encrusted sea lion bones from the Middle Pleistocene Port Orford Formation, coastal Oregon. 4.667 MB BRANSTETTER, BRIAN K.; AMY BLACK and KIMBERLY BAKHTIARI. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(3):2274-2285. 2013. Discrimination of mixed-directional whistles by a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 0.469 MB BROCK, PATRICK M.; AILSA J. HALL; SIMON J. GOODMAN; MARILYN CRUZ and KARINA ACEVEDO-WHITEHOUSE. PLOS ONE 8(6) e67132. 8pp. 2013. Immune activity, body condition and human-associated environmental impacts in a wild marine mammal. 0.276 MB BRUCK, JASON N. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 280(1768). Article 20131726. 6pp. 2013. Decades-long social memory in bottlenose dolphins. 0.326 MB BURGESS, ELIZABETH A.; WENDY H. BLANSHARD; ANDREW D. BARNES; SAM GILCHRIST; TAMARA KEELEY; JAYCE CHUA and JANET M. LANYON. ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE 140(3-4):255-267. 2013. Reproductive hormone monitoring of dugongs in captivity: Detecting the onset of sexual maturity in a cryptic marine mammal. 1.393 MB BYTINGSVIK; JENNY; ESZTER SIMON; PIM E. G. LEONARDS; MARJA LAMOREE; ELISABETH LIE; JON AARS; ANDREW E. DEROCHER; OYSTEIN WIIG; BJORN M. JENSSEN and TIMO HAMERS. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 47(9):4778-4786. 2013. Transthyretin-binding activity of contaminants in blood from polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cubs. 1.353 MB CAPPER, ANGELA; LEANNE J. FLEWELLING and KAREN ARTHUR. HARMFUL ALGAE 26:1-9. 2013. Dietary exposure to harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins in the endangered manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Florida, USA. 0.740 MB CARROLL, SARA S.; LARISSA HORSTMANN-DEHN and BRENDA L. NORCROSS. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 91(4):191-202. 2013. Diet history of ice seals using stable isotope ratios in claw growth bands. 1.150 MB CASSLE, STEPHEN E.; ERIC D. JENSEN; CYNTHIA R. SMITH; JENNIFER M. MEEGAN; SHAWN P. JOHNSON; BETSY LUTMERDING; SAM H. RIDGWAY and RUTH FRANCIS-FLOYD. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 44(2):495-499. 2013. Diagnosis and successful treatment of a lung abscess associated with Brucella species infection in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 0.297 MB CASTRO DE LA GUARDIA, LAURA; ANDREW E. DEROCHER; PAUL G. MYERS; ARJEN D. TERWISSCHA VAN SCHELTINGA and NICK J. LUNN. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 19(9):2675-2687. 2013. Future sea ice conditions in western Hudson Bay and consequences for polar bears in the 21st century. 1.218 MB CAZAU, DORIAN; OLIVIER ADAM; JEFFREY T. LAITMAN and JOY S. REIDENBERG. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(3):2268-2273. 2013. Understanding the intentional acoustic behavior of humpback whales: A production-based approach. 0.262 MB CLANCY, MEREDITH M.; KATHRYN C. GAMBLE and DOMINIC A. TRAVIS. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 44(1):70-78. 2013. Detection of canine distemper virus serum neutralizing antibodies in captive U.S. phocids. 0.189 MB DAVISON, NICHOLAS J.; JAMES E. F. BARNETT; LORRAINE L. PERRETT; CLAIRE E. DAWSON; MATTHEW W. PERKINS; ROBERT C. DEAVILLE and PAUL D. JEPSON. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 49(3):632-636. 2013. Meningoencephalitis and arthritis associated with Brucella ceti in a short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). 1.084 MB DE BOER, MARIJKE N.; JOSEPHINE CLARK; MARDIK F. LEOPOLD; MARK P. SIMMONDS and PETER J. H. REIJNDERS. OPEN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 3(2A):65-74. 2013. Photo-identification methods reveal seasonal and long-term site-fidelity of Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) in shallow waters (Cardigan Bay, Wales). 1.211 MB DESJARDINS, SEAN P. A. ANTHROPOZOOLOGICA 48(1):37-51. 2013. Evidence for intensive walrus hunting by Thule Inuit, northwest Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada. 0.546 MB DMITRIEVA, LILIA; ANDREY A. KONDAKOV; EUGENY OLEYNIKOV; AIDYN KYDYRMANOV; KOBEY KARAMENDIN; YESBOL KASIMBEKOV; MIRGALIY BAIMUKANOV; SUSAN WILSON and SIMON J. GOODMAN. PLOS ONE 8(6) e67074. 7pp. 2013. Assessment of Caspian seal by-catch in an illegal fishery using an interview-based approach. 0.471 MB DUNLOP, REBECCA; DOUGLAS H. CATO; MICHAEL J. NOAD and DALE M. STOKES. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(1):706-714. 2013. Source levels of social sounds in migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). 0.717 MB EKDALE, ERIC G. PLOS ONE 8(6) e66624. 100pp. 2013. Comparative anatomy of the bony labyrinth (inner ear) of placental mammals. 6.639 MB ESFAHANIAN, M.; H. ZHUANG and N. ERDOL. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(1):EL105-EL111. 2013. Using local binary patterns as features for classification of dolphin calls. 0.295 MB EVANS-WILENT, J. and K. M. DUDZINSKI. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 100:74-81. 2013. Vocalizations associated with pectoral fin contact in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 1.337 MB FAHLKE, JULIA M.; KATHARINA A. BASTL; GINA M. SEMPREBON and PHILIP D. GINGERICH. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 386:690-701. 2013. Paleoecology of archaeocete whales throughout the Eocene: Dietary adaptations revealed by microwear analysis. 1.297 MB FOOTE, ANDREW D.; KRISTIN KASCHNER; SEBASTIAN E. SCHULTZE; CRISTINA GARILAO; SIMON Y. W. HO; KLAAS POST; THOMAS F. G. HIGHAM; CATHERINE STOKOWSKA; HENRY VAN DER ES; CLARE B. EMBLING; KRISTIAN GREGERSEN; FRIEDERIKE JOHANSSON; ESKE WILLERSLEV and M. THOMAS P. GILBERT. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 4(1677). 7pp. 2013. Ancient DNA reveals that bowhead whale lineages survived Late Pleistocene climate change and habitat shifts. 0.836 MB FOOTE, ANDREW D.; JASON NEWTON; MARIA C. AVILA-ARCOS; MARIE-LOUISE KAMPMANN; JOSE A. SAMANIEGO; KLAAS POST; AQQALU ROSING-ASVID; MIKKEL-HOLGER S. SINDING and M. THOMAS P. GILBERT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 280(1768). Article 20131481. 9pp. 2013. Tracking niche variation over millennial timescales in sympatric killer whale lineages. 1.251 MB FOSTER, GEOFFREY; KAREN STEVENSON; ROBERT J. REID; JASON P. BARLEY; JOHANNA L. BAILY; ROBERT N. HARRIS and MARK P. DAGLEISH. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 49(3):732-734. 2013. Infection due to Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium in a free-ranging common seal (Phoca vitulina) in Scotland. 0.379 MB FROUIN, H.; M. HAULENA; L. M. F. AKHURST; S. A. RAVERTY and P. S. ROSS. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 155(1-2):98-109. 2013. Immune status and function in harbor seal pups during the course of rehabilitation. 1.212 MB GAGO-FERRERO, PABLO; MARIANA B. ALONSO; CAROLINA P. BERTOZZI; JULIANA MARIGO; LUPERCIO BARBOSA; MARTA CREMER; EDUARDO R. SECCHI; ALEXANDRE AZEVEDO; JOSE, LAILSON-BRITO, JR.; JOAO P. M. TORRES; OLAF MALM; ETHEL ELIJARRAT; M. SILVIA DIAZ-CRUZ and DAMIA BARCELO. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 47(11):5619-5625. 2013. First determination of UV filters in marine mammals. Octocrylene levels in franciscana dolphins. GERLACH, TREVOR J.; AMARA H. ESTRADA; IVAN S. SOSA; MELANIE POWELL; HERBERT W. MAISENBACHER; MARTINE DE WIT; RAY L. BALL and MICHAEL T. WALSH. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 44(2):295-301. 2013. Echocardiographic evaluation of clinically healthy Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 0.475 MB GOL'DIN, PAVEL E. and KARINA A. VISHNYAKOVA. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA 58(3):445-452. 2013. Africanacetus from the sub-Antarctic region: The southernmost record of fossil beaked whales. 0.916 MB GOMBAC, MITJA; TANJA SVARA; TOMISLAV PALLER; ALEKSANDRA VERGLES RATAJ and MILAN POGACNIK. SLOVENIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH 50(2):75-82. 2013. Post-mortem findings in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Slovene Sea. 1.735 MB GOVENDER, ROMALA and ANUSUYA CHINSAMY. PALAIOS 28(5):270-277. 2013. Early Pliocene (5 ma) shark-cetacean trophic interaction from Langebaanweg, western coast of South Africa. 0.588 MB GREAVES, ALANA K. and ROBERT J. LETCHER. CHEMOSPHERE 93(3):574-580. 2013. Linear and branched perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) isomer patterns differ among several tissues and blood of polar bears. 0.536 MB HANSEN, MIE JOHANNE; MADS FROST BERTELSEN; MARTHA ANN DELANEY; VANESSA ASHLEY FRAVEL; FRANCES GULLAND and ANDERS MIKI BOJESEN. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 49(3):661-665. 2013. Otariodibacter oris and Bisgaardia genomospecies 1 isolated from infections in pinnipeds. 0.241 MB HASSRICK, JASON L.; DANIEL E. CROCKER and DANIEL P. COSTA. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 27(4):1055-1063. 2013. Effects of maternal age and mass on foraging behaviour and foraging success in the northern elephant seal. 0.428 MB HERNANDEZ-ORTS, J. S.; F. E. MONTERO; A. JUAN-GARCIA; N. A. GARCIA; E. A. CRESPO; J. A. RAGA and F. J. AZNAR. JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY 87(3):336-347. 2013. Intestinal helminth fauna of the South American sea lion Otaria flavescens and fur seal Arctocephalus australis from northern Patagonia, Argentina. 0.272 MB HOSSAIN, KAMRUL. POLAR RECORD 49(2):154-166. 2013. The EU ban on the import of seal products and the WTO regulations: Neglected human rights of the Arctic indigenous peoples? 0.125 MB ICHISHIMA, HIROTO and MASAICHI KIMURA. PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH 17(2):127-137. 2013. New material of Haborophocoena Toyoshimai (Odontoceti: Phocoenidae) from the Lower Pliocene Embetsu Formation of Hokkaido, Japan. 0.737 MB ILES, D. T.; S. L. PETERSON; L. J. GOMEZANO; D. N. KOONS and R. F. ROCKWELL. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(9):1373-1379. 2013. Terrestrial predation by polar bears: Not just a wild goose chase. 0.423 MB JAAKKOLA, KELLY; EMILY GUARINO; MANDY RODRIGUEZ and JANE HECKSHER. ANIMAL COGNITION 16(5):701-709. 2013. Switching strategies: A dolphin's use of passive and active acoustics to imitate motor actions. 0.315 MB JABER, J. R.; R. ZAFRA; J. 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Blood mineral concentrations in manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris and Trichechus manatus manatus). 0.223 MB SIERRA, EVA; ANTONIO ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS; ANTONIO FERNANDEZ; MANUEL ARBELO; MARIA JOSE CABALLERO; MIGUEL RIVERO and PEDRO HERRAEZ. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 49(3):679-683. 2013. Sarcoplasmic masses in the skeletal muscle of a stranded pigmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps). 0.471 MB SIERRA, EVA; ANTONIO FERNANDEZ; ANTONIO ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS; MANUEL ARBELO; YARA BERNALDO DE QUIROS and PEDRO HERRAEZ. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 3(1795). 8pp. 2013. Muscular senescence in cetaceans: Adaptation towards a slow muscle fibre phenotype. 0.390 MB SMITH, COURTNEY E.; BRENDAN J. HURLEY; CHRISTINA N. TOMS; ANGELA D. MACKEY; MOBY SOLANGI and STAN A. KUCZAJ II. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 487:231-244. 2013. Hurricane impacts on the foraging patterns of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Mississippi Sound. 1.061 MB SMITH, CYNTHIA R.; ERIC D. JENSEN; BRAD A. 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Activation of systemic, but not local, renin-angiotensin system is associated with upregulation of TNF-a during prolonged fasting in northern elephant seal pups. 0.341 MB TEILMANN, JONAS and JACOB CARSTENSEN. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 7(4): Article 045101. 11pp. 2013 Negative long term effects on harbour porpoises from a large scale offshore wind farm in the Baltic-evidence of slow recovery. 0.491 MB THOMPSON, FINLAY N.; EDWARD R. ABRAHAM and KATRIN BERKENBUSCH. PLOS ONE 8(5) e64438. 11pp. 2013. Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) bycatch in New Zealand commercial trawl fisheries. 0.867 MB TORRES, LEIGH G.; TIM D. SMITH; PHIL SUTTON; ALISON MACDIARMID; JOHN BANNISTER and TOMIO MIYASHITA. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 19(9):1138-1152. 2013. >From exploitation to conservation: Habitat models using whaling data predict distribution patterns and threat exposure of an endangered whale. 2.401 MB TOSCANO, ANTONIO; MANUEL ABAD; FRANCISCO RUIZ; FERNANDO MUNIZ; GENARO ALVAREZ; EDITH XIO-MARA GARCIA and JOSE ANTONIO CARO. REVISTA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICAS 30(2):436-445. 2013. New remains of upper Miocene Scaldicetus (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae), western sector of the Guadalquivir basin (southern Spain). 1.800 MB TRIOSSI, FRANCESCA; TREVOR J. WILLIS and DANIELA S. PACE. MARINE ECOLOGY 34(3):373-379. 2013. Occurrence of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in natural gas fields of the northwestern Adriatic Sea. 0.270 MB TRUCHON, MARIE-HELENE; LENA MEASURES; VINCENT L'HERAULT; JEAN-CLAUDE BRETHES; PETER S. GALBRAITH; MICHEL HARVEY; SYLVIE LESSARD; MICHEL STARR and NICOLAS LECOMTE. PLOS ONE 8(3) e59311. 10pp. 2013. Marine mammal strandings and environmental changes: A 15-year study in the St. Lawrence ecosystem. 0.812 MB TYNER, MIKE; L. JOSEPH BURNETT and MIKE M. STAKE. WESTERN BIRDS 44(2):151-154. 2013. California condor foraging on a live California sea lion pup. 0.553 MB VAN WAEREBEEK, KOEN; ABDOULAYE DJIBA; JENS-OTTO KRAKSTAD; ABDELLAHI SAMBA OULD BILAL; IDRISSA L. BAMY; AMADEU ALMEIDA and EBOU MASS MBYE. AFRICAN ZOOLOGY 48(1):177-186. 