From afrantzis at otenet.gr Tue Apr 1 11:43:23 2014 From: afrantzis at otenet.gr (Alexandros Frantzis) Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:43:23 +0300 Subject: [MARMAM] One more atypical mass stranding of Cuvier's beaked whales in Greece (SE Crete, Hellenic Trench) during military exercise Message-ID: <533B08CB.8030801@otenet.gr> Dear all, Once more we have bad news regarding Cuvier's beaked whales in the Greek Seas. The local population unit, which has repeatedly been affected by naval sonar activity of NATO or of national navies in the past may be steadily heading towards its extinction. Today 1st April 2014 between 12:00 and 13:30 pm at least five Cuvier's beaked whales stranded atypically so far in the area of Ierapetra, SE Crete. Three animals stranded together in the same location and two other individuals stranded together some 17 km further west. Two more individuals stranded as single individuals 2.7 km and 500 m further west along the coast, but there is no way to know if these were additional individuals or some of those already stranded earlier. All animals were alive when stranded. One of them died and all other were led offshore by local people and not seen again until now. After a quick search in the internet we found that the Israeli, Greek and US Navy are conducting a trilateral two-week military exercises in the area of Crete (named Noble Dina 2014). The naval activity includes anti-submarine warfare (ASW), which indicates the use of military sonar, well known as the cause of many mass strandings of Ziphiids around the world. During their 5^th Meeting of the Parties (Morocco, November 2013)the Agreement for the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (ACCOBAMS) have for first time identified on a map the areas where sonar should be avoided in the Mediterranean Sea, and made this information publicly available. One of these areas on the map is SE Crete where the new mass stranding occurred. A bit earlier we contacted competent Greek authorities including the Greek focal point of ACCOBAMS to inform them about the new mass stranding and to request their intervention, so that no use of military sonar is made during the exercise today and following days. The port-police authorities and local volunteers have been alerted and we just hope that tomorrow we won't find more animals along the coasts. *How many more whale deaths to spark real mitigation at the regional and international level?* Best wishes, Alexandros -- ___________________________________________ Dr. Alexandros Frantzis Scientific director Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute Terpsichoris 21 16671 Vouliagmeni, GREECE Tel.: +30-210-8960108 e-mail: afrantzis at otenet.gr website: http://www.pelagosinstitute.gr ___________________________________________ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From verorcinus at gmail.com Tue Apr 1 09:57:34 2014 From: verorcinus at gmail.com (Veronica Iriarte) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 13:57:34 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: Use of boto and tucuxi for bait Message-ID: Dear MARMAMERS, I am pleased to announce the following publication: Iriarte, V. & Marmontel, M. (2013). Insights on the use of dolphins (boto,* Inia geoffrensis* and tucuxi, *Sotalia fluviatilis*) for bait in the piracatinga (*Calophysus macropterus*) fishery in the western Brazilian Amazon. J. Cet. Res. Manage. 13(2):163-173. ABSTRACT: In the Amazon Basin the use of the pink dolphin or boto (*Inia geoffrensis*) for bait in the piracatinga (*Calophysus macropterus*) fishery was first detected in the year 2000. Since then, this artisanal fishery has become more prevalent as it requires only a few hours of work per night and provides immediate cash earnings. It is thus an attractive addition to (or replacement for) traditional fishing. Previous reports have noted the use of botos as bait, but stated that the most common bait used are caimans (*Melanosuchus niger*, *Caiman crocodilus*). Estimates of the number of dolphins killed based on fish landings have been proposed and an apparent decrease in sighting/survival of an artificially-marked boto population was observed. Although stocks/population estimates, trends, and actual numbers of hunted dolphins are unknown, the conservation impacts of this activity are of concern. Between October 2010 and November 2011, research was conducted within an area with serious conflicts between dolphins and fishermen as well as intense fishing for piracatinga, i.e. in the lower Japur? River, on the border with the Mamirau? and Aman? Sustainable Development Reserves, where both boto and tucuxi (*Sotalia fluviatilis*) are used for bait. One-hundred and fifty-seven monitoring surveys were carried out in eight key communities, confirming 114 piracatinga fishing events through direct monitoring and incognito surveys of fishing gear (*gaiolas*). Empirical evidence of the activity in *gaiolas*comprised pieces of bait, carcass remains, piracatinga provoked vomits and dolphin fished carcasses. Of those, 31.2% (*n*=35) involved cetacean bait (91.4% *I. geoffrensis*, 8.58% *S. fluviatilis*), 68.7% (*n*=77) caiman bait (96% *M. niger, *4% *C. crocodilus*), and two fishing events used both types. These percentages may be higher/lower in other areas within and outside the Reserves. Given the increasing trend of the piracatinga fishery, the authors believe that precautionary measures for the conservation of Amazonian dolphins are urgently needed. Development of practical short-term solutions (e.g. offal-baited fish traps) and multispecies management together with law enforcement, incentives, and educational programmes could allow the future transition of riverine communities from the piracatinga fishery to sustainable, higher income activities. KEY WORDS: BOTO; TUCUXI; DIRECT CAPTURE; FISHERIES; CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; REGULATIONS Pdf copies can be requested to verorcinus at gmail.com Sincerely, Ver?nica -- Ver?nica Iriarte, MSc Calles 25 y 26 Edif. Club del Mar ss104 CP: 20100 Punta del Este Uruguay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ocrab at rcn.com Tue Apr 1 11:32:10 2014 From: ocrab at rcn.com (Susan Barco) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 14:32:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [MARMAM] Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program-Live stranded animal care technician In-Reply-To: <99794364.15303532.1396376760275.JavaMail.root@md02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com> Message-ID: <892801164.15314657.1396377130325.JavaMail.root@md02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com> The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach, VA USA ?is?seeking candidates for?a full-time (40hrs per week with benefits) position of Live Stranded Animal Care Technician with our Stranding Response Program. The Aquarium team responds to marine mammals and sea turtles. The Virginia? Aquarium & Marine Science Center operates under a public/private partnership between the City of Virginia Beach and the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Fo undation, Inc. Employees of the Aquarium are considered City of Virginia Beach employees. ? Description:? This position works in conjunction with Aquarium veterinary staff and is responsible for coordinating the emergency response to, and daily care and treatment of, stranded marine mammals and sea turtles. The Aquarium rehabilitates seals and sea turtles and can hold small cetaceans that are good candidates for rehabili tation for short term triage if?another facility has rehab space. ?These activities involve creation and implementation of animal care plans involving medical, nutritional and behavioral requirements. Manages medical supply inventories including controlled drugs and coordinates field response to live strandings , as well as animal releases and euthanasia cases. Serves as a primary liaison with veterinarians and appropriate federal agencies regarding live animal activities. In addition, assists the Stranding Response Coordinator and Research Coordinator with scheduling, training and supervision of part-time staff involved in the daily activities of the Stranding Response Program and participates in all research activities involving live animals. Participates in daily planning with Stranding Coordinator by directing live animal activities and coordinating staff and volunteer needs for those activities. ? ? Description:? This position works in conjunction with Aquarium veterinary staff and is responsible for coordinating the emergency response to, and daily care and treatment of, stranded marine mammals and sea turtles. The Aquarium rehabilitates seals and sea turtles and can hold small cetaceans that are good candidates for rehabili tation for short term triage if?another facility has rehab space. ?These activities involve creation and implementation of animal care plans involving medical, nutritional and behavioral requirements. Manages medical supply inventories including controlled drugs and coordinates field response to live strandings , as well as animal releases and euthanasia cases. Serves as a primary liaison with veterinarians and appropriate federal agencies regarding live animal activities. In addition, assists the Stranding Response Coordinator and Research Coordinator with scheduling, training and supervision of part-time staff involved in the daily activities of the Stranding Response Program and participates in all research activities involving live animals. Participates in daily planning with Stranding Coordinator by directing live animal activities and coordinating staff and volunteer needs for those activities. ? Preferences:? Licensed/c ertified Veterinary Technician. Bachelor's degree in marine science, biology, zoology, veterinary?science or related field. Three or more years' experience with veterinary care of sea turtles and/or marine mammals. Direct experience with euthanasia of animals, preferably in field conditions. Computer software experience with MS Office programs. Good verbal and written communications skills. Experience in an emergency veterinary practice. Familiarity with the Virginia coastal region. Experience teaching or training others. Experience working with volunteers. Data entry and database management experience (preferably MS Access).?4WD and beach driving experience. ? Minimum Requirements:? Any combination of education (above the high school level) and/or experience equivalent to four (4) years providing treatment for wounded wildlife in a veterinary clinic, shelter, or rehab facility; or in fields such as wildlife stranding and rescue, marine science, biological sciences, zoology, or other related field that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Must have, or obtain, a current and valid Virginia or North Carolina driver's license in accordance with Virginia or North Carolina DMV driver's license eligibility requirements. Physically able to swim, hike up to 5 miles in all weather, lift 50 lbs, carry 30 lbs. Ability to work a flexible schedule (some nights, holidays and weekends required) in fields such as wildlife stranding and rescue, marine science, biological sciences, zoology, or other related field that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Must have, or obtain, a current and valid Virginia or North Carolina driver's license in accordance with Virginia or North Carolina DMV driver's license eligibility requirements. Physically able to swim, hike up to 5 miles in all weather, lift 50 lbs, carry 30 lbs. Ability to work a flexible schedule (some nights, holidays and weekends required) ? For more information about the position and to apply, please visit the City of Virginia Beach's website at https://www.vbcareers4gov.com ? You can learn more about the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center and the Stranding Response Program at www.virginiaaquarium.com ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katrinan at uvic.ca Wed Apr 2 17:16:54 2014 From: katrinan at uvic.ca (katrinan at uvic.ca) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 17:16:54 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] 18th Annual NWSSMM Meeting Registration and Info Message-ID: <75a10892c09dd7f719090171f5004d87.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> Calling all northwest marine mammalogy students! We are pleased to announce that the 18th annual spring meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of the Society of Marine Mammalogy (NWSSMM) will take place on the weekend of May 3rd - 4th 2014, at Western Washington University (WWU) in Bellingham, WA. We would like to invite all graduate and undergraduate students in the Pacific Northwest (BC, Yukon, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Northern California and Idaho) doing research on marine mammals to present their work at this conference. The purpose of the meeting is to gather students in a relaxed atmosphere to share research ideas, tribulations, and triumphs. It is an opportunity to meet others across the region, collaborate, and generally have a good time in a supportive and informal setting. **This year we are encouraging those students that are in the planning and proposal stage of their projects to present a poster, and for those researchers with results to give an oral presentation. This will allow each speaker more time to present their work, and provide a chance those in the preparatory stages more time to receive feedback and field questions during the poster sessions. We are also happy to accept guests that are not presenting, but are interested in the research being done in this region. Oral presentations and poster sessions will take place on Saturday May 3rd on the WWU campus. On Sunday May 4th we will be hosting outdoor activities in the Bellingham area. We will be either A) taking a tour of WWU's Shannon Point Marine Center and taking a wildlife-watching trip on one of their research vessels (additional charge of about $20/person), or B) hiking in the beautiful nearby Chuckanut Mountains (no extra charge). Please indicate on the registration survey which activity you would prefer and we will offer the most popular activity. The registration fee for the conference will be $15 USD. This will cover conference materials as well as breakfast, lunch and light snacks on Saturday. That evening we will be hosting a conference dinner at a local restaurant. All attendees are encouraged to attend, but this will not be covered by the registration fee. Free accommodations for the weekend are available with WWU students on a first-come, first-served basis. If you wish to book other accommodations, these arrangements can be made on your own. Registration and abstract submissions for posters and oral presentations are being accepted until April 15th, 2014. Registration will be done via this SurveyMonkey survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J953HN7 If you have any questions or would like any clarification about the upcoming meeting, please do not hesitate to contact the planning committee via Erin D'Agnese at dagnese at students.wwu.edu or Kat Nikolich at nikolik at students.wwu.edu. We look forward to seeing you all in Bellingham very soon! From pirotts at libero.it Wed Apr 2 01:48:09 2014 From: pirotts at libero.it (Enrico Pirotta) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 10:48:09 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on agent-based modelling of bottlenose dolphin behavioral dynamics and interactions with tourism Message-ID: <6947172.2124771396428489486.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> Dear MARMAM colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been made available online: Enrico Pirotta, Leslie New, John Harwood, David Lusseau (2014). Activities, motivations and disturbance: An agent-based model of bottlenose dolphin behavioral dynamics and interactions with tourism in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. Ecological Modelling 282: 44?58. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.03.009 ABSTRACT: Agent-based models can be used to simulate spatially-explicit animal behavioral processes and their interactions with human activities. This approach can be applied to predict the potential effects of such activities on animal behavior and individual condition that could lead, in turn, to alterations in vital rates and, ultimately, long-term population change. We developed an agent-based model to describe the effect of interactions with tourism on the behavior of bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound (New Zealand). The model describes the temporal variation of the individuals? hidden motivational states, the way in which these states interact to determine the activity of groups of dolphins, and the feedback influence of the group?s activity on individual motivations and condition. Moreover, it realistically simulates the movement of dolphin groups in the fiord. The model also includes tour boat behavior, incorporating the way key geographical features attract these boats. In addition to tourism effects, we accounted for the spatial heterogeneity in both dolphin activities and shark predation risk. The final simulation platform generated a realistic representation of the social and behavioral dynamics of the dolphin and boat populations, as well as observed patterns of disturbance. We describe how this tool could be used to ensure effective management of the interactions between anthropogenic factors and bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound, and how it could be adapted to evaluate the effects of human disturbance on other comparable populations. We then fitted the dolphin component of the model to data collected during visual studies of the Doubtful Sound dolphin population between 2000 and 2002 using a Bayesian multi-state modeling framework. However, when the parameter estimates from this fitting process were used in the agent-based model, biologically realistic representations of the population were not generated. Our results suggest that visual data from group follows alone are not sufficient to inform such agent-based models. Information on the spatial structure of the animals? activities and an appropriate measure of individual condition are also required for successful model parameterization. KEY WORDS: Agent-based model, animal behavior, Bayesian, human disturbance, multi-state model, wildlife tourism A PDF copy of the work can be downloaded from: http://www.sciencedirect. com/science/article/pii/S0304380014001537 Please do not hesitate to contact me for any question regarding our work. Best Regards, Enrico Pirotta From L.Bejder at murdoch.edu.au Tue Apr 1 17:38:00 2014 From: L.Bejder at murdoch.edu.au (Lars Bejder) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 00:38:00 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Book release: Whaling-watching, sustainable tourism and ecological management. Cambridge University Press. Message-ID: Dear Marmam Readers, We pleased to announce the publication of a new book published by Cambridge University Press entitled: Whaling-watching, sustainable tourism and ecological management. Cambridge University Press. 2014. Editors: J.E.S. Higham, L. Bejder and R. Williams. 400pp. The book includes contributions from 50 international scientists and is composed of 25 chapters across four themes: The historical and contemporary contexts, Human dimensions of whale watching, Ecological dimensions of whale watching; and Sustainable Management: Insights and issues. Below, we provide the table of contents of the book: Introduction Chapter 1. Tourism, cetaceans and sustainable development: Moving beyond the binary debates (James Higham, Lars Bejder & Rob Williams) Part I. The historical and contemporary contexts Chapter 2. Threats facing cetacean populations: The global context (Rob Williams) Chapter 3. From adoration to exploitation: The historical and contemporary contexts of human-cetacean interactions (Simon Allen) Chapter 4. Human attitudes and values: Tradition versus transformation (Peter Corkeron) Chapter 5. The whale watch industry: historical development (Hoyt & Parsons) Chapter 6. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) and whale watching (Carlson, Rose, Kato & Williams) Part II. Human dimensions of whale watching Chapter 7. A history of whaling and whale watching in Icelandic (Rasmussen) Chapter 8. The complexities of whaling and whale-watching in Icelandic (Tommy Anderson, Beatrice Wende and Susanna Gothall) Chapter 9. Green messengers or nature's spectacle: Understanding visitor experiences of wild cetacean tours (Zeppel and Muloin) Chapter 10. Whale Watching: An Effective Education Programme is no fluke (Johnson & Bierman-McGinnis). Chapter 11. What's In It For The Whales? Exploring the potential contribution of environmental interpretation to conservation (Orams, Forestell & Spring) Chapter 12. Integrating traditional ecological knowledge and community engagement in marine mammal protected areas (McIntosh, Maly and Kittinger). Part III. Ecological dimensions of whale watching Chapter 13. Understanding the ecological effects of whalewatching on cetaceans (Christiansen & Lusseau) Chapter 14. Whale watching and behavioural ecology (Constantine) Chapter 15. Energetic linkages between short-term and long-term effects of whalewatching disturbance on cetaceans: An example drawn from northeast Pacific resident killer whales (Bain, Williams & Trites). Chapter 16. Ecological constraints and the propensity for population consequences of whalewatching disturbances (David Lusseau) Chapter 17. The use of area-time closures as a tool to manage cetacean-watch tourism (Tyne, Loneragen & Bejder) Part IV. Sustainable Management: Insights and issues Chapter 18. The socioeconomic, educational and legal aspects of whalewatching: a Scottish case study (Parsons) Chapter 19. Vigilance, resilience and failures of science and management: Spinner dolphins and tourism in Hawai'i (Dave Johnstone) Chapter 20. A multi-agent model to simulate whale-watching tours: The case of the St. Lawrence Estuary in Quebec, Canada (Chion et al., Sk. Morshed Anwara, C?dric A. Jeanneretb, Lael Parrottb and Danielle J. Marceau). Chapter 21. Cetacean-watching in developing countries: A case study from the Mekong River (Isabel Beasley, Lars Bejder and Helene March) Chapter 22. Whale-watching and community development: The Kaikoura (New Zealand) story (David Simmons) Chapter 23. Management of Dusky dolphin tourism at Kaikoura (New Zealand) (David Lundquist) Chapter 24. Save the whales Part II: A new science advocacy communication framework (Wiebke Finkler) Conclusion Chapter 25. Time to rethink: Fostering the nascent 'sustainability paradigm' (James Higham, Lars Bejder and Rob Williams). For further information, including purchase details, please visit the following link: http://mucru.org/book-release-whaling-watching-sustainable-tourism-and-ecological-management/ Kind regards, James Higham, Lars Bejder and Rob Williams. Lars Bejder, Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arion at arion.org.gr Tue Apr 1 23:27:30 2014 From: arion at arion.org.gr (ARION) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:27:30 +0300 Subject: [MARMAM] =?utf-8?q?New_atypical_mass_stranding_of_Cuvier=E2=80=99?= =?utf-8?q?s_beaked_whales_=28Ziphius_cavirostris_sp=2E=29_in_Southern_Cre?= =?utf-8?q?te=2C_Greece=2E?= Message-ID: <212d526502985f32cdd367d3da3f2320@arion.org.gr> Dear All, On April 1st, 2014, the Hellenic Ministry of Environment was alerted by the Port Authority of Ierapetra at Southern Crete, Greece and contacted Dr . Anastasia Komnenou, Veterinarian and Professor of the Veterinary School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and President of the Cetacean Rescue and Rehabilitation Research Center - ARION, that there is a mass stranding of whales at the broader area of Ierapetra in Southern Crete, Greece. Dr. Komnenou made the necessary contacts with the local port authorities to learn more details and collaborated with Dr . Aimilia Drougas, Oceanographer and Cetacean Rescue and Rehabilitation Research Center - ARION Scientific Coordinator and with Dr . Alexandros Frantzis Biologist-Oceanographer of the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute and agreed to let Dr. Michael Spyridakis, Veterinarian and member of ARION?s network of veterinarians to go in situ, for an autopsy and to collect data that will help to understand the cause of this event. First indications show that two adult Cuvier?s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris sp.) were stranded alive during noon time, at Kastri beach, Viannou which is located about 15 km west of Ierapetra. The whales seemed unstable and banged towards the rocks near the beach. With the effort of local residents the two whales were led to the open sea and slowly they left. At the same time, three other beaked whales (two adults and one younger in age which we do not know if they were the same animals) stranded alive showing similar symptoms, at the rocky coast of Kalikovrechti, located about 2 km west of Ierapetra. The port authorities and local residents managed to lead the youngest and one of the adult whale to the open sea. The third adult Cuvier?s beaked whale died and necropsy will be done, in order to collect tissue samples for verifying the cause of death. We also note that these days, in the broader region, there are tri-lateral exercises of Greece, Israel and NATO?s navy using sonars. Ziphiidae ear drums are affected from the low frequency sonars by air empolism. Given the seriousness of the situation and because in the past they have been and other similar mass strandings of Cuvier?s beaked whales, on coasts of western and southern Greece, the incident is monitored by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Marine Research Centre, the Institute of Cetacean Research , Pelagos and the Cetacean Rescue and Rehabilitation Research Center - ARION. Local authorities and local residents and volunteers of Southern Crete, have been alerted and ready in the coming hours and days, to immediately notify the port authorities and the above organizations, in case other marine mammals strand on the coast of the broader region. Best wishes, Aimilia Drougas and Anastasia Komnenou ___________________________________________ Dr. Aimilia Drougas, Biologist, Geologist Oceanographer Scientific Coordinator ARION-Cetacean Rescue and Rehabilitation Research Center Limenas, Nea Moudania 63200 Chalkidiki, GREECE Tel.: +30-6945-644994, +30-213-0067257-8 e-mail: arion at arion.org.gr website: http://www.arion.org.gr F/B: http://www.facebook.com/ARION.org ____________________________________ Dr. Anastasia Komnenou, DVM, PhD Anastasia Komnenou, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor, Comparative Ophthalmology- Exotic and Wildlife Medicine Unit, Animal Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, St. Voutyra 11, 546-27 Thessaloniki, Greece Tel.: +30-6945-531850, +30-2130-994443 e-mail: natakomn at vet.auth.gr From ecar026 at aucklanduni.ac.nz Thu Apr 3 00:01:41 2014 From: ecar026 at aucklanduni.ac.nz (Emma Carroll) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 08:01:41 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: right whaling around New Zealand and east Australia Message-ID: Dear All, we are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper on right whaling industry around New Zealand and Australia, published recently in PLoS One: CITATION Carroll EL, Jackson JA, Paton D, Smith TD (2014) Two Intense Decades of 19th Century Whaling Precipitated Rapid Decline of Right Whales around New Zealand and East Australia. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93789. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093789 ABSTRACT Right whales (Eubalaena spp.) were the focus of worldwide whaling activities from the 16th to the 20th century. During the first part of the 19th century, the southern right whale (E. australis) was heavily exploited on whaling grounds around New Zealand (NZ) and east Australia (EA). Here we build upon previous estimates of the total catch of NZ and EA right whales by improving and combining estimates from four different fisheries. Two fisheries have previously been considered: shore-based whaling in bays and ship-based whaling offshore. These were both improved by comparison with primary sources and the American offshore whaling catch record was improved by using a sample of logbooks to produce a more accurate catch record in terms of location and species composition. Two fisheries had not been previously integrated into the NZ and EA catch series: ship-based whaling in bays and whaling in the 20th century. To investigate the previously unaddressed problem of offshore whalers operating in bays, we identified a subset of vessels likely to be operating in bays and read available extant logbooks. This allowed us to estimate the total likely catch from bay-whaling by offshore whalers from the number of vessels seasons and whales killed per season: it ranged from 2,989 to 4,652 whales. The revised total estimate of 53,000 to 58,000 southern right whales killed is a considerable increase on the previous estimate of 26,000, partly because it applies fishery-specific estimates of struck and loss rates. Over 80% of kills were taken between 1830 and 1849, indicating a brief and intensive fishery that resulted in the commercial extinction of southern right whales in NZ and EA in just two decades. This conforms to the global trend of increasingly intense and destructive southern right whale fisheries over time. OPEN ACCESS LINK http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0093789 From jipperim.orca at gmail.com Tue Apr 1 20:10:42 2014 From: jipperim.orca at gmail.com (Imogen Webster) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 07:10:42 +0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Fwd: Bottlenose dolphins and fish farms in Mauritius In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: May-July 2014 (3 months) Mauritius Marine Conservation Society (MMCS) with the Ferme Marin de Mahebourg is *urgently* looking for a Masters student or suitably experienced volunteer to conduct a pilot study investigating the presence of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (*Tursiops aduncus*) around a fish farm by passive acoustic monitoring and boat based transects. Along with photo-identification and acoustics, you will collect data on the group size and structure, behaviour, area use and regularly record environmental variables. You and the team (1 or 2 others) will be responsible for ensuring data entry is organised and up-to-date, and equipment is well maintained. The successful applicant will need to be in Mauritius by early May and be available for 2-3 months. Essential Qualifications ? Educated to at least degree level in marine science/biology. ? Previous cetacean work including photo-identification experience and boat based surveys, behaviour recognition. ? Experience with handheld GPS and associated software ? Good computer skills (Excel, Word, GIS, photo editing, acoustic software) ? Diver, minimum 50+ dives or AOW Highly desired skills and experience: ? Previous cetacean acoustic experience ? Willingness to spend long hours on the sea in sometimes difficult conditions. ? Highly motivated and organised as there will be limited (though regular) onsite supervision and able to concentrate for several hours at a time. ? Good people skills - you will be living in close quarters with others. ? Ability to work in a team environment maintaining focus on work quality. ? Knowledge of turtle and seabird identification for the western Indian Ocean is a bonus. Please note that this is an *unpaid* position, however, it is a great opportunity to gain valuable field experience while exploring the unique Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. The successful applicant will contribute 200GBP per week to accommodation, diving equipment, fish farm safety and diver training and some running/admin costs. *Food is the applicants responsibility* (allow 40-60GBP/week). You will need to cover your own airfares and insurance (including diving). Airport transfers can be organized for an additional 65GBP (rtn). MMCS is a non-governmental organization existing for more than 30 years, working actively to promote awareness and appreciation of the rich marine life around Mauritius. For more information and to apply send your CV to: Nina and Imogen via email: info at mmcs-ngo.org with the Subject heading 'FMM study' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pfruet at gmail.com Wed Apr 2 21:49:45 2014 From: pfruet at gmail.com (Pedro Fruet) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 01:49:45 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] Fwd: New publication - Population genetics of coastal common bottlenose dolphins in Southwestern Atlantic In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, We are glad to announce a recent publication in Conservation Genetics: *"Remarkably low genetic diversity and strong population structure in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from coastal waters of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean". Conservation Genetics. *(DOI) *10.1007/s10592-014-0586-z.* Authors: Pedro F. Fruet; Eduardo R. Secchi; F?bio Daura-Jorge; Els Vermeulen; Paulo A. C. Flores; Paulo C?sar Sim?es-Lopes; Rodrigo C?zar Genoves; Paula Laporta; Juliana C. Di Tullio; Thales Renato O. Freitas; Luciano Dalla Rosa; Victor Hugo Valiati; Luciano B. Beheregaray; Luciana M. Moller ABSTRACT Knowledge about the ecology of bottlenose dolphins in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean is scarce. Increased by-catch rates over the last decade in coastal waters of southern Brazil have raised concerns about the decline in abundance of local dolphin communities. Lack of relevant data, including information on population structure and connectivity, have hampered an assessment of the conservation status of bottlenose dolphin communities in this region. Here we combined analyses of 16 microsatellite loci and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequences to investigate genetic diversity, structure and connectivity in 124 biopsy samples collected over six communities of photographically identified coastal bottlenose dolphins in southern Brazil, Uruguay and central Argentina. Levels of nuclear genetic diversity were remarkably low (mean values of allelic diversity and heterozygosity across all loci were 3.6 and 0.21, respectively), a result that possibly reflects the small size of local dolphin communities. On a broad geographical scale, strong and significant genetic differentiation was found between bottlenose dolphins from southern Brazil-Uruguay (SB-U) and Baia San Antonio (BSA), Argentina (AMOVA mtDNA ?ST = 0.43; nuclear FST = 0.46), with negligible contemporary gene flow detected based on Bayesian estimates. On a finer scale, moderate but significant differentiation (AMOVA mtDNA ?ST = 0.29; nuclear FST = 0.13) and asymmetric gene flow was detected between five neighbouring communities in SB-U. Based on the results we propose that BSA and SB-U represent two distinct Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs), and that communities from SB-U comprise five distinct Management Units (MUs). Under this scenario, conservation efforts should prioritize the areas in Southern Brazil where dolphins from three MUs overlap in their home ranges and where by-catch rates are reportedly higher. The article is fully accessible to all users at libraries and institutions that have purchased a SpringerLink license. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-014-0586-z or PDF of the article can be requested by sending an email to pfruet at gmail.com Cheers, Pedro ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pedro F. Fruet Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Museu Oceanogr?fico Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. email: pfruet at gmail.com www.botosdalagoa.com.br & Molecular Ecology Lab. Flinders University, SA http://molecularecology.flinders.edu.au e-mail: pedro.fruet at flinders.edu.au ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Stop at the main Liege train station: "Gare de Liege Guillemin" From Brussels South Charleroi airport (Ryan air), between the airport and Charleroi train station, there is private shuttle (taxi) and also public bus. I have contacted the public bus company and the line between the airport and the train station is a priority and should not be to much concerned by the strike. At the airport it is possible to buy (automate) combined ticket for the bus to the train station and for the train to Liege (Charleroi in the French speaking part of Belgium). Stop at the main Liege train station: "Gare de Liege Guillemin" The strike is only for Friday and will partial. Regards Thierry Thierry Jauniaux, DMV, PhD, ECS Conference 2014 Liege 5-9 April http://liege.europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/28th-annual-conference -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aapprill at whoi.edu Fri Apr 4 04:20:08 2014 From: aapprill at whoi.edu (Amy Apprill) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:20:08 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on the humpback whale skin microbiome Message-ID: <533E9568.5090707@whoi.edu> Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share our recent open-access publication on the humpback whale skin microbiome: Apprill A, Robbins J, Eren, AM, Pack AA, Reveillaud J, Mattila D, Moore M, Niemeyer M, Moore KMT, Mincer TJ. 2014. Humpback whale populations share a core skin bacterial community: towards a health index for marine mammals? PLOS ONE, e90785. open access: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090785 Abstract: Microbes are now well regarded for their important role in mammalian health. The microbiology of skin -- a unique interface between the host and environment - is a major research focus in human health and skin disorders, but is less explored in other mammals. Here, we report on a cross-population study of the skin-associated bacterial community of humpback whales (/Megaptera novaeangliae/), and examine the potential for a core bacterial community and its variability with host (endogenous) or geographic/environmental (exogenous) specific factors. Skin biopsies or freshly sloughed skin from 56 individuals were sampled from populations in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and South Pacific oceans and bacteria were characterized using 454 pyrosequencing of SSU rRNA genes. Phylogenetic and statistical analyses revealed the ubiquity and abundance of bacteria belonging to the /Flavobacteria/ genus /Tenacibaculum/ and the /Gammaproteobacteria/ genus /Psychrobacter/ across the whale populations. Scanning electron microscopy of skin indicated that microbial cells colonize the skin surface. Despite the ubiquity of /Tenacibaculum/ and /Psychrobater/ spp., the relative composition of the skin-bacterial community differed significantly by geographic area as well as metabolic state of the animals (feeding versus starving during migration and breeding), suggesting that both exogenous and endogenous factors may play a role in influencing the skin-bacteria. Further, characteristics of the skin bacterial community from these free-swimming individuals were assembled and compared to two entangled and three dead individuals, revealing a decrease in the central or core bacterial community members (/Tenacibaculum/ and /Psychrobater/ spp.), as well as the emergence of potential pathogens in the latter cases. This is the first discovery of a cross-population, shared skin bacterial community. This research suggests that the skin bacteria may be connected to humpback health and immunity and could possibly serve as a useful index for health and skin disorder monitoring of threatened and endangered marine mammals. Kind regards, Amy Amy Apprill Assistant Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole MA 02543 508-289-2649 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joan.gimenez at csic.es Thu Apr 3 09:29:15 2014 From: joan.gimenez at csic.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Joan_Gim=E9nez_Verdugo?=) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 18:29:15 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] =?iso-8859-7?q?New_paper=3A_=E415N_Value_Does_Not_Reflec?= =?iso-8859-7?q?t_Fasting_in_Mysticetes=2E?= Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the publication of the paper: Aguilar A, Gim?nez J, G?mez?Campos E, Cardona L, Borrell A (2014) ?15N Value Does Not Reflect Fasting in Mysticetes. PLoS ONE 9(3): e92288. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092288 Abstract: The finding that tissue ?15N values increase with protein catabolism has led researchers to apply this value to gauge nutritive condition in vertebrates. However, its application to marine mammals has in most occasions failed. We investigated the relationship between ?15N values and the fattening/fasting cycle in a model species, the fin whale, a migratory capital breeder that experiences severe seasonal variation in body condition. We analyzed two tissues providing complementary insights: one with isotopic turnover (muscle) and one that keeps a permanent record of variations in isotopic values (baleen plates). In both tissues ?15N values increased with intensive feeding but decreased with fasting, thus contradicting the pattern previously anticipated. The apparent inconsistency during fasting is explained by the fact that a) individuals migrate between different isotopic isoscapes, b) starvation may not trigger significant negative nitrogen balance, and c) excretion drops and elimination of 15N-depleted urine is minimized. Conversely, when intensive feeding is resumed in the northern grounds, protein anabolism and excretion start again, triggering 15N enrichment. It can be concluded that in whales and other mammals that accrue massive depots of lipids as energetic reserves and which have limited access to drinking water, the ?15N value is not affected by fasting and therefore cannot be used as an indicatior of nutritive condition. A PDF copy of the work can be downloaded from: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092288 Please do not hesitate to contact us for any question regarding our work. Best regards, Joan Gimenez -- *Joan Gim?nez Verdugo* PhD Student *Estaci?n Biol?gica de Do?ana (CSIC)* *Department of Conservation Biology* Avenida Americo Vespucio s/n 41092 Sevilla www.ebd.csic.es Mail: joan.gimenez at csic.es Phone: +34619176849 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alonso.mb at gmail.com Thu Apr 3 17:29:29 2014 From: alonso.mb at gmail.com (Mariana Alonso) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 17:29:29 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New Review about anthropogenic and naturally-produced brominated compounds in cetaceans Message-ID: Dear all, I am pleased to announce our new publication: Mariana B. Alonso, Alexandre Azevedo, Jo?o Paulo M. Torres, Paulo R. Dorneles, Ethel Eljarrat, Dami? Barcel?, Jos? Lailson-Brito Jr. and Olaf Malm (2014) *"**Anthropogenic (PBDE) and naturally-produced (MeO-PBDE) brominated **compounds in cetaceans **-- **A review"* *Science of the Total Environment 481: 619-634 * ABSTRACT: This paper reviews the available data on brominated flame retardants, the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), as well as on the naturally-produced methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (MeO-PBDEs) in cetacean tissues around the world. Levels and possible sources of both compound classes are discussed. Odontocete cetaceans accumulate higher PBDE concentrations than mysticete species. PBDE contamination was higher in cetaceans from the Northern hemisphere, whereas MeO-PBDE levels were higher in animals from the Southern hemisphere. Southern resident killer whales from NE Pacific presented the highest levels reported in biota, followed by bottlenose dolphins from North Atlantic (U.K. and U.S. coast). Many species presented PBDE concentrations above threshold levels for health effects in odontocetes. Time trend studies indicate that PBDE concentrations in odontocetes from Japan, China, U.S. and Canada coastal zones have increased significantly over the past 30 years. Studies from U.K. waters and NE Atlantic showed a decrease and/or stability of PBDE levels in cetacean tissues in recent decades. The highest MeO-PBDE concentrations were found in dolphins from Tanzania (Indian Ocean), bottlenose dolphins from Queensland, Australia (SW Pacific), and odontocetes from coastal and continental shelf waters off southeastern Brazil (SW Atlantic). The upwelling phenomenon and the presence of coral reef complexes in these tropical oceans may explain the large amounts of the naturally-produced organobromines. Considering that these bioaccumulative chemicals have properties that could cause many deleterious effects in those animals, future studies are required to evaluate the potential ecotoxicological risks. The full text and pdf is available from: *http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969714001843 * For any questions or pdf requests please email: *alonso.mb at gmail.com * Best wishes, Mariana *..............................................* *Mariana Batha Alonso, PhD * Postdoctoral Research Fellow Southern California Coastal Water Research Project 3535 Harbor Blvd. Suite 110 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 USA Phone: +1 714 624 9377 skype: mariana.batha.alonso Biophysics Institute (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aquatic Mammal and Bioindicator Lab (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From EMONTIE at uscb.edu Thu Apr 3 12:32:40 2014 From: EMONTIE at uscb.edu (MONTIE, ERIC) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 19:32:40 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Bioacoustics Internship at USCB - Summer 2014 Message-ID: <5D66402E81C1334592133F37E0D4BF702FD2D257@CAE145EMBP01.ds.sc.edu> Dear Colleagues, Please see the announcement below for an internship in marine bioacoustics during summer 2014. Sincerely, Dr. Eric Montie Eric W. Montie Assistant Professor of Biology Department of Natural Sciences University of South Carolina Beaufort One University Boulevard Bluffton, SC 29909 Office Phone: (843) 208-8107 Fax: (843) 208-8294 Email: emontie at uscb.edu Bioacoustics Internship Organization: Marine Sensory and Neurobiology Lab, Department of Natural Sciences, University of South Carolina Beaufort, Bluffton, South Carolina Salary: Unpaid Internship. Applicant is responsible for securing housing in the area. Position Information: Part or Full time (20-40 hrs per week); Monday through Friday; Flexible hours. Position is from June 1st-September 1st. Applicant must be available for 3 months; however position can be extended, and the start date is flexible. Location: This position is located at the University of South Carolina Beaufort at the Bluffton campus. Bluffton, SC is located only 20 minutes from Hilton Head Island, SC. The campus is 10 minutes from the May River and 15 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. About Our Lab: Our research lab strives to understand the sensory and neurobiology of marine organisms. Specifically, we are interested in brain architecture, hearing of fish and marine mammals, and acoustic communication of aquatic vertebrates. The more applied part of our research program focuses on studies that investigate how natural and man-made stressors impact the brain, hearing, and acoustic communication. These stressors include man-made chemicals, harmful algal blooms, noise pollution, and climate change. We use techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, auditory evoked potentials, and passive acoustics using long-term monitoring devices. This research involves work on biomedical models such as zebrafish, as well as wild marine organisms like spotted seatrout, red drum, and bottlenose dolphins. Duties Include: (1) Sound production studies with fish and bottlenose dolphins (mostly fish). (2) Maintenance of water quality sensors in the May River. (3) Zebrafish husbandry and breeding The internship will focus on analyzing and interpreting previously collected acoustic data using our DSG-Ocean Recorders. There will be some opportunities for field work, consisting primarily of equipment maintenance. Qualifications: Experience with Adobe Audition, Excel, and MATLAB preferred, but not required. The internship is designed for undergraduates who are interested in gaining experience in marine bioacoustics. Undergraduates should have at least one full academic year completed. Good organizational skills are a necessity. How to Apply: Please email a C.V. and two reference letters with contact information to Dr. Eric Montie (emontie at uscb.edu) and Alishia Zyer (zyer at uscb.edu). Both parties must be notified via email. If you have questions concerning the position, please email or phone (843) 208-8107. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andreas.fahlman at tamucc.edu Fri Apr 4 11:29:01 2014 From: andreas.fahlman at tamucc.edu (Andreas Fahlman) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:29:01 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: comparative analysis of marine mammal tracheas Message-ID: <533EF9ED.1020709@tamucc.edu> Dear All, We would like to draw attention to our recently published paper on the structural and functional properties of the conducting airways in marine mammals. If you would like a pdf copy of the paper, please send an e-mail to: Andreas Fahlman: andreas.fahlman at tamucc.edu or Colby Moore: colby_moore at baylor.edu CITATION Moore, C., Moore, M.J., Trumble, S., Niemeyer, M., Lentell, B., McLellan, W., Costidis, A., Fahlman, A., A Comparative Analysis of Marine Mammal Tracheas. Journal of Experimental Biology 217, 1154 (2014). ABSTRACT In 1940, Scholander suggested that stiffened upper airways remained open and received air from highly compressible alveoli during marine mammal diving. There are few data available on the structural and functional adaptations of the marine mammal respiratory system. The aim of this research was to investigate the anatomical (gross) and structural (compliance) characteristics of excised marine mammal tracheas. Here, we defined different types of tracheal structures, categorizing pinniped tracheas by varying degrees of continuity of cartilage (categories 1?4) and cetacean tracheas by varying compliance values (categories 5A and 5B). Some tracheas fell into more than one category along their length; for example, the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) demonstrated complete rings cranially, and as the trachea progressed caudally, tracheal rings changed morphology. Dolphins and porpoises had less stiff, more compliant spiraling rings while beaked whales had very stiff, less compliant spiraling rings. The pressure?volume (P?V) relationships of isolated tracheas from different species were measured to assess structural differences between species. These findings lend evidence for pressure-induced collapse and re-inflation of lungs, perhaps influencing variability in dive depth or ventilation rates of the species investigated. -- Andreas Fahlman Department of Life Sciences Texas A&M- Corpus Christi 6300 Ocean Dr Unit 5892 Corpus Christi, TX 78412 Ph. +1-361-825-3489 Fax +1-361-825-2025 mail: andreas.fahlman at tamucc.edu web: comparativephysiology.webs.com -- Andreas Fahlman Department of Life Sciences Texas A&M- Corpus Christi 6300 Ocean Dr Unit 5892 Corpus Christi, TX 78412 Ph. +1-361-825-3489 Fax +1-361-825-2025 mail: andreas.fahlman at tamucc.edu web: comparativephysiology.webs.com From brian.battaile at gmail.com Fri Apr 4 11:28:22 2014 From: brian.battaile at gmail.com (Brian Battaile) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 10:28:22 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] R package for dead reckoning and visualization Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, For those of you working with accelerometer and magnetometer data, I wanted to call your attention to a new R package called TrackReconstruction designed to perform dead reckoning on the data and visualize the results. The package includes a vignette with some additional information on dealing with large data sets using PERL prior to import into R, color mapping of the results with bathymetry data and finally how to make animated movies of the tracks. The package does not have functions to analyze behavior, a major focus of accelerometer research in our field. To that end, I'm keen to expand the utility of the package from other contributors who don't want to go through the hassle of creating their own R package, please contact me atbrian.battaile at gmail.com if you are interested. This R package is not the only package for this type of analysis. There is another R package called animalTrack that does essentially the same thing but with a slightly different implementation and some nice alternative features. In addition there is an add-in to IGOR Pro that does the deadreckoning and an additional add-in from Kentaro Sakamoto called Ethographer that does behavioral analysis, and of course Colin Ware's TrackPlot that is an amazing visualization tool. There may be others I'm not aware of. Cheers, Brian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From afrantzis at otenet.gr Sun Apr 6 07:13:13 2014 From: afrantzis at otenet.gr (Alexandros Frantzis) Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 17:13:13 +0300 Subject: [MARMAM] Photo and update on the recent atypical mass stranding of Cuvier's beaked whales in SE Crete In-Reply-To: <533B08CB.8030801@otenet.gr> References: <533B08CB.8030801@otenet.gr> Message-ID: <534160F9.3010102@otenet.gr> Dear all, Following the many tens of e-mails that we received, we would like to express our gratitude for your interest and support and answer some of your questions with an update, now that more data are available. The atypical mass stranding spanned 2 days (1st and 2nd April ) and involved five single stranding events involving 3, 2, 1, 1 and 1 individuals. According to the analysis conducted so far, a minimum of five (but analysis is on going) and a maximum of seven individuals were recorded (two single standing events concerned the same individual and the two individuals of another event cannot be identified). The distance between the western and eastern stranding locations for the strandings of the 1st April was 16.5 km in straight line. The single stranding of the 2nd of April occurred 4.1 km further west of the western stranding location of the 1st of April. /(While writing this message and according to preliminary information from the local port-police authorities, three more reports of three different stranding events became available. They occurred the 3rd or 4th, the 5th and 6th April and all involved single animals. The two first concerned live animals re-floated and the last one (today 6th April) a dead animal still being on the beach. All of them occurred at a distance of less than 1 km between each other and took place in a location about 48 km west of the stranding event of the 2nd of April. These news are very important and indicate that the impact of the exercise may concern a very large sea area./)* * Two of the stranded whales died (all others were re-floated and not seen so far) and necropsies were performed on both of them (the whale that was disposed according to our first message was recovered). The necropsies were conducted under the guidance of Dr. Anastasia Komnenou, Veterinary School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Please address any questions regarding the necropsies and the histopathological findings directly to her. At least one of the photos of the stranding event is amazing and can greatly contribute to the conservation of beaked whales. Therefore, we thought that sharing it with the entire cetological community can help our common goal to protect the beaked whales from navy sonar and anthropogenic sound in general. Please feel free to upload and distribute the photo as attached to raise public awareness or for educational purposes (you have no right of use for commercial purposes). All best, Alexandros -- ___________________________________________ Dr. Alexandros Frantzis Scientific director Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute Terpsichoris 21 16671 Vouliagmeni, GREECE Tel.: +30-210-8960108 e-mail:afrantzis at otenet.gr website:http://www.pelagosinstitute.gr ___________________________________________ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This compares to an average of less than four stranded humpback whales in each year in the period between 1989 and 2008. The recorded number of humpback whales on beaches in the year preceding this peak (2008, n = 13) and the two years following the peak (2010, n = 16; 2011, n = 17) were also above the long term average. In 2012 (n = 7), the numbers of stranded whales was closer to the longer term average. The majority of stranded individuals were either calves (44%) or juveniles/sub-adults (49%), with only 7% classified as adults. Most whales appeared emaciated. There were insufficient data to determine cause of death. Three possible hypotheses to explain this spike in mortality are proposed: (1) the increase in mortality of BSD was an artefact of increased detection and reporting; (2) the increase was temporary and transitory; and (3) the spike in mortality represents the start of an increasing trend in mortality as the population approaches carrying capacity. We suggest that hypothesis two is the most plausible but on-going monitoring will be required to test this. KEYWORDS: HUMPBACK WHALE; MONITORING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRANDING; TRENDS Please cite as: Coughran, D.K., Gales, N.J. and Smith, H.C. (2013) A note on the spike in recorded mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Western Australia, Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 13(2): 105-108 Thanks in advance, Holly Raudino, PhD Research Scientist Marine Science Program Dept of Parks and Wildlife * holly.raudino at dpaw.wa.gov.au * 9219 9754 [cid:image002.png at 01CF524D.CACB8A50] Science and Conservation Division -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Summer classes (2014) Aquatic Wildlife Health Issues is an online course (3 credits) designed to introduce students (upper level undergraduate and graduate) and professionals (with an AA or higher degree) to the natural history, anatomy, physiology, behavior and common health issues of aquatic species: whales and dolphins, seals and sea lions, manatees, sea turtles, crocodilians, fish and invertebrates. More information can be found here: (http://aquatic.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/courses/distance-learning-courses/aquatic-wildlife-health-issues/) Manatee Health and Conservation is an online course (3 credits) that will provide students (upper level undergraduate and graduate) and professionals (with an AA or higher degree) with a detailed overview of manatee natural history, health assessment, and research findings as well as explore conservation issues. More information can be found here: (http://aquatic.