From ecomachado at gmail.com Sun Mar 1 15:05:24 2015 From: ecomachado at gmail.com (Rodrigo Machado) Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 20:05:24 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on the Incidental catch of South American sea Lion in a pair trawl off southern Brazil Message-ID: Dear MARMAM readers, We are pleased to announce our new publication: MACHADO, R.; OLIVEIRA, L.R. and MONTEALEGRE-QUIJANO, S. 2015. Incidental catch of South American sea Lion in a pair trawl off southern Brazil. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, *10 *(1):43-47, doi: 10.4013/nbc.2015.101.06 Abstract: The population of the South American sea lion, *Otaria flavescens *(Shaw, 1800), in Uruguay is declining at an annual rate of 1.6 to 2.0%. Although the reasons are still unknown, interactions with fishing activities have been identified as a major cause. The individuals that arrive along the coast of Brazil come from the breeding colonies off Uruguay after their breeding period. We report here the first record of incidental catch of South American sea lions in Brazilian waters by a pair trawl. On July 17th, 2008 a young male of South American sea lion was incidentally caught during a commercial pair trawl fishing trip along the southern Brazilian coast (32?57?S, 52?31?W), in a depth ranging from 15 to 20 m. Despite being punctual, this record is an evidence of a potential major threat to South American sea lions in southern Brazil and Uruguay, since trawl industrial fishing is a very important economic activity in South Brazil. You can access the paper here http: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272833294_Incidental_catch_of_South_American_sea_lion_in_a_pair_trawl_off_southern_Brazil Best regards -- Rodrigo Machado ______________________________________________________________________ Grupo de Estudos de Mam?feros Aqu?ticos do Rio Grande do Sul (GEMARS). Laborat?rio de Sistem?tica e Ecologia de Aves e Mam?feros Marinhos. 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There are no eligibility criteria, but we do ask interested people to fill in a survey form before we accept them to check that the workshop will meet their needs. The fee is $1400 for a non-student and $1050 for a registered student. If you're interested, please contact Liz Rowland, edr6 at cornell.edu. First come, first served! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From J.Symons at murdoch.edu.au Tue Mar 3 21:20:32 2015 From: J.Symons at murdoch.edu.au (John Symons) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 05:20:32 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Research Assistants needed at SWMRP in Bunbury, Western Australia Message-ID: <045F6D4F1CCCFE47B5608A7D5A152AB09F4B7C@Exch-AD-MBX4.ad.murdoch.edu.au> Program: The South West Marine Research program is a long-term, multi-faceted project on the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins of South West Australia. This program is based in Bunbury (south of Perth) and is a collaboration between Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit (www.mucru.org) and numerous industry and non-profit partners. The research focuses on dolphin population dynamics, abundance, social structure and behaviour, habitat use, conservation genetics, effects of human activity and foraging ecology. http://mucru.org/our-research/research-projects/south-west-marine-research-program/ Position: Here, I am specifically seeking research volunteers to assist with data collection and processing. Long-term data will be used to investigate effects of human activity on the population of bottlenose dolphin in this area, in order to aid in future conservation and management efforts. Fieldwork is conducted from Busselton to Binningup within a 540 km2 area consisting of coastal beaches, inshore bays, estuarine inlets and a river. Using a rigid sampling design, this research is conducted year round via standardised line transect surveys (up to 5 nm offshore) from a small research vessel. For further information on the boat-based photo-identification procedure, see the following open-access publication: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0076574 Additionally, land based data collection of vessel usage within the study area is conducted using distance sampling methods from a land based station in Bunbury. This experience will be most useful to students or anyone hoping to pursue a career in behavioural ecology, population biology, marine conservation or marine science. Office: Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, South West Marine Research Program office is based at the Dolphin Discovery Center in Bunbury. http://dolphindiscovery.com.au/ Duties: Field: spotting wildlife, data collection, boat driving, photo identification. Office: Data entry, fin matching, project organisation. Land based: Use of binoculars with bearing and reticles for distance sampling of vessel traffic within the study area. Computer programs used for data are: FinBase, ACDSee, Logger, Microsoft Access, Excel, and Word. Assistants should: Be adaptable, patient, and enthusiastic as fieldwork is highly weather dependent. Fieldwork will vary between weekdays and weekends. When the weather permits fieldwork could be long and on consecutive days. Land based components of the research may be conducted in poor weather conditions including wind and rain. Due to the training required, applicants must be willing to the project full-time for a minimum of two months. Applicants willing to participate for an extended duration will be given preference. Preferred skills/traits: 1. Enrolled in or completed a degree in biology, marine science, animal behaviour or a related field. 2. Previous field experience with wildlife (field data collection, photo-identification, boat handling skills). 3. Be enthusiastic, team oriented and have a positive attitude as well as a genuine interest in wildlife science. 4. No history of debilitating seasickness. Time Period: Seeking skilled research assistants for periods beginning in August 2015 through January 2015 with a commitment greater than 2 months preferred. I have one position on the team available from April 2015. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide monetary compensation or living provisions and research assistants will be responsible for their own travel to Western Australia and living expenses. Please note that the Bunbury backpackers provide good discounts for assistants of the Dolphin Discovery Center. If you are interested in volunteering or interning, please provide a cover letter including your time of availability, a short CV and contact information for at least 2 references to the attention of John Symons (J.Symons at murdoch.edu.au). Short-listed candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview. John Symons PhD Candidate Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit School of Veterinary and Life Sciences Murdoch University South Street Murdoch WA 6150 Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jvanderhoop at whoi.edu Mon Mar 2 08:07:23 2015 From: jvanderhoop at whoi.edu (Julie van der Hoop) Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:07:23 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Paper in Print: Vessel strike mortalities to large whales Message-ID: <54F48ABB.70909@whoi.edu> We are pleased to announce the following paper has now been published *in print*, and *online open access* in Conservation Letters. This paper is relevant to the *new proposed critical habitat to North Atlantic right whales in US waters* . van der Hoop, J. M., Vanderlaan, A. S. M., Cole, T. V. N., Henry, A. G., Hall, L., Mase-Guthrie, B., Wimmer, T. and Moore, M. J. (2015), Vessel Strikes to Large Whales Before and After the 2008 Ship Strike Rule. Conservation Letters, 8: 24--32. doi: 10.1111/conl.12105 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12105/abstract To determine effectiveness of Seasonal Management Areas (SMAs), introduced in 2008 on the U.S. East Coast to reduce lethal vessel strikes to North Atlantic right whales, we analyzed observed large whale mortality events from 1990--2012 in the geographic region of the "Ship Strike Rule" to identify changes in frequency, spatial distribution, and spatiotemporal interaction since implementation. Though not directly coincident with SMA implementation, right whale vessel-strike mortalities significantly declined from 2.0 (2000--2006) to 0.33 per year (2007--2012). Large whale vessel-strike mortalities have decreased inside active SMAs, and increased outside inactive SMAs. We detected no significant spatiotemporal interaction in the 4-year pre- or post-Rule periods, although a longer time series is needed to detect these changes. As designed, SMAs encompass only 36% of historical right whale vessel-strike mortalities, and 32% are outside managed space but within managed timeframes. We suggest increasing spatial coverage to improve the Rule's effectiveness. ---------------------------------------------------------- Julie van der Hoop PhD Candidate MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography Woods Hole MA 02543 http://www.whoi.edu/profile/jvanderhoop/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In shore-based accuracy trials, a system with a 50 cm stereo baseline had an average range estimation error of 0.09 m at a 5 m distance increasing up to 3.2 m at 50 m. The system is especially useful in field situations where it is necessary to follow groups of animals traveling over relatively long distances and time periods while obtaining individual positions with high spatial and temporal resolution (up to 8Hz). These positions provide quantitative estimates of a variety of key parameters and indicators for behavioural studies such as inter-animal distances, group dispersion, speed and heading. This system can additionally be integrated with other techniques such as archival tags, photo-identification methods or acoustic playback experiments to facilitate fieldwork investigating topics ranging from natural social behaviour to how animals respond to anthropogenic disturbance. By grounding observations in quantitative metrics the system can characterize fine-scale behaviour or detect changes as a result of disturbance that might otherwise be difficult to observe. The paper is available Online First here: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-015-1890-4 Don?t hesitate to contact me if you would like an electronic copy or have any questions: nicholas at whoi.edu Best Wishes, Nicholas Macfarlane PhD Candidate MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography Woods Hole, MA 02543 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From accobams at accobams.net Wed Mar 4 08:21:48 2015 From: accobams at accobams.net (Accobams) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 17:21:48 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] ACCOBAMS Training Course in Cetacean Conservation in Malta (16-20 March 2015) Message-ID: <042901d05697$512d0620$f3871260$@accobams.net> ACCOBAMS Training Course in Cetacean Conservation in Malta (16-20 March 2015) The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area ( ACCOBAMS) will implement, thanks to a Voluntary contribution from Monaco, a training course in cetacean conservation in Malta, from 16 to 20 March 2015. The ACCOBAMS training course in cetacean conservation covers the following topics: * Species of Cetaceans (identification, anatomy, physiology, adaptation and parasitology) * Threats to Cetaceans (interaction, pollution, collisions and noise) * Study Skills (observation/ rating population, photo-identification and passive acoustics) * Legal and Legislative Framework on the Conservation of Cetaceans Lectures will be delivered by ACCOBAMS experts and marine biologists. The training course in the conservation of cetaceans has already been provided in French to more than 300 University students in five ACCOBAMS Parties. Students should have a prior knowledge of biology and/or environmental conservation in order to be able to follow this Unit. The Unit consists of 28 lecturing hours spread over 5 days from the 16-20 March. The course shall be assessed through a written assignment at the end of the course. The course programme can be found here and the full course description can be found here. To apply, fill in the online form by clicking here. Deadline for applying is Monday 9 March. The course fee is ?50. Late applications will be received until 12 March with a ?20 late application fee. This Unit will be accredited by the Centre for the Liberal Arts and Sciences and will be considered as part of the Programme in the Liberal Arts and Sciences (PLAS). The 4 ECTS credits obtained for this Unit will be valid towards a PLAS award. Unit Coordinator: Ms Carmen Mifsud (Marine Biologist) Co-lecturers: Dr L?a David (Marine Conservation Biologist; Member, ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee) Dr Sandro Mazzariol (Researcher, University of Padua; Veterinary Expert in Cetaceans) Dr Chedly Rais (Expert in Conservation, ACCOBAMS) Prof. Tullio Scovazzi (Professor of International Law, Univ. of Milano-Bicocca; Legal expert, ACCOBAMS) Dr Adriana Vella (Senior Lecturer, Dept of Biology, UoM; Chair, Scientific Committee, 29th ECS Conference; ACCOBAMS Partner) The ACCOBAMS teaching module will be implemented in Malta also in collaboration with BICREF's and CBRG-UoM. Please do not hesitate to contact the ACCOBAMS Secretariat ( msalivas at accobams.net) should you need more information. The ACCOBAMS Permanent Secretariat Ma?lis SALIVAS Scientific Officer Jardin de l?UNESCO Terrasses de Fontvieille 98000 Monaco msalivas at accobams.net Tel : +377 9898 4275 Fax : +377 9898 4208 www.accobams.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2282 bytes Desc: not available URL: From phillip.clapham at noaa.gov Wed Mar 4 12:11:19 2015 From: phillip.clapham at noaa.gov (Phillip Clapham - NOAA Federal) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 12:11:19 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on global whaling totals Message-ID: The following was just published online: Rocha, R.C., Clapham, P.J. & Ivashchenko, Y.V. 2014. Emptying the oceans: a summary of industrial whaling catches in the 20th century. Marine Fisheries Review 76(4): 37-48. ABSTRACT: Late 19th century technological advances for capturing whales, when combined with the expansion of processing capabilities in the early 20th century, created an industry that could catch and quickly render virtually any whale in any ocean. Here, using the current International Whaling Commission (IWC) database and other sources, we provide the first accounting of the total global catch by industrial whaling operations in the 20th century. In sum, we estimate that nearly 2.9 million large whales were killed and processed during the period 1900-1999. Of this total, 276,442 were killed in the North Atlantic, 563,696 in the North Pacific, and 2,053,956 in the Southern Hemisphere. The years 1925 ? 1939 in the Southern Hemisphere and 1946 ? 1975 in both hemispheres saw the highest totals of whales killed. For the entire 20th century, the largest catches were of fin, *Balaenoptera physalus*, and sperm whales, *Physeter macrocephalus*, with 874,068 and 761,523 taken, respectively; these comprised more than half the total of all large whales taken. As has been noted in other publications, as one species began to decline, another was sought and hunted to take its place. In addition to reported catches, it is now known that the USSR conducted illegal whaling for more than 30 years. The true Soviet catch totals for the Southern Hemisphere were corrected some years ago, and a more recent assessment of the actual number of whales killed by Soviet factory fleet ships in the North Pacific between 1948 and 1979 has provided us with more accurate numbers with which to calculate the overall global catch. The estimate for the total global catch by the USSR is 534,204 whales, of which 178,811 were not reported to the IWC. The paper is open access and available for free at: http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr764/mfr7643.pdf Phil Clapham -- Phillip J. Clapham, Ph.D. Leader, Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program National Marine Mammal Laboratory Alaska Fisheries Science Center 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115, USA tel 206 526 4037 fax 206 526 6615 email phillip.clapham at noaa.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CHunt at cms.int Mon Mar 2 23:24:56 2015 From: CHunt at cms.int (Corallie Hunt) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 08:24:56 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] CMS Dugong MOU Secretariat - Contact List Information Request Message-ID: <8DEB4D2DA9251B48B9D3094C6472D99B07272E0270A6@EX-CCR-MBX.unv.org> CMS Dugong MOU Secretariat Contact List Information Request To ensure accurate and effective network communications, the CMS Dugong MOU Secretariat is updating its contact list and is seeking assistance to revise and add to our existing information. To aid us in this task, we would appreciate if you could complete the form below as fully as possible if you are, or have been, actively engaged in dugong or seagrass-specific projects between 2013 to current. This information will assist us in our efforts to facilitate and coordinate the conservation of dugongs (and seagrass ecosystems) across their range. Please return the completed form to the Dugong MOU Secretariat, CMS Office Abu Dhabi at: CmsOffice.ae at cms.int With thanks, Dr Donna Kwan Programme Officer - Dugongs Dugong MOU Secretariat CMS Office Abu Dhabi Contact Information Form By submitting this form, I agree to the CMS Dugong MOU Secretariat adding the following information to their contact list. Signature: ____________________________________ Contact Name: Position: Organisation Name: Country: Organisation Type: (E.g. NGO, CBO, Government Dept. etc.) Email Address: Physical Address: Contact Number: Interest: (E.g. monitoring, research, conservation, ecosystem services) Project Details: (Please provide a short summary of any dugong or seagrass-specific projects undertaken) Funding Details: (Please provide some details about the size of the project/s and source/s of funding) Additional Information: [cid:image001.png at 01D054FE.FDFA4C90] [cid:image002.png at 01D054FE.FDFA4C90] Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs and their Habitats throughout their Range [cid:image003.jpg at 01D054FE.FDFA4C90] UNEP/CMS Office - Abu Dhabi * c/o Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi PO Box 45553 United Arab Emirates T + 971 2 6934 305 F +971 2 4997 252 * CmsOffice.ae at cms.int * www.cms.int/species/raptors * www.cms.int/species/dugong -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of activity budgets in sympatric grey and harbour seals Investigation of activity budgets in relation to seasonal, intrinsic (age, sex) and extrinsic (time of day, spatial) covariates enables an understanding of how such covariates shape behavioural strategies. However, conducting such investigations in the wild is challenging, because of the required large sample size of individuals across the annual cycle, and difficulties in categorising behavioural states and analysing the resulting individual-referenced and serially correlated data. In this study, from telemetry tags deployed on 63 grey seals *Halichoerus grypus* and 126 harbour seals *Phoca vitulina* we used behavioural data, and movement data within a Bayesian state?space model (SSM), to define population-level activity budgets around Britain. Using generalised estimating equations (GEEs) we then examined how time spent in four states (resting on land (hauled out), resting at sea, foraging and travelling) was influenced by seasonal, intrinsic and extrinsic covariates. We present and discuss the following key findings. 1) We found no evidence that regional variation in foraging effort was linked to regional population trajectories in harbour seals. 2) Grey seals demonstrated sex-specific seasonal differences in their activity budgets, independent from those related to reproductive costs. 3) In these sympatric species there was evidence of temporal separation in time hauled out, but not in time foraging. 4) In both species, time spent resting at sea was separated into inshore (associated with tidal haul out availability) and offshore areas. Time spent resting at sea and on land was interchangeable to some extent, suggesting a degree of overlap in their functionality. This may result in a relaxation of the constraints associated with a central place foraging strategy. More generally, we demonstrate how a large dataset, incorporating differing tag parameters, can be analysed to define activity budgets and subsequently address important ecological questions. Please contact me for any more information. Best wishes Debbie -- *********************************************** Dr Debbie Russell Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) Office: +44 (0)1334 467281 Wednesdays: +44 (0)1334 461808 Postal address: SMRU Gatty Marine Laboratory University of St Andrews St Andrews Fife KY16 8LB UK Twitter: @DjfRussell @SMRU_StAndrews *********************************************** The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From megan at elding.is Wed Mar 4 07:48:27 2015 From: megan at elding.is (Megan Wittaker) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 15:48:27 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [MARMAM] JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR A FRENCH SPEAKING ON-BOARD NATURALIST FOR ELDING WHALE WATCHING REYKJAVIK, ICELAND SUMMER 2015. In-Reply-To: <1827434260.423180.1425484079760.JavaMail.root@elding.is> Message-ID: <1214221782.423188.1425484107390.JavaMail.root@elding.is> JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR A FRENCH SPEAKING ON-BOARD NATURALIST FOR ELDING WHALE WATCHING REYKJAVIK, ICELAND SUMMER 2015. Elding Whale Watching Reykjavik is a family owned company established in 2000. We are the original operator in Reykjavik, abide by IceWhale guidelines as well as integrating our own and are the first environmentally certified whale-watching company in Iceland. We work together with IFAW, and every year we attend WhaleFest in the UK and are listed by Planet Whale. Elding also provides a platform for marine biologists to study the cetaceans we encounter on our tours to help build our knowledge and understanding. For further information please visit our website at www.elding.is . Elding is looking for full-time whale watching naturalists for the summer season in 2015 and maybe longer if all works out for both parties. We are looking for those that are fluent in English (main language spoken in on tours) and French. All applicants must be National Residents of Iceland, have appropriate Working Visas or have a passport from an EEA country. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT FLUENT IN FRENCH. Duration: The position will start on May 1 st (maybe earlier) until 31 st September. Shifts work on a 2-2-3 schedule (two days on, two off etc. and you have three day off every other weekend, Fri-Sun). Flexibility is required in this employment due to the unpredictability of passenger numbers each day. We may need to call you on scheduled days off to work. We ask that any long holidays, 6 days or more, can be done before you start or after you finish but we usually can arrange an extra day or two extension on your weekend off once or twice during your working season. Salary will be discussed at a later date but looking at about 290,000ISK/month. Employment Duties * Narrating clearly and fluently to passengers the biology, conservation and ecology of the marine life found in Faxafloi Bay and other areas around Iceland. * Adapting the narration to the passengers, environment and behaviour of the animals. * Spotting wildlife for passengers * Cleaning ? Cleaning ? the main cleaning is done at the end of the day or when cancelled due to bad weather and yes it also means cleaning up vomit and toilets. * Looking after the welfare and security of passengers onboard. * Bar work ? Each vessel has a bar where light refreshments are sold * Hospitality ? this is done both onboard and in the office when needed * Other work/tasks ? i.e. selling tickets, distributing brochures, answering the phone, translating documents etc? Important skills/qualifications * A strong interest and education in marine science specifically cetaceans and marine birds * A good knowledge of conservation issues related to marine life * Confidence to narrate and interacted with large groups of the public * Must be a quick learner, adaptive, a very good SENSE OF HUMOUR, hard working, outgoing and generally a very positive person (finding beauty in the little things) * Be able to work calmly and politely under pressure and sometimes in stressful situations. * Must have experience on boats preferably of boats above 17m and not acceptable to seasickness easily * Good spotting skills * Maritime safety and First Aid Certified is an advantage but not necessary. * Photography skills are desirable * Willingness to work long hours outdoors in sometimes unfavorable weathers i.e strong winds, snow, hail, rain etc. * A Team Player - no job is too small or too big for any of our staff members. * Physically fit - there may be some heavy lifting. i.e. moving cases of drinks or working with heavy ropes, being on your feet for most the day. We are also looking for guides that would like to be involved in the research voluntarily through the summer. Taking data on the occasional Sunday and involved with the photo Identification. How to apply: Please email your cv, covering letter in English specifying any relevant experience you may have with the contact details of two referees to Megan Whittaker ( megan at elding.is ). Deadline for applications is no later than 20th March and those that are successful will be contacted no later than the end of March for a formal interview. Megan Whittaker Head Guide Elding Whale Watching ?gisgar?ur 5, 101 Reykjav?k, Iceland Tel. (+354) 519 5090 Elding Whale Watching Elding Vi?ey Tours Tel: ( +354) 519 5000 elding at elding.is www.elding.is / www.videy.com Add us on Facebook Elding Whale Watching Reykjav?k Follow us on Twitter: EldingWhale Check our Videos on YouTube: Reykjavik Activities Elding is EarthCheck Certified and our boats carry the Blue Flag. 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Shortlisting will take place on Tuesday 24th March and interviews will take place on Monday 30th March at the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (http://www.cbmwc.org/) We are looking for an energetic and outgoing person to lead on the development, coordination and delivery of a programme of inspiring environmental education and community marine awareness activities linked to our living seas work. Primarily based at the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre but work also across the South and West Wales area. Further details and application form from http://www.welshwildlife.org/living-seas-awareness-officer/ or http://www.cbmwc.org/2015/02/27/living-seas-awareness-officer/ Please note we do not accept applications by CV, the application form must be used. We are not able to reimburse travel costs for interviewees. For further information about the position, call 01656 724100 or 01545 560224 and ask to speak to Sarah Perry. Completed applications can be emailed to sarah.perry at welshwildlife.org or posted to Recruitment, WTSWW, The Nature Centre, Fountain Road, Tondu, Bridgend CF32 0EH. Thank you Sarah Perry Living Seas Science Officer ------------------------- The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales C/O Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre ------------------------- Ffon/Phone: 01545 560224 E-bost/E-mail: sarah.perry at welshwildlife.org Website: www.welshwildlife.org Website: www.cbmwc.org From benjamin.laws at noaa.gov Thu Mar 5 10:40:29 2015 From: benjamin.laws at noaa.gov (Benjamin Laws - NOAA Federal) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:40:29 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Announcement: Two Positions in NMFS Office of Protected Resources Message-ID: There are two positions open in the National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources. These positions are with the Incidental Take Program, which processes incidental take authorization requests pursuant to Section 101(a)(5) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. ? The positions will open on USAJOBS from ? ? 3/5/2015 to 3/18/2015. Below is the link to the full text vacancy announcement. http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/394437100 ?Please share with qualified applicants. Thanks! -- ------------------------------ Ben Laws Office of Protected Resources NOAA Fisheries U.S. Department of Commerce (301) 427-8425 Benjamin.Laws at noaa.gov National Marine Fisheries Service Incidental Take Program -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From danielle.kreb1 at gmail.com Thu Mar 5 23:24:26 2015 From: danielle.kreb1 at gmail.com (Danielle Kreb) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 15:24:26 +0800 Subject: [MARMAM] eco-volunteers and/or internships available for large marine vertebrates surveys in Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Message-ID: Dear all, We have still positions open for our surveys as described below: We are looking for motivated volunteers/ students that are willing to engage in the Berau marine vertebrates program, which aims to protect a high diversity of large marine vertebrates including cetaceans, turtles, whale sharks and manta rays in the Marine Park of Derawan Archipelago, 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. Surveys are being conducted by the local NGO Yayasan Konservasi RASI (Conservation Foundation for Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia) under guidance of Dr. Danielle Kreb and Ir. Budiono. The research team involves experienced RASI staff, trained local fishermen as well as local and overseas (student) volunteers. We are looking for motivated volunteers/ students that are willing to engage in the program through a seven or eight-days monitoring survey in the beautiful landscape of the Berau archipelago.We will collect data to determine relative abundance, core area mapping, assessing seasonal species diversity and site fidelity as well as habitat usage of large mafine vertebrates. Through earlier surveys it was found that the highest relative abundance of ceteaceans was within 5km radius of islands or reefs, and therefore we also conduct coral reef monitoring at several locations by snorkling to asses its health. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn theory and practice of Reefcheck monitoring for the Indo-Pacific taught by a certified ecodiver that will join the survey.There will be an opportunity to do recreational things such as snorkling in the stingless jelly fish lake of Kakaban and snorkling near Manta Rays and/or whale sharks following good practice protocols. Underwater photo-id will be attempted as well of whale sharks.. Dates: 17-28 Mai (2 positions); 6-16 June (1 position); 14-25 August (2 positions); 12-23 October 2015 (2 positions). Deadlines for applying for the April and May surveys are 1 March, for June & August, 15 March and for October, 1 July 2015. Please apply by sending us an email with CV and motivation. 