January 2008 - MARMAM - devlists.uvic.ca

Research Scientist Positions in Cetacean and Shark Ecology, South Australia
by Goldsworthy, Simon (PIRSA - SARDI) 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

Research Scientist Positions - Cetacean and Shark Ecologists The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and the Flinders University are seeking to employ two internationally recognised marine scientists. These new core positions are funded by Marine Innovation South Australia (MISA), which is an initiative of the South Australian Government to enhance the scientific capability and infrastructure of the State's aquatic research organisations, including SARDI, Adelaide University, Flinders University and the SA Museum. Applications are sought from both internationally recognised scientists with strong publication records, as well as postdoctoral level scientists with demonstrated potential for developing a significant international research profile. Essential Qualifications: A Degree in Science with a PhD in marine science or related research experience. Special Conditions: These are 5 year contract positions with the possibility of extension, subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funds. Some intra and inter-state travel will be required. Salary: Attractive salary packages will be negotiated on the basis of experience and scientific profile. The Cetacean Ecologist (reference # 08007) will be employed by Flinders University, but will function as a joint appointment with SARDI Aquatic Sciences. The appointee will have expertise in the biology, ecology and management of cetaceans and appointee will be responsible for developing a suite of research projects on dolphins and whales and participating in broad studies of the marine ecosystems of southern Australia. Duties also include supervision of post-graduate students and some undergraduate teaching (<15 lectures per year). INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STAFF All nominees should read the Essential Information for Applicants, available at http://www.flinders.edu.au/employment/app.php <http://www.flinders.edu.au/employment/app.php> If you are unable to access this information on the web site, please contact the contact person nominated below. Information about Flinders University, living and working in Adelaide and employment at the University is available at http://www.flinders.edu.au/employment/whyflin.php <http://www.flinders.edu.au/employment/whyflin.php> CONTACT DETAILS For further information about the position contact Associate Professor Jim Mitchell on +61 8 8201 2229 or by email at jim.mitchell(a)flinders.edu.au <mailto:jim.mitchell@flinders.edu.au> SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION All applicants must complete an Application for Employment Cover Sheet available at http://www.flinders.edu.au/hrd/html/forms/EmployApplication.doc and lodge this with their application ensuring that the reference number (08007) is quoted. Applications, together with the Application for Employment Cover Sheet, may be lodged by email to jobapplications(a)flinders.edu.au <mailto:jobapplications@flinders.edu.au> or by post to Personnel, Policy and Practice, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5001. Further information regarding procedures for mailing, e-mailing, faxing or delivering applications are provided in the Essential Information for Applicants. Please do not forward applications to the contact person nominated as the contact person. The Shark Ecologist will be employed by SARDI, but will function as a joint appointment with Flinders University. The appointee will have expertise in the biology, ecology and management of sharks and will be responsible for developing a suite of research projects on sharks and participating in broad studies of the marine ecosystems of southern Australia. Duties also include supervision of post-graduate students and some undergraduate teaching (<15 lectures per year). For Further Information, Position Description and Guidelines: Ms Renee Wall on +61 8 8207 5400 or email temp.wbadmin(a)saugov.sa.gov.au <mailto:Temp.WBAdmin@saugov.sa.gov.au> or visit Employment Opportunities at www.sardi.sa.gov.au <http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/> . Enquiries: Prof Mehdi Doroudi on +61 8 8207 5401 or email doroudi.mehdi(a)saugov.sa.gov.au <mailto:doroudi.mehdi@saugov.sa.gov.au> Applications: must include a self-assessment against the Selection Criteria (Position Description), Curriculum Vitae and names of at least two professional referees. Original application plus two copies marked "confidential" should be sent to Ms Sue Dobbins, South Australian Research and Development Institute, PO Box 120, Henley Beach, South Australia, Australia 5022. Applications Close 5.00 pm Friday 15 February 2008. Dr Simon Goldsworthy Principal Scientist - Pelagic Ecosystems South Australian Research & Development Institute (SARDI) - Aquatic Sciences 2 Hamra Avenue West Beach SA 5024 AUSTRALIA -------------- Postal address: PO Box 120, Henley Beach, SA 5022, AUSTRALIA -------------- Tel : +61 8 8207 5325 Fax : +61 8 8207 5481 Mob: 0428 102 831 http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/ Assoc. Prof. School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University (Full Academic Status) Senior Lecturer, School of Earth & Biological Sciences, Adelaide University (Affiliate status) http://www.marinebiology.adelaide.edu.au/people/staff/simong.html The information contained within this email is confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. This email is intended solely for the addressee, and if you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy, use or distribute this email or any of its attachments. If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender immediately via reply email, delete the message and any attachments from your system, and destroy any copies made. PIRSA makes no representation that this email or any attached files are free from viruses or other defects. It is the recipient's responsibility to check the email and any attached files for viruses or other defects.