2013. New evidence for a South Atlantic stock of humpback whales wintering on the northwest African continental shelf. 2.078 MB VAZQUEZ-MEDINA, JOSE PABLO; JOSE G. SONANEZ-ORGANIS; RUBEN RODRIGUEZ; JOSE A. VISCARRA; AKIRA NISHIYAMA; DANIEL E. CROCKER and RUDY M. ORTIZ. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 216(15):2870-2878. 2013. Prolonged fasting activates Nrf2 in post-weaned elephant seals. VENN-WATSON, STEPHANIE; CYNTHIA R. SMITH; ERIC D. JENSEN and TERI ROWLES. INHALATION TOXICOLOGY 25(9):481-491. 2013. Assessing the potential health impacts of the 2003 and 2007 firestorms on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops trucatus) in San Diego Bay. 0.486 MB VILLEGAS-AMTMANN, STELLA; JANA W. E. JEGLINSKI; DANIEL P. COSTA; PATRICK W. ROBINSON and FRITZ TRILLMICH. PLOS ONE 8(8) e70748. 15pp. 2013. Individual foraging strategies reveal niche overlap between endangered Galapagos pinnipeds. 0.906 MB VINDING, KATJA; MICHAEL CHRISTIANSEN; GREG J. HOFMEYR; WILFRED CHIVELL; ROY MCBRIDE and MARTHAN N. BESTER. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH 43(1):84-86. 2013. Occurrence of vagrant leopard seals, Hydrurga leptonyx, along the South African coast. 0.062 MB VISLOBOKOVA, I. A. PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL 47(3):321-334. 2013. Original Russian Text in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 3:83-97. 2013. On the origin of Cetartiodactyla: Comparison of data on evolutionary morphology and molecular biology. 0.551 MB WADA, KAZUO; HIROSHI HOSHINO; EMI KUBOSHIMA and AKIHIKO WADA. MAMMALIA 77(3):253-259. 2013. Of the rookery distribution differences in northern fur seals and Steller sea lions in the waters of the Russian Far East 0.537 MB WEIJS, LIESBETH; RAYMOND S. H. YANG; KRISHNA DAS; ADRIAN COVACI and RONNY BLUST. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 47(9):4365-4374. 2013. Application of Bayesian population physiologically based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling and Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations to pesticide kinetics studies in protected marine mammals: DDT, DDE, and DDD in harbor porpoises. 1.224 MB WESTDAL, K. H.; P. R. RICHARD and J. R. ORR. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(9):1235-1241. 2013. Availability bias in population survey of northern Hudson Bay narwhal (Monodon monoceros). 0.519 MB WHITEMAN, JOHN P.; NICHOLAS FRANK; KATIE A. GRELLIER; HENRY J. HARLOW and MERAV BEN-DAVID. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION 25(3):423-427. 2013. Characterization of blood lipoproteins and validation of cholesterol and triacylglycerol assays for free-ranging polar bears (Ursus maritimus). 0.602 MB WILLIAMS, ROB; GISLI A. VIKINGSSON; ASTTHOR GISLASON; CHRISTINA LOCKYER; LESLIE NEW; LEN THOMAS and PHILIP S. HAMMOND. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 70(6):1273-1280. 2013. Evidence for density-dependent changes in body condition and pregnancy rate of North Atlantic fin whales over four decades of varying environmental conditions. 0.474 MB WINER, J. N.; S. M. LIONG and F. J. M. VERSTRAETE. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 149(2-3):346-355. 2013. The dental pathology of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). 1.586 MB YANG, WEI-CHENG; JER-MING HU and LIEN-SIANG CHOU. TAIWAN VETERINARY JOURNAL 39(2):100-109. 2013. Sequence analyses of MHC Class II DQB gene in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) and the other delphinid species from the western Pacific. 0.519 MB YU, JIN HAI and ZHAO FEI XIA. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 44(1):156-158. 2013. Bacterial infection in an Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris). 0.243 MB ZAITSEVA, K. A.; V. I. KOROLEV and A. V. AKHI. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 49(3):353-359. 2013. Original Russian Text published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2012, Vol. 48, No. 6, pp. 273-278. Passive hearing stability in the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus to low frequency noise spectrum deformation. 0.160 MB ZHANG, XINQIAO; YLJIE XIAN; LIININ WANG and DING WANG. PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 45(3):635-644. 2013. Behaviour and habitat selection of Yangtze finless porpoises in Dongting Lake, China, and the adjacent waters: Impact of human activity. 1.038 MB ZHENG, YUE-LIANG. ZYGOTE 21(3):246-249. 2013. Recent progress in reproduction of whale oocytes. 0.053 MB ZHOU, LIDAN; WEILI YAN; LIN YANG; HUI CHEN; QIANQIAN CAO and WENHUA REN. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 41(4):652-656. 2013. Isolation of gamma-interferon-inducible lysosomal thiol reductase (GILT) from the Yangtze finless porpoise. 1.819 MB ZITTERBART, DANIEL P.; LARS KINDERMANN; ELKE BURKHARDT and OLAF BOEBEL. PLOS ONE 8(8) e71217. 6pp. 2013. Automatic round-the-clock detection of whales for mitigation from underwater noise impacts. 1.228 MB From Margie.Barlas at MyFWC.com Mon Sep 23 08:58:08 2013 From: Margie.Barlas at MyFWC.com (Barlas, Margie) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:58:08 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Florida Manatee Project Research Assistant Message-ID: <8B5AE15CFB74F04484510AEB4AFF09BF0A8E25CD01@FWC-TLEX10.fwc.state.fl.us> Manatee Tracking Project Research Assistant The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Marine Mammal Research Group is looking for one field biological technician to work for the upcoming winter-spring season in St. Petersburg, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Section - Wildlife Research Project - Manatee Behavioral Ecology Location - St. Petersburg, FL (field work in Brevard County) Position# - 77907345-51387569 Closing Date - October 6, 2013 Start Date - November 15, 2013 Duration - 6-8 months Rate of pay - $11.00 - $12.00 per hour depending on experience; 40 hr/week, some overtime This position is temporary, contingent upon funding. Anticipated end date for this position is between 5/31/14 and 7/15/14. Position description: The employee's primary responsibility is to assist researchers in the Manatee Behavioral Ecology and Movements Program with radio-tracking manatees along the East Coast of Florida by following tagged individuals from land and small boats to record behavioral observations. The principle aims of this study are to characterize manatee use of warm-water refugia and essential winter foraging habitat using state-of-the-art satellite-linked GPS technology. Other duties include equipment maintenance, data entry, mapping and interpreting Argos and GPS satellite telemetry data, preparing reports of habitat site visits, miscellaneous office tasks, and public outreach as needed. The person will participate in manatee captures, currently scheduled for mid-December. Applicants should understand that this job requires them to be wet, dirty and outdoors in all weather conditions. The office is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL but the primary field site is near Titusville, FL. Travel to other areas of the state may be required based on animal movements or project needs. Lodging, per diem, and transportation costs are provided while at the field site. Hours are generally Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, but some evening and weekend hours may be required. Field work is expected to last through March, followed by work on equipment and data in the lab. This position requires the applicant to drive a truck towing a boat trailer. Desired Qualifications: A bachelor's degree with a major in one of the biological sciences is required. Previous experience in boat handling and trailering is strongly desired. Applicant should have field research experience with wildlife. Experience with radio-telemetry tracking gear is desirable. The successful candidate must have strong computer skills, preferably including familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word applications. Experience with GIS is a plus. Organizational skills, attention to detail, oral and written communication skills, and the ability to work successfully as part of a team are essential qualifications for this position. He/She must have a valid US driver's license, a good driving history, and must be able to swim. WHAT IS OPS EMPLOYMENT? 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This new comprehensive bibliography is a convenient resource that consolidates information about the parasite groups Acanthocephala, Acarina, Anoplura, Cestoda, Nematoda, and Trematoda, and the marine mammal hosts of orders Pinnipedia, Cetacea, and Carnivora, including accepted (or suspected) taxonomic synonyms and geographical information about the host and/or parasite. It provides a valuable reference for stranding response personnel, aquatic animal veterinarians, marine biologists, and professional parasitologists. John R. Felix is a lecturer in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University, with degrees in fisheries biology and public administration from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), San Diego State University, and Harvard University. Published by Zea Books, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. 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URL: From T.Jauniaux at ulg.ac.be Tue Sep 24 00:41:34 2013 From: T.Jauniaux at ulg.ac.be (Thierry Jauniaux) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:41:34 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] 2014 ECS conference Message-ID: <15AD0ACB-EAD3-4C9B-9679-49C0BB9162F8@ulg.ac.be> The next European Cetacean Society (http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/home.php) conference will take place at the University of Li?ge (Aquarium-Museum of Li?ge), organised jointly by the Laboratory of Oceanology and the Department of Veterinary Pathology, from Saturday the 5th of April to Wednesday the 9th of April 2014. Different Belgian universities and institutions will be also associated to this event. The University of Liege hosted the ECS conference in 2002, and the last four ECS conferences took place in Stralsund (Germany, 2010), Cadiz (Spain, 2011), Galway (Ireland, 2012) and Setubal (Portugal, 2013) and attracted both scientists and media attention. The theme for 2014 shall be: ?Marine mammals as sentinels of a changing environment? in order to present the consequences of Global Change on these species as well as the principal dangers that threaten their future. Marine mammals, most of which are threatened by human activities (e.g. pollution, fishing), occupy an important position in our marine ecosystems and deserve all our attention. Milestones and important dates 24 Sep 2013 : 1st announcement: 8 Nov 2013 : 2nd announcement 22 Nov 2013 : Abstract submission, workshop proposals, video proposals, financial support requests: 22 Jan 2014 : Early registration, Video submission 28 Feb 2014 : Late registration 5-6 April 2014 : workshops 7-9 April 2014 : plenary conference The conference website will be available soon. See you in Liege in 2014 For the organizing committee Krishna DAS and Thierry JAUNIAUX Thierry Jauniaux, DMV, PhD, Diplomate of European College of Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Populations Health) http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/home.php Premier Assistant Universit? de Li?ge Pathologie V?t?rinaire Assistant Professor, University of Liege Veterinary Pathology T.Jauniaux at ulg.ac.be Cell phone: 0032477252302 MARIN Marine Animals Research & Intervention Network -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu Wed Sep 25 12:33:01 2013 From: David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu (Dave Mellinger) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:33:01 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] special issue of JASA on marine mammal passive acoustics Message-ID: <52433A6D.4000403@oregonstate.edu> The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) has published a special issue on Methods for Marine Mammal Passive Acoustics. Many papers in this issue came out of the Fifth International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics, which was held at Mt. Hood, Oregon in August 2011. As an editor of this special issue, I say "thank you" to all the authors, reviewers, and editors who helped make it happen. You can obtain the papers from the special issue by contacting the authors or, if you have a JASA subscription, downloading them from the JASA website. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ISSUE ON METHODS FOR MARINE MAMMAL PASSIVE ACOUSTICS Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134(3), September 2013 Introduction to the special issue on methods for marine mammal passive acoustics David K. Mellinger and Sara L. Heimlich pp. 2381-2382 Methods for tracking multiple marine mammals with wide-baseline passive acoustic arrays Eva-Marie Nosal pp. 2383-2392 Effects of different analysis techniques and recording duty cycles on passive acoustic monitoring of killer whales Amalis Riera, John K. Ford, and N. Ross Chapman pp. 2393-2404 A practical weighting function for harbor porpoise underwater sound level measurements John M. Terhune pp. 2405-2408 Effect of towed array stability on instantaneous localization of marine mammals A. M. von Benda-Beckmann, S. P. Beerens, and S. P. van IJsselmuide pp. 2409-2417 A multimodal detection model of dolphins to estimate abundance validated by field experiments Tomonari Akamatsu, Tamaki Ura, Harumi Sugimatsu, Rajendar Bahl, Sandeep Behera, Sudarsan Panda, Muntaz Khan, S. K. Kar, C. S. Kar, Satoko Kimura, and Yukiko Sasaki-Yamamoto pp. 2418-2426 Automatic detection and classification of odontocete whistles Douglas Gillespie, Marjolaine Caillat, Jonathan Gordon, and Paul White pp. 2427-2437 Acoustically derived growth rates of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand Brian S. Miller, Abraham Growcott, Elisabeth Slooten, and Stephen M. Dawson pp. 2438-2445 Acoustic tracking of sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska using a two-element vertical array and tags Delphine Mathias, Aaron M. Thode, Jan Straley, and Russel D. Andrews pp. 2446-2461 Determining the detection thresholds for harbor porpoise clicks of autonomous data loggers, the Timing Porpoise Detectors Ursula K. Verfuss, Michael Dahne, Anja Gallus, Martin Jabbusch, and Harald Benke pp. 2462-2468 The effects of acoustic misclassification on cetacean species abundance estimation Marjolaine Caillat, Len Thomas, and Douglas Gillespie pp. 2469-2476 An automatic detection algorithm for extracting the representative frequency of cetacean tonal sounds Tzu-Hao Lin, Lien-Siang Chou, Tomonari Akamatsu, Hsiang-Chih Chan, and Chi-Fang Chen pp. 2477-2485 Trackline and point detection probabilities for acoustic surveys of Cuvier's and Blainville's beaked whales Jay Barlow, Peter L. Tyack, Mark P. Johnson, Robin W. Baird, Gregory S. Schorr, Russel D. Andrews, and Natacha Aguilar de Soto pp. 2486-2496 Passive acoustic monitoring of Cook Inlet beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) Marc O. Lammers, Manuel Castellote, Robert J. Small, Shannon Atkinson, Justin Jenniges, Anne Rosinski, Julie N. Oswald, and Chris Garner pp. 2497-2504 Acoustic detection and long-term monitoring of pygmy blue whales over the continental slope in southwest Australia Alexander N. Gavrilova and Robert D. McCauley pp. 2505-2513 Methodology and results of calibration of tonal click detectors for small odontocetes (C-PODs) Michael Dahne, Ursula Katharina Verfuss, Anja Brandecker, Ursula Siebert, and Harald Benke pp. 2514-2522 Predictions from harbor porpoise habitat association models are confirmed by long-term passive acoustic monitoring Kate L. Brookes, Helen Bailey, and Paul M. Thompson pp. 2523-2533 Underwater passive acoustic localization of Pacific walruses in the northeastern Chukchi Sea Brendan P. Rideout, Stan E. Dosso, and David E. Hannay pp. 2534-2545 Automated segmentation of linear time-frequency representations of marine-mammal sounds Florian Dadouchi, Cedric Gervaise, Cornel Ioana, Julien Huillery, and Jerome I. Mars pp. 2546-2555 Site specific probability of passive acoustic detection of humpback whale calls from single fixed hydrophones Tyler A. Helble, Gerald L. D'Spain, John A. Hildebrand, Gregory S. Campbell, Richard L. Campbell, and Kevin D. Heaney pp. 2556-2570 Calling depths of baleen whales from single sensor data: Development of an autocorrelation method using multipath localization Robert D. Valtierra, R. Glynn Holt, Danielle Cholewiak, and Sofie M. Van Parijs pp. 2571-2581 Source levels of dugong (Dugong dugon) vocalizations recorded in Shark Bay Miles J. G. Parsons, Dave Holley, and Robert D. McCauley pp. 2582-2588 Passive acoustic monitoring using a towed hydrophone array results in identification of a previously unknown beaked whale habitat Tina M. Yack, Jay Barlow, John Calambokidis, Brandon Southall, and Shannon Coates pp. 2589-2595 Acoustic detection probability of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, with static acoustic dataloggers in Cardigan Bay, Wales Hanna K. Nuuttila, Len Thomas, Jan G. Hiddink, Rhiannon Meier, John R. Turner, James D. Bennell, Nick J. C. Tregenza, and Peter G. H. Evans pp. 2596-2609 Range estimation of cetaceans with compact volumetric arrays Walter M. X. Zimmer pp. 2610-2618 From Sinead.Murphy at ioz.ac.uk Wed Sep 25 19:34:17 2013 From: Sinead.Murphy at ioz.ac.uk (Sinead Murphy) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:34:17 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Common Dolphin NE Atlantic publication Message-ID: <14AB99D79B177B419049547D0E2F99BE50363540@ZSL82.zsl.org> Dear Colleagues, The following paper was recently published. Murphy, S., Pinn, E., and Jepson, P. 2013. The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the North-eastern Atlantic: distribution, ecology, management and conservation status. In: Hughes RN, Hughes DJ, Smith IP, eds. CRC Press. Oceanography and Marine Biology Vol 51: 193-280. Abstract and table of contents are below. A PDF is available at http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b15406-4 http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781466568662/ or PDF requests can be sent to Sinead.Murphy at ioz.ac.uk Kind Regards, Sin?ad Murphy ABSTRACT: The common dolphin is the second most abundant cetacean species in the North- East Atlantic, with a wide-ranging distribution and is, potentially, impacted by a wide variety of pressures and threats. To assess the conservation status of common dolphins in this region, it is essential to understand population structure, key drivers of population dynamics, key resources and the effects of stressors. In recent years, a number of studies have assessed population structure, distribution and abundance, life- History parameters, dietary requirements and the effect of stressors?especially those caused by anthropogenic interactions, such as incidental capture (i.e., by-catch) and pollutants. A full review of this work is presented, with particular focus on current and potential pressures and threats. Notwithstanding the recent research, due to the lack of baseline data (i.e., prior to human influence) on abundance and pregnancy rate and on historical direct and incidental capture rates, the actual conservation status of the North-East Atlantic common dolphin population is unknown. Current assessments of conservation status of the species are therefore reliant on recent data. However, these assessments are hindered by the lack of data on contemporary incidental capture rates in some fisheries and limited sampling in other fisheries, as well as large data gaps for other stressors. In addition, the numerous potential ways in which multiple and diverse stressors can interact remain poorly understood. This chapter provides an outline of a management framework and describes methods for future evaluation of conservation status through development of indicators focusing on not only population size and distribution but also mortality and condition. Recommendations for research and conservation actions are described. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction Species Identification North-east Atlantic Population structure in the North Atlantic North-east Atlantic population structure Ecological stocks Distribution and abundance Contemporary seasonal movements Long-term distribution patterns North-Atlantic Oscillation Population abundance Continental shelf waters Offshore waters Life history parameters Size and morphology Population biological parameters Age and sex segregation Feeding ecology Temporal, geographic and seasonal variations in diet Offshore waters Inshore waters Age and sex dietary requirements Health status and causes of death Stranding patterns Mass mortality events Infectious diseases Non-infectious diseases Reproductive failure and abnormalities of the reproductive tract Threats and pressures Overview of past and present threats Fisheries interactions Operational effects Fisheries selectivity of age-sex maturity classes Biological effects Climate change Pollutants Persistent organic pollutants Heavy metals Oil spills Noise Pollution Military activity Seismic surveys Aggregate extraction and dredging Renewable energy Other Impacts Collisions with vessels and shipping noise Whale watching and ecotourism Legislation International conventions United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Convention on Biological Diversity Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora The Bonn Convention (CMS) and the Agreement on the conservation of small cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS) Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-east Atlantic (OSPAR) The Bern Convention International Whaling Commission European Directive of Natural Habitats and Wild Fauna and Flora (92/43/EEC) EC Council Regulation 812/2004 (?the Fisheries Regulation?) Marine Strategy Framework Directive and Good Environmental Status Management of the North-east Atlantic population Management units Population status Summary of main pressures and threats Management framework Management objectives Estimating bycatch limits Conservation status Indicators in support of conservation status assessments Recommended research Recommended conservation actions Acknowledgements References Dr Sin?ad Murphy Marie Curie Research Fellow Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London Regent's Park London, UK NW1 4RY Email: Sinead.Murphy at ioz.ac.uk The Zoological Society of London is incorporated by Royal Charter Principal Office England. Company Number RC000749 Registered address: Regent's Park, London, England NW1 4RY Registered Charity in England and Wales no. 208728 _________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been sent in confidence to the named addressee(s). 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URL: From GSteiger at cascadiaresearch.org Wed Sep 25 21:10:33 2013 From: GSteiger at cascadiaresearch.org (Gretchen Steiger) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:10:33 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Post-doc position with BRS/Cascadia Research In-Reply-To: <97EEB27129689C4AB0328F320AB9FC9901917399FF96@SERVERBLUE.cascadia.local> References: <97EEB27129689C4AB0328F320AB9FC9901917399FF96@SERVERBLUE.cascadia.local> Message-ID: <97EEB27129689C4AB0328F320AB9FC9901917399FFA9@SERVERBLUE.cascadia.local> Please post--thank you: Cascadia Research Collective (see www.cascadiaresearch.org), a non-profit research organization in Olympia, WA, invites applications for a post-doctoral position starting in the fall of 2013 to join an interdisciplinary research team investigating the behavioral response of cetaceans to anthropogenic sound in Southern California. More information on the project and its objectives can be found here: http://socal-brs.org . Position is anticipated as a two year position with options for continuation (contingent on funding) and an annual salary anticipated being $50-55,000 plus benefits. We seek candidates with a PhD and a strong background in analyzing complex multivariate, time-series data sets and advanced geospatial analyses such as state-space models. Valuable past experience for the candidate to have would include programming with R and Matlab as well as using multi-sensor archival tags to study animal movement and acoustics. Position would be based at Cascadia Research in Olympia, Washington but will involve travel for field work and to work with collaborators in other regions. Position would be under the supervision of John Calambokidis but will involve close collaboration with the BRS research team. Apply by October 15, 2013. Submit a curriculum vitae including a list of publications and contact information for three references to Gretchen Steiger (gsteiger at cascadiaresearch.org ) who can also be contacted for any questions regarding the position. From nina.young at noaa.gov Thu Sep 26 07:53:12 2013 From: nina.young at noaa.gov (Nina Young - NOAA Federal) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:53:12 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Post for Society for Marine Mammalogy Workshop Message-ID: Can you please post the following. I am pleased to announce registration for the Assessing Bycatch in Fisheries in the Pacific Islands Region. At the upcoming SMM Biology of Marine Mammals is now open. The full day workshop will be held on Saturday 7th December Dunedin, NZ. Fisheries bycatch is the principal threat to many marine mammals. In some cases, bycatch reduction devices have been shown to mitigate the bycatch of non-target species, but the scale of the problem outpaces progress in finding solutions. In particular, bycatch in coastal gillnet fisheries is one of the most immediate threats facing many marine mammal species worldwide. While most of the research and development of bycatch reduction methods is focused in developed nations and commercial fisheries, some of the most severe coastal gillnet bycatch challenges are likely to be found in artisanal gillnet fisheries in developing nations and small island developing nations. Efforts to address challenges in these coastal regions are stymied by a lack of information on the extent of the bycatch problem and the status of the species affected, as well as by social, cultural and economic factors that can cause artisanal fishing communities to resist implementing mitigation measures. This workshop will begin together scientists currently working on marine mammal or related bycatch issues in the Pacific Islands region (including the larger central, western, and south Pacific). Workshop participants will (1) summarize what is known about marine mammal bycatch in their region; (2) identify key informational needs and initial actions required to reduce marine mammal bycatch in fisheries, (2) identify regions, fisheries, or situations that are unsustainable; (3) identify regions, fisheries, or situations that are ripe for testing mitigation strategies or develop pilot programs to assess and mitigate marine mammal bycatch. If you are interested in presenting at the workshop, please contact me. I will provide you with the format for oral presentations and written submissions. A report of this workshop will be produced based on the written reports from each participant. The deadline for submission of papers is November 11, 2013. There is a workshop fee to cover costs of space, AV equipment, lunch and coffee breaks. To register go to: http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=591&Itemid=336&workshop=50 Please contact me with any questions. Nina M. Young Office of International Affairs National Marine Fisheries Service 1315 East West Highway, # 10631 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Email: Nina.Young at noaa.gov Phone: 301-427-8383 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Stephen_Trumble at baylor.edu Thu Sep 19 11:51:38 2013 From: Stephen_Trumble at baylor.edu (Trumble, Stephen J.) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:51:38 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on blue whale chemical profiles Message-ID: Please be alerted to the following publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (early online edition) Blue whale earplug reveals lifetime contaminant exposure and hormone profiles Stephen J. Trumble, Eleanor M. Robinson, Michelle Berman-Kowalewski, Charles W. Potter, and Sascha Usenko Abstract: Lifetime contaminant and hormonal profiles have been reconstructed for an individual male blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus, Linnaeus 1758) using the earplug as a natural aging matrix that is also capable of archiving and preserving lipophilic compounds. These unprecedented lifetime profiles (i.e., birth to death) were reconstructed with a 6-mo resolution for a wide range of analytes including cortisol (stress hormone), testosterone (developmental hormone), organic contaminants (e.g., pesticides and flame retardants), and mercury. Cortisol lifetime profiles revealed a doubling of cortisol levels over baseline. Testosterone profiles suggest this male blue whale reached sexual maturity at approximately 10 y of age, which corresponds well with and improves on previous estimates. Early periods of the reconstructed contaminant profiles for pesticides (such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes and chlordanes), polychlorinated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers demonstrate significant maternal transfer occurred at 0-12 mo. The total lifetime organic contaminant burden measured between the earplug (sum of contaminants in laminae layers) and blubber samples from the same organism were similar. Total mercury profiles revealed reduced maternal transfer and two distinct pulse events compared with organic contaminants. The use of a whale earplug to reconstruct lifetime chemical profiles will allow for a more comprehensive examination of stress, development, and contaminant exposure, as well as improve the assessment of contaminant use/emission, environmental noise, ship traffic, and climate change on these important marine sentinels. [Doc - Apr 16, 2012 14-09.jpg] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A significant amount of information was collected and, several years later, the IWC facilitated a review of the circumstances of the stranding in conjunction with the US Marine Mammal Commission, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production (Northern Madagascar) Ltd, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Government of Madagascar. An independent scientific review panel (ISRP) of five experts was invited to conduct a formal examination of the available facts. Links to the report, which became available on 25th September 2013 and the associated material considered by them can be found at http://iwc.int/2008-mass-stranding-in-madagascar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From as69star1 at hotmail.com Sun Sep 29 11:25:56 2013 From: as69star1 at hotmail.com (Adrian Shephard) Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:25:56 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] MARINElife Cetacean & Seabird Identification Courses Message-ID: Dear Marmam Members It is not too late to register to attend one of MARINElife's forthcoming training courses for ?30 per person on cetacean and seabird identification and research survey methodology by contact bookings at marine-life.org.uk Sunday 6th October 2013 with Lancashire, Manchester and N Merseyside Wildlife Trust at The Barn, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6BY Saturday 19th October with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust at Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire About our research survey work MARINElife is a leading charity conserving marine wildlife through research and education. Our focus species include whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and seabirds in European waters. Our core offshore work is in researching distribution, abundance and population trends for whales, dolphins, seabirds and other marine animals from commercial vessels. We have a particular interest in White-Beaked Dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins, Cuvier's Beaked Whales and Balearic Shearwaters. We operate year-round surveys along fixed 'transect' routes through the Channel, Bay of Biscay, North Sea, Irish Sea and wider Atlantic Ocean working on ferries, freight ships, cruise liners and smaller recreational boats. As a leading charity in the proactive conservation of marine wildlife through research and education, MARINElife relies on a diverse team of highly-valued volunteers. We are always eager to welcome volunteers who can offer their support. If you are enthusiastic, reliable and want to make a positive contribution to the crucial work we do by becoming involved in our dynamic team, we would very much like to hear from you. We adhere to strict scientific methodologies when conducting our research surveys and either look for experienced volunteers or provide ongoing training for new volunteers. Many of MARINElife volunteers go on to have careers in the field of marine mammal observation or in scientific marine mammal and seabird research. The survey work with MARINElife has provided the foundation for their passion and the knowledge for their career next steps. Why complete the Marine Mammal & Seabird Survey training course? The marine environment is under-studied and therefore research on the status of marine wildlife, threats it faces and action required to protect it requires intensive study. MARINElife operates through a group of dedicated volunteers who help gather data on the marine environment and we are always looking for new volunteers to help conduct surveys, report their sightings or help with other aspects of charity operation. The training will give you a thorough grounding on the diverse range of species we study, the methodologies we follow and the part you can play in safeguarding their future. Even if you do not plan to become a surveyor and get involved directly, this training course is designed as an excellent introduction to conducting marine mammal and seabird surveys that are of scientific value. Why attend a MARINElife training course? No other organisation has been carrying out ferry-based research for longer than MARINElife whose work started in the early 1990's. MARINElife leads the science of ferry-based survey collection and was a founder of the Atlantic Research Coalition (ARC) which brings together data gathered by multiple organisations conducting scientific data on whales and dolphins. MARINElife is one of the few organisations collecting data on seabirds from ferries. Our team leaders are experts in the field of data collection and identification of cetaceans and seabirds, giving you the immediate and ongoing training to develop your skills to a high level. Where do you carry out surveys? We focus on the European waters of the North Eastern Atlantic and North Sea, with teams of 2 volunteers, aged 18 plus, carrying out surveys on a number of ferry and freight routes throughout the year. We operate in the North Sea, East and West Channel, Irish Sea, Bay of Biscay and Bristol Channel. We also carry out surveys from smaller vessels including dive boats, angling boats and other pleasure and commercial vessels. Berths and tickets are provided free by our ferry partners, but you are responsible for your own travel to and from the UK ports. Price 10.00am arrival to a 4pm departure with an hour for you to get lunch (not provided) ?30, Wildlife Trust Members: ?25 Please contact Tricia Dendle for more details: bookings at marine-life.org.uk Adrian Shephard MARINElife -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From d.lusseau at abdn.ac.uk Sat Sep 28 01:39:25 2013 From: d.lusseau at abdn.ac.uk (Lusseau, David) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:39:25 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] postdoctoral research fellow position available at the University of Aberdeen Message-ID: <1739636d12024069b907c156fc517f17@AMSPR04MB148.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com> An exciting opportunity is available for the position of Research Fellow with Dr David Lusseau at the University of Aberdeen to work on prospective analytical techniques to assess the ability marine mammal populations might have to compensate for behavioural disturbances. It will focus on defining the state resilience of behavioural strategies by analysing their transient dynamics. This will provide a framework to inform the propensity for population consequences to emerge from behavioural disturbances, particularly in data poor conditions. In addition, this work will provide new metrics to complement efforts to implement PCoD (Population Consequences of Disturbances inference framework) in situations where data availability is limited. This project is a collaboration between Dr. David Lusseau (University of Aberdeen) and Pr. Daniel Costa (University of California at Santa Cruz). The fellow will use a well-documented and well understood study system, northern elephant seals, to demonstrate the feasibility of these techniques. To apply and for more details go to: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?amNvZGU9MTM2ODA4MyZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT0xMDg2Jm93bmVyPTUwNDIyMzgmb3duZXJ0eXBlPWZhaXImYnJhbmRfaWQ9MCZvY2NfY29kZT03NzUzJmxvY2F0aW9uX2NvZGU9MCZwb3N0aW5nX2NvZGU9MjY3JnJlcXNpZz0xMzgwMjg5NDIwLWY4OTZjYTEyOTJjOTUwZTBiYjg5NjkyODVhYzdmZTBlZGFkZmUzMTA%3D&jcode=1368083&vt_template=1086&owner=5042238&ownertype=fair&brand_id=0&occ_code=7753&location_code=0&posting_code=267&reqsig=1380289420-f896ca1292c950e0bb8969285ac7fe0edadfe310 or go to http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs and search for post YBS614R we are looking for the following criteria in candidates: * PhD in ecology, zoology, biomathematics, biostatistics, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, or psychology (or near completion) * Programming and modelling skills * Experience with ODEs * Solid knowledge of matrix algebra * Good statistical background * Excellent IT and communication skills * Ability to plan, prioritise and complete analysis / models efficiently to a high standard with minimal supervision. 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URL: From vales at cenpat.edu.ar Fri Sep 27 10:26:14 2013 From: vales at cenpat.edu.ar (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dami=E1n_G._Vales?=) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:26:14 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on fisheries and South American fur seals in Rio de la Plata and adjoining areas Message-ID: <5245BFB6.24932.1223C0B@vales.cenpat.edu.ar> Dear MARMAM members, We are pleased to announce the following publication: Intensive fishing has not forced dietary change in the South American fur seal Arctophoca (=Arctocephalus) australis off R?o de la Plata and adjoining areas by Vales DG, F Saporiti, L Cardona, LR Oliveira, RA dos Santos, ER Secchi, A Aguilar, EA Crespo. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2397 Abstract is below (English-Spanish-Portuguese) The paper is available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.2397/abstract or PDF requests can be sent to vales at cenpat.edu.ar Best regards, Dami?n ABSTRACT South American fur seals (Arctophoca australis) inhabiting the R?o de la Plata plume and adjoining areas are known to forage upon a wide range of prey (i.e. pelagic, demersal and benthic species). Since the 1960s, trawlers have operated in the area, targeting primarily demersal and benthic species. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios from 54 adult male fur seals dead stranded along the coast of southern Brazil from 1994 to 2011 were analysed to investigate whether the intensification of fishing in R?o de la Plata and adjoining areas since the mid-1990s has reduced the availability of benthic and demersal prey to the growing population of South American fur seals. No significant correlation between 13C or 15N values and stranding year was found, thus revealing that fur seals maintained a steady diet over 17 years. Reconstruction of the isotopic landscape of the study area using potential prey of fur seals showed a spatial segregation, with prey from southern Brazil typically enriched in 13C and depleted in 15N compared with those from northern Argentina. Most adult male fur seals relied mainly on small pelagic fishes and squid captured on the continental shelf, whereas medium pelagic and demersal-benthic prey played a minor role in the diet. It is concluded that South American fur seals rely on pelagic resources (i.e. small pelagic fish and squid) more strongly than previously thought and that their diet does not reflect the varying abundance of demersal-benthic resources in the area. As long as small pelagic fish remain under-exploited in the area, competition between fisheries and fur seals is not expected. However, it is difficult to foresee how changes in the structure and dynamics of the ecosystem caused by fisheries may affect South American fur seal conservation in the long term. RESUMEN El lobo fino sudamericano (Arctophoca australis) que habita frente al R?o de la Plata y en ?reas adyacentes se alimenta de un amplio rango de presas (pel?gicas, demersales y bent?nicas). Desde los 60s, barcos arrastreros han operado en el ?rea focaliz?ndose principalmente en especies demersales y bent?nicas. Con el fin de investigar si la intensificaci?n de la pesca en el R?o de la Plata y ?reas adyacentes desde mediado de los 90s ha reducido la disponibilidad de presas bent?nicas y demersales para la creciente poblaci?n de lobo fino sudamericano, se analiz? la proporci?n de is?topos estables de carbono y nitr?geno de 54 lobos finos machos adultos varados muertos a lo largo de la costa del sur de Brasil desde 1994 hasta el 2011. No se hall? correlaci?n significativa entre los valores de 13C o 15N y el a?o de varamiento, revelando que los lobos finos mantuvieron una dieta estable durante 17 a?os. La reconstrucci?n del paisaje isot?pico utilizando presas potenciales de los lobos finos en el ?rea de estudio mostr? una segregaci?n espacial, con las presas del sur de Brasil t?picamente enriquecidas en 13C y empobrecidas en 15N en comparaci?n con las presas del norte de Argentina. La dieta de la mayor parte de los machos adultos se bas? en peces pel?gicos peque?os y calamares capturados en la plataforma continental; mientras que los peces pel?gicos medianos y bent?nicos demersales desempe?aron un rol menor en la dieta. Se concluye que el lobo fino sudamericano basa su dieta en recursos pel?gicos (peces pel?gicos peque?os y calamares) con mayor intensidad de lo pensado y que su dieta no refleja la variaci?n en la abundancia de los recursos bent?nicos demersales en el ?rea. Mientras la pesca de peces pel?gicos peque?os permanezca sub-explotada en el ?rea, no se espera que haya competencia entre las pesquer?as y los lobos finos. No obstante, es dif?cil predecir como los cambios en la estructura y din?mica del ecosistema producidos por las pesquer?as puedan afectar la conservaci?n del lobo fino a largo plazo. RESUMO Os lobos-marinhos-sul-americanos (Arctophoca australis) habitam a regi?o da pluma do Rio da Prata e ?reas adjacentes e s?o conhecidos por alimentarem-se de uma ampla gama de presas (ex. esp?cies pel?gicas, demersais e bent?nicas). Desde a d?cada de 1960, barcos de arrasto vem operando na ?rea, tendo como alvo principal as esp?cies demersais e bent?nicas. Neste estudo foram analisadas as taxas de is?topos est?veis de carbono e nitrog?nio de 54 machos adultos de lobo-marinho-sul-americano, os quais foram encontrados mortos ao longo da costa sul do Brasil entre 1994 e 2011, a fim de investigar se a intensifica??o da pesca no Rio da Prata e ?reas adjacentes desde meados da d?cada de 1990s chegou a reduzir a disponibilidade de presas demersais para a crescente popula??o destes lobos-marinhos. N?o foi encontrada nenhuma correla??o entre o ano de encalhe dos animais e a abund?ncia relativa dos is?topos de carbono 13C ou nitrog?nio 15N presentes nas amostras estudadas, revelando que os lobos-marinhos-sul-americanos da regi?o mantiveram uma dieta est?vel por mais de 17 anos. A reconstru??o do cen?rio isot?pico da ?rea de estudo atrav?s da an?lise das potencias presas dos lobos-marinhos- sul-americanos demonstrou uma segrega??o espacial, com as presas do sul do Brasil tipicamente enriquecidas em 13C e empobrecidas em 15N em compara??o com as presas do norte da Argentina. A maioria dos machos adultos consumiu principalmente pequenos peixes pel?gicos e lulas encontradas na plataforma continental, enquanto que as presas meso-pel?gicas e demerso-bent?nicas tiveram um papel secund?rio na sua dieta. Concluiu- se que os lobos-marinhos-sul-americanos na ?rea de estudo dependem mais do que se acreditava do consumo de recursos pel?gicos (ex.: pequenos peixes pel?gicos e lulas) e que sua dieta n?o apresentou mudan?as na abund?ncia de recursos demerso- bent?nicos na regi?o. Enquanto os pequenos peixes pel?gicos permanecerem pouco explorados na regi?o, n?o se espera que ocorra competi??o entre a pesca e os lobos-marinhos. No entanto, ? dif?cil prever como as mudan?as na estrutura e na din?mica do ecossistema causadas pela pesca poderiam afetar a conserva??o do lobo-marinho-sul-americano a longo prazo. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dami?n G. Vales Lic. en Cs Biol?gicas Laboratorio de Mam?feros Marinos Centro Nacional Patag?nico (CENPAT) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient?ficas y T?cnicas (CONICET) Boulevard Brown 2915, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Argentina Tel: 54 (280) 4451375/4451024 Int 1252 Fax: 54 (280) 4451543 E-mail: vales at cenpat.edu.ar -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecm-parsons at earthlink.net Sat Sep 28 13:39:34 2013 From: ecm-parsons at earthlink.net (Chris Parsons) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:39:34 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Biennial workshop places available at super low fee Message-ID: <006d01cebc8a$d7b0f3d0$8712db70$@earthlink.net> The Society for Conservation Biology Marine Section has sponsored the following Soc. for Marine Mammalogy workshops so that instead of up to $100 admission to the workshop will cost ONLY $10 FOR THE FIRST 30 REGISTRANTS IN EACH !!! Top twenty research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation* ONLY $10 for first 30 registrants Cognition and Self-awareness in Cetaceans: A review of ethical implications for conservation laws * ONLY $10 for first 30 registrants I ntegrating Marine Mammal Conservation: Human Dimensions and the Practitioner * ONLY $10 for first 30 registrants Don't forget to REGISTER ASAP ! Top twenty research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation Date: Saturday 7the December - Whole Day (lunch included) _____ In 2008/9 an exercise was conducted in the UK to parse a list of 100 urgent research questions that need to be addressed in order to further conservation globally. The results of this exercise were published as an article in Conservation Biology (Sutherland et al. 2009. An assessment of the 100 questions of greatest importance to the conservation of global biodiversity. Conservation Biology 23(3): 557-567), which has since become the journal's most frequently downloaded and cited paper. This paper has also been highly useful for government agencies when prioritizing research and funding. During the exercise over 2000 questions were generated by a select group of academics, NGO representatives and agency officials, which were then ordered by perceived priority during a two-day workshop to identify the final list of 100 questions. In 2011/12 a similar exercise was conducted to produce a list of key research questions for marine conservation-addressing questions on this list will become a key selection criterion for participating in the Society for Conservation Biology's International Marine Conservation Congresses. A few of the questions in the latter exercise are relevant to cetaceans, but none are specific to cetacean conservation. Therefore we propose to hold a two-day workshop to develop a list of questions specifically related to cetaceans to aid agencies, NGOs, and academics prioritize conservation research needs. Relevant questions developed during the previous exercises will be used as a basis for discussion, in addition to new questions proposed by participants. A call-out for questions will be announced prior to the event, and these questions will be compiled by workshop organizers. During the SMM workshop, the list of questions will be discussed, edited and pared down, with a final list prepared on the afternoon of the second day. The top 20 questions will be compiled and submitted as a paper for a relevant journal. A press release will be produced for the results of the exercise, and the subsequent article will be distributed to marine NGOs and agencies. Cognition and Self-awareness in Cetaceans: A review of ethical implications for conservation laws Date: Sunday 8th December Morning Only _____ The ancient Greeks considered dolphins to have human thoughts and undertake human deeds. As a result they were given legal rights equivalent to humans; e.g., killing a dolphin was considered equivalent to killing a person. In contrast, other regions have historically categorized cetaceans as "fish" in terms of welfare and status. In the latter part of the 20th century, much of the world began to think of cetaceans as special; consequently, laws for their protection increased, climaxing in the 1970s. Despite these laws, cetaceans are exposed, sometimes deliberately, to human activities that could cause them stress and trauma, such as captures, exposure to intense noise, and harassment by marine tourism. Recent studies have shown that several species of animal (e.g. great apes and elephants) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) possess sophisticated linguistic capabilities and appear to display levels of self-awareness, using mirror self-recognition tests, equivalent to those of a 4-year-old human. What are the legal implications of this human-level intelligence and awareness of self? Laws and regulations protecting some of these SHILAS (Species of Human Intelligence Level and Awareness of Self) have been enacted in some jurisdictions. Most recently, US federal regulations regarding captive research on chimpanzees mandated larger enclosures and increased social interaction. But for cetaceans, there have been no reviews of legal protections, or of the ethical implications of human activities, since research has indicated unusual levels of cognition and awareness in species such as the bottlenose dolphin. Under the US Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, whales and dolphins are given special protection, but it also allows takes (killing, injuring and harassing) under certain circumstances, including for public display. European law similarly prohibits killing, injuring and harassing of cetaceans , although the Faeroe Islands and Greenland have hunts of cetaceans using methods that have been criticized as inhumane. European states also have regulations for holding cetaceans in captivity. This day-long workshop will have brief presentations highlighting: (i) the current state of knowledge of cetacean cognition; (ii) definitions of ethical treatment and research; (iii) key conservation, research and welfare laws and regulations; and (iv) a comparison with laws for other SHILAs (4 x 20 minutes).There will then be a discussion of the ethical implications of (a) capture and handling methods; (b) regulations for captivity and other tourism activity, notably swim-with-cetacean tourism and provisioning; and (c) invasive studies and experiments (3 hours).Audience: Those interested in cetacean welfare, ethical research , cetacean behavior, conservation and regulation/policy. The proposed product of the workshop will be a series of discussion papers, with the ultimate aim of producing a special issue of an appropriate journal. Integrating Marine Mammal Conservation: Human Dimensions and the Practitioner * Date: Sunday 8th December Afternoon Only _____ Marine mammal conservation is unique because many species are difficult to study due to their pelagic nature, resulting in significant data gaps. All marine mammals are protected in the US under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and some species have additional protection under the Endangered Species Act. However, few species exist only in the US, so conservation plans often must include international cooperation, including First Nations tribes. Marine mammals also frequently interact with industry via competition, by-catch, and critical habitat designation. Many marine mammal species are consumed by subsistence users, and internationally through commercial and scientific whaling exemptions to the IWC. Thus, marine mammal conservation must take a multidisciplinary approach (oceanography, fisheries biology), and integrate priorities of diverse stakeholders (policy makers, industry, subsistence users). This workshop will present the summaries from presentations at the 2013 ICCB symposium that brought together stakeholders in fisheries, indigenous food security, biology, and policy to consider challenges, solutions, and best practices for advancing an integrated approach to marine mammal conservation. A significant outcome of the ICCB symposium was the need for marine mammal biologists and practitioners to understand the human dimensions and implications of their work for local communities. This symposium will include key human dimensions training for biologists and conservation practitioners. 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ABSTRACT Accurate identification of units for conservation is particularly challenging for marine species as obvious barriers to gene flow are generally lacking. Bryde's whales (*Balaenoptera spp.