August 2007 - MARMAM - devlists.uvic.ca

job opening: Acoustic Signal Detection Engineer
by Dave Mellinger 09 Aug '07

09 Aug '07

Position Announcement Title: Acoustic Signal Detection Engineer Department: Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS), Oregon State University Rank: Research Associate (postdoc) or Faculty Research Assistant Location: Newport, Oregon, USA Start Date: Sept. 2007 or as available. Duration: One year of support is currently available. Funding for successive year(s) is anticipated but is not guaranteed. This 12-month, full-time, fixed-term appointment is through the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies in support of a project on acoustic detection and classification of cetaceans (dolphins and whales) under the direction of Dr. David Mellinger. Reappointment is at the discretion of the CIMRS Director. QUALIFICATIONS: Required - Ph.D./M.S./B.S. in science, engineering, or related disciplines. (Individuals with a Ph.D. will be appointed at the Research Associate rank; individuals with a M.S. or B.S. will be appointed at Faculty Research Assistant rank) - Experience with digital signal processing, preferably audio/acoustic signal processing. - Familiarity with MATLAB or equivalent rapid-prototyping signal analysis environment. - Ability to present results in English at regional and international meetings. Preference may be given to applicants with experience in the following areas: - Experience at signal detection, classification, and estimation. - Working within a research environment and with other research teams. - Demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity. Oregon State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and has a policy of being responsive to needs of dual career couples. For further details, including application procedures, please see jobs.oregonstate.edu. Applications must be made online. Click on "Search Postings" at left and then enter posting number 0001210 (the leading zeros are necessary).

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Re: [MARMAM] PROPOSED SEA OTTER AND TRANSIENT KILLER WHALE RECOVERY STRATEGIES POSTED TO SARA PUBLIC REGISTRY
by XPAC Species at Risk 09 Aug '07

09 Aug '07

> Fisheries and Oceans Canada is pleased to announce that both the Proposed Recovery Strategy for Sea Otters and the Proposed Recovery Strategy for Transient Killer Whales in Canada have been posted to the Species at Risk Act (SARA) Public Registry for a 60-day public consultation period. All comments received will be taken into consideration when finalizing both recovery strategies. > > Copies of the documents and comment forms are available for sea otters at http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/plans/showDocument_e.cfm?id=1373 and transient killer whales at http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/plans/showDocument_e.cfm?id=1363 > > Comments on the both recovery strategies may be submitted via the SARA Public Registry until October 6th, 2007. > > If you have any general questions or concerns regarding species at risk, please contact sara(a)pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. > > Courtney Druce > Species At Risk Officer / Officier des espéces en danger > Fisheries and Oceans Canada / Pêches et Ocêans Canada > 200-401 Burrard St / 200-401 rue Burrard > Vancouver BC, V6C 3S4 / Vancouver (C.-B) V6C 3S4 > T: (604) 666-2792 / F: (604) 666-3341 > DruceC(a)pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca > > >

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JOB POSTING -- 2 Marine Resource Specialists, Norfolk, VA
by Shoemaker, Mandy L CIV NAVFAC LANT, EV22MS 09 Aug '07

