June 2010 - MARMAM - devlists.uvic.ca

Research Assistant Urgently Needed in Australia
by Shannon McCluskey 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Due to unforeseen circumstances, there has been an opening for a volunteer research assistant in Western Australia. A full-time assistant is needed from now until the end of September. Please see below for details. If interested contact: Shannon McCluskey ShazzaMcC(a)yahoo.com or S.McCluskey(a)murdoch.edu.au WHAT: Volunteer assistants are requested to partake in a PhD project investigating diet and foraging ecology of bottlenose dolphins. WHERE: Bunbury, South Western Australia (180 km south of Perth). A beautiful coastal town with easy access to Perth, the Margaret River wine region, surfing and bush walking. WHEN: June to September 2010. DUTIES:Relative composition and abundance of prey species in the Koombana Bay region will be sampled using beach seine nets, fish traps, and gillnets. Volunteers will be required to manually deploy and retrieve fish traps, seines and gillnets, assist in the operation of a research vessel, identify, count, weigh, and measure fish and invertebrate species. Stomach contents of stranded dolphins and scat samples will be analysed for prey content. This will involve separating and identifying hard parts in scat and stomach samples. Volunteers may also have the opportunity to assist with post mortem examinations of stranded dolphins. Spatial analysis to determine foraging “hot spots” will be carried out using point observational data. Assistants will be required to assist in the creation of data layers by entering data into an ArcGIS format and learn to use some basic GIS tools. Fish, invertebrate, and marine plant samples will be collected and prepared for stable isotope analysis. Volunteers may also be required to assist in the biopsying of dolphins for stable isotope work. Data entry and management, equipment maintenance, and other office and lab tasks will be required. QUALIFICATIONS: Mandatory -Primary requirement is a good attitude, work ethic, and ability to work in a physically demanding environment. This can include long hours in extreme weather conditions and long days on the water. Hauling fish traps and nets is physically demanding work. Volunteers must be able to repeatedly lift over 23 kg (~51 lbs). -Must be able to commit to a minimum of one month. People able to commit for longer periods will be preferred. Preferred, but not mandatory -Undergraduate degree in the biological sciences -Previous field work experience, specifically with fisheries or marine mammals -Experience using ArcGIS or similar spatial analysis software

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Arctic Frontiers 2011 - call for papers
by Arntraut Götsch 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Arctic Frontiers (AFT) holds its 5th annual conference in Tromsø from 23-29 January 2011, Norway, with the title "Arctic Tipping Points". The scientific section of AFT 2011 takes place from 26-28 January 2011, and is given the title: "The Arctic in the Earth System perspective: the role of tipping points " The scientific section is divided into 3 parts: 1. A joint and multi disciplinary first day with 10 invited speakers ending with a panel and plenum debate; 2. Four parallel sessions (included a poster session) on the second and third day; 3. A summary session ending with a plenum debate The parallel sessions address 4 connected, interwoven and interdisciplinary themes: . Sea ice and oceanographic perspectives . Marine ecosystems and fisheries . Socioeconomic and institutional perspectives . People of the North Interested scientists are invited to submit abstracts to one of these four sessions for both oral and poster presentations. Deadline for submission of abstracts: 25 october 2010 For more information download the complete Call for Papers and the abstract submission form on the AFT homepage www.arcticfrontiers.com. With kind regards, Arntraut Götsch, conference secretary

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Whale/dolphin conservation organisations - contact details please
by Banks Amanda 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Dear All, I am working for a project called 'Planet Whale', (www.planetwhale.com) Planet Whale is a website under development which will be providing a link between whale and dolphin charities, the whale and dolphin watching industry and people interested in going whale watching. The website will encourage people to share their experiences of whale watching, rate their experience and find out more about conservation. I am currently compiling a database of whale/dolphin conservation organisations worldwide. Once this database is complete I will be contacting these organisations to find out more about them, discover their views on the whale watching industry and see how Planet Whale can help promote them. We are initially targeting whale and dolphin conservation organisations specifically, as opposed to research organisations or larger wildlife/marine organisations whose main focus is not whales and dolphins. I am wondering if anyone can provide any of the following information: 1. Is there already a global database of whale/dolphin conservation organisations in existence? If so, could you send me details of it. 2. Do you have access to contact details for such organisations within your country that you could send me? 3. Do you have any suggestions for where else I could find this information? Any contacts you may have would be very much appreciated. Please email me off list at: amanda(a)planetwhale.com Many thanks, Amanda Banks Researcher, Planet Whale Tel: +44 (0)1273 355011 amanda(a)planetwhale.com www.planetwhale.com 17 Embassy Court Kings Road Brighton BN1 2PX United Kingdom

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[Fwd: YES Fossil walrus or sea lion in Gulf of Mexico?]]