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New publication on the ETS Sousa
by JOHN WANG 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

Dear All, I like to announce the publication of the REPORT OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH NEEDS OF THE EASTERN TAIWAN STRAIT POPULATION OF INDO-PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHINS, SOUSA CHINENSIS The following report (~1MB) and a separate conservation action plan (~220 KB) (which is also included as an appendix in the workshop report so you don't need to download the action plan if you are downloading the full report) can be obtained at: http://activity.nmmba.gov.tw/whitedolphine2/download_e.htm The workshop was held in Changhua City, Taiwan in early September 2007; below is a short summary. Taiwan’s Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) face imminent extinction if measures are not taken to protect them and their habitat from a number of serious threats. The recent demise of the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) in China’s Yangtze River gives a particular sense of urgency to concerns about the fate of Taiwan’s humpback dolphins. The humpback dolphin is a fish-eating mammal that lives in shallow estuaries and nearshore waters and is especially vulnerable because it relies on habitat at the interface of land and sea. Research suggests that humpback dolphins residing in the eastern Taiwan Strait (=waters of western Taiwan) comprise a distinct population of less than 100 individuals. The eastern Taiwan Strait humpback dolphins were the focus of an international workshop held in ChanghuaCity (Taiwan) on 4-7 September 2007. Participants included local dolphin researchers, conservationists and marine engineers, as well as experts from Canada, the United States, Japan, Brazil, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Officials from government agencies, representatives of academic institutions and members of local conservation groups provided a grim picture of the state of the coastal marine environment along the west coast of Taiwan. Five major threats were identified: reduced river flow into estuaries, habitat loss, entanglement in fishing gear, industrial and municipal pollutant discharges, and underwater noise. The expert group called on the Taiwanese government to proceed with a formal and public declaration of important habitat for the humpback dolphins; carry out public and transparent evaluations of existing and planned projects that may have impacts on the humpback dolphins and their habitat; mitigate such impacts using best available methods; prohibit the use of gill nets and trammel nets in nearshore waters; limit tourism focused on humpback dolphin-watching to shore-based platforms (including provision of public access to degraded habitat, thus promoting support for clean-up programs); and disclose pollutant concentrations and other environmental data.Only through the concerted efforts of individuals, organizations, central and local government agencies and industry will the distinct eastern Taiwan Strait humpback dolphins survive. Cheers, John John Y. Wang, Ph.D. (Member of the IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group) FormosaCetus Research and Conservation Group 310-7250 Yonge Street Thornhill, Ontario, CANADA, L4J-7X1 AND (Adjunct Researcher) National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium 2 Houwan Road Checheng, Pingtung County, 944, TAIWAN

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New Articles
by David S. Janiger 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

