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by David S. Janiger 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Hi, All Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. Please let me know of any mistakes. Make all requests to: janiger(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 ABRAMSON, JOSE Z.; VICTORIA HERNANDEZ-LLOREDA; JOSEP CALL and FERNANDO COLMENARES. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 96:11-19. 2013. Relative quantity judgments in the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) and the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 0.505 MB ALLEN, JENNY; MASON WEINRICH; WILL HOPPITT and LUKE RENDELL. SCIENCE (WASHINGTON D. C.) 340(6131):485-488. 2013. Network-based diffusion analysis reveals cultural transmission of lobtail feeding in humpback whales. 3.782 MB ANDREWS, KIMBERLY R.; WILLAIM F. PERRIN; MARC OREMUS; LESZEK KARCZMARSKI; BRIAN W. BOWEN; JONATHAN B. PURITZ and ROBERT J. TOONEN. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 22(9):2408-2423. 2013. The evolving male: Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) ecotypes are divergent at Y chromosome but not mtDNA or autosomal markers. 1.638 MB AU, WHITLOW W. L.; GIACOMO GIORLI; JESSICA CHEN; ADRIENNE COPELAND; MARC LAMMERS; MICHAEL RICHLEN; SUSAN JARVIS; RONALD MORRISSEY; DAVID MORETTI and HOLGER KLINCK. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 133(4):3119-3127. 2013. Nighttime foraging by deep diving echolocating odontocetes off the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Ni'ihau as determined by passive acoustic monitors. 3.477 MB AVILA-FOUCAT, V. S.; A. SANCHEZ VARGAS; A. FRISCH JORDAN and O. M. RAMIREZ FLORES. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 78:12-17. 2013. The impact of vessel crowding on the probability of tourists returning to whale watching in Banderas Bay, Mexico. 0.184 MB BAKER, C. S.; R. M. HAMNER; J. COOKE; D. HEIMEIER; M. VANT; D. STEEL and R. CONSTANTINE. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 16(2):224-233. 2013. Low abundance and probable decline of the critically endangered Maui's dolphin estimated by genotype capture-recapture. 0.264 MB BEGONA SANTOS, M.; IMOGEN GERMAN; DIANA CORREIA; FIONA L. READ; JOSE MARTINEZ CEDEIRA; MARA CALDAS; ALFREDO LOPEZ; FRANCISCO VELASCO and GRAHAM J. PIERCE. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 481:249-268. 2013. Long-term variation in common dolphin diet in relation to prey abundance. 0.453 MB BENOIT-BIRD, KELLY J.; BRIAN C. BATTAILE; CHAD A. NORDSTROM and ANDREW W. TRITES. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 479:283-302. 2013. Foraging behavior of northern fur seals closely matches the hierarchical patch scales of prey. 0.717 MB BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 33(3):722-740. 2013. Septidelphis morii, n. gen. et sp., from the Pliocene of Italy: New evidence of the explosive radiation of true dolphins (Odontoceti, Delphinidae). 1.572 MB BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI; OLIVIER LAMBERT; RODOLFO SALAS-GISMONDI; JULIA TEJADA; FRANCOIS PUJOS; MARIO URBINA and PIERRE-OLIVIER ANTOINE. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 33(3):741-745. 2013. A Miocene relative of the Ganges River dolphin (Odontoceti, Platanistidae) from the Amazonian Basin. 0.752 MB BJORGE, ARNE; METTE SKERN-MAURITZEN and MARJORIE C. ROSSMAN. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 161:164-173. 2013. Estimated bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in two coastal gillnet fisheries in Norway, 2006-2008. Mitigation and implications for conservation. 1.266 MB BOWLES, ELLA and ANDREW W. TRITES. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(5):755-759. 2013. Faecal DNA amplification in Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). 0.210 MB BRANDT, MIRIAM J.; CAROLINE HOSCHLE; ANSGAR DIEDERICHS; KLAUS BETKE; RAINER MATUSCHEK; SOPHIA WITTE and GEORG NEHLS. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 23(2):222-232. 2013. Far-reaching effects of a seal scarer on harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena. 0.749 MB BUTTERWORTH, ANDREW; PHILIPPA BRAKES; COURTNEY S. VAIL and DIANA REISS. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE 16(2):184-204. 2013. A veterinary and behavioral analysis of dolphin killing methods currently used in the "drive hunt" in Taiji, Japan. 0.293 MB CAHILL, JAMES A.; RICHARD E. GREEN; TARA L. FULTON; MATHIAS STILLER; FLORA JAY; NIKITA OVSYANIKOV; RAUF SALAMZADE; JOHN ST JOHN; IAN STIRLING; MONTGOMERY SLATKIN and BETH SHAPIRO. PLOS GENETICS 9(3) e1003345. 8pp. 2013. Genomic evidence for island population conversion resolves conflicting theories of polar bear evolution. 1.459 MB CANTOR, MAURICIO and HAL WHITEHEAD. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 368(1618). Article Number: 20120340. 10pp. 2013. The interplay between social networks and culture: Theoretically and among whales and dolphins. 