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 participation! Regards, Danielle and Budiono -------------------------- Danielle Kreb (Ph.D.) Scientific Program Advisor Yayasan Konservasi RASI Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia Komplek Pandan Harum Indah (Erlyza) Blok C, No. 52 Samarinda 75124 Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia Tel/ fax: + 62.541.744874 Mobile: 081346489515 http://www.ykrasi.org Facebook group/page: Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jg at osc.co.uk Fri Mar 6 09:02:45 2015 From: jg at osc.co.uk (Jane Gardiner) Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:02:45 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook Message-ID: <54F9DDB5.4080401@osc.co.uk> Dear MARMAM Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that our book is out now: Todd, VLG, Todd, IB, Gardiner, JC, and Morrin, ECN (2015): Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring handbook. Pelagic Publishing Ltd, UK. The ?Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook? is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoustical and physical disturbances to marine mammals from industrial and defence activities. Based on more than two decades of offshore experience, and a decade of supplying MMO and PAM services (commercial and scientific), the Handbook is a long-overdue reference guide that seeks to improve standards worldwide for marine operations such as seismic and drilling exploration, wind farm piling, civil engineering, dredging, rock-dumping, and hydrographical surveys. By popular request, this manual will also form an accompaniment to MMO and PAM courses. The Handbook consolidates all aspects of this discipline into one easily accessible resource, to educate all stakeholders (e.g. MMOs, PAM operators, suppliers, recruitment agencies, clients, contractors, regulators, NGOs, consultants, scientists, academia and media), regardless of experience. Topics include worldwide legislation, compliance, anthropogenic noise sources and potential effects, training, offshore life, visual and acoustic monitoring (theory and practice), marine mammal distribution, hearing and vocalisations, and report writing. Advice is provided on implementing sensible and practical mitigation techniques, appropriate technologies, data collection, client and regulator liaison, and project kick-off meetings. A foreword is provided by Dr Phillip J. Clapham. Pelagic publishing: http://www.pelagicpublishing.com/the-marine-mammal-observer-and-passive-acoustic-monitoring-handbook.html NHBS: http://www.nhbs.com/the_marine_mammal_observer_and_passive_acoustic_monitoring_tefno_193944.html Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Observer-Passive-Acoustic-Monitoring-Handbook/dp/1907807667/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381135696&sr=8-1&keywords=marine+mammal+observer Kind Regards, Jane Gardiner -- Jane Gardiner Research Assistant OSC Ltd, Ocean House, 4 Brewery Lane Belhaven, Dunbar, East Lothian Scotland, EH42 1PD T: +44 (0)1368 865 722 M: +44 (0)7717 765 589 F: +44 (0)1368 865 729 W: www.osc.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jrobbins at coastalstudies.org Fri Mar 6 06:47:03 2015 From: jrobbins at coastalstudies.org (Jooke Robbins) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 09:47:03 -0500 Subject: [MARMAM] Humpback Whale Research Internship Opportunity Message-ID: The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) has three summer research internship openings in its Humpback Whale Studies Program. CCS is a nonprofit institution dedicated to understanding and conserving coastal and marine resources. Our longitudinal studies of whale populations have advanced science, improved understanding of human impacts and aided in the protection of critical habitats. Many CCS research interns have gone on to productive careers in science or conservation. We are seeking highly motivated, independent individuals with a career interest in marine mammal science. Applicants must have completed at least their sophomore year in college with a major in a relevant scientific discipline. Post-grads and graduate students are welcome to apply. Summer interns must make a full-time commitment from June 1 through August 31, but we will consider starting dates as early as May and ending dates as late as November. Interns would participate in humpback whale field research in the near- and offshore waters of the Gulf of Maine, including a multiple week survey of US and Canadian waters. They would gain exposure to a range of field research techniques, such as photo-identification, biopsy sampling and tagging. In the office, interns would learn data management and analysis skills and undertake tasks such as data entry, photographic matching and cataloging. They would also perform assigned scientific readings and assist with project analyses. An independent project may also be undertaken, depending on the length of the internship. Candidates must be able to live and work well in close quarters, be able to swim and not be prone to serious seasickness. They should be prepared to work long days in the field, including weekends and holidays as needed. Interns will be required to provide evidence of health coverage during the internship period. This is an unpaid internship based in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Interns must arrange for their own housing, transportation and living expenses. Applicants are advised that the cost of living on Cape Cod is high, particularly during the summer. We do not offer college credit but will assist qualified interns in applying for credit from their home institution. International applicants must secure their own Visas or other required documentation. *How to Apply* Application materials must be e-mailed to internships at coastalstudies.org with the following text in the subject line: ?2015 HW RESEARCH INTERNSHIP? The application package should include the following: 1) A letter of interest (500 words or less) describing your specific interests in marine mammal science, what qualifies you for this internship and how it would advance your career. Please provide this as an attachment and not in the body of the e-mail. 2) A 1-2 page curriculum vitae emphasizing relevant experience and coursework, including grades and overall GPA (note that a transcript may later be requested). 3) The names and contact information of two references (professors or supervisors). Application materials should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than March 31, 2015. For more information, please visit us at http://coastalstudies.org/ -------------------------------------------- Jooke Robbins, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Center for Coastal Studies 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02657 ph: 508-487-3623 x116, fax: 508-487-4695 www.coastalstudies.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From julie.speegle at noaa.gov Fri Mar 6 12:07:50 2015 From: julie.speegle at noaa.gov (Julie Speegle - NOAA Federal) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 11:07:50 -0900 Subject: [MARMAM] NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Marine Mammal Research Program Review Message-ID: On March 16-20, 2015, the Alaska Fisheries Science Center will be conducting a review of its marine mammal research program. The review will be held in Seattle, WA and is open to the public. For those who wish to listen remotely, webinar and teleconference information will be posted on the Alaska Fisheries Science Center website at www.afsc.noaa.gov/program_reviews/2015/default.htm This review is part of an ongoing effort by NOAA Fisheries to evaluate quality, relevence and performance to strategically position the science centers in planning future research. In previous years, reviews were conducted on the stock assessment process and stock assessment data. This year, the focus is on marine mammal research. To see a copy of the marine mammal science review agenda, documents given to reviewers and other background materials, please visit our website at: www.afsc.noaa.gov/program_reviews/2015/default.htm If you have any questions about this year's review, please feel free to contact us at NMML.Directorate at noaa.gov. -- Julie Speegle w: 907-586-7032 C: 907-321-7032 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From morgana.vighi at gmail.com Thu Mar 5 08:58:14 2015 From: morgana.vighi at gmail.com (Morgana Vighi) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 17:58:14 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper on the potential use of fluoride as ecological tracer in fin whale populations Message-ID: Dear MARMAMers, We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been published online: Morgana Vighi, I. Garc?a-Nisa, A. Borrell, A. Aguilar The fin whale, a marine top consumer, exposes strengths and weaknesses of the use of fluoride as ecological tracer AbstractFluoride is retained in bone tissues of animals and its availability in the environment varies between regions according to natural and anthropogenic sources. These properties suggest this element as a suitable tracer of origin, distribution or movements of animals. In marine environments, krill builds-up fluoride concentrations that are transferred to its predators. In this study we examine the ability of bone fluoride concentrations to discriminate two separate populations of a krill consumer, the fin whale. Background levels of the sampling areas (Western Iceland and North-Western Spain) were determined through the analysis of krill samples. As expected, due to the high load of volcanic-derived fluoride in Icelandic waters, krill from W Iceland showed much higher fluoride concentrations than that from NW Spain. Concentrations in whales? bone were correlated with sex and age, increasing linearly with age in females and showing significantly lower values and a different age-related pattern of accumulation in males. Fluoride concentrations in whales? bone were much higher than in krill, indicating accumulation of the element but, rather unexpectedly, the area of origin had no influence on concentrations. This apparent contradiction may be explained either by the integration in bone of food consumed in other areas, or by the activation of homeostatic responses at very high levels of fluoride exposure. It is concluded that fluoride can be a useful tracer only if age and sex data are integrated into the analysis, year-round information on diet is available and/or the investigated population is exposed to mild levels of this element. PDF copy of the work will be available for free downloaded until April 23, 2015, from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653515001253# For any questions do not hesitate to contact me at: morgana.vighi at gmail.com Best regards, Morgana Vighi -- Morgana Vighi University of Barcelona Departamento de Biologia Animal Avenida Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona +34 633656763 +39 3388269806 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhtardin at gmail.com Fri Mar 6 10:11:03 2015 From: rhtardin at gmail.com (Rodrigo Tardin) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 15:11:03 -0300 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: SITE FIDELITY OF BRYDE'S WHALES (BALAENOPTERA EDENI) IN CABO FRIO REGION, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL, THROUGH PHOTOIDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUE Message-ID: Dear all, We are glad to announce the following publication on Brazilian Journal of Aquatic Science and Technology SITE FIDELITY OF BRYDE'S WHALES (BALAENOPTERA EDENI) IN CABO FRIO REGION, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL, THROUGH PHOTOIDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUE Luciana D. Figueiredo, ; Rodrigo H. Tardin; Lilane Lodi; Israel S. Maciel; Maria Alice S. Alves & Sheila M. Sim?o Abstract: Photo-identification technique was applied to Bryde's whales off the coast of Cabo Frio region, south-eastern Brazil between December 2010 and November 2012. Twenty-five individuals were sighted on nineteen different days and, of these total, nine were individually identified using natural marks on the dorsal fin. Of these, two individuals were seen in four different days, and one was seen in two occasions. The mean interval between re-sighting was 133 days (minimum: one day, maximum: 431 days). Two different adult individuals that were previously identified were seen again accompanied by calves and one of these was also seen next to the Rio de Janeiro city coast (126 km apart). Most of the observations consisted of lone individuals (58.8% of sightings). The data reported here indicate that the Cabo Frio coast may be important for the studied species in Brazilian waters and indicated the possible site fidelity of Bryde's whales to this area. Requests, please contact ldsigue at gmail.com Rodrigo Tardin D.Sc. em Ecologia e Evolu??o - IBRAG - UERJ M.Sc em Biologia Animal - PPGBA - UFRRJ Especialista em Doc?ncia do Ensino Superior - IAVM Laborat?rio de Bioac?stica e Ecologia de Cet?ceos - UFRRJ/ IF/ DCA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tours at oceanecoventures.com Thu Mar 5 11:03:24 2015 From: tours at oceanecoventures.com (Ocean Ecoventures) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 11:03:24 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Whale Watching Captain/Naturalist Job Opportunity Message-ID: Job Opportunity for a whale watching Captain/Naturalist for our 2015 Whale Watching season April-October. We are located in Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island and we are seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious captain/naturalist. Full time and part time positions available. A small, owner-operated family business, Ocean EcoVentures is committed to providing intimate and informative whale watching tours. Small tour groups ensure personalized service, while your Transport Canada certified captain provides a safe and knowledgeable tour of the scenic Canadian Gulf Islands and U.S. San Juan Islands.Whales are our passion! We love sharing Vancouver Island's marine ecosystem and all that inhabits it. We are dedicated to responsible and ethical whale watching and wildlife viewing. We consider our vessels floating classrooms. Our captains/naturalists are expected to provide a vast amount of knowledge of Vancouver Island's and the Gulf Islands' local natural history. As well as the most up to date science regarding our local orcas, humpback whales, gray whales and the rest of marine ecosystem. Please email for more information or check out our employment page on our website - http://oceanecoventures.com/employment Please email your c.v., covering letter and three references. Email - tours at oceanecoventures.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zardusj1 at citadel.edu Thu Mar 5 09:40:24 2015 From: zardusj1 at citadel.edu (John Zardus) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 17:40:24 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] seeking live dolphin barnacle (Xenobalanus) samples Message-ID: Dear Marmam community, For the last few years at this time of year I have sent requests for live samples of the barnacle Xenobalanus which lives in association with dolphins. It is that time of year again. Many thanks to those who have supplied samples in the past. My primary objective is to obtain barnacles bearing eggs so that the larval stages can be reared in the laboratory. It may be a little early for their reproduction in the northern hemisphere right now but I suspect they will be reproducing in the next month (and throughout the summer) if not now. If you encounter in the next few weeks or months individuals that seem large (about 4cm or larger) and plump then they might very well contain eggs. I do not need large numbers and even one individual with eggs would be useful. I have copied my collection protocol below but am happy to send a PDF version on request along with my NMFS Parts Authorization letter. In brief, the barnacles should be collected live and shipped overnight wrapped in a moist paper towel inside a ziplock bag. Prior to shipping do not keep the animals immersed in seawater. They do best wrapped loosely in moist paper towel and kept in the refrigerator. They can survive for several days this ways. Freshly dead individuals are useful as well as long as they are sent right away. I would appreciate advance notice if you have material to send and I will pay for shipping by FedEx with prior arrangement. It is preferable to keep the samples under refrigeration for several rather than sending them to arrive on a Friday or Saturday. They should be sent to my address listed below. Kind thanks, John Zardus PROTOCOL Tassel barnacles attach by embedding their small shell into host tissue and can be cut with shell intact from dead cetaceans with a sharp blade. Barnacles on living cetaceans can be clipped at the base, leaving the embedded shell behind without injury to the host. SHIPPING LIVE SPECIMENS 1) Remove from host as described above. 2) Loosely wrap specimen(s) in paper towel moistened with seawater but not dripping wet. Individuals can remain refrigerated for several days (maybe as long as a week if uninjured and if separated and given occasional fresh ventilation and re-moisturization) until ready to ship. 3) For shipping, place barnacles in a ziplock bag with some airspace and ship overnight. No more than 3-4 individuals per ziplock bag. If weather is hot include an ice pack if possible. 4) Host cetacean species name, case ID number, locality, and date should all be included. 5) Send samples to the address listed below (be sure to include 'Biology Department' in the address) ____________________ John D. Zardus Associate Professor Department of Biology The Citadel 171 Moultrie Street Charleston, SC 29409 ph. 843-953-7511 fx. 843-953-7264 e. john.zardus at citadel.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From walpeixeboi at gmail.com Sat Mar 7 12:12:22 2015 From: walpeixeboi at gmail.com (Waleska Gravena) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 16:12:22 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] new paper: genetic structure and hybridization in botos Message-ID: Dear MARMAM Members We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been published in Biological Journal of Linnean Society Living between rapids: genetic structure and hybridization in botos (Cetacea: Iniidae: Inia spp.) of the Madeira River, Brazil Gravena, W., da Silva, V.M.F., da Silva, M.N. F., Farias, I.P. and Hrbek, T. Until the recent construction of hydroelectric dams, a series of 18 rapids divided the upper and lower Madeira River, and these rapids were thought to separate two species of Amazonian freshwater dolphins (boto): Inia boliviensis (above) and I. geoffrensis (below). Some reports and articles, however, mention the occurrence of botos within the rapids region and that they occasionally cross the rapids, but without mentioning the species concerned. Based on our previous studies, it is likely that I. boliviensis occurs in the region of the rapids. To test this supposition, we sampled 18 individuals from this region, and collected mitochondrial (control region, cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase I) and nuclear (10 microsatellite loci) DNA data, in order to test if there is connectivity between the dolphins that were found within the rapids region and dolphins collected upstream and downstream of the rapids, and investigate population structuring between these localities. All animals in our study were molecularly identified using three mitochondrial markers as belonging to the species I. boliviensis. Animals upstream of the Teot?nio waterfall, the main and highest waterfall of the region, had nuclear genome of I. boliviensis, while most dolphins downstream of the waterfall had nuclear genome of I. geoffrensis. Inia boliviensis collected in the rapids region above the Teot?nio waterfall belong to a management unit (MU) distinct from the I. boliviensis MU occupying Bolivian rivers. Downstream of Teot?nio waterfall most dolphins are I. boliviensis/ geoffrensis hybrids, with remaining individuals being migrant I. boliviensis http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bij.12463/abstract Please contact me for any more information. Best wishes -- Waleska Gravena, Dra. Laborat?rio de Mam?feros Aqu?ticos - LMA Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz?nia - INPA Laborat?rio de Evolu??o e Gen?tica Animal - LEGAL Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM www.evoamazon.net Associa??o Amigos do Peixe-Boi - AMPA www.ampa.org.br -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brandon.southall at sea-inc.net Mon Mar 9 22:40:12 2015 From: brandon.southall at sea-inc.net (Brandon Southall) Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:40:12 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Special Issue of Endangered Species Research - Anthropogenic Ocean Noise Message-ID: <54FE83BC.1050001@sea-inc.net> MARMAM readers, On behalf of my colleagues and co-guest editors for a special issue of Endangered Species Research (ESR) on Anthropogenic Ocean Noise (Drs. Doug Nowacek and Wendy Dow-Peniak), I would like to draw your attention to the description and announcement of this issue. The title and a short description are given below, with more details on submissions for the special issue and ESR generally are available at: /* *//*21st Century Paradigms for Measuring and Managing the Effects of Anthropogenic Ocean Noise */ Anthropogenic noise in the ocean has received considerable attention in recent years. Observational and manipulative experiments have provided insights into impacts of noise on animals as well as, in some cases, a lack of effects. The study of anthropogenic noise in the ocean has matured considerably, in part due to lessons learned and new tools developed for assessing similar issues in terrestrial systems (some illustrative examples of which we propose including). In considering the recent progress in this rapidly expanding field, this issue will highlight studies that explore both the increasing understanding of effects of noise on animals and some of the practical and regulatory human dimensions of this subject. The study of potential effects on animals has matured experimentally and theoretically, with careful experiments addressing specific questions and emerging issues related to the development of new areas and new industries. Furthermore, advances in sophisticated modelling methods of sound footprints and noise exposure over increasingly large spatio-temporal areas are facilitating the advancement of theory. Our appreciation of the human dimension of this issue has also developed, with practical considerations for the application of emerging science in regulatory policy. Many of these realizations that will be explored within the special issue involve a broadening of the taxonomic and ecological scope of potential effects, as well as synoptic measurements and assessment of non-traditional variables (e.g., noise exposure context). This Theme Section fits squarely within ESR?s mission to provide knowledge needed for practicing human stewardship, in this case stewardship of the oceans. And while not all of the species proposed for discussion are threatened or endangered, the marine habitat is threatened and thus so are the creatures that exist and rely on it. We envision this Theme Section to inform regional, national and international conservation strategies aimed at understanding and managing anthropogenic noise in the ocean. Through various fora, stakeholders in this issue include: noise producers, regulators, conservation organizations, academic and private sector scientists, and society at large. This issue will attempt to encapsulate issues relevant to all of these stakeholders within the overall context of science and management of ocean noise. Sincerely, Brandon Southall -- Brandon L. Southall, Ph.D. President, Senior Scientist, SEA, Inc. Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke University Marine Laboratory 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz Mon Mar 9 18:53:44 2015 From: cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz (Cheng-Hsiu Tsai) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 01:53:44 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication - Tsai and Boessenecker 2015 Eschrichtius Pleistocene California Message-ID: Dear colleagues We are pleased to announce a new article: Cheng-Hsiu Tsai and Robert W. Boessenecker (2015). An Early Pleistocene gray whale (Cetacea: Eschrichtiidae) from the Rio Dell Formation of northern California. Journal of Paleontology, 89, pp 103-109 doi:10.1017/jpa.2014.9 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0022336014000092 Abstract.?The earliest fossil gray whale (Eschrichtius) from the eastern North Pacific is reported from the Lower Pleistocene Rio Dell Formation of Humboldt County, Northern California. This specimen, a tympanic bulla and posterior process, is identical in morphology to extant Eschrichtius robustus and differs from Pliocene Eschrichtius sp. from the western North Pacific (Japan). Thus, it suggests that the modern bulla morphology of the gray whale had been acquired by the Early Pleistocene. The absence of fossil Eschrichtius in the Pliocene of the eastern North Pacific may indicate that the extant gray whale lineage originated in the western North Pacific during the Pliocene before invading the eastern North Pacific during the Early Pleistocene. Further discoveries of Plio-Pleistocene gray whale fossils will help test this hypothesis and properly interpret the evolutionary history of eschrichtiid clade. Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0022336014000092 or email Tsai: cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz; craniata at gmail.com 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 D.Chabanne at murdoch.edu.au Sun Mar 8 17:57:45 2015 From: D.Chabanne at murdoch.edu.au (Delphine Chabanne) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 00:57:45 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] URGENT - Research assistants (volunteer position only) needed for Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin study (photo-id + genetic sampling) in Perth, Western Australia, April and May 2015 Message-ID: <471C24C8B60AEF4995A8D064026BD83208556D@Exch-AD-MBX4.ad.murdoch.edu.au> URGENT - Seeking field assistants for research on Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin in Perth, Western Australia Due to last minute change, I am seeking for 1 or 2 field assistants for April and May 2015. This position is only for volunteer (internship request limited). Project title: Assessment of the population of bottlenose dolphins within the Perth metropolitan waters. This project aims to assess dolphin abundance, residency, ranging patterns and genetic connectivity within an area encompassing over a four-year period. Sampling effort is stratified across four zones (Cockburn Sound, Owen Anchorage, Gage Roads, and the Swan-Canning Estuary) and across all four austral seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter). This will be our last season of fieldwork, so perhaps one of our busier and exciting with a lot of photo-id surveys and genetic sampling to do. Location: Cetacean Research Unit, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. Duties: - Assisting with boat-based photo-identification surveys of bottlenose dolphins, including operating small vessel during surveys, collecting environmental, location, and behavioural data for dolphin groups. Expect early starts, hot weather, up to 11 hours on the water for multiple consecutive days, and up to a week between days off; - Photo-identification of dolphins in the lab. Prerequisites: - Enthusiasm for field work on a boat is essential (long hours and natural environment conditions); - Experience of working on and driving a small boat (essential); - Experience of photo-ID survey techniques (highly desirable); - No history of debilitation seasickness (essential). Expenses: This is an unpaid position. Travel to/from, accommodation, and food for applicants will be at their own charges. Please submit resume and cover letter to D.Chabanne at murdoch.edu.au. Delphine Delphine Chabanne Ph.D. candidate Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit School of Veterinary and Life Sciences Murdoch University, Western Australia Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia http://mucru.org/group-members/delphine-chabanne/ http://mucru.org/research-projects/coastal-and-estuarine-dolphin-project/ [mucru-with-murdoch-WHITEBACKGROUND] Delphine Chabanne Ph.D. candidate Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit School of Veterinary and Life Sciences Murdoch University, Western Australia Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia http://mucru.org/group-members/delphine-chabanne/ http://mucru.org/research-projects/coastal-and-estuarine-dolphin-project/ [mucru-with-murdoch-WHITEBACKGROUND] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We are bringing together an exciting group of plenary speakers and panels PLUS an unforgettable SMM birthday celebration to close the conference (the Society was founded in San Francisco 21 years ago). We are looking forward to receiving your abstract submissions and hope to see you in San Francisco in December! If you are interested in sponsorships, exhibiting or advertising in our program, please contact us. It?s gonna be great, Ellen Hines and Frances Gulland Conference Chairs Dan Costa and Sarah Allen Scientific Program Chairs Ellen Hines, PhD Associate Director & Professor of Geography Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies San Francisco State University 3152 Paradise Drive Tiburon, CA 94920 USA 1 415 338 3512 Fax: 1 415 338 6243 ehines at sfsu.edu http://rtc.sfsu.edu/research/in_hines.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Under the auspices of the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Institute has a staff of approximately 160 located in Troms?, Svalbard (Spitsbergen) and Antarctica. For further information on the Norwegian Polar Institute, please visit www.npolar.no. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in cetacean acoustics (2 years) The Norwegian Polar Institute in Troms?, Norway invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow position in cetacean acoustics. The position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow is a fixed-term position for a period of 2 years with a possible extension of 1 year, depending on funding. The work will be conducted in our Research Department, within the Biodiversity Research Section. Work Content The position is affiliated with a project exploring climate change impacts on the three ice associated endemic arctic cetaceans, in the context of the broader cetacean community in the Barents Sea. A primary data source for this work will be data records from AURAL recorders. Qualifications Candidates must hold a completed PhD in marine mammal acoustic biology or a closely related field. The PhD must be completed and approved in order for the application to be considered. We are seeking a candidate who has a solid background in cetacean acoustics. The candidate must have good skills with acoustics analytical software of various types (e.g. Ishmael, RAVEN, TRITON) as well as data management and statistical analyses skills (competence with Excel, Access, R programming and multivariate statistics). Experience with Passive Acoustic Monitoring (including Arctic acoustic repertoires and ambient noise levels) and experience with AURAL recorders is desirable. Field experience from Polar Regions will be viewed favorably, as well as a good publication record. We seek a candidate that is keenly interested in the impacts of climate change, including ocean noise, on cetacean populations. The researcher should be a good team worker, who is accustomed to working in cross-disciplinary, international teams. In addition, we are looking for a structured researcher who also work well independently. Good written and spoken communication skills in English are required. General The work place is Troms?, Norway. The salary will be commensurate with the qualifications of the successful candidate, under the Norwegian state salary code 1352 post doctor, scale 57-64 (currently 482,800-549,400 NOK per year). The position is open immediately. The main objective of the appointment as a post-doctoral research fellow is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. No one may be appointed to more than one fixed-term period as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the same institution. Troms? is a city of 70.000 residents situated in northern Norway at nearly 70?N. Troms? is known as a good place to experience the midnight sun, polar night, varied outdoor activities and a lively cultural and entertainment environment. It is also a major, and expanding, center for research, with numerous government and private research institutions and a major university. The Norwegian State Administration strives to mirror the diversity of its population and thereby achieve a balanced mix of age, gender and ethnic backgrounds among its employees. All qualified candidates with different backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The Norwegian Polar Institute is an IW-enterprise and adjustments will be made to the workplace regarding health issues, if necessary. Further inquiries about the position may be directed to section leader of Biodiversity Kit Kovacs, tel. +47 77 75 05 26, e-mail: kovacs at npolar.no or senior researcher Christian Lydersen, tel. +47 77 75 05 23, e-mail: lydersen at npolar.no. The application deadline is 30th March 2015. The application should include details of your relevant qualifications and experience, CV, list of publications, copies of your transcripts and names of at least two references. A complete application must be submitted electronically via www.jobbnorge.no. All applications are handled in confidentially until the application deadline. Thereafter, a public list of applicants will be prepared. Applicants who wish to reserve their applications from the public list must give reasons for this in their applications. Information about an applicant can be made public even if the applicant has requested not be included from the public list of applicants, cf. Freedom of Information Act, Section 25, 2nd paragraph. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kit.kovacs at npolar.no Mon Mar 9 08:35:10 2015 From: kit.kovacs at npolar.no (Kit Kovacs) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 16:35:10 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] Postdoctoral fellowship - spatial ecology Message-ID: <8CDF74583B1EAA4D80E84A3C050A5D8501734300C65B@ANTON.nett.npolar> Kit Kovacs and Christian Lydersen at the Norwegian Polar Institute would like to announce the following postdoctoral fellowship for a spatial ecologist to work on ICE-whales. Cheers kit Kit M. Kovacs, Prof. Biodiversity Research Section Leader Norwegian Polar Institute 9296 Troms? Norway The Norwegian Polar Institute carries out scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The Institute advises Norwegian authorities in strategic and thematic matters relating to the Polar Regions, represents Norway internationally on various occasions and is Norway's competent environmental authority in Antarctica. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Institute has a staff of approximately 160 located in Troms?, Svalbard (Spitsbergen) and Antarctica. For further information on the Norwegian Polar Institute, please visit www.npolar.no. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in cetacean spatial ecology (3 years) The Norwegian Polar Institute in Troms?, Norway invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in cetacean spatial ecology. The position is a 3 year fixed-term position, with a possible extension of 1 year, depending on funding. The work will be conducted in our Research Department, within the Biodiversity Research Section. Work Content The position is affiliated with the project "Norway's ice-associated cetaceans in a changing Arctic" which will explore climate change impacts on the three ice associated endemic arctic cetaceans (bowhead, narwhal and white whales), in the context of the broader cetacean community in the Barents Sea. Qualifications Candidates must hold a PhD in vertebrate spatial ecology, preferably from studies on mammals. The PhD must be completed in order for an application to be considered. The candidate must have demonstrated spatial analyses skills as well as being competent with data management and statistical analyses (experience with Excel, Access, R programming and multivariate statistics). Experience with cetacean abundance surveys and at-sea identification of northern hemisphere whale species, and experience from working with CTD-SRDLs (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Satellite Relay Data Loggers) data are considered assets. Field experience from Polar Regions will also be viewed favorably, as will a good publication record. The successful candidate must be a good team worker, who is accustomed to working in cross-disciplinary, international teams and who is interested in the impacts of climate change on cetacean populations, particularly in the Arctic. Good English skills are required. General The work place for this job is Troms?, Norway. The salary will be commensurate with the qualifications of the successful candidate, under the Norwegian state salary code 1352 post doctor, scale 57-64 (currently 482,800-549,400 NOK per year). The position is open immediately. The main objective of Post-doctoral Research Fellow appointments is to enhance qualification for more senior academic positions. No one can be appointed to more than one fixed-term period as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the same institution. Troms? is a city of 70.000 residents situated in northern Norway at nearly 70?N. Troms? is known as a good place to experience the midnight sun, polar night, varied outdoor activities and a lively cultural and entertainment environment. It is also a major, and expanding, center for research, with numerous government and private research institutions and a major university. The Norwegian State Administration strives to mirror the diversity of its population and thereby achieve a balanced mix of age, gender and ethnic backgrounds among its employees. All qualified candidates with different backgrounds are thus encouraged to apply. The Norwegian Polar Institute is an IW-enterprise (Inclusive Workplace) and adjustments will be made to the workplace to make accommodation for health issues, if necessary. Further inquiries about the position may be directed to section leader of Biodiversity Kit Kovacs, tel. +47 77 75 05 26, e-mail: kovacs at npolar.no or senior researcher Christian Lydersen, tel. +47 77 75 05 23, e-mail: lydersen at npolar.no. The application deadline is 30th March 2015. The application should include details of your relevant qualifications and experience, CV, list of publications, copies of your transcripts and names of at least two references. A complete application must be submitted electronically via www.jobbnorge.no. All applications are handled in confidentially until the application deadline. Thereafter, a public list of applicants will be prepared. Applicants who wish to reserve their applications from the public list must give reasons for this in their applications. Information about an applicant can be made public even if the applicant has requested not be included from the public list of applicants, cf. Freedom of Information Act, Section 25, 2nd paragraph. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From L.L.IJsseldijk at uu.nl Tue Mar 10 06:16:36 2015 From: L.L.IJsseldijk at uu.nl (IJsseldijk, L.L. (Lonneke)) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:16:36 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] ECS workshop MARINE MAMMALS PATHOLOGY Message-ID: <6BC1BCED8C004745BF5CE50DD7366CEA29D2A495@ICTSC-W-S202.soliscom.uu.nl> Hi all, We would like to announce the following upcoming workshop: 'MARINE MAMMALS PATHOLOGY: UPDATE OF THE NECROPSY PROTOCOL ON DISSECTION TECHNIQUES AND TISSUE SAMPLING'. Place and date: ECS conference 2015 in Malta, Intercontinental Hotel, 22nd March 2015. AIM: The protocol used during necropsies of (small) cetaceans is the tissue sampling and necropsy protocol written in 1991 by Thijs Kuiken and Manuel Garcia Hartmann. Increasing knowledge and experiences on this topic makes it necessary to update the protocol including also considerations for pinnipeds and large cetaceans, together with international experts of this field of research. The organization of the workshop is supported by ASCOBANS. There are limited places available, so please send an e-mail to Lonneke IJsseldijk (L.L.ijsseldijk at uu.nl) to register. The day fee for participants, including coffee and tea breaks, is 25 euros and should be paid in cash on site. Program outline: 22nd March 2015, full day workshop 9:00 Registration - Lonneke IJsseldijk and Heidrun Frisch 9:30 Start of the workshop 9:30 General introduction and participants' round table - Thierry Jauniaux Stranding networks in ASCOBANS area and ACCOBAM area 10:00 Small cetaceans protocol by Thierry Jauniaux 10:20 Seal necropsy, sampling and findings by Ursula Siebert 10:40 Large cetacean necropsy, sampling and findings by Sandro Mazzariol 11:00 Coffee break 11:30 Mass strandings by Andrew Brownlow & Sandro Mazzariol 11:50 Sound related mortalities by Paul Jepson 12:10 Sound related techniques by Maria Morrell 12:30 Lunch break 14:00 Aggressive behaviour of grey seals on porpoises by Lonneke IJsseldijk 14:20 Aggressive behaviour of grey seals on other seals by Dave Thompson & Abbo van Neer 14:40 Aggressive behaviour of dolphins on porpoises by Rob Deaville 15:00 Coffee break 15:15 Bycatch cases - discussion of case reports from different areas 16:15 Round table Kind regards, Lonneke IJsseldijk & Thierry Jauniaux Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, BSc Project co?rdinator Cetaceans Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University Department of Pathobiology T +31 30 253 5312, M +31 6 244 556 98 L.L.IJsseldijk at uu.nl Yalelaan 1, PO Box 80158, 3508 TD Utrecht The Netherlands -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From volker.smit at gmx.de Wed Mar 11 11:47:10 2015 From: volker.smit at gmx.de (Volker Smit) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:47:10 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] ECS workshop Communicating marine mammal science to students & the general public Message-ID: <55008DAE.6010108@gmx.de> Dear all, we would like to announce the following upcoming workshop: Communicating marine mammal science to students & the general public Place and date: ECS conference 2015 in Malta, Intercontinental Hotel, 21st of March 2015. The aims of the workshop are to: . share information about sources related to marine science education, . exchange ideas and knowledge on the latest science teaching tools, . exchange experience in addressing students and the media, . foster general networking with all stakeholders, including students and the public, . exchange experiences on outreach work and education, . support ECS and teachers across Europe to address educational questions relating to the conservation of marine species, including marine mammals. The organization of the workshop is supported by The Ministry of Education & Employment of MALTA. To register, please send an e-mail to Volker Smit at "cetaceos at gmx.de". The fee for participants, including coffee and tea breaks, will be - due to sponsorship - not higher then 10 euros and should be paid in cash on site. *To view or download the programme* please visit the second workshop on the follwing list on the ECS webpage: http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/workshops-programme Kind regards, Volker Smit Science Coordinator Gustav Heinemann Comprehensive School 45473 M?lheim/Ruhr Email: _cetaceos at gmx.de_ Web: _http://www.gustav-ghs.de/cms/index.php_ and Vice-President M.E.E.R. e.V. Bundesallee 123 D-12161 Berlin T +49-(0)30-644 97 230 www.m-e-e-r.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sophie.MONSARRAT at cefe.cnrs.fr Wed Mar 11 02:16:11 2015 From: Sophie.MONSARRAT at cefe.cnrs.fr (MONSARRAT Sophie) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:16:11 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication: Historical distribution of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Message-ID: Dear all, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following article in Diversity and Distributions: Monsarrat, S., Pennino, M. G., Smith, T. D., Reeves, R. R., Meynard, C. N., Kaplan, D. M., & Rodrigues, A. S. (2015). Historical summer distribution of the endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis): a hypothesis based on environmental preferences of a congeneric species. Diversity and Distributions. Abstract Aim To obtain a plausible hypothesis for the historical distribution of North Atlantic right whales (NARWs) (Eubalaena glacialis) in their summer feeding grounds. Previously widespread in the North Atlantic, after centuries of hunting, these whales survive as a small population off eastern North America. Because their exploitation began before formal records started, information about their historical distribution is fragmentary. Location North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Methods We linked historical records of North Pacific right whales (E. japonica; from 19th-century American whaling logbooks) with oceanographic data to generate a species distribution model. Assuming that the two species have similar environmental preferences, the model was projected into the North Atlantic to predict environmental suitability for NARWs. The reliability of these predictions was assessed by comparing the model results with historical and recent records in the North Atlantic. Results The model predicts suitable environmental conditions over a wide, mostly offshore band across the North Atlantic. Predictions are well supported by historical and recent records, but discrepancies in some areas indicate lower discriminative ability in coastal, shallow-depth areas, suggesting that this model mainly describes the summer offshore distribution of right whales. Main conclusions Our results suggest that the summer range of the NARW consisted of a relatively narrow band (width c. 10? in latitude), extending from the eastern coast of North America to northern Norway, over the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, south of Greenland and Iceland, north of the British Isles and in the Norwegian Sea. These results highlight possibilities for additional research both on the history of exploitation and on the current summer distribution of this species. In particular, better survey coverage of historical whaling grounds could help inform conservation efforts for this endangered species. More generally, this study illustrates the challenges and opportunities in using historical data to understand the original distribution of highly depleted species. The article is available online in early view (DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12314) or by e-mail request (sophie.monsarrat at cefe.cnrs.fr) Regards, Sophie Monsarrat PhD Student Center for Functional and Evolutionnary Ecology, CNRS UMR 5175 1919 route de Mende Montpellier, France sophie.monsarrat at cefe.cnrs.fr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sn1608 at googlemail.com Thu Mar 12 09:34:54 2015 From: sn1608 at googlemail.com (Sam Nichols) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:34:54 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Next week - PAM training 18-20 March Plymouth Aquarium, UK Message-ID: Seiche is running its 3 day Passive Acoustic Monitoring Training course next week at Plymouth Aquarium, UK (18-20 March). Comprehensive and hands-on PAM training for delegates with a scientific background in biology or marine sciences who have successfully completed a certified PSO or MMO course. Day 1 (classroom) Sound In Water Marine Mammals Anthropogenic Noise in the Sea Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Marine Mammals Local Mitigation Guidelines PAM Principles and the Role of the PAM Operator Day 2 (classroom) PAM Hardware & Operations PAM Software PAMGuard Workshop Day 3 (on a vessel) Set-up and deployment of PAM systems and visual observer stations Troubleshooting Real-time mitigation and reporting Thorough support material is also provided. Contact s.hancock at seiche.com for last-minute booking. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robsonbight at cetussociety.org Thu Mar 12 13:52:01 2015 From: robsonbight at cetussociety.org (Robson Bight) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:52:01 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] =?utf-8?q?Summer_Volunteer_Opportunities_with_Cetus?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=99_Robson_Bight_Warden_Program?= Message-ID: Summer Volunteer Opportunities with Cetus? Robson Bight Warden Program! Cetus is a non-profit, marine conservation society, which operates in the waters around Victoria and Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Since 2005 we have worked to reduce disturbances to marine mammals on the British Columbia coast and promote respect for our marine environment through on-the-water and land-based education, outreach and direct monitoring activities. The Robson Bight Marine Warden Program operates in Johnstone Strait, in the waters around the Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve. The ecological reserve is designated for the protection of critical habitat of the Northern resident killer whales. This is a unique area where the whales often come to rub their bodies along the underwater beaches. Our marine wardens monitor vessels and marine mammal populations, and educate boaters and kayakers about the reserve and their impacts around it. The Robson Bight Marine Warden Program is comprised of a water based monitoring and educational component and a land based monitoring station called Eagle Eye, situated on a cliff opposite the ecological reserve. *Cetus is looking for enthusiastic and hard working individuals to fill the Robson Bight Marine Warden Program Summer Volunteer positions:* Volunteer positions will be based out of a rustic field camp in Boat Bay on West Cracroft Island located near Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Positions will be offered between June 28th and September 10th 2015. We require a minimum 3-week commitment. Preference will be given to those who are able to stay for the full 9 weeks. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to be involved with a variety of possible tasks ranging from community outreach and education to marine mammal response and data collection. Our programs focus on protecting British Columbia?s marine mammal populations and encouraging others to do the same. Interns may also have the opportunity to spend time on our monitoring vessels in which case they will participate in data collection, data entry and on-the-water boater education. *Responsibilities include: * - Educating boaters, kayakers, park visitors, and members of the public about the marine mammal viewing guidelines, marine species at risk, the conservation issues they face and the boundaries of the Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve - Collecting and entering data on marine mammals and vessel activity - Public interpretation in the form of dock talks and participation in community events - Potentially helping to respond to injured, sick or dead marine mammals in support of the BC Marine Mammal Response Network - Observing and recording cetaceans in support of the BC Cetacean Sightings Network - Assisting with general administrative duties - Camp duties, which includes cooking, cleaning, general maintenance and heavy lifting *What skills and experience will volunteers gain?: * - Experience educating the public on important conservation issues - Experience with field data collection and entry - Interpretive skills and techniques - Potential for experience in marine mammal response - Experience with fundraising and community outreach - Experience working with Microsoft Access *Essential Requirements: * - Fluent spoken English - Interest in marine wildlife and conservation - Flexibility - Ability to work long hours, outdoors, in all weather conditions - The ability to live & work comfortably in a remote coastal wilderness camp setting with staff & volunteers - The physical ability to carry 40lbs of gear to and from the vessel to base camps (this varies from across the street to down a rocky shoreline). In addition to this volunteers are required to hike, 3km (each way), from the base camp to the observation site on alternate days, which takes approximately 1 hour (one way) *Additional Information: *These positions are unpaid and carry a cost to the interns of $125/ week to cover accommodations, extra fuel and dinners (volunteers will be responsible for their own breakfasts and lunches). Warden volunteers will need to bring their own tent and sleeping bag. Tent pads and tarps will be provided as will camp cooking equipment etc. *How to apply: *Please forward your cover letter, resume and two references via *email* by *March 31st, 2015*. Please indicate your availability. Only successful applicants will be contacted. *Contact:* Marie Fournier, Cetus Research & Conservation Society, Email: robsonbight at cetussociety.org For more information please visit our website www.ProtectOurWhales.com -- Marie Fournier Robson Bight Warden Program Coordinator Cetus Research and Conservation Society www.ProtectOurWhale s.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mwatson at fit.edu Thu Mar 12 10:30:28 2015 From: mwatson at fit.edu (Mallory Watson) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:30:28 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Ocean 180 Video Challenge Winners Announced! Message-ID: <580931D21DE9A04E92D77EB848A3FFC36D55B9AD@EX10-BE1.fit.edu> The Florida Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE Florida) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Ocean 180 Video Challenge, with two of the top entries highlighting marine mammal research. The winning video abstracts were selected by over 37,000 middle school student judges from 1,630 classrooms across 21 countries. Student judges were given the task of evaluating each of the 10 Ocean 180 finalists and submitting their votes for the entries they felt best explained the results and significance of the scientists' research. A $9,000 cash prize package will be awarded to the top 4 teams to honor their work in communicating science to the public, with two video abstracts awarded first place prizes. These two winners were named the top entry in their submission category, with Category 1 reserved for entries created by amateur teams and Category 2 for those teams with professional film making assistance All scientists submitting to Ocean 180 were challenged to create 3 minute video abstracts which communicated the findings and significance of published ocean science research to general audiences. All video abstracts are related to a scientific paper that the submitting scientist has published within the past five years. To view the winning video abstracts, please visit: http://ocean180.org/2015-challenge/2015-winners.html Please join us in congratulating the scientists and teams behind the top entries! 1st Place (Category 1) Drones at the Beach Patrick Rynne, University of Miami Fiona Graham, University of Miami/ Waterlust Ronald Brouwer, Ad Reniers, and Matthieu de Schipper, Delft University Jamie MacMahan, Naval Postgraduate School Laura Bracken, University of Miami/ CARTHE 1st Place (Category 2) Dolphin Research Center Blindfold Imitation Study Kelly Jaakkola, Emily Guarino, Mandy Rodriguez, and the Visual Communication Staff, Dolphin Research Center 2nd Place Overall How to Treat a Bruised Flipper: Developing Pain Medications for Dolphins Claire Simeone, The Marine Mammal Center 3rd Place Overall Rescuing the Gentle Giants Charles Waters, University of Auckland, Institute of Marine Science Scott Ewing Richard Story, Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources Mark J. Costello, University of Auckland All are welcome to join the Ocean 180 Student-Scientist Summit on Thursday March 26th from noon - 1:00 pm (EST). Scientists behind the top entries will be on hand to respond to questions from student judges. Attendance is free. Reserve your seat now at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7363249416277305345 A press release announcing the winners is available at http://ocean180.org/images/banners/PDF/PR_2015_Winners.pdf Mallory Watson COSEE Florida Scientist Florida Institute of Technology 150 W University Blvd Melbourne, FL 32901 Twitter: @Ocean180Video Email: mwatson at fit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tiffanie_nelson at yahoo.com.au Thu Mar 12 11:22:37 2015 From: tiffanie_nelson at yahoo.com.au (Tiffanie Nelson) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:22:37 -0600 Subject: [MARMAM] New article: The marine mammal microbiome: current knowledge and future directions Message-ID: Dear MARMAM subscribers, My colleagues and I would like to announce the publication of our recent review on marine mammal microbiomes in Microbiology Australia. Please see the abstract below. A copy of the article can be downloaded here http://microbiology.publish.csiro.au/?paper=MA15004 or please contact me for a copy. The marine mammal microbiome: current knowledge and future directions Tiffanie M Nelson A F, Amy Apprill B, Janet Mann C, Tracey L Rogers D and Mark VBrown D E A Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA B Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Mailstop #4, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA C Georgetown University, Regents Hall 516, Washington, DC 20057, USA D Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia E School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia F Corresponding author. Tel: +1 406 539 3709, Email: tiffanie.nelson at gmail.com Marine mammals are globally significant because of their sensitivity to environmental change and threatened status, often serving as ?ecosystem sentinels?1 . Disease is a major cause of marine mammal population decline and the role of the microbiome in disease has generated considerable interest. Recent research in humans has greatly enhanced our understanding of how the host-associated microbial community, the microbiome, affects host health. In this review, we provide an overview of the extent of the marine mammal microbiome with a focus on whole community characterisation using genomic methods. This research highlights the overlap in microbial communities between geographically distinct species and populations of marine mammals, suggesting tight links between marine mammals and their microbial symbionts over millions of years of evolution. An understanding of these links in both healthy and compromised hosts is essential to identifying at-risk populations and making ecologically appropriate management decisions. We advocate further development of innovative sampling and analytic techniques that advance the field of microbial ecology of marine mammals. Warm regards, Tiff Tiffanie Nelson, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Montana State University Department of Animal and Range Science Animal Bioscience Building, Room 212 Bozeman, MT +1-406-994-3709 tiffanie.nelson at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KMathes at LBAOP.ORG Wed Mar 11 12:20:07 2015 From: KMathes at LBAOP.ORG (Kera Mathes) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:20:07 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Aquarium of the Pacific Marine Mammal Photo ID internship for Summer Message-ID: <549061F55D29C8429A9E71B4062EF932013BFA0C8DBD@e2k7mbx> Join the Boats Coordinator at the Aquarium of the Pacific on data collection for blue whales, fin whales, and other cetaceans during our daily whale watching cruises, as well as interpreting data to guests at the Aquarium. This is a great opportunity for college students and recent graduates to gain valuable experience. Commitment: 20 hours/week for 16 weeks starting in May or June Responsibilities include, but are not limited to * Taking dorsal fin photos of animals encountered during daily whale watching cruises (these are opportunistic sightings as we are a public whale watching boat) * Maintain detailed data logs of sightings and enter them into databases * Answer questions and interpret to guests on board. * Photo processing and IDing individual blue whales if seen during daily trips * Interact with Aquarium guests using whale data at Aquarium and on whale watching boats * Maintain Whale App database For more information and the online application, visit http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/volunteer/college_internships/ Application deadline is March 31, 2015 Kera Mathes Education Specialist Aquarium of the Pacific (562) 951-1651 KMathes at lbaop.org "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. 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For 12 days, students will live and study at the remote Alice Cove Research Station located along the shores of Prince William Sound. Students will learn about the flora and fauna of this area and conduct research on sea otter behavioral ecology. An overland day trip will be made to explore the Copper River Delta and visit Sheridan Glacier. There are no prerequisites. Field course fee is $2,150 (airfare to Anchorage and Cordova not included). You do not need to be a student at Texas A&M University to register for an internship. From iarpayoglou at keiseruniversity.edu Wed Mar 11 06:30:34 2015 From: iarpayoglou at keiseruniversity.edu (Irene Arpayoglou) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:30:34 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Volunteer Manatee Observers Needed for Stuart Regatta Message-ID: <1475EF602DBD274796DCF510FE227C4A371BD768@mbx028-e1-va-8.exch028.domain.local> The Stuart Sailfish Regatta is in need of volunteer manatee observers for their upcoming races on May 15-17, in Stuart, Florida. 