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 don't hit the reply button. Make all requests to: janiger(a)bcf.usc.edu Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3369 janiger(a)bcf.usc.edu djaniger(a)nhm.org Janiger Journals ALTER, S. E. and S. R. PALUMBI. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 104(52):E3-E4. 2007. (Letter) Could genetic diversity in eastern North Pacific gray whales reflect global historic abundance? 0.178 MB BEAUSOLEIL, N. J. and D. J. MELLOR. AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL 85(12):484-485. 2007. (Editorial) Investigator responsibilities and animal welfare issues raised by hot branding of pinnipeds. 0.129 MB BERON-VERA, BARBARA; ENRIQUE A. CRESPO; JUAN A. RAGA and MERCEDES FERNANDEZ. JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 93(5):1056-1060. 2007. Parasite communities of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from Patagonia: The relation with host distribution and diet and comparison with sympatric hosts. 0.071 MB BESTER, MARTHAN N.; HENDRIK DE CLERCQ; G. J. GREG HOFMEYR and P. J. NICO DE BRUYN. POLAR BIOLOGY 31(2):255-257. 2008. Leucistic southern elephant seal at Marion Island? 0.234 MB CASTINEL, AURELIE; BILL POMROY and ALEX GRINBERG. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 125(3-4):388-389. 2007. (Response to Letter to the editor below) Hookworm infection and Klebsiella pneumoniae epidemics in New Zealand sea lion pups. 0.082 MB DIETZ, RUNE; ARI D. SHAPIRO; MEHDI BAKHTIARI; JACK ORR; PETER L. TYACK; PIERRE RICHARD; IDA G. ESKESEN and GREG MARSHALL. BMC ECOLOGY 7(14): 28pp. 2007. Upside-down swimming behaviour of free-ranging narwhals. 0.615 MB ENGELHAUPT, ERIKA. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 41(22):7592. 2007. Are polar bears too polarizing? 0.115 MB FINNERAN, JAMES J.; DORIAN S. HOUSER; DAVE BLASKO; CHRISTIE HICKS; JIM HUDSON and MIKE OSBORN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(1):542-551. 2008. Estimating bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) hearing thresholds from single and multiple simultaneous auditory evoked potentials. 0.221 MB FOSTER, GEOFFREY; BJORN S. OSTERMAN; JACQUES GODFROID; ISABELLE JACQUES and AXEL CLOECKAERT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 57(11):2688-2693. 2007. Brucella ceti sp nov and Brucella pinnipedialis sp nov for Brucella strains with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts. 0.109 MB FRASIER, T. R.; P. K. HAMILTON; M. W. BROWN; L. A. CONGER; A. R. KNOWLTON; M. K. MARX; C. K. SLAY; S. D. KRAUS and B. N. WHITE. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 16(24):5277-5293. 2007. Patterns of male reproductive success in a highly promiscuous whale species: The endangered North Atlantic right whale. 0.266 MB GROUSSAUD, PAULINE; STEPHEN J. SHANKSTER; MARK KOYLASS and ADRIAN M. WHATMORE. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 56(11):1512-1518. 2007. Molecular typing divides marine mammal strains of Brucella into at least three groups with distinct host preferences. 0.371 MB HARINO, HIROYA; MADOKA OHJI; GULLAYA WATTAYAKORN; KARNJANA ADULYANUKOSOL; TAKAOMI ARAI and NOBUYUKI MIYAZAKI. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 54(1):145-153. 2008. Accumulation of organotin compounds in tissues and organs of dolphins from the coasts of Thailand. 0.435 MB HIGDON, JEFF W.; OLAF R. P. BININDA-EMONDS; ROBIN M. D. BECK and STEVEN H. FERGUSON. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 7(216): 56pp. 2007. Phylogeny and divergence of the pinnipeds (Carnivora: Mammalia) assessed using a multigene dataset. 0.927 MB HILL, S. L.; K. REID; S. E. THORPE; J. HINKE and G. M. WATTERS. CCAMLR (CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES) SCIENCE 14:1-25. 2007. A compilation of parameters for ecosystem dynamics models of the Scotia Sea-Antarctic Peninsula region. 0.294 MB Aerobat 5.0 or greater to view HOUSER, DORIAN S.; CORY D. CHAMPAGNE and DANIEL E. CROCKER. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY - REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 293(6):R2376-R2381. 2007. Lipolysis and glycerol gluconeogenesis in simultaneously fasting and lactating northern elephant seals. 0.492 MB JACKSON, J. A.; N. J. PATENAUDE; E. L. CARROLL and C. SCOTT BAKER. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 17(1):236-251. 