0.728 MB CHAIGNE, ADRIEN; MATTHIEU AUTHIER; PIERRE RICHARD; YVES CHEREL and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 160(4):977-986. 2013. Shift in foraging grounds and diet broadening during ontogeny in southern elephant seals from Kerguelen Islands. 0.495 MB CHAMBELLANT, MAGALY; IAN STIRLING and STEVEN H. FERGUSON. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 481:269-287. 2013. Temporal variation in western Hudson Bay ringed seal Phoca hispida diet in relation to environment. 0.467 MB CHEN, ZHUO; ZHENGFEI WANG; SHIXIA XU; KAIYA ZHOU and GUANG YANG. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 13(34). 11pp. 2013. Characterization of hairless (Hr) and FGF5 genes provides insights into the molecular basis of hair loss in cetaceans. 0.781 MB COSTA-URRUTIA, PAULA; SIMONA SANVITO; NELVA VICTORIA-COSTA; LUIS ENRIQUEZ-PAREDES and DIANE GENDRON. PLOS ONE 8(3) e58315. 10pp. 2013. Fine-scale population structure of blue whale wintering aggregations in the Gulf of California. 0.679 MB CRAY, CAROLYN; KRISTOPHER L. ARHEART; MICHAEL HUNT; TONYA CLAUSS; LYNDA L. LEPPERT; KEVIN ROBERTS; STEPHEN D. MCCULLOCH; JULI D. GOLDSTEIN; CHRISTIE GONZALEZ; JAY SWEENEY; RAE STONE; PATRICIA A. FAIR and GREGORY D. BOSSART. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION 25(1):107-111. 2013. Acute phase protein quantitation in serum samples from healthy Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.302 MB CRIBB, NARDI; CARA MILLER and LAURENT SEURONT. AQUATIC BIOSYSTEMS 9(3). 9pp. 2013. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) habitat preference in a heterogeneous, urban, coastal environment. 0.368 MB CURE, CHARLOTTE; RICARDO ANTUNES; ANA CATARINA ALVES; FLEUR VISSER; PETTER H. KVADSHEIM and PATRICK J. O. MILLER. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 3(1579). 7pp. 2013. Responses of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) to killer whale sounds: Implications for anti-predator strategies. 0.890 MB DA OLIVEIRA ALVES, MARIA DANISE; RALF SCHWAMBORN; JOAO CARLOS GOMES BORGES; MIRIAM MARMONTEL; ALEXANDRA FERNANDES COSTA; CARLOS AUGUSTO FRANCA SCHETTINI and MARIA ELISABETH DE ARAUJO. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 161:91-100. 2013. Aerial survey of manatees, dolphins and sea turtles off northeastern Brazil: Correlations with coastal features and human activities. 1.107 MB DAHNE, MICHAEL; ANITA GILLES; KLAUS LUCKE; VERENA PESCHKO; SVEN ADLER; KATHRIN KRUGEL; JANNE SUNDERMEYER and URSULA SIEBERT. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 8(2): Article 025002. 16pp. 2013 Effects of pile-driving on harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) at the first offshore wind farm in Germany. 1.668 MB DAVIES, KIMBERLEY T. A.; TETJANA ROSS and CHRISTOPHER T. TAGGART. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 479:263-282. 2013. Tidal and subtidal currents affect deep aggregations of right whale prey, Calanus spp., along a shelf-basin margin. 1.876 MB DELFOUR, FABIENNE and DENISE HERZING. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 26(2):158-165. 2013. Underwater mirror exposure to free-ranging naive Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the Bahamas. 0.121 MB DESFORGES, JEAN-PIERRE W.; PETER S. ROSS and LISA L. LOSETO. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 32(5):1132-1142. 2013 Metabolic transformation shapes polychlorinated biphenyl and polybrominated diphenyl ether patterns in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). 0.386 MB DUMONT, MAITEN; MICHEL LAURIN; FLORIAN JACQUES; ERIC PELLE; WILLY DABIN and VIVIAN DE BUFFRENIL. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 274(5):570-584. 2013. Inner architecture of vertebral centra in terrestrial and aquatic mammals: A two-dimensional comparative study. 0.651 MB DUNN, CHARLOTTE; LEIGH HICKMOTT; DARREN TALBOT; IAN BOYD and LUKE RENDELL. BIOACOUSTICS 22(2):153-163. 2013. Mid-frequency broadband sounds of Blainville's beaked whales. 0.387 MB EO, KYUNG-YEON; YONG-GU YEO and OH-DEOG KWON. PAKISTAN VETERINARY JOURNAL 33(2):251-253. 2013. Modified endoscopic removal of foreign objects from the forestomach of a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 0.357 MB FALLOWS, CHRIS; AUSTIN J. GALLAGHER and NEIL HAMMERSCHLAG. PLOS ONE 8(4) e60797. 10pp. 2013. White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) scavenging on whales and its potential role in further shaping the ecology of an apex predator. 1.695 MB FAVARO, LIVIO; GUIDO GNONE and DANIELA PESSANI. ZOO BIOLOGY 32(2):210-215. 2013. Postnatal development of echolocation abilities in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Temporal organization. 0.603 MB FLAMM, RICHARD OWEN; JOHN ELLIOT REYNOLDS, III and CRAIG HARMAK. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 51(1):154-166. 2013. Improving conservation of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris): Conceptualization and contributions toward a regional warm-water network management strategy for sustainable winter habitat. 