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June 2010 Environmental Studies and Sciences conference, Portland, Oregon
by Wallace, Richard 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Dear Marmam folks, I'm delighted to share with you the first public announcement of the 2010 annual meeting of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS). The meeting will take place in Portland, Oregon in mid-June, and details are given in the message below from the conference chairs. AESS is a new professional organization with broad interests in interdisciplinary environmental and natural resources problem solving. There is a good deal of possible crossover between AESS interests and those of the Marmam community, and so I wanted to share with you this invitation. The message below invites you to participate in setting the agenda for the 2010 AESS meeting. More than 300 people attended the organization's first annual meeting in Madison, Wisconsin in 2009, which was a great combination of discussions, themed symposia, plenary sessions, field trips, and social events. The Portland meeting promises an even more robust agenda and we hope you will consider becoming involved and attending. It would be wonderful to foster collaboration between the marine mammal conservation community and the large and diverse community of professionals in environmental studies and sciences (speaking as someone who works in both worlds!). Please let me know if you have any questions, and apologies for cross-postings. All my best to you for a happy and healthy holiday season! Cheers, Rich Wallace On behalf of the AESS Outreach & Membership Committee -- Richard L. Wallace, Ph.D. Associate Professor Environmental Studies Program Ursinus College P.O. Box 1000 Collegeville, PA 19426 (610) 409-3730 (610) 409-3660 fax rwallace(a)ursinus.edu Dear Colleagues, The Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) is an independent faculty-and-student-based professional association in higher education, designed to serve the needs of environmental scholars and scientists who value interdisciplinary approaches to research, teaching, and problem-solving. Founded in 2008, the Association seeks to provide its members with the latest environmental information and tools to create better courses, strengthen research, develop more satisfying careers, harness the power of a collective voice for the profession, and enjoy each other's company at national and regional meetings. A major aim of AESS is to encourage interdisciplinary understanding of environmental science, policy, management, ethics, history, and all of the other vital contributions of traditional disciplines. From its beginning, the Association has been envisioned as a community of environmental scholars and scientists, not a confederation of disciplines. Fundamental to its members' embrace of higher education is the notion that broad advances in environmental knowledge require disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches to research and learning. On behalf of the AESS Program Committee and Site Arrangement Committee, we are pleased to announce the launch of the AESS 2010 Conference website, which is being hosted temporarily by Lewis and Clark College. The conference will be held at Lewis and Clark College, Portland OR, June 17-20. The theme for our 2010 AESS Conference is Many Shades of Green. The theme reflects the growing diversity of the environmental movement and the spread of "green" thinking into new and more varied venues. A bewildering profusion of green ideas are working their way through global politics and discourse as new groups enter into -- and challenge -- the traditional environmental movement. The term "green" can itself mean many things: corporations may label themselves green by adopting energy conservation, "carbon-friendly" products, and recycling/reuse strategies, while individuals and organizations may embrace widely differing green principles, ranging from eco-consumerism to eco-spirituality to eco-anarchism. Debates over technology, population, politics, equity, and regulation increasingly divide not just pro- and anti-greens, but greens themselves. We welcome proposals that engage with this proliferation of difference, contention, and innovation in green rhetoric and practice. The AESS Program Committee is trying something new this year. We would like to provide an opportunity for the ESS community to help shape the organization of the 2010 AESS Conference at Lewis and Clark. To accomplish this bottom-up approach, we are breaking up the call for sessions and presentations into a two-step process: Step 1: Call for session proposals (deadline Feb 1, 2010) Step 2: Call for presentation abstracts (deadline Mar 30, 2010) Please visit the AESS 2010 Conference website <http://www.lclark.edu/college/programs/environmental_studies/aess2010/i ndex.php> for further information. We strongly encourage members of AESS, prior to the February 1 session proposal deadline, to participate in the discussion forum on session ideas (explained in detail on the conference website) to explore possibilities for sessions, including paper presentations, workshops, panel discussions, roundtable/facilitated discussions, and field trips. If you are not already a member of AESS, please consider joining. It's inexpensive: Professional $30, current student $15, current student with AESS mentor $10. For more information about membership, please visit the AESS website <http://www.aess.info/> . Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you all in Portland next June! All the best, Phil Camill Chair, AESS Program Committee Rusack Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Program Director, Environmental Studies Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME pcamill(a)bowdoin.edu Jim Proctor Chair, AESS Site Arrangements Committee Professor and Director, Environmental Studies Program Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR jproctor(a)lclark.edu

