September 2014 - MARMAM - devlists.uvic.ca

Recruiting Marine Mammal Genetic Technician
by Brenda Lewis - NOAA Affiliate 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

Job location: Lafayette, LA. Full job description at www.iapws.com/careers Job requisition: 15890 or e-mail: brenda.lewis(a)noaa.gov -- Brenda Lewis Site Manager IAP World Services Contractor NOAA/NMFS Project 228-549-1659

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faculty position available
by Graham Worthy 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

The Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for two tenure track Assistant Professor positions in Coastal Ecology/Biology. We seek broadly-trained, collaborative coastal ecologists/biologists, who focus on coastal upland and/or nearshore (wetland, estuarine, or marine) systems or organisms that reside therein. Potential research areas include, but are not restricted to: biogeochemistry, climate change, population and community ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental physiology, habitat modeling, microbial ecology, phycology, and/or sea-level rise. Researchers who use innovative combinations of field, experimental, genomic and theoretical approaches are encouraged to apply. We strongly prefer candidates who can build within-department and interdisciplinary collaborations (e.g., with civil and environmental engineers, environmental chemists, mathematical modelers, etc). The University of Central Florida is strategically investing in interdisciplinary studies of Coastal Systems. This year we are searching for a cluster of five tenure-track faculty in Biology (2), Chemistry (1), and Civil Engineering (2). Those who are hired should be strongly rooted in one of these disciplines and, ideally, also be interested in interdisciplinary collaborative research, and possibly teaching, in one or more of the other fields. These hires are part of 200 new faculty positions to be hired university-wide in 2015-16, with more hires anticipated in coming years. Applicants must have a Ph.D. from an accredited institution in a relevant field, appropriate postdoctoral training and a demonstrated ability or strong potential to establish and maintain a vigorous, extramurally funded research program. Successful candidates will contribute to teaching and mentoring students in our undergraduate and graduate programs (see http://biology.cos.ucf.edu for departmental details) and may be considered for secondary joint appointments in either the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering or the Department of Chemistry. UCF provides competitive startup funds and teaching loads; it is designated as a research university of very high activity (RU/VH) by the Carnegie Foundation and as an ‘Up-and-Coming School’ by U.S. News and World Report. Applicants must complete a job application at http://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/39605 which will link to both position #34009 and #34010. Separately, applicants must e-mail a single PDF document that includes a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, statements of research interests and teaching philosophy, and contact information for three references to: bio-search(a)ucf.edu<mailto:bio-search@ucf.edu>. Review of applicants will be ongoing and will continue until suitable candidates are found with an anticipated start date of August 2015. The University of Central Florida is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, including minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities. As a Florida public university, UCF makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request. -- Please note the change in address and phone number _____________________________________________________________ Graham A.J. Worthy, Ph.D. Department Chair and Provost's Distinguished Research Professor of Biology, Hubbs-Sea World Endowed Professor of Marine Mammalogy, and Director, Physiological Ecology and Bioenergetics Lab Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr., Room BIO302A Orlando FL 32816-2368 Graham.Worthy(a)ucf.edu<mailto:Graham.Worthy@ucf.edu> http://worthy.cos.ucf.edu/PEBL/ 407-823-1333 office 407-823-5769 fax skype: graham.worthy "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something" Plato _____________________________________________________________

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New book - Marine Mammals of BC
by John Ford 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Colleagues, I’m pleased to announce the publication of a new book, Marine Mammals of British Columbia. This handbook is Volume 6 in the series The Mammals of British Columbia, published by the Royal BC Museum. The following is the publisher’s description: In Marine Mammals of British Columbia, Dr. John Ford presents the latest information on 31 species that live in or visit Canada’s west-coast waters: 25 cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and 6 carnivores (seals, sea lions and the sea otter). He discusses their general biology, including how they feed, communicate, reproduce and behave in the marine environment. He also describes each species and summarizes its distribution, habitat, social organization, exploitation by humans, conservation status and much more. This book includes: more than 100 colour photographs to help identify species and show aspects of behaviour; colour illustrations of all species, showing distinctions between males, females and young; line drawings of skulls; maps showing sightings in BC; pointers on where to find each species and how to identify them at sea; and identification keys for whole animals and skeletal remains. September 2014, paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 464 pages ISBN 978-0-7726-6734-2 The book’s cover can be seen and it can be ordered from: http://www.hgdistribution.com/book_details.php?isbn_upc=9780772667342 It is also available (or soon will be) from other online book retailers, such as amazon.ca, chapters.indigo.ca, amazon.com, booktopia.com.au, etc. Regards, John Ford Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries & Oceans Canada Nanaimo, BC

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JNCC MMO & PAM training courses, Plymouth Aquarium, UK 1 - 5 December 2014
by Sam Nichols 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

JNCC MMO Course: 1 - 2 December 2014, UK Seiche is running its JNCC-accredited Marine Mammal Observer training course over 2 days to provide comprehensive coverage of the MMO role. Combining both classroom and practical boat sessions and delivered by a former MMO of many years' experience, this course ensures a thorough preparation for prospective MMOs. PAM Course: 3 - 5 December 2014, UK Seiche is running its popular 3 day Passive Acoustic Monitoring course which is perfectly suited to those wishing to pursue a career in this field. Providing training for all PAM equipment and including classroom theory as well as a day at sea deploying kit and testing practical skills, this course covers all the bases. To find out more information and/or register for one or both courses, please go to www.seiche.com or contact s.hancock(a)seiche.com.