2008. How few whales were there after whaling? Inference from contemporary mtDNA diversity. 0.573 MB JARAMILLO-LEGORRETA, ARMANDO; LORENZO ROJAS-BRACHO; ROBERT L. BROWNELL, JR; ANDREW J. READ; RANDALL R. REEVES; KATHERINE RALLS and BARBARA L. TAYLOR. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 21(6):1653-1655. 2007. Saving the vaquita: Immediate action, not more data. 0.069 MB JESSUP, DAVID A.; MELISSA A. MILLER; CHRIS KREUDER-JOHNSON; PATRICIA A. CONRAD; M. TIMOTHY TINKER; JAMES ESTES and JORMA A. K. MAZET. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 231(11):1648-1652. 2007. Sea otters in a dirty ocean. 0.226 MB KAPOOR, A.; J. VICTORIA; P. SIMMONDS; C. WANG; R. W. SHAFER; R. NIMS; O. NIELSEN and E. DELWART. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 82(1):311-320. 2008. A highly divergent picornavirus in a marine mammal. 0.740 MB LANCASTER, MELANIE L.; SIMON D. GOLDSWORTHY and PAUL SUNNUCKS. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 16(24):5267-5276. 2007. Multiple mating strategies explain unexpected genetic mixing of New Zealand fur seals with two congenerics in a recently recolonized population. 0.185 MB LAURIANO, GIANCARLO; MARINO VACCHI; DAVID AINLEY and GRANT BALLARD. ANTARCTIC SCIENCE 19(4):439-440. 2007. (Short note) Observations of top predators foraging on fish in the pack ice of the southern Ross Sea. 0.066 MB LOSEY, ROBERT J. and DONGYA Y. YANG. AMERICAN ANTIQUITY 72(4):657-676. 2007. Opportunistic whale hunting on the southern northwest coast: Ancient DNA, artifact, and ethnographic evidence. 6.028 MB LUQUE, SEBASTIAN P.; EDWARD H. MILLER; JOHN P. Y. ARNOULD; MAGALY CHAMBELLANT and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 85(12):1275-1285. 2007. Ontogeny of body size and shape of Antarctic and subantarctic fur seals. 0.119 MB MCMAHON, C. R. AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL 85(12):482-484. 2007. (Editorial) Branding the seal branders: What does the research say about seal branding? 0.187 MB MONAMY, V. AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL 85(12):485-486. 2007. (Editorial) Hot iron branding of seals and sea lions: Why the ban will remain. 0.185 MB MURPHY, EUGENE J.; PHILIP N. TRATHAN; JON L. WATKINS; KEITH REID; MICHAEL P. MEREDITH; JAUME FORCADA; SALLY E. THORPE; NADINE M. JOHNSTON and PETER ROTHERY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 274(1629):3057-3067. 2007. Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems. 1.534 MB OELSCHLAEGER, H. H. A.; M. HAAS-RIOTH; C. FUNG; S. H. RIDGWAY and M. KNAUTH. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 71(1):68-86. 2008. Morphology and evolutionary biology of the dolphin (Delphinus sp.) brain - MR Imaging and Conventional Histology. 1.027 MB PALSBOLL, PER J.; MARTINE BERUBE and FINN LARSEN. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 104(52):E2. 2007. (Letter) Could genetic diversity in eastern North Pacific gray whales reflect global historic abundance? 0.067 MB PARKS, SUSAN E.; C. W. CLARK and P. L. TYACK. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(6):3725-3731. 2007. Short- and long-term changes in right whale calling behavior: The potential effects of noise on acoustic communication. 0.421 MB POPOV, VLADIMIR V.; ALEXANDER YA. SUPIN; VLADIMIR O. KLISHIN; MIKHAIL B. TARAKANOV and MIKHAIL G. PLETENKO. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(1):552-560. 2008. Evidence for double acoustic windows in the dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. 0.651 MB POTTER, JOHN R.; MARIELLE THILLET; CRAIG DOUGLAS; MANDAR A. CHITRE; ZBIGNIEW DOBORZYNSKI and PAUL J. SEEKINGS. IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING 32(2):469-483. 2007. Visual and passive acoustic marine mammal observations and high-frenquency seismic source characteristics recorded during a seismic survey. 4.421 MB PRESCOTT, JOHN. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 125(3-4):387. 2007. (Letter to the editor) Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from New Zealand sea lion pups. 0.072 MB RAUSCH, ROBERT L.; JOHN C. GEORGE and HARRY K. BROWER. JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 93(5):1247-1251. 2007. Effect of climatic warming on the pacific walrus, and potential modification of its helminth fauna. 