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The paper can be viewed/download here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0120014 Full reference: Torres, L.G., Sutton, P.J.H., Thompson, D.R., Delord, K., Weimerskirch, H., Sagar, P.M., Sommer, E., Dilley, B.J., Ryan, P.G. & Phillips, R.A. (2015). Poor transferability of species distribution models for a pelagic predator, the grey petrel, indicates contrasting habitat preferences across ocean basins. PLoS ONE 10, e0120014. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120014 Cheers, Leigh Leigh Torres, Ph.D. Assistant Professor; Oregon Sea Grant Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center 2030 SE Marine Science Drive Newport, OR 97365, U.S.A 541-867-0895 http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/gemm-lab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From yvonne at scanningoceansectors.com Fri Mar 13 00:47:04 2015 From: yvonne at scanningoceansectors.com (Yvonne Miles - Scanning Ocean Sectors) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:47:04 +1000 Subject: [MARMAM] Marine Mammal Observer Course and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Course AU Message-ID: *Scanning Ocean Sectors* specialises in training, consultancy and supply of *Marine Mammal Observer (MMO)* / *Marine Fauna Observer (MFO) *worldwide. We are JNCC recognised/approved course for industry and research for the UKCS and have been running for over 12 years. We have years of research behind the effective and consistent training of MMOs/MFOs including courses adapted/personalised to the requirements of our clients, and taught by professionals in their specialised fields. Our staff are fully trained and experienced in all areas of the MMO/MFO line of work. Our specialised training ensures RESEARCH/INDUSTRY attains the most professional and well equipped MMOs/MFOs they require for the specialised work. The outcome from our training is that you will gain a KNOWLEDGABLE, EFFICIENT and EFFECTIVE MMO/MFO in the workplace and are proactive in their duties. Each student is graded in their certification to ensure the professional quality standard of the MMO/MFO. Our training course dates are below and there are still places available for the MARCH and APRIL courses. Please note you must register and pay at the same time. NOTE: pre registering will NOT entitle you to the standard price. The price coding will be at the time of full and final payment. For full prices please visit www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/prices/. *MMO Training Course Dates in Australia * *Australian* April 27-30th *PAMO Training Course Dates in Australia* REGISTER NOW *Register Online* Visit the website to register for the next MMO course. www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/register/ *Other Useful Links* Marine Mammal Observer Training on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammalobservertrainingcourses Marine Mammal Magazine on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammalobservertrainingcourses Marine Mammal Jobs on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammaljobs -- Regards, Yvonne Miles *Managing Director* *Scanning Ocean Sectors* E: yvonne at scanningoceansectors.com W: www.scanningoceansectors.com W: www.marinemammalobservertraining.com W: www.marinemammaljobs.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The outcome from our training is that you will gain a KNOWLEDGABLE, EFFICIENT and EFFECTIVE MMO/MFO in the workplace and are proactive in their duties. Each student is graded in their certification to ensure the professional quality standard of the MMO/MFO. Our training course dates are below and there are still places available for the MARCH and APRIL courses. Please note you must register and pay at the same time. NOTE: pre registering will NOT entitle you to the standard price. The price coding will be at the time of full and final payment. For full prices please visit www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/prices/. *MMO Training Course Dates Australia * *Australia* April 27th - 30th *PAMO Training Course Dates Australia* *Australia* April 30th - 1st May REGISTER NOW *Register Online* Visit the website to register for the next MMO course. www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/register/ *Other Useful Links* Marine Mammal Observer Training on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammalobservertrainingcourses Marine Mammal Magazine on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammalobservertrainingcourses Marine Mammal Jobs on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammaljobs -- Regards, Yvonne Miles *Managing Director* *Scanning Ocean Sectors* E: yvonne at scanningoceansectors.com W: www.scanningoceansectors.com W: www.marinemammalobservertraining.com W: www.marinemammaljobs.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeremy.kiszka at gmail.com Mon Mar 16 08:12:44 2015 From: jeremy.kiszka at gmail.com (Jeremy Kiszka) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:12:44 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] New review paper: behavioral drivers of the ecological roles of marine mammals Message-ID: <5506F2EC.4060704@gmail.com> Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of our recent review paper on the behavioral drivers of the ecological roles and importance of marine mammals in the latest issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series. Here is the link to download the paper: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v523/p267-281/ Please let me know if you have any question! Cheers, Jeremy Kiszka -- Jeremy Kiszka (PhD) Marine Sciences Program, Florida International University 3000 NE 151 St., FL-33181, North Miami, USA. Tel office (direct): (305)-919-4104 Cell: (305)-469-4045 Skype: jeremy.kiszka The Heithaus lab: http://www2.fiu.edu/~heithaus/ --- Ce courrier ?lectronique ne contient aucun virus ou logiciel malveillant parce que la protection avast! Antivirus est active. http://www.avast.com From er26 at st-andrews.ac.uk Mon Mar 16 09:09:22 2015 From: er26 at st-andrews.ac.uk (Eric Rexstad) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:09:22 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Second notice: Distance sampling workshops, St. Andrews, August 2015 In-Reply-To: <54B637AB.8080700@st-andrews.ac.uk> References: <54B637AB.8080700@st-andrews.ac.uk> Message-ID: <55070032.5060605@st-andrews.ac.uk> The Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) is hosting two linked workshops in the summer of 2015 in our purpose-built facilities at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. The aim of these workshops is to train participants in the latest methods for design and analysis of distance sampling surveys, including line and point transects. The workshops are taught by leading researchers in the field, using industry-standard software. The first workshop (11-14 August) will run at an introductory level, and will focus on distance sampling methods, largely described in the standard reference book "Introduction to Distance Sampling." The workshop will be a blend of theory and practice and participants will learn how to use the program "Distance." Participants will gain a solid grounding in both survey design and methods of analysis for distance sampling surveys. Note that we have moved the 'automated survey design' and 'incorporating covariates in detection function' from the advanced workshop into the introductory workshop. The advanced distance sampling workshop (17-20 August) will include advanced treatment of: analyses in which detectability on the transect line is not assumed to be perfect (the so-called g(0) problem) and spatial (or density surface) modelling. We will showcase a series of new R packages we have developed for performing standard as well as sophisticated analyses in R. The aim of this workshop is to bring participants up to date with the latest developments in distance sampling methods and software. It is also an opportunity for those actively engaged in the design, analysis and execution of distance sampling surveys to discuss common issues and problems, and set future research directions. The workshop will be a combination of lectures and computer sessions, with considerable time for discussion. For all workshops, participants are encouraged to bring their own data sets, and can expect to do some preliminary analyses with their data. Computer sessions take place in our modern computer classroom (attached to the seminar room); participants can use our computers or bring their own laptops. Additional details regarding the workshop can be found at our website http://creem2.st-andrews.ac.uk/workshops/distance-sampling-workshops-st-andrews-august-2015/ -- Eric Rexstad Research Unit for Wildlife Population Assessment Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling University of St. Andrews St. Andrews Scotland KY16 9LZ +44 (0)1334 461833 The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From californiastudentsmm at gmail.com Mon Mar 16 17:29:18 2015 From: californiastudentsmm at gmail.com (Sarah Peterson) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:29:18 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] California Student Chapter: 2nd Annual Marine Mammal Conference Registration Open Message-ID: We are happy to announce the date for the second annual student conference for the California Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. The meeting will be held all day at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (Moss Landing, California) on Saturday May 2, 2015. Registration/abstract submission is now open and we welcome submissions for talks and posters from both undergraduate, graduate, and recently graduated students. Go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5DC9M9Q to register/submit an abstract. We are hoping to close abstract submission by March 31, 2015. Click here , or check out our website for more information on the meeting. 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We have years of research behind the effective and consistent training of MMOs/MFOs including courses adapted/personalised to the requirements of our clients, and taught by professionals in their specialised fields. Our staff are fully trained and experienced in all areas of the MMO/MFO line of work. Our specialised training ensures RESEARCH/INDUSTRY attains the most professional and well equipped MMOs/MFOs they require for the specialised work. The outcome from our training is that you will gain a KNOWLEDGABLE, EFFICIENT and EFFECTIVE MMO/MFO in the workplace and are proactive in their duties. Each student is graded in their certification to ensure the professional quality standard of the MMO/MFO. Our training course dates are below and there are still places available for the MARCH and APRIL courses. Please note you must register and pay at the same time. NOTE: pre registering will NOT entitle you to the standard price. The price coding will be at the time of full and final payment. For full prices please visit www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/prices/. *MMO Training Course Dates in UK * *UK* MMO course 13th April to 16th PAMO 16th -17th April REGISTER NOW *Register Online* Visit the website to register for the next MMO course. www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/register/ *Other Useful Links* Marine Mammal Observer Training on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammalobservertrainingcourses Marine Mammal Magazine on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammalobservertrainingcourses Marine Mammal Jobs on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammaljobs With regards, *Yvonne Miles* Managing Director yvonne at scanningoceansectors.com www.scanningoceansectors.com www.marinemammaljobs.com -- Regards, Yvonne Miles *Managing Director* *Scanning Ocean Sectors* E: yvonne at scanningoceansectors.com W: www.scanningoceansectors.com W: www.marinemammalobservertraining.com W: www.marinemammaljobs.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rachel.davies at marine-life.org.uk Mon Mar 16 10:58:22 2015 From: rachel.davies at marine-life.org.uk (Rachel Davies) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:58:22 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] ECS Workshop on Developing analytical protocols to assess trends in cetacean populations Message-ID: Dear ECS and MARMAM readers, LAST FEW SPACES! The European Cetacean Monitoring Coalition (ECMC, Formerly ARC), are holding a half-day workshop on Sunday 22nd March 2015 at the upcoming European Cetacean Society conference in Malta. There are still just a few spaces remaining for the workshop, titled: ?Developing analytical protocols to assess trends in cetacean populations from structured surveillance data collected on ferries", which will be held at the Intercontinental Malta Hotel. This workshop is organized by the European Cetacean Monitoring Coalition (ECMC) the largest European partnership of ferry surveying organisations and will run in the afternoon from 1400-1800. Short workshop summary: *The aim of this workshop, organised by the European Cetacean Monitoring Coalition (ECMC), one of Europe?s largest partnership of ferry surveying organisations, is to explore the analytical methodologies and tools used by organisations conducting dedicated, fixed-transect surveys aboard maritime traffic platforms (ferries, whale watching boats, fisheries vessels etc), as well as techniques used and accepted for monitoring other taxa. This will be achieved through a combination of case studies presented by invited speakers using new approaches and guided discussion of appropriate techniques and addressing potential data biases when reporting on such metrics as changes in group size, occupancy rates, relative and observed abundance. * *Outcomes of the workshop include increased understanding and a review of analytical procedures for outputs that meet these metrics for reporting on species favourable conservation status. This therefore has direct implications to reporting and policy demands for marine mammal monitoring (e.g. EU Habitats Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive). * So, if you would like to attend please contact: Rachel.Davies at marine-life.org.uk or lucy.babey at orcaweb.org.uk Further information can be found here: http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/workshops-programme Thank you very much for your attention and see you in Malta! Dr. Rachel Davies Conservation Science Manager [image: MARINElife logo] rachel.davies at marine-life.org.uk T. 01460419043 M. 07969804996 Send Sightings To: sightings at marine-life.org.uk Website: www.marine-life.org.uk Find us on Facebook and Twitter Registered Charity No. 1110884 Coordinator: European Cetacean Monitoring Coalition (ECMC) [image: Inline images 1] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(www.toptotop.org, www.expedition.toptotop.org) Always looking for answers, new solutions and coming from a scientific background we have helped collect data for various research projects along the way; the last projects being on marine debris and radioactive isotope radiation in the North Pacific for the IPRC and grouping in humpback whales in the Prince William Sound in Alaska. This summer we will be doing the North-West Passage in a 50ft SV and are keen to collect data for any possible research projects in this area; whether that be towing a hydrophone or taking water samples, etc. For any further information or questions contact: meret at toptotop.org or dario at toptotop.org We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, TOPtoTOP team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kathy.james at seawatchfoundation.org.uk Tue Mar 17 07:40:09 2015 From: kathy.james at seawatchfoundation.org.uk (Kathy James) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:40:09 -0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Sea Watch Dolphin Guide Volunteer Opportunities Message-ID: <008a01d060c0$4497f0e0$cdc7d2a0$@seawatchfoundation.org.uk> 'Sea Watch Dolphin Guide' Two opportunities in Cardigan Bay for the 2015 summer season The Sea Watch Foundation , in collaboration with Dolphin Spotting Boat Trips (DSBT) is seeking two part-time Sea Watch Dolphin Guides for the 2015 season. This position will suit volunteers who have a passion for marine conservation and recognise the importance of educating and raising awareness amongst the public. The Dolphin Guide will be responsible for assisting DSBT with day-to-day public interactions on their tourist boat trips by: . Presenting brief speeches on local wildlife (focussing on bottlenose dolphins) during the two hour trips . Promoting the local marine code of conduct . Providing brief histories of dolphins regularly encountered in the bay to passengers . Answering passenger queries . Liaising with SWF about events and activities to promote to interested passengers . Social media activities surrounding trips and sightings for DSBT The Dolphin Guide will be responsible for assisting Sea Watch with its operations by: . Collecting scientific data on board the vessels . Reporting sightings and taking part in office-based data entry . Educating passengers about the Cardigan Bay dolphins and research carried out by Sea Watch in the area . Promoting the wider work of Sea Watch and the national sightings scheme . Maintaining on board educational/promotional materials as well as ticket office displays . Promotion of the SWF Adopt A Dolphin scheme, including signing up new adoptees and helping to maintain a blog . Linking sightings and news events with the SWF Adopt A Dolphin scheme via social media The season will run from May 25th to October 18th 2015. Accommodation is local and provided for free by DSBT in exchange for your volunteer time. The Sea Watch Dolphin Guides are responsible for their own travel and living expenses, but DSBT are offering additional part-time paid roles to supplement the guides' income. Important skills/qualifications Essential: * a strong interest in marine conservation and education * confidence to interact with the public * confidence on the water * excellent communication skills * must have initiative and bring their own ideas and personality to the position * strong commitment to volunteering work * an ability to work in an organised and reliable manner and to manage a variable workload * an ability to get on well with others in a small team with different objectives * willingness to share accommodation with other guide Desirable: * a background in marine biology/environmental science or similar * a strong interest and knowledge of British cetaceans * good IT skills (Office package) * prior experience in public speaking * prior experience with social media * prior experience in boat-based survey work * any boat based experience and or qualifications * willingness to work long hours outdoors in often very changeable Welsh weather Sea Watch Foundation will be offering their full support and training to the guides throughout the season. The season begins with a compulsory training week alongside SWF's residential interns and shortly into the period, Sea Watch Dolphin Guides will be expected to attend SWF's Cetacean Survey Training Course (June 13th/14th) as part of their development. Please note that this training is all provided for free as part of the role. Dolphin Spotting Boat Trips provide an interesting and at times challenging workplace. Instruction on boat related safety at sea will be undertaken and if desired, nationally recognised boat-related safety courses will be offered at no cost. Volunteering with DSBT offers an invaluable experience of the non-intrusive wild dolphin watching industry, within a company with over fifty years of experience and a close association to a charity dedicated to raising awareness, knowledge and conservation of the marine wildlife. To apply: Please send your CV, covering letter and contact details of two referees, to Kathy James (kathy.james at seawatchfoundation.org.uk). Deadline: 29th March 2015. Please specify SEA WATCH DOLPHIN GUIDE into your subject title. Applicants must be available for interview via Skype during the week commencing 6th April. Thank you! Kathy James Sightings Officer Sea Watch Foundation Paragon House Wellington Place New Quay Ceredigion SA45 9NR Tel: 01545 561227 www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 7802 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to exciting marine research, as well as experience the frustrations, the highs, lows and achievements associated with ambitious marine research in Africa. Job Role: Intern activities include but are not limited to: ?Assisting in running research vessel (6m RIB) and research station ?Visual surveys to investigate dolphin distribution ?Above-water photo ID of cetaceans and photo processing for analysis ?Above water genetic sampling of dolphin and whale species* and basic processing of samples for storage ?Behavioural sampling of bottlenose dolphins ?Acoustic monitoring of bottlenose dolphin vocalisations ?Static acoustic monitoring of dolphins using CPOD?s to monitor presence and behaviour in key habitats *Actual taking of skin samples will be limited to NDP scientists, and interns will assist in the processing of samples Interns will be directly involved in the collection of photo identification, behavioural and acoustic data in the field, and will gain skills in photograph grading, data input, processing and analysis. Interns would be expected to attend any strandings that may occur. When not in the field interns will also be involved with the development of educational materials or working on a small research project of their choosing. Interns would primarily be assisting in data collection of Heaviside's (Cephalorhychus heavisidii) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Qualifications, knowledge & experience: A maximum of five interns will be accepted per month between March and August 2015. As such we limit applications to current students or recent graduates with a Collage or University degree (BSc or MSc) in biology or zoology. Personal skills and attributes: 1) Organised and conscientious 2) Enthusiastic, self-motivated and willing to get involved with all aspects of the research 3) Able to work as a member of the team or alone 4) Patient and flexible to changes Cost: USD 2100 per month Application: Prospective interns should send a letter of motivation and their CV/resume to nam.dolphin.edu at gmail.com to apply to the program. For further information, please visit our website: http://www.namibiandolphinproject.com/get-involved/volunteer-internship-program/ -- Namibian Dolphin Project www.namibiandolphinproject.com namibiandolphinproject.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dave at ninepointeightone.net Wed Mar 18 20:38:31 2015 From: dave at ninepointeightone.net (David Lawrence Miller) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:38:31 -0400 Subject: [MARMAM] Distance sampling user survey Message-ID: <550A44B7.9030604@ninepointeightone.net> The Distance Development Team would like to hear how we can improve our software for distance sampling analysis and design. If you have ever conducted any kind of distance sampling analyses we would love to hear from you. We have put together a short questionnaire to find out what developments would be of most use to you. Please submit your responses by March 31st 2015 and forward this e-mail to any others who may find it interesting. Link to the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1v89Aaju40yBxF5s6GlpXcM7RTW3nmSRKMeTeg6x6qqs/viewform Thanks from the Distance Development Team! From ddtobin at kpc.alaska.edu Tue Mar 17 08:42:59 2015 From: ddtobin at kpc.alaska.edu (Deborah D Boege-Tobin) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:42:59 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Undergraduate Marine Biology "Study Away" Program and Internships this Fall semester in Homer, Alaska In-Reply-To: <1426605212208.18783@uvic.ca> References: <571A3412134D644990C8FC9821F485BB8C8B1302@KRC-EXCHANGE01.apps.ad.alaska.edu>, <1426546123744.77092@uvic.ca>, <73C93EC9-8A04-4911-BD9F-CE0CE5CBD248@kpc.alaska.edu>, <1426605212208.18783@uvic.ca> Message-ID: <39DFE80A-F6DD-4465-94BE-91EF8BAACEEF@kpc.alaska.edu> The Semester by the Bay program is currently accepting applications for undergraduate students interested in studying marine biology (marine mammals, seabirds, fishes, tide pool invertebrates, etc.) this fall in the beautiful seaside town of Homer, Alaska. Our courses offer students numerous unique hands-on, experiential learning opportunities in the lab and field, such as behavioral ecology of beluga whales, sea otters, and harbor seals, acoustics of harbor porpoises, seining and identification of estuarine fishes, behavior of seabirds at island rookeries, scientific illustration, marine mammal skeletal articulation, among others. In addition, most students participate in community-based internships and/or volunteer opportunities with governmental or non-governmental researchers while studying with us at the Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College - University of Alaska Anchorage. KPC offers in-state tuition and many internships include free or significantly reduced housing. The first deadline for internships is March 23, 2015. Please see www.semesterbythebay.org for more details and/or contact Dr. Deborah Boege-Tobin at dtobin at uaa.alaska.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This employee will assist the Director of Science and Conservation in matters of policy, management, science, and education directly linked to the organization's mission to protect manatees and their habitat. Job responsibilities include reviewing and commenting on waterfront development applications; interacting with agency personnel via phone, email, and in-person communication; developing and updating education and outreach materials; reading and analyzing technical literature; advocating for manatees and their habitat via written comments and testimony at public hearings; answering questions from members of the public an supporting them in grassroots advocacy efforts; providing educational presentations to audiences ranging from children to senior citizens; managing databases; collecting and processing citizen manatee sighting reports; coordinating mailing of donations to partner organizations in other countries; working on implementing projects funded by grants; and supervising interns. Travel is required. The successful applicant will have a strong environmental policy and environmental science background; excellent technical, persuasive, and creative writing skills; comfort and facility with public speaking; a strong work ethic; self-motivation; the ability to work as part of a team as well as independently; a positive attitude; strong moral character; and a passion for protecting manatees and their habitat. The starting salary will range from $24,000-$28,000 depending on experience. Medical, dental, and retirement benefits are available. At a minimum, a B.S. in the biological sciences, environmental policy, or pre-law is required. Interested applicants should send academic transcripts (unofficial), CV with references, a statement of interest and qualification in the position, and creative and technical writing samples to ktripp at savethemanatee.org by 11:59 PM on Saturday March 28th, 2015. Katie Tripp, Ph.D. Director of Science and Conservation Save the Manatee Club 500 N. 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Guide to Marine Mammals and Turtles of the U.S. Pacific, by Kate Wynne, Illustrated by Garth Mix 138 pages, $28 Order at: http://seagrant.uaf.edu/bookstore/pubs/MAB-64.html This unique field guide to marine mammals and sea turtles of Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington is ideal for use on boats, on beach walks, and in classrooms, offices, laboratories, and at home. Created by Kate Wynne, a leading marine mammal field biologist, the book is designed with the field scientist and boater in mind. The wire-o binding makes it easy to flip through the durable, waterproof pages and keep the book open to the desired page. Wynne describes the behavior of each species, as well as dive pattern, habitat, life history, and interactions with humans. She explains how to distinguish whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, sea otters, and sea turtles, and notes evolutionary adaptations for life in the sea. Each animal is represented by color photographs and a beautiful, scientifically accurate color illustration, created by West Coast nature illustrator Garth Mix. Range maps show where each species occurs. Surface profile silhouettes are a great help for making positive identifications. Wynne and Mix collaborated on Guide to Marine Mammals and Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico, coauthored by Malia Schwartz, which won the National Outdoor Book Award for best field guide. Wynne also authored Guide to Marine Mammals of Alaska, which has sold more than 34,000 copies. Guide to Marine Mammals of the U.S. Pacific completes Wynne's trio of marine mammal and sea turtle field guides, covering all U.S. coastal waters. Published by Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks. **** Kate Wynne University of Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From info at sa-instrumentation.com Wed Mar 18 03:00:46 2015 From: info at sa-instrumentation.com (St Andrews Instrumentation Info) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:00:46 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] {Disarmed} New Data Acquisition Device for Capturing Acoustic Data Message-ID: <7178F7D2DF211F4AB8865B56DB0D51C70D7C39FD@UOS-DUN-MBX2.st-andrews.ac.uk> Pioneers in acoustic monitoring St Andrews Instrumentation Limited [SAIL Passive acoustic monitoring] [Decimus card system ready to monitor] Download SAIL DAQ Datasheet [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/338c44715438e78d788e21d45/images/c9e2f18b-79c3-42b8-86ec-cc5c5ab404c6.gif] Benefits - Real time data - Simultaneous sampling - Ideal for integrators [SAIL at Ocean Business Southampton] NEW DATA ACQUISITION CARD FOR CAPTURING ACOUSTIC DATA Encased in compact and robust IP51 housing, the new SAIL DAQ device is a compact and easy to use solution for analogue audio detection. 