09 Aug '07

************************************************************************ ******************************* TWO MARINE RESOURCE SPECIALIST POSITIONS Job Description: These two positions are critical natural resources positions within the Department of the Navy and will have a direct impact on how the Navy trains in the marine environment. The people selected for these positions will support US Fleet Forces (USFF) and US Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) training around the world, along with supporting the NAVFAC Marine Resources Support Group (MRSG). The MRSG, established in April 2004 and headquartered in Norfolk, VA, is a group of Navy biologists, scientists, and planners who have particular expertise or experience in environmental planning and regulatory compliance in the marine environment. The people selected for these positions will serve as liaisons with USFF and PACFLT on all marine resources related issues. The incumbents will prepare and review marine related documentation including marine resources assessments, density reports, mitigation and monitoring plans, endangered species and marine mammal consultations, Environmental Impact Statements (EISs)/Overseas EISs (OEISs), Environmental Assessments (EAs)/Overseas EAs (OEAs), Categorical Exclusions (Cat Ex) and related special environmental studies assessing the environmental impacts of proposed Fleet operations, training and homeporting/home basing actions. The people selected will be expected to coordinate projects with a multi-disciplinary staff and requires expertise in principal environmental legislation and DoD policy. These announcements are open for 1 year, however we will be pulling applications on August 29, 2007 in order to hire two people ASAP so please have your applications completed before that date. The two job announcements can be found on USA Jobs: AN142126 Natural Resources Specialist (Marine Resources), GS-401-09/12 (Salary Range: $43,731-$82,446) http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=58973505&AVSDM=2007%2D 08%2D08+00%3A00%3A06&Logo=0&q=Natural+Resource+Specialist&sort=rv&FedEmp =N&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y and AN148371 Natural Resources Specialist (Marine Resources), GS-401-05/07 (Salary Range: $28,862-$46,478) http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=60656594&AVSDM=2007%2D 08%2D08+00%3A00%3A06&Logo=0&q=Natural+Resource+Specialist&sort=rv&FedEmp =N&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y

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Job Posting
by Jenelle Gilding 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

The Alaska SeaLife Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to marine research, rehabilitation, conservation, and public education is seeking applications for the following: Laboratory Manager/Technician This position is responsible for providing clinical laboratory management/support to the Center's staff. Duties: Depending on education and experience duties may include oversight and management of the Science Laboratories at the Alaska SeaLife Center up to and including oversight of the day-to-day functioning of the laboratory and staff, budget, grant acquisition, quality control program, and providing laboratory results. Requirements: Degree in a field complementary to the Center's mission - laboratory sciences preferred. Minimum of one year clinical laboratory experience, five years experience preferred. Must be able to work a flexible schedule. This is a year-round, full-time position with a great benefits package. Apply by: Open until filled Start date: ASAP Send resume, references & application (downloadable at www.alaskasealife.org) to Human Resources, Alaska SeaLife Center, P O Box 1329, Seward, AK 99664-1329 or email HR(a)alaskasealife.org www.alaskasealife.org The ASLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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New Critique of Dolphin-Assisted Therapy
by Lori Marino 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Dear Colleagues, This is to announce a new paper in the current issue of Anthrozoos entitled "Dolphin Assisted Therapy: More flawed data and more flawed conclusions" co-authored by myself and Scott Lilienfeld. In this paper we review all of the peer-reviewed DAT studies that were published since our 1998 paper and come to the same conclusion that there is no scientific basis for claims made by proponents of DAT. A pdf of the paper is attached. The journal website is: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berg/anthroz You may also go to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society websites for a copy of the paper and further information and news on this current issue: http://www.wdcs.org/ or http://www.whales.org/ Thank you. Regards, Lori Marino -- Lori Marino, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program 1462 Clifton Road, Suite 304 Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 Phone: (404) 727-7582 Fax: (404) 727-7471