0.220 MB ROCHE, C.; C. GUINET; N. GASCO and G. DUHAMEL. CCAMLR (CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES) SCIENCE 14:67-82. 2007. Marine mammals and demersal longline fishery interactions in Crozet and Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zones: An assessment of depredation levels. 0.243 MB Aerobat 5.0 or greater to view ROSSI-SANTOS, MARCOS R.; CLARENCIO BARACHO; SERGIO CIPOLOTTI and ENRICO MARCOVALDI. POLAR BIOLOGY 31(1):63-68. 2007. Cetacean sightings near South Georgia Islands, South Atlantic Ocean. 0.393 MB RUDDELL, S. J. S.; S. D. TWISS and P. P. POMEROY. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 74(5):1357-1368. 2007. Measuring opportunity for sociality: Quantifying social stability in a colonially breeding phocid. 0.280 MB SETSAAS, T. H.; M. N. BESTER; J. H. VAN NIEKERK; J. P. ROUX and G. J. G. HOFMEYR. POLAR BIOLOGY 31(2):249-253. 2008. Dispersion during the moult haulout of southern elephant seals at the Courbet Peninsula, Iles Kerguelen. 0.290 MB STAFFORD, KATHLEEN M.; DAVID K. MELLINGER; SUE E. MOORE and CHRISTOPHER G. FOX. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(6):3378-3390. 2007. Seasonal variability and detection range modeling of baleen whale calls in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999-2002. 0.903 MB SUPIN, ALEXANDER YA.; PAUL E. NACHTIGALL and MARLEE BREESE. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(1):534-541. 2008. Hearing sensitivity during target presence and absence while a whale echolocates. 0.210 MB THEWISSEN, J. G. M.; LISA NOELLE COOPER; MARK T. CLEMENTZ; SUNIL BAJPAI and B. N. TIWARI. NATURE (LONDON) 450(7173):1190-1194. 2007. Whales originated from aquatic artiodactyls in the Eocene epoch of India. 0.492 MB VELA, A. I.; A. FERNANDEZ; C. SANCHEZ-PORRO; E. SIERRA; M. MENDEZ; M. ARBELO; A. VENTOSA; L. DOMINGUEZ and J. F. FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 57(11):2604-2608. 2007. Flavobacterium ceti sp nov., isolated from beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris). 0.125 MB WEIß, BRIGITTE M.; HELENA SYMONDS; PAUL SPONG and FRIEDRICH LADICH. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(6):3710-3716. 2007. Intra- and intergroup vocal behavior in resident killer whales, Orcinus orca. 0.193 MB WEILGART, L. S. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 85(11):1091-1116. 2007. The impacts of anthropogenic ocean noise on cetaceans and implications for management. 0.601 MB Aerobat 5.0 or greater to view WIIG, OYSTEIN; ERIK W. BORN; IAN GJERTZ; CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN and ROBERT E. A. STEWART. POLAR BIOLOGY 31(1):69-75. 2007. Historical sex-specific distribution of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus ) in Svalbard assessed by mandible measurements. 0.518 MB WOHLSEIN, PETER; CHRISTINA PUFF; MIHAELA KREUTZER; URSULA SIEBERT and WOLFGANG BAUMGAERTNER. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 13(12):1959-1961. 2007. Distemper in a dolphin. 0.194 MB WOLF, JOCHEN B. W.; DAVID MAWDSLEY; FRITZ TRILLMICH and RICHARD JAMES. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 74(5):1293-1302. 2007. Social structure in a colonial mammal: Unravelling hidden structural layers and their foundations by network analysis. 0.954 MB ZAMON, JEANNETTE E.; TROY J. GUY; KENNETH BALCOMB and DAVID ELLIFRIT. NORTHWESTERN NATURALIST 88(3):193-198. 2007. Winter observations of southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) near the Columbia River plume during the 2005 spring Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) spawning migration. 0.628 MB Too large to email, will have to download from FTP server, Email for logon info. MONTIE, ERIC W.; GERALD E. SCHNEIDER; DARLENE R. KETTEN; LORI MARINO; KATIE E. TOUHEY and MARK E. HAHN. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 290(12):1459-1479. 2007. Neuroanatomy of the subadult and fetal brain of the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) from in situ magnetic resonance images. 7.044 MB USENIUS, TAINA; ANNE-MARI MUSTONEN; JUSSI-PEKKA USENIUS; HEIKKI HYVARINEN; TERO SIPILAE; JOUNI T. KOSKELA and PETTERI NIEMINEN. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI 44(5):355-367. 2007. Magnetic resonance imaging and its applications in morphological studies of pinnipeds. 12.958 MB Aerobat 5.0 or greater to view