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Visit the website (www.cetus.ucsd.edu/dclde) to proceed with registration. Students: We highly recommend all students to apply for student support before registering as selected recipients will receive a discount code covering the cost of registration (equivalent to $370 or the cost of early bird registration). International students may receive additional assistance to help with housing expenses. Upcoming Deadlines: Student Support Applications are due April 1, 2015 Abstract Submissions are due April 1, 2015 Lastly, if anyone anticipates needing childcare during the workshop, please send us an e-mail. Depending upon the number of interested participants, we may be able to help coordinate childcare. For any questions or concerns, please send us an e-mail at dclde2015 at gmail.com Thank you! John Hildebrand DCLDE 2015 Organizing Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andy_szabo at hotmail.com Fri Mar 20 17:50:18 2015 From: andy_szabo at hotmail.com (Andy Szabo) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:50:18 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] Volunteer Opportunities at AWF's Coastal Research and Education Center Message-ID: Alaska Whale Foundation is seeking volunteers to participate in a summer research and ecological monitoring program at the new Coastal Research & Education Center on Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska. Volunteers will assist with marine and terrestrial data collection, data analysis, and will have opportunities for self-directed research. Volunteers should have experience with working in remote field settings, and/or marine sampling, and/or spatial data analysis. This project is scheduled from July 12th--August 22th, 2015. Volunteers will receive room and board in compensation. 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We would very much appreciate if you are willing to share your picture. Your name/ copright will be fully accredited. The picture will only be used for this one-time use. Many thanks in advance, With kind regards, Danielle -- -------------------------- Danielle Kreb (Ph.D.) Scientific Program Advisor Yayasan Konservasi RASI Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia Komplek Pandan Harum Indah (Erlyza) Blok C, No. 52 Samarinda 75124 Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia Tel/ fax: + 62.541.744874 Mobile: 081346489515 http://www.ykrasi.org Facebook group/page: Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbromaghin at usgs.gov Fri Mar 20 09:56:55 2015 From: jbromaghin at usgs.gov (Bromaghin, Jeffrey) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:56:55 -0800 Subject: [MARMAM] Diet Estimation Paper Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of research investigating the performance of diet estimators based on quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA), a method that has been widely utilized for marine species. Citation: Bromaghin, J. F., K. D. Rode, S. M. Budge, and G. W. Thiemann. 2015. Distance measures and optimization spaces in quantitative fatty acid signature analysis. Ecology and Evolution 5(6):1249-1262. Abstract: Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis has become an important method of diet estimation in ecology, especially marine ecology. Controlled feeding trials to validate the method and estimate the calibration coefficients necessary to account for differential metabolism of individual fatty acids have been conducted with several species from diverse taxa. However, research into potential refinements of the estimation method has been limited. We compared the performance of the original method of estimating diet composition with that of five variants based on different combinations of distance measures and calibration-coefficient transformations between prey and predator fatty acid signature spaces. Fatty acid signatures of pseudopredators were constructed using known diet mixtures of two prey data sets previously used to estimate the diets of polar bears *Ursus maritimus* and gray seals *Halichoerus grypus*, and their diets were then estimated using all six variants. In addition, previously published diets of Chukchi Sea polar bears were re-estimated using all six methods. Our findings reveal that the selection of an estimation method can meaningfully influence estimates of diet composition. Among the pseudopredator results, which allowed evaluation of bias and precision, differences in estimator performance were rarely large, and no one estimator was universally preferred, although estimators based on the Aitchison distance measure tended to have modestly superior properties compared to estimators based on the Kullback?Leibler distance measure. However, greater differences were observed among estimated polar bear diets, most likely due to differential estimator sensitivity to assumption violations. Our results, particularly the polar bear example, suggest that additional research into estimator performance and model diagnostics is warranted. The paper is available at the following URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.1429/abstract Regards, Jeff ----------------------------------------------- Jeffrey F. Bromaghin, PhD Research Statistician USGS Alaska Science Center 4210 University Drive Anchorage, AK 99508 907-786-7086 jbromaghin at usgs.gov *http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/quantitative_ecology/index.php * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jdsheldon at ucdavis.edu Thu Mar 19 09:08:42 2015 From: jdsheldon at ucdavis.edu (Julie Sheldon) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:08:42 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] 2015 UC Davis Wildlife and Exotic Animal Medicine Symposium Message-ID: Hello! This is a reminder that you are cordially invited to the *2015 Wildlife and Exotic Animal Symposium *hosted by the Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Medicine (WAAM) and the Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine (AEMC) Clubs at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine! *WHEN*: April 11-12th, 2015 *WHERE*: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine or Interactive Online Webinar *WHAT*: Lectures, panel discussions and an ultrasound wetlab with experts in the fields of zoo, free-ranging wildlife, and companion exotic animal medicine! CE credits available for veterinarians and technicians. *HOW*: Register *HERE* Questions: waam.ucd at gmail.com Thank you and we hope to see you in April! Sincerely, Julie D. Sheldon DVM Candidate, Class of 2016 Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Medicine Club President Bayer Animal Health Student Representative UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This position will assist in a wide range of project management and team support roles with our current clients. The ability to manage multiple projects from conception, planning, budgeting, reporting, and completion is key to succeeding in this role. Anticipated concentration of work assignments would be concentrated on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Ocean areas. Must be detail oriented to perform work accurately in a team-oriented environment and have the demonstrated ability to direct the work of a variety of scientists; in addition to participating in offshore monitoring activities aboard small boats, aircraft, and large ships. Successful candidates must have a minimum of 3+ years of experience managing scientific research projects focused on marine mammal biology in a consulting or university-related research capacity; ideally this would include a background of direct interface with customers in a combination with Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance. Knowledge of U.S. Navy training, oil and gas development, construction noise monitoring, or offshore renewable energy activities a plus. Masters Degree or higher in Marine Biology or a related field required. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated history of reliability, strong work ethic, solid time management skills are all musts. Travel up to 20% may be required. Applicant's employment is contingent up on their ability to obtain clearance at the 'Secret' level. HDR is an architectural, engineering and consulting firm that excels at complex projects and solving challenges for clients. More than 8,500 professionals, including architects, engineers, consultants, scientists, planners and construction managers, in over 200 locations worldwide, pool their solutions beyond the scope of traditional A/E/C firms. For more information or to apply go to the link below: https://hdr.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=137608 Keegan Yager Regional Recruiter HDR 11 Stanwix St, Suite 800 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 keegan.yager at hdrinc.com hdrinc.com/follow-us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael.j.weise at navy.mil Sat Mar 21 14:30:40 2015 From: michael.j.weise at navy.mil (Weise, Michael J CIV ONRA, 322) Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:30:40 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] ONR Call For PreProposals - Due 15 April 2015 Message-ID: <47FF0FFA3A049548A888E09856C45AAA0C9594DD@NAEAWNYDXM31V.nadsusea.nads.navy.mil> Please post the message below re ONR call for Pre-proposals on the MARMAM listserve. Please let me know if you have any questions. R/ Mike Dr. Michael J. Weise Program Manager - Marine Mammals & Biology Program Office of Naval Research - Code 32 875 N. Randolph St. Arlington, VA 22203-1995 703.696.4533 office 703.696.2007 fax michael.j.weise at navy.mil http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Science-Technology/Departments/Code-32/All-Programs/Atmosphere-Research-322/Marine-Mammals-Biology.aspx XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Marine Mammals and Biology (MMB) program supports basic and applied research and technology development related to understanding the effects of sound on marine mammals, including physiological, behavioral, ecological effects and population-level effects. Our current program topics include, but are not limited to: 1. Monitoring & Detection 2. Integrated Ecosystem Research - Sensor & Tag Development 3. Effects of sound on marine life: -Hearing in baleen whales -Behavioral Response Studies -Physiology (Diving & Stress) -Population Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance (PCAD) 4. Models & Databases for Environmental Compliance Persons with an interest in obtaining support for their research should review the Marine Mammals and Biology (MMB) program topics and goals (webpage) to evaluate the potential overlap between ONR MMB program goals and areas of interest, and your own research. The next step in assessing the potential for support is to submit to the program a brief (2-3 pages) pre-proposal (also referred to sometimes as a planning letter or white paper). The pre-proposal is intended to be an informal document submitted to the program that briefly describes the rationale and nature of the work to be proposed, the approach to addressing questions posed, and estimates the costs of the research. Pre-proposals should: - Clearly and concisely describe the nature and objectives of the work proposed. - Indicate the amount of time needed to conduct the research. - Provide an estimate of funds required by federal fiscal year (Oct. 1 - Sept. 30) - if applicable, days of ship time and class of ship required should be clearly noted, but not included in your budget estimates. - Include a short 1-2 page CV for each principal investigator (PI). - Include complete contact information for each PI, including phone number and e- mail address. 15 April 2015 - Pre-Proposal Deadline More information on ONR MMB Program can be can be found at: http://www.onr.navy.mil/Science-Technology/Departments/Code-32/All-Programs/Atmosphere-Research-322/Marine-Mammals-Biology.aspx -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you wish to embark with us, you can find more information here: http://participefutur.org/activites/navigation-et-missions/missions-ete-2015.html Participe Futur also gives the opportunity to embark on "Sailing Discovery" missions to discover navigation and the sailing philosophy dear to Bernard Moitessier. In this framework, Participe Futur organises a circum navigation from May 2 to June 27 2015, with four 2-week stages from Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rh?ne, Balearic Islands and Gibraltar and back to St Mandrier, near Toulon. During the circum, volunteers will have the opportunity to meet and exchange with scientists working on Mediterranean cetaceans as well as collect data on macro-plastics and cetaceans. You will find all the information on the dedicated webpage of the website : http://participefutur.org/activites/navigation-et-missions/voile-et-decouverte-2015.html No background in sailing or cetacean biology is necessary but volunteers absolutely need to be fluent in French. Volunteers must also be ready to spend a week or two living on a sailing boat with reduced privacy (no individual cabins). Feel free to get in touch using the email address below for more information! Best regards, Jacques Landron info at participefutur.org From guido.parra at flinders.edu.au Sat Mar 21 19:12:24 2015 From: guido.parra at flinders.edu.au (Guido Parra) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 02:12:24 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] SEEKING FIELD ASSISTANTS for research on tropical dolphins around Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia Message-ID: SEEKING EXPERIENCED FIELD ASSISTANTS for research on tropical dolphins around Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia Fieldwork dates: Commences 29th April for 6 months (2 x 3 month periods, ending 30th October 2015). Application deadline: 1st of April Project title: Population size, habitat use and social structure of Australian humpback dolphins (Sousa sahulensis) around the North West Cape, Western Australia. Institution: Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab; Flinders University; South Australia www.cebel.org.au and Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, Western Australia www.mucru.org Overview: We are seeking experienced field assistants to assist with boat-based photo-ID and biopsy sampling of humpback and bottlenose dolphins around the North West Cape in north-western Australia for 6 months (2 x separate 3 month periods) from 29th April to 30th October 2015. * Commitment to a full 3 month/12 week period, either late April-July or July-October is preferred, however a minimum commitment of 2 months will be considered. Those able to commit for a full 3 month period will be given preference. The North West Cape Dolphin Research Project aims to collect baseline information on the abundance, habitat use and social structure of the recently described Australian humpback dolphin (Sousa sahulensis) around the North West Cape to improve the scientific basis for their conservation and management. The project commenced in 2013 and is funded by the Australian Marine Mammal Centre and the Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust. This is an opportunity to gain experience in field techniques for small cetacean research and contribute to a project with very high conservation and management value. Furthermore, it provides assistants the opportunity to conduct research in a truly unique natural setting along the World Heritage Listed Ningaloo Coast, home to one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world, Ningaloo Reef. The region is highly abundant with marine life, including seasonal visits from whale sharks (April-July), humpback whales (June-November) and manta rays (June-October). From our experience in previous field seasons the diversity and abundance of marine life is truly breath taking. It really is a spectacular research setting! Location: We will be based in the town of Exmouth on the tropical North West Cape of Western Australia. Assistants will be staying in a spacious house within walking distance of the Exmouth town centre. Field and house duties: assisting research leader with loading/unloading equipment and boat launching and retrieval, searching for dolphins, driving the boat, taking photos for photo-identification, data collection, equipment cleaning and basic maintenance, data entry (incl. fin matching), a fair share in communal cooking and housekeeping duties, and generally working hard and having a great time in a beautiful and unique part of the Australian coastline. Expectations: Field assistants need to be available full-time, including weekends, and be prepared for early morning departures (6-7AM), long days (8-10 hours) on the water for multiple consecutive days, and lengthy days transcribing data. Expect up to a week between days off. Expect to spend sometimes several days stranded on land. If the weather isn't right we won't be conducting the surveys and will have to wait it out. Expect to see plenty of dolphins, a ridiculous amount of whales, a phenomenal amount of sea turtles, as well as dugongs, manta rays, sharks, and crystal clear waters over beautiful tropical reefs. Most of all, expect to learn a lot while having an awesome time. Prerequisites: * Enrolled in or completed a degree in marine science, biology, animal behaviour, life sciences or a related field (highly desirable); * Experience in working on and driving a small boat (essential); * Experience in photo-ID survey techniques (highly desirable); * Experience in field research on small cetaceans (highly desirable); * No history of debilitating seasickness (essential); * Be team-oriented, patient, clean, and have an enthusiastic and proactive attitude to hard work, long hours and collecting data on the natural environment (essential); * Proficient use of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access (highly desirable); * Fluent in English (highly desirable) Expenses: This is an unpaid position. However, accommodation in Exmouth is provided at no cost to assistants, and staple food supplies will be covered by the project. Assistants are responsible for their own travel costs to/from Exmouth (direct flights available from Perth), some food, and personal expenses. If you would like the opportunity to be part of 'Team Sousa' please send a CV (max. 3 pages), a 1-page cover letter outlining your relevant experience against the above prerequisites, and contact details of two relevant referees to Daniella Hanf (daniellamhanf at yahoo.com) by 1st of April. Short-listed candidates will be contacted shortly after this to schedule an interview. If you would like to find out more about the North West Cape Dolphin Research Project (NWCDRP), including field assistant testimonials, please check out the field blogs from the 2013 and 2014 field season at http://www.cebel.org.au/field-blog/north-west-cape-dolphin-project or check out the NWCDRP albums on the CEBEL Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CEBELresearch. All the best, Guido ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guido J. 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These expeditions are a unique opportunity for anyone interested in learning about the study of marine biodiversity, participating actively in a visual and acoustic survey of this project dedicated to the improvement of management guidelines and provision of the necessary scientific foundation for the mitigation of risks to target species such as loggerhead sea turtle, sperm whale, Cuvier's beaked whale, and Risso's dolphins. Participants will learn basic concepts of navigation and shipboard surveys, participating in lookouts, cetacean sighting recording, acoustic recording, photo-identification image collection, sea turtle tagging, and recording data on human activities. During the six day courses, lectures will be given by experienced researchers, to introduce participants to the methods implemented during the survey and the application to conservation of the results. For further information on available dates and course contents, or to download detailed information, please visit: http://www.oceancare.org/en/projectsandcampaigns/researchprogrammes/menorca/ or contact us by mail: ricardo at alnitak.info or info at oceancare.org Best regards, Sylvia OceanCare Sylvia Frey Director Science & Education www.oceancare.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From admissions at archipelago.gr Tue Mar 24 01:20:26 2015 From: admissions at archipelago.gr (archi admissions) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:20:26 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] Fwd: Marine Mammal Internship Opportunities In-Reply-To: <04738704192_1427184742_125004501@a2plmmworker08.prod.iad2.gdg> References: <04738704192_1427184742_125004501@a2plmmworker08.prod.iad2.gdg> Message-ID: Dear all, We would like to inform you about internship, study abroad and research opportunities we are offering in Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation in the Aegean Sea islands. Please see the information below and feel free to contact us for any further information you may need. Thank you for your time. Best regards, Niki Karagouni Archipelagos Team Marine Mammal Internships & Research Opportunities in the Aegean Sea We are excited to announce internship opportunities in marine mammal research. S [image: header 03 04] Marine Mammal Internships & Research Opportunities in the Aegean Sea [image: dolphin3 logo] *We are excited to announce internship opportunities in marine mammal research. Students, recent graduates and scientists can join Archipelagos' research and conservation efforts in Eastern Aegean.* Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation is a Greek non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to researching and defending the rich biodiversity of the Greek seas and islands, as well as of the NE Mediterranean region overall. This region of rare biodiversity is in desperate need of protection as is being increasing threatened by harmful anthropogenic activities! [image: physeter copy] The Eastern Aegean region is home many rare and endangered species, including some of the *most important remaining populations* in the Mediterranean of several marine mammals.Research surveys can focus on: - Dolphin populations, including: D. delphis (common dolphin), T. truncatus (bottlenose dolphin), S.coeruleoalba (striped dolphin) and G. griseus (Risso?s dolphin); - Whale populations, including: P. macrocephalus (sperm whale), Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier?s beaked whale) and occasional visitors B. physalus (fin whale); - The Mediterranean monk seal (M. monachus), an important and critically endangered marine mammal specie found in the region. [image: dolphin2 logo] *Aims* ? Efficient conservation of the marine mammal populations from anthropogenic threats ? Monitoring of habitat use, abundance and distribution ? Study of population structure and dynamics ? Study of behavioural ecology & communication ? Study of factors of impact (with a focus on interactions with fisheries). [image: IMG 2900] *Responsibilities:* ? Boat-based surveys (weather dependent) ? Photo-identification and matching techniques ? Collecting environmental and anthropogenic data ? Gathering acoustic data ? Data entry and analysis ? Raising awareness ? Utilizing ArcGIS to map populations ? Questionaire-based surveys ? First aid of stranded animals (e.g., cetaceans, seals and sea turtles) For more information please click here [image: surveys] Other *internship/ research topics*: *Marine/ Fisheries Research & Management *Research & Conservation of Island Flora and Fauna *GIS Mapping of Biodiversity *Laboratory Assessment of Environmental Impacts *Illustration, Graphic & Animation Design *Environmental Photography & Film Production Environmental Education , and many more Click here for more information . *Placement details*: *Duration*: 3-12 months (shorter duration is consider on a case-by-case basis) *Location:* Archipelagos? research bases and stations in the eastern Aegean Sea (Samos, Lipsi, Ikaria, Arki, Marathi islands). Placements may also include working on board one of the two small research boats. *Costs:* Placement fee of 650euros/month *Covers:* accommodation, full board and all placement costs. *(frequently placement fee and travel etc expenses are covered by grants such as Erasmus+, or other equivalent)* [image: unnamed] *Extras*: Participants have the option to obtain (at no further cost): a) Sailing skipper license ? includes a log book noting the miles traveled b) PADI Open Water scuba diving certification ? free during summer months- at discounted rate for the rest of the year (cost of equipment rental is not included) c) Greek language lessons [image: dolphin1 logo] *Please pass this along to faculty members and students who may be interested in this opportunity.* For further information you can contact admissions at archipelago.gr We hope to see you in the Aegean islands! 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CIMA RF is based in Savona, Italy, and it is seeking undergraduate/postgraduate students for the CETASMUS PROGRAM 2015. General details about the CETASMUS program can be found here (http://www.cimafoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=895&Itemid=896&lang=en ) In particular open positions refer to three different projects: * FERRIES? this project is held in collaboration with a national ferry company. CETASMUS interns will be on-board of ferries operating between Italy and Corsica / Sardinia at least twice a week and they will be part of the Marine Mammal Observer team working on the ferries. ** ?ZIPHIUS ? this project is focused on the local Cuvier?s beaked whale population and it foresees surveys in the Ligurian, Corsica and Tyrrhenian Seas onboard of a 18m long dedicated research sailing vessel. Each survey usually last 3-5 consecutive days. CETAMSUS interns will assist researchers with data collection, photo-id as well as actively participating in life on-board. ?Whale watching? this project is held in collaboration with the regional consortium of research institutions aiming to collect data aboard whale watching vessels. Surveys are usually 4-6 hours a day. ** Successful applicants will be assigned to _one of the three projects_. These are full-time positions requiring a 5-months commitment from May through September. Because of the training required, applicants must be willing to commit to the fulltime project: all interns will be trained in cetacean observation and identification, in line-transect survey protocols and photo-identification. Qualifications - Applicants must be reliable, motivated and team oriented, have a positive attitude as well as a genuine interest in marine mammal sciences; - Applicants should possess or be enrolled in a BS or MS course in biology, environmental sciences or a related major; - Applicants must be adaptable and patient as fieldwork is highly weather dependent. This means a lot of data-entry work during bad weather and long consecutive days in the field when weather permits; - Proficiency in Microsoft Office software and previous experience with GIS. - Previous field experience is preferred. These positions are an excellent opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing a career in marine mammal research to strengthen their skills and above all to gain practical experience in the field. These are unpaid positions and successful applicants are responsible for their own transportation expenses to and from Italy and for accommodation in Savona during the entire staying. All costs related to at sea surveys will be covered by CIMA RF If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your CV and a cover letter via email to both emails: massimiliano.rosso at cimafoundation.org , aurelie.moulins at cimafoundation.org -- Untitled Document http://www.cimafoundation.org Aur?lie Moulins - PhD Marine Ecology CIMA Research Foundation (ITALY) / www.cimafoundation.org aurelie.moulins at cimafoundation.org Phone:+39019230271 / Mobile:+393493924716 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: clip_image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4265 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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A minimum commitment of three 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 bottlenose dolphin behavioural videos and photo-identification (photo-id). 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-id, behavioural observations, and improve practical skills. 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. During GBI trips, we will be based on the island for an average of 4 days, at least once a month. Coastal surveys will run for a single day approximately once a week. All surveys will be conducted from a 4.8m Stabicarft vessel. RESPONSIBILITIES: . Assisting with; boat-based photo-id surveys from a small vessel and collecting environmental/video based behavioural data (25% of the time). . Analysis of photo-id and behavioural video data in the lab; including assistance with photo sorting, grading, and matching of photos, maintenance of long-term photo-id catalogue, identifying behavioural events on video, and data entry. 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. Accommodation and travel expenses to/from GBI will be covered. PREREQUISITES: . Be reliable, adaptable, hardworking and patient as fieldwork is highly weather dependent . 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 small boats . Participants must be comfortable living out of back pack (with the exception of food) 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: . Prior experience working on small vessels . Field research including photo-id experience . Previous experience in survey techniques and especially in marine mammal research . First AID/CPR certification APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicants should send a short email to brouthwaite at gmail.com, using ?volunteer 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, Blair ---------------------------------- *Blair Outhwaite* *MSc 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: 43791(office)* *Cell: +64 (0)21 062 2794* *Email: **brouthwaite at gmail.com* *Web: **http://cmrg.massey.ac.nz/ * -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- *Blair Outhwaite* *MSc 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 <%2B64%20%280%299%20414%200800>* *Ext: 43791(office)* *Cell: +64 (0)21 062 2794* *Email: **brouthwaite at gmail.com* *Web: **http://cmrg.massey.ac.nz/ * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is a great opportunity to learn first-hand about biology and ecology of the species, practice skills and techniques to collect and analyze data and gain a valuable field work experience. Students of marine biology/ecology and similar courses will find this experience most useful. However, no previous experience or knowledge of biology is required and anyone can join the team. There are volunteer positions available in two of our research teams: 1. Adriatic Dolphin Project - Lo?inj The research team is based on the island of Lo?inj, from where daily area surveys are conducted using a 5.8 m RIB. The duration of the volunteering stage is 12 days and positions are available from May to September. 2. Adriatic Dolphin Project - Northern Dalmatia The research in northern Dalmatia is boat-based, meaning the whole team lives and works on board a 14 m boat, and uses a 5.2 m RIB for daily area surveys in search for dolphins. The duration of the volunteering stage is 10 days and positions are available from June to August. You can find detailed information about each project here: http://www.blue-world.org/en/get-involved/volunteer/ Or you can contact us directly: volunteer at blue-world.org Kind regards, Grgur Plesli? Senior Researcher Blue World Institute http://www.blue-world.