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Mass stranding of sperm whales in southern Italy
by Giovanni Bearzi 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

With reference to an earlier message sent by Giuseppe, I would like to inform you that an updated photo album as well as a low-resolution video of two agonising sperm whales can be viewed at: http://www.istitutotethys.org/gargano/ The event is gaining momentum: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8410146.stm Sincerely, Giovanni Bearzi _____________________________________________________ Giovanni Bearzi, Ph.D. President, Tethys Research Institute Viale G.B Gadio 2, 20121 Milano, Italy http://www.tethys.org/giovanni_bearzi.htm http://www.tethys.org/ _____________________________________________________ Da: Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara <disciara(a)GMAIL.COM> Oggetto: [ECS-TALK] Rare atypical mass stranding of sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea Between Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December a pod of seven sperm whales stranded on the coast of the Gargano Peninsula (Italy), in the Southern Adriatic Sea. The animals including several males of 10+ m - are scattered along a stretch of about six km of beach; five have already died. Bystanders reported that two more animals were able to regain deep waters, however this is currently unconfirmed. Mass strandings of sperm whales are extremely rare in the Mediterranean, and limited to ancient times. These include a stranding of 16, reported near Mazzara del Vallo (Sicily) in 1734, and a stranding of six occurred near Cittanova d¹Istria, northern Adriatic Sea, in 1853. Scientists from the Centro Studi Cetacei, the Natural History Museum of Milan, and the Italian universities of Bari, Padua (Sandro Mazzariol, also member of the ACCOBAMS emergency task force), Pavia, Siena, and Las Palmas (Spain), among others, are on site since this morning and coordinate operations and scientific analyses. Necropsies will hopefully help determining whether such atypical stranding might be connected with the presence of specific human activities likely to be hazardous to cetaceans in the area. Some photos of the mass stranding event, taken on Saturday 12th between 10:45 AM and 1:45 PM, can be viewed from the web page below: http://www.tethys.org/download/focevarano/ <http://www.tethys.org/download/focevarano/> -- Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara Chair, ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee giuseppe(a)disciara.net - www.accobams.org <http://www.accobams.org>

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Rare atypical mass stranding of sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea
by Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Between Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December a pod of seven sperm whales stranded on the coast of the Gargano Peninsula (Italy), in the Southern Adriatic Sea. The animals -- including several males of 10+ m - are scattered along a stretch of about six km of beach; five have already died. Bystanders reported that two more animals were able to regain deep waters, however this is currently unconfirmed. Mass strandings of sperm whales are extremely rare in the Mediterranean, and limited to ancient times. These include a stranding of 16, reported near Mazzara del Vallo (Sicily) in 1734, and a stranding of six occurred near Cittanova d'Istria, northern Adriatic Sea, in 1853. Scientists from the Centro Studi Cetacei, the Natural History Museum of Milan, and the Italian universities of Bari, Padua (Sandro Mazzariol, also member of the ACCOBAMS emergency task force), Pavia, Siena, and Las Palmas (Spain), among others, are on site since this morning and coordinate operations and scientific analyses. Necropsies will hopefully help determining whether such atypical stranding might be connected with the presence of specific human activities likely to be hazardous to cetaceans in the area. Some photos of the mass stranding event, taken on Saturday 12th between 10:45 AM and 1:45 PM, can be viewed from the web page below: http://www.tethys.org/download/focevarano/ -- *Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara* /Chair, ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee/ giuseppe(a)disciara.net - www.accobams.org

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census and demographic rates for meta-analysis
by Salvador Herrando-Perez 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Dear Listers, I am a PhD student at the University of Adelaide investigating density dependence in animal populations under the supervision of Corey Bradshaw, Barry Brook and Steven Delean. Currently, I am addressing the consistency of statistical detection of density feedback across species of mammals and birds where unique populations have been studied through annual censuses (> 10 years) of both population abundance and demographic rates (fertility and/or survival). So far I have collected data from 53 populations from publications or provided by authors I have contacted personally. If anyone has such data that I could include in a meta-analysis, I would greatly appreciate if you could contact me at salvador.herrando-perez(a)adelaide.edu.au. Any data you can provide will be fully acknowledged in any publication and in one of my PhD chapters, and will not be further distributed or analysed in any other way. If the data have been published, please provide the reference. I very much appreciate your time and consideration of my request. Kind