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/courses/distance-learning-courses/manatee-health-and-conservation/) Fall classes (2014) Aquatic Animal Conservation Issues is an online course (3 credits) designed to introduce students (upper level undergraduate and graduate) and professionals (with an AA or higher degree) to the controversial issues surrounding aquatic animal species ranging from invertebrates to marine mammals, with an emphasis on marine mammals, but also including sea turtles, fisheries, and marine ecosystems. More information can be found here: (http://aquatic.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/courses/distance-learning-courses/aquatic-animal-conservation-issues/) For questions about the class or enrollment, contact Jeffrey Hendel (hendelj at ufl.edu). If you are interested in taking one of the classes, registration is now open for Summer and Fall terms (2014). Sincerely, Dr Iske Larkin [Description: AAH logo blue E-Mail Sig] Iske V. 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On the first day (classroom based) we will be introducing participants to more advanced aspects of PAMGUARD e.g. setting up your own settings files, using more complex hydrophone arrays and integrating with hardware.The second day will be spent at sea on Silurian, a research vessel used in some of the most cutting edge PAM research in the UK. On board you will learn how to use a modern PAM setup, deal with common problems and hopefully detect some real porpoises and/or dolphins. Getting to Mull is not as hard as it might seem. Take the train to Glasgow and then Oban and grab a ferry. You can then take a bus to Tobermory. There are still spaces available and you can book here . Please get in touch if you'd like any more information about these, or the other courses that we run, or have a look at our website (pamtech.eu) Cheers The PAMTech Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From mjasny at nrdc.org Mon Apr 7 08:37:10 2014 From: mjasny at nrdc.org (Jasny, Michael) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 15:37:10 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] shipping noise guidelines adopted by IMO Message-ID: <38974EE26996FC418D7995963A5DBD82B055EE43@SFMAIL5A.nrdc.org> Some good news from London. On Thursday, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted guidelines to reduce underwater noise from commercial ships. The new guidelines: - recognize that shipping noise can have short-term and long-term impacts on marine life; - call for measurement of shipping noise according to objective ISO standards, which are themselves on the verge of adoption; - identify computational models for determining effective quieting measures; - provide guidance for designing quieter ships and for reducing noise from existing ships, especially from propeller cavitation; and - advise owners and operators on how to minimize noise through ship operations and maintenance, such as by polishing ship propellers to remove fouling and surface roughness. While these (as yet) are voluntary guidelines, not mandatory code, they put the IMO's imprimatur on noise reduction. Thanks go to the U.S. government, which put the issue on IMO's agenda and shepherded it through the IMO's byzantine processes, and to Germany, Australia, Spain, the UK, and other governments that supported and helped develop the guidelines. Thanks also to the coalition of progressive trade groups, research and academic scientists, and NGOs who partnered with member states to get this done. The more difficult work - implementation - lies ahead, but the guidelines are a milestone in the advancement of this issue. Please contact me if you'd like an unofficial copy of the guidelines, or if you have questions or suggestions for the next phase of work. Cheers, Michael Michael Jasny | Director, Marine Mammal Protection Natural Resources Defense Council| www.NRDC.org 4479 W. 5th Avenue | Vancouver, BC V6R1S4 o: 604.736.9386 | c: 310.560.5536 | e: mjasny at nrdc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From forums at marinemammalcare.org Mon Apr 7 11:50:35 2014 From: forums at marinemammalcare.org (forums at marinemammalcare.org) Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:50:35 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Seeking Development Manager, Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur Message-ID: <20140407185035.84qw3v59w8gwgw8c@hostingmail.earthlink.net> The Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur (MMCC/FM), a hospital for sick and injured seals and sea lions, is seeking a Marketing and Development manager with a strong background in fundraising, outreach and non-profit management. A degree in marketing or business management is required, as well as four years experience working in non-profit fundraising. The ideal candidate will be adept at working with and balancing the needs of several affiliated organizations. Applicants should be able to demonstrate knowledge of tax and nonprofit requirements, have the ability to maintain copious donation records and possess a track record of moving smaller organizations toward large-scale capital growth. This position may require travel throughout the Southern California area for networking and outreach duties. Individuals local to the San Pedro/Southern California area (or willing to relocate) are preferred. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and participate in E-Verify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status. Please send cover letter and Cv to: Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur 3601 South Gaffey Street, #8 San Pedro, CA 90731 Attn: David Bard ? Or email materials to: applications at marinemammalcare.org ? From AL.Craig at napier.ac.uk Tue Apr 8 09:24:50 2014 From: AL.Craig at napier.ac.uk (Craig, Alison) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:24:50 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on humpback whales Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following article: Craig, A. S., Herman, L. M., Pack, A. A. & Waterman, J. O. (2014). Habitat segregation by female humpback whales in Hawaiian waters: avoidance of males? Behaviour, 151: 613-631. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/1568539x-00003151 Summary Humpback whales congregate annually in low-latitude winter breeding and calving grounds. While on these grounds, females with a dependent calf ('maternal females') are sometimes closely attended by one or more male escorts. Using data collected from a shore-based observation platform in the Hawaiian Islands, we tested the hypothesis that the spatial distribution of maternal females is driven primarily by avoidance of males. As predicted, we found that (1) pods containing a calf occurred in significantly shallower water than pods that did not contain a calf, (2) unescorted maternal females occurred in significantly shallower water than escorted maternal females, (3) the number of males escorting a female decreased significantly with decreasing water depth, and (4) the swimming speed of maternal females increased as a function of male presence, with escorted females travelling significantly more rapidly than unescorted females and a significant positive correlation between swimming speed and number of escorts. We suggest that maternal females incur increased energetic costs when escorted by males and consequently position themselves in shallow waters to reduce the likelihood of unwanted male attention. If you are interested but can't access this paper online, please email me (al.craig at napier.ac.uk) for a pdf reprint. 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URL: From ryaboff at ukr.net Wed Apr 9 02:12:11 2014 From: ryaboff at ukr.net (Vyacheslav Ryabov) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 13:12:11 +0400 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication Message-ID: <1155047929.20140409131211@ukr.net> Dear collegues, I would like to draw attention to my recently published paper: V. A. Ryabov, "Acoustic Signals and Echolocation System of the Dolphin" If you would like a pdf copy of the paper, please send an e-mail to: ryaboff at ukr.net Abstract. Two-channel recording of acoustic signals from two quasi-stationary dolphins has previously suggested that the dolphin echolocation system is more complex than discussed earlier, and includes at least four sonars. In the present work, two-channel recording of signals, analysis and interpretation of their functions were continued in terms of physical acoustics, signal theory and echolocation. The results indicate that the echolocation system of dolphins involves four organs to produce probing signals of five different types, which implies different mechanisms of their processing by the dolphin hearing; its operation corresponds to as many as six varieties of sonar systems. The results are of importance for studying the echolocation system of Odontoceti and for improving sonars and radars. Keywords: dolphin, sonar, echo, signal, beam pattern, burst pulse, radar DOI: 10.1134/S0006350914010199 ISSN 0006-3509, Biophysics, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 135?147. ? Pleiades Publishing, Inc., 2014. Original Russian Text ? V.A. Ryabov, 2014, published in Biofizika, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 169?184. -- Best regards, Dr. Vyacheslav A. Ryabov Karadag Natural Reserve Kurortnoe, Feodosia, 98188, Crimea -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From afrantzis at otenet.gr Mon Apr 7 08:19:24 2014 From: afrantzis at otenet.gr (Alexandros Frantzis) Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:19:24 +0300 Subject: [MARMAM] Photo of the recent atypical mass stranding of Cuvier's beaked whales in SE Crete In-Reply-To: <534160F9.3010102@otenet.gr> References: <533B08CB.8030801@otenet.gr> <534160F9.3010102@otenet.gr> Message-ID: <5342C1FC.2010506@otenet.gr> Dear Marmamers, Apparently attachments cannot pass through the Marmam list and we are receiving many requests for the photo that we tried to send to all of you. Those interested to have and distribute the photo in social media or elsewhere can download it from Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara's Marine Conservation Blog and Website at the following link: http://www.disciara.net/?p=1010 Apologies for any inconvenience All best, Alexandros On 4/6/2014 5:13 PM, Alexandros Frantzis wrote: > Dear all, > > Following the many tens of e-mails that we received, we would like to > express our gratitude for your interest and support and answer some of > your questions with an update, now that more data are available. > > The atypical mass stranding spanned 2 days (1st and 2nd April ) and > involved five single stranding events involving 3, 2, 1, 1 and 1 > individuals. According to the analysis conducted so far, a minimum of > five (but analysis is on going) and a maximum of seven individuals > were recorded (two single standing events concerned the same > individual and the two individuals of another event cannot be identified). > > The distance between the western and eastern stranding locations for > the strandings of the 1st April was 16.5 km in straight line. The > single stranding of the 2nd of April occurred 4.1 km further west of > the western stranding location of the 1st of April. > > /(While writing this message and according to preliminary information > from the local port-police authorities, three more reports of three > different stranding events became available. They occurred the 3rd or > 4th, the 5th and 6th April and all involved single animals. The two > first concerned live animals re-floated and the last one (today 6th > April) a dead animal still being on the beach. All of them occurred at > a distance of less than 1 km between each other and took place in a > location about 48 km west of the stranding event of the 2nd of April. > These news are very important and indicate that the impact of the > exercise may concern a very large sea area./)* > * > Two of the stranded whales died (all others were re-floated and not > seen so far) and necropsies were performed on both of them (the whale > that was disposed according to our first message was recovered). The > necropsies were conducted under the guidance of Dr. Anastasia > Komnenou, Veterinary School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. > Please address any questions regarding the necropsies and the > histopathological findings directly to her. > > At least one of the photos of the stranding event is amazing and can > greatly contribute to the conservation of beaked whales. Therefore, we > thought that sharing it with the entire cetological community can help > our common goal to protect the beaked whales from navy sonar and > anthropogenic sound in general. Please feel free to upload and > distribute the photo as attached to raise public awareness or for > educational purposes (you have no right of use for commercial purposes). > > All best, > Alexandros > -- > ___________________________________________ > > Dr. Alexandros Frantzis > Scientific director > Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute > Terpsichoris 21 > 16671 Vouliagmeni, > GREECE > Tel.: +30-210-8960108 > e-mail:afrantzis at otenet.gr > website:http://www.pelagosinstitute.gr > ___________________________________________ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From filalves at rocketmail.com Thu Apr 10 06:53:46 2014 From: filalves at rocketmail.com (Filipe Alves) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 06:53:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [MARMAM] PhD thesis available about population ecology of short-finned pilot whales Message-ID: <1397138026.46360.YahooMailNeo@web122404.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Dear colleagues, For those interested in the population ecology of short-finned pilot whales, the following PhD thesis is now available for download at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Filipe_Alves/publications/ Alves, F. 2013. Population structure, habitat use and conservation of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in the archipelago of Madeira. PhD thesis, University ofMadeira, Portugal. 186 pp. Regards, Filipe Alves -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From S.Allen at murdoch.edu.au Wed Apr 9 23:46:56 2014 From: S.Allen at murdoch.edu.au (Simon Allen) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 06:46:56 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Publication on dolphin bycatch from North-Western Australia Message-ID: G'day MARMAM folks, We're pleased to announce the online publication of the following research article in PLoS ONE last week: Allen SJ, Tyne JA, Kobryn HT, Bejder L, Pollock KH and Loneragan, NR (2014). Patterns of Dolphin Bycatch in a North-Western Australian Trawl Fishery. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93178. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093178 Abstract The bycatch of small cetaceans in commercial fisheries is a global wildlife management problem. We used data from skippers? logbooks and independent observers to assess common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) bycatch patterns between 2003 and 2009 in the Pilbara Trawl Fishery, Western Australia. Both datasets indicated that dolphins were caught in all fishery areas, across all depths and throughout the year. Over the entire datasets, observer reported bycatch rates (n = 52 dolphins in 4,124 trawls, or 12.6 dolphins/1,000 trawls) were ca. double those reported by skippers (n = 180 dolphins in 27,904 trawls, or 6.5 dolphins/1,000 trawls). Generalised Linear Models based on observer data, which better explained the variation in dolphin bycatch, indicated that the most significant predictors of dolphin catch were: (1) vessel - one trawl vessel caught significantly more dolphins than three others assessed; (2) time of day ? the lowest dolphin bycatch rates were between 00:00 and 05:59; and (3) whether nets included bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) - the rate was reduced by ca. 45%, from 18.8 to 10.3 dolphins/1,000 trawls, after their introduction. These results indicated that differences among vessels (or skippers? trawling techniques) and dolphin behavior (a diurnal pattern) influenced the rates of dolphin capture; and that spatial or seasonal adjustments to trawling effort would be unlikely to significantly reduce dolphin bycatch. Recent skipper?s logbook data show that dolphin bycatch rates have not declined since those reported in 2006, when BRDs were introduced across the fishery. Modified BRDs, with top-opening escape hatches from which dolphins might escape to the surface, may be a more effective means of further reducing dolphin bycatch. The vulnerability of this dolphin population to trawling-related mortality cannot be assessed in the absence of an ongoing observer program and without information on trawler-associated dolphin community size, broader dolphin population size and connectivity with adjacent populations. If interested, you can download the PDF at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0093178 Kind regards, Simon Simon Allen Research Associate and PhD candidate Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit School of Veterinary and Life Sciences Murdoch University WA 6150 Australia ph: +61(8) 9360 2823 mob: +61(0) 416 083 653 email: S.Allen at murdoch.edu.au web: http://mucru.org/group-members/simon-allen/ "The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow" (Jim Hightower) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arion at arion.org.gr Tue Apr 8 22:28:21 2014 From: arion at arion.org.gr (ARION) Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 08:28:21 +0300 Subject: [MARMAM] =?utf-8?q?Second_autopsy_and_update_for_the_mass_strandi?= =?utf-8?q?ng_of_Cuvier=E2=80=99s_beaked_whales_in_SE_Crete=2C_Greece=2E?= =?utf-8?b?4oCP?= Message-ID: <29461fb436e0544b1bc8d5c9ef9fb4f3@arion.org.gr> (sorry for cross-posting) Dear colleagues, There is a tragedy with the mass strandings of Cuvier's beaked whales which occur in SE Crete, since the 1st of April.The female Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris sp.) which was stranded dead on 3/4/2014 at Kastri, Heraklion Crete, Greece, was also pregnant! While necropsy started by the district veterinarian and under Dr. Anastasia?s Komnenou guidance, a fetus of a female Cuvier's beaked whale, of ~1,20 m in length, was revealed in front the socking eyes of the Veterinarian. It was a tragic moment. Therefore, there was not one but two deaths which are recorded for this incident. (please see the pictures at www.facebook.com/ARION.org). During the last week, there is a lot of harm towards the Cuvier's beaked whales in Southern Crete with already four dead animals. In Greece, Ziphius cavirostris? population, behaviour, feeding areas, reproduction and lifespan are not completely studied. This is a parameter that we stress the authorities for their immediate protection and conservation for these animals, Dr Aimilia Drougas, ARION?s scientific coordinator, commended. The mother was still in gestation and did not make delivering her baby. This is a serious collateral loss and relevant authorities should implement immediate protection measures for the Cuvier?s beaked whales? population. From relevant literature, Cuvier's Beaked Whale calves are usually, born at about 2.70 m in length (Heyning 2002; Mead 1984) and their physical maturity is reached at between 5.9 m and 6.13 m (Ross 2006). Also, their mating and calving season is reported to be all year round, as no seasonal pattern is evident. Dr. Aimilia Drougas said that the calving areas are not known for Greek waters as well as, the gestation period and calving interval for Cuvier's Beaked Whales are unknown, but in other beaked whales species the interval is expected to be one calf every few years, leading to a slow reproductive capacity. ARION will evaluate all the findings after receiving the results from the histopathological and other analysis of the tissue and internal organ samples, which have been gathered from the 3 necropsies. The analysis is accomplished at the Veterinary Medicine of AUTH laboratories. For further details, on the laboratory results please contact Dr. Anastasia Komnenou at natakomn at vet.auth.gr, The tri-lateral war drill exercises of Greece, Israel and NATO?s navy using sonars are expected to finish on the 10th of April, according to the Hellenic Navy?s formal announcement. Although, the covered area has been moved 100 km southern of Crete, after the alert given by the focal point of ACCOBAMS in Greeece, atypical strandings are still reported in this area. It is known that Ziphiidae ear drums are affected from the low frequency sonars by air empolism. Given the seriousness of the situation and because have historically been other similar mass strandings of Cuvier?s beaked whales on coasts of western and southern Greece, the incident is being monitored by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Marine Research Centre, the Institute of Cetacean Research Pelagos and the Cetacean Rescue and Rehabilitation Research Center - ARION. Local authorities and local residents and ARION?s volunteers of Southern Crete, have been alerted to stand by and immediately notify the port authorities and the above organizations, in case other marine mammals strand on the coast of the broader region. For your information, we attach two pictures taken from the stranded dead mother and her fetus Cuvier's beaked whales who stranded dead at Kastri, Heraklion, SE Crete on 3/4/2014. You may find additional pictures at our social network, for the stranded animals. 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Opportunities to view endangered species such as the Antillean manatee and hawksbill sea turtle, in addition to the rich biodiversity of coral reef ecosystems. Field dates: May 11-18. Registration and down-payment due by April 11. For further information visit the UAS schedule: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/schedule/index.html or contact Professor Heidi Pearson: hcpearson at uas.alaska.edu --------------------------------------------- Heidi Pearson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Marine Biology University of Alaska Southeast 11120 Glacier Highway, AND1 Juneau, AK 99801 907-796-6271 hcpearson at uas.alaska.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From malcolm.mccallum.tamut at gmail.com Wed Apr 9 15:40:37 2014 From: malcolm.mccallum.tamut at gmail.com (Malcolm McCallum) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 17:40:37 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] survey: non-academic job search experiences Message-ID: Several people said they would be interested, so I am posting a follow up survey to the academic job search one I earlier posted. This is asking about your experience applying for non-academic jobs this past year. This is non-academic jobs only, so when you tally, leave out the academic jobs!!! Also, it is filled out in a textbox format so that you can clarify or add comments you feel are important relative to interpreting your data. :) Here is the link! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R876RR8 -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Environmental Studies University of Illinois at Springfield Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology ?Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.? -President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 into law. "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. From sean at wildlensinc.org Thu Apr 10 14:40:53 2014 From: sean at wildlensinc.org (Sean Bogle) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:40:53 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Mammal Volunteer Videographer Opportunity Message-ID: <13E0B08E-A156-44D9-96D2-6344532A50D0@wildlensinc.org> Dear Colleagues, We are please to announce a volunteer opportunity as a marine mammal videographer for our Eyes on Conservation documentary series. Please see the posting below. Sincerely, Sean Bogle Project Director Wild Lens, Inc. Email: sean at wildlensinc.org (preferred) Phone: 435-790-9593 Job Title: Marine Mammal Volunteer Videographers Opportunity Agency: Wild Lens Inc. Website: http://www.wildlensinc.org Job Description: Wild Lens is a non-profit dedicated to bringing biologists and filmmakers together to better communicate to the public the various risks to habitats and wildlife species, particularly to understudied populations. Wild Lens is looking for dedicated volunteer videographers willing to document their experiences at various field jobs throughout the globe for our Eyes on Conservation (EOC) documentary series. Primary duties will include documenting key study components and objectives through film, interviewing primary investigators when possible, obtaining signed release forms from individuals for Wild Lens, sending footage to Wild Lens upon conclusion of the field season, working with film producers during post-production, and possibly shooting additional footage when needed after the field job is complete. Volunteer videographers must be willing to take the time necessary to obtain footage that will ultimately be used to compose and edit a short EOC video . The EOC video will be used as an educational instrument for organizations conducting wildlife research and to further communicate the mission of wildlife efforts in conservation. Past projects include working with The Marine Mammal Center to highlight seal and sea lion rehabilitation and Ungulate conservation in Tanzania. To see an examples of previous Eyes on Conservation videos, visit this link: http://www.wildlensinc.org/eyes-on-conservation.html. Please e-mail a cover letter and resume with 2-3 references in a PDF file to sean at wildlensinc.org, at least 1-2 months prior to the start of your respective field seasons. Let us know in your cover letter what job you have been hired for, what your duties will be, and the objectives of the study. Please place the job title in the subject heading. Positions will be filled as suitable applicants are found. Job Posting: http://www.wildlensinc.org/projects/Videographer.html Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: 1. Experience in film and/or photography; 2. Must already be hired to a field job separate from this film project; 3. Possession of a quality camera and tripod that is capable of shooting HD video (is preferred); 4. Ability to communicate with people on camera in a coherent way. 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Any suggestion would be appreciated Thank you in advance. Your Dr. Oz Goffman Photo credit: Ori ferro - Israel Nature and Parks Authority - Nitzanim Region Ranger Oz Goffman,PhD Head dolphin project of Haifa University -IMMRAC The Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies Cell Phone: 972 50 6241663 Home Tel 972 4 8730768 http://immrac.org http://immrac.haifa.ac.il Fax: 972 4 8240493 Home address: 57 Hakongres St. Kiryat Haim, 26222 Israel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ???? ?????? 9 ????? 2014 ????? ???? ???.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 124030 bytes Desc: not available URL: From EvanaVulinovich at adcorp.co.nz Thu Apr 10 21:24:15 2014 From: EvanaVulinovich at adcorp.co.nz (Evana Vulinovich (Adcorp NZ)) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:24:15 +1200 Subject: [MARMAM] Job opportunity in Wellington, New Zealand! Message-ID: <00FE4C2E7D6D9342835464C2E31F3A2E07408227B0@wtgex01.adcorpnz.local> Cetacean Ecologist * Based in Wellington, New Zealand * Permanent, full-time NIWA is New Zealand's leading environmental science research institute and the key provider of atmospheric, freshwater and marine research and consultancy services. We wish to appoint a talented and enthusiastic marine mammal researcher with demonstrated quantitative skills to initially lead a cetacean habitat use modelling project based upon existing sightings data. This project is funded by a combination of internal and external funds and will require establishing strong working relationships with external stakeholders. You will also work closely with a team undertaking research on the population demographics, foraging ecology, migrations and distribution of a variety of marine megafauna, to develop and lead new research projects with a particular focus on the relationships of cetaceans with their environment and human activities. In addition, you will undertake consultancy work for government agencies and commercial entities, develop new research opportunities and prepare funding proposals. Regular and timely publication of high quality scientific reports and papers is expected. You will be equipped with a PhD in marine ecology or biology and at least two years post-graduate experience in quantitative marine mammal ecology. You will have a demonstrated knowledge and understanding of analysis of sightings, locations and distribution data, habitat use modelling, marine mammal ecology and environmental drivers of and threats to threatened cetacean populations. Also, experience in designing and carrying out field campaigns in remote locations. Your ability to communicate complex matters to both technical and general audiences, will ideally be backed by a strong publication record and history of oral presentations and scientific reporting. We provide an excellent work environment, offer competitive remuneration and benefits and an attractive waterfront location at Greta Point. A job description, online applications and further information about NIWA can be found at https://careers.sciencenewzealand.org/niwa/niwa-jobs Applications close on Friday, 2 May 2014. -- The information in this email including any attachments is intended solely for the named recipient. It may contain privileged and/or confidential information.If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose, copy, distribute, take any action or rely upon it. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. 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This behaviour consists of the animal standing for a period of time (varying from a few seconds to several minutes) in a vertical position with the head underwater (~ 1/3 of the body length) and the tail out of the water (~ 2/3 of the body length). With very few exceptions there is almost no information available in the literature on this behaviour other than the reporting of its existence. Various hypotheses have been suggested to try to explain the behaviour, including reaction to distress (either natural or human related), communication, resting, thermoregulation, etc. but no specific study has been carried out. We are currently collecting information about the presence/absence and frequency of the head-standing behaviour in Risso's dolphins in different areas of the world and would like to gather as much information as possible from far and wide. On behalf of my co-authors and myself, I hereby wish to ask the MARMAM community to contribute to this research by completing a simple questionnaire which we have prepared. The only requirement to contribute is that Risso's dolphins are encountered (with ANY frequency) during your activity at sea (e.g. whale-watching, land survey, etc.). The presence of the head-standing behaviour is NOT a requirement -- to the contrary, we are very interested to find out whether only certain populations display the behaviour. As we cannot attach the questionnaire to this MARMAM email, if you are interested in participating please do not hesitate to contact us (Marina Costa: marinza.costa at gmail.com , Elisa Remonato: e.remonato at gmail.com )and request the questionnaire along with which we will also provide the terms of the collaboration. Many thanks in advance for your help and interest! We will keep the MARMAM community posted about any news and development of this project. My dearest wishes Marina Costa -- Marina Costa PhD Student Sea Mammal Research Unit Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews St Andrews KY16 8LB Scotland mc76 at st-andrews.ac.uk marinza.costa at gmail.com Skype: costa_marina -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From al_baylis at yahoo.com.au Fri Apr 11 02:38:25 2014 From: al_baylis at yahoo.com.au (Alastair Baylis) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 02:38:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [MARMAM] Zuur stats workshops in Australia In-Reply-To: <1397202340.83898.YahooMailNeo@web140904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1397199554.29032.YahooMailNeo@web140904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1397202340.83898.YahooMailNeo@web140904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1397209105.8697.YahooMailNeo@web140902.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues, We are trying to organise a stats workshop in Melbourne, Australia forAugust 2014. The workshop/s (depending on demand) will berun by Alain Zuur, a leading ecological modeller (http://www.highstat.com). At this stage, the workshop will either be on mixed models or zero inflated models. The cost of one workshop (5 days) is AU$1,000 per person. This does not cover accommodation or food. Unfortunately we cannot offer any travel grants to students or a reduced price. The maximum number of participants is 30 per workshop. Please refer to the following links for an overview of potential workshops and the pre-required knowledge: http://www.highstat.com/Courses/Flyer2014_08Australia1.pdf http://www.highstat.com/Courses/Flyer2014_08Australia2.pdf http://www.highstat.com/Courses/Flyer2014_08Australia3.pdf http://www.highstat.com/Courses/Flyer2014_08Australia4.pdf ? If you are interested in attending a workshop in Melbourne, please e-mail us and state your workshop preference (flyer 1 to 4). 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Volunteers, in effect, become marine mammal scientists for the duration of the survey; living and working aboard Silurian, assisting with day-to-day running, as well as working together as a team to carry out visual and acoustic surveys. To find out more about the research onboard please click here . Volunteers will assist fully in the collection of data, with mega-fauna and sea bird identification training provided. Acoustic and visual methods are combined to produce comprehensive data sets. During encounters photographs are taken of dorsal fins to try and identify the individual, gaining a better understanding of species movements and interactions with each other. The data collected, and subsequent information produced is essential when monitoring the distribution, relative abundance and habitat preference of cetacean species in the Hebrides. Only with coherent data can effective conservation and management strategies be designed to enable long-term protection of the amazing species found in our waters. As a volunteer onboard Silurian, you will have the opportunity to see first hand the amazing variety of marine wildlife the UK has to offer including whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sharks and seabirds. You will explore some of the remotest, wildest parts of the British Isles, anchoring each night in a different secluded bay off one of the many Hebridean islands, venturing ashore to explore. The opportunity to gain sailing experience is also available, although no certificates are issued. Rendezvous location is either in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, where HWDT is based or in Kyle of Lochalsh. More information on specific surveys will be provided on request. There is a monetary value attached to participating, costs vary between ?900 - ?1,300 - this includes accommodation (aboard) and food throughout the duration. The income generated allows HWDT to continue this well established research programme, you can be assured that without your contribution the research couldn't be undertaken. 2014 Available Survey Dates: * 17th - 28th May - Spaces Available * 24th June - 5th July- Start at Kyle of Lochalsh- Almost Full * 8th July - 19th July - Spaces Available * 1st - 12th September - Spaces Available * 22nd - 30th September - Spaces Available * 8th- 16th October- Joint Warrior Survey ( Joint Warrior military exercise off western Scotland) - Spaces Available For more information on the joint warrior survey, please see: http://www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk/stand_alone.asp?page=militarysurvey.asp For further information about our surveys please go online to: http://www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk/get-involved-join-us-onboard.asp For Further information about HWDT please go online to: www.hwdt.org Or contact HWDT?s volunteer coordinator Mark Whitaker: Email: volunteercoordinator at hwdt.org Telephone: 01688 302620 Thank you, and hope to see you onboard this season! 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If you would like to submit a letter to voice your opposition to this activity, we would be happy to provide you with some more information and contact details of appropriate authorities. Best wishes, Conor Ryan (Marine Conservation Research, United Kingdom) Pedro Lopez Su?rez (Bios, Sal Rei, Cape Verde) Cornelis Hazevoet (Instituto de Investiga??o Cient?fica Tropical, Lisboa, Portugal) Frederick Wenzel (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, USA) Beatrice Jann (Swiss Whale Society, Switzerland) Simon Berrow (Irish Whale and Dolphin Group / Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dorian.houser at nmmpfoundation.org Mon Apr 14 09:55:25 2014 From: dorian.houser at nmmpfoundation.org (Dorian Houser) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:55:25 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Release of updated Marine Mammal Movement and Behavior (3MB) simulation software Message-ID: The National Marine Mammal Foundation is happy to make available the most recent release of the Marine Mammal Movement and Behavior (3MB) software package. The 3MB software is a component of the Effects of Sound on the Marine Environment (ESME) software package but is also available as a stand-alone package. This announcement is for the stand-alone package of 3MB. The 3MB software allows the creation of simulated aquatic species, or animats. Each animat consists of a series of behavioral states with probabilities of transition between states that can be modified according to abiotic factors (e.g. time of day, bathymetry). Each behavioral state contains controls for dictating the various components of an animat's dive behavior, including depth, ascent and descent speed, horizontal rate of travel, surface time, etc. Animat movements may also be constrained by bathymetric features and animats can be made responsive to simulated sound exposures. Furthermore, animats may function as individuals or be constrained to "pod" behavior. The 3MB software permits the exploration of species dive behavior and provides an approach to estimating acoustic impacts to marine mammals when integrated with a suitable sound propagation model. Simple sound sources are made available in 3MB and a suite of "aversive" behaviors that are triggered above a threshold response can be programmed by the user. This permits the exploration of possible response scenarios to sound exposure, including the potential for beaching. The 3MB software package may be obtained from the Ocean Acoustics Library site, which is hosted by Heat, Light and Sound, Inc. ( http://oalib.hlsresearch.com/). The package contains the following: Marine Mammal Movement and Behavior (3MB) executable Species Builder executable Bathymetry files (Bahamas, Mid-Atlantic Bight, Southern California Bight) Sound Source files (one mobile and one stationary sound source) Species files User Manual MatLab scripts (for processing 3MB output files) The 3MB software is free to the public. Its development was made possible by support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Marine Mammals and Biology (MMB) program. If you find bugs or errors in the software, please report them to matt.cross at nmmf.org. Recommendations for feature enhancements should be sent to dorian.houser at nmmf.org. Sincerely, Dorian S. Houser, Ph.D. Director of Conservation and Biological Research National Marine Mammal Foundation -- Dorian S. 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Incidental captures in fishing gillnets is possibly the greatest conservation concern for this species, and occurs within most of its geographical distribution. The aim of this paper is to determine the biological parameters of franciscana dolphin by-caught from artisanal coastal fisheries of the southern Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Between 2003 and 2009, carcasses of 54 incidentally captured franciscanas were collected. The age, sexual and physical maturity and body condition of each specimen was determined. The sex-ratio of the by-caught dolphins did not differ from parity and, consistent with other areas, juveniles younger than 4 yr old were captured in higher proportion (69%). In addition, 74% of the entangled animals were sexually immature and 85% physically immature. Sexually immature dolphins were predominant in the spring, a period which coincides with the breeding season. An assessment of the body condition of captured franciscanas suggests that entanglements were not associated with a disease or physiological disorder. The results presented here are important to assess the impact of artisanal fisheries on the population of franciscana dolphins in the southernmost area of its distribution. Quedo a disposici?n por cualquier consulta o inquietud. Saludos cordiales. Mar?a Fernanda Negri Dr. en Ciencias Biol?gicas Laboratorio de Ecolog?a y Conservaci?n de Vida Silvestre Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cient?ficas (CADIC-CONICET) Houssay 200 (V9410BFD) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Tel?fono / Phone: +54 (2901) 433320 ext. 140/128/135 Skype: jubanyfer mariafernandanegri at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Being a volunteer or a trainee at our facility is an exciting experience since learning while helping animals and protecting the environment is the main goal. The Winter season is the busiest period of the year at the SRRC since orphaned grey seals (*Halichoerus grypus*) and seriously sick grey seals and harbor seals (*Phoca vitulina*) are the main patients admitted. During this period as much as 380 seals can be hosted at the centre. Taking care of all these animals requires a lot of effort and help. That is why the SRRC is offering volunteer/trainee open positions for the Winter period, starting from October 2014 until March 2015. The role of the Volunteer/Trainee is assisting the experienced nurses with the daily care of the seals. This includes but is not limited to preparing diets, treating wounds, sanitation of the facilities, following strict hygienic protocols. The minimum period requested is 8 weeks, with a maximum of 16 weeks. Longer staying applicants are preferred in this time. The SRRC offers food and full equipped accommodation for volunteers/trainees at the price of 75?/week (gas, electricity, water and Internet are included). All interested applicants should contact Vicky Stoneman (Head of the Volunteers) at vicky at zeehondencreche.nl Sincerely yours, -- *Guillermo J. S?nchez Contreras* Veterinary Department Zeehondencr?che Pieterburen Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre SRRC Hoofdstraat 94a 9968 AG Pieterburen The Netherlands Mobile phone: +31 (0)6 12 981176 Email: guillermo at zeehondencreche.nl Website: www.zeehondencreche.nl Website english: www.srrc.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gc86bull at yahoo.co.uk Sun Apr 13 12:26:54 2014 From: gc86bull at yahoo.co.uk (Gareth Catherine Bull) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:26:54 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] =?utf-8?q?Lottery_Donation_of_=C2=A31=2C500=2C000=2E00_G?= =?utf-8?q?BP?= Message-ID: <201404142108.s3EL8N7C031416@hobby.comp.uvic.ca> My wife and I won the Euro Millions Lottery of 41 Million British Pounds and we have decided to donate ?1,500,000.00 GBP each to 10 individuals worldwide as part of our own charity project and New Year Bonaza. To verify,please see our interview by visiting the web page below: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091124/EuroMillions-winners-Gareth-Catherine-Bull-scoop-41MILLION-lotto-jackpot.html Your email address was among the emails which were submitted to us by the Google, Inc as a web user; if you have received our email please, kindly send us the below details so that we can transfer your ?1,500,000.00 GBP in your name or direct our bank to effect the transfer of the funds to your operational bank account in your country congratulations your Full Name:Mobile No:occupation,Age:Address Country, Contact my bank for the payment and more details to Standard Investment Bank London Officer in charge Raymond Peterson E-mail raypete1955 at gmail.com OR raype1955 at yahoo.co.uk Best Regards, Gareth Catherine Bull gacabull at gmail.com From gc86bull at yahoo.co.uk Mon Apr 14 13:18:24 2014 From: gc86bull at yahoo.co.uk (Gareth Catherine Bull) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:18:24 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] =?utf-8?q?Lottery_Donation_of_=C2=A31=2C500=2C000=2E00_G?= =?utf-8?q?BP?= Message-ID: <201404142111.s3ELBdqw031681@hobby.comp.uvic.ca> My wife and I won the Euro Millions Lottery of 41 Million British Pounds and we have decided to donate ?1,500,000.00 GBP each to 10 individuals worldwide as part of our own charity project and New Year Bonaza. To verify,please see our interview by visiting the web page below: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091124/EuroMillions-winners-Gareth-Catherine-Bull-scoop-41MILLION-lotto-jackpot.html Your email address was among the emails which were submitted to us by the Google, Inc as a web user; if you have received our email please, kindly send us the below details so that we can transfer your ?1,500,000.00 GBP in your name or direct our bank to effect the transfer of the funds to your operational bank account in your country congratulations your Full Name:Mobile No:occupation,Age:Address Country, Contact my bank for the payment and more details to Standard Investment Bank London Officer in charge Raymond Peterson E-mail raypete1955 at gmail.com OR raype1955 at yahoo.co.uk Best Regards, Gareth Catherine Bull gacabull at gmail.com From K.Rankmore at massey.ac.nz Mon Apr 14 13:50:23 2014 From: K.Rankmore at massey.ac.nz (Rankmore, Krista) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:50:23 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Common dolphin Photo-ID Volunteer Position in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand Message-ID: Common dolphin Photo-ID Volunteer Position in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand A volunteer is required to assist with a PhD study investigating the abundance, social structure and site fidelity of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. This PhD project is part of the ongoing research of the New Zealand Common Dolphin Project (NZCDP) and the Coastal-Marine Research Group (C-MRG) at Massey University Albany, Auckland. (http://cmrg.massey.ac.nz). PROJECT BACKGROUND: The Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, is an important habitat for common dolphins that occur in the Gulf year round and use the region extensively for foraging and nursing. Common dolphins in this region consistently utilise inhabit coastal waters, making them vulnerable to the effect of tourism, pollution, and inshore recreational bycatch. DATES: While the field season runs year round, currently volunteers are needed from May - August 2014. A minimum commitment of two months is required and priority will be given to those who can commit for longer periods. LOCATION: Auckland, New Zealand FIELDWORK: The volunteer position entails assisting during field surveys and analysis of common dolphin fin photo identification. The successful applicant will gain valuable experience in conducting marine mammal field research, identifying individuals based on dorsal fin characteristics, and the use of databases for archiving field data. Field work is physically and at times mentally demanding but it is a great opportunity to gain knowledge in visual cetacean surveying, to get hands-on field experience in relation to survey techniques, photo-identification, behavioural observations, and improve practical skills (data analysis, photo-ID). Fieldwork is weather dependent and can vary between weekdays and weekends. Assistants need to be available full-time including weekends and be prepared to work long hours with early starts. Surveys will be conducted from a 20m whale watch vessel. RESPONSIBILITIES: . Assisting with boat-based photo-identification surveys from a local dolphin watching vessel, collecting environmental, location, and behavioural data for dolphin groups (25% of the time). . Subsequent analysis of photo-identification data in the lab, including assistance with photo sorting, grading, and matching, sighting data entry, maintenance of long-term photo-id catalogue. Research assistants should be prepared to work long days in the office analysing of photographs and matching them with the photo-identification catalogue (75% of the time). As this is a volunteer position, there is unfortunately no monetary compensation or living provisions. The successful candidate should arrange their own accommodation in Auckland, living expenses, travel costs and visa. PREREQUISITES: . Be reliable, adaptable, hardworking and patient as fieldwork is highly weather dependent. This means office based work during bad weather and long consecutive days in the field when weather permits. . Have a mature and independent attitude towards marine mammal research . Speak fluent English . Be sociable, enthusiastic and have a positive attitude . Strong interest in the marine environment and conservation . Participants must be able to swim and should be comfortable working on boats QUALIFICATIONS: . The project is well suited to upper level undergrads, recent grads and graduate students who have some background in Biology, Marine Biology, Ecology, Zoology or related fields . Basic computer proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel) Preferred qualifications but not required: . Field research including photo-identification experience . Previous experience in survey techniques and especially in marine mammal research . Prior experience working on research vessels . Experience with Endnote . First AID/CPR certification APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicants should send a short email to k.rankmore at massey.ac.nz, using ?photo-id position? as the subject line. The email should include an outline of why you would like to work on this project, the dates when you are available to assist on the project, your qualifications and relevant experience. Please also attach a brief CV including at least one reference acknowledging your relevant experience. Early application is recommended as applications will be examined in order of reception. All the best, Krista ---------------------------------- Krista Rankmore PhD Candidate Coastal-Marine Research Group Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences Massey University Private Bag 102 904 Auckland, New Zealand Tel: +64 (0)9 414 0800 Ext: 41520 (office) Cell: +64 (0)220 256 290 Email: k.rankmore at massey.ac.nz Web: http://cmrg.massey.ac.nz/ Krista Rankmore PhD Candidate Coastal-Marine Research Group Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences Massey University Private Bag 102 904 Auckland, New Zealand Tel: +64 (0)9 414 0800 Ext: 41196 (office) Cell: +64 (0)220 256 290 Email: k.rankmore at massey.ac.nz Web: http://cmrg.massey.ac.nz/ Courier: Massey University, Bld 5, Gate 4, Old Albany Highway, Albany, Auckland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From janiger at cox.net Tue Apr 15 00:05:36 2014 From: janiger at cox.net (David S. Janiger) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:05:36 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New Articles Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20140415000536.01587030@pop.west.cox.net> Hi, All Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. Please let me know of any mistakes. Make all requests to: janiger at cox.net Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3369 janiger at cox.net djaniger at nhm.org Janiger Journals ADIMEY, NICOLE M.; CHRISTINE A. HUDAK; JESSICA R. POWELL; KIM BASSOS-HULL; ALLEN FOLEY; NICHOLAS A. FARMER; LINDA WHITE and KARRIE MINCH. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 81(1):103-115. 2014. Fishery gear interactions from stranded bottlenose dolphins, Florida manatees and sea turtles in Florida, U.S.A. 1.822 MB ALONSO, MARIANA B.; ALEXANDRE AZEVEDO; JOAO PAULO M. TORRES; PAULO R. DORNELES; ETHEL ELJARRAT; DAMIA BARCELO; JOSE LAILSON-BRITO, JR. and OLAF MALM. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 481:619-634. 2014. Anthropogenic (PBDE) and naturally-produced (MeO-PBDE) brominated compounds in cetaceans - A review. 0.775 MB AMANO, MASAO; AYA KOUROGI; KAGARI AOKI; MOTOI YOSHIOKA and KYOICHI MORI. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 95(1):169-175. 2014. Differences in sperm whale codas between two waters off Japan: Possible geographic separation of vocal clans. 0.352 MB ARBELO, M.; A. ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS; P. HERRAEZ; A. SUAREZ-BONNET; M. ANDRADA; M. RIVERO; E. R. GRAU-BASSAS and A. FERNANDEZ. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 150(2-3):336-340. 2014. Primary central nervous system T-cell lymphoma in a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). 1.583 MB AUGE, A. A.; B. L. CHILVERS; A. B. MOORE and L. S. DAVIS. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 17(1):61-71. 2014. Importance of studying foraging site fidelity for spatial conservation measures in a mobile predator. 0.667 MB BARTA, JODI LYNN; CARA MONROE; SUSAN J. CROCKFORD and BRIAN M. KEMP. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL 239:11-18. 2014. Mitochondrial DNA preservation across 3000-year-old northern fur seal ribs is not related to bone density: Implications for forensic investigations. 0.740 MB BAULCH, SARAH and CLARE PERRY. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 80(1-2):210-221. 2014. Evaluating the impacts of marine debris on cetaceans. 0.399 MB BONIN, CAROLINA A.; MICHAEL E. GOEBEL; JOSEPH I. HOFFMAN and RONALD S. BURTON. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 68(4):597-604. 2014. High male reproductive success in a low-density Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) breeding colony. 2.305 MB BRADFORD, AMANDA L.; KARIN A FORNEY; ERIN M. OLESON and JAY BARLOW. PLOS ONE 9(2) e90464. 11pp. 2014. Accounting for subgroup structure in line-transect abundance estimates of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in Hawaiian waters. 0.826 MB BROWN, TANYA M.; AARON T. FISK; CAREN C. HELBING and KEN J. REIMER. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 33(3):592-601. 2014. Polychlorinated biphenyl profiles in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) reveal historical contamination by a military radar station in Labrador, Canada. 1.449 MB BUCKMASTER, PAUL S.; XILING WEN; IZUMI TOYODA; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND and WILLIAM VAN BONN. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 522(7):1691-1706. 2014. Hippocampal neuropathology of domoic acid-induced epilepsy in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). 1.477 MB CARRASCO, SEBASTIAN E.; BRUNO B. CHOMEL; VERENA A GILL; RICKIE W. KASTEN; RICARDO G. MAGGI; EDWARD B. BREITSCHWERDT; BARBARA A. BYRNE; KATHLEEN A. BUREK-HUNTINGTON; MELISSA A. MILLER; TRACEY GOLDSTEIN and JONNA A. K. MAZAET. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 170(3-4):325-334. 2014. Novel Bartonella infection in northern and southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni and Enhydra lutris nereis). 0.412 MB CARVALHO, INES; JACQUELINE LOO; TIMOTHY COLLINS; JACO BARENDSE; CRISTINA POMILLA; MATTHEW S. LESLIE; SOLANGE NGOUESSONO; PETER B. BEST and HOWARD C. ROSENBAUM. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 161(4):805-819. 2014. Does temporal and spatial segregation explain the complex population structure of humpback whales on the coast of West Africa? 0.544 MB CERCHIO, SALVATORE; SAMANTHA STRINDBERG; TIM COLLINS; CHANDA BENNETT and HOWARD ROSENBAUM. PLOS ONE 9(3) e86464. 11pp. 2014. Seismic surveys negatively affect humpback whale singing activity off northern Angola. 2.218 MB CHANG, CHIA-HAO; CHIOU-JU YAO; HSIN-YI YU; YUN-CHIH LIAO; NIAN-HONG JANG-LIAW; CHI-LI TSAI and KWANG-TSAO SHAO. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE 23:65-69. 2014. A molecular forensic method for identifying species composition of processed marine mammal meats. 0.439 MB CLARKE, JANET; KATHLEEN STAFFORD; SUE E. MOORE; BRENDA RONE; LISANNE AERTS and JESSICA CRANCE. OCEANOGRAPHY 26(4):136-149. 2013. Subarctic cetaceans in the southern Chukchi Sea: Evidence of recovery or response to a changing ecosystem. 1.115 MB CLEMENTZ, MARK T.; R. EWAN FORDYCE; STEPHANIE L. PEEK and DAVID L. FOX. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 400:28-40. 2014. Ancient marine isoscapes and isotopic evidence of bulk-feeding by Oligocene cetaceans. 1.366 MB DANISE, SILVIA and STEFANO DOMINICI. LETHAIA 47(2):229-243. 2014. A record of fossil shallow-water whale falls from Italy. 1.016 MB DAWSON, TERENCE J.; KOA N. WEBSTER and SHANE K. MALONEY. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMICAL, SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 184(2):273-284. 2014. The fur of mammals in exposed environments; do crypsis and thermal needs necessarily conflict? The polar bear and marsupial koala compared. 0.570 MB DELONG, CAROLINE M.; AMANDA L. HEBERLE; MATTHEW G. WISNIEWSKI and EDUARDO MERCADO III. ANIMAL COGNITION 17(3):543-557. 2014. The ability to recognize objects from bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) echoes generalizes across multiple orientations in humans and neural networks. 0.885 MB ENDER, ANNA ISABEL; MUHAJIR; SANGEETA MANGUBHAI; JOANNE R. WILSON; PURWANTO and ANDREAS MULJADI. MARINE BIODIVERSITY RECORDS 7: e18. 9pp. 2014. Cetaceans in the global centre of marine biodiversity. 0.462 MB FIELDING, RUSSELL. GEOFORUM 54:10-16. 2014. The liminal coastline in the life of a whale: Transition, identity, and food-production in the Eastern Caribbean. 1.791 MB GOL'DIN, PAVEL and DMITRY STARTSEV. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 34(2):419-433. 2014. Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine. 1.214 MB GUILMINOT, ELODIE; GWENAEL LEMOINE; CHARLENE PELE; LAURENT POISSON; MICHEL SURBLED; ISABELLE LOUVET; JEAN-YVES MEVELLEC and LUC REMY. JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 15(2):128-135. 2014. Re-treatment of whale bones - How to extract degraded fats from weakened bones? 2.670 MB GUIMARAES, JULIANA P.; RENATA B. MARI; ALFREDO LE BAS and LI-SEI WATANABE. ACTA ZOOLOGICA (STOCKHOLM) 95(2):239-247. 2014. Adaptive morphology of the heart of southern-fur-seal (Arctocephalus australis - Zimmermamm, 1783). 3.930 MB GUO, AIHUAN; YUJIANG HAO; JINGZHEN WANG; QINGZHONG ZHAO and DING WANG. ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES 53(1), Article 10. 