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Contents of LAJAM 5:2 and subscription information
by Eduardo Secchi 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Dear Marmamers, On behalf of our Editorial Board, I would like to inform you that the issue of the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals (LAJAM 5:2) is now available. This issue includes the following articles: CONTENTS Seasonal use of Amazon floodplains by the tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais 1853), in central Amazon, Brazil ......................................................... 95-104 C. Faustino and V.M.F. da Silva Ecology of marine tucuxi, Sotalia guianensis, and bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in Baía Norte, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil...........105-115 P.A.C. Flores and N.F. Fountoura Morphometric relationships of franciscana dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea), off Rio Grande do Sul coast, southern Brazil...117-123 S.Botta, M.C.C. Muelbert and E.R. Secchi Genetic sex determination supports the Gulf of California as an important habitat for male and female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) .............................................................125-128 N. Rubio-Cisneros, S.L. Mesnick, R. Vasquez-Juárez, J. Urban Ramirez, C.A.J. Godard, R. Payne and A.E. Dizon Cetacean occurrence in the Santa Marta region, Colombian Caribbean, 2004-2005..129-134 M.A. Pardo and D.M. Palacios Notes on the pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Venezuela, southeastern Caribbean ................................................................................135-139 L.A. Bermudez-Villapol, A.J. Sayegh, M.A. Estevez, M.S. Range, C. Rosso and N.I. Vera Predation by a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, Rafinesque, 1810, on a pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata, calf in Central Atlantic waters.. .141-144 M.S. Monteiro, T. Vaske Jr., T.M. Barbosa and M.D.O. Alves Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. 145-148 L.R. de Oliveira, R. Machado, M.M. Alievi and N.L. Wurdig Any further information can be obtained from the editors (LAJAM(a)infolink.com.br) North American subscriptions for non-members of SOLAMAC (South American Society for Marine Mammals) can be facilitated by contacting Nélio Barros (nbarros(a)mote.org) at P.O. Box 36, Tillamook, OR 97141-0036 USA. Issues 1(1) and 2(1) are currently out of print. A very limited number of issues 2:2, 3:1 and 3:2 are still available. Best regards, Eduardo Secchi Editor-in-chief, LAJAM ************************************ Eduardo R. Secchi, Ph.D Professor Adjunto Laboratório de Tartarugas e Mamíferos Marinhos Departamento de Oceanografia Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG Cx.Postal 474 Rio Grande - RS, Brasil 96200-970 Fone: ++55-53-3233-6749 Fax: ++55-53-3233-6601 e.mail: edu.secchi(a)furg.br www.furg.br Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com

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Ca sea lion/salmon interaction
by Sarah Wilson 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Hello All, I saw this posted on another listserve and thought to pose the question to this marine mammal community on your thoughts to this matter. I spend time every summer in Southeast Alaska so can speak to the Stellar sea lion population in regards to fisheries interactions, herring abundance, and population numbers....but I am not as familiar with the Pacific northwest and the situation with California sea lions. Here in southern California we often get questions and concerns from sports fisherman and the number of Ca sea lions. I would be interested to hear from those of you working on these issues....thank you so much! ENDANGERED SPECIES: House bill proposes to sacrifice sea lions for salmon Allison Winter, E&E Daily reporter Legislation that would make it easier for states in the Northwest to interfere with or kill protected sea lions in an effort to keep them from wiping out endangered salmon is on the move in the House. Del. Madeline Bordallo's (D-Guam) Fisheries and Wildlife Subcommittee holds a hearing on, H.R. 1769, the "Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act," this week. The bill from Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) would lift some Marine Mammal Act protections for sea lions, allowing officials in California, Oregon and Washington to kill up to 10 sea lions or use "alternative measures" to keep them away from salmon. The California sea lion population has increased six-fold over the past 30 years, and in recent years more than 1,000 sea lions have started to enter the lower part of the Columbia River during the peak spring salmon run. At the Bonneville Dam, along the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington, sea lions consumed almost 3 percent of the salmon passing the structure last year, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. It was seven times as many salmon as they ate five years ago. Officials at the dam have tried "hazing" the sea lions away from the salmon, but some have not been responsive. Environmentalists say the real problem is not the sea lions, but the dams, since they create an artificial situation that groups the salmon. They want to eliminate four dams in the lower Snake River to help restore salmon runs. American Rivers and the Humane Society have come out against the bill. The legislation would create an expedited permit process for parties interested in killing the sea lions. They could "lethally remove" no more than 10 animals a year. The bill includes a "sense of Congress" statement that non-lethal methods of controlling the predation are preferable to lethal methods. Schedule: The hearing is set for 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, in 1334 Longworth. Sincerely, Sarah Wilson Ocean Institute Manager, Cooperation in Research and Education (949) 496-2274 ext. 337 www.ocean-institute.org <http://www.ocean-institute.org/> and Web Coordinator Thank You Ocean Campaign National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation sarahw-thankyouocean(a)hotmail.com www.thankyouocean.org

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court ruling on mid-frequency sonar
by Jasny, Michael 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