0.530 MB FLYNN, SHEILA S.; RANDOLPH J. MOSES and JON H. CONNOLLY. CONTRIBUTIONS IN SCIENCE, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY 521:1-12. 2013. Indications of periodontal disease in a fossil Odontoceti (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Late Miocene Monterey Formation at San Clemente Island, Southern California. 0.945 MB FOSSI, MARIA CRISTINA; CRISTINA PANTI; LETIZIA MARSILI; SILVIA MALTESE; GIACOMO SPINSANTI; SILVIA CASINI ILARIA CALIANI; STEFANIA GASPARI; JUAN MUNOZ-ARNANZ; BEGONA JIMENEZ and MARIA GRAZIA FINOIA. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 70(1-2):64-72. 2013. The Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean marine mammals: Marine Protected Area (MPA) or marine polluted area? The case study of the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba). 1.187 MB FUNAYAMA, KOTA; ELLEN HINES; JERRY DAVIS AND SARAH ALLEN. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 23(2):233-245. 2013. Effects of sea-level rise on northern elephant seal breeding habitat at Point Reyes Peninsula, California. 0.493 MB GEISELER, SAMUEL J.; ARNOLDUS S. BLIX; JENNIFER M. BURNS and LARS P. FOLKOW. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 216(10):1793-1798. 2013. Rapid postnatal development of myoglobin from large liver iron stores in hooded seals. 0.388 MB GERMAIN, LESLIE R.; PAUL L. KOCH; JAMES HARVEY and MATTHEW D. MCCARTHY. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 482:265-277. 2013. Nitrogen isotope fractionation in amino acids from harbor seals: Implications for compound-specific trophic position calculations. 0.333 MB GIBSON, Q. A.; E. M. HOWELLS; J. D. LAMBERT; M. M. MAZZOIL and J. P. RICHMOND. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 445:53-60. 2013. The ranging patterns of female bottlenose dolphins with respect to reproductive status: Testing the concept of nursery areas. 0.970 MB GIL-DELGADO, J. A.; J. A. VILLAESCUSA; M. E. DIAZMACIP; D. VELAZQUEZ; E. RICO; M. TORO; A. QUESADA and A. CAMACHO. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(4):607-610. 2013. Minimum population size estimates demonstrate an increase in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) on Livingston Island, Maritime Antarctica. 0.294 MB GLOVER, KEVIN A.; NAOHISA KANDA; TORE HAUG; LUIS A. PASTENE; NILS OIEN; BJORGHILD B. SELIUSSEN; ANNE G. E. SORVIK and HANS J. SKAUG. BMC GENETICS 14(25). 11pp. 2013. Hybrids between common and Antarctic minke whales are fertile and can back-cross. 0.549 MB GOL'DIN, PAVEL and EVGENIJ ZVONOK. JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 87(2):254-268. 2013. Basilotritus uheni, a new cetacean (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Late Middle Eocene of eastern Europe. 11.377 MB GUNDERSEN, DEKE T.; DEBORAH A. DUFFIELD; TINA RANDALL; NATE WINTLE; DALIN N. D'ALESSANDRO; JAMES M. RICE and DAVID SHEPHERDSON. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 90(3):269-273. 2013. Organochlorine contaminants in blubber from stranded marine mammals collected from the northern Oregon and southern Washington coasts: Implications for re-introducing California condors, Gymnogyps californianus, in Oregon. 0.231 MB HAUSSMANN, NATALIE S.; ELIZABETH M. RUDOLPH; JESSE M. KALWIJ and TREVOR MCINTYRE. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 162:33-40. 2013. Fur seal populations facilitate establishment of exotic vascular plants. 2.058 MB HAYASHI, SHOJI; ALEXANDRA HOUSSAYE; YASUHISA NAKAJIMA; KENTARO CHIBA; TATSURO ANDO; HIROSHI SAWAMURA; NORIHISA INUZUKA; NAOTOMO KANEKO and TOMOHIRO OSAKI. PLOS ONE 8(4) e59146. 20pp. 2013. Bone inner structure suggests increasing aquatic adaptations in Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria). 1.334 MB HERZING, DENISE L. and CINDY R. ELLISER. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 26(2):124-134. 2013. Directionality of sexual activities during mixed-species encounters between Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.203 MB HOFFMAN, JOSEPH I.; MICHAEL A. S. THORNE; PHILIP N. TRATHAN and JAUME FORCADA. BMC GENETICS 15(52). 14pp. 2013. Transcriptome of the dead: Characterisation of immune genes and marker development from necropsy samples in a free-ranging marine mammal. 0.685 MB HOWER, SUZANNE; MATTHEW C. PHILLIPS; MICAH BRODSKY; ADRIENNE DAMERON; MANUEL A. TAMARGO; NORMA C. SALAZAR; CHARLENE R. JACKSON; JOHN B. BARRETT; MAUREEN DAVIDSON; JOHNNIE DAVIS; SAMPA MUKHERJEE; RUTH Y. EWING; MARIBETH L. GIDLEY; CHRISTOPHER D. SINIGALLIANO; LISA JOHNS; FRANK E. JOHNSON III; OLUFUNMILOLA ADEBANJO and LISA R. W. PLANO. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 65(4):1024-1038. 2013. Clonally related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), human volunteers, and a bayfront cetacean rehabilitation facility. 0.569 MB HUEFFER, KARSTEN; SCOTT M. GENDE and TOOD M. O'HARA. ACTA VETERINARIA SCANDINAVICA 55(2). 