by Suzanne Bolton 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

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New Articles
by David S. Janiger 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Hi, All Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. 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 ABBOT, TED A.; VINCENT E. PREMUS and PHILIP A. ABBOT. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 127(5):2894-2903. 2010. A real-time method for autonomous passive acoustic detection-classification of humpback whales. 1.087 MB AGUILAR-AGUILAR, R.; A. DELGADO-ESTRELLA and R. G. MORENO-NAVARRETE. HELMINTHOLOGIA 47(2):136-138. 2010. New host report for nematodes in a stranded short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from the Mexican Caribbean coast. 0.688 MB ALTER, S. ELIZABETH; MARK P. SIMMONDS and JOHN R. BRANDON. MARINE POLICY 34(5):943-954. 2010. Forecasting the consequences of climate-driven shifts in human behavior on cetaceans. 0.206 MB AMARAL, A. R.; M. C. SILVA; L. M. MOELLER; L. B. BEHEREGARAY and M. M. COELHO. CONSERVATION GENETICS 11(3):1143-1146. 2010. Anonymous nuclear markers for cetacean species. 0.170 MB ANTUNES, RICARDO; LUKE RENDELL and JONATHAN GORDON. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 127(5):3239-3247. 2010. Measuring inter-pulse intervals in sperm whale clicks: Consistency of automatic estimation methods. 0.751 MB BAILEY, HELEN; BRIDGET SENIOR; DAVE SIMMONS; JAN RUSIN; GORDON PICKEN and PAUL M. THOMPSON. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 60(6):888-897. 2010. Assessing underwater noise levels during pile-driving at an offshore windfarm and its potential effects on marine mammals. 0.972 MB BAILLEUL, FREDERIC; CEDRIC COTTE and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 408:251-264. 2010. Mesoscale eddies as foraging area of a deep-diving predator, the southern elephant seal. 0.938 MB BARENDSE, J.; P. B. BEST; M. THORNTON; C. POMILLA; I. CARVALHO and H. C. ROSENBAUM. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 32(1):1-22. 2010. Migration redefined? Seasonality, movements and group composition of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae off the west coast of South Africa. 0.349 MB BENARD, FREDERIC and HERVE GLOTIN. EURASIP JOURNAL ON ADVANCES IN SIGNAL PROCESSING Article Number 695017. 8pp. 2010. Automatic indexing for content analysis of whale recordings and XML representation. 0.730 MB BERGHE, MARIE VANDEN; AUDREY MAT; ALINE ARRIOLA; STEPHANIE POLAIN; VALERIE STEKKE; JEAN-PIERRE THOME; FREDERIC GASPART; PADDY POMEROY; YVAN LARONDELLE and CATHY DEBIER. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 158(5):1570-1575. 2010. Relationships between vitamin A and PCBs in grey seal mothers and pups during lactation. 0.217 MB BEST, P. B. and D. REEB. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 32(1):163-166. 2010. Short communications A near mass stranding of cetaceans in St Helena Bay, South Africa. 0.540 MB BISCONTI, MICHELANGELO. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 30(3):943-958. 2010. A new balaenopterid whale from the Late Miocene of the Stirone River, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). 1.522 MB BROWN, ADAM C.; DEREK E. LEE; RUSSELL W. BRADLEY and SCOT ANDERSON. COPEIA 2010(2):232-238. 2010. Dynamics of white shark predation on pinnipeds in California: Effects of prey abundance. 0.314 MB CHILVERS, B. LOUISE and DARRYL I. MACKENZIE. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 91(3):758-767. 2010. Age- and sex-specific survival estimates incorporating tag loss for New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri. 0.323 MB CREMER, MARTA JUSSARA; ANDRE SILVA BARRETO; FERNANDO AUGUSTO SLIVA HARDT; ANTONIO JOSE TONELLO, JR. and ROBERTA MOUNAYER. BIOTEMAS 22(3):247-251. 2009. Cetacean occurrence near an offshore oil platform in southern Brazil. 0.924 MB DALTON, REX. NATURE (LONDON) 465(7299):674-675. 2010. Endangered-porpoise numbers fall to just 250. 0.330 MB DAWSON, JACKIE; EMMA J. STEWART; HARVEY LEMELIN and DANIEL SCOTT. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM 18(3):319-336. 2010. The carbon cost of polar bear viewing tourism in Churchill, Canada. 0.299 MB DE BOER, MARIJKE N. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 408:265-274. 2010. Spring distribution and density of minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata along an offshore bank in the central North Sea. 0.787 MB DE BUFFRENIL, VIVIAN; AURORE CANOVILLE; RUGGERO D'ANASTASIO and DARYL P. DOMNING. JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION 17(2):101-120. 