*) are subject to multiple human-mediated stressors, including fisheries bycatch, ship strikes, and scientific whaling by Japan. For effective management, a clear understanding of how populations of each Bryde's whales species/subspecies are genetically structured across their range is required. We conducted a population-level analysis of mtDNA control region sequences with 56 new samples from Oman, Maldives, and Bangladesh, plus published sequences from off Java and the Northwest Pacific. Nine diagnostic characters in the mitochondrial control region and a maximum parsimony phylogenetic analysis identified 2 genetically recognized subspecies of Bryde's whale: the larger, offshore form, *Balaenoptera edeni brydei*, and the smaller, coastal form, *Balaenoptera edeni edeni. *Genetic diversity and differentiation indices, combined with a reconstructed maximum parsimony haplotype network, indicate strong differences in the genetic diversity and population structure within each subspecies. Discrete population units are identified for *B. e. brydei * in the Maldives, Java, and the Northwest Pacific, and for *B. e. edeni* between the Northern Indian Ocean (Oman and Bangladesh) and the coastal waters of Japan. 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The National Oceanic > and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is concerned about large whale > mortalities from ship strikes along the coast of the United States, > particularly in regards to vulnerable populations like the North Atlantic > Right Whale on the east coast and the Blue Whale in the Pacific. > > Blues, right, humpback and fin whales are listed internationally as > endangered and threatened with extinction in Appendix I of the Convention > on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and in > the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List. > Mortality from ship strikes has been identified by NOAA?s National Marine > Fisheries Service (NMFS) as a serious threat to population recovery of > these vulnerable whale species. > > Within the last decade, NOAA?s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries > (ONMS) and NMFS have worked together and with partners such as the United > States Coast Guard (USCG), environmental NGOs and private industry to > protect whales from vessel traffic. For example, on the east coast of the > US, comprehensive right whale monitoring has led to the shift of vessel > traffic lanes away from areas of high whale densities. Additionally, > passive acoustic monitoring has contributed to a sophisticated system that > alerts vessels entering Boston harbor to the presence of right whales. > > However, in this dreary fiscal climate, comprehensive monitoring and > costly technological solutions are nearly impossible for the federal > government to fund, and NOAA has had to become increasingly creative in > their methods for 1) monitoring the presence of whales in US waters; 2) > educating and reaching-out to the public, and; 3) implementing management > measures that will better protect these vulnerable species. NOAA?s ONMS, > the shipping industry and partner ENGO?s have recently been working with > private tech developers to utilize the power of cloud technology to achieve > our goals of real-time data that informs dynamic spatial management of > commercial vessels. > > The ONMS in the West Coast Region is involved in an on-going effort to > effectively engage stakeholders to collect data on marine mammals for the > respective sanctuaries through a mobile app called Spotter. Concurrently, > east coast sanctuaries have been leveraging mobile technology to convey > management measures (such as seasonal speed limits) to the maritime > transportation industry. These efforts have incredible potential, but along > with them comes a host of challenging questions. Issues to be discussed in > this workshop include: > > > - > > the scientific integrity of data gathered by citizens and naturalists > - > > the use of citizen science to inform management > - > > the engagement of the commercial shipping industry in data collection > - > > the scale-ability of this technology (what might this look like on a > national/global scale?) > - > > the problem of measuring success > - > > the inherent difficulties of providing near real-time information on > whale presence to the (adoring) public- will this create harassment issues? > > > Relevance: This workshop is relevant to all scientists, policy-makers and > managers wishing to harness the power and scope of mobile technology and > citizen science to support marine mammal conservation. It has the > potential to be an incredible education and outreach tool, connecting > stakeholders with science and policy. > > Output: The workshop will provide ONMS and partners with valuable > feedback to make the technology useful and effective. It will also allow > participants to learn about other similar efforts around the world and to > discuss the potential for a consistent and comprehensive solution to marine > mammal monitoring. > > Potential Presenters: > > Jake Levenson, Conserve IO > > David Wiley, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries > > Monica DeAngelis, NOAA?s National Marine Fisheries Service (confirmed) > > John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research > > Jerome Couvet, Souffleurs d'Ecume > > and more! > > Thank You, > > > -- > Leslie Abramson > Resource Protection Specialist > Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary > 991 Marine Drive, The Presidio > San Francisco, CA 94129 > 415-561-6622, Ext 306 > Fax: 415-561-6616 > http://farallones.noaa.gov/manage/sac.html > -- Leslie Abramson Advisory Council Coordinator Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 991 Marine Drive, The Presidio San Francisco, CA 94129 415-561-6622, Ext 306 Fax: 415-561-6616 http://farallones.noaa.gov/manage/sac.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bathymetric and topographic data can also be used to calculate projected surface areas within specified depth/altitude intervals, and constrain the calculation of realistic shortest path distances. Such information can be used in molecular ecology, for example, to evaluate genetic isolation by distance in a spatially-explicit framework. We are still working on adding functions to marmap, for example to automatically space pie charts on maps, plot EEZ, 12 nm limits, or ICES regions, and we welcome ideas on how to improve marmap (bugs, new functions, etc)! Best regards, Eric Pante and Benoit Simon-Bouhet From besibo at me.com Mon Sep 30 00:08:35 2013 From: besibo at me.com (Benoit Simon-Bouhet) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:08:35 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] R package for importing, plotting and analyzing bathymetric and topographic data Message-ID: Dear listers, We are happy to announce the release of marmap0.6, a free and open-source R package for importing, plotting and analyzing bathymetric and topographic data. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0073051 http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/marmap/index.html One of the primary goal of the package is to allow the production of publication-ready sampling maps for ecologists, through easing automatic retrieval of xyz data from the NOAA. Functions to query data (bathymetry, sampling information?) are available interactively by clicking on marmap maps. Bathymetric and topographic data can also be used to calculate projected surface areas within specified depth/altitude intervals, and constrain the calculation of realistic shortest path distances. Such information can be used in molecular ecology, for example, to evaluate genetic isolation by distance in a spatially-explicit framework. We are still working on adding functions to marmap, for example to automatically space pie charts on maps, plot EEZ, 12 nm limits, or ICES regions, and we welcome ideas on how to improve marmap (bugs, new functions, etc)! Best regards, Eric Pante and Benoit Simon-Bouhet -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pamtech.acoustics at gmail.com Thu Sep 5 04:59:12 2013 From: pamtech.acoustics at gmail.com (Jamie Macaulay) Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 11:59:12 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] PAM training course. Message-ID: *Introduction and practical courses in Passive Acoustic Monitoring* Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) is a key survey and mitigation tool in cetacean research. PAMTech (pamtech.eu) is offering introduction and practical courses in PAM, teaching the use of acoustic hardware and the leading research and industry software, PAMGuard (pamguard.org). We are a small UK-based company made up of PAMGuard developers and experienced field acousticians who can enable you to get the most out of PAM applications. A high tutor-to-student ratio on our courses ensures participants can get individual assistance with their training requirements. Our next courses are running on: *26/09/2013:* *Introduction to PAMGuard*. This one-day classroom-based course provides the essentials you need to get going with PAMGuard. Cost:?200 *27/09/2013 + 28/09/2013:* *Practical PAM*. This course spends the first day in the classroom building on your PAM knowledge and teaching more advanced features of PAMGuard. The second day is spent at sea applying practical PAM survey techniques. Cost ?400 Price for all three days: ?500 Courses will be run in Tobermory, Isle of Mull, on the west coast of Scotland, UK, and will use the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust?s (hwdt.org) specialist research vessel, Silurian, as the at-sea teaching platform. It is not compulsory for participants on the Practical PAM course to have done the introduction course, but an equivalent level of knowledge will be assumed. At the end of the Practical PAM course, there will be an informal Meet-the Developers session where you can discuss your particular PAMGuard requirements. Participants need to bring their own laptops running Windows XP or above. Course costs do not include accommodation, travel or food. 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The workshop is intended to join different disciplines in the understanding of the underwater acoustic world and in the development of common research strategies and protocols to exploit the potential of Submarine Multidisciplinary Observatiories (learn more on the SMO project at http://web2.infn.it/smo/). Top scientists will present the state of the art in their peculiar disciplines and selected contributes will be presented by participants in a context open to discussion and knowledge sharing. Researchers, scientists, and students are all welcome in the exciting atmosphere of Erice to discuss their projects, results and ideas. Few places are still available ! Registration details and the workshop program are on the webpage http://www.unipv.it/cibra/erice The participation cost is particularly attractive as it includes full accomodation, a day trip, and transportation to and from the closest airport. For any information, please contact gianni.pavan at unipv.it Gianni Pavan, on behalf of the Organizing Committee -- Centro Interdisciplinare di Bioacustica e Ricerche Ambientali Universit? degli Studi di Pavia Via Taramelli 24, 27100 Pavia http://www.unipv.it/cibra http://mammiferimarini.unipv.it -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From megster1983 at hotmail.com Sat Sep 14 14:55:47 2013 From: megster1983 at hotmail.com (Megan Whittaker) Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:55:47 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] JOB OPPORTUNITY AS A FULL-TIME ON-BOARD NATURALIST FOR ELDING WHALE WATCHING REYKJAVIK, ICELAND 2013. Message-ID: JOB OPPORTUNITY AS A FULL-TIME ON-BOARD NATURALIST FOR ELDING WHALE WATCHING REYKJAVIK, ICELAND 2013. Elding Whale Watching Reykjavik is a family owned company and has been running since 2000. We are the original operator in Reykjavik, abide by IceWhale guidelines as well as integrating our own and are the first and only environmentally certified whale watching company in Iceland. Elding also provides a platform for marine biologists to study the cetaceans we encounter on our tours to help build our knowledge and understanding. For further information please visit our website at www.whalewatching.is Elding is looking for a full-time guide, one that can speak fluently English and German and is from a EEA country . Please specify if you speak other languages too. Duration: Full-time starting as soon as possible. Shifts mainly work on a 2-2-3 schedule (two days on, two off etc. and you have every other weekend off Fri-Sun) but you maybe asked to work other times too if needed. Employee?s will be responsible for their own accommodation, travel, travel insurance and living expenses. Accommodation can be provided at the beginning of your stay to give you time to find somewhere. Further information on living and working in Iceland can be found athttp://www.eures.is/files/Eures_1605012664.pdf and http://classifieds.grapevine.is/. Salary is roughly in the area of 270,000ISK/month before taxes. Employment Duties ? Narrating clearly and fluently to passengers the biology, conservation and ecology of the marine life found in Faxafloi Bay and other areas around Iceland.? Spotting wildlife for passengers? Cleaning ? the main cleaning is done at the end of the day or when cancelled due to bad weather and yes it also means cleaning up vomit and toilets.? Looking after the welfare and security of passengers onboard.? Bar work ? Each vessel has a bar where light refreshments are sold? Hospitality ? this is done both onboard and in the office when needed? Other work/tasks ? i.e. selling tickets, distributing brochures, answering the phone, translating documents etc? Preferred skills/qualifications ? A strong interest and education in marine science specifically cetaceans and marine birds? A good knowledge of conservation issues related to marine life? Confidence to narrate and interacted with large groups of the public? Must be a quick learner, adaptive, hard working, outgoing and generally a very positive person (finding beauty in the little things)? Be able to work calmly and politely under pressure and sometimes in stressful situations.? Must have experience on boats preferably of boats above 17m and not acceptable to seasickness easily? Good spotting skills? Maritime safety and First Aid certified is an advantage but not necessary as qualifications can be taken when in Iceland.? Photography skills is desirable? Willingness to work long hours outdoors in sometimes unfavorable weathers. Elding prides itself on teamwork, no job is too small or too big for any of our staff members. We work together to make sure everything is finished for the following day. 