A U.S. District Court judge, in Los Angeles, issued a preliminary injunction yesterday against the U.S. Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar during major exercises off southern California. At yesterday's hearing, the court ruled from the bench (1) that Plaintiffs had shown a probability that the Navy had violated federal law (which is the legal standard on preliminary relief); and (2) that the environment would suffer irreparable harm if the exercises proceed. In her tentative ruling, the judge characterized the Navy's mitigation measures as "woefully inadequate and ineffectual." We are expecting the court to issue a written opinion and order shortly. Please let me know if you would like a copy when it comes down. Cheers, Michael Michael Jasny Senior Policy Analyst Natural Resources Defense Council 4479 W. 5th Avenue Vancouver, BC V6R1S4 tel. 604-736-9386 fax 310-434-2399 mjasny(a)nrdc.org PRIVILEGE AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law as attorney-client and work-product confidential or otherwise confidential communications. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication or other use of a transmission received in error is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, immediately notify me at the above telephone number.

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Genetic differentiation in bottlenose dolphins
by Kerstin Bilgmann 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Dear Marmam Readers, We would like to announce the release of the following publication in Marine Ecology Progress Series: Kerstin Bilgmann, Luciana M. Moller, Robert G. Harcourt, Susan E. Gibbs, Luciano B. Beheregaray 2007. Genetic differentiation in bottlenose dolphins from South Australia: association with local oceanography and coastal geography. Marine Ecology Progress Series 341:265-276. Abstract For many marine organisms, including large, long-lived predators, the factors affecting connectivity between populations are still largely unknown. We assessed levels of genetic differentiation and dispersal patterns of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops sp. across Spencer Gulf and coastal areas west of the gulf in the Great Australian Bight, South Australia (SA), using data from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences and 6 microsatellite loci. Marked genetic differentiation and low migration were detected between dolphins of Spencer Gulf and those inhabiting coastal areas west of the gulf. We hypothesise that the restriction to dolphin gene flow is influenced by an oceanographic front at the mouth of Spencer Gulf that builds up over the austral summer and exhibits strong differences in water temperatures and salinity levels. It appears that the genetic subdivision reported here is a recent phenomenon, a finding consistent with the known geomorphologic history of the region. Coastal bottlenose dolphins from SA are evolutionarily divergent from other bottlenose dolphin species and are potentially under threat due to ongoing human-related mortality. The information from this study can, therefore, be used for the development of much-needed conservation management strategies. The pdf file is available electronically at http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/molecularecology/publications.htm or can be obtained from kbilgman(a)gse.mq.edu.au. Best wishes, Kerstin Bilgmann Kerstin Bilgmann Marine Mammal Research Group Graduate School of the Environment Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia Email: kbilgman(a)gse.mq.edu.au Ph: + 61 2 9850 7982 Fax: + 61 2 9850 7972 http://www.gse.mq.edu.au/Research/mmrg/students.htm http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/molecularecology/kerstin.htm

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Coastal Management Tenure-Track opening
by Alison Ormsby 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Environmental Studies. Coastal Management. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, tenure-track position, to start in September 2008. Ph.D. required. We seek someone to contribute to our thriving interdisciplinary environmental studies program whose expertise is in coastal policy, planning and/or management. The ideal candidate will have an environmentally related degree, be an excellent teacher and active researcher. Teach seven courses per academic year, including introduction to environmental studies, sophomore level coastal management, applied statistics, and other coastal-related classes in candidate?s area of expertise, to help shape potential new minor in coastal management. Participation in an interdisciplinary, values-oriented general education program is required, including a regular rotation in the two-semester freshman program. Eckerd College, the only independent national liberal arts college in Florida, has a tradition of innovative education and teaching/mentoring excellence and is located directly on the Gulf of Mexico. Send a letter of application, vita, teaching evaluations, statement of teaching philosophy, graduate and undergraduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation by October 19, 2007 to Dr. Alison Ormsby, Eckerd College (BES), 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33711. No electronic applications please. EOE. http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/environmentalstudies/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- This mail sent via Eckerd College Webmail : https://webmail.eckerd.edu

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