regards, Salvador Variables being recorded from individual populations (annual estimates): Population size: total number, relative density, number of breeding/nonbreeding pairs AND breeding effort: fertility rate, clutch size, brood size, litter size, number of young/female AND/OR breeding/birth rates/success/performance/probability AND/OR survival/mortality/recruitment rates/probability (adults, subadults, juveniles, yearlings, calves/cubs/pups, fledglings, hatchlings) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Salvador Herrando-Pérez > School of Earth and Environmental Science, Mawson Building (room G39) > University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia > > Phone: +61 8 8303 5254 > Fax: +61 8 8303 4347 > Email: salvador.herrando-perez(a)adelaide.edu.au > https://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/salvador.herrando-perez

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Call for Proposals on Cetology
by SCS 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

THE SWISS CETACEAN SOCIETY-SCS Announces A call for Proposals on Cetology The Swiss Cetacean Society-SCS is an independent, non-profit, association that sponsors field research in marine mammal sciences, for the purpose of the conservation of marine mammals. The aim of our organisation is to promote understanding of marine mammals to encourage conservation, thus the SCS supports the logistics of environmental scientific programmes. Our organisation has acquired, throughout the years, a solid background in the logistics of scientific expeditions at sea. The SCS main aim is to develop partnerships with specialised research bodies for conservation purposes. We also offer opportunities for marine mammal enthusiasts to work as eco-volunteers with research scientists. The Swiss Cetacean Society is now accepting proposals for fieldwork on cetacean or sirenian biology, ecology and conservation projects. PROJECTS Field-based projects directly or indirectly related to cetacean and sirenian conservation are encouraged, e.g. : 1) Basic research on cetacean/sirenian ecology and biology; 2) Research on reproduction, behaviour and movement patterns; 3) PhotoID studies of cetacean and sirenian populations; 3) Studies of the impact of human activities on cetaceans and sirenians; 4) Studies that asses the impact of coastal pollution and development on cetaceans and sirenians; GRANTS for PROJECTS Grants range from $10'000 to $100'000 depending on project length and number of volunteer participants involved. A typical project might employ from 15 to 50 eco-volunteers over several weeks or months, with 5 to 10 eco-volunteers each on 3 to 5 sequential teams. Project teams normally spend 6 to 14 days in the field, as most participants are on leave from their professional activities. The SCS grants help cover the expense of maintaining research staff and eco-volunteers in the field. The SCS does not provide funds for capital equipment, principal investigator salaries, university overhead, or preparation of results for publication. ELIGIBILITY Scientists, resource managers, those involved in marine mammal research and conservation are eligible to apply. Professionals from any nationality, for work in any regional area, are eligible to apply. Project Managers or Investigators must oversee all fieldwork. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION All preliminary proposals should be received within the next two months; please give 30 days for reply. The anticipated dates for the projects will be 6 months in advance. If accepted full proposals will be required. Please address all correspondence to: Max-Olivier Bourcoud (chairman) E-mail: scs1(a)vtxnet.ch ==================================================================== Swiss Cetacean Society - SCS - A concept for the protection of marine mammals www.swisscetaceansociety.org SCS is a non profit NGO providing services to the marine mammal research and authorities E-mail scs1(a)vtxnet.ch / Phone +41(0)21-311 84 17 / PO Box 1430 - CH 1001 Lausanne =====================================================================

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Marine Acoustic Scientist and Marine Wildife Observers Vacancies
by Nick Robinson 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Gardline Environmental Ltd is a member of the Gardline Marine Sciences Limited Group of Companies and are a successful Environmental contractor, operating a fleet of inshore boats, conducting major integrated offshore projects on a worldwide basis and inshore projects for major clients in the UK and overseas. As part of our continued growth there is are immediate vacancies for the following positions: MARINE ACOUSTIC SCIENTIST To support the Marine Wildlife Departments continuing growth strategy, we are seeking to appoint a Marine Acoustic Scientist to work within the department's Development Team and play a major role in the company's future success. Reporting to the current Marine Wildlife Business Manager, you will be expected to undertaken and develop the application of marine acoustic monitoring and recording systems, the compilation and preparation of reports and the processing of acoustic data and possess a sound knowledge of the marine environment in general. Ideally you will be of degree calibre or above, and demonstrate the ability to lead and develop projects from implementation to completion and illustrate sound commercial awareness. You will need to be a confident individual with a can do attitude and enjoy being challenged. Previous relevant marine oil and gas or renewable energy industry experience is advantageous. As well as a competitive salary, this role also attracts a rage of employee benefits, such as; personal and professional development in a challenging