2010. Evolution of sirenian pachyosteosclerosis, a model-case for the study of bone structure in aquatic tetrapods. 0.833 MB DHAR, PRANAB KUMAR; SANGJIN CHO and JONG-MYON KIM. LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 5754:166-176. 2009. Synthesis of bowhead whale sound using modified spectral modeling. 0.343 MB DOLMAN, SARAH and MARK SIMMONDS. MARINE POLICY 34(5):1021-1027. 2010. Towards best environmental practice for cetacean conservation in developing Scotland's marine renewable energy. 0.438 MB ESTES, JAMES A.; M. TIM TINKER and JAMES L. BODKIN. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 24(3):852-860. 2010. Using ecological function to develop recovery criteria for depleted species: Sea otters and kelp forests in the Aleutian Archipelago. 0.402 MB ETNIER, MICHAEL A. and CHARLES W. FOWLER. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 30(2):588-603. 2010. Size selectivity in marine mammal diets as a guide to evolutionarily enlightened fisheries management. 0.260 MB FINNERAN, JAMES J.; DONALD A. CARDER; CAROLYN E. SCHLUNDT and RANDALL L. DEAR. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 127(5):3256-3266. 2010. Growth and recovery of temporary threshold shift at 3 kHz in bottlenose dolphins: Experimental data and mathematical models. 1.124 MB FINNERAN, JAMES J.; DONALD A. CARDER; CAROLYN E. SCHLUNDT and RANDALL L. DEAR. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 127(5):3267-3272. 2010. Temporary threshold shift in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) exposed to intermittent tones. 0.239 MB FORTUNA, CATERINA M.; CAROLA VALLINI; ELIO FILIDEI, JR.; MARCO RUFFINO; IVAN CONSALVO; STEFANO DI MUCCIO; CLAUDIA GION; UMBERTO SCACCO; ENRICO TARULLI; OTELLO GIOVANARDI and ANTONIO MAZZOLA. CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGY 26(Supp 1):65-76. 2010. By-catch of cetaceans and other species of conservation concern during pair trawl fishing operations in the Adriatic Sea (Italy). 0.174 MB FRANCO-TRECU, V.; B. TASSINO and A. SOUTULLO. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 22(2):143-150. 2010. Allo-suckling in the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) in Isla de Lobos, Uruguay: Cost or benefit of living in a group? 0.254 MB FRANKEL, ADAM S. and SUZANNE YIN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 127(5):3248-3255. 2010. A description of sounds recorded from melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) off Hawai'I. 0.635 MB FUNASAKA, NORIKO; MOTOI YOSHIOKA and YOSHIHIRO FUJISE. MAMMAL STUDY 35(1):9-15. 2010. Features of the ocular Harderian gland in three balaenopterid species based on anatomical, histological and histochemical observations. 0.609 MB GELATT, THOMAS S.; COREY S. DAVIS; IAN STIRLING; DONALD B. SINIFF; CURTIS STROBECK and ISABELLE DELISLE. CONSERVATION GENETICS 11(3):721-735. 2010. History and fate of a small isolated population of Weddell seals at White Island, Antarctica. 0.605 MB GILL, SANTOKH; TRACEY GOLDSTEIN; DONNA SITU; TANJA S. ZABKA; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND and RUDI W. MUELLER. MARINE DRUGS 8(5):1637-1649. 2010. Cloning and characterization of glutamate receptors in Californian sea lions (Zalophus californianus). 0.239 MB GOMES, JR., J. E.; D. S. L. SOUZA; R. M. NASCIMENTO; A. L. M. LIMA; J. A. T. MELO; T. L. ROCHA; R. N. G. MILLER; O. L. FRANCO; M. F. GROSSI-DE-SA and L. R. D. ABREU. PROTEIN JOURNAL 29(3):188-194. 2010. Purification and characterization of a liver-derived beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase from marine mammal Sotalia fluviatilis. 0.268 MB GONZALEZ-BARRIENTOS, R.; J.-A. MORALES; G. HERNANDEZ-MORA; E. BARQUERO-CALVO; C. GUZMAN-VERRI; E. CHAVES-OLARTE and E. MORENO. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 142(4):347-352. 2010. Pathology of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) infected with Brucella ceti. 0.964 MB GOODMAN, DAN. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY 13(2):176-182. 2010. Japan's research whaling is not unlawful and does not violate CITES trade rules. 0.052 MB HADLEY, KRISTOPHER R.; MARIANNE S. V. DOUGLAS; ROBERT MCGHEE; JULES M. BLAIS and JOHN P. SMOL. JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY 44(1):85-93. 2010. Ecological influences of Thule Inuit whalers on High Arctic pond ecosystems: A comparative paleolimnological study from Bathurst Island (Nunavut, Canada). 0.420 MB HERNANDEZ, ERICA N.; MOBY SOLANGI and STAN A. KUCZAJ, II. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 127(5):3232-3238. 2010. Time and frequency parameters of bottlenose dolphin whistles as predictors of surface behavior in the Mississippi Sound. 