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New Articles
by David S. Janiger 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

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 AKAMATSU, TOMONARI; MARIANNE HELENE RASMUSSEN and MARIA IVERSEN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 136(2):939-944. 2014. Acoustically invisible feeding blue whales in northern Icelandic waters. 0.909 MB ALESSI, JESSICA and CRISTINA FIORI. JOURNAL OF COASTAL CONSERVATION 18(4):449-458. 2014. >From science to policy - a geostatistical approach to identifying potential areas for cetacean conservation: A case study of bottlenose dolphins in the Pelagos sanctuary (Mediterranean Sea). 2.633 MB ALLEN, AARIN-CONRAD; DANIELLE C. SATTELBERGER and EDWARD O. KEITH. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 102(A):40-46. 2014. The People vs. Florida manatee: A review of the laws protecting Florida's endangered marine mammal and need for application. 0.831 MB ALLEN, AINSLEY S. MARINE POLICY 50A:215-226. 2014. The development of ships' routeing measures in the Bering Strait: Lessons learned from the North Atlantic right whale to protect local whale populations. 1.099 MB ANTUNES ZAPPES, CAMILAH; CARLOS EDUARDO NOVO GATTS; LILIANE FERREIRA LODI; PAULO CESAR SIMOES-LOPES; PAULA LAPORTA; ARTUR ANDRIOLO and ANA PAULA MADEIRA DI BENEDITTO. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 98:120-129. 2014. Comparison of local knowledge about the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus Montagu, 1821) in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: New research needed to develop conservation management strategies. 0.710 MB ARCOVERDE, DANILO LEAL; RENATA EMIN-LIMA; ALEXANDRA FERNANDES COSTA; ANA PAULA MADEIRA DE BENEDITTO; SALVATORE SICILIANO; LEONARDO SENA IGNACIO BENITES MORENO and JOSE DE SOUSA E. SILVA, JR. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1127-1132. 2014. Evaluation of periotic-timpanic bone complex of Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae) as tool in identification of geographic variations. 0.227 MB AU, WHITLOW W. L. and HUI "HELEN" OU. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 136(2):EL67-EL71. 2014. Temporal signal processing of dolphin biosonar echoes from salmon prey. 0.217 MB AZZELLINO, ARIANNA; MARIA CRISTINA FOSSI; STEFANIA GASPARI; CATERINA LANFREDI; GIANCARLO LAURIANO; LETIZIA MARSILI; SIMONE PANIGADA and MICHELA PADESTA. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 100:94-111. 2014. An index based on the biodiversity of cetacean species to assess the environmental status of marine ecosystems. 4.365 MB BALMER, BRIAN C.; RANDALL S. WELLS; LORI H. SCHWACKE; JOHN H. SCHWACKE; BARBARA DANIELSON; R. CLAY GEORGE; SUZANNE M. LANE; WILLIAM A. MCLELLAN; D. ANN PABST; KATE SPARKS; TODD R. SPEAKMAN; FORREST I. TOWNSEND and ERIC S. ZOLMAN. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 24(4):511-521. 2014. Integrating multiple techniques to identify stock boundaries of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.480 MB BANGUERA-HINESTROZA, E.; P. G. H. EVANS; L. MIRIMIN; R. J. REID; B. MIKKELSEN; A. S. COUPERUS; R. DEAVILLE; E. ROGAN and A. R. HOELZEL. CONSERVATION GENETICS 15(4):789-802. 2014. Phylogeography and population dynamics of the white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) in the North Atlantic. 1.117 MB BECK, SUZANNE; ANDREW D. FOOTE; SANDRA KOTTER; OLIVIA HARRIES; LAURA MANDLEBERG; PETER T. STEVICK; PADRAIG WHOOLEY and JOHN W. DURBAN. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1327-1333. 2014. Using opportunistic photo-identifications to detect a population decline of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in British and Irish waters. 0.412 MB BEDRINANA-ROMANO, L.; F. A. VIDDI; J. P. TORRES-FLOREZ; J. RUIZ; M. F. NERY; D. HARO; Y. MONTECINOS and R. HUCKE-GAETE. MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY: ZEITSCHRIFT FUER SAUGETIERKUNDE 79(6):384-392. 2014. At-sea abundance and spatial distribution of South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in Chilean Northern Patagonia: How many are there? 1.324 MB BENGTSON NASH, S.; A. DAWSON; M. BURKHARD; C. WAUGH and W. HUSTON. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM) 155:207-212. 2014. Detoxification enzyme activities (CYP1A1 and GST) in the skin of humpback whales as a function of organochlorine burdens and migration status. 0.421 MB BERG SOTO, ALVARO; HELENE MARSH; YVETTE EVERINGHAM; JOSHUA N. SMITH; GUIDO J. PARA and MICHAEL NOAD. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 136(2):930-938. 2014. Discriminating between the vocalizations of Indo-Pacific humpback and Australian snubfin dolphins in Queensland, Australia. 0.787 MB BEST, P. B.; M. J. SMALE; J. GLASS; K. HERIAN and S. VON DER HEYDEN. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1093-1097. 2014. Identification of stomach contents from a Shepherd's beaked whale Tasmacetus shepherdi stranded on Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic. 0.149 MB BOMBOSCH, ANNETTE; DANIEL P. ZITTERBART; ILSE VAN OPZEELAND; STEPHAN FRICKENHAUS; ELKE BURKHARDT; MARY S. WISZ and OLAF BOEBEL. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART I: OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS 91:101-114. 2014. Predictive habitat modelling of humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and Antarctic minke (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) whales in the Southern Ocean as a planning tool for seismic surveys. 0.988 MB BRUCE, ELEANOR; LINDSEY ALBRIGHT; SCOTT SHEEHAN and MICHELLE BLEWITT. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 54:83-95. 2014. Distribution patterns of migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Jervis Bay, Australia: A spatial analysis using geographical citizen science data. 1.994 MB CANADAS, A. and J. A. VAZQUEZ. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 178:155-162. 2014. Conserving Cuvier's beaked whales in the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean): Identification of high density areas to be avoided by intense man-made sound. 1.142 MB CAPELLA, JUAN J.; JOSE Z. ABRAMSON; YERKO A. VILINA and JORGE GIBBONS. POLAR BIOLOGY 37(10):1533-1539. 2014. Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the fjords of Chilean Patagonia. 0.661 MB CARSON, STUART and JOANNA MILLS FLEMMING. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING 291:175-181. 2014. Seal encounters at sea: A contemporary spatial approach using R-INLA. 1.267 MB CHAMBERT, THIERRY; JAY J. ROTELLA and ROBERT A. GARROTT. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 83(5):1158-1168. 2014. An evolutionary perspective on reproductive individual heterogeneity in a marine vertebrate. 0.257 MB CHICCO, ADAM J.; CATHERINE H. LE; AMBER SCHLATER; ALEX NGUYEN; SPENCER KAYE; JOSEPH W. BEALS; REBECCA L. SCALZO; CHRISTOPHER BELL ERICH GNAIGER; DANIEL P. COSTA; DANIEL E. CROCKER and SHANE B. KANATOUS. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 217(16):2947-2955. 2014. High fatty acid oxidation capacity and phosphorylation control despite elevated leak and reduced respiratory capacity in northern elephant seal muscle mitochondria. 