10pp. 2014. Concentrations of osmotically related constituents in plasma and urine of finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis): Implications for osmoregulatory strategies for marine mammals living in freshwater. 0.169 MB GUTSTEIN, CAROLINA S.; CONSTANZA P. FIGUEROA-BRAVO; NICHOLAS D. PYENSON; ROBERTO E. YURY-YANEZ; MARIO A. COZZUOL and MAURICIO CANALS. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 400:62-74. 2014. High frequency echolocation, ear morphology, and the marine-freshwater transition: A comparative study of extant and extinct toothed whales. 1.211 MB HASTIE, GORDON D.; CARL DONOVAN; THOMAS GOTZ and VINCENT M. JANIK. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 79(1-2):205-210. 2014. Behavioral responses by grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) to high frequency sonar. 1.034 MB HUGGENBERGER, STEFAN; MICHEL ANDRE and HELMUT H. A. OSLSCHLAGER. MAMMAL REVIEW 44(2):81-87. 2014. An acoustic valve within the nose of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus. 0.308 MB IRIARTE, V. and M. MARMONTEL. JOURNAL OF CETACEAN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT 13(2):163-173. 2013. Insights on the use of dolphins (boto, Inia geoffrensis and tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis) for bait in the piracatinga (Calophysus macropterus) fishery in the western Brazilian Amazon. 1.555 MB KEMPER, CATHERINE M. ELENA TRENTIN and IKUKO TOMO. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 95(2):357-368. 2014. Sexual maturity in male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus): Evidence for regressed/pathological adults. 0.853 MB KISZKA, JEREMY J.; PAULA MENDEZ-FERNANDEZ; MICHAEL R. HEITHAUS and VINCENT RIDOUX. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 161(4):953-961. 2014. The foraging ecology of coastal bottlenose dolphins based on stable isotope mixing models and behavioural sampling. 0.567 MB KLEINERTZ, S.; C. HERMOSILLA; A. ZITENER; S. KREICKER; J. HIRZMANN; F. ABDEL-GHAFFAR and A. TAUBERT. PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH 113(4):1405-1415. 2014. Gastrointestinal parasites of free-living Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the northern Red Sea, Egypt. 1.511 MB KOVACS, CAROLYN and TARA COX. AQUATIC MAMMALS 40(1):81-94. 2014. Quantification of interactions between common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and a commercial shrimp trawler near Savannah, Georgia. 4.796 MB KRYUKOVA, N. V.; A. A. KOCHNEV and A. A. PEREVERZEV. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY 40(1):30-35. 2014. Original Russian text in Biologiya Morya The influence of ice conditions on terrestrial haulouts of the pacific walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens Illiger, 1815 in the Gulf of Anadyr, Bering Sea. 0.361 MB LADOUCEUR, ELISE E. B.; MICHAEL M. GARNER; BARBARA DAVIS and FLO TSENG. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 45(1):69-77. 2014. A retrospective study of end-stage renal disease in captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus). 0.172 MB LALAS, CHRIS and TRUDI WEBSTER. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 161(3):631-643. 2014. Contrast in the importance of arrow squid as prey of male New Zealand sea lions and New Zealand fur seals at The Snares, subantarctic New Zealand. 0.366 MB LANDER, MICHELLE E.; BRIAN S. FADELY; THOMAS S. GELATT; LORRIE D. REA and THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN. ECOHEALTH 10(4):376-393. 2014. Serum chemistry reference ranges for Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups from Alaska: Stock differentiation and comparisons within a North Pacific sentinel species. 0.582 MB LANGROCK, ROLAND; TIAGO A. MARQUES; ROBIN W. BAIRD and LEN THOMAS. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS 19(1):82-100. 2014. Modeling the diving behavior of whales: A latent-variable approach with feedback and semi-Markovian components. 0.651 MB LARSEN, FINN and OLE R. EIGAARD. FISHERIES RESEARCH (AMSTERDAM) 153:108-112. 2014. Acoustic alarms reduce bycatch of harbour porpoises in Danish North Sea gillnet fisheries. 0.524 MB LEHNERT, K.; H. SEIBEL; I. HASSELMEIER; P. WOHLSEIN; M. IVERSEN; N. H. NIELSEN; M. P. HEIDE-JORGENSEN; E. PRENGER-BERNINGHOFF and U. SIEBERT. POLAR BIOLOGY 37(3):321-331. 2014. Increase in parasite burden and associated pathology in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in West Greenland. 0.698 MB MACCRACKEN, JAMES G.; PATRICK R. LEMONS III; JOEL L. GARLICH-MILLER and JONATHAN A. SNYDER. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 43:36-43. 2014. An index of optimum sustainable population for the Pacific walrus. 0.622 MB MADL, J. E.; C. G. DUNCAN; J. E. STANHILL; P.-Y. TAI; T. R. SPRAKER and F. M. GULLAND. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 150(2-3):306-315. 2014. Oxidative stress and redistribution of glutamine synthetase in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) with domoic acid toxicosis. 2.873 MB MAGNUSDOTTIR, EDDA ELISABET; MARIANNE H. RASMUSSEN; MARC O. LAMMERS and JORUNDUR SVAVARSSON. POLAR BIOLOGY 37(3):427-433. 2014. Humpback whale songs during winter in subarctic waters. 0.368 MB MCKINNEY, MELISSA A.; TODD ATWOOD; RUNE DIETZ; CHRISTIAN SONNE; SARA J. IVERSON and ELIZABETH PEACOCK. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 4(4):516-527. 2014. Validation of adipose lipid content as a body condition index for polar bears. 1.404 MB MEI, ZHIGANG; XINQIAO ZHANG; SHIANG-LIN HUANG; XIUJIANG ZHAO; YUJIANG HAO; LIN ZHANG; ZHENGYI QIAN; JINSONG ZHENG; KEXIONG WANG and DING WANG. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 172:117-123. 2014. The Yangtze finless porpoise: On an accelerating path to extinction? 0.650 MB MENDEZ-ANGULO, JOSE L.; FRANCISCO J. FUNES; AVA M. TRENT; MICHELLE WILLETTE; KERRY WOODHOUSE and ANNA C. RENIER. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 45(1):169-172. 2014. Omental torsion in a captive polar bear (Ursus maritimus). 0.130 MB MERSON, SAMUEL D.; DIANE OUWERKERK; LISA-MAREE GULINO; ATHOL KLIEVE; ROBERT K. BONDE; ELIZABETH A. BURGESS and JANET M. LANYON. FEMS (FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES) MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS 87(3):601-615. 2014. Variation in the hindgut microbial communities of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris over winter in Crystal River, Florida. 0.538 MB MILLER, PATRICK J. O.; RICARDO N. ANTUNES; PAUL J. WENSVEEN; FILIPA I. P. SAMARRA; PETTER H. KVADSHEIM; LARS KLEIVANE; FRANS-PETER A. LAM; MICHAEL A. AINSLIE and LEN THOMAS. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 135(2):975-993. 2014. Dose-response relationships for the onset of avoidance of sonar by free-ranging killer whales. 4.075 MB NINOMIYA, HIROYOSHI; EMI IMAMURA and TOMO INOMATA. VETERINARY OPHTHALMOLOGY 17(2):100-105. 2014. Comparative anatomy of the ophthalmic rete and its relationship to ocular blood flow in three species of marine mammal. 0.316 MB NWEEIA, MARTIN T.; FREDERICK C. EICHMILLER; PETER V. HAUSCHKA; GRETCHEN A. DONAHUE; JACK R. ORR; STEVEN H. FERGUSON; CORTNEY A. WATT; JAMES G. MEAD; CHARLES W. POTTER; RUNE DIETZ; ANTHONY A. GIUSEPPETTI; SANDIE R. BLACK; ALEXANDER J. TRACHTENBERG and WINSTON P. KUO. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 297(4):599-617. 2014. Sensory ability in the narwhal tooth organ system. 1.646 MB OIGARD, TOR ARNE; TORE HAUG and KJELL TORMOD NILSSEN. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 172:29-36. 2014. Current status of hooded seals in the Greenland Sea. Victims of climate change and predation? 1.931 MB PATON, DANIEL; ROBERTO REINOSA; MARIA DEL CARMEN GALAN; GLORIA LOZANO and MARGARITA MANZANO. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 455:50-55. 2014. Maintaining of low Doppler shifts in cetaceans as strategy to avoid predation. 0.489 MB PIROTTA, ENRICO; LESLIE NEW; JOHN HARWOOD and DAVID LUSSEAU. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING 282:44-58. 2014. Activities, motivations and disturbance: An agent-based model of bottlenose dolphin behavioral dynamics and interactions with tourism in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. 1.732 MB POLIZZI, P. S.; M. B. ROMERO; L. N. CHIODI BOUDET; K. DAS; P. E. DENUNCIO; D. H. RODRIGUEZ and M. S. GERPE. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 80(1-2):275-281. 2014. Metallothioneins pattern during ontogeny of coastal dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei, from Argentina. 0.747 MB RACICOT, RACHEL A.; THOMAS A. DEMERE; BRIAN L. BEATTY and ROBERT W. BOESSENECKER. CURRENT BIOLOGY 24(7):774-779. 2014. Unique feeding morphology in a new prognathous extinct porpoise from the Pliocene of California. 1.586 MB ROSENBAUM, HOWARD C.; SARA M. MAXWELL; FRANCINE KERSHAW and BRUCE MATE. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 28(2):604-615. 2014. Long-range movement of humpback whales and their overlap with anthropogenic activity in the South Atlantic Ocean. 1.254 MB SAVERY, LAURA C.; SANDRA S. WISE; CAROLYNE FALANK; JAMES WISE; CHRISTY GIANIOS, JR; W. DOUGLAS THOMPSON; CHRISTOPHER PERKINS; TONGZHANG ZHENG; CAIRONG ZHU and JOHN PIERCE WISE, SR. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 79(1-2):236-244. 2014. Global assessment of oceanic lead pollution using sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) as an indicator species. 0.692 MB SAXON KENDALL, LINDSEY; ANA SIROVIC and ETHAN H. ROTH. CANADIAN ACOUSTICS 41(3):3-13. 2013. Effects of construction noise on the Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) vocal behavior. 1.232 MB SCHMITT, TODD L. and DIANA G. PROCTER. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 45(1):173-175. 2014. Coccidioidomycosis in a Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). 0.076 MB SCHONBERG, SUSAN V.; JANET T. CLARKE and KENNETH H. DUNTON. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 102:144-163. 2014. Distribution, abundance, biomass and diversity of benthic infauna in the Northeast Chukchi Sea, Alaska: Relation to environmental variables and marine mammals. 7.906 MB SEYMOUR, J.; L. HORSTMANN-DEHN and M. J. WOOLLER. POLAR BIOLOGY 37(5):597-609. 2014. Inter-annual variability in the proportional contribution of higher trophic levels to the diet of Pacific walruses. 0.492 MB SHAMIR, LIOR; CAROL YERBY; ROBERT SIMPSON; ALEXANDER M. VON BENDA-BECKMANN; PETER TYACK; FILIPA SAMARRA; PATRICK MILLER and JOHN WALLIN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 135(2):953-962. 2014. Classification of large acoustic datasets using machine learning and crowdsourcing: Application to whale calls. 1.388 MB SKRZYPCZAK, MICHAL; JERZY ROKICKI; IWONA PAWLICZKA; KATARZYNA NAJDA and JOANNA DZIDO. ACTA PARASITOLOGICA 59(1):165-172. 2014. Anisakids of seals found on the southern coast of Baltic Sea. 1.896 MB SMULTEA, MARI A.; CATHY E. BACON; KATE LOMAC-MACNAIR; FLEUR VISSER and JESSICA BREDVIK. NORTHWESTERN NATURALIST 95(1):43-49. 2014. Rare mixed-species associations between sperm whales and Risso's and northern right whale dolphins off the Southern California Bight: Kleptoparasitism and social parasitism? 0.532 MB SMULTEA, MARI A.; MEIKE HOLST; WILLIAM R. KOSKI; SARAH STOLTZ ROI; ALEJANDRO J. SAYEGH; CLAUDIO FOSSATI; HOWARD H. GOLDSTEIN; JOSEPH A. BELAND; STEVE MACLEAN and SUZANNE YIN. CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 47(2-3):273-283. 2013. Visual-acoustic survey of cetaceans during a seismic study in the Southeast Caribbean Sea, April-June 2004. 2.501 MB SONG, KYUNG-JUN. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 91:1-4. 2014. Status of marine mammals in Korea. 0.228 MB SONSTHAGEN, SARAH A.; KRYSTAL FALES; CHADWICK V. JAY; GEORGE K. SAGE and SANDRA L. TALBOT. POLAR BIOLOGY 37(4):497-506. 2014. Spatial variation and low diversity in the major histocompatibility complex in walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). 0.732 MB STEMPNIEWICZ, LECH; DOROTA KIDAWA; MATEUSZ BARCIKOWSKI and LECH ILISZKO. POLAR RECORD 50(2):216-219. 2014. Unusual hunting and feeding behaviour of polar bears on Spitsbergen. 0.546 MB STEWART, BRENT S. and JACK S. GROVE. POLAR BIOLOGY 37(3):423-425. 2014. An extreme wandering leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, at Pitcairn Island, central South Pacific. 0.206 MB SYSUEVA, EVGENIA V.; DMITRY I. NECHAEV; VLADIMIR V. POPOV and ALEXANDER YA. SUPIN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 135(2):963-974. 2014. Frequency tuning of hearing in the beluga whale: Discrimination of rippled spectra. 0.820 MB TARDIN, RODRIGO H.; MIRIAM P. PINTO; MARIA ALICE S. ALVES and SHEILA M. SIMAO. ZOOLOGIA 31(1):1-7. 2014. Behavioral event occurrence differs between behavioral states in Sotalia guianensis (Cetarctiodactyla: Delphinidae) dolphins: A multivariate approach. 0.491 MB THIEL, VOLKER; MARTIN BLUMENBERG; STEFFEN KIEL; TIM LEEFMANN; KATHARINA LIEBENAU; JOHAN LINDGREN; PETER SJOVALL; TINA TREUDE and THOMAS ZILLA. ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 68:71-81. 2014. (Presented at the 26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Tenerife, 16-20 September, 2013.) Occurrence and fate of fatty acyl biomarkers in an ancient whale bone (Oligocene, El Cien Formation, Mexico). 2.405 MB TRUKHANOVA, IRINA S.; ELIEZER GURARIE and RUSTAM A. SAGITOV. ARCTIC 66(4):417-428. 2013. Distribution of hauled-out Ladoga ringed seals (Pusa hispida ladogensis) in spring 2012. 2.798 MB TYRRELL, MARTINA and DOUGLAS A. CLARK. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 24:363-372. 2014. What happened to climate change? CITES and the reconfiguration of polar bear conservation discourse. 0.423 MB VELEZ-JUARBE, JORGE. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 400:41-49. 2014. Ghost of seagrasses past: Using sirenians as a proxy for historical distribution of seagrasses. 1.373 MB VIQUERAT, SACHA; HELENA HERR; ANITA BILLES; VERENA PESCHKO; URSULA SIEBERT; SIGNE SVEEGAARD and JONAS TEILMANN. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 161(4):745-754. 2014. Abundance of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the western Baltic, Belt Seas and Kattegat. 3.533 MB VIRICEL, AMELIA; ERIC PANTE; WILLY DABIN and BENOIT SIMON-BOUHET. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES 14(3):597-605. 2014. Applicability of RAD-tag genotyping for interfamilial comparisons: Empirical data from two cetaceans. 0.202 MB WAHLBERG, MAGNUS; HAKAN WESTERBERG; KIM AARESTRUP; ERIC FEUNTEUN; PADDY GARGAN and DAVID RIGHTON. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART I: OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS 86:32-38. 2014. Evidence of marine mammal predation of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) on its marine migration. 1.660 MB WILDERMUTH, ROBERT P.; JOSE DANIEL ANADON and LEAH R. GERBER. CONSERVATION LETTERS 6(2):86-97. 2013. Monitoring behavior: Assessing population status with rapid behavioral assessment. 0.286 MB WILLIAMS, R.; C. W. CLARK; D. PONIRAKIS and E. ASHE. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 17(2):174-185. 2014. Acoustic quality of critical habitats for three threatened whale populations. 1.130 MB WILLIAMS, ROB; CHRISTINE ERBE; ERIN ASHE; AMBER BEERMAN and JODI SMITH. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 79(1-2):254-260. 2014. Severity of killer whale behavioral responses to ship noise: A dose-response study. 0.412 MB WILLIAMS, ROB; JOANNA GRAND; SASCHA K. HOOKER; STEPHEN T. BUCKLAND; RANDALL R. REEVES; LORENZO ROJAS-BRACHO; DOUG SANDILANDS and KRISTIN KASCHNER. ECOGRAPHY 37(3):212-220. 2014. Prioritizing global marine mammal habitats using density maps in place of range maps. 3.954 MB WITTE, KATHARINA A.; JORG DRIVER; TANJA ROSENBERGER; SVEN ADLER and URSULA SIEBERT. ACTA VETERINARIA SCANDINAVICA 56(10). 4pp. 2014. Analysis of blood gases, serum fat and serum protein: A new approach to estimate survival chances of stranded harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups from the German North Sea. 0.384 MB WU, QINGZHONG; WAYNE E. MCFEE; TRACEY GOLDSTEIN; REBEKAH V. TILLER and LORI SCHWACKE. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS 100:99-104. 2014. Real-time PCR assays for detection of Brucella spp. and the identification of genotype ST27 in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.183 MB ZAMMIT, MARIA; BENJAMIN P. KEAR and RACHEL M. NORRIS. GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 151(1):87-99. 2014. Locomotory capabilities in the Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius australis based on osteological comparisons with extant marine mammals. 2.475 MB ZANGRANDO, A. F.; H. PANARELLO and E. L. PIANA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY 24(2):231-244. 2014. Special Issue on Zooarchaeology and Applications of Stable Isotope Analysis: Methodological Approaches and Case Studies in Southern South America. Zooarchaeological and stable isotopic assessments on pinniped-human relations in the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, southern South America). 0.328 MB ZHU, BINGQING; NELSON L. S. LAI; TAK-CHEUNG WAI; LEO L. CHAN; JAMES C. W. LAM and PAUL K. S. LAM. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 66:65-70. 2014. Changes of accumulation profiles from PBDEs to brominated and chlorinated alternatives in marine mammals from the South China Sea. 0.342 MB From lilianelodi at gmail.com Tue Apr 15 11:13:04 2014 From: lilianelodi at gmail.com (Liliane Lodi) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:13:04 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] Anomalous coloration in an Atlantic spotted dolphin Message-ID: <000c01cf58d6$597db550$0c791ff0$@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, The following note has been published: Lodi, L. & Borobia, M. 2013. Anomalous coloration in an Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) from southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Aquatic Science and Technology. 17(2): NB1-3. Abstract: This note report the first published account of an atypical coloration condition known as pied or piebald for the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). The opportunistic sighting was made at close range between Cabo de S?o Tom? and Cabo Frio, Campos Basin, southeastern Brazil, approximately 60 km offshore. It is important to publish observations about pigmentation disorders so that a proper assessment and further insights into the ecological and physiological implications of this condition in cetaceans can be evaluated in the future. Those interested in receiving a PDF copy please contact me at: lilianelodi at gmail.com Best regards, Liliane Lodi Instituto Aqualie --- Este email est? limpo de v?rus e malwares porque a prote??o do avast! 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Morigenos is a small research NGO that aims to combine scientific research, monitoring, education, public awareness, capacity building and management, to achieve effective conservation of the marine environment and biodiversity. More information about Morigenos work and its track record can be found at www.morigenos.org. The list of publications by Morigenos can be seen here: Publications. ?? ? Slovenian Dolphin Project is a long-term research, monitoring and conservation programme, established in 2002 and focusing on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Slovenian and adjacent waters in the northern Adriatic Sea. Bottlenose dolphins can be found in the area year-round and about 130 individuals have been photo-identified over the past 12 years. Research activities focus on dolphin distribution, abundance, behaviour, social structure, habitat use, feeding habits, fishery interactions and tourism impact, and aim to provide the scientific baseline for effective conservation of dolphins and their habitat. Apart from dolphins, the research team also undertakes research on loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta), which visit this area between April and October. ? Morigenos Dolphin Research Camps offer interested people to join the research team for 10 days and participate in research activities. This includes boat surveys, land-based watches, theodolite tracking, photo-identification and behavioural observations. All the necessary?training is provided through lectures, practical work in the field, and short workshops. Food and accommodation are included. Anyone above the age of 16 can participate, regardless of nationality, academic background or previous experience. ? This course enables you to participate in day-to-day research activities, as well as obtain background knowledge of marine mammal science, marine biology and conservation. It is equally suitable for students pursuing a career in marine mammal science and for those without an academic interest in this topic. By the end of this course, you will: - have a better understanding of current issues in marine mammal and turtle?conservation; - obtain an overview of different methods for studying marine mammals in?the wild; - acquire practical experience of pleasures and frustrations of marine?mammal field research. ? Detailed information, dates and costs can be found here: Morigenos Research?Courses?Courses. ? Applications ? There is no selection. Applications are treated on a "first-come,?first-served" basis. Please send an e-mail to morigenos at morigenos.org for registration or?questions. ? ? Tilen Genov Head of Research MRes Marine Mammal Science ? ? Morigenos - Slovenian Marine Mammal Society Kidri?evo nabre?je 4 6330 Piran Slovenia www.morigenos.org Morigenos Morigenos Our studies of dolphins and sea turtles in the northern Adriatic, and our efforts to protect the... View on www.facebook.com Preview by Yahoo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brandon.southall at sea-inc.net Wed Apr 16 01:54:36 2014 From: brandon.southall at sea-inc.net (Brandon Southall) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:54:36 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New Paper on "200 kHz" sonar with side lobes audible to marine mammals Message-ID: <534E454C.9070208@sea-inc.net> MARMAM, On behalf of my co-authors, I would like to let you know about a new paper on the audibility of high frequency sonar systems to some marine mammals. We investigated the acoustic "leakage" of energy into side lobes from the 200 kHz center frequency of three commercially-available sonar systems. These active sonar systems were being used in efforts to detect and track marine mammals around a tidal power turbine site and they were not expected to be audible to the animals based on their very high frequency. However, behavioral observations of killer whales suggested they were in fact detecting them. Our acoustic analysis of the systems indicates that there is sufficient downward spread of energy in the side bands to expect that these odontocete cetaceans could in fact hear them. We conclude that received levels at animals would very likely be well below those that could be harmful, but that they could be audible and potentially affect behavior over ranges of hundreds of meters. A reference to the paper, weblink to the Open Access manuscript, and the article abstract are given below. The lead author was PNNL engineer Zhiqun (Daniel) Deng and both he and I would appreciate any comments or questions on the paper. Thank you, Brandon Southall Deng ZD, Southall BL, Carlson TJ, Xu J, Martinez JJ, et al. (2014) 200 kHz Commercial Sonar Systems Generate Lower Frequency Side Lobes Audible to Some Marine Mammals. PLoS ONE 9(4): e95315. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095315 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095315 The spectral properties of pulses transmitted by three commercially available 200 kHz echo sounders were measured to assess the possibility that marine mammals might hear sound energy below the center (carrier) frequency that may be generated by transmitting short rectangular pulses. All three sounders were found to generate sound at frequencies below the center frequency and within the hearing range of some marine mammals, e.g. killer whales, false killer whales, beluga whales, Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, harbor porpoises, and others. The frequencies of these sub-harmonic sounds ranged from 90 to 130 kHz. These sounds were likely detectable by the animals over distances up to several hundred meters but were well below potentially harmful levels. The sounds generated by the sounders could potentially affect the behavior of marine mammals within fairly close proximity to the sources and therefore the exclusion of echo sounders from environmental impact analysis based solely on the center frequency output in relation to the range of marine mammal hearing should be reconsidered. -- Brandon L. Southall, Ph.D. President, Senior Scientist, SEA, Inc. Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz 9099 Soquel Drive, Suite 8, Aptos, CA 95003, USA 831.332.8744 (mobile); 831.661.5177 (office); 831.661.5178 (fax) Brandon.Southall at sea-inc.net; www.sea-inc.net http://www.fastpencil.com/publications/4263-Ocean-Journeys-Beginnings -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The aim of this study was to determine whether survival rates differed between clusters of Spanish Mediterranean pilot whales, and how the epizootic influenced these survival rates. Photo-identification surveys were conducted between 1992 and 2009. Association indices were used to define clusters of individuals that associate with each other more frequently than with others. Based on a Cormack-Jolly- Seber survival rate model, apparent survival rate estimates varied from 0.821 to 0.995 over 11 clusters for the 1992?2009 period. When the effect of the morbillivirus outbreak was modeled, 3 clusters with distinctly lower survival rates from previous models presented lower estimates after the outbreak (survival rate dropped from 0.919 [95% CI: 0.854?0.956] to 0.547 [95% CI: 0.185?0.866]), suggesting a negative influence of the epizootic or other unknown additive factors on certain clusters. This information is critical for the conservation of long-finned pilot whales, since they are listed as ?data deficient? in the Mediterranean Sea by the IUCN and as ?vulnerable? in the Spanish National Catalogue of Endangered Species. A pdf copy of the work can be downloaded from: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v502/p1-10/ Kind regards, Kaja Wierucka -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kev.robinson at crru.org.uk Wed Apr 16 02:31:32 2014 From: kev.robinson at crru.org.uk (Dr Kevin Robinson) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:31:32 +0300 Subject: [MARMAM] CRRU Field Course in Scotland - places still available for 2014 Message-ID: <00a801cf5956$a7fd7960$f7f86c20$@robinson@crru.org.uk> We still have some remaining field dates on our 2014 "Whales and dolphins of the Moray Firth" project in Scotland this summer (running from May to October) The CRRU field teams are run in the form of a training / educational programme, with formal lectures, seminars and presentations by the research team, practical training in field methodologies and data collection and analysis, and direct participation in the research, education and rescue work of this dynamic and outgoing conservation charity. The cost for an 11 day internship in 2014 is ?895, and this will cover you for full board (all your accommodation and food costs), your full equipment needs and ALL associated field costs during your stay with us in the heritage fishing village of Gardenstown in Banff, Aberdeenshire. You'll simply need to arrange your own travel itinerary to us in Banff, Scotland (nearest airport Dyce, Aberdeen, approx. 1? hours from the field base by coach) plus any personal spending money. For full details and available dates, please visit the CRRU project page at www.crru.org.uk/join_the_team.asp, or email us directly at info at crru.org.uk for further information and a pdf copy of the project briefing and booking/application form. Founded in 1997, the CRRU boasts over 70 scientific publications to date ( http://www.crru.org.uk/publications.asp). In cooperation with universities, research institutions and other environmental organisations, current studies focus on the key coastal cetacean species frequenting the outer Moray Firth in NE Scotland - namely the bottlenose dolphin, harbour porpoise and the minke whale -providing robust scientific data for the adoption of management measures and effective conservation strategies for their future protection. Dr. Kevin Robinson Director, CRRU kev.robinson at crru.org.uk Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit, PO Box 11307, Banff, AB45 3WB, Scotland, UK | ( +44 (0)1261 851696 | www.crru.org.uk Whale and Dolphin Research | Environmental Educational Outreach | Marine Wildlife Rescue | Consultancy | MMO Services Recognised Scottish Charity No. SC 035473 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Opportunities include experiential, hands-on learning and field work with local marine mammals, including behavioral ecology of sea otters, harbor seals, porpoises and local whales; photo-ID cataloging of humpback and/or killer whales; museum-quality skeletal articulation preparations of various marine mammals; stranding network response; and educational out-reach on the effects of marine debris. In-state tuition is available for almost all courses and many internships offer free or reduced housing. Courses directly transfer back to most universities/colleges. Please visit www.semesterbythebay.org or email semesterbythebay at kpc.alaska.edu for more information. Many thanks, Debbie Tobin Deborah Boege-Tobin, PhD Associate Professor of Biology University of Alaska Anchorage - KPC- Kachemak Bay Campus 533 E. 