5pp. 2013. Assay dependence of Brucella antibody prevalence in a declining Alaskan harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) population. 0.217 MB HUGHES, STEPHANIE N.; DENISE J. GREIG; WOUTRINA A. MILLER; BARBARA A. BYRNE; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND and JAMES T. HARVEY. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 65(4):982-994. 2013. Dynamics of vibrio with virulence genes detected in Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) off California: Implications for marine mammal health. 0.423 MB IRIARTE, VERONICA and MIRIAM MARMONTEL. AQUATIC MAMMALS 39(2):116-124. 2013. River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis, Sotalia fluviatilis) mortality events attributed to artisanal fisheries in the western Brazilian Amazon. 2.186 MB IVERSEN, MARIANNE; JON AARS; TORE HAUG; INGER G. ALSOS; CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN; LUTZ BACHMANN and KIT M. KOVACS. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(4):561-571. 2013. The diet of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard, Norway, inferred from scat analysis. 0.664 MB JANSEN, OKKA E.; GEERT M. AARTS and PETER J. H. REIJNDERS. PLOS ONE 8(3) e56932. 6pp. 2013. Harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the eastern Scheldt: A resident stock or trapped by a storm surge barrier? 0.338 MB JEGLINSKI, JANA W.; KIMBERLEY T. GOETZ; CHRISTIANE WERNER; DANIEL P. COSTA and FRITZ TRILLMICH. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 82(3):694-706. 2013. Same size - same niche? Foraging niche separation between sympatric juvenile Galapagos sea lions and adult Galapagos fur seals. 0.884 MB KIELHORN, CAITLIN E.; RICHARD M. DILLAMAN; STEPHEN T. KINSEY; WILLIAM A. MCLELLAN; D. MARK GAY; JENNIFER L. DEAROLF and D. ANN PABST. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 274(6):663-675. 2013. Locomotor muscle profile of a deep (Kogia breviceps) versus shallow (Tursiops truncatus) diving cetacean. 0.770 MB KIMURA, SATOKO; TOMONARI AKAMATSU; DING WANG; SONGHAI LI; KEXIONG WANG and KEN YODA. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 133(4):3128-3134. 2013. Variation in the production rate of biosonar signals in freshwater porpoises. 0.600 MB KING, STEPHANIE L.; LAELA S. SAYIGH; RANDALL S. WELLS; WENDI FELLNER and VINCENT M. JANIK. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 280(1757). Article 20130053. 9pp. 2013. Vocal copying of individually distinctive signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins. 1.127 MB KUCZAJ II, STAN A. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 26(2):114-123. 2013. Are conversations between dolphins and humans possible? 0.172 MB LAIST, DAVID W.; CYNTHIA TAYLOR and JOHN E. REYNOLDS, III. PLOS ONE 8(3) e58978. 11pp. 2013. Winter habitat preferences for Florida manatees and vulnerability to cold. 1.724 MB LAMBERT, OLIVIER and CHRISTIAN DE MUIZON. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 33(3):709-721. 2013. A new long-snouted species of the Miocene pontoporiid dolphin Brachydelphis and a review of the Mio-Pliocene marine mammal levels in the Sacaco Basin, Peru. 1.431 MB LEENEY, R. H.; K. POST; P. B. BEST; C. J. HAZEVOET and S. H. ELWEN. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 35(1):133-139. 2013. Pygmy right whale Caperea marginata records from Namibia. 1.843 MB LEWIS, J. S.; D. WARTZOK and M. R. HEITHAUS. BEHAVIOUR 150(6):635-657. 2013. Individuals as information sources: Could followers benefit from leaders' knowledge? 0.929 MB LEWIS, JENNIFER S.; DOUGLAS WARTZOK; MICHAEL HEITHAUS and MICHAEL KRUETZEN. PLOS ONE 8(3) e58162. 9pp. 2013. Could relatedness help explain why individuals lead in bottlenose dolphin groups? 0.490 MB LO, CHIEH; LI-TE CHIN; CHI-SHIH CHU; YU-TING WANG; KUN-WEI CHAN and WEI-CHENG YANG. PLOS ONE 8(3) e60704. 10pp. 2013. Rapid immune colloidal gold strip for cetacean meat restraining illegal trade and consumption: Implications for conservation and public health. 2.569 MB LYDERSEN, CHRISTIAN; NILS OIEN; BJARNI MIKKELSEN; SIMON BOBER; DAN FISHER and KIT M. KOVACS. POLAR RESEARCH 32. Article Number 19739. 6pp. 2013. A white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Atlantic Ocean, Svalbard, Norway, August 2012. 0.827 MB MARQUES, TIAGO A.; LEN THOMAS; STEPHEN W. MARTIN; DAVID K. MELLINGER; JESSICA A. WARD; DAVID J. MORETTI; DANIELLE HARRIS and PETER L. TYACK. BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS 88(2):287-309. 2013. Estimating animal population density using passive acoustics. 0.851 MB MESCHERSKY, I. G.; O. V. SHPAK; D. I. LITOVKA; D. M. GLAZOV; E. A. BORISOVA and V. V. ROZHNOV. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY 39(2):125-135. 2013. Original Russian text in Biologiya Morya A genetic analysis of the beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas (Cetacea: Monodontidae) from summer aggregations in the Russian Far East. 0.543 MB MIKKELSEN, L.; K. N. MOURITSEN; K. DAHL; J. TEILMANN and J. TOUGAARD. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 481:239-248. 2013. Re-established stony reef attracts harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena. 0.799 MB MILLER, CARA and MARGI PRIDEAUX. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY 16(1):41-56. 2013. Proactive cetacean conservation in the midst of 'data deficiency': Progress of the Convention on Migratory Species Cetacean Agreement in the Pacific Islands Region. 0.162 MB MINOR, CODY; GILBERT J. KERSH; TOM GELATT; ASHLEY V. KONDAS; KRISTY L. PABILONIA; CHRISTINA B. WELLER; R. DICKERSON and COLLEEN G. DUNCAN. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 49(2):441-446. 2013. Coxiella burnetii in northern fur seals and Steller sea lions of Alaska. 0.243 MB MOORE, MICHAEL J.; JULIE VAN DER HOOP; SUSAN G. BARCO; ALEX M. COSTIDIS; FRANCES M. GULLAND; PAUL D. JEPSON; KATHLEEN T. MOORE; STEPHEN RAVERTY and WILLIAM A. MCLELLAN. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 103(3):229-264. 2013. Criteria and case definitions for serious injury and death of pinnipeds and cetaceans caused by anthropogenic trauma. 8.764 MB (Also free access at: http://www.int-res.com/articles/dao_oa/d103p229.pdf) MORISAKA, TADAMICHI; YAYOI YOSHIDA; YUICHIRO AKUNE; HIDEKI MISHIMA and SAYO NISHIMOTO. JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY 31(2):141-149. 2013. Exchange of "signature" calls in captive belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). 0.471 MB MULLEN, KAITLYN A.; MICHAEL L. PETERSON and SEAN K. TODD. MARINE POLICY 42:293-304. 2013. Has designating and protecting critical habitat had an impact on endangered North Atlantic right whale ship strike mortality? 0.785 MB NELSON, TIFFANIE M.; TRACEY L. ROGERS; ALEJANDRO R. CARLINI and MARK V. BROWN. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 15(4):1132-1145. 2013. Diet and phylogeny shape the gut microbiota of Antarctic seals: A comparison of wild and captive animals. 0.689 MB NOREN, DAWN P.; MARLA M. HOLT; ROBIN C. DUNKIN and TERRIE M. WILLIAMS. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 216(9):1624-1629. 2013. The metabolic cost of communicative sound production in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.431 MB NOREN, S. R. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 482:255-263. 2013. Altered swimming gait and performance of dolphin mothers: Implications for interactions with tuna purse-seine fisheries. 0.501 MB OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIA; MAGNUS WAHLBERG; MARK JOHNSON; PATRICK J. O. MILLER and PETER T. MADSEN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 133(4):3135-3144. 2013. The function of male sperm whale slow clicks in a high latitude habitat: Communication, echolocation, or prey debilitation? 1.968 MB OPRIESSNIG, T.; H. G. SHEN; J. S. BENDER; J. R. BOEHM and P. G. HALBUR. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 148(4):365-372. 2013. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolates recovered from fish, a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) and the marine environment are capable of inducing characteristic cutaneous lesions in pigs. 1.321 MB OREMUS, MARC; ROSEMARY GALES; HELEN KETTLES and C. SCOTT BAKER. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY 104(3):301-311. 2013. Genetic evidence of multiple matrilines and spatial disruption of kinship bonds in mass strandings of long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas. 1.193 MB OSTERTAG, SONJA K.; GARY A. STERN; FEIYUE WANG; MARCOS LEMES and HING MAN CHAN. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 456-457:278-286. 2013. Mercury distribution and speciation in different brain regions of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). 0.620 MB PETERSON, MEGAN J. and COURTNEY CAROTHERS. MARINE POLICY 42:315-324. 2013. Whale interactions with Alaskan sablefish and Pacific halibut fisheries: Surveying fishermen perception, changing fishing practices and mitigation. 0.630 MB PLATONOV, N. G.; I. N. MORDVINTSEV and V. V. ROZHOV. BIOLOGY BULLETIN 40(2):197-205. 2013. Original Russian published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya No. 2, pp. 217-226. 2013. The possibility of using high resolution satellite images for detection of marine mammals. 3.285 MB POPOV, VLADIMIR V.; ALEXANDER YA. SUPIN; VIATCHESLAV V. ROZHNOV; DMITRY I. NECHAEV; EVGENIA V. SYSUYEVA; VLADIMIR O. KLISHIN; MIKHAIL G. PLETENKO and MIKHAIL B. TARAKANOV. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 216(9):1587-1596. 2013. Hearing threshold shifts and recovery after noise exposure in beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas. 0.723 MB POSTMA, MARTIN; MARTHAN N. BESTER and P. J. NICO DE BRUYN. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(5):719-729. 2013. Age-related reproductive variation in a wild marine mammal population. 0.451 MB PUSINERI, C.; J. KISZKA; M. QUILLARD and S. CACERES. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 35(1):111-116. 2013. The endangered status of dugongs Dugong dugon around Mayotte (East Africa, Mozambique Channel) assessed through interview surveys. 0.434 MB RAMOS, PAUL; MICHAEL LYNCH; MIN HU; JOHN P. Y. ARNOULD; RICHARD NORMAN and IAN BEVERIDGE. SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY 85(1):65-78. 2013. Morphometric and molecular characterization of the species of Uncinaria Frolich, 1789 (Nematoda) parasitic in the Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Schreber), with notes on hookworms in three other pinniped hosts. 0.559 MB REINHARDT NIELSEN, MARTIN and HENRIK MEILBY. HUMAN ECOLOGY 41(2):187-203. 2013. Quotas on narwhal (Monodon monoceros) hunting in East Greenland: Trends in narwhal killed per hunter and potential impacts of regulations on Inuit communities. 0.603 MB RICCIALDELLI, LUCIANA; SETH D. NEWSOME; NATALIA A. DELLABIANCA; RICARDO BASTIDA; MARILYN L. FOGEL and R. NATALIE P. GOODALL. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(5):617-627. 2013. Ontogenetic diet shift in Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii commersonii) off Tierra del Fuego. 0.440 MB RIOFRIO-LAZO, MARJORIE and DAVID AURIOLES-GAMBOA. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY 27(9):1076-1082. 2013. Timing of isotopic integration in marine mammal skull: Comparative study between calcified tissues. 0.930 MB ROBARDS, MARTIN D.; ALEXANDER S. KITAYSKY and JOHN J. BURNS. POLAR GEOGRAPHY 36(1-2):65-85. 2013. Physical and sociocultural factors affecting walrus subsistence at three villages in the northern Bering Sea: 1952-2004. 0.595 MB ROTH, SWAANTJE J.; B. KARSTEN; TISCHER; KIT M. KOVACS; CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN; NIKOLAUS OSTERRIEDER and MORTEN TRYLAND. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 164(3-4):286-292. 2013. Phocine herpesvirus 1 (PhHV-1) in harbor seals from Svalbard, Norway. 0.670 MB RYAN, CONOR; BRENDAN MCHUGH; CLIVE N. TRUEMAN; RICHARD SABIN; ROBERT DEAVILLE; CHRIS HARROD; SIMON D. BERROW and IAN O'CONNOR. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 479:251-261. 2013. Stable isotope analysis of baleen reveals resource partitioning among sympatric rorquals and population structure in fin whales. 0.548 MB SANTOS, MARIANA S.; ALEXANDRE SCHIAVETTI and MARTIN R. ALVAREZ. LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC RESEARCH 41(1):80-88. 2013. Surface patterns of Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in the presence of boats in Port of Malhado, Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil. 0.305 MB SASAKI, MOTOKI; YOKO AMANO; DAISUKE HAYAKAWA; TOSHIO TSUBOTA; HAJIME ISHIKAWA; TOSHIHIRO MOGOE; SEIJI OHSUMI; MASAFUMI TETSUKA; AKIO MIYAMOTO; YUTAKA FUKUI; TEGUH BUDIPITOJO and NOBUO KITAMURA. JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 59(2):159-167. 2013. Structure and steroidogenesis of the placenta in the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). 4.668 MB SCHOLTYSSEK, C. and G. DEHNHARDT. VISION RESEARCH 84:26-32. 2013. Brightness discrimination in the South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus). 0.482 MB SECO PON, JUAN PABLO; SOFIA COPELLO; ARIEL MORETINNI; HUGO P. LERTORA; IGNACIO BRUNO; JULIAN BASTIDA; LAURA MAUCO and MARCO FAVERO. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 64(3):237-248. 2013. Seabird and marine-mammal attendance and by-catch in semi-industrial trawl fisheries in near-shore waters of northern Argentina. 0.412 MB SEGAWA, TAKAO; TORU OTSUKA; TAKUYA ITOU; MIWA SUZUKI; NANA KARATANI and TAKEO SAKAI. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 152(3-4):218-224. 2013. Characterization of the circulating serum amyloid A in bottlenose dolphins. 0.389 MB SEW, GENEVIEVE and PETER A. TODD. RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 61(1):435-442. 2013. The effects of human-dolphin interaction programmes on the behaviour of three captive Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis). 0.202 MB SIDOR, INGA F.; J. LAWRENCE DUNN; GREGORY J. TSONGALIS; JOLENE CARLSON and SALVATORE, JR, FRASCA. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION 25(1):72-81. 2013. A multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay with two internal controls for the detection of Brucella species in tissues, blood, and feces from marine mammals. SMITH, LAURA V.; ANDREW MCMINN; ANDREW MARTIN; STEVE NICOL; ANDREW R. BOWIE; DELPHINE LANNUZEL and PIER VAN DER MERWE. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 446:1-9. 2013. Preliminary investigation into the stimulation of phytoplankton photophysiology and growth by whale faeces. 0.648 MB SOLEDAD LEONARDI, MARIA and RICARDO LUIS PALMA. ZOOTAXA 3630(3):445-466. 2013. Review of the systematics, biology and ecology of lice from pinnipeds and river otters (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae). 