0.494 MB CHURCHILL, MORGAN; ROBERT W. BOESSENECKER and MARK T. CLEMENTZ. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 172(1):200-225. 2014. Colonization of the Southern Hemisphere by fur seals and sea lions (Carnivora: Otariidae) revealed by combined evidence phylogenetic and Bayesian biogeographical analysis. 1.323 MB COURBIS, SARAH; ROBIN W. BAIRD; FRANK CIPRIANO and DEBORAH DUFFIELD. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY 105(5):627-641. 2014. Multiple populations of Pantropical spotted dolphins in Hawaiian waters. 2.387 MB CRONIN, M.; S. GREGORY and E. ROGAN. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1079-1086. 2014. Moulting phenology of the harbour seal in south-west Ireland. 0.460 MB CZECH-DAMAL, N. U.; S. J. GEISELER; M. L. M. HOFF; R. SCHLIEP; J.-M. RAMIREZ; L. FOLKOW and T. BURMESTER. NEUROSCIENCE 275:374-383. 2014. The role of glycogen, glucose and lactate in neuronal activity during hypoxia in the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) brain. 1.213 MB D'LIMA, CORALIE; HELENE MARSH; MARK HAMANN; ANINDYA SINHA and ROHAN ARTHUR. AMBIO 43(5):614-624. 2014. Positive interactions between Irrawaddy dolphins and artisanal fishers in the Chilika Lagoon of eastern India are driven by ecology, socioeconomics, and culture. 3.269 MB DEDE, AYHAN; AYAKA AMAHA OZTURK; TOMONARI AKAMATSU; ARDA M. TONAY and BAYRAM OZTURK. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1195-1202. 2014. Long-term passive acoustic monitoring revealed seasonal and diel patterns of cetacean presence in the Istanbul Strait. 0.440 MB DEGRATI, MARIANA; SILVANA L. DANS; GRISELDA V. GARAFFO and ENRIQUE A. CRESPO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1147-1153. 2014. Seabird and dolphin associations: Do seabirds benefit from feeding in association with dusky dolphins in Patagonia? 0.274 MB DOLMAN, SARAH J.; NICOLA K. HODGINS; COLIN D. MACLEOD; GRAHAM J. PIERCE and CAROLINE R. WEIR. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1185-1194. 2014. Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) observed during land-based surveys in The Minch, north-west Scotland. 0.342 MB DONAHOE, SHANNON L.; KARRIE ROSE and JAN SLAPETA. VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY 205(1-2):347-353. 2014. Multisystemic toxoplasmosis associated with a type II-like Toxoplasma gondii strain in a New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) from New South Wales, Australia. 1.613 MB DUNN, CHARLOTTE and DIANE CLARIDGE. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1305-1309. 2014. Killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence and predation in the Bahamas. 0.171 MB ELVIN, SANDRA S. ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT 11:67-83. 2014. The large marine ecosystem approach to assessment and management of polar bears during climate change. 0.843 MB ENDO, TETSUYA; OSAMU KIMURA; RIE SATO; MARI KOBAYASHI; AYAKA MATSUDA; TAKASHI MATSUISHI and KOICHI HARAGUCHI. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 86(1-2):238-243. 2014. Stable isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in killer whales (Orcinus orca) stranded on the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. 0.629 MB ESTEBAN, RUTH; PHILIPPE VERBORGH; PAULINE GAUFFIER; JOAN GIMENEZ; ISABEL AFAN; ANA CANADAS; PEDRO GARCIA; JOSE LUIS MURCIA; SARA MAGALHAES; EZEQUIEL ANDREU and RENAUD DE STEPHANIS. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1317-1325. 2014. Identifying key habitat and seasonal patterns of a critically endangered population of killer whales. 0.527 MB EVANS, PETER G. H.; PIA ANDERWALD and ANDREW J. WRIGHT. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1073-1077. 2014. Marine mammal research: Its relationship to other scientific disciplines and to wider society. 0.088 MB FAIR, PATRICIA A.; ADAM M. SCHAEFER; TRACY A. ROMANO; GREGORY D. BOSSART; STEPHEN V. LAMB and JOHN S. REIF. GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 206:203-212. 2014. Stress response of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) during capture-release health assessment studies. 0.774 MB FERNANDEZ, RUTH; GRAHAM J. PIERCE/ COLIN D. MACLEOD; ANDREW BROWNLOW; ROBERT J. REID; EMER ROGAN; MARIAN ADDINK; ROBERT DEAVILLE; PAUL J. JEPSON and M. BEGONA SANTOS. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1109-1116. 2014. Strandings of northern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus, in the north-east Atlantic: Seasonality and diet. 0.277 MB FIGUEIREDO, I. And C. R. WEIR. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 36(2):269-278. 2014. Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus off Angola: Recent sightings and evaluation of whaling data. 1.611 MB FILBY, NICOLE E.; KAREN A. STOCKIN and CAROL SCARPACI. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 2:62-71. 2014. Long-term responses of Burrunan dolphins (Tursiops australis) to swim-with dolphin tourism in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia: A population at risk. 0.602 MB FILBY, NICOLE E.; KAREN A. STOCKIN and CAROL SCARPACI. MARINE POLICY 51:40-47. 2014. Social science as a vehicle to improve dolphin-swim tour operation compliance? 0.836 MB FISHER, JASON T.; CHRIS PASZTOR; AMANDA WILSON; JOHN P. VOLPE and BRADLEY R. ANHOLT. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 177:148-155. 2014. Recolonizing sea otters spatially segregate from pinnipeds on the Canadian Pacific coastline: The implications of segregation for species conservation. 1.095 MB FOOTE, ANDREW D.; SANNA KUNINGAS and FILIPA I. P. SAMARRA. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1245-1252. 2014. North Atlantic killer whale research; past, present and future. 0.178 MB FOSSI, MARIA CRISTINA; DANIELE COPPOLA; MATTEO BAINI; MATTEO GIANNETTI; CRISTIANA CUERRANTI; LETIZIA MARSILI; CRISTINA PANTI; ELEONORA DE SABATA and SIMONA CLO. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 100:17-24. 2014. Large filter feeding marine organisms as indicators of microplastic in the pelagic environment: The case studies of the Mediterranean basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). 0.729 MB FRAIJA-FERNANDEZ, NATALIA; FRANCISCO J. AZNAR; JUAN A. RAGA; DAVID GIBSON and MERCEDES FERNANDEZ. ACTA PARASITOLOGICA 59(3):510-517. 2014. A new brachycladiid species (Digenea) from Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus in north-western Atlantic waters. 0.635 MB FRENZILLI, GIADA; MARGHERITA BERNARDESCHI; PATRIZIA GUIDI; VITTORIA SCARCELLI; PAOLO LUCCHESI; LETIZIA MARSILI; MARIA CRISTINA FOSSI; ANDREA BRUNELLI; GIULIO POJANA; ANTONIO MARCOMINI and MARCO NIGRO. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 100:68-73. 2014. Effects of in vitro exposure to titanium dioxide on DNA integrity of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) fibroblasts and leukocytes. 0.548 MB FRIEDLAENDER, A. S.; J. A. GOLDBOGEN; D. P. NOWACEK; A. J. READ; D. JOHNSTON and N. GALES. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 217(16):2851-2854. 2014. Feeding rates and under-ice foraging strategies of the smallest lunge filter feeder, the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). 