and complex environment and worldwide travel opportunities. MARINE WILDLIFE OBSERVERS As a Marine Wildlife Observer you will be required to undertake marine mammal observation, passive acoustic monitoring, seabird and environmental survey activities in the field and provide general assistance in the production of marine wildlife reports and the processing of data. Applicants will need to be eligible to work in the UK, ideally be of degree calibre or equivalent in a relevant discipline and possess an understanding of Marine Mammals and Seabirds, their biology and identification. Familiarity with the use of PAMS or previous marine survey experience would be advantageous. This position requires the individual to spend in the region of 120 - 180 days at sea, dependent on project requirements, with the remaining time being office based (Great Yarmouth). As well as a competitive salary, these roles also include offshore allowances and a range of employee benefits, such as; personal and professional development, a further range of employee benefits and world wide travel opportunities. Please email an application covering letter and your CV to Allan Tucker, Recruitment Officer on recruitment(a)gardline.com<mailto:recruitment@gardline.com>. Closing date: 31st December 2009 Nick Robinson ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY - This e-mail and any attached files contain information that is confidential and/or may be subject of legal privilege, intended only for use by the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this message in error and that any dissemination, copying or use of this message or attachment is strictly forbidden, as is the disclosure of the information therein. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and preserve this confidentiality by deleting the message. No binding contract will result from this e-mail until and unless an officer, on behalf of the sender, signs a written document. Sender accepts no responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. Unless otherwise specifically stated any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not represent those of the sender Company. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System, on behalf of the Gardline Group of Companies. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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New Articles
by David S. Janiger 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

Hi, All This will the last posting for the year, so I will take this moment to wish everyone a happy holiday and new year and we will pick up again next month. The institutional libraries near me will be closed for the holidays 12/19-1/3, so anyone with special requests should get them in before or after those dates. Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. Those of you having problems downloading the PDFs for the Marine Ecology Progress Series special issue listing in Brandon Southall Marmam posting can also request them from me. Make all requests to: janiger(a)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(a)cox.net djaniger(a)nhm.org Janiger Journals ANONMYOUS. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 58(10):1424-1425. 2009. Ganges River dolphin in dire straits. 0.096 MB BIANCANI, B.;L. DA DALT; G. LACAVE; S. ROMAGNOLI and G. GABAI. THERIOGENOLOGY 72(9):1282-1292. 2009. Measuring fecal progestogens as a tool to monitor reproductive activity in captive female bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.312 MB BOERTMANN, DAVID; FLEMMING MERKEL and JAN DURINCK. POLAR BIOLOGY 32(12):1805-1809. 2009. Bowhead whales in East Greenland, summers 2006-2008. 0.313 MB BREED, GREG A.; IAN D. JONSEN; RANSOM A. MYERS; W. DON BOWEN and MARTY L. LEONARD. ECOLOGY 90(11):3209-3221. 2009. Sex-specific, seasonal foraging tactics of adult grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) revealed by state-space analysis. 1.763 MB CHEREL, Y.; L. KERNALEGUEN; P. RICHARD and C. GUINET. BIOLOGY LETTERS 5(6):830-832. 2009. Whisker isotopic signature depicts migration patterns and multi-year intra- and inter-individual foraging strategies in fur seals. 0.200 MB COLEGROVE, KATHLEEN M.; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND; DIANE K. NAYDAN and LINDA J. LOWENSTINE. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 292(11):1801-1817. 2009. The normal genital tract of the female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus): Cyclic changes in histomorphology and hormone receptor distribution. 2.419 MB COLEGROVE, KATHLEEN M.; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND; DIANE K. NAYDAN and LINDA J. LOWENSTINE. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 292(11):1818-1826. 2009. Normal morphology and hormone receptor expression in the male California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) genital tract. 0.978 MB COOPER, J.; M. N. BESTER; S. L. CHOWN; R. J. M. CRAWFORD; R. DALY; E. HEYNS; T. LAMONT; P. G. RYAN and J. D. SHAW. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 105(7-8):317-320. 2009. Biological survey of the Prince Edward Islands, December 2008. 0.187 MB CRONIN, MATTHEW A.; STEVEN C. AMSTRUP; SANDRA L. TALBOT; GEORGE K. SAGE and KRISTIN S. AMSTRUP. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY 100(6):681-690. 2009 Genetic variation, relatedness, and effective population size of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the southern Beaufort Sea, Alaska. 0.137 MB DALTON, REX. NATURE (LONDON) 462(7270):151. 2009. Glider eavesdrops on whales. 0.730 MB DE BRUYN, P. J. NICO; CHERYL A. TOSH; W. CHRIS OOSTHUIZEN; MARTHAN N. BESTER and JOHN P. Y. ARNOULD. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 394:263-276. 