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To accomplish this, the congress will be organized around specific topics of interest for marine conservation in general, as well as the local area. * Food security and the oceans (sustainable fisheries and aquaculture) * Marine renewable and non-renewable energy * Climate, ocean acidification, and the changing oceans * Advancing marine conservation through international treaties * Effective conservation planning (including EBM and MPAs, cumulative impacts) * Communicating marine conservation (marine conservation awareness and outreach, social media) * Participation in marine conservation science (e.g. citizen and indigenous science) * Marine tourism * Estuary restoration Symposia and focus groups will produce tangible and actionable outputs to advance marine conservation, such as white papers, policy statements, peer-reviewed presentations, and websites. To be a part of IMCC3, clear you calendar for 14-18 August 2014! 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Students will explore special places where only few travelers go, such as the Actun Tunichil Muknal, a sacred Mayan sacrificial site, and the infamous Blue Hole that Jacques-Yves Cousteau made famous in 1972. This course will focus heavily upon tropical marine and rainforest ecosystems. We will have the opportunity to sea kayak, snorkel, hike, go caving and more! There will also be a heavy cultural component embedded within the course as we will also learn about, interact with, and participate in cultural events of the Maya, Garifuna, and Creole peoples. Students will earn three undergraduate-level upper division elective college in biology (BIOL), environmental science (EVPP), or interdisciplinary studies (NCLC). Three credits of graduate level biology (BIOL) and environmental science (EVPP) coursework are also available. Course credits in other departments can be earned as well, but it is up to the student to seek necessary approval from his/her department. The program fee ($4,530) includes tuition and program expenses. International airfare and personal expenses are not included in the program fee and are the responsibility of the participant.For more information, please go to the course website or contact the course instructor directly (Katheryn Patterson, kpatter3 at gmu.edu). http://globaled.gmu.edu/programs/facultyled/winterstudy/belize.html The course is already over halfway full so if you don't want to be left out, don't forget to fill out your application today! Best, Katheryn ? Katheryn W. Patterson Environmental Science and Policy Dept. George Mason University Fairfax, VA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ehines at sfsu.edu Thu Sep 19 11:36:33 2013 From: ehines at sfsu.edu (Ellen M Hines) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:36:33 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Position: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT, San Francisco State University. Message-ID: <420FBCF28440F445AC7C05B401AD7952ABB95E92@EMX43.ad.sfsu.edu> ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT, San Francisco State University. The Department of Geography & Environment at San Francisco State University is conducting a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Geography & Environment, with a specialty in Environmental Science & Management. A Ph.D. in Geography or closely related discipline is required. Evidence of commitment to excellence in research; post-doctoral or equivalent research experience desirable. Evidence of commitment to high-quality teaching. The applicant will be expected to carry out an active, externally-funded research program involving both undergraduate and master's students, in environmental science, management or modeling. To apply, upload a current CV, a statement of proposed research and student mentorship, and a statement of teaching philosophy, experience and interests as a single PDF document following the instructions at http://academicjobsonline.org. Follow instructions at the site to arrange for three letters of reference to be submitted separately. All materials should be received by November 1, 2013, for full consideration. Women, members of all minority groups, veterans and disabled individuals are encouraged to apply. San Francisco State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Ellen Hines, PhD Professor of Geography Marine & Coastal Conservation and Spatial Planning Lab Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies San Francisco State University 3152 Paradise Drive Tiburon, CA 94920 USA 1 415 338 3512 Fax: 1 415 338 6243 ehines at sfsu.edu gis.sfsu.edu/coastal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at certifiedinspectors.net Thu Sep 19 12:48:52 2013 From: info at certifiedinspectors.net (Environmental Solutions) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:48:52 +0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Microbial Inspection & Assessment Course Cinnaminson, NJ October 10th Message-ID: <20130919223218.25853.1049834035.swift@certifiedinspectors.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From imber at imr.no Fri Sep 20 04:24:25 2013 From: imber at imr.no (IMBER) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:24:25 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] IMBER Open Science Conference 2014 - Call for Abstracts Open - Reminder Message-ID: <80EF907436493C41AF5C336144233727233147DD@EXMBX2.imr.no> [cid:cbac118e-39de-4d2f-9c9d-0bb302d7d323] Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Open Science Conference 23-27 June 2014, Bergen, Norway "Future Oceans - Research for marine sustainability: multiple stressors, drivers, challenges and solutions" Call for Abstracts - Open! The Integrated Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Project will convene an Open Science Conference from 23-27 June 2014 in Bergen, Norway, with the goals of: * highlighting research results from the IMBER project and activities, * promoting integrated syntheses of IMBER research, and * developing a new global research agenda for marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems in the Anthropocene. The Call for Abstracts is open! Deadline for abstract submission: 15 January 2014. Contributions are welcome from all marine research communities! We encourage you to submit an abstract. We look forward to meeting you in Bergen! Please forward this call widely! IMBER IPO imber at imr.no PS: Sorry for any cross-posting. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMBER_Future Oceans_banner.png Type: image/png Size: 121149 bytes Desc: IMBER_Future Oceans_banner.png URL: From pw at marspecialists.org Tue Sep 24 10:35:11 2013 From: pw at marspecialists.org (Peter Wallerstein) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:35:11 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] JOB OPPORTUNITY WITH MARSPECIALISTS Message-ID: <1BFC151E-5B12-4C7D-91CE-2AA9C95A3CEC@marspecialists.org> JOB OPPORTUNITY WITH MARNE ANIMAL RESCUE SPECIALISTS Marine Animal Rescue Specialists (MAR) is authorized by the National Marine Fisheries Service for pinniped, dolphin and whale dis-entanglement calls. Over the past two decades MAR has conducted 4,000 marine mammal rescues. In 2013, MAR rescued 420 marine mammals. www.marspecialists.org POSITION: MARINE ANIMAL RESCUE SPECIALIST LOCATION: MAR?s authorized territory is Los Angeles County from Pacific Palisades to Long Beach and west to Catalina, California. HOURS: 8 HOURS PER DAY 5 DAYS PER WEEK SALARY: Commensurate with experience and skills JOB DESCRIPTION: Must be available five days a week, 8 hours per day for response, rescue and transportation of marine animals. Will be responsible for accurately evaluating the condition of a stranded marine animal. Will be responsible for conducting rescue operations on beaches, rock jetties, docks and other common as well as uncommon stranding locations, and to learn the proper use of specialized marine animal rescue, transportation and safety equipment. Must be able to work in cooperation with local agencies and volunteers and be responsible to know all local, state and Federal laws pertaining to the rescuing of marine animals. START: February 1, 2014 REFERENCES AND REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS ? Provide background/references ? A valid drivers license with no points ? Minimum one year experience in rescuing seals and sea lions ? Must correctly identify local marine animal species along with knowledge of birthing seasons and natural behaviors of marine animals ? Some animal-related emergency medical experience ? Must meet challenging physical fitness requirements ? 24 hour Hazwhoper certificate ? Small boat handling ? Able to drive 4WD Pickup truck OTHER REQUIRED RESPONSIBILITIES: ? Maintain rescue and transportation equipment ? Responsible for school visits ? Must be enthusiastic with good communication skills and be able to work with others, including Coast Guard, Lifeguards, Police, etc. ? When on-call, must answer calls promptly ? Must pass County Beach Safety Driving Course ? Coordinate volunteers MAR is looking for committed individuals who would like to make rescuing marine animals a career. Training will be provided by MAR to ensure continued high level of response for any marine animal calls. MAR will not consider candidates looking for a temporary position. Long-term applicants will be the only ones considered. Send in your cover letter, resume and references to the email address below. Contact: Peter Wallerstein, pw at marspecialists.org www.marspecialists.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ehines at sfsu.edu Tue Sep 24 11:58:57 2013 From: ehines at sfsu.edu (Ellen M Hines) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:58:57 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] FW: Faculty Position in Marine Conservation Biology at CSUMB In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <420FBCF28440F445AC7C05B401AD7952ABB9D0E5@EMX43.ad.sfsu.edu> From: Corey Garza [mailto:cogarza at csumb.edu] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:36 AM Subject: Faculty Position in Marine Conservation Biology at CSUMB The Marine Science Program at CSU Monterey Bay is now advertising for a tenure track faculty line at the Assistant or Associate level in Marine Conservation Biology. We are looking to hire a new faculty member who brings expertise in the application of mathematical, genomic/proteomic or stable isotope approaches to teaching and research in the area of Marine Conservation Biology. Additional details on the requirements of the position, the university and how to submit application materials can be found by clicking on the following link: https://mocha.csumb.edu/uhr/jobs/job_announce.jsp?job_number=FAC2013-194&req_id=001665 The review of applications will begin on November 01, 2013 with an anticipated start date of Fall 2014. Please forward this advertisement to any individuals who are qualified and would have an interest in this position. Thank you for your assistance. Corey -- Corey Garza, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Division of Science and Environmental Policy California State University, Monterey Bay 100 Campus Center Seaside, CA, 93955 Phone (831) 582-3024 Fax (831) 582-4122 email: cogarza at csumb.edu web: http://sep.csumb.edu/staff/corey/ lab: http://sep.csumb.edu/mlel/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dnorbach at gmail.com Tue Sep 24 12:27:17 2013 From: dnorbach at gmail.com (Dara Orbach) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:27:17 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Volunteer vessel operator needed off Kaikoura, New Zealand Message-ID: A highly motivated volunteer field assistant is needed for the month of January 2014 to assist with a Ph.D. project assessing the mating tactics of dusky dolphins off Kaikoura, New Zealand. This research is in collaboration with Dr. Bernd W?rsig at Texas A&M University at Galveston. This position is unpaid and field assistants are responsible for their own food expenses and travel to/from Kaikoura. Housing is provided in a stunning luxury home with incredible views and private bedrooms. Typical field days involve being on the water from 8 AM through 4 PM followed by several hours of data processing. Data is collected whenever the weather conditions are conducive including weekends. The