0.228 MB SONNE, CHRISTIAN; PALL S. LEIFSSON and RUNE DIETZ. TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY 95(3):1-14. 2013. Liver and renal lesions in mercury-contaminated narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from North West Greenland. 0.924 MB STANISTREET, JOY E.; DENISE RISCH and SOFIE M. VAN PARIJS. PLOS ONE 8(4) e61263. 10pp. 2013. Passive acoustic tracking of singing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on a Northwest Atlantic feeding ground. 1.582 MB STAUFFER, GLENN E.; JAY J. ROTELLA and ROBERT A. GARROTT. OECOLOGIA (BERLIN) 172(1):129-140. 2013. Variability in temporary emigration rates of individually marked female Weddell seals prior to first reproduction. 0.451 MB STEWART, JAMES and PETER CALLAGHER. MARINE POLICY 42:210-222. 2013. Industry response to the 2003 set net restrictions for protection of Maui's dolphin. 0.872 MB SVETOCHEV, V. N. and O. N. SVETOCHEVA. DOKLADY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 448(1):17-21. 2013. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk 448(1):113-117. 2013.) Summer migration activity of the beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas in Dvina Bay, the White Sea. 0.186 MB TAVONI, STEPHEN K.; CORY D. CHAMPAGNE; DORIAN S. HOUSER and DANIEL E. CROCKER. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMICAL, SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 183(4):537-546. 2013. Lactate flux and gluconeogenesis in fasting, weaned northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). 0.499 MB THEWISSEN, J. G. M.; LISA NOELLE COOPER and RICHARD R. BEHRINGER. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 32(6):1223-1234. 2012. Developmental biology enriches paleontology. 0.883 MB THIEMANN, GREGORY W.; ANDREW E. DEROCHER; SETH G. CHERRY; NICHOLAS J. LUNN; ELIZABETH PEACOCK and VICKI SAHANATIEN. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 94(2):386-397. 2013. Effects of chemical immobilization on the movement rates of free-ranging polar bears. 1.420 MB TYRRELL, LUKE P.; SETH D. NEWSOME; MARILYN L. FOGEL; MARISSA VIENS; ROXANE BOWDEN and MICHAEL J. MURRAY. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 94(2):331-338. 2013. Vibrissae growth rates and trophic discrimination factors in captive southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). 0.172 MB VAUGHN-HIRSHORN, ROBIN L.; ELISA MUZI; JESSICA L. RICHARDSON; GABRIELLA J. FOX; LAUREN N. HANSEN; ALYCE M. SALLEY; KATHLEEN M. DUDZINSKI and BERND WURSIG. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 98:1-8. 2013. Dolphin underwater bait-balling behaviors in relation to group and prey ball sizes. 1.156 MB VELTEN, B. P.; R. M. DILLAMAN; S. T. KINSEY; W. A. MCLELLAN and D. A. PABST. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 216(10):1862-1871. 2013. Novel locomotor muscle design in extreme deep-diving whales. 1.513 MB WANG, LINA; QIUYUAN YIN; GUIMEI HE; STEPHEN J. ROSSITER; EDWARD C. HOLMES and JIE CUI. VIROLOGY 441(1):66-69. 2013. Ancient invasion of an extinct gammaretrovirus in cetaceans. 0.361 MB WANG, YU-TING; LIEN-SIANG CHOU; CHIEH LO and WEI-CHENG YANG. PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 45(1):273-277. 2013. Rapid species identification of morphologically similar cetacean species Kogia sima and K. breviceps by High-resolution Melt Analysis. 1.182 MB WHITT, AMY D.; KATHLEEN DUDZINSKI and JENNIFER R. LALIBERTE. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 20(1):59-69. 2013. North Atlantic right whale distribution and seasonal occurrence in nearshore waters off New Jersey, USA, and implications for management. 2.012 MB WIENER, CARLIE. ANNALS OF LEISURE RESEARCH 16(1):55-71. 2013. Friendly or dangerous waters? Understanding dolphin swim tourism encounters. 0.250 MB WITTING, LARS. POPULATION ECOLOGY 55(2):377-401. 2013. Selection-delayed population dynamics in baleen whales and beyond. 0.954 MB YOUNG, B. G. and S. H. FERGUSON. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 40(1):52-60. 2013. Seasons of the ringed seal: Pelagic open-water hyperphagy, benthic feeding over winter and spring fasting during molt. 0.507 MB

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New Publication: River dolphin mortality events in the Amazon
by Veronica Iriarte 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Dear MARMAMERS, We are pleased to announce the following publication in Aquatic Mammals: Iriarte, V. & Marmontel, M. (2013). *River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis, Sotalia fluviatilis) mortality events attributed to artisanal fisheries in the Western Brazilian Amazon.Aquatic Mammals, 39(2): 116-124. DOI: 10.1578/AM.39.2.2013.116.