2009. Bathymetry and frontal system interactions influence seasonal foraging movements of lactating subantarctic fur seals from Marion Island. 0.953 MB DONOVAN, T. A.; M. D. SCHRENZEL; T. TUCKER; A. P. PESSIER; B. BICKNESE; M. D. M. BUSCH; A. G. WISE; R. MAES; M. KIUPEL; C. MCKNIGHT and R. W. NORDHAUSEN. VETERINARY PATHOLOGY 46(6):1138-1143. 2009. Meningoencephalitis in a polar bear caused by equine herpesvirus 9 (EHV-9). 3.908 MB DRAGO, M.; L. CARDONA; E. A. CRESPO and A. AGUILAR. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 279(3):251-261. 2009. Ontogenic dietary changes in South American sea lions. 0.515 MB FILLA, GISLAINE DE FATIMA and EMYGDIO LEITE DE ARAUJO MONTEIRO-FILHO. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 19(7):772-778. 2009. Monitoring tourism schooners observing estuarine dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) in the estuarine complex of Cananeia, south-east Brazil. 0.162 MB FORREST, KEITH W.; JIM D. CAVE; CATHERINE G. J. MICHIELSENS; MARTIN HAULENA and DAVID V. SMITH. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 29(4):885-894. 2009. Evaluation of an electric gradient to deter seal predation on salmon caught in gill-net test fisheries. 0.459 MB GONZALEZ-SOCOLOSKE, DANIEL; LEON D. OLIVERA-GOMEZ and ROBERT E. FORD. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 8(3):249-257. 2009. Detection of free-ranging West Indian manatees Trichechus manatus using side-scan sonar. 0.493 MB HANKE, FREDERIKE D.; LEO PEICHL and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 74(2):102-109. 2009. Retinal ganglion cell topography in juvenile harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). 0.354 MB HERR, HELENA; HEINO O. FOCK and URSULA SIEBERT. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 142(12):2962-2972. 2009. Spatio-temporal associations between harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena and specific fisheries in the German Bight. 1.085 MB HLISTA, BRITTAN L.; HEIDI M. SOSIK; LINDA V. MARTIN TRAYKOVSKI; ROBERT D. KENNEY and MICHAEL J. MOORE. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 394:289-302. 2009. Seasonal and interannual correlations between right-whale distribution and calving success and chlorophyll concentrations in the Gulf of Maine, USA. 0.553 MB HOLCOMB, K.; J. K. YOUNG and L. R. GERBER. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 12(6):592-598. 2009. The influence of human disturbance on California sea lions during the breeding season. 0.155 MB INIGUEZ, ALENA MAYO; CLAUDIA PORTES SANTOS and ANA CAROLINA PAULO VICENTE. VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY 165(3-4):350-356. 2009. Genetic characterization of Anisakis typica and Anisakis physeteris from marine mammals and fish from the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. 2.245 MB JACKSON, J. A.; C. S. BAKER; M. VANT; D. J. STEEL; L. MEDRANO-GONZALEZ and S. R. PALUMBI. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 26(11):2427-2440. 2009. Big and slow: Phylogenetic estimates of molecular evolution in baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti). 0.463 MB KINGSTON, SARAH E.; LARA D. ADAMS and PATRICIA E. ROSEL. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 9(245): 19pp. 2009. Testing mitochondrial sequences and anonymous nuclear markers for phylogeny reconstruction in a rapidly radiating group: Molecular systematics of the Delphininae (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Delphinidae). 0.892 MB KRAHN, MARGARET M.; M. BRADLEY HANSON; GREGORY S. SCHORR; CANDICE K. EMMONS; DOUGLAS G. BURROWS; JENNIE L. BOLTON; ROBIN W. BAIRD and GINA M. YLITALO. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 58(10):1522-1529. 2009. Effects of age, sex and reproductive status on persistent organic pollutant concentrations in "Southern Resident" killer whales. 0.257 MB LAIDRE, KRISTIN L.; PATRICK J. HEAGERTY; MADS PETER HEIDE-JORGENSEN; LARS WITTING and MALENE SIMON. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 66(10):2253-2266. 2009. Sexual segregation of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in Greenland, and the influence of sea temperature on the sex ratio of catches. 0.739 MB LAMERE, SARAH A.; JUDY A. ST LEGER; MARK D. SCHRENZEL; SIMON J. ANTHONY; BRUCE A. RIDEOUT and DANIEL R. SALOMON. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 83(24):12956-12967. 2009. Molecular characterization of a novel gammaretrovirus in killer whales (Orcinus orca). 3.538 MB LETCHER, ROBERT J.; WOUTER A. GEBBINK; CHRISTIAN SONNE; ERIK W. BORN; MELISSA A. MCKINNEY and RUNE DIETZ. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 35(8):1118-1124. 2009. Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of brominated and chlorinated contaminants and their metabolites in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland. 0.380 MB MARCOUX, MARIANNE; MARIE AUGER-METHE and MURRY M. HUMPHRIES. POLAR BIOLOGY 32(12):1705-1716. 2009. Encounter frequencies and grouping patterns of narwhals in Koluktoo Bay, Baffin Island. 0.427 MB MCDONALD, BIRGITTE I.; MICHAEL E. GOEBEL; DANIEL E. CROCKER; YANN TREMBLAY and DANIEL P. COSTA. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 394:277-288. 2009. Effects of maternal traits and individual behavior on the foraging strategies and provisioning rates of an income breeder, the Antarctic fur seal. 0.221 MB MCDONALD, MARK A.; JOHN A. HILDEBRAND and SARAH MESNICK. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 9(1):13-21. 2009. Worldwide decline in tonal frequencies of blue whale songs. 0.804 MB MEDILL, SARAH; ANDREW E. DEROCHER; IAN STIRLING and NICK LUNN. POLAR BIOLOGY 33(1):115-124. 2010. Reconstructing the reproductive history of female polar bears using cementum patterns of premolar teeth. 0.404 MB MILLER, B. and S. DAWSON. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 126(5):2248-2256. 