0.087 MB HUGGINS, FRANK E.; STEPHEN A. RAVERTY; OLE S. NIELSEN; NICHOLAS E. SHARP; J. DAVID ROBERTSON and NICHOLAS V. C. RALSTON. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOINDICATORS 4(4):291-302. 2009. An XAFS investigation of mercury and selenium in beluga whale tissues. 0.663 MB JACOBSEN, JEFF K.; LIAM MASSEY and FRANCES GULLAND. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 60:765-767. 2010. Fatal ingestion of floating net debris by two sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). 0.119 MB JETT, JOHN S. and BRIJESH THAPA. COASTAL MANAGEMENT 38(2):165-185. 2010. Manatee Zone compliance among boaters in Florida 0.221 MB KECK, N.; O. KWIATEK; F. DHERMAIN; F. DUPRAZ; H. BOULET; C. DANES; C. LAPRIE; A. PERRIN; J. GODENIR; L. MICOUT and G. LIBEAU. VETERINARY RECORD 166(21):654-655. 2010. Resurgence of morbillivirus infection in Mediterranean dolphins off the French coast. 0.261 MB KIMURA, TOSHIYUKI and YOSHIKAZU HASEGAWA. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 30(2):577-591. 2010. A new baleen whale (Mysticeti: Cetotheriidae) from the earliest Late Miocene of Japan and a reconsideration of the phylogeny of cetotheres. 1.114 MB KIRKMAN, S. P.; M. A. MEYER and M. THORNTON. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 32(1):167-170. 2010. Short communications False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens mass stranding at Long Beach on South Africa's Cape Peninsula, 2009. 0.237 MB LAMBERT, EMILY; COLIN HUNTER; GRAHAM J. PIERCE and COLIN D. MACLEOD. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM 18(3):409-427. 2010. Sustainable whale-watching tourism and climate change: Towards a framework of resilience. 0.235 MB LASKA, MATTHIAS; ELIN LORD; SANDRA SELIN and MATS AMUNDIN. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 124(2):187-193. 2010. Olfactory discrimination of aliphatic odorants in South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus). 0.175 MB LEFEBVRE, KATHI A.; ALISON ROBERTSON; ELIZABETH R. FRAME; KATHLEEN M. COLEGROVE; SHELLY NANCE; KERI A. BAUGH; HEATHER WIEDENHOFT and FRANCES M. D. GULLAND. HARMFUL ALGAE 9(4):374-383. 2010. Clinical signs and histopathology associated with domoic acid poisoning in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and comparison of toxin detection methods. 0.669 MB LEVIN, MILTON; DHANASHREE JOSHI; ANDREW DRAGHI, II; FRANCES M. GULLAND; DAVID JESSUP and SYLVAIN DE GUISE. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 46(2):541-550. 2010. Immunomodulatory effects upon in vitro exposure of California sea lion and southern sea otter peripheral blood leukocytes to domoic acid. 0.334 MB LOVVORN, JAMES R.; JOSEPH J. WILSON; DAVID MCKAY; JOSEPH K. BUMP; LEE W. COOPER and JACQUELINE M. GREBMEIER. ARCTIC 63(1):53-56. 2010. Walruses attack spectacled eiders wintering in pack ice of the Bering Sea. 2.884 MB LUCAS, SPENCER G.; SAMUEL A. MCLEOD; LAWRENCE G. BARNES; GUILLERMO E. ALVARADO RAMIRO GARCIA and EDGAR ESPINOZA. REVISTA GEOLOGICA DE AMERICA CENTRAL 41:17-24. 2009. A baleen whale from the Pliocene of Nicaragua. 1.372 MB LUCIC, HRVOJE; SNJEZANA VUKOVIC; VJEKOSLAV POSAVAC; MARTINA DURAS GOMERCIC; TOMISLAV GOMERCIC; ANA GALOV; DARINKA SKRTIC; SNJEZANA CURKOVIC and HRVOJE GOMERCIC. VETERINARSKI ARHIV 80(2):299-310. 2010. Application of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry method for small animals in measuring bone mineral density of the humerus of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Adriatic Sea. 0.406 MB LUNDSTEN, LONNY; CHARLES K. PAULL; KYRA L. SCHLINING; MARY MCGANN and WILLIAM USSLER III. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART I: OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS 57(7):918-922. 2010. Biological characterization of a whale-fall near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. 0.653 MB MCGAUGHEY, DONALD; JENNIFER K. STAMPLECOSKIE; MICHAEL KORENBERG and JAMES A. THERIAULT. APPLIED ACOUSTICS 71(8):683-689. 2010. Compression of Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) vocalizations using fast orthogonal search. 0.708 MB MCNIVEN, IAN J. WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY 42(2):215-230. 2010. Navigating the human-animal divide: Marine mammal hunters and rituals of sensory allurement. 1.140 MB MELLISH, J.; P. TUOMI; A. HINDLE; S. JANG and M. HORNING. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 46(2):655-658. 2010. Skin microbial flora and effectiveness of aseptic technique for deep muscle biopsies in Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii ) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. 0.174 MB MENDEZ, MARTIN; HOWARD C. ROSENBAUM; AJIT SUBRAMANIAM; CHARLES YACKULIC and PABLO BORDINO. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 19(11):2212-2228. 2010. Isolation by environmental distance in mobile marine species: Molecular ecology of franciscana dolphins at their southern range. 1.148 MB MOON, HYO-BANG; KURUNTHACHALAM KANNAN; HEE-GU CHOI; YONG-ROCK AN; SEOK-GWAN CHOI; JUNG-YOUN PARK and ZANG-GEUN KIM. CHEMOSPHERE 79(7):733-739. 2010. Concentrations and accumulation features of PCDDs, PCDFs and dioxin-like PCBs in cetaceans from Korean coastal waters. 0.368 MB MUNIZ, FERNANDO; JORDI M. DE GIBERT and RAUL ESPERANTE. PALAIOS 25(3-4):269-273. 2010. First trace-fossil evidence of bone-eating worms in whale carcasses. 1.281 MB MWEVURA, HAJI; OMAR A. AMIR; MICHAEL KISHIMBA; PER BERGGREN and HENRIK KYLIN. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 158(6):2200-2207. 2010. Organohalogen compounds in blubber of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) and spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) from Zanzibar, Tanzania. 0.611 MB NESTERENKO, V. A. and I. O. KATIN. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY 36(1):47-55. 2010. Original Russian text in Biologiya Morya Cycle of transformation of the spotted seal (Phoca largha, Pallas, 1811) onshore associations in Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan. 0.142 MB NEVES, KATJA. ANTIPODE 42(3):719-741. 2010. Cashing in on cetourism: A critical ecological engagement with dominant E-NGO discourses on whaling, cetacean conservation, and whale watching. 0.157 MB NICOL, STEPHEN; ANDREW BOWIE; SIMON JARMAN; DELPHINE LANNUZEL; KLAUS M. MEINERS and PIER VAN DER MERWE. FISH AND FISHERIES 11(2):203-209. 2010. Southern Ocean iron fertilization by baleen whales and Antarctic krill. 0.256 MB NOMIYAMA, KEI; SATOKO MURATA; TATSUYA KUNISUE; TADASU K. YAMADA; HAZUKI MIZUKAWA; SHIN TAKAHASHI and SHINSUKE TANABE. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 44(10):3732-3738. 2010. Polychlorinated biphenyls and their hydroxylated metabolites (OH-PCBs) in the blood of toothed and baleen whales stranded along Japanese coastal waters. 1.527 MB OHISHI, KAZUE; AKIKO ANDO; RINTARO SUZUKI; KIYOTAKA TAKISHITA; MASARU KAWATO; ETSUKO KATSUMATA; DAI OHTSU; KENJI OKUTSU; KOJI TOKUTAKE; HIROKAZU MIYAHARA; HIROTAKA NAKAMURA; TSUKASA MURAYAMA and TADASHI MARUYAMA. COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 33(3):227-241. 2010. Host-virus specificity of morbilliviruses predicted by structural modeling of the marine mammal SLAM, a receptor. 1.049 MB OHIZUMI, HIROSHI and NOBUYUKI MIYAZAKI. FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY 19(4):257-261. 2010. Differences in stable isotope ratios of Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) between coastal and oceanic areas of the North Pacific. 0.198 MB PAPADOPOULOS, E.; P. LOUKOPOULOS; A. KOMNENOU; E. ANDROUKAKI and A. A. KARAMANLIDIS. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 46(2):570-573. 2010. First report of Acanthocheilonema spirocauda in the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus). 0.248 MB PAPASTAVROU, VASSILI and PATRICK RAMAGE. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY 13(2):183-187. 2010. Commercial whaling by another name. The illegality of Japan's scientific whaling: Response to Dan Goodman. 0.043 MB PARSONS, E. C. M.; J. CLARK and M. P. SIMMONDS. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY 13(2):99-175. 2010. The conservation of British cetaceans: A review of the threats and protection afforded to whales, dolphins, and porpoises in UK waters, Part 2. 0.570 MB PEACE, ADRIAN. ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY 26(3):5-9. 2010. The whaling war: Conflicting cultural perspectives (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate) 3.725 MB PISCITELLI, MARINA A.; WILLIAM A. MCLELLAN; SENTIEL A. ROMMEL; JAMES E. BLUM; SUSAN G. BARCO and D. ANN PABST. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 271(6):654-673. 2010. Lung size and thoracic morphology in shallow- and deep-diving cetaceans. 0.562 MB PREWITT, J. S.; D. V. FREISTROFFER; J. F. SCHREER; M. O. HAMMILL and J. M. BURNS. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 180(5):757-766. 2010. Postnatal development of muscle biochemistry in nursing harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups: Limitations to diving behavior? 0.515 MB SHPAK, O. V.; R. D. ANDREWS; D. M. GLAZOV; D. I. LITOVKA; R. C. HOBBS and L. M. MUKHAMETOV. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY 36(1):56-62. 2010. Original Russian text in Biologiya Morya Seasonal migrations of Sea of Okhotsk beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) of the Sakhalin-Amur summer aggregation. 