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Images and report of stranded beaked whales
by Steve Box 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

The below link has some images of the beaked whale mother and calf from the strandings on Utila, Honduras (reported on Marmam two weeks ago). There is also a downloadable version of a report on these strandings. Please feel free to disseminate this link to any interested parties. We will upload further images and information as it becomes available. The link: http://www.utilaecology.org/reports/strandings.php ------------------- Stephen Box Managing Director Utila Centre for Marine Ecology ------------------- Stephen Box Tel: +504 425 3026 Cel: +504 3303 6322 ___________________________________________________________ Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/

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new right whale paper
by John Wise 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

Dear All, We are pleased to announce the publication of our article on chromium and Northern right whales in Mutation Research: Hexavalent chromium is cytotoxic and genotoxic to the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) lung and testes fibroblasts. John Pierce Wise, Sandra S. Wise, Scott Kraus, Fariba Shaffiey, Marijke Grau, Tania Li Chen, Christopher Perkins, W. Douglas Thompson, Tongzhang Zheng, Yawei Zhang, Tracy Romano and Todd O'Hara. Mutation Research 650:30-38, 2008. Abstract Although hexavalent chromium is a known genotoxic agent in human and terrestrial mammals and is present in seawater and air, its effects on marine mammals including the endangered North Atlantic right whale are unknown and untested. The present study investigated the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of hexavalent chromium in primary cultured North Atlantic right whale lung and testes fibroblasts and levels of total chromium in skin biopsies from North Atlantic right whales. Cytotoxicity was measured by clonogenic survival assay. Genotoxicity was measured as production of chromosome aberrations. Tissue chromium levels were determined from skin biopsies of healthy free-ranging whales in the Bay of Fundy using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy. Hexavalent chromium-induced concentration-dependent increases in right whale lung and testes fibroblast cytotoxicity with the testes more sensitive to the cytotoxic effects. It also induced concentration-dependent increases in chromosomal aberrations in both cell types with no significant difference in sensitivity. Skin biopsy data indicate that North Atlantic right whales are exposed to chromium and accumulate a range of 4.9-10 ug Cr/g tissue with a mean of 7.1 ug/g. Hexavalent chromium is cytotoxic and genotoxic to North Atlantic right whale cells. The whales have tissue chromium levels that are concerning. These data support a hypothesis that chromium may be a concern for the health of the North Atlantic right whales. Considering these data with chromium chemistry, whale physiology and atmospheric chromium levels further suggest that inhalation may be an important exposure route. Reprint requests should be addressed to me. John John Pierce Wise, Sr., Ph.D. Director, Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health Professor of Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Applied Medical Sciences University of Southern Maine 96 Falmouth St. PO Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 Phone (207) 228-8050 FAX (207) 228-8518 Email <mailto:John.Wise@usm.maine.edu> John.Wise(a)usm.maine.edu <http://www.usm.maine.edu/toxicology> www.usm.maine.edu/toxicology Fedex address: 178 Science Building 96 Falmouth St. Portland, ME 04103

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Change of Dates for March SOS course
by Yvonne Miles 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Scanning Ocean Sectors - Marine Mammal Observer Training Please note that the second course dates for the UK training course have been changed The original date was 24th-26th March The NEW date is now 26th - 28th March and NOT over Easter weekend! Please go to website for more details on course and booking information or email us www.scanningoceansectors.org info(a)scanningoceansectors.org Regards Yvonne -- Yvonne Miles 9 Long Street Point Vernon Hervey Bay QLD 4655 Australia 0435 017 524 mob 07 4124 8320 land line www.scanningoceansectors.org info(a)scanningoceansectors.org