2009. A large-aperture low-cost hydrophone array for tracking whales from small boats. 3.731 MB OREMUS, MARC; ROSEMARY GALES; MEREL L. DALEBOUT; NAOKO FUNAHASHI; TETSUYA ENDO; TAKAHIRO KAGE; DEBBIE STEEL and SCOTT C. BAKER. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 98(4):729-744. 2009. Worldwide mitochondrial DNA diversity and phylogeography of pilot whales (Globicephala spp.). 0.555 MB PERTOLDI, C.; C. SONNE; R. DIETZ; N. M. SCHMIDT and V. LOESCHCKE. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 279(4):321-328. 2009. Craniometric characteristics of polar bear skulls from two periods with contrasting levels of industrial pollution and sea ice extent. 0.411 MB PIMPER, LIDA E.; MARIA I. REMIS; R. NATALIE P. GOODALL and C. SCOTT BAKER. AQUATIC MAMMALS 35(3):330-333. 2009. Teeth and bones as sources of DNA for genetic diversity and sex identification of Commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. 0.145 MB PRAHL, SUSANNE; STEFAN HUGGENBERGER and HARALD SCHLIEMANN. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 270(11):1320-1337. 2009. Histological and ultrastructural aspects of the nasal complex in the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. 1.256 MB QUINETE, NATALIA; QIAN WU; TAO ZHANG; SE HUN YUN; ISABEL MOREIRA and KURUNTHACHALAM KANNAN. CHEMOSPHERE 77(6):863-869. 2009. Specific profiles of perfluorinated compounds in surface and drinking waters and accumulation in mussels, fish, and dolphins from southeastern Brazil. 0.309 MB RAUM-SURYAN, KIMBERLY L.; LAURI A. JEMISON and KENNETH W. PITCHER. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 58(10):1487-1495. 2009. Entanglement of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in marine debris: Identifying causes and finding solutions. 0.450 MB RAYMENT, WILLIAM and TRUDI WEBSTER. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 43(4):911-916. 2009. Observations of Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) associating with inshore fishing trawlers at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. 0.517 MB RIJKELIJKHUIZEN, MARLOES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY 13(4):409-429. 2009. Whales, walruses, and elephants: Artisans in ivory, baleen, and other skeletal materials in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Amsterdam. 0.587 MB ROBARDS, MARTIN D.; JOHN J. BURNS; CHANDA L. MEEK and ANNETTE WATSON. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 91(1):57-66. 2009. Limitations of an optimum sustainable population or potential biological removal approach for conserving marine mammals: Pacific walrus case study. 0.235 MB SAPRIZA, F. G. RIET; N. LOPEZ-VILLALOBOS; D. D. S. MACKENZIE; P. J. DUIGNAN; A. MACGIBBON; B. L. CHILVERS and I. S. WILKINSON. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 43(4):997-1006. 2009. 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MEPS Theme Section on Acoustics in Marine Ecology Published
by Brandon Southall 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

All, Doug Nowacek and I wanted to bring the following recent contribution to your attention. A special theme section entitled "Acoustics in Marine Ecology" just published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress series is now available. This compliation of empirical and review papers includes an introduction and overview of the relevant issues, along with a call for new research paradigms and funding strategies, as well as manuscripts in three general subject areas: (1) the use of passive listening systems to measure and monitor marine ecosystems; (2) active acoustic technologies to explore habitat use and predator-prey behavior; and (3) impacts of anthropogenic sound on the marine environment. A weblink to the abstracts and a listing of the contributed articles are given below. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v395/ *THEME SECTION* *Acoustics in marine ecology* */Idea: Howard I. Browman/* */Coordination: Brandon Southall, Douglas Nowacek/* *Southall BL, Nowacek DP* /INTRODUCTION:/ Acoustics in marine ecology: innovation in technology expands the use of sound in ocean science *MEPS 395:1-3* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p1-3/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p001.pdf> *Hildebrand JA* Anthropogenic and natural sources of ambient noise in the ocean *MEPS 395:5-20* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p5-20/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p005.pdf> *Van Parijs SM, Clark CW, Sousa-Lima RS, Parks SE, Rankin S, Risch D, Van Opzeeland IC* Management and research applications of real-time and archival passive acoustic sensors over varying temporal and spatial scales *MEPS 395:21-36* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p21-36/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p021.pdf> *Stafford KM, Citta JJ, Moore SE, Daher MA, George JE* Environmental correlates of blue and fin whale call detections in the North Pacific Ocean from 1997 to 2002 *MEPS 395:37-53* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p37-53/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p037.pdf> *Johnson M, Aguilar de Soto N, Madsen PT* Studying the behaviour and sensory ecology of marine mammals using acoustic recording tags: a review *MEPS 395:55-73* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p55-73/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p055.pdf> *Hazen EL, Friedlaender AS, Thompson MA, Ware CR, Weinrich MT, Halpin PN, Wiley DN* Fine-scale prey aggregations and foraging ecology of humpback whales /Megaptera novaeangliae/ *MEPS 395:75-89* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p75-89/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p075.pdf> *Friedlaender AS, Hazen EL, Nowacek DP, Halpin PN, Ware C, Weinrich