0.716 MB FRUET, PEDRO F.; EDUARDO R. SECCHI; FABIO DAURA-JORGE; ELS VERMEULEN; PAULO A. C. FLORES; PAULO CESAR SIMOES-LOPES; RODRIGO CEZAR GENOVES; PAULA LAPORTA; JULIANA C. DI TULLIO; THALES; RENATO O. FREITAS; LUCIANO DALLA ROSA; VICTOR HUGO VALIATI; LUCIANO B. BEHEREGARAY and LUCIANA M. MOLLER. CONSERVATION GENETICS 15(4):879-895. 2014. Remarkably low genetic diversity and strong population structure in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from coastal waters of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. 1.195 MB GARCIA-ALVAREZ, NATALIA; LUIS D. BOADA; ANTONIO FERNANDEZ; MANUEL ZUMBADO; MANUEL ARBELO; EVA SIERRA; AINA XURIACH; JAVIER ALMUNIA; MARIA CAMACHO and OCTAVIO P. LUZARDO. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 100:48-56. 2014. Assessment of the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine contaminants in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. 1.386 MB GARCIA ANZOLIN, DAIANE; PAULO S. M. DE CARVALHO; PITAGORAS C. VIANA, JR.; IRAN C. NORMANDE and ANTONIO DA SILVA SOUTO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1133-1137. 2014. Stereotypical behaviour in captive West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). 0.140 MB GARIBALDI, FULVIO and MICHELA PODESTA. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1087-1091. 2014. Stomach contents of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) stranded in Italy (Ligurian Sea, north-western Mediterranean). 0.213 MB GEIJER, CHRISTINA K. A. and PETER J. S. JONES. MARINE POLICY 51:1-12. 2014. A network approach to migratory whale conservation: Are MPAs the way forward or do all roads lead to the IMO? 0.992 MB GINGERICH, PHILIP D. PALAONTOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT 88(3):361-365. 2014. Identification of basilosaurid archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) collected in Egypt by Richard Markgraf (1901-1916). 0.893 MB GOL'DIN, PAVEL. EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 41(3):473-479. 2014. Naming an innominate: Pelvis and hindlimbs of Miocene whales give an insight into evolution and homology of cetacean pelvic girdle. 0.897 MB GOLDBOGEN, J. A.; A. K. STIMPERT; S. L. DERUITER; J. CALAMBOKIDIS; A. S. FRIEDLAENDER; G. S. SCHORR; D. J. MORETTI; P. L. TYACK and B. L. SOUTHALL. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 217(14):2449-2455. 2014. Using accelerometers to determine the calling behavior of tagged baleen whales. 0.792 MB GONZALVO, JOAN; JAUME FORCADA; ESTEVE GRAU and ALEX AGUILAR. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1227-1235. 2014. Strong site-fidelity increases vulnerability of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in a mass tourism destination in the western Mediterranean Sea. 0.325 MB GUI, DUAN; RIQING YU; XUAN HE; QIN TU and YUPING WU. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 86(1-2):266-273. 2014. Tissue distribution and fate of persistent organic pollutants in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins from the Pearl River Estuary, China. 0.935 MB GUIDARELLI, G.; P. NICOLOSI; G. FUSCO; M. C. DE FRANCESCO and A. LOY. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 81(3):354-367. 2014. Morphological variation and modularity in the mandible of three Mediterranean dolphin species. 1.200 MB HANDOH, ITSUKI C. and TORU KAWAI. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 85(2):824-830. 2014. Modelling exposure of oceanic higher trophic-level consumers to polychlorinated biphenyls: Pollution 'hotspots' in relation to mass mortality events of marine mammals. 2.270 MB HARWOOD, LOIS A.; JOHN IACOZZA; JAMES C. AULD; PAMELA NORTON and LISA LOSETO. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 100:128-136. 2014. Belugas in the Mackenzie River Estuary, NT, Canada: Habitat use and hot spots in the Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area. 2.280 MB HAUSER, DONNA D. W.; KRISTIN L. LAIDRE; ROBERT S. SUYDAM and PIERRE R. RICHARD. POLAR BIOLOGY 37(8):1171-1183. 2014. Population-specific home ranges and migration timing of Pacific Arctic beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). 2.325 MB HIGDON, JEFF W.; KRISTIN H. WESTDAL and STEVEN H. FERGUSON. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1293-1304. 2014. Distribution and abundance of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Nunavut, Canada - an Inuit knowledge survey. 0.377 MB HODGINS, NICOLA K.; SARAH J. DOLMAN and CAROLINE R. WEIR. MARINE BIODIVERSITY RECORDS 7: e97. 7pp. 2014. Potential hybridism between free-ranging Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off north-east Lewis (Hebrides, UK). 0.323 MB HOLMA, MAIJA; MARKO LINDROOS and SOILE OINONEN. NATURAL RESOURCE MODELING 27(3):275-299. 2014. The economics of conflicting interests: Northern Baltic salmon fishery adaption to gray seal abundance. 1.028 MB INANMAZ, OZGUR EMEK; OZGUR DEGIRMENCI and ALI CEMAL GUCU. ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST 60(3):278-280. 2014. A new sighting of the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779), in the Marmara Sea (Turkey). 0.910 MB ISHII, ATSUSHI and AYAKO OKUBO. REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH 31(4):257-280. 2014. Path dependence and paradigm shift: How cetacean scientists learned to develop management procedures that survived the controversial whaling regime. 0.257 MB JABBAR, ABDUL; NAMITHA MOHANDAS and ROBIN B. GASSER. PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH 113(8):3049-3055. 2014. Characterisation of the mitochondrial genome of Parafilaroides normani (lungworm) of Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Australian fur seal). 0.301 MB JANIK, VINCENT M. CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY 28:60-65. 2014. Cetacean vocal learning and communication. 0.917 MB JIA, KUNTONG; WENZHI LIN; DUAN GUI; LESZEK KARCZMARSKI and YUPING WU. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 161(8):1919-1930. 2014. Molecular evidence reveals the distinctiveness of Indo-Pacific finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the Pearl River Estuary and insights into genus Neophocaena's origin. 0.987 MB KAMEYAMA, SAHO; TOMONARI AKAMATSU; AYHAN DEDE; AYAKA AMAHA OZTURK and NOBUAKI ARAI. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 136(2):922-929. 2014. 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Spatial segregation and similar trophic-level diet among eastern Canadian Arctic/North-West Atlantic killer whales inferred from bulk and compound specific isotopic analysis. 0.511 MB MCCORDIC, JESSICA A.; SEAN K. TODD and PETER T. STEVICK. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1311-1315. 2014. Differential rates of killer whale attacks on humpback whales in the North Atlantic as determined by scarification. 0.188 MB MENEZES DE OLIVEIRA E SILVA, FERNANDA; VITOR LUZ CARVALHO; JULIANA PLACIDO GUIMARAES; JOCIERY EINHARDT VERGARA-PARENTE; ANA CAROLINA OLIVEIRA DE MEIRELLES; MIRIAM MARMONTEL and MARIA ANGELICA MIGLINO. ZOOMORPHOLOGY (BERLIN) 133(3):343-350. 2014. Accessory spleen in cetaceans and its relevance as a secondary lymphoid organ. 2.161 MB MICHISHITA, MASAKI; KAZUSHI TORIKAI; HISASHI YOSHIMURA; FUMIO TERASAWA; REI NAKAHIRA; KOZO OHKUSU-TSUKADA and KIMIMASA TAKAHASHI. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 18(4):129-132. 2013. Squamous cell carcinoma with systemic metastases in a spotted seal (Phoca largha). 1.129 MB MOHSENIAN, NAZANIN; HAMED MOSHIRI; OMID SEDIGHI SAVAD KOUHI; SHAHRAM NORBAKHSH; SHOKAT HEIDARY; KAZEM SHARIFI SHAMILI and GILLIAN T. BRAULIK. MARINE BIODIVERSITY RECORDS 7: e64. 4pp. 2014. The first Indo-Pacific common dolphin mass stranding in Iranian waters. 0.261 MB MOORE, SUE E. and FRANCES M. D. GULLAND. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 102(A):55-57. 2014. Linking marine mammal and ocean health in the 'New Normal' Arctic. 0.398 MB MULSOW, JASON; JAMES J. FINNERAN and DORIAN S. HOUSER. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 136(3):1402-1409. 2014. Interaural differences in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) auditory nerve response to jawphone click stimuli. 0.932 MB MURAYAMA, TSUKASA; SO IIJIMA; HIROSHI KATSUMATA and KAZUTOSHI ARAI. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 27(3):368-384. 2014. Vocal imitation of human speech, synthetic sounds and beluga sounds, by a beluga (Delphinapterus leucas). 4.368 MB MURRAY, ANITA; AARON N. RICE and CHRISTOPHER W. CLARK. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1117-1125. 2014. Extended seasonal occurrence of humpback whales in Massachusetts Bay. 0.406 MB NACHTIGALL, PAUL E. and ALEXANDER YA. SUPIN. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 217(16):2806-2813. 2014. Conditioned hearing sensitivity reduction in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 0.473 MB NAKAMURA, GEN and HIDEHIRO KATO. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 275(10):1113-1121. 2014. Developmental changes in the skull morphology of common minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata. 0.582 MB NIIMI, SATOKO; MAI IMOTO; TATSUYA KUNISUE; MICHIO X. WATANABE; EUN-YOUNG KIM; KEI NAKAYAMA; GENTA YASUNAGA; TOSHIHIRO FUJISE; SHINSUKE TANABE and HISATO IWATA. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 108:95-105. 2014. Effects of persistent organochlorine exposure on the liver transcriptome of the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North Pacific. 0.559 MB OFTEDAL, O. T.; R. EISERT and G. K. BARRELL. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE 97(8):4713-4732. 2014. Comparison of analytical and predictive methods for water, protein, fat, sugar, and gross energy in marine mammal milk. 0.794 MB PAEZ-ROSAS, DIEGO and DAVID AURIOLES-GAMBOA. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1099-1107. 2014. Spatial variation in the foraging behaviour of the Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) assessed using scat collections and stable isotope analysis. 0.391 MB PARO, ALEXANDRE DOUGLAS; EBOL ROJAS and LEONARDO LIBERALI WEDEKIN. MARINE BIODIVERSITY RECORDS 7: e78. 3pp. 2014. Southernmost record of the Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis in the south-west Atlantic Ocean. 0.268 MB PASSADORE, CECILIA; ANDRES DOMINGO; MARIA SZEPHEGYI and EDUARDO R. SECCHI. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1267-1276. 2014. Influence of environmental and longline fishing operational variables on the presence of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in south-western Atlantic. 0.368 MB PEARSON, LINNEA E.; HEATHER E. M. LIWANAG; MIKE O. HAMMILL and JENNIFER M. BURNS. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY 44:93-102. 2014. Shifts in thermoregulatory strategy during ontogeny in harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus). 0.830 MB PETRUNY, LOREN M.; ANDREW J. WRIGHT and COURTNEY E. SMITH. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 85(1):24-32. 2014. Getting it right for the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis): A last opportunity for effective marine spatial planning? 2.336 MB POLANOWSKI, ANDREA M.; JOOKE ROBBINS; DAVID CHANDLER and SIMON N. JARMAN. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES 14(5):976-987. 2014. Epigenetic estimation of age in humpback whales. 0.487 MB PRAJITH, K. K.; P. H. DHIJU DAS and LEELA EDWIN. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 102(A):1-6. 2014. Dolphin Wall Net (DWN) - An innovative management measure devised by ring seine fishermen of Kerala-India to reducing or eliminating marine mammal-fishery interactions. 1.436 MB PULCINI, MARINA; DANIELA SILVIA PACE; GABRIELLA LA MANNA; FRANCESCA TRIOSSI and CATERINA MARIA FORTUNA. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1175-1184. 2014. Distribution and abundance estimates of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around Lampedusa Island (Sicily Channel, Italy): Implications for their management. 0.574 MB REICHMUTH, COLLEEN and CAROLINE CASEY. CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY 28:66-71. 2014. Vocal learning in seals, sea lions, and walruses. 0.617 MB RICHARD, GAETAN; JADE VACQUIE-GARCIA; JOFFREY JOUMA'A; BAPTISTE PICARD; ALEXANDRE GENIN; JOHN P. Y. ARNOULD; FREDERIC BAILLEUL and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 217(14):2609-2619. 2014. Variation in body condition during the post-moult foraging trip of southern elephant seals and its consequences on diving behaviour. 0.695 MB RIDGWAY, S. H.; P. W. MOORE; D. A. CARDER and T. A. ROMANO. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 217(16):2910-2919. 2014. Forward shift of feeding buzz components of dolphins and belugas during associative learning reveals a likely connection to reward expectation, pleasure and brain dopamine activation. 1.564 MB RODRIGUES, FERNANDA ROSA; VERA MARIA FERREIRA DA SILVA and JOSE FERNANDO MARQUES BARCELLOS. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 297(8):1532-1535. 2014. The mammary glands of the Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis (Mammalia: Sirenia): Morphological characteristics and microscopic anatomy. 0.227 MB ROMANIC, S. HERCEG; D. HOLCER; B. LAZAR; D. KLINCIC; P. MACKELWORTH and C. M. FORTUNA. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 38(2):469-479. 2000. Organochlorine contaminants in tissues of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus from the northeastern part of the Adriatic Sea. 1.149 MB SANTOS, M. BEGONA; CAMILO SAAVEDRA and GRAHAM J. PIERCE. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 106:232-244. 2014. Quantifying the predation on sardine and hake by cetaceans in the Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula. 0.729 MB SCHEININ, A. P.; D. KEREM; S. LOJEN; J. LIBERZON and E. SPANIER. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 94(6):1203-1220. 2014. Resource partitioning between common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the Israeli bottom trawl fishery? Assessment by stomach contents and tissue stable isotopes analysis. 0.376 MB SKINNER, JOHN P.; YOKO MITANI; VLADIMIR N. BURKANOV and RUSSEL D. ANDREWS. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 461:107-115. 2014. 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COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL 13(7):599-610. 2014. New marine mammal faunas (Cetacea and Sirenia) and sea level change in the Samlat Formation, Upper Eocene, near Ad-Dakhla in southwestern Morocco. 4.059 MB