* *ABSTRACT:* In the Western Brazilian Amazon, interactions of boto (*Inia geoffrensis*) and tucuxi (*Sotalia fluviatilis*) dolphins with fishing activities are common, but the prevalence of incidental/intentional catches is not known. This article describes incidental mortality events and intentional killing of *I. geoffrensis* and *S. fluviatilis* entangled in artisanal fishing gear and the opportunistic use of carcasses as bait. Between October 2010 and November 2011, surveys were conducted in waters of the lower Japurá River, between the Mamirauá and Amanã sustainable development reserves. In order to obtain information on interactions and to try to establish a stranding/entanglement response program (SERP), informal conversations were exchanged with local inhabitants (n = 174). Intense carcass-search surveys (n = 171) along the river in the four hydrological seasons (e.g., low, rising, high, and falling waters) were conducted, comprising a total of 1,197 h of sampling effort. Twenty-five dolphin–fishing interaction events were recorded (11* I. geoffrensis* and 14 *S. fluviatilis*), 19 in 2011 and six in 2012 (through SERP). A total of 11 necropsies (three *I. geoffrensis* and eight *S. fluviatilis*) were performed. Four individuals (two* I. geoffrensis* and two *S. fluviatilis*) exhibited evidence of physical violence before death, and two (one* I. geoffrensis* and one *S. fluviatilis*) died in abandoned gillnets. Two intentional killing events of* I. geoffrensis* incidentally entangled for bait use in the piracatinga (*Calophysus macropterus*) fishery were reported by fishermen, while three carcasses (two* I. geoffrensis* and one *S. fluviatilis*) with gillnet marks were also used in that activity. At least six of the *S. fluviatilis *entanglement events occurred in fishing gear used for tambaqui (*Colossoma macropomum*) and pirapitinga (*Piaractus brachypomus*) (90/100-mm mesh-size gillnet), two of the most important commercial fish species in the Amazon Basin. As seasonal fishing constitutes the main income for riverine human populations, the negative reactions that cetacean presence causes to people could have a catalyst effect for the transition from “incidental capture” to “intentional capture and competitor removal.” Law enforcement and precautionary measures through good fishing practices inside dolphin critical foraging areas should be taken together with fisheries’ managers and fishermen to start to develop multiple-species management and ensure sustainable fishing practices. The article is available at: http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org PDF copies can be requested to: verorcinus(a)gmail.com -- Verónica Iriarte Grupo de Pesquisa em Mamíferos Aquáticos Amazônicos Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá Estrada do Bexiga 2584, Bairro Fonte Boa CEP:69470-000 Tefé, Amazonas Brasil

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New Paper on the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act
by Joe Roman 02 Jun '13

02 Jun '13

Dear colleagues, A new paper on the 40th anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act from researchers at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Duke Marine Lab, Boston University, and Gund Institute. Roman, J., I. Altman, M. Dunphy-Daly, C. Campbell, M. Jasny, and A. Read. 2013. The Marine Mammal Protection Act at 40: status, recovery, and future of U.S. marine mammals. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1286: 29-49. Passed in 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act has two fundamental objectives: to maintain U.S. marine mammal stocks at their optimum sustainable populations and to uphold their ecological role in the ocean. The current status of many marine mammal populations is considerably better than in 1972. Take reduction plans have been largely successful in reducing direct fisheries bycatch, although they have not been prepared for all at-risk stocks, and fisheries continue to place marine mammals as risk. Information on population trends is unknown for most (71%) stocks; more stocks with known trends are improving than declining: 19% increasing, 5% stable, and 5% decreasing. Challenges remain, however, and the act has generally been ineffective in treating indirect impacts, such as noise, disease, and prey depletion. Existing conservation measures have not protected large whales from fisheries interactions or ship strikes in the northwestern Atlantic. Despite these limitations, marine mammals within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone appear to be faring better than those outside, with fewer species in at-risk categories and more of least concern. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.12040/abstract http://www.joeroman.com/category/research/ All the best, Joe Joe Roman, PhD Gund Institute for Ecological Economics <http://www.uvm.edu/giee/> Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources** University of Vermont Skype: jromanvt www.joeroman.com Author, *Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act* *Listed* on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Listed-Dispatches-from-Americas-Endangered-Sp…> | Twitter: roamnjoe <http://twitter.com/#!/roamnjoe>

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