MT, Hurst T, Wiley D* Diel changes in humpback whale /Megaptera novaeangliae/ feeding behavior in response to sand lance /Ammodytes/ spp. behavior and distribution *MEPS 395:91-100* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p91-100/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p091.pdf> *Sabarros PS, Ménard F, Lévénez JJ, Tew-Kai E, Ternon JF* Mesoscale eddies influence distribution and aggregation patterns of micronekton in the Mozambique Channel *MEPS 395:101-107* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p101-107/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p101.pdf> *Kaartvedt S, Røstad A, Klevjer TA, Staby A* Use of bottom-mounted echo sounders in exploring behavior of mesopelagic fishes *MEPS 395:109-118* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p109-118/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p109.pdf> *Benoit-Bird KJ, Dahood AD, Würsig B* Using active acoustics to compare lunar effects on predator-prey behavior in two marine mammal species *MEPS 395:119-135* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p119-135/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p119.pdf> *Jagannathan S, Bertsatos I, Symonds D, Chen T, Nia HT, Jain AD, Andrews M, Gong Z, Nero R, Ngor L, Jech M, Godø OR, Lee S, Ratilal P, Makris N* Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing (OAWRS) of marine ecosystems *MEPS 395:137-160* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p137-160/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p137.pdf> *Jensen FH, Bejder L, Wahlberg M, Aguilar Soto N, Johnson M, Madsen PT, * Vessel noise effects on delphinid communication *MEPS 395:161-175* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p161-175/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p161.pdf> *Bejder L, Samuels A, Whitehead H, Finn H, Allen S* Impact assessment research: use and misuse of habituation, sensitisation and tolerance in describing wildlife responses to anthropogenic stimuli *MEPS 395:177-185* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p177-185/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p177.pdf> *Tyack P* Acoustic playback experiments to study behavioral responses of free-ranging marine animals to anthropogenic sound *MEPS 395:187-200* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p187-200/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p187.pdf> *Clark CW, Ellison WT, Southall BL, Hatch L, Van Parijs SM, Frankel A, Ponirakis D* Acoustic masking in marine ecosystems: intuitions, analysis, and implication *MEPS 395:201-222* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p201-222/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p201.pdf> *Hatch LT, Fristrup KM* No barrier at the boundaries: implementing regional frameworks for noise management in protected natural areas *MEPS 395:223-244* <http://www.typepad.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p223-244/> | *Full text in pdf format* <http://www.typepad.com/articles/theme/m395p223.pdf> Brandon L. Southall, Ph.D. President, Senior Scientist, SEA, Inc. Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz 911 Center Street, Suite B, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA 831.427.9529 (office); 831.427.9542 (fax) Brandon.Southall(a)sea-inc.net; www.sea-inc.net

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Re: [MARMAM] Request for Information
by Nicola Hodgins 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Request for Information WDCS is currently compiling background information on the extent of small cetacean hunts around the world and is looking for assistance in providing references to such activities anywhere throughout the world. The focus is on ³directed kills² as opposed to bycatch and we would really appreciate any information that people have on this issue. Please respond directly to Sue Fisher sue.fisher(a)wdcs.org and thank-you for your help! Nicola Hodgins International Projects Co-ordinator WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Phone: - +441249 449 537 Mobile: - +447841497597 http://www.wdcs.org *** WDCS International Brookfield House 38 St Paul Street Wiltshire SN15 1LJ UK Since commercial whaling was banned¹ more than 30,000 whales have been killed. Help us Stop Whaling. www.whales.org <http://www.whales.org> WDCS is the global voice for the protection of whales, dolphins and their environment. > Please consider the environment before printing this email. This e-mail's contents are confidential to the intended recipient(s) at the e-mail address to which it has been sent. It may not be disclosed, copied to, circulated or used by anyone other than the intended addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient or have received this transmission in error please telephone the originator immediately or ring +44 (0)1249 449500. Any opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of WDCS. Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (³WDCS²): Registered in England and Wales No. 2737421 WDCS, Brookfield House, 38 St. Paul street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN!5 1LJ. Registered Charity No. 1014705. Tel: 01249 449500 Fax: 01249 449501 WDCS Shop is a trading name of WDCS (Trading) Limited (Registered in England No. 2593116) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (Charity No. 1014705) and gift aids all post tax profits to the charity. WDCS Wildlife Centre: Spey Bay, Moray, IV32 7PJ. Tel: 01343 820339 Fax: 01343 829065 WDCS Australasia: WDCS, PO Box 720, Port Adelaide Business Centre, South Australia, Australia 5015. Tel: 1300 360 442 Fax: 08 8242 1595 WDCS Deutschland: WDCS, Altostraße 43, D-81245, München. Tel: 089 6100 2393 Fax: 089 6100 2394 WDCS (North America): 7 Nelson Street, Plymouth, MA 02360-4044 Tel: 1.888.MYWHALE (1.888.699.4253) WDCS (South America): Potosi 2087, B1636BUA, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel-Fax + 5411- 4796-3191