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For a copy of the specifications and any questions, please contact Faye Ryan MCIPS Procurement and Tendering Manager Tel: 01437 753264 Pembrokeshire College e-mail f.ryan at pembrokeshire.ac.uk Powell Strong Coastal Zone & Marine Environment Research Unit Pembrokeshire College Haverfordwest, Wales SA61 1SZ 00 44 1437 753 166/ 00 44 7917752207 http://coast.pembrokeshire.ac.uk/wow/ p.strong at pembrokeshire.ac.uk ________________________________ Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn gyfrinachol ac at sylw'r unigolyn neu'r sefydliad a enwir uchod. Bydd unrhyw farn neu sylwadau a fynegir yn perthyn i'r awdur yn unig ac ni chynrychiolant o anghenraid farn Coleg Sir Benfro. Os ydych chi wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn ar gam, rhowch sylw i'r gweinyddwr ar y cyfeiriad canlynol: postmaster at pembrokeshire.ac.uk Cysidrwch yr amgylchedd - a oes wir angen argraffu'r ebost hwn? 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We are looking for volunteer interns who are able to commit to a minimum of 3 - 4 months. *Preference will be given to applicants who can commit to 6 months or more.* Seal Rescue Ireland is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of both Grey and Common (or Harbour) Seals, found in difficulty around Ireland?s coast (often due to sickness, parasites, injury or orphaned). We also take in occasional other Irish wildlife in need such as sea birds and Otters. ***Job description:*** The resident volunteer interns will participate in hands-on animal care of seals in rehabilitation; coordinating rescues and releases; keeping accurate detailed records; maintaining animal facilities, including hospital units and pools; maintaining and cleaning public facilities; and giving tours and actively interacting with the public. The work hours are long (9-12 hours) and physically demanding. The volunteers work 5 days a week, with two days off. Volunteers are required to have an advanced level of English, in both speaking and comprehension. *** Responsibilities/duties will include (but are not limited to)*** The volunteers will report to the seal managers and will be trained in: - Food preparation - Safe animal handling and restraining - Tube feeding, force feeding, hand feeding seals - Natural history of harbour and grey seals - Record keeping - Administration of injections and oral medications - Assisting in rescues and releases nationwide - General cleaning duties of animal and public facilities - Hygiene and quarantine protocols to prevent the spread of disease etc. - Assisting veterinarians in surgical and medical cases when required - Running the visitor?s centre, providing guided tours and engaging with the public - Caring for other wildlife casualties when necessary ***Qualifications:*** 20 years or older, advanced level of English comprehension and speaking and have an avid interest in marine mammal care and rehabilitation. Preference will be given to applicants with previous experience in animal care. * **Skills/Experience:*** - Experience in handling wildlife preferred - Excellent organisational and communication skills - Ability to work under pressure - A commitment to wildlife, conservation and volunteer work - Flexible and reliable working attitude - Willingness to work long hours outdoors in Irish weather - Experience in interacting with the public / public speaking - Education experience - Able to lift 20kg and be in good physical shape - Be enthusiastic and eager to help and learn We are looking for dedicated, flexible, enthusiastic volunteers, who are able to work and live within a small team and who are self-motivated, show initiative and able to work without constant supervision. We provide accommodation and groceries, for which we request a contribution of EUR ?70 per week. Interns are accepted internationally and are responsible for their own transportation to and from Ireland. Collection from the airport and in country support is provided. *To apply for this position:* For further information and to receive an application form please contact sealrescueireland at gmail.com Or you can also download an application from our website ( http://www.sealrescueireland.org/volunteers/), and email the filled in form to above email address. Kind regards, Ally McMillan -- Seal Manager +353 (0)87 195 5393 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Reserve today! *"Orca: The Whale Called Killer"* *Tuesday May 13, 2013* Reception: 5:30 pm Program: 6:30 pm Bay Theater, Pier 39, San Francisco Admission: $ 10 (includes light hors d'oeuvres and one drink) Tickets: https://orca.eventbrite.com Erich Hoyt, noted marine conservationist, whale researcher and author of more than 20 books, will share compelling orca stories from his early work in Johnstone Strait to current research in Far East Russia. -- Mary Jane Schramm Media & Public Outreach Specialist Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 415/ 561-6622 x205 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Graham.Worthy at ucf.edu Thu Apr 17 05:43:52 2014 From: Graham.Worthy at ucf.edu (Graham Worthy) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:43:52 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Resource partitioning among South African delphinids Message-ID: <534FCC87.1060806@ucf.edu> We are pleased to announce the publication of the following article: Nicole E. Browning,V.G. Cockcroft, and G.A.J. Worthy (2014) Resource partitioning among South African delphinids Journal of Experiment Marine Biology and Ecology 457:15-21/ doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2014.03.016 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Graham_Worthy/contributions?ev=prf_act Summary: In order to better understand trophic relationships among four species of coastal delphinids, we compared isotopic composition of skin to attempt to assess potential inter- and intra-specific resource partitioning. Skin samples were collected from Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) (n = 132), long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) (n = 78), humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) (n = 27), and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) (n = 3) along the coastline of South Africa. While the latter species tends to be found offshore, the other species have overlapping distributions and feed on similar prey, carbon (?13C) and nitrogen (?15N) isotope analyses revealed resource partitioning with differences in diet and habitat use. Striped dolphin ?13C values (? 16.97 ? 0.25?, SD) were consistent with evidence that they typically forage offshore, while ?13C values of humpback dolphins reflected their use of inshore habitats (? 15.16 ? 0.65?). Common and bottlenose dolphins had ?13C (? 15.48 ? 0.66? and ? 15.76 ? 0.71? respectively) values that fell between these two extremes. Mean values for ?15N ranged from 11.92 ? 0.20? for striped dolphins to 15.19 ? 0.73? for humpback dolphins, suggesting either that these species were feeding at different trophic levels or that they were feeding in different trophic systems. Common and bottlenose dolphins had ?15N values of 13.49 ? 0.50? and 14.40 ? 0.74? respectively. Male bottlenose dolphins were significantly more enriched in ?15N compared to females suggesting dietary differences. No sex related differences were found in other species. Isotopic niche width determinations using corrected standard elliptical area (SEAc) were calculated. Humpback and bottlenose dolphins had the largest SEAc reflecting a broader trophic niche, while striped dolphins had the smallest SEAc reflecting a more specialized niche. Overall, these sympatric species appear to reduce potential competitive pressure through a combination of differing prey selection and habitat utilization. -- ______________________________________________________ Graham A.J. Worthy, Ph.D. Provost's Distinguished Research Professor of Biology, Hubbs-Sea World Endowed Professor of Marine Mammalogy, and Director, Physiological Ecology and Bioenergetics Lab Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr, Room BIO402A Orlando FL 32816-2368 Graham.Worthy at ucf.edu http://worthy.cos.ucf.edu/PEBL/ 407-823-4701 office 407-823-5769 FAX skype: graham.worthy "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something" Plato ______________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From icarosix at gmail.com Wed Apr 16 13:27:48 2014 From: icarosix at gmail.com (Krzysztof Herman) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:27:48 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] PAM in antarctic. Message-ID: <534EE7C4.9030704@gmail.com> Dear all, I would like to ask You if any of You have some information about whales migration and they behaviour in Antarctic (Bransfield Strait, King George Island). Since I am a member of all year Antarctic expedition I am trying to make some PAM here but it seems that whales here do not produce any sound. Kind regards from Antarctic Krzysztof Herman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /Krzysztof Herman PhD.// //Faculty of Electronics Engineering,// //Department of Acoustics,// //Wroclaw University of Technology, // //Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27// //50 - 370 Wroclaw, Poland // //phone: +48 71 320 30 54// //// //Scientist and IT Specialist// //Polish Antarctic Station "H. Arctowski"// //IRYDIUM +88 1641417858/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecm-parsons at earthlink.net Thu Apr 17 09:29:44 2014 From: ecm-parsons at earthlink.net (Chris Parsons) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:29:44 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] International Marine Conservation Congress early registration ends Tuesday Message-ID: <01d501cf5a5a$3e07f8a0$ba17e9e0$@earthlink.net> Dear all - here is a reminder that the early registration rate for the International Marine Conservation Congress ends on April 22nd - this coming Tuesday There is a substantial amount of specific marine mammal conservation content in the conference including sessions un underwater noise impacts, several sections on whalewatching, marine mammal ethics/welfare plus sessions on marine protected areas, fisheries impacts, pollution, international treaties, marine climate change, presentations on cetaceans, sirenians, pinnipeds, otters and many, many more topics. All presenters must register by that date or risk having their presentation removed from the program. The price increase between early and standard registration rates is an extra $60, which would get you a pretty decent bottle of single malt whisky in Scotland, or all 4 seasons of Downton Abbey on DVD, so for the sake of your career and your taste buds register now ! http://www.conbio.org/mini-sites/imcc-2014/registration-participation/meetin g-registration 3rd International Marine Conservation Congress (14-18 August 2014, Glasgow, UK) http://www.conbio.org/mini-sites/imcc-2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abowles at hswri.com Thu Apr 17 16:22:59 2014 From: abowles at hswri.com (Ann E. Bowles) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:22:59 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Vocal learning in juvenile male killer whales Message-ID: <614296.1051.qm@smtp103.biz.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> We are pleased to announce the publication of the following article: Crance, J.L., A.E. Bowles and A. Garver. 2014. Evidence for vocal learning in juvenile male killer whales, Orcinus orca, from an adventitious cross-socializing experiment. The Journal of Experimental Biology 217:1229-1237 (doi:10.1242/jeb.094300). http://jeb.biologists.org/content/current Summary Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are thought to learn their vocal dialect. Dispersal in the species is rare, but effects of shifts in social association on the dialect can be studied under controlled conditions. Individual call repertoires and social association were measured in three adult female killer whales and three males (two juveniles and an adult) during two periods, 2001?2003 and 2005?2006. Three distinct dialect repertoires were represented among the subjects. An adventitious experiment in social change resulted from the birth of a calf and the transfer of two non-focal subjects in 2004. Across the two periods, 1691 calls were collected, categorized and attributed to individuals. Repertoire overlap for each subject dyad was compared with an index of association. During 2005?2006, the two juvenile males increased association with the unrelated adult male. By the end of the period, both had begun producing novel calls and call features characteristic of his repertoire. However, there was little or no reciprocal change and the adult females did not acquire his calls. Repertoire overlap and association were significantly correlated in the first period. In the second, median association time and repertoire similarity increased, but the relationship was only marginally significant. The results provided evidence that juvenile male killer whales are capable of learning new call types, possibly stimulated by a change in social association. The pattern of learning was consistent with a selective convergence of male repertoires. Ann E. Bowles, PhD Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute abowles at hswri.org 50th_Logo.PNG Ann E. 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URL: From ddiancrain at gmail.com Fri Apr 18 06:00:06 2014 From: ddiancrain at gmail.com (Dani Crain) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:00:06 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper: Quantitative analysis of response to biopsy sampling using DTAGs Message-ID: <20140418041853.20655.6651@domU-12-31-39-0A-A0-4F> Dear MARMAM subscribers, We are pleased to announce the publication of our Note in the 2014 April issue of Marine Mammal Science: Crain, D. D., A. S. Friedlaender, D. W. Johnston, D. P. Nowacek, B. L. Roberts, K. W. Urian, D. M. Waples and A. J. Read. 2014. A quantitative analysis of the response of short-finned pilot whales, *Globicephala macrorhynchus,* to biopsy sampling. *Marine Mammal Science* *30: *819-826. *Summary:* Remote biopsy sampling is commonly used to obtain tissue samples from wild cetaceans. Analysis of these tissues can provide important information on specific identity, sex, pollutant levels, diet, age, and reproductive status. Biopsy sampling is generally considered to be a relatively benign procedure, but all prior attempts to evaluate its impact have relied on subjective assessments of the behavioral response of individuals at the surface. The goal of the present study was to quantitatively assess the short-term effects of biopsy attempts on the behavior of short-finned pilot whales (*Globicephala macrorhynchus*) equipped with digital acoustic recording tags (DTAGs) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. We examined five metrics to determine if the behavior of whales was affected by a biopsy attempt, including: foraging behavior (number of dives, depth of dives, and number of prey capture attempts); time spent within 3 m of the surface; fine-scale body orientation; fluke rate and amplitude; and group vocalization rate. This first quantitative assessment of these quantitative metrics suggested that the short-term reactions to biopsy attempts are likely ephemeral and should not compromise the fitness of the animal. Most individuals exhibited a short-term increase in group vocalization rate following a biopsy attempt, which should be further investigated. For any questions or to request a PDF copy of this paper, please feel free to email me at: ddiancrain at gmail.com Best, Danielle Crain -- Danielle Crain UC Santa Cruz | B.Sc, 2009 Duke University | MEM, 2012 E-mail: ddiancrain at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From monteroserra at gmail.com Fri Apr 18 04:17:44 2014 From: monteroserra at gmail.com (Ignasi Montero Serra) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:17:44 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on habitat use of Galapagos sea lions (Ignasi Montero-Serra) Message-ID: Dear Collegues, The following paper was published last week: Montero-Serra I, P?ez-Rosas D, Murillo JC, Vegas-Vilarr?bia T, Fietz K, Denkinger J (2014) Environment-driven changes in terrestrial habitat use and distribution of the Galapagos sea lion. *Endangered Species Research*. 49, 9-18 ABSTRACT: Understanding habitat use patterns of marine apex predators is of paramount importance for the effective design of conservation plans. Due to their amphibious life cycle, pinnipeds are one of the most vulnerable groups to habitat loss and degradation. Reducing knowledge gaps that still exist regarding temporal changes in tropical pinniped habitat use is therefore of particular importance for conservation efforts. We analyzed terrestrial habitat use phenology of a tropical otariid, the Galapagos sea lion *Zalophus wollebaeki.* Regular land-based censuses were carried out in Wreck Bay of San Crist?bal Island, Galapagos, between 2008 and 2012 to explore seasonal changes in sea lion abundance, distribution, and preferences among different habitat types. A daily cycle of haul-out patterns was observed. Animals aggregated on sandy beaches during the coldest periods of the day and were more abundant on rocky and artificial structures when air temperature was warmer. The use of artificial floating platforms as resting places by *Z. wollebaeki* was described for the first time and linked to environmental variability, suggesting that this may be a successful management tool for pinnipeds inhabiting low latitudes. Further, this species demonstrated seasonal distribution changes, aggregating in high densities during warm seasons and maintaining more even distributions during cold seasons. Sea surface temperature, air temperature, and the onset of the breeding season were the variables that most significantly influenced haul-out patterns of *Z. wollebaeki*, indicating that this species can adapt to changing environmental conditions by displaying a high degree of plasticity regarding its distribution and terrestrial microhabitat preferences. Those interested in receiving a PDF copy please contact me at: monteroserra at gmail.com Best regards, Ignasi Montero-Serra PhD Student Department d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Faculty: Dr. Nadine Lysiak, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute/Marine Studies Consortium Shoals Marine Lab is a residential island campus (jointly operated by the University of New Hampshire and Cornell University since 1966) where students are immersed in the study of marine science. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Robin Hadlock Seeley, Ph.D. Assistant Director for Academic Programs & Senior Research Associate Cornell University/ Shoals Marine Laboratory/ Appledore Island, ME TogetherGreen Audubon/Toyota Conservation Leadership Fellow winter mail: 106A Kennedy Hall Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853 Shoals Marine Lab website: www.sml.cornell.edu phone: 607-255-3717 email: rhs4 at cornell.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From orcinus.orca.1758 at gmail.com Sun Apr 20 10:04:04 2014 From: orcinus.orca.1758 at gmail.com (A. Mel Cosentino) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:04:04 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] Early Registration Reminder - International Marine Conservation Congress Message-ID: Dear Marmamers here is a reminder that the early registration rate for the International Marine Conservation Congress ends on April 22nd ? this coming Tuesday There is a substantial amount of specific marine mammal conservation content in the conference including sessions un underwater noise impacts, several sections on whalewatching, marine mammal ethics/welfare plus sessions on marine protected areas, fisheries impacts, pollution, international treaties, marine climate change, presentations on cetaceans, sirenians, pinnipeds, otters and many, many more topics. All presenters must register by that date or risk having their presentation removed from the program. The price increase between early and standard registration rates is an extra $60, which would get you a pretty decent bottle of single malt whisky in Scotland, or all 4 seasons of Downton Abbey on DVD, so for the sake of your career and your taste buds register now ! http://www.conbio.org/mini-sites/imcc-2014/registration-participation/meeting-registration 3rd International Marine Conservation Congress (14-18 August 2014, Glasgow, UK) http://www.conbio.org/mini-sites/imcc-2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alana.phillips at me.com Tue Apr 22 17:08:47 2014 From: alana.phillips at me.com (Alana Phillips) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:08:47 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Reminder: Marine Mammal Science is now online only! Message-ID: A friendly reminder from the Society for Marine Mammalogy: Marine Mammal Science is now online only! Are you wondering why you have not received a copy of Marine Mammal Science in the mail recently? Two years ago, the majority of SMM members voted during the annual April ballot in favor of switching to an electronic-only journal and eliminating the printed version. There was an announcement of this on the Society?s website for several months, but it is possible you missed it if you do not periodically check the site and/or did not attend the annual member?s meeting at the biennial conference. It took some time to plan for the transition, and now it has become a reality. At present, SMM members will not automatically receive e-mail notices when a new issue of the journal is out, although we are looking into whether we might get this changed. Regardless, Marine Mammal Science will continue to be published quarterly (January, April, July and October), and if you sign up for e-mail alerts (http://tinyurl.com/smm-email-alerts), Wiley will automatically e-mail you when a new issue is released. If you used the online version of the journal in the past, you will already know that you must go to Marine Mammal Science through the Society?s website while logged in as a member (http://www.marinemammalscience.org/members). This will give you full access to the journal as part of your Society of Marine Mammalogy membership benefits. If you try to log in to Marine Mammal Science directly through wileyonline.com, you will not succeed in obtaining access to articles by using your SMM member ID and password. Of course, many of you can also gain access to the journal through an institutional membership if your institution has paid to have access. Marine Mammal Science remains the same high-quality journal as before. The journal will continue to operate as it has, maintaining the high standards it has had for papers being accepted. Having more pages available to publish does not diminish the need to keep Marine Mammal Science as a high quality journal. Indeed, we still cannot possibly publish all papers submitted, so we must also select papers to consider based on their relative importance and likely degree of interest to the readership of the journal. Benefits to having an entirely electronic journal: 1) We now publish a greater number of pages without a change in membership fees (now 1600 pages per year, up from 1000) 2) Allows colored figures in papers without charge to authors (previously it cost $600 per printed color figure) 3) Eliminates charges for mailing copies of issues to members 4) Eliminates issues getting lost in the mail (as was a common occurrence in the past) 5) Contributes to conservation by saving trees and eliminating the carbon cost of shipping print copies all over the world If you have not already done so, we invite you to read our first two electronic-only journal issues published January and April 2014. If you have questions about this change or about Marine Mammal Science in general, please e-mail Daryl Boness, Editor-in-Chief of Marine Mammal Science, at mmsci at megalink.net. Best regards, Alana V. Phillips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Membership Chair, Society for Marine Mammalogy http://www.marinemammalscience.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joan.gimenez at csic.es Tue Apr 22 09:05:35 2014 From: joan.gimenez at csic.es (=?UTF-8?Q?Joan_Gim=C3=A9nez_Verdugo?=) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:05:35 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New Paper: Mobbing-like behavior by pilot whales towards killer whales: a response to resource competition or perceived predation risk? Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the publication of the paper: R. De Stephanis, J. Gim?nez, R. Esteban, P. Gauffier, S. Garc?a-Tiscar, M-H. S. Sinding and P. Verborgh (2014) Mobbing-like behavior by pilot whales towards killer whales: a response to resource competition or perceived predation risk? Acta Ethologica DOI 10.1007/s10211-014-0189-1 Abstract: Interspecific interactions can be based on positive or negative outcome. Within antagonist interactions, predation refers to a predator attacking and feeding on a prey while competition is an interaction where individuals compete for a common resource. Worldwide distributions of long-finned pilot whales and killer whales rarely overlap, and they are not known to feed on the same preys. However, in this study, we described the interactions between long-finned pilot whales and killer whales in the Strait of Gibraltar. The former was seen pursuing away the latter in all observations. The main hypotheses for the cause of these interactions are predation or competition. To test both hypotheses, movement patterns and isotopic niches of both species were investigated in the Strait of Gibraltar through satellite tagging and stable isotopes, respectively. Satellite tracks showed no overlap between one tagged pilot whale and one tagged killer whaler?s distributions during 21 days. Similarly, Euclidian distances between centroids of Bayesian standard ellipse areas of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes were significantly different from zero, showing different isotopic niches for each species. This shows that no competition for the resources should exist between both species in the Strait of Gibraltar and that they do not feed on each other, suggesting that the interactions would not be related to predation. A possible historical presence of marine mammal-eating killer whales in the area, today disappeared, could explain the antipredator defense mobbing-like behavior of pilot whales observed in the Strait. A PDF copy can be downloaded from: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10211-014-0189-1/fulltext.html Please do not hesitate to contact us for any question regarding our work. Best regards, Joan Gimenez -- *Joan Gim?nez Verdugo* PhD Student *Estaci?n Biol?gica de Do?ana (CSIC) * *Department of Conservation Biology* Avenida Americo Vespucio s/n 41092 Sevilla www.ebd.csic.es Mail: joan.gimenez at csic.es Phone: +34619176849 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leelarajamani at gmail.com Wed Apr 23 03:47:31 2014 From: leelarajamani at gmail.com (Leela Rajamani) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:47:31 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Workshop Announcement: Building capacity in conducting cetacean abundance surveys in South East Asia through a training workshop and actual surveys Message-ID: Dear Fellow Marmamers, WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT : Building capacity in conducting cetacean abundance surveys in South East Asia through a training workshop and actual surveys Date : 4-11 August 2014 Venue: Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia Six scholarships to attend this workshop will be given to ASEAN country members who show a commitment to continue marine mammal research in their own respective countries. The workshop will include classroom lectures, field training and surveys and data analysis. Topics studied will include interview surveys and monitoring programmess, cetacean identification, line transect methods and photo-identification. Principal trainers are Louella Dolar, Leela Rajamani and Bill Perrin. Interested applicants are advised to send a covering letter, CV and the contact details of two references before May 10th, 2013 via email to Dr. Leela Rajamani leelarajamani at gmail.com. The scholarship includes a return airfare from the current country of residence, local travel , food and accommodation at CEMACS. This workshop can accommodate upto 12 participants. Non-scholarship participants will need to pay a registration fee of RM 500 (approx. US166), accomodation and food (at reasonable prices) available at CEMACS. CEMACS is a field station located at Northwest Penang, Malaysia close to the small town of Teluk Bahang in Penang National Park. Access to the field station is via the university boat or a 30 minute jungle trek along the beach. Best Regards, Leela Leela Rajamani (Ph.D.) Senior Lecturer, Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Tel no: 60-4-8852750 (CEMACS) 60-4 6535922 (Main Campus) Fax No: 60-4-8852751 Email leelarajamani at gmail.com leelarajamani at usm.my -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marina.ivancic at nmmpfoundation.org Tue Apr 22 23:07:16 2014 From: marina.ivancic at nmmpfoundation.org (=?UTF-8?B?TWFyaW5hIEl2YW7EjWnEhywgRFZNLCBEQUNWUg==?=) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:07:16 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Bottlenose Dolphin Thoracic CT Message-ID: ?Dear MARMAM colleagues, We? are pleased to announce a marine mammal diagnostic imaging publication detailing thoracic CT in live bottlenose dolphins: *Ivan?i?, M., Solano, M. and Smith, C. R. (2014), Computed Tomography and Cross-Sectional Anatomy of the Thorax of the Live Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Anat Rec, 297: 901?915. doi: 10.1002/ar.22900* Pulmonary disease is one of the leading causes of cetacean morbidity and mortality in the wild and in managed collections. The purpose of this study was to present the computed tomographic (CT) appearance of the thorax of the live bottlenose dolphin (*Tursiops truncatus*) out-of-water and to describe the technical and logistical parameters involved in CT image acquisition in this species. Six thoracic CT evaluations of four conscious adult bottlenose dolphins were performed between April 2007 and May 2012. Animals were trained to slide out of the water onto foam pads and were transported in covered trucks to a human CT facility. Under light sedation, animals were secured in sternal recumbency for acquisition of CT data. Non-contrast helical images were obtained during an end-inspiratory breath hold. Diagnostic, high quality images were obtained in all cases. Respiratory motion was largely insignificant due to the species' apneustic respiratory pattern. CT findings characteristic of this species include the presence of a bronchus trachealis, absence of lung lobation, cranial cervical extension of the lung, lack of conspicuity of intrathoracic lymph nodes, and presence of retia mirabilia. Dorsoventral narrowing of the heart relative to the thorax was seen in all animals and is suspected to be an artifact of gravity loading. Diagnostic thoracic computed tomography of live cetaceans is feasible and likely to prove clinically valuable. A detailed series of cross-sectional reference images is provided. Anat Rec, 297:901?915, 2014. ? 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.22900/abstract Best regards, Marina Ivan?i?, DVM, DACVR Veterinary Radiologist National Marine Mammal Foundation Navy Marine Mammal Program marina.ivancic at nmmf.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mignucci-Giannoni, PhD Catedr?tico & Director?Centro de Conservaci?n de Manat?es de Puerto Rico Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico 500 Carr. John Will Harris, Bayam?n, Puerto Rico 00957 PO Box 361715 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 TEL (787)279-1912 x2070 ? CEL (787)399-1900 EMAIL mignucci at manatipr.org ? amignucci at bayamon.inter.edu WEB www.manatipr.org ? www.bayamon.inter.edu FACEBOOK facebook.com/ccmapr ? TWITTER twitter.com/manatipr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marta_mtm at hotmail.com Mon Apr 21 02:42:19 2014 From: marta_mtm at hotmail.com (=?Windows-1252?B?TWFydGEgVG9iZfFh?=) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:42:19 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] =?windows-1252?q?New_paper=3A_Inter-island_movements_of_?= =?windows-1252?q?common_bottlenose_dolphins_Tursiops_truncatus_among_the_?= =?windows-1252?q?Canary_Islands=3A_online_catalogues_and_implications_for?= =?windows-1252?q?_conservation_and_management_=28Marta_Tobe=F1a=29?= Message-ID: New paper: Inter-island movements of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus among the Canary Islands: online catalogues and implications for conservation and management (Marta Tobe?a) Dear MARMAM subscribers, We are pleased to announce the publication of our Note in the 2014 March of African Journal of Marine Science: M Tobe?a, A Esc?nez, Y Rodr?guez, C L?pez, F Ritter & N Aguilar (2014): Inter-island movements of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus among the Canary Islands: online catalogues and implications for conservation and management, African Journal of Marine Science *Summary:* A total of 313 individual common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus was photo-identified in four Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in the western Canary Islands, Spain (El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife), over a 10-year period (2001?2011). Of these, 36 individuals were resighted subsequently off two or more different islands, determined using online and conventional photo-identification catalogues. This study provides the first evidence of regular, long-distance movements undertaken by common bottlenose dolphins in the Canary Islands. Distances travelled ranged from 30 to 130 km between islands, demonstrating that the species is highly mobile within the archipelago. These results have important implications for the conservation and management of this species in this region and highlight the need to evaluate the efficiency of existing SACs and to further explore residency patterns. For any questions or to request a PDF copy of this paper, please feel free to email me at: marta_mtm at hotmail.com Best, Marta Tobe?a -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Above average population, genetic divergence may be due to divergent selection as a result of local adaptation. Consequently, substantial efforts have been directed toward such outlying loci in order to identify traits subject to local adaptation. Here, we report the results of an investigation into the molecular basis of the substantial degree of genetic divergence previously reported at allozyme loci among North Atlantic fin whale (*Balaenoptera physalus*) populations. We sequenced the exons encoding for the two most divergent allozyme loci (*MDH-1* and *MPI*) and failed to detect any nonsynonymous substitutions. Following extensive error checking and analysis of additional bioinformatic and morphological data, we hypothesize that the observed allozyme polymorphisms may reflect phenotypic plasticity at the cellular level, perhaps as a response to nutritional stress. While such plasticity is intriguing in itself, and of fundamental evolutionary interest, our key finding is that the observed allozyme variation does not appear to be a result of genetic drift, migration, or selection on the *MDH-1* and *MPI*exons themselves, stressing the importance of interpreting allozyme data with caution. As for North Atlantic fin whale population structure, our findings support the low levels of differentiation found in previous analyses of DNA nucleotide loci. The paper is open access Best wishes, Morten -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mortentolsen at gmail.com Tue Apr 22 02:22:03 2014 From: mortentolsen at gmail.com (Morten Tange Olsen) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:22:03 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on harbour seal genetics, PVA and MUs Message-ID: Dear MARMAMers We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper using genetic data and population viability analyses to identify harbour seal populations and management units http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.12644/abstract Identification of populations and management units is an essential step in the study of natural systems. Still, there is limited consensus regarding how to define populations and management units, and whether genetic methods allow for inference at the relevant spatial and temporal scale. Here, we present a novel approach, integrating genetic, life history and demographic data to identify populations and management units in southern Scandinavian harbour seals. First, 15 microsatellite markers and model- and distance-based genetic clustering methods were used to determine the population genetic structure in harbour seals. Second, we used harbour seal demographic and life history data to conduct population viability analyses (PVAs) in the vortex simulation model in order to determine whether the inferred genetic units could be classified as management units according to Lowe and Allendorf's (Molecular Ecology, 19, 2010, 3038) ?population viability criterion? for demographic independence. The genetic analyses revealed fine-scale population structuring in southern Scandinavian harbour seals and pointed to the existence of several genetic units. The PVAs indicated that the census population size of each of these genetic units was sufficiently large for long-term population viability, and hence that the units could be classified as demographically independent management units. Our study suggests that population genetic inference can offer the same degree of temporal and spatial resolution as ?nongenetic? methods and that the combined use of genetic data and PVAs constitutes a promising approach for delineating populations and management units. If you are interested, but cannot access the paper, please send an email to mortentolsen[a]gmail.com Best wishes, Morten -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sally.mizroch at noaa.gov Tue Apr 22 11:12:49 2014 From: sally.mizroch at noaa.gov (Sally Mizroch - NOAA Federal) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:12:49 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] =?iso-8859-1?q?SOMEMMA_meeting_May_12-15=2C_Quer=E9taro_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?City=2C_Mexico?= Message-ID: Dear colleagues,. This is a short reminder that the Mexican Society for Marine Mammals (SOMEMMA) is holding their *XXXIV International Meeting for the Study of Marine Mammals *next month in Quer?taro City, May 12 - 15. The meeting?s theme this year is "*Multidisciplinarity as a strategy to solve marine mammal conservation conundrums*". The keynote speakers are Frances Gulland, Mariano Sironi, Laura Martinez-Levasseur and Ileana Espejel. For the first time, the organizers have arranged for simultaneous Spanish-English translation, so even if your Spanish is rusty (or non-existent), please attend. Travel logistics are surprisingly easy and Quer?taro is a beautiful city. You can fly directly to the Quer?taro Airport from Houston, Dallas, Monterrey, Tijuana or Cancun. Or fly to M?xico City and take land transportation between the Mexico City aiport and the city of Quer?taro (about 3 hours). Or fly to Aguascalientes (2.5 hours away) from Dallas, Los Angeles, Houston, or Tijuana For more information, please follow this link: http://kacevedow.wix.com/somemma34reunion Best regards, Sally Mizroch North American representative to the SOMEMMA board. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Sally A. Mizroch Alaska Fisheries Science Center National Marine Mammal Laboratory 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4 Seattle, WA 98115, USA voice: (206) 526-4030 fax: (206) 526-6615 e-mail: Sally.Mizroch at noaa.gov The contents of this message are mine personally and do not necessarilyreflect any position of NOAA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danielle.kreb1 at gmail.com Tue Apr 22 21:58:02 2014 From: danielle.kreb1 at gmail.com (danielle.kreb1 at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:58:02 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Research volunteer opportunities in Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Message-ID: BERAU MARINE VERTEBRATES MONITORING PROJECT The Berau marine vertebrates program aims to protect a high diversity of marine vertebrates including cetaceans, turtles, whale sharks and manta rays in the Marine Park of Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Besides raising awareness, engaging local communities in sustainable handycraft and ecotourism activities, part of the conservation program includes a long-term monitoring program of marine vertebrates in the area. Since 2003 until now opportunistic surveys are being conducted in Berau by the local NGO Yayasan Konservasi RASI or the Conservation Foundation for Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia under guidance of Dr. Danielle Kreb and Ir. Budiono. However, more regular ongoing monitoring is being anticipated by involving both trained local fishermen and through a foreign volunteer/ Indonesian student monitoring program. We are looking for motivated volunteers/ students that are willing to engage in the program through an initial six-day monitoring survey in the beautiful landscape of the Berau archipelago while being mostly based on the island of Maratua (day 1-6) but also three nights on Derawan Island (Day 7-9). If the volunteer monitoring will prove effective then in the future more surveys will be planned in this manner. Dates: 10-20 June 2014 (spaces available for 3-4 volunteers) Day by day schedule, qualifications for volunteers and costs involved can be downloaded from a flyer posted on our website at: http://www.ykrasi.org/coastal.html We are looking forward to your partcipation! Sampai jumpa, Danielle & Budiono Contact: Danielle Kreb (Ph.D) Member of IUCN/SSC/Cetacean Specialist Group Scientific Program Advisor, RASI Conservation Foundation Komplek Pandan Pandan Harum Indah C52 Samarinda 75124, Kalimantan Timur Indonesia Phone: office+ 62.541.744874; Mobile: + 62.81346489515 E-mail: yk.rasi at gmail.com Web: http://www.ykrasi.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katrinan at uvic.ca Wed Apr 23 11:31:07 2014 From: katrinan at uvic.ca (katrinan at uvic.ca) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:31:07 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Important Confirmation and Details for NWSSMM Conference May 3-4 Message-ID: <57ba559d8b1647b4ebaeccc3765a321d.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> This is a message to all those who registered for the 18th annual meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy in Bellingham, WA to be held May 3-4, 2014. Registration for this event is now closed, and we have sent out confirmation details to all registrants for whom we have contact information. If you have registered for the meeting and have not yet received a confirmation email, we may not have your current email address. If you have not already done so, please reply to Kat Nikolich (nikolik at students.wwu.edu) to confirm that you still plan to attend. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. Looking forward to seeing you very soon! Kat Nikolich M.Sc. Candidate WWU Marine Mammal Lab​ From Andrea.Walters at utas.edu.au Wed Apr 23 21:09:57 2014 From: Andrea.Walters at utas.edu.au (Andrea Walters) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 04:09:57 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New papaer on southern elephant seal foraging habitat use and diet In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear MARMAMers We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper on southern elephant seal foraging habitat use and diet. Walters A, Lea M-A, van den Hoff J, Field IC, Virtue P, et al. (2014) Spatially Explicit Estimates of Prey Consumption Reveal a New Krill Predator in the Southern Ocean. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86452. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086452 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086452 Development in foraging behaviour and dietary intake of many vertebrates are age-structured. Differences in feeding ecology may correlate with ontogenetic shifts in dispersal patterns, and therefore affect foraging habitat and resource utilization. Such life-history traits have important implications in interpreting tropho-dynamic linkages. Stable isotope ratios in the whiskers of sub-yearling southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina; n = 12) were used, in conjunction with satellite telemetry and environmental data, to examine their foraging habitat and diet during their first foraging migration. The trophic position of seals from Macquarie Island (54?30?S, 158?57?E) was estimated using stable carbon (?13C) and nitrogen (?15N) ratios along the length of the whisker, which provided a temporal record of prey intake. Satellite-relayed data loggers provided details on seal movement patterns, which were related to isotopic concentrations along the whisker. Animals fed in waters south of the Polar Front (>60?S) or within Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Statistical Subareas 88.1 and 88.2, as indicated by both their depleted ?13C ( From clementsot at gmail.com Wed Apr 23 20:02:25 2014 From: clementsot at gmail.com (Clement) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:02:25 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Survey: Management of ship strike mitigation measures Message-ID: Dear Marmamers, If you have been involved in the development and/or the management of ship strike mitigation measures such as ship speed reduction, area to be avoided (ATBA) or traffic separation scheme (TSS) shift/implementation, I would be grateful if you could take a few minutes of your time to fill out this short questionnaire by *May 4th* : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DTfnOxOXamcwUVBSL9hkzHJbIQBg5EC1t37KUw63ba0/viewform?usp=send_form My goal is to understand how the compliance with measures to mitigate ship-whale collisions is managed worldwide. I will be pleased to share my results with those interested when the work is completed. Feel totally free to contact me by email (clementsot at gmail.com) for any further detail. Thank you in advance! Cl?ment -- Cl?ment Chion , PhD Postdoctoral Fellow ISFORT Universit? du Qu?bec en Outaouais -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alesha.r.n at gmail.com Fri Apr 25 12:18:30 2014 From: alesha.r.n at gmail.com (Alesha Naranjit) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:18:30 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Request for comments on draft seismic survey guidelines in Trinidad and Tobago Message-ID: Good day, As you may have been informed before, Trinidad and Tobago is developing new guidelines and requirements for managing the acoustic impacts of offshore seismic surveys in Trinidad and Tobago. Working drafts of the documents are available at http://ttseismicsurveyguide.wix.com/testing for review and we would very much appreciate your comments, suggestions and concerns to make these the most effective guidelines possible. Most especially on the "Requirements for the mitigation of acoustic disturbance from offshore seismic surveys to marine life in Trinidad and Tobago". The deadline for comments is on the 19th May 2014. We will try to accommodate late comments but cannot ensure that we will be able to do so. The "Review of the acoustic effects of offshore seismic surveys" was created provide important background information which will help in reviewing the recommendations, guidelines and requirements presented here for the management of offshore seismic surveys in Trinidad and Tobago. If you think we have missed any important point please don't hesitate to let us know. The justification documents for applying for and processing CECs for offshore seismic surveys are not necessary for review but are included to give an understanding of the reasons for the decisions made in these documents. We look forward to any comments, suggestions or concerns you may wish to share. Please send them to ttseismicsurveyguidelines at gmail.com. If you have any questions you can contact us at ttseismicsurveyguidelines at gmail.com. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone who may be interested. We very much hope to hear from you. Best regards, Al?sha Naranjit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please, find here the link to the video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fc2qlhifat38o3y/Risso%27s%20tail%20with%20gopro.mp4 We want to thank you again for the incredible participation and support demonstrated! My dearest wishes, Marina Costa On 11/04/2014 15:43, Marina Costa wrote: > > Dear MARMAM colleagues, > > Over the years the peculiar head-standing behaviour often displayed by > Risso's dolphins (/Grampus griseus/) has caught the interest of > researchers and members of the public who have witnessed it. This > behaviour consists of the animal standing for a period of time > (varying from a few seconds to several minutes) in a vertical position > with the head underwater (~ 1/3 of the body length) and the tail out > of the water (~ 2/3 of the body length). With very few exceptions > there is almost no information available in the literature on this > behaviour other than the reporting of its existence. > > Various hypotheses have been suggested to try to explain the > behaviour, including reaction to distress (either natural or human > related), communication, resting, thermoregulation, etc. but no > specific study has been carried out. > > We are currently collecting information about the presence/absence and > frequency of the head-standing behaviour in Risso's dolphins in > different areas of the world and would like to gather as much > information as possible from far and wide. > > On behalf of my co-authors and myself, I hereby wish to ask the MARMAM > community to contribute to this research by completing a simple > questionnaire which we have prepared. The only requirement to > contribute is that Risso's dolphins are encountered (with ANY > frequency) during your activity at sea (e.g. whale-watching, land > survey, etc.). The presence of the head-standing behaviour is NOT a > requirement -- to the contrary, we are very interested to find out > whether only certain populations display the behaviour. > > As we cannot attach the questionnaire to this MARMAM email, if you are > interested in participating please do not hesitate to contact us > (Marina Costa: marinza.costa at gmail.com > , Elisa Remonato: e.remonato at gmail.com > )and request the questionnaire along with > which we will also provide the terms of the collaboration. > > Many thanks in advance for your help and interest! > > We will keep the MARMAM community posted about any news and > development of this project. > > My dearest wishes > > Marina Costa > > -- > Marina Costa > > PhD Student > Sea Mammal Research Unit > Scottish Oceans Institute > University of St Andrews > St Andrews > KY16 8LB > Scotland > > mc76 at st-andrews.ac.uk > > marinza.costa at gmail.com > Skype: costa_marina -- Marina Costa PhD Student Sea Mammal Research Unit Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews St Andrews KY16 8LB Scotland mc76 at st-andrews.ac.uk marinza.costa at gmail.com Skype: costa_marina -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From marinza.costa at gmail.com Sat Apr 26 09:24:58 2014 From: marinza.costa at gmail.com (Marina Costa) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:24:58 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] Video about the Head-Standing in Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus): YouTube In-Reply-To: <535A53D7.2080509@gmail.com> References: <5347FF86.8060105@gmail.com> <535A53D7.2080509@gmail.com> Message-ID: <535BDDDA.8060809@gmail.com> Dear MARMAM colleagues, Apparently the traffic on dropbox to download the Risso's dolphin video was to much and the link have been suspended. Sorry about the inconvenient but thank you so much for your enthusiasm! I loaded the video on Youtube, please find below the link: http://youtu.be/DFPjJI5WyIA Please, let me know if you have any further problems (I can invite to share a private dropbox link). My dearest wishes, Marina On 25/04/2014 13:23, Marina Costa wrote: > Dear MARMAM colleagues, > > Some weeks ago my colleague Elisa Remonato and I posted on MARMAM a > request to gather information about the head-standing behaviour > displayed by Risso's dolphins (/Grampus griseus/). > > Your reply was amazing! > We already received 20 questionnaire and 7 more will be send in the > next days. > Thank you so much! > > Many of you also asked if we had a video with the head-standing behaviour. > So my colleague and friend Valenatina Cucchiara (www.liquidjungle.tv) > edited some material collected in the southern Egyptian Red Sea in > summer 2012. > Please, find here the link to the video: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/fc2qlhifat38o3y/Risso%27s%20tail%20with%20gopro.mp4 > > We want to thank you again for the incredible participation and > support demonstrated! > > My dearest wishes, > > Marina Costa > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sina.kreicker at aim.uzh.ch Sun Apr 27 09:01:12 2014 From: sina.kreicker at aim.uzh.ch (sina.kreicker at aim.uzh.ch) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 18:01:12 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: Cultural transmission of tool use by bottlenose dolphins provides access to a novel foraging niche Message-ID: Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Please list the following post on MARMAN. Thank you very much, Sina ? New publication: Cultural transmission of tool use by bottlenose dolphins provides access to a novel foraging niche ? Dear Marmam Readers, I am very pleased to announce the following publication: Michael Kr?tzen, Sina Kreicker, Colin D. MacLeod, Jennifer Learmonth, Anna M. Kopps, Pamela Walsham and Simon J. Allen (2014). Cultural transmission of tool use by Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) provides access to a novel foraging niche. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. DOI 10.1098/rspb.2014.0374 (http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1784/20140374.abstract?etoc&cited-by=yes&legid=royprsb%3B281%2F1784%2F20140374) Abstract: Culturally transmitted tool use has important ecological and evolutionary consequences and has been proposed as a significant driver of human evolution. Such evidence is still scarce in other animals. In cetaceans, tool use has been inferred using indirect evidence in one population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.), where particular dolphins (?spongers?) use marine sponges during foraging. To date, evidence of whether this foraging tactic actually provides access to novel food items is lacking. We used fatty acid (FA) signature analysis to identify dietary differences between spongers and non-spongers, analysing data from 11 spongers and 27 non-spongers from two different study sites. Both univariate and multivariate analyses revealed significant differences in FA profiles between spongers and non-spongers between and within study sites. Moreover, FA profiles differed significantly between spongers and non-spongers foraging within the same deep channel habitat, whereas the profiles of non-spongers from deep channel and shallow habitats at this site could not be distinguished. Our results indicate that sponge use by bottlenose dolphins is linked to significant differences in diet. It appears that cultural transmission of tool use in dolphins, as in humans, allows the exploitation of an otherwise unused niche. For any questions or a pdf copy please contact sina.kreicker at aim.uzh.ch or michael.kruetzen at aim.uzh.ch Best wishes, Sina Sina Kreicker M.Sc. 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It's Scientific Committee considers methods of estimating the number of whales killed from ship strikes; it is also fostering the dialogue between researchers, Authorities and the shipping industry and thus takes part in developing mitigation measures. The Conservation Committee has established a dedicated Ship Strikes Working Group to set up a five years strategic plan to develop a policy framework for mitigation of ship strike events and to co-ordinate work between member governments. The IWC is also working in conjunction with other international bodies such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and its Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC). Both committees provide a forum to report ship strike cases on the one hand, and the measures being taken within countries to reduce and record incidences of ship strikes. The IWC has developed a standardized global database to report collisions between vessels and whales. The database is open for anyone to submit data and includes information on the whales (e.g., species, size, observed injuries, etc.) and on the vessels. The objectives of the database are accurate estimates of mortality and injuries, to help detect trends over time, to allow better modeling of risk factors (e.g., vessel type, speed, size), and to identify high risk or unsuspected problem areas. The data base provides an on-going facility for collecting new information. Most importantly, it relies on scientists and mariners providing information. Therefore, any report of a ship strike is important. With this, we are looking for new records and invite any of you with information regarding collision cases or evidence of animals with clear sign of ship strike to compile the online database at: http://data.iwc.int/ShipStrike/logon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fshipstrike%2fdefault.aspx. Such information can come from witness reports you may have heard of but also from (your own) scientific publications, etc. We would like to thank you for your cooperation; please do not hesitate to get in touch with us in case you need further information and any assistance. Please visit the IWC ship strike website to find out more at: http://iwc.int/ship-strikes. Simone Panigada - panigada at inwind.it Fabian Ritter - ritter at m-e-e-r.de IWC ship strikes coordinators -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ivlarkin at ufl.edu Mon Apr 28 11:51:39 2014 From: ivlarkin at ufl.edu (Larkin,Iskande (Iske)) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:51:39 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Aquatic Animal Health Summer & Fall Online Courses - Summer Registration Closes Soon Message-ID: <2BB79AFC82480F4FB04E8807FD38B10C0A6EF5E4@AHC-MB02.ad.ufl.edu> At the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine we are offering a few exciting online courses in the upcoming Summer and Fall semesters that are specifically geared towards those interested in Aquatic Animal Health. All of these courses have registration options for undergraduate students, graduate students and as continuing education for the professional or practitioner. Summer classes (2014) Aquatic Wildlife Health Issues is an online course (3 credits) - designed to introduce students (upper level undergraduate and graduate) and professionals (with an AA or higher degree) to the natural history, anatomy, physiology, behavior and common health issues of aquatic species: whales and dolphins, seals and sea lions, manatees, sea turtles, crocodilians, fish and invertebrates. More information can be found here: (http://aquatic.