primary duty entails operating a 6-m research vessel including launching and docking the vessel, safely maneuvering the vessel to determined GPS co-ordinates, and following dolphin pods while facilitating smooth conditions for videography and photography. Addition daily responsibilities include assisting with Photo-ID analysis such as cropping and matching dolphin dorsal fin photographs. Applicants should have extensive oceanic experience operating motorboats including launching, docking, bunking, and trailering a boat. Applicants with previous experience operating vessels near marine mammals should explain details in their cover letter. Please also indicate in your cover letter if you are able to operate a manual/standard vehicle and if you have experience backing up a trailer. Expectations: Applicants should be hard working, able to follow instructions with precision, exceptional communicators, innovative problem solvers, and comfortable on boats. This project involves continuous teamwork and applicants must be able to get along well with others and maintain a positive attitude under stressful conditions. The position can be physically and mentally demanding and is best suited for those with a passion for behavioral ecology field work. To apply, please send a cover letter and cv detailing relevant field work experience with reference contact details to orbachd at tamug.edu . Applications will be considered on a first-come first-serve basis. Dara Orbach > Ph.D. candidate > Marine Mammal Behavioral Ecology Group > Department of Marine Biology- IDP > Texas A&M University at Galveston > orbachd at tamug.edu > http://www.tamug.edu/mmbeg > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbaumgartner at whoi.edu Mon Sep 30 05:37:08 2013 From: mbaumgartner at whoi.edu (Mark Baumgartner) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:37:08 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Reminder: Ocean Sciences 2014 session References: Message-ID: Colleagues, This is a reminder that the abstract deadline for the 2014 Ocean Sciences conference is this Friday, October 4. Please see our original advertisement below for details about the conference and a session on top predators. Please note that you will be required to pay the conference registration fees when submitting an abstract, but provisions have been made to allow U.S. government employees to postpone paying these fees. If you are a U.S. government employee, please email me at mbaumgartner at whoi.edu for instructions before submitting your abstract. Registration fees for all participants are refundable (minus a $70 USD processing fee) if registration is cancelled prior to January 20, 2014. Kind regards, Mark Begin forwarded message: > From: Mark Baumgartner > Subject: Ocean Sciences 2014 session > Date: September 10, 2013 12:41:46 PM EDT > To: marmam at lists.uvic.ca > > Dear Colleagues, > > The 17th Biennial Ocean Sciences Meeting will take place 23-28 February 2014 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The meeting is an important venue for scientific exchange across broad marine science disciplines, with sessions on all aspects of oceanography. We would like to call your attention to a session we will be chairing that will focus on top predators, including marine mammals. Please consider submitting an abstract and attending the meeting. Abstracts are due by 4 October 2013 (3 weeks from Friday). > > ADVANCES IN APPROACHES TO MONITORING THE OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND BEHAVIOR OF TOP PREDATORS (session 091) > > Unlike most marine organisms, top predators can be monitored in the field as individuals, providing unique insight into behavioral strategies that influence the status and dynamics of populations. Tremendous technological and methodological progress has been made in marine animal detection, tagging, and tracking in the past decade, and this session seeks to gather researchers to share new insights into top predator behavior, ecology, and physiology gleaned from these state-of- the-art approaches. We encourage researchers working with autonomous platforms, passive acoustic detection, animal tagging, satellite tracking, remote monitoring technologies, and other advanced methods to participate and present their latest results. > > Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution > mbaumgartner at whoi.edu > > Daniel Palacios, Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service > daniel.palacios at noaa.gov > Mark Baumgartner Associate Scientist Biology Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MS #33, Redfield 256 Woods Hole, MA 02543 mbaumgartner at whoi.edu www.whoi.edu/sites/mbaumgartner (508)289-2678 phone (508)457-2134 fax -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dnorbach at gmail.com Mon Sep 30 18:37:58 2013 From: dnorbach at gmail.com (Dara Orbach) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:37:58 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Volunteer vessel operator needed off Kaikoura, New Zealand Message-ID: A highly motivated volunteer field assistant is needed for the month of January 2014 to assist with a Ph.D. project assessing the mating tactics of dusky dolphins off Kaikoura, New Zealand. This research is in collaboration with Dr. Bernd W?rsig at Texas A&M University at Galveston. This position is unpaid and field assistants are responsible for their own food expenses and travel to/from Kaikoura. Housing is provided in a stunning luxury home with incredible views and private bedrooms. Typical field days involve being on the water from 8 AM through 4 PM followed by several hours of data processing. Data is collected whenever the weather conditions are conducive including weekends. The primary duty entails operating a 6-m research vessel including launching and docking the vessel, safely maneuvering the vessel to determined GPS co-ordinates, and following dolphin pods while facilitating smooth conditions for videography and photography. Addition daily responsibilities include assisting with Photo-ID analysis such as cropping and matching dolphin dorsal fin photographs. Applicants should have extensive oceanic experience operating motorboats including launching, docking, bunking, and trailering a boat. Applicants with previous experience operating vessels near marine mammals should explain details in their cover letter. Please also indicate in your cover letter if you are able to operate a manual/standard vehicle and if you have experience backing up a trailer. Expectations: Applicants should be hard working, able to follow instructions with precision, exceptional communicators, innovative problem solvers, and comfortable on boats. This project involves continuous teamwork and applicants must be able to get along well with others and maintain a positive attitude under stressful conditions. The position can be physically and mentally demanding and is best suited for those with a passion for behavioral ecology field work. To apply, please send a cover letter and cv detailing relevant field work experience with reference contact details to orbachd at tamug.edu . Applications will be considered on a first-come first-serve basis. Dara Orbach > Ph.D. candidate > Marine Mammal Behavioral Ecology Group > Department of Marine Biology- IDP > Texas A&M University at Galveston > orbachd at tamug.edu > http://www.tamug.edu/mmbeg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From george at earthinfocus.com Thu Sep 19 11:02:18 2013 From: george at earthinfocus.com (George Stoyle) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:02:18 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] curious pilot whale behaviour Message-ID: A pod of pilot whales exhibited some strange behaviour whilst in shallow water on the Shetland Islands, UK the other day. A description of the encounter, along with photos and video can be accessed by going to http://www.earthinfocus.com/blog/detail.php?id=13. We'd be interested to hear from anyone else who has seen this kind of behaviour and has an idea of why they do it. Many thanks, George Stoyle Earth In Focus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ritter at m-e-e-r.de Mon Sep 30 05:39:16 2013 From: ritter at m-e-e-r.de (Fabian Ritter, MEER e.V.) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:39:16 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] Pilot whale carrying a dead conspecific Message-ID: <524970F4.5000109@m-e-e-r.de> Dear fellow MARMAMers! We would like to inform you about an interesting observation we made last August off La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain). During a short encounter with short-finned pilot whales (Gl. macrorhynchus) we observed an adult animal carrying what appeared to be a dead juvenile (judged from the relative size of adult and the dead animal). A more detailed description of this sighting and some images can be seen at the following website: http://m-e-e-r.de/index.php?id=559&L=2 While supporting behaviour has been observed many times in the past, this type of behaviour mostly is directed towards dead cetacean calves, rather than older conspecifics, the latter having been documented only very rarely (some references are given below). We hence would like to know if someone has made similar observations before, either with pilot whales or other cetacean species. We are looking forward to hearing from you! Best greetings to all of you, Fabian Ritter _Some references on epimeletic/supporting behaviour in cetaceans:_ Caldwell, M.C. and D.K. Caldwell. 1966. Epimeletic (care-giving) behavior in Cetacea. In: K.S. Norris (ed.): Whales, Dolphins and Propoises. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. Cockcroft, V.G. and W. Sauer. 1990. Observed and inferred epimeletic (nurturant) behaviour in bottlenose dolphins. Aquatic Mammals 16.1, 31-32. Harzen, S. and M.E. Dos Santos. 1992. Three encounters with wild bottlenose dolphins (_Tursiops truncatus_) carrying dead calves. Aquatic Mammals 18.2, 49-55. Fertl, D. and A. Schiro. 1994. Carrying of dead calves by free-ranging Texas bottlenose dolphins (_Tursiops truncatus_). Aquatic Mammals 20.1, 53-56. Lodi, L. 1992. Epimeletic behavior of free-ranging rough-toothed dolphins, _Steno bredanensis_, from Brazil. Marine Mammal Science 8, 284-287. Ritter, F. 2007. BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHINS TO A DEAD NEWBORN CALF.**Marine Mammal Science, 23(2): 429-433 Fulgencio de Moura, da Silva Rodrigues and Salvatore Siciliano, 2008. Epimeletic behaviour in rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) on the east coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records. -- Fabian Ritter -President- M.E.E.R. e.V. Bundesallee 123 D-12161 Berlin T/F: (0)30-644 97 230 e-Mail:ritter at m-e-e-r.de www.m-e-e-r.org --- The dolphins were having a great relaxed time and there were no major answers they wished to know the questions to... (After Douglas Adams) ___ M.E.E.R. ist eingetragen im Vereinsregister Berlin. Steuer-Nr. (German tax ID): 27/672/54225 M.E.E.R. is a registered charity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jgregg at dolphincommunicationproject.org Fri Sep 27 00:43:13 2013 From: jgregg at dolphincommunicationproject.org (Justin Gregg) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:43:13 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New book on dolphin cognition Message-ID: <002b01cebb55$39c3a360$ad4aea20$@dolphincommunicationproject.org> Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of a new popular science book on the subject of dolphin cognition: Are Dolphins Really Smart? The Mammal Behind the Myth from Oxford University Press. The book provides a scholarly overview of the past five decades' worth of research into dolphin cognition and behavior in order to determine if dolphins 1) have an unusually large and sophisticated brain that is driving their intelligence, 2) have minds that are unusually complex when it comes to self-awareness, consciousness, and emotions, 3) display unusually sophisticated behavior in the wild and in experimental situations, 4) have a communication system that is as sophisticated as human language, and 5) have unusually complex social lives, and live in peaceful harmony with each other and their environment. It points out where the various scientific perspectives clash when it comes to interpreting results on these complex topics. It also puts the results into perspective by comparing the behavior and cognition of other species. The book concludes that while there is good reason to stake the claim that dolphins are intelligent animals, the science of animal cognition is a lot murkier and harder to interpret than most people realize. For more info, visit http://aredolphinsreallysmart.com/ Are Dolphins Really Smart? was published on September 26th for European markets, and will be available in North America in November. It can be ordered via the following links: Hardcopy version now available from Amazon.co.uk Amazon.de Amazon.fr Oxford University Press in the UK Kindle version also available Pre-order hardcopy version from North American markets Amazon.com (November 1 publication date) Amazon.ca (October 26 publication date) Oxford University Press in the US (November 1 publication date) All the best, Justin ____________ Justin Gregg, PhD Research Associate, Dolphin Communication Project jgregg at dolphincommunicationproject.org http://www.justingregg.com http://www.dolphincommunicationproject.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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