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New publications: online tool for calculating pelagic current drift
by Erik van Sebille 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

Dear all, I am very happy to announce that the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (JEMBE) has this week published my latest manuscript, introducing a simple, fast and freely available online tool to study drift in the ocean. As most pelagic marine mammals inevitably drift to some extend, I though you might be interested in this paper for research or teaching purposes. van Sebille, E. (2014), Adrift.org.au -- A free, quick and easy tool to quantitatively study planktonic surface drift in the global ocean, *J Exp Mar Biol Ecol*, *461*, 317-322, doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2014.09.002 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.09.002>. I am a physical oceanographer by training, and interested in ocean currents and the way they advect "stuff" like heat, nutrients, plankton and even plastic. In the last few years, I have created a method to study dispersion on the ocean surface, using trajectories from observed drifting buoys. This method is so simple and powerful that I created a website around it at adrift.org.au and this paper in JEMBE is the introduction of that website for marine scientists interested in ocean drift. As I state at the end of the manuscript, I hope "that adrift.org.au is a valuable addition to the landscape of tracking tools and that the site will be used by scientists, both in their teaching and their research, who are interested in how ocean currents shape ecosystems". You can download the pdf at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098114002445 or contact me via email at e.vansebille(a)unsw.edu.au for a copy Let me know if you have any questions or comments! Cheers, Erik Title: Adrift.org.au -- A free, quick and easy tool to quantitatively study planktonic surface drift in the global ocean Abstract: Almost all organisms in the ocean are impacted by ocean currents. Hence, there is growing interest by marine ecologists in using objective methods to assess current drift and its implications for marine connectivity. Here, an online tool - hosted at adrift.org.au - is introduced that allows for a simple, quantitative assessment of drift patterns and transit time scales on the global scale. The tool is based on a statistical transition matrix represen- tation of the observed trajectories of more than 15 thousand surface drifters. Users can select any point in the ocean and obtain the evolution of the probability density distribution for a tracer released at that point, both forward and backward in time, for a maximum interval of 10 years. It is envisioned that this tool will be used in research and teaching, especially where estimates of drift patterns and transit times are required quickly. -- Dr. Erik van Sebille Climate Change Research Centre & ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia --------------------------------- t: +61 2 9385 7196 e: E.vanSebille(a)unsw.edu.au w: www.erik.vansebille.com