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/courses/distance-learning-courses/aquatic-wildlife-health-issues/) Manatee Health and Conservation is an online course (3 credits) - that will provide students (upper level undergraduate and graduate) and professionals (with an AA or higher degree) with a detailed overview of manatee natural history, health assessment, and research findings as well as explore conservation issues. More information can be found here: (http://aquatic.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/courses/distance-learning-courses/manatee-health-and-conservation/) Fall classes (2014) Aquatic Animal Conservation Issues is an online course (3 credits) - designed to introduce students (upper level undergraduate and graduate) and professionals (with an AA or higher degree) to the controversial issues surrounding aquatic animal species ranging from invertebrates to marine mammals, with an emphasis on marine mammals, but also including sea turtles, fisheries, and marine ecosystems. More information can be found here: (http://aquatic.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/courses/distance-learning-courses/aquatic-animal-conservation-issues/) For questions about the class or enrollment, contact Jeffrey Hendel (hendelj at ufl.edu>). DEADLINES If you are interested in taking one of the classes, registration deadline for summer: Academic credit is May 9th Continuing Education (CE) is May 14th First day of class is May 12th. Fall (2014) term registration will remain open until August. Sincerely, Dr Iske Larkin Iske V. Larkin, PhD Lecturer & Education Coordinator Aquatic Animal Health Program Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine University of Florida PO Box 100136 2015 SW 16th Ave Gainesville, Florida 32610 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz Mon Apr 28 12:24:35 2014 From: cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz (Cheng-Hsiu Tsai) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:24:35 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication - Tsai et al 2014 fossil gray whales from Taiwan Message-ID: <811594D1-785D-4DC0-9BE1-F4012888BD84@otago.ac.nz> Dear colleagues We are pleased to announce a new publication on fossil gray whale from Taiwan with implications of paleo-breeding ground of the western population. Title: Quaternary fossil gray whales from Taiwan. The article could be downloaded: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2517/2014PR009 or email Tsai, cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz; craniata at gmail.com Abstract. Two specimens of fossil juvenile gray whale from the sea bottom between Taiwan and the Penghu Islands are Quaternary in age, and probably early Holocene, no older than 11?12 ka. Both specimens preserve the posterior portion of the skull from the occipital condyles to the broken frontals; the earbones are missing. A key diagnostic feature of eschrichtiids, paired tuberosities on the supraoccipital, occurs in both specimens. Because of incompleteness and differences with the living gray whale, the fossils are designated as Eschrichtius sp. rather than Eschrichtius robustus. This report of fossil gray whales is the first from Taiwan. The fossils expand the known range of Quaternary gray whales, and this occurrence of juveniles is consistent with a possible paleo-breeding- or nursery range. Regards and all the best 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 ashley_2486_b at yahoo.com Tue Apr 29 10:35:34 2014 From: ashley_2486_b at yahoo.com (Ashley Barratclough) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:35:34 +0100 (BST) Subject: [MARMAM] Right Whale Publication Message-ID: <1398792934.62715.YahooMailNeo@web173202.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following article: ? Barratclough, Ashley, Paul D. Jepson, Philip K. Hamilton, Carolyn A. Miller, Kenady Wilson, and Michael J. Moore. "How much does a swimming, underweight, entangled right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) weigh? Calculating the weight at sea, to facilitate accurate dosing of sedatives to enable disentanglement." Marine Mammal Science (2014). ? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12132/full Summary Fishing gear entanglement represents a significant source of anthropogenic mortality in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). The current methods of photo identification and post-mortem examination of stranded carcasses, give a good indication of the prevalence of entanglements. Consistent monitoring of the trends in entanglements has demonstrated a rise in the number of North Atlantic right whales affected. The implications of this trend are of serious concern in an already endangered species. ?Disentanglement of whales from fishing gear is one potential mitigation option, however approaching a distressed whale is challenging. Sedation has facilitated the approach, however accurate sedative dosing is essential to prevent fatalities. Accurate body weight estimation is therefore required to calculate the correct dose. By examining the post-mortem data of whale morphometrics and performing a step wise linear regression analysis relating length and girth measurements, we established a formula to estimate the weight of North Atlantic right whales at sea. ? If you are interested but cannot access this article online lease email me at ashley_2486_b at yahoo.com for a pdf reprint. ? Best Wishes ? Ashley Barratclough -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wojtek.bachara at gmail.com Tue Apr 29 01:27:40 2014 From: wojtek.bachara at gmail.com (Wojtek.Bachara) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:27:40 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New papers on beaked whales (Sowerby's, Gervais' and Cuvier's) Message-ID: <535F627C.5070905@gmail.com> Dear Readers, We are pleased to announce the publication of the papers: Bachara W. and S.A. Norman. 2014. Mesoplodon europaeus strandings- a short review. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. SC65b/SM01 Bachara W. , P. Cerme?o and S.A. Norman. 2014. Mesoplodon bidens strandings- a short review. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. SC65b/SM02 Bachara W. and S.A. Norman. 2013. Ziphius cavirostris strandings-a short review. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. SC65a/SM1 A PDF copy can be downloaded from: http://iwc.int/sc65bdocs and go to SM section. and: http://iwc.int/sc65adocs and go to Small Cetaceans. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any question regarding my work. Best regards, Wojtek From andyszabo at gmail.com Tue Apr 29 12:36:25 2014 From: andyszabo at gmail.com (Andy Szabo) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:36:25 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Alaska Whale Foundation's new website Message-ID: Dear Marmam folks, Alaska Whale Foundation has recently launched its new website ( www.alaskawhalefoundation.org) and Facebook page. For those of you interested in checking out what we're up to, reconnecting, and/or looking for opportunities to get involved, come by and have a look. 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Training animals to participate voluntarily in research projects allows researchers to learn about behavior, physiology, perception, cognitive ability, and even affective states. This knowledge can then be applied to improve welfare and or to aid in efforts to conserve a species. Do you want to learn more about training animals for research projects with positive reinforcement? Do you want to learn about the theoretical and practical aspects and challenges one could encounter? This seminar is a combination of lectures, workshops, and animal training sessions specifically focused on the topic of research training. Dates are May 12th - 15th, 2014. See attached program (still subject to changes). For more information: http://www.animalconcepts.eu/styled-4/styled-12/styled-3/index.html Best wishes, Sabrina Brando, Kirsten Anderson Hansen, Elizabeth Henderson, Rebecca Singer, and Magnus Wahlberg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To look for evidence of whether migration routes are innate or learnt for sea turtles, here for 42 sites around the World we compare the migration routes of > 400 satellite adults of multiple species of sea turtle with c.45,000 Lagrangian hatchling turtle drift scenarios. In so doing, we show that the migration routes of adult turtles are strongly related to hatchling drift patterns, implying that adult migration goals are learnt through their past experiences dispersing with ocean currents. The diverse migration destinations of adults consistently reflected the diversity in sites they would have encountered as drifting hatchlings. Our findings reveal how a simple mechanism, juvenile passive drift, can explain the ontogeny of some of the longest migrations in the animal kingdom and ensure that adults find suitable foraging sites. Please note: supplementary material will not be available until the article has gone through the copy-editing process and appears "in print", Kind regards and please let me know if you would like a copy of the "pre-print", Rebecca Scott ------------------------- Dr Rebecca Scott GEOMAR|Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel D?sternbrooker Weg 20 24105 Kiel, Germany +49 (0)431 600 4569 http://www.geomar.de/en/mitarbeiter/fb3/ev/rscott/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bruno at thebdri.com Wed Apr 30 01:35:52 2014 From: bruno at thebdri.com (Bruno Diaz Lopez) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:35:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [MARMAM] Cetaceans Research volunteer opportunities in Spain In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1398846952.83706.YahooMailNeo@web125004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Could you please post the following. The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI) conducts cetacean surveys throughout our field season (March - November) from aboard our research yacht Tyba along the north-western coast of Spain. More info about the BDRI here:?www.thebdri.com We invite you to join our ongoing new study of the behaviour, communication, habitat use and social lives of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises along the north-western coast of Spain (Galicia). Every year we welcome aboard enthusiastic volunteers who are willing to contribute directly to our research work. As a volunteer onboard Tyba, you will have the opportunity to see first hand the the incredible diversity of marine wildlife present in these waters. This project offers an insight in the work that our centre is carrying out, about dolphins research in general, you have the opportunity to work with interested people from all over the world, but most important of all ? you will contribute to the dolphin conservation and research.? The BDRI?s main work is to contribute to bottlenose dolphin conservation through research. Our research is published in scientific journals which is the basis for all the information that we have about bottlenose dolphins today. Hence, knowledge is directly connected to protection and conservation. To volunteer at the BDRI requires a minimum of 6 days commitment, and - weather permitting - we will be out on the water at least during 4-5 days per week. To find out more about this volunteering program please click here . ? Rendezvous location is O Grove on the south coast of Galicia (Spain), where the BDRI has the field research station. There is a monetary value attached to participating. This means that in order for you to come and take a part of the project you will have to pay for a part of the expenses that are derived from your participation (the volunteering fee). This includes the accommodation in an apartment with the other participants, training and other other expenses. ?The income generated allows BDRI to carry out this research programme, you can be assured that without your contribution the research couldn't be undertaken. Bruno Diaz Lopez? Chief Biologist / Director? Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI? Av. Beiramar 192, O Grove 36991, Galicia, Espa?a www.thebdri.com? info at thebdri.com ? tel.+ 34 605 521441 tel. + 34 886 319608 ? This email is confidential to the intended recipient(s) and the contents may be legally privileged or contain proprietary and private information. It is intended solely for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this email. If received in error, please notify the sender and delete the message from your system immediately. 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Ideally you will have offshore seismic experience and valid certification for offshore work. If you are interested, please send your CV to: emmaforrester at hydenlyne.com with the subject heading "Canadian MMO". Kind regards, Emma Forrester Project Manager UK Mobile +44 (0)7730222001 Office +44 (0)1202 900078 Hydenlyne 1 Princes Court Princes Road Ferndown Dorset England BH22 9JG This email is confidential and for the intended recipient(s) only. If you are not the intended or authorised recipient, please maintain this confidentiality, notify the sender immediately and then delete it from your computer systems. Any unauthorised duplication, dissemination or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche, potentiellement pr?lude ? l'ouverture d'un poste de Ma?tre de Conf?rences ? l'Universit? de Bretagne Occidentale de Brest (France). Partie enseignement du poste (192H d'enseignement annuelles) : Le candidat assurera des enseignements de statistiques et d?informatique, appliqu?es aux Sciences Humaines, principalement en Psychologie, en Sociologie, et dans toutes les fili?res de l?UFR. Partie recherche : Le candidat s'impliquera dans l'un des projets de recherche du laboratoire BioGeMME, et mettra en oeuvre des outils de g?n?tique mol?culaire et des populations (quelques publications r?centes du labo en fin de message). Profil requis - Th?se en g?n?tique, g?nomique, bioinformatique (ou ?ventuellement informatique ou statistiques avec ouverture ? la Biologie ) - Volont? et capacit? ? enseigner les statistiques ? un public de non-sp?cialistes (niveau licence essentiellement) - Capacit? ? s'impliquer dans les th?mes de recherche du Laboratoire, portant sur la g?n?tique des populations d'esp?ces cibl?es de mammif?res marins. Ce profil peut correspondre ? un candidat ayant un profil "g?n?tique des populations" (au sens large du terme) d?sireux d'adapter ses connaissances en statistiques ? un public d'?tudiants non sp?cialistes, ainsi qu'? un statisticien qui mettra en oeuvre ses connaissances et comp?tences en les appliquant ? d'autre disciplines. Une exp?rience de l'?tude des mammif?res marins serait tr?s appr?ci?e. Plus de renseignements : jean-luc.jung at univ-brest.fr (partie recherche) francois.carpentier at univ-brest.fr (partie enseignement) Fiche descriptive du poste (N? 33) et D?p?t de candidature https://candidatures.univ-brest.fr/ Exemples de publications r?centes du Laboratoire BioGeMME Zookeys, 365: 5?24. PLoS ONE, 7: e44425. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044425.t001. Marine Mammal Science, 29 : 195-203. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pirotts at libero.it Wed Apr 30 03:52:30 2014 From: pirotts at libero.it (Enrico Pirotta) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:52:30 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [MARMAM] =?utf-8?q?New_publication_on_estimating_exposure_to_boat?= =?utf-8?q?_traffic_with_spatially_explicit_capture=E2=80=93recapture_mode?= =?utf-8?q?ls?= Message-ID: <1774218697.12335301398855150011.JavaMail.actor@webmail2> Dear MARMAM colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been made available online: Enrico Pirotta, Paul M. Thompson, Barbara Cheney, Carl Donovan, David Lusseau (In press). Estimating spatial, temporal and individual variability in dolphin cumulative exposure to boat traffic using spatially explicit capture?recapture methods. Animal Conservation. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12132 ABSTRACT: Appropriate management of the effects of human activities on animal populations requires quantification of the rate at which animals encounter stressors. Such activities are heterogeneously distributed in space, as are the individual animals in a population. This will result in a heterogeneous exposure rate, which is also likely to vary over time. A spatially explicit analysis of individual exposure is therefore required. We applied Bayesian spatially explicit capture?recapture models to photo-identification data to estimate the home range of well-marked individuals in a protected coastal population of bottlenose dolphins. Model results were combined with the estimated distribution of boat traffic to quantify how exposure to this disturbance varied in time and space. Variability in exposure between individuals was also investigated using a mixed-effects model. The cumulative individual exposure to boat traffic varied between summers, depending both on the overall area usage and the degree of individual movement around the activity centres. Despite this variability, regions of higher risk could be identified. There were marked inter-individual differences in the predicted amount of time dolphins spent in the presence of boats, and individuals tended to be consistently over- or underexposed across summers. Our study offers a framework to describe the temporal, spatial and individual variation in exposure to anthropogenic stressors when individuals can be repeatedly identified over time. It provides opportunities to map exposure risk and understand how this evolves in time at both individual and population levels. The outcome of such modelling can be used as a robust evidence base to support management decisions. KEY WORDS: Bayesian modelling; capture?recapture; disturbance; dolphin; exposure rate; home range; marine traffic; Tursiops truncatus. A PDF copy of the work can be downloaded from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acv.12132/abstract Please do not hesitate to contact me for any question regarding our work. All the best, Enrico Pirotta From T.Jauniaux at ulg.ac.be Wed Apr 30 00:24:13 2014 From: T.Jauniaux at ulg.ac.be (Thierry Jauniaux) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 09:24:13 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] 8th marine mammals necropsy workshop Liege 2014 Message-ID: <9E025EEB-39E7-4A5A-A97D-89B36A1C74FC@ulg.ac.be> Apologies for cross-posting A marine mammal necropsy workshop is organized by the Department of Veterinary Pathology (University of Liege, Belgium), UMS Pelagis (University of La Rochelle, France) and the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics LAB (Universitat Polit?cnica de Catalunya, Spain). The session will be held at the Veterinary College on the Sart Tilman campus (Li?ge, Belgium) on June 30 and July 1, 2014. During the workshop, 20 marine mammals, mostly harbor porpoises and harbor seals will be extensively necropsied and sampled. A morning session will be devoted to main lesions, and dissection and sampling procedures (Jauniaux T.), another one will be reserved for acoustics and inner ear extraction and fixation (Andr? M.); afternoons will be dedicated to necropsies. The number of attendees is limited to 20, in order to pair off participants under the supervision of a veterinary pathologist and specialists of the inner ear dissection. See details in the attachment Contact only using email: "necropsyworkshop at ulg.ac.be" Regards T. Jauniaux Thierry Jauniaux, DMV, PhD, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NecropsyProgramme.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 193210 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From victoria.angeline13 at gmail.com Tue Apr 29 08:19:29 2014 From: victoria.angeline13 at gmail.com (Victoria Howard) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:19:29 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Research Internship Message-ID: *The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is now accepting applications for the Fall 2014 Internship- deadline June 1, 2014* The IMMS Research Internship Program is designed as a way for students interested in a career in marine science to gain valuable research experience in a real-world setting. 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 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 *Please visit http://imms.org/internship.php for full Internship information and details on how to apply* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best regards, Wojtek From nmallos at oceanconservancy.org Wed Apr 30 11:58:05 2014 From: nmallos at oceanconservancy.org (Nicholas Mallos) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:58:05 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] SURVEY: Prioritizing the Threat of Ocean Trash Message-ID: <31ED17F6CEB4EA4D9B55F37CD33345CD01626C55@tocex2.toc.oceanconservancy.org> Dear Marine Mammal Scientists, Conservationists and Educators, Marine debris is a ubiquitous problem on our world's shorelines and in freshwater and marine environments. Having worked on the issue of marine debris for the past three decades through the International Coastal Cleanup, Ocean Conservancy is now engaged in a research exercise to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the threat of specific marine debris items to ocean health. We have chosen expert elicitation as our survey method because it has been used for decades in the fields of social science and risk assessment. Expert elicitation synthesizes opinions of experts while assessing uncertainty around those views. Your professional judgment, along with your colleagues around the world, will be captured using the survey instrument and data will be analyzed to determine the relative threat posed by the most persistent forms of debris on beaches and in the marine environment. A manuscript will be composed from the findings of this research and submitted for publication. The questions in this SURVEY are designed to capture information on your expert judgment regarding the threat of specific ocean trash items across marine taxa. Based on your professional experience and judgment, the focus is on what threats and impacts you conclude are occurring, and the severity and specificity of those impacts. Please respond for all taxa for which you have a professional judgment, not just those for which you have professional research experience. The elicitation methodology rigorously captures professional judgment, rather than field data, observation or published literature with this questionnaire. This exercise does require thinking but it should not take more than 30 minutes to complete the 10 questions. As a token of our appreciation, we will send you a limited-edition Ocean Conservancy t-shirt for submitting your survey-details provided on the final page of the survey. Survey Link: Prioritizing Ocean Trash Threat Survey After completing the survey, your responses will be cataloged in a way to ensure complete anonymity; your identity will not be attached to your responses in any way. If you would like to be acknowledged for your participation in the final publication, email Nicholas Mallos at nmallos at oceanconservancy.org. Thank you in advance for your consideration and participation. Regards, Nicholas J. Mallos, MEM --- Nicholas Mallos Conservation Biologist, Marine Debris Specialist Ocean Conservancy Phone: 202.351.0478 Twitter: @NickMallos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From g.hays at deakin.edu.au Wed Apr 30 16:34:54 2014 From: g.hays at deakin.edu.au (Graeme Hays) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 23:34:54 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on common migration corridors shared across taxa Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following article which identifies a common migration corridor shared by sea turtles, fish and marine mammals: Pendoley KL, Schofield G, Whittock PA, Ierodiaconou D, Hays GC (2014). Protected species use of a coastal marine migratory corridor connecting marine protected areas. Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-014-2433-7 The establishment of protected corridors linking the breeding and foraging grounds of many migratory species remains deficient, particularly in the world's oceans. For example, Australia has recently established a network of Commonwealth Marine Reserves, supplementing existing State reserves, to protect a wide range of resident and migratory marine species; however, the routes used by mobile species to access these sites are often unknown. The flatback marine turtle (Natator depressus) is endemic to the continental shelf of Australia, yet information is not available about how this species uses the marine area. We used a geospatial approach to delineate a coastal corridor from 73 adult female flatback postnesting migratory tracks from four rookeries along the north-west coast of Australia. A core corridor of 1,150 km length and 30,800 km2 area was defined, of which 52 % fell within 11 reserves, leaving 48 % (of equivalent size to several Commonwealth Reserves) of the corridor outside of the reserve network. Despite limited data being available for other marine wildlife in this region, humpback whale migratory tracks overlapped with 96 % of the core corridor, while the tracks of three other species overlapped by 5-10 % (blue whales, olive ridley turtles, whale sharks). The overlap in the distribution ranges of at least 20 other marine vertebrates (dugong, cetaceans, marine turtles, sea snakes, crocodiles, sharks) with the corridor also imply potential use. In conclusion, this study provides valuable information towards proposing new locations requiring protection, as well as identifying high-priority network linkages between existing marine protected areas. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-014-2433-7 If you are interested but cannot access this article online please email me for a pdf. Cheers, Graeme Professor Graeme Hays School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Warrnambool Campus, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, VIC 3280 (+61 3 55633311) http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=7rc3SmAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Recent highlights: Hays GC, Christensen A, Fossette S, Schofield G, Talbot J, Mariani P. (2014). Route optimisation and solving Zermelo's navigation problem during long distance migration in cross flows. Ecology Letters 17, 137-143. doi: 10.1111/ele/12219 Hinder SL, Gravenor MB, Edwards M, Ostle C, Bodger OG, Lee PLM, Walne AW, Hays GC (2014). Multi-decadal range changes vs thermal adaptation for north east Atlantic oceanic copepods in the face of climate change. Global Change Biology 20, 140-146. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12387 Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. 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You can also follow us at www.orcatour.org and on Facebook. Orca Tour Schedule (Dates, Locations, Tickets and Organizers): Saturday, May 3 Saturna Island, BC 1:00 ? 2:00 PM Paul Spong 2:15 ? 3:45 Erich Hoyt Tickets: $20 at door, 18 and under free (Concert by Dana Lyons, Friday May 2 7 PM) Organizer: Saturna Island Marine Education and Research Center (SIMRES) Wednesday May 7 Port Townsend WA Fort Worden, Building 204 5:00 - 6:30 PM (following annual meeting) PTMSC Members ? free, Adults $7, Youth (under 18) $3 Pre-register: email to Brian Kay bkay at ptmsc.org Organizer: Port Townsend Marine Science Center Thursday May 8 Port Angeles WA Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St. 7 PM (doors open 6:30 PM) $5 (Kids Free!) Advance tickets @ brownpapertickets.com http://bpt.me/633364 Organizers: Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Feiro Marine Life Center and The Whale Trail Saturday May 10 Newport OR Oregon Coast Aquarium 6:30 PM (doors open 6 PM) $5 (Kids 12 & under free!) Advance tickets @ brownpapertickets.com http://bpt.me/610791 Organizer: American Cetacean Society, Oregon Chapter Tuesday May 13 San Francisco CA Bay Theater, Pier 39 Reception: 5:30 PM ? Program 6:30 PM Admission: $10 (includes one drink) Advance tickets: eventbrite.com Organizer: Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Wednesday May 14 Monterey CA Museum of Monterey 5 Custom House Plaza 6 PM Admission $5 Advance tickets @ brownpapertickets.com http://bpt.me/648204 Organizer: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Thursday May 15 Santa Cruz CA Sanctuary Exploration Center 35 Pacific Ave Admission $5 Advance tickets @ brownpapertickets.com http://bpt.me/64825 Organizer: Sanctuary Exploration Center Sunday May 18 Seattle WA Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at McCaw Hall 2 PM $10 ($5 Kids) Advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com http://bpt.me/632807 Organizer: The Whale Trail Tuesday May 20 Vancouver BC Vancouver Public Library, Central Library 350 West Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level 7 - 9 PM (doors open 6:30 PM) Free! Seating is limited. 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