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mpardo at cicese.mx Tue Mar 24 11:28:04 2015 From: mpardo at cicese.mx (Mario A. Pardo) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:28:04 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New article on the inference on cetacean population densities from the sea level of the ocean Message-ID: <5511ACB4.3010607@cicese.mx> Dear MARMAM subscribers, My coauthors and I are pleased to share with you the recent publication of the article: Pardo MA, Gerrodette T, Beier E, Gendron D, Forney KA, Chivers JS, Barlow J, Palacios DM (2015) Inferring Cetacean Population Densities from the Absolute Dynamic Topography of the Ocean in a Hierarchical Bayesian Framework. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0120727. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120727 Abstract We inferred the population densities of blue whales (/Balaenoptera musculus/) and short-beaked common dolphins (/Delphinus delphis/) in the Northeast Pacific Ocean as functions of the water-column?s physical structure by implementing hierarchical models in a Bayesian framework. This approach allowed us to propagate the uncertainty of the field observations into the inference of species-habitat relationships and to generate spatially explicit population density predictions with reduced effects of sampling heterogeneity. Our hypothesis was that the large-scale spatial distributions of these two cetacean species respond primarily to ecological processes resulting from shoaling and outcropping of the pycnocline in regions of wind-forced upwelling and eddy-like circulation. Physically, these processes affect the thermodynamic balance of the water column, decreasing its volume and thus the height of the absolute dynamic topography (ADT). Biologically, they lead to elevated primary productivity and persistent aggregation of low-trophic-level prey. Unlike other remotely sensed variables, ADT provides information about the structure of the entire water column and it is also routinely measured at high spatial-temporal resolution by satellite altimeters with uniform global coverage. Our models provide spatially explicit population density predictions for both species, even in areas where the pycnocline shoals but does not outcrop (e.g. the Costa Rica Dome and the North Equatorial Countercurrent thermocline ridge). Interannual variations in distribution during El Ni?o anomalies suggest that the population density of both species decreases dramatically in the Equatorial Cold Tongue and the Costa Rica Dome, and that their distributions retract to particular areas that remain productive, such as the more oceanic waters in the central California Current System, the northern Gulf of California, the North Equatorial Countercurrent thermocline ridge, and the more southern portion of the Humboldt Current System. We posit that such reductions in available foraging habitats during climatic disturbances could incur high energetic costs on these populations, ultimately affecting individual fitness and survival. The full article is freely available at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0120727 Kind regards, -- *Mario A. Pardo* CICESE - Unidad La Paz Research Associate Project CONACyT-SEP-2011-168034-T-1753 Miraflores 334, La Paz, BCS 23050, Mexico Tel: +52(612)1213031 Ext. 28116 ResearchGate | LinkedIn | GoogleScholar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Budiono. The research team involves experienced RASI staff, trained local fishermen as well as local and overseas (student) volunteers. We are looking for motivated volunteers/ students that are willing to engage in the program through a seven or eight-days monitoring survey in the beautiful landscape of the Berau archipelago.We will collect data to determine relative abundance, core area mapping, assessing seasonal species diversity and site fidelity as well as habitat usage of large mafine vertebrates. Through earlier surveys it was found that the highest relative abundance of ceteaceans was within 5km radius of islands or reefs, and therefore we also conduct coral reef monitoring at several locations by snorkling to asses its health. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn theory and practice of Reefcheck monitoring for the Indo-Pacific taught by a certified ecodiver that will join the survey.There will be an opportunity to do recreational things such as snorkling in the stingless jelly fish lake of Kakaban and snorkling near Manta Rays and/or whale sharks following good practice protocols. Underwater photo-id will be attempted as well of whale sharks.. Dates: 8-19 June (2 positions); 14-25 August (2 positions); 12-23 October 2015 (2 positions). Deadlines for the June and August surveys are 31 March 2015. For the October survey deadline is 1 June 2015. 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 participation! 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URL: From Holly.Edwards at MyFWC.com Wed Mar 25 08:37:55 2015 From: Holly.Edwards at MyFWC.com (Edwards, Holly) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:37:55 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Publication of the first statewide abundance estimate for the Florida manatee Message-ID: My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of the first statewide abundance estimate for the Florida manatee in the journal Biological Conservation. http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1QkNv1R~d~EoX Combining information for monitoring at large spatial scales: First statewide abundance estimate of the Florida manatee Julien Martina,1, Holly H. Edwardsa, Christopher J. Fonnesbeckb, Stacie M. Koslovskya, Craig W. Harmaka, Teri M. Danea aFlorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St Petersburg, FL 33701, USA bDepartment of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203 1U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, 7920 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA. Abstract Monitoring abundance and distribution of organisms over large landscapes can be difficult. Because of challenges associated with logistics and data analyses uncorrected counts are often used as a proxy for abundance. We present the first statewide estimate of abundance for Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) using an innovative approach that combines multiple sources of information. We used a combination of a double-observer protocol, repeated passes, and collection of detailed diving behavior data to account for imperfect detection of animals. Our estimate of manatee abundance was 6350 (95%CI: 5310-7390). Specifically, we estimated 2790 (95%CI: 2160-3540) manatees on the west coast (2011), and 3560 (95%CI: 2850-4410) on the east coast (2012). Unlike uncorrected counts conducted since 1991, our estimation method considered two major sources of error: spatial variation in distribution and imperfect detection. The Florida manatee is listed as endangered, but its status is currently under review; the present study may become important for the review process. Interestingly, we estimated that 70% (95%CI: 60-80%) of manatees on the east coast of Florida were aggregated in one county during our survey. Our study illustrates the value of combining information from multiple sources to monitor abundance at large scales. Integration of information can reduce cost, facilitate the use of data obtained from new technologies to increase accuracy, and contribute to encouraging coordination among survey teams from different organizations nationally or internationally. Finally, we discuss the applicability of our work to other conservation applications (e.g., risk assessment) and to other systems. <><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Holly H. Edwards, Ph.D. Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 100 Eighth Ave. SE St Petersburg, FL 33701 727-896-8626 ext. 4745 Holly.Edwards at myfwc.com <><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz Thu Mar 26 00:44:23 2015 From: cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz (Cheng-Hsiu Tsai) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:44:23 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication - Tsai and Fordyce 2015 Horopeta umarere Message-ID: <10553B72-1DD3-4F0E-B071-24463DA6F0FD@otago.ac.nz> Dear colleagues We are pleased to announce a new article, describing a new baleen whale from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Cheng-Hsiu Tsai and R. Ewan Fordyce. 2015. The earliest gulp-feeding mysticetes (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Journal of Mammalian Evolution doi:10.1007/s10914-015-9290-0 Abstract Horopeta umarere is a new genus and species of extinct baleen whales from the Kokoamu Greensand (early Chattian, Oligocene, in the range 25?27 Ma), Hakataramea Valley, New Zealand. The geological age makes Horopeta umarere one of the earliest named baleen whales. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that Horopeta umarere may be the earliest crown Mysticeti (the sister taxon to Cetotheriidae), or the sister species to the crown Mysticeti; it is clearly not a species of Eomysticetidae. Estimated skull and body length of Horopeta umarere are 1.5-1.6 m and 6.5-7.5 m, respectively. Horopeta umarere shows some features that are linked to gulp feeding as seen in living humpback and rorquals: laterally bowed and robust mandible, D-shaped to teardrop-shaped mandible in cross-section, and posterolaterally deflected triangular coronoid process of the mandible. The sternum of Horopeta umarere is elongate, rod-shaped, and dorsoventrally stout with bilateral anterior and posterior rugose protrusions, indicating the presence of at least two pairs of ribs or costal cartilages. The structure of the skull and mandible are consistent with the use of gulp feeding, but the sternal morphology and rib attachments suggest an early evolutionary stage in gulp feeding employment, where more complex rib attachment may restrict the volume of water and food taken in one gulp compared to living humpback and rorquals. Thus, the morphology of Horopeta umarere has implications for the emergence of gulp feeding in baleen whale evolution as well as the emergence of the crown Mysticeti. Available at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-015-9290-0# or email Tsai: cheng-hsiu.tsai at otago.ac.nz; craniata at gmail.com 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 filalves at rocketmail.com Thu Mar 26 10:57:17 2015 From: filalves at rocketmail.com (Filipe Alves) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:57:17 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [MARMAM] Humpback whale sighting/ID in Madeira announces ECS 2016 Message-ID: <860459294.2316505.1427392637565.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Dear colleagues,One or two humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are usually sighted?every year?in Madeira Island (Portugal, NE Atlantic) during their migration, and typically only during a day. This year, a whale was sighted when it was being announced in the?ECS in Malta that the next conference will be held in Madeira! And until this day, a humpback whale was never?identified?from this waters (to my best knowledge).I photographed?the fluke?during?a whalewatching trip with 'Ventura | Nature Emotions', and it would be interesting to run the photograph with existing catalogues, especially from the East Atlantic, to assess if it is an identified individual and?know more about this whale's histories.Please contact me if you have a photo-id database for this species and are interested in the comparison.Thanks and hope to see you all in Madeira?in 2016, Filipe Alvesmarine biologist, PhDhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Filipe_Alves/publications CIIMAR-MadeiraTecnopolo, Madeira, Portugal----------------------------------------Conservation Unit of the Natural Park of Madeira ServiceQuinta do Meio, Madeira, Portugal----------------------------------------Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental ResearchUniversity of Porto, Portugal Ventura?| Nature Emotionswhalewatching, Madeira Islandwww.venturadomar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Your input is valuable to the development of the Strategy, and will contribute to the overall recovery and long term survival of these whales in Canadian Pacific waters. If you have any questions, or would like more information about the process for developing the Recovery Strategy, please contact DFO's Species at Risk Program at +1-604-666-7907, or by e-mail at: SARA at pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Thank you, Jonathan Thar DFO Species at Risk Recovery Planner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Commitment to the full 6-week period is encouraged but not required. *Application deadline:* 20th of April *Location:* Kaikoura, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. We will be based at a small but comfortable house in South Bay (Kaikoura). *Research involved: *the study aims to collect information on abundance, distribution, habitat use and diet of sperm whales at Kaikoura, with a wider focus on understanding the food web dynamics in the Kaikoura submarine canyon and the factors influencing the ongoing decline of the sperm whale population. Data collection involves doing acoustic tracking of sperm whales, photo-identification, acoustic transects for getting whale distribution data, acoustic recordings, collection of sloughed whale skin and fecal samples (for stable isotope analysis), plankton tows, and in-situ oceanographic sampling. All work is boat-based, from 6m RV *Grampus*. *Field and house duties: *assisting with loading/unloading equipment, boat launching and retrieval with towing vehicle, driving the boat, searching for sperm whales, taking photos for photo-identification, data collection, equipment cleaning and basic maintenance, data entry and photo-id matching, a share in communal cooking and housekeeping duties, and generally working hard and having a good time. *Expectations: *field assistants need to be available full-time, including weekends, and be prepared for early morning departures (7 am), and long days on the water (up to 10 hours) for multiple consecutive days. Expect also several consecutive days off the water due to bad weather conditions. Fieldwork is physically demanding but awesome if you enjoy it. In general, expect to work hard and learn a lot while having a good time in an amazing place. Kaikoura is a truly unique natural setting, located on the coast between the high snowy peaks of the Kaikoura mountain ranges and the Pacific Ocean. There are few places in the world where sperm whales can be reliably found close to shore; Kaikoura is one of them. The marine life in the area is spectacular, including New Zealand fur seals, dusky dolphins, Hector?s dolphins, a plethora of seabird species (including albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters) and occasional visits from humpback whales, blue whales and orca. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience in field techniques for boat-based cetacean research, practical skills, and be involved in a project with conservation and management implications. *Essential prerequisites:* - Experience in driving and working on small boats, and being comfortable with working on small boats in open ocean conditions (up to 12 nautical miles from shore) - Be reliable, hardworking, adaptable, independent, and patient, and have a positive and enthusiastic attitude - Have a mature attitude towards marine mammal research - Fluent in English or Spanish *Highly desirable prerequisites:* - Experience in field research with marine mammals - Experience in photo-ID survey techniques and/or acoustic recording techniques - Driver?s license and experience with a towing vehicle - The project is well suited to upper level undergrads and graduate students with a background in Marine Science, Marine Biology, Ecology, Zoology or related fields - Strong interest in the marine environment and conservation *Expenses: *This is a volunteer position and therefore unpaid. However accommodation and transport while in Kaikoura are provided at no cost. Assistants are responsible for their own travel costs to/from Kaikoura (direct 3h bus available from Christchurch) and sharing of food expenses. Personal expenses are not covered. Assistants are responsible for arranging their own visa if necessary. *Application process: If you are interested in this position please send an email to Marta Guerra (marta.guerra at otago.ac.nz ) by 20th April*. The email should include a brief outline of why you would like to work on this project and relevant experience against the above prerequisites, and the dates when you are available to assist on the project. Please also attach a brief CV and include two relevant referees. Applications will be considered as they are received, so *early application is recommended*. Short-listed candidates will be contacted to schedule a Skype interview. 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Mayo for at least 6 months of the year during the field season and at University College Cork for the remainder of the year. Office space and shared accommodation/field station will be provided for the team. Data collection will primarily be in the form of land-based surveys and acoustic monitoring. Deadline for applications: April 6th 2015. For further information see attached. Dr Michelle Cronin Beaufort Research Fellow Environmental Research Institute Beaufort (c/o CMRC) University College Cork Irish Naval Base Haulbowline Cork, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)21 470 3114 E mail: michelle.cronin at ucc.ie Skype: croninmichelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Registration Information can be found at: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aeh/marinemammal/registration.html For more information on the Conference please visit the conference website at: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aeh/marinemammal/index.html For Group Rates on the Conference Hotel please book your room by April 27th! For hotel information: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aeh/marinemammal/site.html If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (Nina Thompson- nina.thompson at ufl.edu). Thank you for your interest in presenting at the Fifth Florida Marine Mammal Health Conference. We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your participation! Sincerely, Fifth Florida Marine Mammal Health Organizing Committee Mike Walsh, Thomas Waltzek, Iske Larkin, Nicole Stacy, Martine deWit, Craig Pelton, Roger Reep, John Reynolds, and Jim Wellehan [Description: AAH logo blue E-Mail Sig] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is a fantastic opportunity to learn some great skills such as boat handling, general seamanship, enhancing your public speaking skills, and hopefully help inspire the next generation of marine biologists. The trips run from the beautiful towns of New Quay and Abaereron in Cardigan Bay, which is home to the largest population of bottlenose dolphins in the UK. Harbour porpoises, grey seals and a variety of sea birds are also amongst the many animals that can be viewed on the trips. WHAT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU WILL GAIN:Public speaking and guiding experienceCrewing on a commercial passenger boatBoat handling and general seamanshipCustomer service and team work ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:Fluent spoken EnglishInterest in marine wildlife and boatingFlexibility and the ability to work outdoorsGood communication skillsGood customer service skillsExperience of working in a small team DESIRABLE:Marine biology (or similar) qualificationRYA powerboat licenseInterest in marketingWebsite editing and design Other info:This is an unpaid post, however, there will be an element of paid work available, and free accommodation is provided. How to apply:If you are interested in this position, email your CV to Brett Stones, info at seamor.org, or call us on 07795242445. Website www.seamor.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <1427463193366.91921@scu.edu.au> CAPRICORN CETACEANS RESEARHC PROJECT IS URGENTLY SEEKING FIELD ASSISTANTS FOR RESEARCH ON INSHORE DOLPHINS IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA FOR JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014 Daniele Cagnazzi (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Marine Ecology Research Centre, SCU) is currently accepting applications for two volunteer positions, for the Capricorn Cetaceans Project for the Australian winter season from the 15 of May to the first week of September 2015. The primary aim of this project is to study inshore dolphin species primarily the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin and the Australian snubfin dolphin in the Southern Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia. More information about past and on-going projects can be found at http://www.capricorncetaceansproject.com/ on the project facebook page (search for Capricorn Cetaceans Project) and at the Marine Ecology Research centre website http://www.scu.edu.au/marine-ecology/index.php/33/ Field work include daily coastal surveys conducted on a 6m centre console vessel. During field work we will applied standard techniques normally applied in inshore dolphins studies. Additionally we will also collect skin samples using PAXARM biopsy system for an on-going genetic and toxicology analyses . More detailed information on the project will be given directly during a Skype conversation. While on land the team will share a house in Yeppoon and Laguna Quay Resort in Central Queensland. All accommodation costs are covered. Volunteers wil have to cover their food expenses at home while food and drinks on the boat are provided by the project. This position is mainly for people with photo-identification experience, with a profound interest in cetaceans and a background in marine studies. This project offers the opportunity for undergraduate thesis. Applications are considered only for the entire period. Daniele Cagnazzi, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Marine Ecology Research Centre School of Environment, Science and Engineering Southern Cross University Lismore NSW 2480 Australia Mobile 0428366838 Website: http://www.scu.edu.au/marine-ecology/index.php/33/ Website: www.capricorncetaceansproject.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From derek at dbms-global.com Thu Mar 26 22:24:05 2015 From: derek at dbms-global.com (Derek Hamer) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:24:05 +1100 Subject: [MARMAM] New article: Devices to mitigate odontocete bycatch on and depredation from pelagic longlines Message-ID: <013701d0684e$412891e0$c379b5a0$@dbms-global.com> Dear MARMAM subscribers, My co-authors and I are pleased to share with you our recent publication: Hamer DJ, Childerhouse SJ, McKinlay J, Double MC and Gales NJ, 2015. Two devices for mitigating odontocete bycatch and depredation at the hook in tropical pelagic longline fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv013. This article is now available on line at ICES JMS and will be assigned to a volume later this year. It will be part of the theme section: Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation, the impetus for which arose during a workshop in Woods Hole in late 2013, aimed at reviewing techniques for reducing bycatch or marine mammals in longline fishing gear. The workshop was hosted by the Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Mitigation. ABSTRACT Odontocete bycatch on and depredation from tropical pelagic longlines is globally widespread, having negative impacts on the economic viability of affected fisheries and on the conservation of affected odontocete populations. Reports by fishers that depredating odontocetes avoid gear tangles has underpinned the development of simulated structures to physically deter depredating odontocetes. This study assessed the efficacy of two such devices developed to mitigate odontocete depredation and associated bycatch. Of particular interest was their impact on (i) soak depth and (ii) sink rate using truncated trials, before determining their impact under full operational conditions on rates of (iii) catch of the five most economically important fish, and (iv) odontocete depredation and bycatch, on changes in (v) fish survival and size, and (vi) setting and hauling speed. The results indicated that the inclusion of devices on longlines had negligible impact on soak depth, thus were unlikely to impact on the suite of fish specifically targeted and caught. The sink rate was slowed, perhaps by drag, trapped air, or propeller wash, although the addition of weight might remedy this if the devices were to be used in areas where seabird bycatch could occur. Most importantly, trials conducted in Australian and in Fijian waters indicated that pooled fish catch rates (i.e. albacore, yellowfin, bigeye, mahi mahi, and wahoo) increased in the presence of the devices, possibly because more fish were attracted by them or because more depredators were deterred. Catch rates on control gear next to gear with devices attached were higher than more distant control gear, suggesting the influences of the devices may have extended to adjacent branchlines. The size of caught fish was mostly unaffected, although the survival of yellowfin and bigeye increased significantly in the presence of the devices. Hauling was slowed by the use of the devices and the need for an extra crewmember during setting and hauling, which could be cost prohibitive in some fisheries, especially if economic benefits from their use are not obvious. Despite the small sample size, odontocete bycatch only occurred on unprotected fishing gear and all individuals were released alive, although their fate was uncertain; there was evidence of injuries sustained from the event. The outcomes are positive and should motivate stakeholders to view such devices as a potentially effective tool for mitigating odontocete bycatch and depredation in this and similar longline fisheries. Future efforts should focus on improving operational integration and reducing implementation costs to encourage voluntary uptake and thus avoid non-compliance and the need for costly monitoring. The use of this technology could bring about marked improvements to the conservation situation for affected odontocete populations and to the economic situation for affected longline fisheries. The full article is available at: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/03/23/icesjms.fsv013.fu ll.pdf+html?sid=ea022ee1-9865-4896-8a5e-59cb235ae948 All the best, Derek and co. __________________________________________________________ Dr Derek Hamer DBMS Global Oceans - Director e derek at dbms-global.com 3/40 Valley Street m +61 428 104 493 West Hobart s derekhamer1 Tasmania w www.dbms-global.com Australia 7000 __________________________________________________________ This message is private and confidential. If you received it in error, then please notify us and remove it from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 13541 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The next Marine Mammal Biology course (BI227, 10CT) will be held in spring 2016, with lectures at FAB and a one week field course in Lofoten at Ocean Sounds. The main species studied are killer whales, long-finned pilot whales, minke whales, harbor porpoises and grey seals. The field course introduces methods of general marine wildlife studies, as well as Photo-ID and passive acoustics. There are possibilities to conduct a Bachelor or Master project on marine mammals. For more detailed information please visit the following links: ? Master in Marine Ecology (120 ECTS) o Start: August 2015. o Teaching language: English o S?knadsfrist for nordiske s?kere: 15. mai. o Application deadline for European students: 1. April o Application deadline for all other students: 1. February o Link: http://www.uin.no/en/studies/programmes-courses/find-programmes-courses/2015 h/Pages/MAMAE.aspx ? Bachelor in Biology (180 ECTS) o Start: August 2015. o Teaching language: English o S?knadsfrist for nordiske s?kere: 15. april. o Application deadline for European students: 1. April o Application deadline for all other students: 1. February o Link: http://www.uin.no/en/studies/biology-bachelor2 ? Semester package Ecology and Northern Wildlife (30 ECTS) o Start: January 2016. o Teaching language: English o Application deadline: 15. September. o Link: http://www.uin.no/en/studies/ecology-and-northern-wildlife2 Admission guidelines: http://www.uin.no/en/studies/admission/Pages/default.aspx# &acd=e806aad8-973f-d167-b295-d05a1aba5aca For more information, please contact: Trine ?sheim Bernhardsen Trine.Asheim.Bernhardsen at uin.no With best wishes, Med vennlig hilsen, Heike Vester Biologist / lecturer Norway postal adress: Sau?ya 1, 8312 Henningsv?r, Norway www.ocean-sounds.com https://www.facebook.com/orca.oceansounds Ocean Sounds e.V., Berglen, Germany mobile: +47-91842012 oceansoundslogo_cut-s -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This presentsan opportunity to work within a team of experienced researchers and gainexperience in field techniques for marine mammal surveys, while contributing toa larger program of marine mammal research. ?WorkPeriod 15 May 2015 ? 