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New publications week 38-40
by Jan Herrmann 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Dear all, here are some new publications of week 38-40 / 2007, which haven't been announced on MARMAM earlier AFAIK. By clicking the following link you are guided to a website, where the following references are linked to their according journal homepages. There you can find abstracts and contact information: http://www.mmbib.com/news.php Please do not contact MARMAM, the MARMAM editors or me for reprints. Thank you. Thanks to all of you who sent in reprints to be included in the weekly announcements. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Desportes, G. et al. (2007): Decrease Stress; Train Your Animals: The Effect of Handling Methods on Cortisol Levels in Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Under Human Care. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 286-292. Highfill, L.E. and S.A. Kuczaj II (2007): Do Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Have Distinct and Stable Personalities? Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 380-389. Iñíguez, M.A. and V.P. Tossenberger (2007): Commerson's Dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) off Ria Deseado, Patagonia, Argentina. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 276-285. Lockyer, C. et al. (2007): Age Determination in Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas): A Quest for Validation of Dentinal Layering. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 293-304. Lotan, M. (2007): Alternative therapeutic intervention for individuals with rett syndrome. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 7(): 698-714. McGuire, T.L. and T. Henningsen (2007): Movement Patterns and Site Fidelity of River Dolphins (Inia geoffrensis and Sotalia fluviatilis) in the Peruvian Amazon as Determined by Photo-Identification. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 359-367. Meletis, Z.A. and L.M. Campbell (2007): Call It Consumption! Re-Conceptualizing Ecotourism as Consumption and Consumptive. Geography Compass 1(4): 850-870. Mowat, R.J.C. (2007): The Kraken and the Colossal Octopus: in the Wake of Sea-Monsters - By BERNARD HEUVELMANS. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 36(2): 449-450. Nicholls, H. (2007): Taxonomy on trial. BOOK REVIEWED - Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put a Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature by D. Graham Burnett. Princeton University Press: 2007. 304 pp. $29.95, £17.95. Nature 450(7173): 1161. Prothero, D.R. (2007): Book Review: NEPTUNE'S ARK: FROM ICHTHYOSAURS TO ORCAS. David Rains Wallace. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2007. ISBN 978-0-520-24322-4, 282 pp. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 392-393. Pyenson, N.D. and D.M. Haasl (2007): Miocene whale-fall from California demonstrates that cetacean size did not determine the evolution of modern whale-fall communities. Biology Letters 3(6): 709-711. Robineau, D. et al. (2007): Description of a new subspecies of Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804), inhabiting the coastal waters of the Kerguelen Islands. Mammalia 71(4): 172-180. Savours, A. (2007): Whalers and Free Men: Life on Tasmania's Colonial Whaling Stations - By SUSAN LAWRENCE. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 36(2): 448-449. Simmonds, M.P. (2007): Book Review: WHALES, WHALING AND ECOSYSTEMS. Editors: James A. Estes, Douglas P. DeMaster, Daniel F. Doak, Terrie M. Williams, and Robert Brownell. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London. 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24884-7, ISBN-10: 0-520-24884-8. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 390-391. Thewissen, J.G.M. (2007): Book Review: MORPHOLOGY OF THE AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR ORGANS IN MAMMALS, WITH EMPHASIS ON MARINE SPECIES. Galina N. Solntseva. Pencroft Publishers and Brill Academic Publishers, Sofia, Leiden, 2007. ISBN 9789004162020, 244 pp. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 394-395. Thewissen, J.G.M. et al. (2007): Whales originated from aquatic artiodactyls in the Eocene epoch of India. Nature 450(7173): 1190-1194. Beasley, I.L. and P.J.A. Davidson (2007): Conservation Status of Marine Mammals in Cambodian Waters, Including Seven New Cetacean Records of Occurrence. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 368-379. PINNIPEDIA Aurioles-Gamboa, D. and F.J. Camacho-Ríos (2007): Diet and Feeding Overlap of Two Otariids, Zalophus californianus and Arctocephalus townsendi: Implications to Survive Environmental Uncertainty. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 315-326. Bjørge, A., N. Øien, and K.-A. Fagerheim (2007): Abundance of Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) in Norway Based on Aerial Surveys and Photographic Documentation of Hauled-Out Seals During the Moulting Season, 1996 to 1999. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 269-275. Goldstein, T. et al. (2007): Longitudinal Health and Disease Monitoring in Juvenile Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Temporary Captivity in Alaska Compared with a Free-Ranging Cohort. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 337-348. Hayes, V.J. and J.M. Terhune (2007): Underwater Call Sequences of Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) at the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 305-314. Pires, R., H.C. Neves, and A.A. Karamanlidis (2007): Activity Patterns of the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) in the Archipelago of Madeira. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 327-336. Rausch, R.L., J.C. George, and H.K. Brower (2007): Effect of climatic warming on the Pacific walrus, and potential modification of its helminth fauna. Journal of Parasitology 93(5): 1247-1251. Jenssen, B.M. et al. (2007): Brominated Flame Retardants in North-East Atlantic Marine Ecosystems. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(Supplement 1): 35-41. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Finerty, S.E., G.R. Hillman, and R.W. Davis (2007): Computer-Matching of Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Nose Scars: A New Method for Tracking Individual Otters. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): 349-358. Larkin, I.L.V., V.F. Fowler, and R.L. Reep (2007): Digesta passage rates in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Zoo Biology 26(6): 503-515. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de

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SOMEMMA-abstract submission deadline extended
by gheckel＠cicese.mx 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

AVISO IMPORTANTE/IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Hemos extendido la fecha limite para entrega de resumenes hasta el 25 de enero de 2008. Abstract submission deadline has been extended until 25 January 2008. Subject: SOMEMMA-abstract submission deadline extended Dear SOMEMMA members and friends: We have extended the abstract submission deadline until 25 January 2008. Best regards, Gisela Heckel Conference Chair XXXI International Meeting for the Study of Marine Mammals SOMEMMA 2008 Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico 18 - 22 May 2008 More information at: http://reunion2008.somemma.org

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Petersburg Marine Mammal Center Internship Opportunity
by Jeff Reynolds 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Petersburg Marine Mammal Center Internship Opportunity Located in Petersburg, Alaska’s Little Norway, this project takes place on Mitkof Island in the heart of the Tongass National Forest. Petersburg is also known as the Whale Research Capital of Alaska because of the many world renown marine mammal researchers who use Petersburg as a base of operation. PMMC is a non-profit organization formed in 1998 to “assist research efforts and be a depository for information on research and sightings of marine mammals in Southeast Alaska”. We have a small center located in the Viking Travel Building Which is on Main Street in downtown Petersburg. The center is manned by interns during the summer months and the Board of Directors carries out the functions of PMMC year-round. This intern program allows students the opportunity to earn college credit while learning about marine mammals and serving the public. Indoor exhibits, including an interactive computer kiosk, focus on marine mammal life history and distribution. Two interns will be working at the Center staggered shifts for seven days out a week where the work includes, but is not limited to: · Staff the Center during open hours. Manage operations, sales and petty cash. · Interpret AK marine mammal information for Center visitors and public. · Assist and help coordinate where possible with researchers using center. · Prepare/deliver AK marine mammal presentations to visitors and small groups. · Facilitate community outreach and public education of AK marine mammals. Project Duration Two 8-10 week Intern positions are available beginning mid-June through August 31st. Accommodation The volunteer will be accommodated in Forest Service housing near the center of town, making it easy to access to the community and to the Center. Internship Requirements · must be in an internship program through an accredited university · physically fit · desire to gain skills in the environmental education field · interested in working with visitors · possess an interest in working on small projects for the Center · possess a positive attitude! Compensation Travel (contingent/negotiable) to and from Petersburg to Seattle or Anchorage, lodging, and $300/ month (taxable stipend). Occasional trips to observe marine mammals and other trips with Board of Directors tour operators on a space and time available basis. Other perks are included in the prospectus. Application Deadline Applications deadline is February 29th, 2008. Positions will be filled quickly thereafter For More Information and Application: http://psgmmc.org/pages/involved/internships.html Petersburg Marine Mammal Center PO Box 1618 Petersburg, AK 99833 907.772.4170 info(a)psgmmc.org

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paper on fixed passive acoustic monitoring
by Dave Mellinger 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

The following paper has just been published: Mellinger, D.K., K.M. Stafford, S.E. Moore, R.P. Dziak, and H. Matsumoto. 2007. An overview of fixed passive acoustic observation methods for cetaceans. Oceanography 20(4):36-45. Articles in Oceanography do not have abstracts, but part of the Introduction says this: In this article, we describe the methodology of fixed passive acoustic observations, including instrumentation, software for detection of vocalizations, statistical methods, and interpretation of results, and then provide an example of the results from a fixed passive acoustic survey of Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. A PDF is available here: ftp://newportftp.pmel.noaa.gov/newport/mellinger/papers/MellingerEtAl07-Aco… Dave Mellinger David.Mellinger(a)oregonstate.edu or David.K.Mellinger(a)noaa.gov

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