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Three more new papers on North Atlantic whales
by Daniel Pike 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Hello On behalf of myself and my co-authors, I would like to announce the recent publication of the following 3 papers in *NAMMCO Scientific Publications*Volume 7, North Atlantic Sightings Surveys: Counting whales in the North Atlantic, 1987-2001. The volume is available at www.nammco.no, and pdf reprints are available from me at kinguq(a)gmail.com. Smith, T.D. and Pike, D.G. 2009. The enigmatic whale: the North Atlantic humpback. NAMMCO Sci. Publ. 7:161-178. We know more about the North Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) than we do for virtually any other cetacean, yet attempts to use this information to describe the status of the populations in this ocean basin have not proven satisfactory. The North Atlantic humpback has been the subject of extensive research over the past few decades, resulting in a substantial amount of knowledge about what has proven to be a species with a very complex life history and population structure. While several population models have been developed to integrate the available information, the data overall are not well described by any of the models. This has left considerable uncertainty about population status, and has raised questions about the interpretation of some of the data. We describe 7 specific areas where puzzling or ambiguous observations have been made; these require closer attention if population status is to be determined. These areas raise several fundamental questions, including: How many breeding populations are there? How much do the populations mix on the feeding grounds? How has the distribution of animals on both feeding and breeding grounds changed? We identify additional research needed to address the 7 areas and these questions in particular, so that population status might be determined. Witting, L. and Pike, D. G. 2009. Distance estimation experiment for aerial minke whale surveys. NAMMCO Sci. Publ. 7:111-116. A comparative study between aerial cue–counting and digital photography surveys for minke whales conducted in Faxaﬂói Bay in September 2003 is used to check the perpendicular distances estimated by the cue-counting observers. The study involved 2 aircraft with the photo plane at 1,700 feet flying above the cue–counting plane at 750 feet. The observer–based distance estimates were calculated from head angles estimated by angle-boards and declination angles estimated by declinometers. These distances were checked against image–based estimates of the perpendicular distance to the same whale. The 2 independent distance estimates were obtained for 21 sightings of minke whale, and there was a good agreement between the 2 types of estimates. The relative absolute deviations between the 2 estimates were on average 23% (se: 6%), with the errors in the observer–based distance estimates resembling that of a log-normal distribution. The linear regression of the observer–based estimates (obs) on the image–based estimates (img) was Obs=1.1Img (R2=0.85) with an intercept ﬁxed at zero. There was no evidence of a distance estimation bias that could generate a positive bias in the absolute abundance estimated by cue–counting. Finally, I present this paper on behalf of author Tim Smith: Smith, T.D. 2009. Encountering whales: How encounter rates became the basis for managing whaling. NAMMCO Sci. Publ. 7:221-243. Declining rates of encountering whales, including both sighting and catching, were noted by whalers throughout the 19th century, and these declines became the first indication that whaling was adversely affecting whale abundance. The interpretation of declines in both sighting and catch rates proved to be a difficult scientific task. Satisfactory quantitative methods of interpreting changes in whale encounter rates were not developed until the second half of the 20th century. Rates of encountering whales played a key role in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Scientific Committee from its beginning in the early 1950s, as well as in the US in implementing its Marine Mammal Protection Act beginning in the early 1970s. The development of methods of collecting and interpreting sighting and catch data was intimately interwoven with the development of the management of whaling and cetacean by-catches in fisheries throughout the world, but especially within the context of the Scientific Committees of the IWC and the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO). Although overfishing of whales was initially identified through the use of sighting rate data, catch rate data provided the IWC’s Committee its first firm footing for management advice. However, it was sighting rate data that ultimately became the basis for the scientific advice on whaling and for management advice in other settings. This led to the development of large scale cetacean sighting programmes, such as the IWC’s International Decade of Cetacean Research surveys in Antarctic aboard Japanese ships, the North Atlantic Sighting Surveys (NASS) aboard Norwegian, Icelandic, Spanish, Greenlandic and Faroese vessels and aircraft (coordinated by NAMMCO through its Scientific Committee from 1995), and surveys under the US’s Marine Mammal Protection Act and the European Union’s Small Cetacean Abundance in the North Sea (SCANS) programme. Fishery independent cetacean sighting surveys have proven to be both central and essential to understanding and regulating of human impacts on cetaceans. Regards, Daniel Pike.

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