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Marine Mammal Research Internship
by Victoria Howard 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

*Winter/Spring 2015 Marine Mammal Internship* The IMMS Research Internship Program is designed as a way for students interested in a career in marine science to gain valuable research experience in a real-world setting. Interns will participate with multiple projects involving bottlenose dolphins, sea turtles and diamondback terrapins. As an intern, you will be trained in all aspects of dolphin photo-id research, sea turtle satellite tracking, and other current research projects at IMMS. Interns will also participate in other operations at IMMS including stranding response, education, and animal care. Our goal is to give Interns a well-rounded experience in a variety of areas while providing expert training and experience in marine science research. Interns must: - Commit to a minimum of at least 12 weeks. The internship can be extended depending on work performance. - Be available to work Mon-Fri and must be available for all boat trips. Some field days may fall on the weekends. - Have strong sense of responsibility, work ethic, attention to detail, and ability to admit mistakes. - Produce high quality research efforts and exhibit strong interpersonal skills. - *Principle Duties include*: data entry, searching and cataloging journal articles, learning all research protocols, cropping and sorting photo-id fin images, learning to use photo-id programs such as Darwin (fin matching software), and FinBase (Microsoft Access), boat based field research (21’ and 31’ boats), and learn how to use ArcGIS - *Secondary Duties involve*: Assisting with animal care staff, attending marine mammal necropsies, responding to marine mammal and sea turtle strandings, and assisting with educational tours. - *Field days: *Interns must be able to spend many hours on the water and on shore in sometimes extreme seasonal conditions. Seasonal temperatures range from over 100 °F in summer to 30 °F in winter. Field days typically exceed eight hours and occur at least two or three times a week. Applicants must be 18 or older and must have a genuine interest in marine research. Applicants should be actively pursuing a college degree or be a recent graduate in oceanography, marine science/biology, biology, or a related field. Previous research experience in any capacity is a plus. Applicants must be able and willing to fulfill all duties outlined for this Internship Program. This is an unpaid position and Interns are responsible for their own housing and transportation. Once accepted, IMMS staff will be able to assist Interns in suggesting suitable housing options and locations. *Deadline to Apply for the Winter/Spring Session (1/5/15 - 3/27/15 and 3/9/15 - 5/29/15) is November 1, 2014* *Please visit **http://imms.org/internship.php* <http://imms.org/internship.php>* for application and full details*

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JOB POSTING - BIOLOGIST POSITION, NEWPORT RI
by Farak, Amy M CIV NUWC NWPT 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