0.406 MB SLOOTEN, ELISABETH and STEPHEN M. DAWSON. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 20(3):334-347. 2010. Assessing the effectiveness of conservation management decisions: Likely effects of new protection measures for Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori). 0.318 MB SMITH, BRIAN D.; M. ABDULLAH ABU DIYAN; RUBAIYAT MOWGLI MANSUR; ELISABETH FAHRNI MANSUR and BENAZIR AHMED. ORYX 44(2):241-247. 20010. Identification and channel characteristics of cetacean hotspots in waterways of the eastern Sundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh. 0.282 MB SMODLAKA, H.; W. KHAMAS; S. TKALCIC; T. GOLUB and L. PALMER. ANATOMIA, HISTOLOGIA, EMBRYOLOGIA 39(3):178-185. 2010. Histological assessment of selected blood vessels of the phocid seals (northern elephant and harbour seals). 0.748 MB TIEDEKEN, JESSICA A. and JOHN S. RAMSDELL. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 118(4):545-551. 2010. Zebrafish seizure model identifies p,p '-DDE as the dominant contaminant of fetal California sea lions that accounts for synergistic activity with domoic acid. 0.981 MB TYURNEVA, O. YU.; YU. M. YAKOVLEV; V. V. 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Sounds requested for a cetacean exhibition
by Addink, M.J. 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

In September of this year, the National Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands (NCBnaturalis), will host an exhibition about cetaceans; part of this exhibition is international and touring Europe (currently it is in Bruxelles). But the Museum will add its own touches: among other things we will put skeletons of six species from the collection on display and of those cetacean species we would like to obtain some sound material if available. Chris Smeenk and I are somewhat involved with ideas/advise for this exhibition, hence our request. 1) Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis or E. australis) 2) Orca (Orcinus orca) 3) Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) 4) Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) 5) Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) 6) Northern Bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) The intention is to use some of the sounds of the species mentioned above as a background display in the exhibition. If you do have material available and are willing to help us please contact me with the information about what kind of material you have available and what the conditions of using your material would be. I will than put you in touch with the exhibition developers at my institute for whom I have made this request. Regards, Marjan Addink NCBnaturalis Marian.Addink(a)ncbnaturalis.nl

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phocid sedation and anaesthesia
by Iain Field 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Dear Colleagues, I would ask those interested in or practising phocid sedation and anaesthesia to read on. I am currently researching the topic of phocid sedation and anaesthesia in order to produce an updated review and although there is a great deal of information in the published literature, and regular reviews, I believe there are a number of studies that hold information and data that have not been published to date and would greatly add to our current understanding of this subject. There are currently a range of sedation and anaesthetic agents and methods of delivery in use, the diversity of which would be of practical interest to all those engaged in seal capture for research, management and rehabilitation. This study will be done in partial fulfilment of a post-graduate certificate in Conservation Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University, Australia. Therefore, I would like to offer researchers the opportunity to contribute information or data to a meta-analysis or re-analysis of raw data. Data can be contributed in one of two ways, option one would be a meta-data approach including the species, the number of seals sedated or anaesthetised (including where possible the size, sex and status of the seals), the drugs and dose rates used, the mean and range of levels (or plane) of immobilisation and duration of effect, method of delivery, mortality rate, rate of complications (such as apnea), and the purpose of the immobilisation (e.g. deployment of tracking devices or measurement). Alternatively, and my preferred option, would be to provide a spreadsheet with the capture data including the species, drugs used and purpose of immobilisation, also individuals' sex, size (mass and length), status (e.g. breeding or moulting) of the dose given, induction and recovery times, plane of immobilisation, whether there were complications or death. The data will be held in confidence and only be used for determining the mass specific doses and effects for the range of species available and source of the data will be acknowledged and cited in the text. This data will then be interpreted in terms of current best practice and practicality. In return for the contribution of data I will acknowledge the provision of the data in my thesis/course project and would like to offer co-authorship on any subsequent publication if requested. I look forward to hearing from all those interested. Kind regards, Iain Field Iain C Field, BSc(hons), GradDip(Hons), PhD Marine Mammal Research Group Graduate School of the Environment Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

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Volunteers needed in dolphins communication project
by Bruno Diaz 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

Hi everyone, on behalf of the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI ([url]www.thebdri.com[/url]), a marine science and education centre, I am pleased to announce that our centre is currently accepting volunteers applications to participate in our new research program along the north-eastern coast of Sardinia focusing on the study of dolphins communication and behaviour onboard sea kayaks in order to minimise the noise pollution derived of the use of vessels. This bottlenose dolphin research program is accessible to you even if you have never sat in a kayak before; have never participated in a research program; if you are alone or with friends; whatever your situation, if you have one week to spend we can provide you an experience you will likely never forget! contributing to dolphins research and conservation. Mediterranean Sea play host to a multitude of marine life and allow us to silently explore the inaccessible coastal wilderness by sea kayak. Although our project focuses primarily on bottlenose dolphins, we often see seagulls (Adouin’s and yellow-legged), cormorants, shearwaters (Yelkouan and cory’s), peregrines, egrets, herons, ravens, carrion crows, sand martins, swifts, rock doves, terns, krestels, sea turtles, ospreys, buzzards, goshawks, mouflons, posidonia seagrass and more. Not everything is seen on ever expedition but we do get a great variety. Comfortable housing (private and double rooms), with shared cooking and bathroom facilities are provided. There is no deadline to apply. APPLY NOW!, applications are accepted on a first-come, first serve basis. Positions are open until filled. DATES (7 days/6 nights - Arrival day: Sunday & Departure day: Saturday): Team 1: from July 11th to July 17thTeam 2: from July 25th to July 31stTeam 3: from August 22nd to August 28th Read through this general information carefully:www.thebdri.com/resources/downloads/kayak.pdf decide and take note of any dates that may be preferred and submit your application: www.thebdri.com/resources/downloads/applicationvolunteers.rtf by email to info(a)thebdri.com Scientific articles about dolphins communication: Díaz López B., in press. Whistle characteristics in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mediterranean Sea: influence of behaviour. Mammalian Biology. Díaz López B. & Shirai, J.A.B., 2009. Mediterranean common bottlenose dolphin's repertoire and communication use. In: Dolphins: Anatomy, Behavior, and Threats, A.G: Pierce & L. Correa (Eds.), Nova Science Publishers, New York. pp. 129-148. Shirai, J.A.B. Díaz López, B., Mihailova, M. and Casas, C. 2010. Long-term study of whistle contours and repeated whistles of free ranging bottlenose dolphins. 24th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society ECS , Straldund, Germany, March 2010 More information: email: info(a)thebdri.com; telephone: 00 39 346 0815414 www.thebdri.comSwim with us on Facebook Bruno Diaz Lopez Chief Researcher / Marine Zoologist Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI V.Armando Diaz Nº4 07020 Golfo Aranci (SS) Italy www.thebdri.com info(a)thebdri.com tel.+ 39 346 081 5414 tel. + 0789 183 1197

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Volunteer Elephant Seal Reseach Assistants for Winter 2010/2011 on Southeast Farallon Island, CA
by Russell Bradley 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