31 September 2015 Due to training requirements, preference will be given to applicants whocan commit to the full season. However, those available for shorter periods oftime will also be considered. ?Location Free accommodation for volunteers will be provided in a project house overlooking?Beldara Beach (surf beach), 2.5km from Binghamstown, a small village located on the beautiful MulletPeninsula, Co. Mayo. The house,which doubles as the office, is 7km (10 mins. drive) from the larger town ofBelmullet, where there are supermarkets, cafes, pubs, banks, etc. All bills will be covered. The MulletPeninsula is a stunning location on the world famous Wild Atlantic Way,boasting some of the nicest, and untouched, beaches in Ireland. A perfect placefor those who enjoy surfing, hiking and wildlife. Applicants must be aware thatit is also somewhat geographically remote with limited facilities and variableweather patterns and for this reason applicants with a car will be looked uponfavourably.?Responsibilities Conducting cliff-based surveys from two sites in Broadhaven Bay.Conducting occasional C-POD servicing trips.?Data entry and analysis, including photo-ID and acoustic data. ?Requirements Essential Genuine interest in marine mammal biology, the marine environment and conservation. Basic computer proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word) Excellent verbal and communication skills Enthusiastic with a positive attitude to hard work and long hours Work well both in a team and independently Flexible and patient as fieldwork is highly weather dependent Prepared to work long days in the field Good English language skills Moderate level of fitness ? there is a 25 minute hike carrying gear tothe cliff sites. ?Desirable, but not essential Enrolled in or completed a degree in Biology, Marine Biology, EnvironmentalScience, Animal Behaviour, Ecology, Zoology or related fields Previous field research experience, particularly marine research A strong interest and knowledge of marine mammals Familiarity with theodolite use, GPS equipment and software Prior experience with R, ArcGIS and C-POD software Driving Licence and car ?ApplicationInstructions Send a copy of your CV (including two relevant referees and their contactdetails) and a brief (max 250 words) covering letter with a description ofyourself and your experience to Roisin Pinfield(R.Pinfield at ucc.ie)by 10th April 2015 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From denupplyste at hotmail.com Sun Mar 29 20:33:45 2015 From: denupplyste at hotmail.com (Fredrik) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 05:33:45 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New paper linking behaviour to vital rates in mysticetes to measure anthropogenic impacts Message-ID: Dear MARMAM colleagues, Me and my co-author David Lusseau are happy to announce the publication of the following paper in Conservation Letters: Christiansen, F. & Lusseau, D. 2015. Linking behavior to vital rates to measure the effects of non-lethal disturbance on wildlife. Conservation letters. doi: 10.1111/conl.12166. The paper describes a PCoD type of modelling approach to evaluate long-term consequences of whalewatching behavioural disturbance on minke whales in Iceland, a feeding ground. The paper incorporates the findings of several recent studies in behavioural ecology, physiology and reproductive biology, to link behavioural changes to foetal development in pregnant females, as a possible link to reproductive success, and hence vital rates. A press release of the paper can be found on the University of Aberdeen?s webpage: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/7461/ Abstract: The need for managing non-lethal effects on wildlife is becoming increasingly important as global human?wildlife interactions are now more frequent and more diverse. We developed a mechanistic model for minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) to measure the effects of behavioral disturbances caused by whalewatching activities on fetal growth. The model illustrates the pathway through which behaviorally mediated effects of anthropogenic disturbance might influence female reproductive success in an iteroparous capital breeding mammal. We found that although the behavioral disruptions caused by whalewatching interactions were substantial, the cumulative exposure of individuals to whalewatching boats was low, resulting in an effect on fetal growth no different from natural variability. This highlights the importance of considering all aspects of disturbance when evaluating effects of human disturbance on wildlife. Our mechanistic model can also be used to simulate different management scenarios to predict the long-term consequence of disturbance on vital rates, to help inform management decisions. For an early view of this paper, please visit: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12166/abstract If you are unable to download the article, please contact me by email and I will be happy to send you a copy: f.christiansen at live.se. Best regards, Fredrik Christiansen Postdoctoral Research Fellow Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia +61 417 502 098, f.christiansen at murdoch.edu.au http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=vkA5Y3EAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fredrik_Christiansen3/?ev=hdr_xprf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arossi at biologia.unipi.it Mon Mar 30 03:14:41 2015 From: arossi at biologia.unipi.it (Alessia Rossi) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:14:41 +0200 Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on demography of fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Message-ID: Dear MARMAM subscribers, my co-author and I are pleased to share with you our recent publication: Rossi A., Panigada S., Arrigoni M., Zanardelli M., Cimmino C., Marangi L., Manfredi P., Santangelo G. (2014). Demography and conservation of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus): what clues can be obtained from photo-identification data. Theoretical Biology Forum, 107(1-2): 123-142. ABSTRACT Long-lived and slow reproducing species, such as cetaceans, are among the most critical conservation units: a demographic approach can be very useful for their management and conservation. In the present work, we examined, by demographic tools, the most exhaustive photo-identification database available for the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) population, recorded by Tethys Research Institute between 1990 and 2007 in the Western Ligurian Sea. A total of 31,782 km were covered and 548 fin whale sightings were recorded. The occurrence of the target species was uneven across the years and months: an anomalous reduction of sightings occurred between 2001 and 2004. Moreover, the target species is likely to concentrate in the study area in the summer months and probably moves to other areas in the early autumn. Using the photo-identification technique, 431 different individuals were photo-identified, but only 318 of them were sized: 6 calves (???10 meters), 33 immature (10-15 m), 261 adolescent-adult (>15 m) and 18 olds (???20 m). For the first time the size of the fin whale sub-population in the Pelagos Sanctuary was obtained by photo-identification and mark-recapture techniques. These techniques were used to estimate the size of the sub-population composed by individuals >15 meters as 539 fin whales (95% confidence interval=345-732) over the period 1990-1999. The number of calves was likely underestimated, as the sighting period (late spring-summer) was shifted with respect to the peak of births (late autumn). To fill this gap of knowledge we propose a simple mathematical model for the yearly dynamics of calves. After correcting the number of calves, a static life history table for the period 1990-2007 was set out. Our results highlight the highest survival proportions between calf and immature (61.1%) and the minimum between adolescent-adult and old (2.5%) vital stages. The overall life expectancy is estimated to be 6.3 years while the life expectancy of individuals entering the adolescent-adult stage is 14.3 years. This paper aims at providing a contribution for improving the conservation efforts and the demographic knowledge on fin whales in the Pelagos Sanctuary. Please contact me by e-mail (arossi at biologia.unipi.it) for the full text, I will happy to send you a pdf copy. All the best Alessia Rossi -- Alessia Rossi PhD Student PhD School in Biological and Molecular Sciences, Pisa University Department of Biology (Zoology-Animal Ecology) - Laboratory of Demography and Conservation via A.Volta, 6 - 56126 Pisa, Italy Tel: +300502211382. Fax: +390502211393. e-mail: arossi at biologia.unipi.it From jac at iogp.org Mon Mar 30 07:07:45 2015 From: jac at iogp.org (Campbell, John, IOGP) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:07:45 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] RFP JIP III-15-03: Long term fixed acoustic monitoring etc. Message-ID: The Joint Industry Programme on E&P Sound and Marine Life is pleased to invite proposals on the following topic: "Long Term Fixed Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals throughout the Life Cycle of an Offshore E&P Field Development" - RFP JIP III-15-03 The RFP document can be downloaded from: http://www.soundandmarinelife.org/funding/rfps.aspx . Submissions should be sent to info at soundandmareinlife.org and are due by 30th April 2015. 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URL: From mjasny at nrdc.org Tue Mar 31 21:35:42 2015 From: mjasny at nrdc.org (Jasny, Michael) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 04:35:42 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] opinion issued in Navy sonar/ explosives case Message-ID: <38974EE26996FC418D7995963A5DBD82011072F651@SFMAIL5A.nrdc.org> Dear All, A federal court in Hawaii has just issued an opinion in our case challenging Navy sonar and explosives activities, off Southern California and Hawaii, and NMFS' decision to authorize the Navy's take of marine mammals. The Court ruled for Plaintiffs on all claims: for all parties under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act, and in favor of Conservation Council for Hawaii on the additional ESA and National Environmental Policy Act claims it raised in the related case. Among other points, it held, under the MMPA, that there was no "rational connection" between the facts on record and NMFS' determination that the takes resulting from the activity would have a "negligible impact" on marine mammal populations. It also held that the agency's acceptance of the Navy's mitigation claims-namely that no mitigation beyond the use of safety zones was practicable-is arbitrary and capricious. As the Court remarked, in declining to address some of the narrower arguments made by Plaintiffs: [T]he problems this court identifies are so fundamental that the court cannot conceive of a new Final Rule or new LOAs that simply tweak the earlier documents and regurgitate old language. If NMFS addresses the matters identified here, any new Final Rule or new LOAs will need to be so completely different from existing documents that present issues should be irrelevant. In this case, NMFS authorized the Navy to take marine mammals some 9.6 million times over 5 years, mostly through behavioral disruption and temporary threshold shift, in the course of its sonar and explosives activities. It also authorized some 2000 instances of permanent threshold shift and about 135 mortalities. Please send me an email offline if you'd like a copy of the opinion or have any questions. Best, Michael Michael jasny Director, Marine Mammal Protection NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL 4479 W. 5th Avenue Vancouver, bc v6r1s4 T 604.736.9386 c 310.560.5536 mjasny at NRDC.ORG Please save paper. Think before printing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lorareeve at mac.com Wed Mar 25 06:24:43 2015 From: lorareeve at mac.com (LORA REEVE) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:24:43 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [MARMAM] Request papers on anthropogenic noise in the high seas Message-ID: <2549abae-f393-4936-abfa-0b3c7e652cca@me.com> Dear All This week I am beginning my PhD research in international ocean law at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (http://ancors.uow.edu.au/students/UOW189617.html) in the University of Wollongong. My work is focused on developing options for the global community to regulate anthropogenic noise in the high seas (outside the 200 nm limit of EEZs, i.e., areas beyond national jurisdiction or ABNJ). For my initial literature search, I will look at the existing law and science related to the sources of noise in ABNJ as well as the associated impacts to the animals that live there. My background includes experience in marine mammal field research and international ocean law scholarship. Although I have a substantial library of papers on my topic, I am asking Marmam-ers for help in three ways. Please send me - Science and policy articles discussing marine mammals or other biological resources that are relevant to noise in ABNJ, including reports of primary field or laboratory research, review papers and management recommendations; - Contact information for any scientific list servs that pertain to biological resources in ABNJ other than marine mammals such those for pelagic fisheries or deep sea ecosystems; and - Any recommendations you may have for other important sources of information. Please send your papers and responses to me at? lorareeve at mac.com Many thanks in advance! Aloha Lora Lora L Nordtvedt Reeve, MS, MBA, JD PhD Candidate Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia lorareeve at mac.com llr026 at uowmail.edu.au http://www.linkedin.com/in/loralnordtvedtreeve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rconnor at umassd.edu Mon Mar 30 10:22:40 2015 From: rconnor at umassd.edu (Richard C. Connor) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:22:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [MARMAM] New paper announcement In-Reply-To: <1449367472.244187538.1427734373446.JavaMail.root@umassd.edu> Message-ID: <1559245621.244262547.1427736160227.JavaMail.root@umassd.edu> We are pleased to announce the publication of: 'Male dolphin alliances in Shark Bay: changing perspectives in a 30-year study' in Animal Behavior Abstract: Bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops cf. aduncus, in Shark Bay, Western Australia exhibit the most complex alliances known outside of humans. Advances in our understanding of these alliances have occurred with expansions of our study area each decade. In the 1980s, we discovered that males cooperated in stable trios and pairs (first-order alliances) to herd individual oestrous females, and that two such alliances of four to six, sometimes related, individuals (second-order alliances) cooperated against other males in contests over females. The 1990s saw the discovery of a large 14-member second-order alliance whose members exhibited labile first-order alliance formation among nonrelatives. Partner preferences as well as a relationship between first-order alliance stability and consortship rate in this ?super-alliance? indicated differentiated relationships. The contrast between the super-alliance and the 1980s alliances suggested two alliance tactics. An expansion of the study area in the 2000s revealed a continuum of second-order alliance sizes in an open social network and no simple relationship between second-order alliance size and alliance stability, but generalized the relationship between first-order alliance stability and consortship rate within second-order alliances. Association preferences and contests involving three second-order alliances indicated the presence of third-order alliances. Second-order alliances may persist for 20 years with stability thwarted by gradual attrition, but underlying flexibility is indicated by observations of individuals joining other alliances, including old males joining young or old second-order alliances. The dolphin research has informed us on the evolution of complex social relationships and large brain evolution in mammals and the ecology of alliance formation. Variation in odontocete brain size and the large radiation of delphinids into a range of habitats holds great promise that further effort to describe their societies will be rewarded with similar advances in our understanding of these important issues. You can access the article at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347215000810 Richard Connor & Michael Kruetzen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.wood at duke.edu Mon Mar 30 12:49:01 2015 From: katie.wood at duke.edu (Katie Wood) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:49:01 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] 2015 DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE CONSERVATION SUMMER INSTITUTE Message-ID: Application Window Open: Duke University 2015 MARINE CONSERVATION SUMMER INSTITUTE: Science, Policy and Ethics of Marine Conservation 6 July through 7 August 2015 Marine Laboratory Campus Nicholas School of the Environment Beaufort, NC 2015 Themes * Human Dimensions and the Marine Environment * Coastal Aquaculture and Conservation * Ocean Energy and Sustainability * Invasive Species * Sea Turtle & Marine Mammal Conservation & US Oceans Law Duke Faculty Instructors Dr. Doug Nowacek, Conservation Technology (Institute Director) Dr. Xavier Basurto, Sustainability & Ocean Governance Dr. James Morris, Marine Ecology Dr. Andy Read, Conservation Biology, Marine Vertebrates Mr. Steve Roady, Environmental Law Distinguished Guest Lecturer: Dr. Joao Ferreira, Marine Aquaculture The Marine Conservation Summer Institute (MCSI) is an intensive 5-week program that uses a trans-disciplinary approach to engage students and professionals in global marine conservation topics. The institute immerses students in the world of marine conservation biology and policy, giving them a set of fundamental tools for addressing and understanding issues of conserving marine biodiversity in the context of 21st Century society. The Institute is set in the vibrant educational and research setting of the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina. The institute is open to advanced undergraduates, graduates, environmental professionals, and international practitioners. The 2014 MCSI hosted 32 participants from 21 countries; we expect similar representation in 2015. Registration is open and will remain open until the course is filled, but space is limited. The five-week course consists of one introductory week covering the basics of natural and social science as they relate to marine conservation, followed by four intensive week-long modules led by experts and consisting of plenary lectures, discussions, field trips, and other activities. During week 5, participants will synthesize products (e.g., by building story maps) that become legacy resources of the Institute. MCSI focuses on hands-on, team-based, experiential learning with meaningful faculty-student engagement that are hallmarks of the educational environment at the Marine Laboratory. Students will be in the field and at the discussion table, learning from the faculty and from one another. Eligibility Open to national and international practitioners, graduate students, advanced undergraduates. Duke Credits 7 credits (2 course equivalents) Fees Tuition: $7,238 Room & Board: $2,414 Duke Fees: $180.75* * International students will incur additional fees for passports, visas, and health insurance. Questions? Contact mcsi at duke.edu www.nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab/programs/mcsi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxsfxMT1eWg Katie Wood Program Coordinator Duke University Marine Laboratory 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd. 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Janiger) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:12:29 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] New Articles Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20150330221229.015cf178@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 ADAMS, JOSH; WILLIAM A. WALKER; ERICA J. BURTON and JAMES T. HARVEY. NORTHWESTERN NATURALIST 96(1):93-98. 2015. Stomach contents of a Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded in Monterey Bay, California. 0.068 MB ALVES, FILIPE; ANA DINIS; CATIA NICOLAU; MANFRED KAUFMANN; CATERINA FORTUNA and LUIS FREITAS. MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE 31(1):106-121. 2015. Survival and abundance of short-finned pilot whales in the Archipelago of Madeira, NE Atlantic. 0.394 MB AOKI, KAGARI; MASAO AMANO; TSUNEMI KUBODERA; KYOICHI MORI; RYOSUKE OKAMOTO and KATSUFUMI SATO. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 523:233-241. 2015. Visual and behavioral evidence indicates active hunting by sperm whales. 1.147 MB ARCALIS-PLANAS, ANNA; SIGNE SVEEGAARD; OLLE KARLSSON; KARIN C. HARDING; ANNA WAHLIN; TERO HARKONEN and JONAS TEILMANN. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(4):445-461. 2015. Limited use of sea ice by the Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii), in Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, using telemetry and remote sensing data. 1.164 MB BAUMGARTNER, MARK F.; TERRY HAMMAR and JOOKE ROBBINS. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 6(3):289-297. 2015. Development and assessment of a new dermal attachment for short-term tagging studies of baleen whales. 1.651 MB BELTRAN, ROXANNE S.; MEGAN CONNOLLY SADOU; RICHARD CONDIT; SARAH H. PETERSON; COLLEEN REICHMUTH and DANIEL P. COSTA. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 523:243-253. 2015. Fine-scale whisker growth measurements can reveal temporal foraging patterns from stable isotope signatures. 1.012 MB BENTZ, JULIA; ANTONIO RODRIGUES; PHILIP DEARDEN; HELENA CALADO and FERNANDO LOPES. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 109:77-85. 2015. Crowding in marine environments: Divers and whale watchers in the Azores. 1.003 MB BERTA, ANNALISA; SARAH KIENLE; GIOVANNI BIANUCCI and SILVIA SORBI. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 35(1):e889144. 24pp. 2015. A reevaluation of Pliophoca etrusca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Pliocene of Italy: Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. 1.940 MB BLANCHET, MARIE-ANNE; CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN; ROLF A. IMS; ANDREW D. LOWTHER and KIT M. KOVACS. AQUATIC BIOLOGY 21(3):167-181. 2014. Harbour seal Phoca vitulina movement patterns in the high-Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. 0.934 MB BOESSENECKER, ROBERT W. and MORGAN CHURCHILL. BIOLOGY LETTERS 11(2). 20140835. 4pp. 2015. The oldest known fur seal. 0.584 MB BOESSENECKER, ROBERT; FRANK A. PERRY and JONATHAN H. GEISLER. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA 60(1):113-122. 2015. Globicephaline whales from the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Formation of Central California, USA 0.746 MB BORT, JACQUELINE; SOFIE M. VAN PARIJS; PETER T. STEVICK; ERIN SUMMERS and SEAN TODD. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 26(3):271-280. 2015. North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis vocalization patterns in the central Gulf of Maine from October 2009 through October 2010. 0.548 MB BOTTA, S.; C. ALBUQUERQUE; A. A. HOHN; V. M. F. DA SILVA; M. C. O. SANTOS; C. MEIRELLES; L. BARBOSA; A. P. M. DI BENEDITTO; R. M. A. RAMOS; C. BERTOZZI; M. J. CREMER; V. FRANCO-TRECU; N. MIEKELEY and E. R. SECCHI. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 521:249-263. 2015. Ba/Ca ratios in teeth reveal habitat use patterns of dolphins. 0.577 MB BRAULIK, G. T.; R. BARNETT; V. ODON; V. ISLAS-VILLANUEVA; A. R. HOELZEL and J. A. GRAVES. JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION 22(1):111-120. 2015. One species or two? Vicariance, lineage divergence and low mtDNA diversity in geographically isolated populations of South Asian river dolphin. 0.563 MB BRAUN, VERONIKA; ULRICH ESKENS; ANTJE HARTMANN; BARBARA LANG; MARTIN KRAMER and MARTIN J. SCHMIDT. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(1):135-140. 2015. Focal bacterial meningitis following ascending bite wound infection leading to paraparesis in a captive California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). 0.909 MB BRENT, LAUREN J. N.; DANIEL W. FRANKS; EMMA A. FOSTER; KENNETH C. BALCOMB; MICHAEL A. CANT and DARREN P. CROFT. CURRENT BIOLOGY 25(6):746-750. 2015. Ecological knowledge, leadership, and the evolution of menopause in killer whales. 0.508 MB BROUGH, T. E.; M. GUERRA and S. M. DAWSON. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 49(1):150-158. 2015. Short communication. Photo-identification of bottlenose dolphins in the far south of New Zealand indicates a 'new', previously unstudied population. 0.209 MB BROWN, TANYA M.; SARA J. IVERSON; AARON T. FISK; ROBIE W. MACDONALD; CAREN C. HELBING and KEN J. REIMER. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 515-516:188-197. 2015. Local contamination, and not feeding preferences, explains elevated PCB concentrations in Labrador ringed seals (Pusa hispida). 1.605 MB CAHILL, JAMES A.; IAN STIRLING; LOGAN KISTLER; RAUF SALAMZADE; ERIK ERSMARK; TARA L. FULTON; MATHIAS STILLER; RICHARD E. GREEN and BETH SHAPIRO. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 24(6):1205-1217. 2015. Genomic evidence of geographically widespread effect of gene flow from polar bears into brown bears. 0.621 MB CLAPHAM, PHILLIP J. and ALEXANDRE N. ZERBINI. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 162(3):625-634. 2015. Are social aggregation and temporary immigration driving high rates of increase in some Southern Hemisphere humpback whale populations? 0.570 MB CLEGUER, CHRISTOPHE; ALANA GRECH; CLAIRE GARRIGUE AND HELENE MARSH. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 184:154-162. 2015. Spatial mismatch between marine protected areas and dugongs in New Caledonia. 1.714 MB COLBERT-LUKE, DEBBORAH E.; JOSEPH C. GASPARD; ROGER L. REEP; GORDON B. BAUER; KIMBERLY DZIUK; ADRIENNE CARDWELL and DAVID A. MANN. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 201(2):249-259. 2015. Eight-choice sound localization by manatees: Performance abilities and head related transfer functions. 2.458 MB COLEGROVE, KATHLEEN M. and STEPHANIE VENN-WATSON. GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 214:17-23. 2015. Histomorphology of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pancreas and association of increasing islet ?-cell size with chronic hypercholesterolemia. 2.623 MB COLPAERT, WOUTER; MARK BOSSELAERS and OLIVIER LAMBERT. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA 60(1):1-10. 2015. Out of the Pacific: A second fossil porpoise from the Pliocene of the North Sea Basin. 0.439 MB CORTES-HINOJOSA, GALAXIA; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND; TRACEY GOLDSTEIN; STEPHANIE VENN-WATSON; REBECCA RIVERA; THOMAS B. WALTZEK; MARCO SALEMI and JAMES F. X. WELLEHAN, JR. INFECTION, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 31:270-276. 2015. Phylogenomic characterization of California sea lion adenovirus-1. 0.577 MB COSTA SIDRIM, JOSE JULIO; VITOR LUZ CARVALHO; DEBORA CASTELO BRANCO DE SOUZA COLLARES MAIA; RAIMUNDA SAMIA NOGUEIRA BRILHANTE; ANA CAROLINA OLIVEIRA DE MEIRELLES; CRISTINE PEREIRA NEGRAO SILVA; ROSSANA DE AGUIAR CORDEIRO; JOSE LUCIANO BEZERRA MOREIRA; TEREZA DE JESUS PINHEIRO GOMES BANDEIRA and MARCOS FABIO GADELHA ROCHA. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 113(1):69-73. 2015. Bipolaris hawaiiensis as an emerging cause of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in an Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus. 0.603 MB COTTE, CEDRIC; FRANCESCO D'OVIDIO; ANNE-CECILE DRAGON; CHRISTOPHE GUINET and MARINA LEVY. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY 131:46-58. 2015. Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. 2.578 MB CRANFORD, TED W. and PETR KRYSL. PLOS ONE 10(1) e116222. 17pp. 2015. Fin whale sound reception mechanisms: Skull vibration enables low-frequency hearing. 1.885 MB DE STEPHANIS, R.; J. GIMENEZ; R. ESTEBAN; P. GAUFFIER; S. GARCIA-TISCAR; M.-H. S. SINDING and P. VERBORGH. ACTA ETHOLOGICA 18(1):69-78. 2015. Mobbing-like behavior by pilot whales towards killer whales: A response to resource competition or perceived predation risk? 0.657 MB DI AZEVEDO, MARIA ISABEL N.; MARCELO KNOFF; VITOR L. CARVALHO; WILDON N. MELLO; EDUARDO J. LOPES TORRES; DELIR C. GOMES and ALENA M. INIGUEZ. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 113(2):103-111. 2015. Morphological and genetic identification of Anisakis paggiae (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima from Brazilian waters. 2.082 MB DORNELES, PAULO R.; JOSE LAILSON-BRITO; EDUARDO R. SECCHI; ALIN C. DIRTU; LIESBETH WEIJS; LUCIANO DALLA ROSA; MANUELA BASSOI; HAYDEE A. CUNHA; ALEXANDRE F. AZEVEDO and ADRIAN COVACI. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 138:49-57. 2015. Levels and profiles of chlorinated and brominated contaminants in Southern Hemisphere humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae. 0.502 MB EGGERS PEDERSEN, KATHRINE; NILADRI BASU; ROBERT LETCHER; ALANA K. GREAVES; CHRISTIAN SONNE; RUNE DIETZ and BJARNE STYRISHAVE. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 138:22-31. 2015. Brain region-specific perfluoroalkylated sulfonate (PFSA) and carboxylic acid (PFCA) accumulation and neurochemical biomarker responses in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). 2.321 MB ERDSACK, NICOLA; GUIDO DEHNHARDT; MARTIN WITT; ANDREAS WREE; URSULA SIEBERT and WOLF HANKE. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE 12(104). 20141206. 7pp. 2015. Unique fur and skin structure in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) - thermal insulation, drag reduction, or both? 1.189 MB ESCALLE, LAURIANE; ANNA CAPIETTO; PIERRE CHAVANCE; LAURENT DUBROCA; ALICIA DELGADO DE MOLINA; HILARIO MURUA; DANIEL GAERTNER; EVGENY ROMANOV; JEROME SPITZ; JEREMY J. KISZKA; LAURENT FLOCH; ALAIN DAMIANO and BASTIEN MERIGOT. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 522:255-268. 2015. Cetaceans and tuna purse seine fisheries in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans: Interactions but few mortalities. 2.621 MB FONTAINE, MARINA; ALICE CARRAVIERI; BENOIT SIMON-BOUHET; PACO BUSTAMANTE; NICOLAS GASCO; FREDERIC BAILLEUL; CHRISTOPHE GUINET and YVES CHEREL. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 162(1):207-219. 2015. Ecological tracers and at-sea observations document the foraging ecology of southern long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) in Kerguelen waters. 0.521 MB FORNEY, KARIN A.; ELIZABETH A. BECKER; DAVID G. FOLEY; JAY BARLOW and ERIN M. OLESON. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 27(1):1-20. 2015. Habitat-based models of cetacean density and distribution in the central North Pacific. 4.193 MB FRAIJA-FERNANDEZ, NATALIA; PETER D. OLSON; ENRIQUE A. CRESPO; JUAN A. RAGA; FRANCISCO J. AZNAR and MERCEDES FERNANDEZ. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY 45(2-3):167-173. 2015. Independent host switching events by digenean parasites of cetaceans inferred from ribosomal DNA. 0.789 MB FRUET, PEDRO F.; RODRIGO CEZAR GENOVES; LUCIANA M. MOLLER; SILVINA BOTTA and EDUARDO R. SECCHI. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 162(3):661-673. 2015. Using mark-recapture and stranding data to estimate reproductive traits in female bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. 0.860 MB GENDRON, D.; I. MARTINEZ SERRANO; A. UGALDE DE LA CRUZ; J. CALAMBOKIDIS and B. MATE. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 26(3):235-241. 2015. Long-term individual sighting history database: An effective tool to monitor satellite tag effects on cetaceans. 0.695 MB GERO, SHANE; JONATHAN GORDON and HAL WHITEHEAD. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 102:15-23. 2015. Individualized social preferences and long-term social fidelity between social units of sperm whales. 1.056 MB GOETZ, SABINE; FIONA L. 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Fishermen's perception on the sustainability of small-scale fisheries and dolphin-fisheries interactions in two increasingly fragile coastal ecosystems in western Greece. 1.085 MB GOVENDER, ROMALA. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA 70(1):25-39. 2015. Preliminary phylogenetics and biogeographic history of the Pliocene seal, Homiphoca capensis from Langebaanweg, South Africa. 1.042 MB GREEN, MICHELLE L.; DENISE L. HERZING and JOHN D. BALDWIN. PLOS ONE 10(2) e118227. 17pp. 2015. Molecular assessment of mating strategies in a population of Atlantic spotted dolphins. 