BIOLOGIST POSITION The Naval Undersea Warfare Center located in Newport, Rhode Island, is seeking qualified candidates with environmental planning and marine science skills to serve as a lead in support of various U.S. Navy environmental planning projects. Job tasks will be geared towards the needs of Fleet/NAVSEA customers and teaming with other Navy service providers for biological analyses, marine species monitoring, and overall compliance with NEPA, EO 12114, ESA, MMPA, CZMA. Duties associated with this position include (1) investigating and developing assessments for compliance with environmental regulations, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Executive Order 12114, Endangered Species Act, etc., (2) Assisting in the development of high quality environmental planning documentation through the integration of scientific analysis and results, (3) Providing technical support on environmental legal issues or disputes, and (4) Developing plans designed to minimize environmental impact from proposed activities. Experience or knowledge of the following is highly desirable: project management; marine mammals; sea turtles; principals of underwater acoustics; statistical principles and methods; Esri GIS products; environmental legislation and DoD/Navy policy. This is not primarily a field biologist position, but there are opportunities for field research. The positions are located onsite at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division in Newport, Rhode Island and are open to all U.S. citizens. OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, 24 September 2014 to Tuesday, 30 September 2014 USAJOBS link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/381722700 Thank you, Amy ------------------------------------------------- Amy Farak NUWC Newport, Environmental Program Manager, Mission Environmental Planning Office: 401-832-4674 Cell: 401-465-1938 Fax: 401-832-4747 DSN: 432-4674 NIPR: amy.farak(a)navy.mil SIPR: amy.farak(a)navy.smil.mil ------------------------------------------------- This signature line and my digital signature is the equivalent of a hard copy signature, serving to authenticate that I have the authority to send this e-mail and to indicate I have consciously decided that it should have the same legal authority normally accorded to an actual hard copy signature.

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seeking volunteers for November - Heaviside’s dolphin research in Namibia
by Sara Golaski 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

*Volunteer opportunity - Heaviside’s dolphin research in Namibia* *BACKROUND:* This volunteer position is to assist University of Pretoria MSc student Sara Golaski. The project aims to obtain baseline information on abundance and habitat use of Heaviside’s dolphins in Namibia using primarily photographic identification (photo-ID). *WHERE:* Walvis Bay, Namibia *WHEN:* November and December 2014. *DATA ANALYSIS & FIELDWORK:* The volunteer position is primarily office based processing photo-ID images, but you will be aiding the Namibian Dolphin Project in all project activities including some fieldwork, community outreach and attending cetacean strandings should they occur. *EXPECTATIONS*, volunteers are expected to: - Be experienced with photo-ID work - Have good attention to detail - Be reliable, adaptable and hard-working - Be prepared to work long days - Be sociable, enthusiastic and have a positive attitude. - Participate for a minimum of 1 months, 2 months preferred Post would suit upper level undergrads and graduate students who have interest and background in Biology, Marine Biology and an interest in pursuing further study. Due to the training required, applicants should be available for a *minimum of 2 months.* *LIVING & COSTS:* Volunteers are expected to cover their own living expenses, including flight costs. We can assist in finding accommodation which can be around ZAR 3000 ($300 USD) per month. Food and other personal expenses can be kept between ZAR 2000-3000 a month. *DEADLINE AND APPLICATIONS:* Interested volunteers should email Sara Golaski as soon as possible with a: *1 - LETTER of interest outlining relevant experience and motivation for participation* *2 – CV* *3 - Duration of stay (expected start and end date)* *to Sara Golaski sgolaski(a)coa.edu <sgolaski(a)coa.edu> * *FOR MORE INFORMATION:* Namibian Dolphin Project website: http://www.namibiandolphinproject.com/ -- Sara Golaski MSc Student, Zoology University of Pretoria Namibian Dolphin Project sgolaski(a)coa.edu http://www.namibiandolphinproject.com/

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differences in male V female breeding intervals
by Graeme Hays 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

The following paper has recently been published and I hope proves useful for those looking at operational sex ratios and investigating differences in male V female behaviour through long-term satellite tracking. Hays GC, Mazaris AD and Schofield G (2014). Different male vs. female breeding periodicity helps mitigate offspring sex ratio skews in sea turtles. Front. Mar. Sci. 1:43. doi:10.3389/fmars.2014.00043 http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2014.00043/abstract This paper is free to download from the journal website. The paper show how the interval between breeding seasons is shorter for male turtles than for females. We show this by long-term satellite tracking of males and females and through an energy balance model which suggests our finding will apply generally to sea turtle populations. We review all the published studies to show that that female biased hatchling sex ratios dominate across the World but then show how these hatchling sex ratio skews will translate into far more balanced adult sex ratios on the breeding areas. ABSTRACT The implications of climate change for global biodiversity may be profound with those species with little capacity for adaptation being thought to be particularly vulnerable to warming. A classic case of groups for concern are those animals exhibiting temperature-dependent sex-determination (TSD), such as sea turtles, where climate warming may produce single sex populations and hence extinction. We show that, globally, female biased hatchling sex ratios dominate sea turtle populations (exceeding 3:1 in >50% records), which, at-a-glance, reiterates concerns for extinction. However, we also demonstrate that more frequent breeding by males, empirically shown by satellite tracking 23 individuals and supported by a generalized bio-energetic life history model, generates more balanced operational sex ratios (OSRs). Hence, concerns of increasingly skewed hatchling sex ratios and reduced population viability are less acute than previously thought for sea turtles. In fact, in some scenarios skewed hatchling sex ratios in groups with TSD may be adaptive to ensure optimum OSRs. All best wishes, Graeme Professor Graeme Hays Alfred Deakin Professor of Marine Science School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Warrnambool Campus, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, VIC 3280 (+61 3 55633311) http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=7rc3SmAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/careers-at-deakin/your-employer-of-ch… Recent highlights: Hays GC, Christensen A, Fossette S, Schofield G, Talbot J, Mariani P. (2014). Route optimisation and solving Zermelo's navigation problem during long distance migration in cross flows. Ecology Letters 17, 137-143. doi: 10.1111/ele/12219 Laloë J-O, Cozens J, Renom B, Taxonera A, Hays GC (2014). Effects of rising temperature on the viability of an important sea turtle rookery. Nature Climate Change 4, 513-518. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2236 Hinder SL, Gravenor MB, Edwards M, Ostle C, Bodger OG, Lee PLM, Walne AW, Hays GC (2014). Multi-decadal range changes vs thermal adaptation for north east Atlantic oceanic copepods in the face of climate change. Global Change Biology 20, 140-146. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12387 Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free.

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