VOLUNTEER ELEPHANT SEAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (3-4) needed for winter 2010/2011 on Southeast Farallon Island, 28 miles west of San Francisco, California. RAs will work on PRBO Conservation Science's long term demographic studies of breeding Northern Elephant Seals, conducting surveys, tagging, and resighting seals. Other biological work to be conducted includes monitoring of an endemic salamander population, Burrowing Owl surveys and telemetry, and migrant bird surveys. RAs also contribute to the upkeep and maintenance of the research station. RAs will work full-time, 7 days a week, with a variable schedule that includes long days and night work. Some field work requires rigorous physical activity including strenuous hiking and climbing. Applicants should enjoy working independently with a high level of responsibility in field work and data entry as well as working frequently with a partner or team. Preference will be given to applicants with a degree in biology or related field and prior ecological research experience. Enthusiasm for field work in windy, cold conditions is essential. The ability to coexist on a small, isolated island with the same crew for several months is essential. Positions are available from December 3rd, 2010 to March 12th, 2011 with a minimum 8-week commitment. However, strong preference will be given to applicants who can work this entire period. We provide great food and island housing. Transportation to boat in San Francisco not provided. More information can be found at www.prbo.org. Please send a cover letter explaining interests and dates of availability, resume, and names, email addresses, and phone numbers of 3 references to Russ Bradley (rbradley AT prbo.org) Farallon Program Manager, PRBO Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Drive #11, Petaluma, CA, 94954. Email applications are preferred. Applications accepted until 31 August 2010 but early applications will be evaluated when they are received and positions may be filled long before the deadline. ********************************* Russell Bradley, M.Sc. Farallon Program Manager PRBO Conservation Science 3820 Cypress Drive #11 Petaluma, CA 94954 Tel: 707-781-2555 ext. 314 Fax: 707-765-1685 www.prbo.org<http://www.prbo.org>

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New publication about, whales, fish and whaling in the Caribbean
by Morissette Lyne 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Dear colleagues, In line with what is happening these days at the International Whaling Commission in Agadir, Morocco, I want to let you know that the following article is now available in "early view" and will be published in the next issue of the journal Fish and Fisheries: 'Whales eat fish'? Demystifying the myth in the Caribbean marine ecosystem by Lyne Morissette, Kristin Kaschner & Leah R Gerber ABSTRACT: There has been much recent discussion about the idea that large whales are potential competitors with fisheries for available marine resources. Based on this idea, often referred to as the 'whales eat fish' conflict, culling whales has been proposed as a way to increase resources available for human consumption and thereby ensuring global food security. However, the scientific basis for such arguments remains unclear, especially in the Caribbean waters where baleen whales generally do not feed. In this article, we (i) develop an ecosystem model describing the trophic interactions between whales, fish and fisheries in the Caribbean waters, (ii) calculate the level of overlap between cetaceans and fisheries for food resources, and (iii) simulate the removal of cetaceans from the Caribbean waters in order to quantify the potential increase in available biomass of commercially important fish. Ten groups of cetaceans are considered in the model, including baleen whales, toothed whales and small cetaceans. Our results suggest that baleen whales are not a threat to fisheries in Caribbean waters, while toothed cetaceans seem to be more impacted by fisheries than they actually impacting them. Whales target different types of food resources and consume significantly less than what is taken by fisheries. Moreover, simulated reductions in large whale abundance do not produce any appreciable increase in biomass of the commercially important fish species. In some cases, the presence of some whales actually improves fishery yield as a result of indirect predation effects. The article can be downloaded from Fish and Fisheries website (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123497779/abstract) or you can contact the first author for PDF copies (lyne.morissette(a)globetrotter.net ) Cheers! Lyne Morissette, Ph.D. Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (UQAR-ISMER) email: lyne.morisse...(a)globetrotter.net Tél. 418-723-1986 #1981

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