0.385 MB GUIMARAES DE ANDRADE, LUCIANA; ISABELA MARIA SEABRA LIMA; HALERSON DA SILVA MACEDO; RAFAEL RAMOS DE CARVALHO; JOSE LAILSON-BRITO, JR; LEONARDO FLACH and ALEXANDRE DE FREITAS AZEVEDO. ACTA ETHOLOGICA 18(1):47-57. 2015. Variation in Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) whistles: Using a broadband recording system to analyze acoustic parameters in three areas of southeastern Brazil. 0.982 MB GUSTAVSON, LISA; TOMASZ M. CIESIELSKI; JENNY BYTINGSVIK; BJAME STYRISHAVE; MARTIN HANSEN; ELISABETH LIE; JON AARS AND BJORN M. JENSSEN. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 138:191-201. 2015. Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls decrease circulating steroids in female polar bears (Ursus maritimus). 0.614 MB HAILER, FRANK. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 24(6):1161-1163. 2015. Introgressive hybridization: Brown bears as vectors for polar bear alleles. 0.207 MB HAMILTON, CHARMAIN; KIT M. KOVACS and CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 519:251-263. 2015. Year-round haul-out behaviour of male walruses Odobenus rosmarus in the northern Barents Sea. 2.191 MB HASHIMOTO, MIDORI; KUNIO SHIRAKIHARA and MIKI SHIRAKIHARA. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 27(1):87-94. 2015. Effects of bycatch on the population viability of the narrow-ridged finless porpoises in Ariake Sound and Tachibana Bay, Japan. 0.607 MB HASHIMOTO, OSAMU; HIROFUMI OHTSUKI; TAKEHIKO KAKIZAKI; KENTO AMOU; RYO SATO; SATORU DOI; SARA KOBAYASHI; AYAKA MATSUDA; MAKOTO SUGIYAMA; MASAYUKI FUNABA; TAKASHI MATSUISHI; FUMIO TERASAWA; JUNJI SHINDO and HIDEKI ENDO. PLOS ONE 10(1) e116734. 14pp. 2015. Brown adipose tissue in cetacean blubber. 1.024 MB HEENEHAN, HEATHER; XAVIER BASURTO; LARS BEJDER; JULIAN TYNE; JAMES E. S. HIGHAM and DAVID W. JOHNSTON. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM 23(4):536-556. 2015. Using Ostrom's common-pool resource theory to build toward an integrated ecosystem-based sustainable cetacean tourism system in Hawai'i. 0.335 MB HOEKENDIJK, JEROEN P. A.; JURRE DE VRIES; KRISSY VAN DER BOLT; JENS GREINERT; SOPHIE BRASSEUR; KEES C. J. CAMPHUYSEN and GEERT AARTS. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 5(3):578-589. 2015. 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Morphological and molecular observations on the status of Crassicauda magna, a parasite of the subcutaneous tissues of the pygmy sperm whale, with a re-evaluation of the systematic relationships of the genus Crassicauda. 1.028 MB JENSEN, SILJE-KRISTIN; JEAN-PIERRE LACAZE; GUILLAUME HERMANN; JOANNA KERSHAW; ANDREW BROWNLOW; ANDREW TURNER and AILSA HALL. TOXICON 97:1-14. 2015. Detection and effects of harmful algal toxins in Scottish harbour seals and potential links to population decline. 1.296 MB KASTELEIN, RONALD A.; IVANKA VAN DEN BELT; NANCY JENNINGS and RICHARD DE KRUIJF. ZOO BIOLOGY 34(1):9-19. 2015. Behavior and body mass changes of a mother and calf Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) during the suckling period. 0.982 MB KELLAR, NICHOLAS M.; KRISTA N. CATELANI; MICHELLE N. ROBBINS; MARISA L. TREGO; CAMRYN D. ALLEN; KERRI DANIL and SUSAN J. CHIVERS. PLOS ONE 10(1) e115257. 16pp. 2015. 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Description of Uncinaria lyonsi n. sp (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) from the California sea lion Zalophus californianus Lesson (Carnivora: Otariidae). 0.694 MB LE BOT, O.; J. I. MARS; C. GERVAISE and Y. SIMARD. APPLIED ACOUSTICS 95:37-49. 2015. Rhythmic analysis for click train detection and source separation with examples on beluga whales. 2.907 MB LILLE-LANGOY, ROGER; JARED V. GOLDSTONE; MARTE RUSTEN; MATTHEW R. MILNES; RUNE MALE; JOHN J. STEGEMAN; BRUCE BLUMBERG and ANDERS GOKSOYR. TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY 284(1):54-64. 2015. Environmental contaminants activate human and polar bear (Ursus maritimus) pregnane X receptors (PXR, NR1I2) differently. 1.499 MB LOCH, CAROLINA; JULES A. KIESER and R. EWAN FORDYCE. PLOS ONE 10(1) e116557. 14pp. 2015. Enamel ultrastructure in fossil cetaceans (Cetacea: Archaeoceti and Odontoceti). 1.021 MB LOSETO, L. L.; G. A. STERN and R. W. MACDONALD. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 509-510:226-236. 2015. Distant drivers or local signals: Where do mercury trends in western Arctic belugas originate? 1.452 MB LOUIS, CAROLINE; LAURENT PERDAENS; STEPHANIE SUCIU; STEPHEN K. TAVONI; DANIEL E. CROCKER and CATHY DEBIER. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY PART A: MOLECULAR AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 183:78-86. 2015. Mobilisation of blubber fatty acids of northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris) during the post-weaning fast. 0.722 MB LUNNERYD, SVEN-GUNNAR; MARIA KRISTINA BOSTROM and PAUL ERIC ASPHOLM. PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH 114(1):257-264. 2015. Sealworm (Pseudoterranova decipiens) infection in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), cod (Gadus morhua) and shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) in the Baltic Sea. 0.416 MB LUSHER, AMY L.; GEMA HERNANDEZ-MILIAN; JOANNE O'BRIEN; SIMON BERROW; IAN O'CONNOR and RICK OFFICER. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 199:185-191. 2015. 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DNA barcoding for the identification of soft remains of prey in the stomach contents of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). 0.378 MB MENCE, DAVID. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW IN CONTEXT 11(1):17-39. 2015. The cetacean right to life revisited. 0.282 MB MILLER, BRIAN S.; JAY BARLOW; SUSANNAH CALDERAN; KYM COLLINS; RUSSELL LEAPER; PAULA OLSON; PAUL ENSOR; DAVID PEEL; DAVID DONNELLY; VIRGINIA ANDREWS-GOFF; CARLOS OLAVARRIA; KYLIE OWEN; MELINDA REKDAHL; NATALIE SCHMITT; VICTORIA WADLEY; JASON GEDAMKE; NICK GALES and MICHAEL C. DOUBLE. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 26(3):257-269. 2015. Validating the reliability of passive acoustic localisation: A novel method for encountering rare and remote Antarctic blue whales. 1.055 MB MINTZER, VANESSA J.; MARIANNE SCHMINK; KAI LORENZEN; THOMAS K. FRAZER; ANTHONY R. MARTIN and VERA M. F. DA SILVA. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 24(2):247-269. 2015. Attitudes and behaviors toward Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) in a sustainable use protected area. 0.763 MB MOLTER, CHRISTINE M.; LORRAINE BARBOSA; SHAWN JOHNSON; HEATHER K. KNYCH; SATHYA K. CHINNADURAI and RAYMUND F. WACK. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(1):52-61. 2015. Pharmacokinetics of a single subcutaneous dose of sustained release buprenorphine in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). 0.174 MB MORAN, MEGHAN M.; SUNIL BAJPAI; J. CRAIG GEORGE; ROBERT SUYDAM; SHARON USIP and J. G. M. THEWISSEN. JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION 22(1):93-109. 2015. Intervertebral and epiphyseal fusion in the postnatal ontogeny of cetaceans and terrestrial mammals. 3.632 MB MOURA, A. E.; J. G. KENNY; R. R. CHAUDHURI; M. A. HUGHES; R. R. REISINGER; P. J. N. DE BRUYN; M. E. DAHLHEIM; N. HALL and A. R. HOELZEL. HEREDITY 114(1):48-55. 2015. Phylogenomics of the killer whale indicates ecotype divergence in sympatry. 0.838 MB MURAKAMI, MIZUKI; CHIEKO SHIMADA; YOSHINORI HIKIDA and HIROMICHI HIRANO. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA 60(1):97-111. 2015. New fossil remains from the Pliocene Koetoi Formation of northern Japan provide insights Into growth rates and the vertebral evolution of porpoises. 0.690 MB PARDO, MARIO A.; TIM GERRODETTE; EMILIO BEIER; DIANE GENDRON; KARIN A. FORNEY; SUSAN J. CHIVERS; JAY BARLOW and DANIEL M. PALACIOS. PLOS ONE 10(3) e120727. 23pp. 2015. 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MARTINEZ-CEDEIRA; RAFAEL ROMERO-SUANCES; SIMONE M. CACCIO and HIPOLITO GOMEZ-COUSO. PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH 114(2):693-698. 2015. Giardia and Cryptosporidium in cetaceans on the European Atlantic coast. 0.588 MB REICHEL, MARIA; TAMARA MUNOZ-CARO; GUILLERMO SANCHEZ CONTRERAS; ANA RUBIO GARCIA; GERD MAGDOWSKI; ULRICH GARTNER; ANJA TAUBERT and CARLOS HERMOSILLA. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 50(2):106-115. 2015. Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) PMN and monocytes release extracellular traps to capture the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. 1.605 MB RIESE, JULIANE. JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 51(1):94-128. 2015. Taking arms against a sea of troubles: The Greenpeace whale campaign in Norway. 0.974 MB ROBERTSON, BRUCE C. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(4):539-546. 2015. Is management limiting the recovery of the New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri? 0.496 MB ROBINSON, E. M.; M. JIA; S. J. TRUMBLE and S. USENKO. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1385:111-115. 2015. Selective pressurized liquid extraction technique for halogenated organic pollutants in marine mammal blubber: A lipid-rich matrix. 0.929 MB ROE, W. D.; L. ROGERS; K. PINPIMAI; K. DITTMER; J. MARSHALL and B. L. CHILVERS. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 176(3-4):301-308. 2015. Septicaemia and meningitis caused by infection of New Zealand sea lion pups with a hypermucoviscous strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae. 1.759 MB SABATIER, ETIENNE; ERIC PANTE; CLAIRE DUSSUD; OLIVIER VAN CANNEYT; BENOIT SIMON-BOUHET and AMELIA VIRICEL. MAMMALIA 79(1):111-114. 2015. Genetic monitoring of pilot whales, Globicephala spp. (Cetacea: Delphinidae), stranded on French coasts. 0.742 MB SAGNOL, O.; C. RICHTER; F. REITSMA and L. H. FIELD. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 49(1):41-50. 2015. Estimating sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) daily abundance from a shore-based survey within the Kaikoura submarine canyon, New Zealand. 0.228 MB SAMARRA, FILIPA I. P. and PATRICK J. O. MILLER. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 162(4):809-821. 2015. Prey-induced behavioural plasticity of herring-eating killer whales. 0.990 MB SANCHEZ-CALABUIG, M. J.; C. LOPEZ-FERNANDEZ; S. D. JOHNSTON; D. BLYDE; J. COOPER; K. HARRISON; J. DE LA FUENTE and J. GOSALVEZ. REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS 50(2):227-235. 2015. Effect of cryopreservation on the sperm DNA fragmentation dynamics of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 0.411 MB SANDERS, ALBERT E. and JONATHAN H. GEISLER. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 35(1):e890107. 22pp. 2015. A new basal odontocete from the Upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of Xenorophus and Mirocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea). 1.931 MB SCHOLTYSSEK, CHRISTINE; ALMUT KELBER and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. ANIMAL COGNITION 18(2):551-560. 2015. Why do seals have cones? Behavioural evidence for colour-blindness in harbour seals. 0.450 MB SEPULVEDA, MARITZA; DANAI OLEA; PABLO CARRASCO; MACARENA SANTOS-CARVALLO; JORGE CASTILLO and RENATO A. QUINONES. AQUATIC BIOLOGY 23(1):39-47. 2015. Latitudinal variation in local productivity influences body condition of South American sea lion pups. 0.503 MB SHARICK, JEFFREY T.; JOSE P. VAZQUEZ-MEDINA; RUDY M. ORTIZ and DANIEL E. CROCKER. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 29(3):367-376. 2015. Oxidative stress is a potential cost of breeding in male and female northern elephant seals. 0.309 MB SHAUL, NELLIE J.; NATHAN G. DODDER; LIHINI I. ALUWIHARE; SUSAN A. MACKINTOSH; KEITH A. MARUYA; SUSAN J. CHIVERS; KERRI DANIL; DAVID W. WELLER and EUNHA HOH. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 49(3):1328-1338. 2015. Nontargeted biomonitoring of halogenated organic compounds in two ecotypes of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southern California Bight. 2.241 MB SHUERT, C. R.; J. P. SKINNER and J. E. MELLISH. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 93(3):177-180. 2015. Weighing our measures: Approach-appropriate modeling of body composition in juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). 0.140 MB SMITH, LAUREL; ROBERT GAMBLE; SARAH GAICHAS and JASON LINK. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 523:215-232. 2015. Simulations to evaluate management trade-offs among marine mammal consumption needs, commercial fishing fleets and finfish biomass. 0.473 MB SNIVELY, ERIC; JULIA M. FAHLKE and ROBERT C. WELSH. PLOS ONE 10(1) e118380. 23pp. 2015. Bone-breaking bite force of Basilosaurus isis (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Eocene of Egypt estimated by finite element analysis. 0.910 MB SOFFKER, MARTA; PHIL TRATHAN; JAMES CLARK; MARTIN A. COLLINS; MARK BELCHIER and ROBERT SCOTT. PLOS ONE 10(3) e118113. 14pp. 2015. The impact of predation by marine mammals on Patagonian toothfish longline fisheries. 0.894 MB STEWART, NATHAN L.; BRENDA KONAR and M. TIM TINKER. OECOLOGIA (BERLIN) 177(3):645-655. 2015. Testing the nutritional-limitation, predator-avoidance, and storm-avoidance hypotheses for restricted sea otter habitat use in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. 0.605 MB STRICKER, C. A.; A. M. CHRIST; M. B. WUNDER; A. C. DOLL; S. D. FARLEY; L. D. REA; D. A. S. ROSEN; R. D. SCHERER and D. J. TOLLIT. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 523:255-266. 2015. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope trophic enrichment factors for Steller sea lion vibrissae relative to milk and fish/invertebrate diets. 0.353 MB SWEENEY, KATHRYN L.; KYLE W. SHERTZER; LOWELL W. FRITZ and ANDREW J. READ. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 72(2):175-185. 2015. A novel approach to compare pinniped populations across a broad geographic range. 1.568 MB TAJIMA, YUKO; KAORI MAEDA and TADASU K. YAMADA. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 77(1):45-51. 2015. Pathological findings and probable causes of the death of Stejneger's beaked whales (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) stranded in Japan from 1999 and 2011. 2.120 MB TATAR, BRADLEY. JOURNAL OF MARINE AND ISLAND CULTURES 3(2):89-97. 2015. The safety of bycatch: South Korean responses to the moratorium on commercial whaling. 1.445 MB TSAI, CHENG-HSIU and ROBERT W. BOESSENECKER. JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 89(1):103-109. 2015. An Early Pleistocene gray whale (Cetacea: Eschrichtiidae) from the Rio Dell Formation of northern California. 0.871 MB VACQUIE-GARCIA, JADE; CHRISTOPHE GUINET; LAURENT CECILE and FREDERIC BAILLEUL. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 113:145-153. 2015. Delineation of the southern elephant seal's main foraging environments defined by temperature and light conditions. 2.375 MB VAN DER HOOP, JULIE M.; ANGELIA S. M. VANDERLAAN; TIMOTHY V. N. COLE; ALLISON G. HENRY; LANNI HALL; BLAIR MASE-GUTHRIE; TONYA WIMMER and MICHAEL J. MOORE. CONSERVATION LETTERS 8(1):24-32. 2015. Vessel strikes to large whales before and after the 2008 Ship Strike Rule. 0.455 MB VELEZ-JUARBE, JORGE and DARYL P. DOMNING. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 35(1):e885034. 16pp. 2015. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. XI. Callistosiren boriquensis, gen. et sp. nov. 1.356 MB VENN-WATSON, STEPHANIE; LANCE GARRISON; JENNY LITZ; ERIN FOUGERES; BLAIR MASE; GINA RAPPUCCI; ELIZABETH STRATTON; RUTH CARMICHAEL; DANIEL ODELL; DELPHINE SHANNON; STEVE SHIPPEE; SUZANNE SMITH; LYDIA STAGGS; MANDY TUMLIN; HEIDI WHITEHEAD and TERI ROWLES. PLOS ONE 10(2) e117248. 13pp. 2015. Demographic clusters Identified within the northern Gulf of Mexico common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates) unusual mortality event: January 2010 - June 2013. 1.267 MB VERMEULEN, ELS and STEFAN BRAGER. PLOS ONE 10(3) e119182. 19pp. 2015. Demographics of the disappearing bottlenose dolphin in Argentina: A common species on its way out? 0.470 MB VIGHI, MORGANA; I. GARCIA-NISA; A. BORRELL and A. AGUILAR. CHEMOSPHERE 127:229-237. 2015. The fin whale, a marine top consumer, exposes strengths and weaknesses of the use of fluoride as ecological tracer. 1.137 MB WALSH, CATHERINE J.; MATTHEW BUTAWAN; JENNIFER YORDY; RAY BALL; LEANNE FLEWELLING; MARTINE DE WIT and ROBERT K. BONDE. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM) 161:73-84. 2015. Sublethal red tide toxin exposure in free-ranging manatees (Trichechus manatus) affects the immune system through reduced lymphocyte proliferation responses, inflammation, and oxidative stress. 2.359 MB WANG, JINGZHEN; YUEYING YU; BO HU; JINSONG ZHENG; WUHAN XIAO; YUJIANG HAO WENHUA LIU and DING WANG. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(8795). 17pp. 2015. Physicochemical evolution and molecular adaptation of the cetacean osmoregulation-related gene UT-A2 and implications for functional studies. 1.878 MB WANG, YAMIN; WEI LI and KOEN VAN WAEREBEEK. MARINE POLICY 51:242-250. 2015. Strandings, bycatches and injuries of aquatic mammals in China, 2000-2006, as reviewed from official documents: A compelling argument for a nationwide strandings programme. 1.243 MB WATSON, D. M.; B. BEAVEN and C. J. A. BRADSHAW. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 49(1):106-118. 2015. Population trends of New Zealand fur seals in the Rakiura region based on long-term population surveys and traditional ecological knowledge. 0.285 MB WCISEL, MICHELLE; M. JUSTIN O'RIAIN; ALTA DE VOS and WILFRED CHIVELL. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 69(1):127-138. 2015. The role of refugia in reducing predation risk for Cape fur seals by white sharks. 2.090 MB WEGE, M.; M. POSTMA; C. A. TOSH; P. J. N. DE BRUYN and M. N. BESTER. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(4):569-571. 2015. First confirmed record of a leucistic Antarctic fur seal pup born outside the Scotia Arc Islands. 0.746 MB WENSVEEN, PAUL J.; ALEXANDER M. VON BENDA-BECKMANN; MICHAEL A. AINSLIE; FRANS-PETER A. LAM; PETTER H. KVADSHEIM; PETER L. TYACK and J. O. MILLER. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 106:68-81. 2015. How effectively do horizontal and vertical response strategies of long-finned pilot whales reduce sound exposure from naval sonar? 2.296 MB WHITEHEAD, HAL. CURRENT BIOLOGY 25(6):R225-R227. 2015. Life history evolution: What does a menopausal killer whale do? 0.305 MB WHITTY, TARA SAYURI. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 59:131-141. 2015. Governance potential for cetacean bycatch mitigation in small-scale fisheries: A comparative assessment of four sites in Southeast Asia. 3.145 MB WILLIAMS, TERRIE M.; LEE A. FUIMAN; TRACI KENDALL; PATRICK BERRY; BEAU RICHTER; SHAWN R. NOREN; NICOLE THOMETZ; MICHAEL J. SHATTOCK; EDWARD FARRELL; ANDY M. STAMPER and RANDALL W. DAVIS. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 6(6055). 9pp. 2015. Exercise at depth alters bradycardia and incidence of cardiac anomalies in deep-diving marine mammals. 0.568 MB WOOLFORD, L.; C. FRANKLIN; T. WHAP; F. LOBAN and J. M. LANYON. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 113(2):89-102. 2015. Pathological findings in wild harvested dugongs Dugong dugon of central Torres Strait, Australia. 2.192 MB WRIGHT, ANDREW J. and LINE A. KYHN. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 29(2):333-340. 2015. Practical management of cumulative anthropogenic impacts with working marine examples. 0.193 MB WRIGHT, ERIN P.; LYNNETTE F. WAUGH; TRACEY GOLDSTEIN; KATIE S. FREEMAN; TERRA R. KELLY; ELIZABETH A. WHEELER; BRETT R. SMITH and FRANCES M. D. GULLAND. VETERINARY OPHTHALMOLOGY 18(Sup.1):148-159. 2015. Evaluation of viruses and their association with ocular lesions in pinnipeds in rehabilitation. 0.220 MB XU, XINRONG; JINYUAN SONG; ZHENHUA ZHANG; PENG LI; GUANG YANG and KAIYA ZHOU. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(8147). 9pp. 2015. The world's second largest population of humpback dolphins in the waters of Zhanjiang deserves the highest conservation priority. 0.903 MB YAMATO, MAYA and NICHOLAS D. PYENSON. PLOS ONE 10(3) e118582. 15pp. 2015. Early development and orientation of the acoustic funnel provides insight into the evolution of sound reception pathways in cetaceans. 0.580 MB ZENTENO, L.; E. CRESPO; D. VALES; L. SILVA; F. SAPORITI; L. R. OLIVEIRA; E. R. SECCHI; M. DRAGO; A. AGUILAR and L. CARDONA. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 162(2):275-289. 2015. Dietary consistency of male South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) in southern Brazil during three decades inferred from stable isotope analysis. 0.871 MB From daniele.cagnazzi at scu.edu.au Tue Mar 31 14:38:45 2015 From: daniele.cagnazzi at scu.edu.au (Daniele Cagnazzi) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:38:45 +0000 Subject: [MARMAM] Volounteer position for a project on inshore dolphin in the Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Australia. Message-ID: <1427837925032.97811@scu.edu.au> Apologies for double posting but i noticed a mistake in my previosu e-mail below is the corrected version CAPRICORN CETACEANS RESEARHC PROJECT IS URGENTLY SEEKING FIELD ASSISTANTS FOR RESEARCH ON INSHORE DOLPHINS IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA FOR MAY-SEPTEMBER 2015 Daniele Cagnazzi (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Marine Ecology Research Centre, SCU) is currently accepting applications for two volunteer positions, for the Capricorn Cetaceans Project for the Australian winter season from the 15 of May to the first week of September 2015. The primary aim of this project is to study inshore dolphin species primarily the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin and the Australian snubfin dolphin in the Southern Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia. More information about past and on-going projects can be found at http://www.capricorncetaceansproject.com/ on the project facebook page (search for Capricorn Cetaceans Project) and at the Marine Ecology Research centre website http://www.scu.edu.au/marine-ecology/index.php/33/ Field work include daily coastal surveys conducted on a 6m centre console vessel. During field work we will applied standard techniques normally applied in inshore dolphins studies. Additionally we will also collect skin samples using PAXARM biopsy system for an on-going genetic and toxicology analyses . More detailed information on the project will be given directly during a Skype conversation. While on land the team will share a house in Yeppoon and Laguna Quay Resort in Central Queensland. All accommodation costs are covered. Volunteers wil have to cover their food expenses at home while food and drinks on the boat are provided by the project. This position is mainly for people with photo-identification experience, with a profound interest in cetaceans and a background in marine studies. This project offers the opportunity for undergraduate thesis. Applications are considered only for the entire period. Please send your CV to daniele.cagnazzi at scu.edu.au Daniele Cagnazzi, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Marine Ecology Research Centre School of Environment, Science and Engineering Southern Cross University Lismore NSW 2480 Australia Mobile 0428366838 Website: http://www.scu.edu.au/marine-ecology/index.php/33/ Website: www.capricorncetaceansproject.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From biodiversityofficer at hwdt.org Mon Mar 30 03:35:36 2015 From: biodiversityofficer at hwdt.org (Kerry Froud) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:35:36 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] HWDT Cetacean Research Surveys- Volunteers required Message-ID: <035601d06ad5$438c9790$caa5c6b0$@hwdt.org> **Apologies for cross-posting** Seeking Volunteers Dear All, The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) conducts cetacean surveys throughout our field season (May - October) from aboard our research yacht < http://www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk/research-Silurian.asp> Silurian. Every year we welcome aboard enthusiastic volunteers who are willing to contribute directly to our research work. 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 < http://www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk/research-on-silurian.asp> . 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 which 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. 2015 Survey Dates: * 3rd - 11th May; 15% OFF ?892.50 (was ?1,050) * 14th - 22nd May; ?1,050 * 6th - 14th June*; ?1,150 * 15th - 26th June*; ?1,500 * 30th June - 11th July; ?1,500 * 15th - 23rd July; ?1,150 * 26th July - 1st August (Teen Team Survey, participants must be aged 16 - 17) FULL * 4th - 15th August; ?1,500 * 18th - 29th August; ?1,450 * 1st - 12th September; ?1,350 * 22nd - 30th September; ?1,050 ? 5th - 13th October**; ?950 15th - 23rd October; ?950 *Kyle of Lochalsh rendezvous ** Joint Warrior Military Exercise Monitoring Survey < http://www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk/stand_alone.asp?page=militarysurvey.asp> Joint Warrior military exercise off western Scotland) 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 Morven Russell Email: volunteercoordinator at hwdt.org Telephone: 01688 302620 Thank you, and hope to see you onboard this season! 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URL: From j.gardiner at oceanscienceconsulting.com Tue Mar 31 01:19:14 2015 From: j.gardiner at oceanscienceconsulting.com (Jane) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:19:14 +0100 Subject: [MARMAM] MMO & PAM Handbook competition Message-ID: <551A5882.40507@oceanscienceconsulting.com> Dear MARMAM colleagues, To celebrate the release of the 'Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook', which coincided with the 29th European Cetacean Society Conference in Malta, we are giving one lucky winner the chance to get their hands on an author-signed, 1st edition paperback copy. To enter, answer the following question. On the Handbook's promotional leaflet, there is a macro (close-up) image of a blue whale's eye: where was this photograph taken? The leaflet is displayed on the news section of our website (_http://bit.ly/1HUyQ1r_) and on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/OSCLtd). All answers should be emailed to mmoandpamhandbook at osc.co.uk, and a copy of the Handbook will be given to the first person who answers correctly. If you already have a copy of the Handbook, we would be interested to hear your feedback, so please email us at mmoandpamhandbook at osc.co.uk Constructive and accurate feedback will be used to improve the next edition, and will be acknowledged. Kind Regards, The OSC team -- Spott Road Dunbar, East Lothian Scotland EH42 1RR T: +44 (0)1368 865 722 F: +44 (0)1368 865 729 W:www.osc.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jzeligs at mlml.calstate.edu Tue Mar 31 15:46:46 2015 From: jzeligs at mlml.calstate.edu (Jenifer Zeligs) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:46:46 -0700 Subject: [MARMAM] One week summer classes on working with marine mammals at Cal State Monterey Bay Message-ID: California State University Monterey Bay and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories offer one-week intensive *summer classes* open to any one interested animal training or in pursuing careers in the marine mammal field. In addition, *hands-on internships *for people of all ages and levels of experience are also available at the lab working with marine mammals. The successful completion of both courses and a five-day internship will earn a *Certificate of Completion in Beginning Marine Mammalogy. *The classes' instructor, Dr. Jenifer Zeligs has over 30 years of terrestrial and aquatic animal training experience, across diverse disciplines including research, public display, and studio and film work. For help with *housing and registration* contact 831-582-4500 and visit csumb.edu/summer. For further information on *class content* please contact: jzeligs at mlml.calstate.edu *and see below*. For help with *internships* please contact: sskrovan at mlml.calstate.edu. *Classes: TECHNIQUES AND THEORIES OF ANIMAL TRAINING: Bio 348 **:* June 15-21,2015 ( CRN 30404) This 3 credit interactive course provides students an in-depth understanding of the discipline of animal training across many different types of terrestrial and aquatic animals and techniques. It provides an exceptional background in relevant animal behavior and psychological principles related to the practical goal of modifying animal behavior. These techniques will be demonstrated daily using trained sea lions at Moss Landing Marine Labs where the course is taught. Horses, birds, and other animals will also be used to demonstrate these techniques. Students will intern at least one day at the lab assisting in the care and training of research-trained sea lions. Topics covered will include: Captivity, Why Train? Communication, Motivation, Desensitization, Aggression, and Practical Training. *Tuition:* $735 + $39 campus fee per semester is payable to CSUMB-EE. An additional $50 lab fee is payable to MLML on the first day of class. *WORKING WITH MARINE MAMMALS: Bio 347 *(June 29- July 5, 2015) CRN 30403 *: *This 3 credit course is designed to assist people who are interested in developing a career in marine mammalogy. It will provide practical information about marine mammals and working with them, drawing on the rich background of marine mammal work in the Monterey Bay area. The course will include live experiences with the marine mammals at Moss Landing Marine Labs. This class will instruct students in captive marine mammal husbandry (care and maintenance), training, basic physiology, an overview of common research topics and techniques, as well as public display, education, and current issues in marine mammalogy. Students will intern at least one day at the lab assisting in the care of research-trained California sea lions. They will also gain experience in developing a resume, job interviews, and public presentations. *Tuition:* $735 + $39 campus fee per semester is payable to CSUMB-EE. An additional $50 lab fee is payable to MLML on the first day of class. (If you book both classes- you will pay the $39 campus fee only once). *Registration: *For registration, enrollment forms and housing please visit http://csumb.edu/mlml. *Enrollment for each class limited to 23*. *Summer registration for open enrollment begins April 7, 2015* for CSUMB students and *April 13 *for those outside of the CSUMB system, but you can send in your enrollment form early to reserve your space. The classes are open for enrollment to *any high school graduate* regardless of age and there are *no prerequisites*, however no transportation or housing is included in the enrollment price. International students are welcome. Courses will be taught at Moss Landing Marine Labs in Moss Landing, CA. -- Jenifer Zeligs, Ph.D. Extended Education, California State University Monterey Bay Director of SLEWTHS Moss Landing Marine Laboratories 8272 Moss Landing Road Moss Landing, CA 95039 v: (831)-771-4191 fax:(831)-632-4403 http://slewths.mlml.calstate.edu/ http://www.animaltraining.us/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: