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ObSERVE-Acoustic Project Manager Position (Galway, Ireland)
by Joanne OBrien 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

Postgraduate Research Opportunity: Project Manager Acoustic Surveys for Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin (ObSERVE-Acoustic) Project Description: The Marine and Freshwater Research Centre (MFRC) at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology carries out research across a broad spectrum of marine and freshwater habitats. Recently the MFRC was successful in winning a tender from the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DCENR) to carry out passive and static acoustic surveys for cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic margin under the ObSERVE programme. The ObSERVE team at GMIT are currently recruiting a Project Manager. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join a team within the MFRC and play a role in a new 3 year project collaborating with international partners. As well as the requisite technical skills, results from teamwork, demonstrable skills in project management should all be evident in the track record of the candidate. Research Environment: The successful candidate will join a dynamic group of researchers at the Marine and Freshwater Research Centre (MFRC) at GMIT. The candidate will have access to state of the art equipment and facilities, and will benefit greatly from collaboration with international partners in the field of cetacean acoustics. This post is primarily an administrative post but if the candidate has past expertise in the field of marine acoustics or habitat modelling then they will have to chance to have input on these aspect of the project and even, if appropriate, register for a postgraduate degree. The candidate will be expected to live in Galway and will be provided with an office in the MFRC. They will report and work closely with the ObSERVE – Acoustic Principle Investigators: Drs Simon Berrow (simon.berrow(a)gmit.ie) and Joanne O’Brien (joanne.obrien(a)gmit.ie ). Requirements: Minimum: · An Honours degree (2.1 or higher) in a relevant degree (e.g. Biology/Ecology) Level 8 degree [as specified in the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ)] or equivalent · Three years relevant post-qualification experience Desirable: · A higher degree (MSc/PhD) in a cognate area · Participated in offshore cetacean surveys (visual or acoustic) · Experience in acoustic monitoring and marine policy relating to offshore environment · Experience in habitat modelling and GIS · Demonstrable expertise in project management to a high level · Track record of research achievement, i.e. peer reviewed publications, grant income, evidence of academic and industry collaboration · Ability to enhance the existing research capacity of GMIT’s MFRC, and its relationship with collaborators · Excellent communication and presentation skills · Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in teams DUTIES: The appointee will play a key role in the ObSERVE – Acoustic programme managing finances, ordering equipment, organising and participating in offshore surveys including organising personnel from international and national partners, management of datasets, archiving and transferring to partners. The PM will also be responsible for the organisation of meetings, attendance at conferences and contributing towards the delivery of the overall final report. Salary is based on Research Assistant scale ranging from €20,555 in the first year, rising to €21,488 with increments Starting date: September/October 2015 until March 2018. Completed applications can be submitted to hr(a)gmit.ie (Phone: 00353 91 742766/742767/742763) by Friday 14th of August, 17:00. or returned to: Human Resources Department Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Dublin Road, Galway, IRELAND Dr. Joanne O'Brien Marine and Freshwater Research Centre (MFRC) Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Dublin Road Galway Ireland 00353 (0)91 742277 00353 (0)86 8657633

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New Paper: Genetic differentiation of rough-toothed dolphins worldwide.
by Haydee Cunha 29 Jul '15

29 Jul '15

Dear all, on behalf of my co-authors, I’d like to announce thatthe following paper is now available online: Molecular taxonomy and population structure of therough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis (Cetartiodactyla:Delphinidae). Silva, AzevedoAF, Secchi ER, Barbosa LA, Flores PAC, Carvalho RR,Bisi TL, Lailson-Brito J, Cunha HA. Zoological Journal ofthe Linnean Society This is the first perspective on the geneticdifferentiation of rough-toothed dolphins worldwide. Abstract: Several delphinid species have shown geneticpopulation structure, both between and within ocean basins. We investigatedgenetic differentiation in the rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis, using mitochondrial control region sequences from several localitiesworldwide (N = 112). Preliminary analyses indicated highlevels of genetic differentiation between the Atlantic and Pacific/IndianOceans, which were further investigated using complete cytochrome b sequences and mitogenomes. Phylogenetic analyses were inconclusive aboutthe existence of cryptic speciation in the genus Steno.Notwithstanding this result, analysis of molecular variance and Φ-statistics analysesrevealed strong population differentiation not only between the Atlantic andPacific, but also within the Atlantic, where three populations were detected:Caribbean, southeastern Brazil, and southern Brazil. We propose that thesepopulations be considered management units for conservation purposes. Ourresults provide the first perspective on the worldwide genetic differentiationof S. bredanensis. The pdf can be downloaded at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zoj.12301/abstract. Alternatively, pdf requests can be addressed to daysemaqua(a)gmail.com. Cheers, Haydée ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haydée A. Cunha, PhD MAQUA - Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos e Bioindicadores (UERJ) Faculdade de Oceanografia Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524 / Sl. 4002-E Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil CEP 20.550-013 Tel: +55 (21) 2334-0065 / 99981-8382

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Proceedings from 3rd International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA 3 – Adelaide, Australia) - Free Download
by Erich Hoyt 29 Jul '15

29 Jul '15

Now Available: Proceedings from 3rd International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA 3 – Adelaide, Australia) Proceedings from the International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA 3) were released today, along with the formal announcement of a fourth conference to be held in Puerto Vallarta, México, Nov. 13-17, 2016. The 95-page publication includes summaries of the individual talks, discussions, workshops and side events. ICMMPA 3 had two main goals (1) to highlight the challenges of place and size for protected areas that feature or include marine mammals, and (2) to explore the use of a new tool for conservation — the important marine mammal area, or IMMA, designation which the closely associated IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force has been developing. The ICMMPA 3 Proceedings call for an enhanced mission for the Task Force and the International Committee on Marine Mammal Protected Areas to work with managers and communities to engage more stakeholders in marine mammal habitat protection and keep them engaged. “Marine mammal protected areas, or MMPAs, can give the public a stake in what happens in the sea,” says ICMMPA Chair Naomi McIntosh, who is with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and served as the former superintendent of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. “Indeed, without that involvement, it is difficult to create successful MMPAs.” “With the prospect of work on the IMMAs, too,” says WDC research fellow Erich Hoyt, who edited the ICMMPA 3 Proceedings, “although the selection of such areas is seen as a scientific process, gaining acceptance and traction for IMMAs, in terms of using them as tools for conservation, will depend on connecting people with the ocean — not just nearshore waters but offshore waters and the great expanse of the high seas. We urgently need to build these connections.” To learn more about the International Committee on Marine Mammal Protected Areas, please visit: http://icmmpa.org . Conference proceedings for this and previous conferences can be found online by following the links on that page. There is also preliminary news about the ICMMPA 4 conference to be held in Puerto Vallarta, México, Nov. 13-17, 2016. Save the date! __________________________________________________________ Erich Hoyt, Research Fellow, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, UK Steering Committee, International Committee on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA) Co-chair, IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force Co-director, Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP) erich.hoyt(a)mac.com

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Interdisciplinary workshop at SMM San Francisco
by Heather Heenehan 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce we will be running a full-day workshop entitled "Breaching Disciplines: Integrating Marine Mammal Social-Ecological Research and Management" at the Biennial in San Francisco on Saturday, December 12th from 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. We would like to encourage anyone with interest in marine mammal social-ecological integration to attend. This workshop focuses on interdisciplinarity in the hopes that it will help elucidate the importance for integrating social science in marine mammal research and to focus on key avenues for social science research in the Society. The goal for this workshop is to produce a document related to the outcomes of the workshop. See full description of the workshop below or on the SMM conference website (https://www.marinemammalscience.org/conference/workshops/#breaching) Registration for the workshop should be done through the conference website: https://www.marinemammalscience.org/conference/conference-registration/. The registration fee is US $80.00 if registered prior to September 15, 2015. If you register after the 15th the registration fee increases to US $90.00, so make sure to sign up early. If you have any questions about the workshop please feel free to contact us. Thank you, Carlie S. Wiener, Heather Heenehan, and David W. Johnston *Breaching Disciplines: Integrating Marine Mammal Social-Ecological Research and Management* Socio-economic integration into ecological sciences in the framework of marine mammal research is often presented in an abstract manner, which lacks context for use in management decision making. This full-day workshop will address important challenges and questions in coupled human and natural systems, emphasizing key theory-based principals related to human-marine mammal case studies. The workshop will be divided into a morning session focused on research connected to the late Elinor Ostrom’s common pool resource theory and an afternoon session examining human attitudes and perceptions centered on marine mammal-human relationships. In both the morning and afternoon sessions critical examples of social, economic, cultural, political and behavioral components of marine mammal management, science, and policy will be central to discussions. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in two dynamic and engaging sessions exploring how important social theory principals can inform marine mammal research and better bridge the gap between human dimensions and natural sciences research. This progressive workshop will highlight human-animal conflict, marine mammal valuation, and oral-historical research, amongst other topics. This workshop aims to provide an open forum of shared learning experiences with people involved in research, management and a general interest in marine mammal social-ecological integration, and will include breakout discussions centered around theory-based case studies presented throughout the workshop. Opportunities for idea exchange in cross-disciplinary fields will be offered through group activity and participation in active discussion concerning future research needs. The morning session will be focused on research related to common pool resource theory and the afternoon session devoted to human attitudes and perceptions research associated with marine mammal-human conflict issues. Four to five different experts will be brought into each session to present on a case study, followed by in-depth breakout discussions guided by each case study.

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Namibian Dolphin Project Volunteer
by Namibian Dolphin Project 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

The Namibian Dolphin Project (NDP) is looking for volunteers from September to November 2015 to help conduct cetacean research in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Walvis Bay is home to two resident populations of dolphin; Heaviside’s and bottlenose, other cetacean species regularly occur in the bay but the majority of data concerns these two species. Volunteers are expected to work ~ 30 hours per week and will help conduct vessel-based cetacean surveys (1 per week), strandings surveys and land based bird surveys. The majority of time will also be spent in the office processing/analysing photo-ID and acoustic data, while manning the public education centre. Requirements: Applicants should be enrolled in, or hold, a bachelor’s degree, or have sufficient work experience in a related field (biology, zoology, oceanography, marine biology, environmental sciences, animal sciences, veterinary medicine, etc.). Volunteers must be experienced in MS Office, be self-motivated and responsible, able to work independently, have good organizational and communication skills and perform as part of a team. The position is a great opportunity for students or recent graduates to join dedicated scientists who are conducting cetacean research in a dynamic and poorly studied area. As part of this program, volunteers are extremely important members of the team and will be immersed in all aspects of the project. They will gain experience in a range of field and analytical techniques relevant to marine mammal research. To apply, please send a CV and a cover letter outlining why you are interested in volunteering with the NDP and your relevant experience and your dates of availability to Barry McGovern on nam.dolphin.edu(a)gmail.com. Please include “NDP Volunteer” in the subject heading. Places are limited so preference will be given to volunteers who can commit to longer time periods. To cover accommodation, food and training costs, volunteers are asked to contribute GBP700 per month. Thanks, Barry McGovern Namibian Dolphin Project, Walvis Bay, Erongo, Namibia. +264 81 236 0858 www.namibiandolphinproject.com

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New Articles
by David S. Janiger 27 Jul '15

27 Jul '15

Hi, All Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. In my futile attempt to try and get caught up, there are alot of them this time around. Larger 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 (323) 585-3553 (M,T,W,F) (213) 763-3369 (Th) janiger(a)cox.net djaniger(a)nhm.org Janiger Journals ALTUKHOV, ALEXEY V.; RUSSEL D. ANDREWS; DONALD G. CALKINS; THOMAS S. GELATT; ELIEZER D. GURARIE; THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN; EVGENY G. MAMAEV; VICTOR S. NIKULIN; PETER A. PERMYAKOV; SERGEY D. RYAZANOV; VLADIMIR V. VERTYANKIN and VLADIMIR N. BURKANOV. PLOS ONE 10(5) e0127292. 25pp. 2015. Age specific survival rates of Steller sea lions at rookeries with divergent population trends in the Russian Far East. 3.076 MB ANDERSON, CHELSEA E.; MARTIN HAULENA; ERIN ZABEK; GREGORY HABING and STEPHEN RAVERTY. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(2):191-197. 2015. Clinical and epidemiologic considerations of Clostridium difficile in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) at a marine mammal rehabilitation center. ARDENTE, AMANDA J. and RICHARD C. HILL. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(2):198-204. 2015. The nutrient composition of the diet of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) is better assessed relative to metabolizable energy than dry matter. ATKINSON, SHANNON; DANIEL CROCKER; DORIAN HOUSER and KENDALL MASHBURN. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMICAL, SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 185(5):463-486. 2015. Stress physiology in marine mammals: How well do they fit the terrestrial model? ATTARD, CATHERINE R. M.; LUCIANO B. BEHEREGARAY; K. CURT S. JENNER; PETER C. GILL; MICHELINE-NICOLE M. JENNER; MARGARET G. MORRICE; PETER R. TESKE and LUCIANA M. MOLLER. BIOLOGY LETTERS 11(5). 20141037. 5pp. 2015. Low genetic diversity in pygmy blue whales is due to climate-induced diversification rather than anthropogenic impacts. BALMER, BRIAN C.; GINA M. YLITALO; LAUREN E. MCGEORGE; KERI A. BAUGH; DARYLE BOYD; KEITH D. MULLIN; PATRICIA E. ROSEL; CARRIE SINCLAIR; RANDALL S. WELLS; ERIC S. ZOLMAN and LORI H. SCHWACKE. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 527-528:306-312. 2015. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in blubber of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast, USA. BARBOSA, LORRAINE; SHAWN P. JOHNSON; MARK G. PAPICH and FRANCES GULLAND. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(2):266-272. 2015. Pharmacokinetics of single-dose orally administered Ciprofloxacin in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). BAUMANN-PICKERING, SIMONE; ANNE E. SIMONIS; ERIN M. OLESON; ROBIN W. BAIRD; MARIE A. ROCH and SEAN M. WIGGINS. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 28(2):97-108. 2015. False killer whale and short-finned pilot whale acoustic identification. BERNS, GREGORY S.; PETER F. COOK; SEAN FOXLEY; SAAD JBABDI; KARLA L. MILLER and LORI MARINO. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 282(1811). Article 20151203. 8p. 2015. Diffusion tensor imaging of dolphin brains reveals direct auditory pathway to temporal lobe. BESSELING, E.; E. M. FOEKEMA; J. A. VAN FRANEKER; M. F. LEOPOLD; S. KUHN; E. L. BRAVO REBOLLEDO; E. HEßE; L. MIELKE; J. IJZER; P. KAMMINGA and A. A. KOELMANS. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 95(1):248-252. 2015. Microplastic in a macro filter feeder: Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae. BI, JIANLING; BO HU; JINSONG ZHENG; JINGZHEN WANG; WUHAN XIAO and DING WANG. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 162(6):1201-1213. 2015. Characterization of the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha gene in the sperm whale, beluga whale, and Yangtze finless porpoise. 5.232 MB BJORKLAND, RHEMA H.; SCOTT F. PEARSON; STEVE J. JEFFRIES; MONIQUE M. LANCE; ALEJANDRO ACEVEDO-GUTIERREZ and ERIC J. WARD. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 526:213-225. 2015. Stable isotope mixing models elucidate sex and size effects on the diet of a generalist marine predator. BLUNDELL, GAIL M. and GREY W. PENDLETON. PLOS ONE 10(5) e0125486. 35pp. 2015. Factors affecting haul-out behavior of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in tidewater glacier inlets in Alaska: Can tourism vessels and seals coexist? 2.602 MB BOWEN, LIZABETH; A. KEITH MILES; JEFFREY STOTT; SHANNON WATERS and TODD ATWOOD. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 529:114-120. 2015. Enhanced biological processes associated with alopecia in polar bears (Ursus maritimus). BRAITHWAITE, JANELLE E.; JESSICA J. MEEUWIG; TOM B. LETESSIER; K. CURT S. JENNER and ANDREW S. BRIERLEY. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(8):1195-1202. 2015. >From sea ice to blubber: Linking whale condition to krill abundance using historical whaling records. BRILLANT, SEAN W.; ANGELIA S. M. VANDERLAAN; ROBERT W. RANGELEY and CHRISTOPHER T. TAGGART. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 27(2):141-154. 2015. Quantitative estimates of the movement and distribution of North Atlantic right whales along the northeast coast of North America. BROWNING, HELEN M.; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND; JOHN A. HAMMOND; KATHLEEN M. COLEGROVE and AILSA J. HALL. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 370(1673). Article Number: 20140228. 7pp. 2015. Common cancer in a wild animal: The California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) as an emerging model for carcinogenesis. BURNS, J. M.; K. LESTYK; D. FREISTROFFER and M. O. HAMMILL. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY 88(2):167-182. 2015. Preparing muscles for diving: Age-related changes in muscle metabolic profiles in harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals. CABALLERO, SUSANA; SEBASTIAN DUCHENE; MANUEL F. GARAVITO; BETH SLIKAS and C. SCOTT BAKER. PLOS ONE 10(5) e0123543. 17pp. 2015. Initial evidence for adaptive selection on the NADH subunit two of freshwater dolphins by analyses of mitochondrial genomes. CAMPANA, I.; R. CROSTI; D. ANGELETTI; L. CAROSSO; L. DAVID; N. DI-MEGLIO; A. MOULINS; M. ROSSO; P. TEPSICH and A. ARCANGELI. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 109:1-8. 2015. Cetacean response to summer maritime traffic in the western Mediterranean Sea. CASTELLOTE, MANUEL; JOSE MARIA BROTONS; CARLA CHICOTE; MANEL GAZO and MARGALIDA CERDA. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 113:54-66. 2015. Long-term acoustic monitoring of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in marine protected areas in the Spanish Mediterranean Sea. 2.136 MB CHAMBERT, THIERRY; JAY J. ROTELLA and ROBERT A. GARROTT. ECOLOGY 96(2):479-488. 2015. Female Weddell seals show flexible strategies of colony attendance related to varying environmental conditions. CHRISTIANSEN, FREDRIK; NED M. LYNAS; DAVID LUSSEAU and URSULA TSCHERTER. PLOS ONE 10(5) e0126396. 17pp. 2015. Structure and dynamics of minke whale surfacing patterns in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. CITTA, JOHN J.; LORI T. QUAKENBUSH; STEPHEN R. OKKONEN; MATTHEW L. DRUCKENMILLER; WIESLAW MASLOWSKI; JACLYN CLEMENT-KINNEY; JOHN C. GEORGE; HARRY BROWER; ROBERT J. SMALL; CARIN J. ASHJIAN; LOIS A. HARWOOD and MADS PETER HEIDE-JORGENSEN. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY 136:201-222. 2015. Ecological characteristics of core-use areas used by Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort (BCB) bowhead whales, 2006-2012. 5.986 MB CLARK, CHRISTOPHER W.; CATHERINE L. BERCHOK; SUSANNA B. BLACKWELL; DAVID E. HANNAY; JOSH JONES; DIMITRI PONIRAKIS and KATHLEEN M. STAFFORD. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY 136:223-240. 2015. A year in the acoustic world of bowhead whales in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. 4.947 MB COSENTINO, A. MEL. MARINE BIODIVERSITY RECORDS 8: e108. 5pp. 2015. First record of Norwegian killer whales attacking and feeding on a harbour porpoise. COUNIHAN, KATRINA L.; VERENA A. GILL; MELISSA A. MILLER; KATHLEEN A. BUREK-HUNTINGTON; RANCE B. LEFEBVRE and BARBARA A. BYRNE. COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 40:7-17. 2015. Pathogenesis of Streptococcus infantarius subspecies coli Isolated from sea otters with infective endocarditis. COZZI, BRUNO; MICHELA PODESTA; CALOGERO VACCARO; ROBERTO POGGI; SANDRO MAZZARIOL; STEFAN HUGGENBERGER and ALESSANDRO ZOTTI. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 298(7):1294-1300. 2015. Precocious ossification of the tympanoperiotic bone in fetal and newborn dolphins: An evolutionary adaptation to the aquatic environment? CRAWFORD, JUSTIN A.; LORI T. QUAKENBUSH and JOHN J. CITTA. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY 136:133-150. 2015. A comparison of ringed and bearded seal diet, condition and productivity between historical (1975-1984) and recent (2003-2012) periods in the Alaskan Bering and Chukchi Seas 2.185 MB CURE, CHARLOTTE; LISE DOKSAETER SIVLE; FLEUR VISSER; PAUL J. WENSVEEN; SAANA ISOJUNNO; CATRIONA M. HARRIS; PETTER H. KVADSHEIM; FRANS-PETER A. LAM and PATRICK J. O. MILLER. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 526:267-282. 2015. Predator sound playbacks reveal strong avoidance responses in a fight strategist baleen whale. DA COSTA TOLEDO, GUSTAVO ALVES; NEWTON MOTA GURGEL FILHO; JADSON LUIS DA SILVA BRITO and ALFREDO LANGGUTH. MARINE BIODIVERSITY RECORDS 8: e66. 7pp. 2015. Stranding of a Risso's dolphin (Cetacea, Delphinidae) on the north-eastern coast of Brazil, with comments on its distribution and threats in the western South Atlantic. DANERI, G. A.; A. R. CARLINI; E. R. MARSCHOFF; A. HARRINGTON; J. NEGRETE; J. A. MENNUCCI and M. E. I. MARQUEZ. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(5):665-676. 2015. The feeding habits of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, at Isla 25 de Mayo/King George Island, South Shetland Islands. DAVIES, KIMBERLEY T. A.; ANGELIA S. M. VANDERLAAN; R. KENT SMEDBOL and CHRISTOPHER T. TAGGART. JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS 150:80-90. 2015. Oceanographic connectivity between right whale critical habitats in Canada and its influence on whale abundance indices during 1987-2009. DE FREITAS, MAFALDA; FRANTS H. JENSEN; JULIAN TYNE; LARS BEJDER and PETER T. MADSEN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 137(6):3033-3041. 2015. Echolocation parameters of Australian humpback dolphins (Sousa sahulensis) and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the wild. DEFRAN, R. H.; MARTHAJANE CALDWELL; EDUARDO MORTEO; AIMEE R. LANG; MEGAN G. RICE and DAVID W. WELLER. BULLETIN OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 114(1):1-11. 2015. Possible stock structure of coastal bottlenose dolphins off Baja California and California revealed by photo-identification research. DEHART, PIETER A. P. and CANDACE M. PICCO. POLAR SCIENCE 9(2):235-248. 2015. Stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope analyses of bowhead whale baleen as biochemical recorders of migration and arctic environmental change. DELGADO-ESTRELLA, ALBERTO. THERYA 6(2):297-314. 2015. Patrones de residencia y movimientos a largo plazo de las toninas Tursiops truncatus, en la region sureste del Golfo de Mexico. (Residence patterns and long-term movements of dolphins Tursiops truncatus, in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico) DIAZ-DELGADO, J.; A. FERNANDEZ; J. F. EDWARDS; E. SIERRA; A. XURIACH; N. GARCIA-ALVAREZ; S. SACCHINI; K. R. GROCH; M. ANDRADA and M. ARBELO. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 153(1):58-63. 2015. Uterine leiomyoma and prolapse in a live-stranded Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). DINES, JAMES P.; SARAH L. MESNICK; KATHERINE RALLS; LAURA MAY-COLLADO; INGI AGNARSSON and MATTHEW D. DEAN. EVOLUTION 69(6):1560-1572. 2015. A trade-off between precopulatory and postcopulatory trait investment in male cetaceans. DRAGO, M.; V. FRANCO-TRECU; L. ZENTENO; D. SZTEREN; E. A. CRESPO; F. G. RIET SAPRIZA; L. DE OLIVEIRA; R. MACHADO; P. INCHAUSTI and L. CARDONA. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 525:261-272. 2015. Sexual foraging segregation in South American sea lions increases during the pre-breeding period in the Río de la Plata plume. DRAKE, S. E.; S. D. CRISH; J. C. GEORGE; R. STIMMELMAYR and J. G. M. THEWISSEN. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 298(7):1327-1335. 2015. Sensory hairs in the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus (Cetacea, Mammalia). DREHMER, CESAR JAEGER; DANIELA SANFELICE and CAROLINA LOCH. ZOOMORPHOLOGY (BERLIN) 134(2):325-338. 2015. Dental anomalies in pinnipeds (Carnivora: Otariidae and Phocidae): Occurrence and evolutionary implications. EMBLING, C. B.; A. E. M. WALTERS and S. J. DOLMAN. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 3:867-877. 2015. How much effort is enough? The power of citizen science to monitor trends in coastal cetacean species. FIRE, SPENCER E.; LEANNE J. FLEWELLING; MEGAN STOLEN; WENDY NOKE DURDEN; MARTINE DE WIT; ANN C. SPELLMAN and ZHIHONG WANG. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 526:241-251. 2015. Brevetoxin-associated mass mortality event of bottlenose dolphins and manatees along the east coast of Florida, USA. FOWLER, MELINDA A.; DANIEL P. COSTA; DANIEL E. CROCKER; WEN-JUN SHEN and FREDRIC B. KRAEMER. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY 88(3):284-294. 2015. Adipose triglyceride lipase, not hormone-sensitive lipase, ss the primary lipolytic enzyme in fasting elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). FRAIJA-FERNANDEZ, NATALIA; JOSE L. CRESPO-PICAZO; FRANCESC DOMENECH; RAUL MIGUEZ-LOZANO; JOSE F. PALACIOS-ABELLA; ABRIL RODRIGUEZ-GONZALEZ; MAR VILLAR-TORRES and PATRICIA GOZALBES. MAMMAL STUDY 40(2):95-100. 2015. First stranding event of a common minke whale calf, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804, reported in Spanish Mediterranean waters. 2.862 MB FRANCO-MORENO, ROCIO-ANDREA; VICTOR-HUGO CRUZ-ESCALONA; DAVID AURIOLES-GAMBOA; PABLO VERA-ALFARO; JOAQUIN SALAS-RODRIGUEZ and SAI RAVELA. MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY: ZEITSCHRIFT FUER SAUGETIERKUNDE 80(4):316-327. 2015. Variability and sexual dimorphism in skull morphometry of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in Mexico. 2.107 MB GALLO-REYNOSO, JUAN PABLO and EDGAR MAURICIO HOYOS-PADILLA. THERYA 6(2):329-336. 2015. First stranding record of a Cuvier beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. GANNIER, A. and G. MARTY. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 95(1):283-288. 2015. Sperm whales ability to avoid approaching vessels is affected by sound reception in stratified waters. GARCIA-VITAL, MARAH; EDUARDO MORTEO; IBIZA MARTINEZ-SERRANO; ALBERTO DELGADO-ESTRELLA and CARMEN BAZUA-DURAN. THERYA 6(2):337-349. 2015. Inter-individual association levels correlate to behavioral diversity in coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. GARLAND, ELLEN C.; CATHERINE L. BERCHOK and MANUEL CASTELLOTE. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(5):747-754. 2015. Temporal peaks in beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) acoustic detections in the northern Bering, northeastern Chukchi, and western Beaufort Seas: 2010-2011 GARLAND, ELLEN C.; MANUEL CASTELLOTE and CAHTERINE L. BERCHOK. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 137(6):3054-3067. 2015. Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) vocalizations and call classification from the eastern Beaufort Sea population. 2.756 MB GEORGE, JOHN C.; MATTHEW L. DRUCKENMILLER; KRISTIN L. LAIDRE; ROBERT SUYDAM and BRIAN PERSON. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY 136:250-262. 2015. Bowhead whale body condition and links to summer sea ice and upwelling in the Beaufort Sea. 2.056 MB GERLACH, TREVOR J.; AMARA H. ESTRADA; IVAN S. SOSA; MELANIE POWELL; KENNETH E. LAMB; RAY L. BALL; MARTINE DE WIT and MIKE T. WALSH. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(2):205-212. 2015. Establishment of echocardiographic parameters of clinically healthy Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). GMUCA, NATALIA V.; LINNEA E. PEARSON; JENNIFER M. BURNS and HEATHER E. M. LIWANAG. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY 88(2):158-166. 2015. The fat and the furriest: Morphological changes in harp seal fur with ontogeny. GOEBEL, MICHAEL E.; WAYNE L. PERRYMAN; JEFFERSON T. HINKE; DOUGLAS J. KRAUSE; NANCY A. HANN; STEVE GARDNER and DONALD J. LEROI. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(5):619-630. 2015. A small unmanned aerial system for estimating abundance and size of Antarctic predators. GOMEZ-CAMPOS, ENCARNA; ASUNCION BORRELL; JORDI CORREAS and ALEX AGUILAR. SCIENTIA MARINA 79(2):189-197. 2015. Topographical variation in lipid content and morphological structure of the blubber in the striped dolphin. GOUNDIE, ELIZABETH T.; DAVID A. S. 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An assessment of the effectiveness of high definition cameras as remote monitoring tools for dolphin ecology studies. 6.281 MB GUINET, CHRISTOPHE; PAUL TIXIER; NICOLAS GASCO and GUY DUHAMEL. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1587-1597. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Long-term studies of Crozet Island killer whales are fundamental to understanding the economic and demographic consequences of their depredation behaviour on the Patagonian toothfish fishery. GUSTAVSON, LISA; BJORN MUNRO JENSSEN; JENNY BYTINGSVIK; BJARNE STYRISHAVE; MARTIN HANSEN; JON AARS; GRETHE S. EGGEN and TOMASZ M. CIESIELSKI. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(8):1183-1194. 2015. Steroid hormone profile in female polar bears (Ursus maritimus). HAELTERS, J.; V. DULIERE; L. VIGIN and S. DEGRAER. HYDROBIOLOGIA 756(1):105-116. 2015. Towards a numerical model to simulate the observed displacement of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena due to pile driving in Belgian waters. HAMER, DEREK J.; SIMON J. CHILDERHOUSE; JOHN P. MCKINLAY; MIKE C. DOUBLE and NICK J. GALES. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1691-1705. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Two devices for mitigating odontocete bycatch and depredation at the hook in tropical pelagic longline fisheries. HARO, DANIELA; ANELIO AGUAYO-LOBO; OLIVIA BLANK; CONSTANZA CIFUENTES; CATHERINE DOUGNAC; CRISTOBAL ARREDONDO; CATALINA PARDO and IRIS CACERES-SAEZ. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA MARINA Y OCEANOGRAFIA 50(1):149-155. 2015. Nuevo varamiento masivo de orca falsa, Pseudorca crassidens, en el Estrecho de Magallanes, Chile. (A new mass stranding of false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens, in the Strait of Magellan, Chile) HART, LESLIE B.; RANDALL S. WELLS; NICK KELLAR; BRIAN C. BALMER; ALETA A. HOHN; STEPHEN V. LAMB; TERI ROWLES; ERIC S. ZOLMAN and LORI H. SCHWACKE. PLOS ONE 10(5) e0127432. 16pp. 2015. Adrenal hormones in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Influential factors and reference intervals. HASTIE, GORDON D.; DEBORAH J. F. RUSSELL; BERNIE MCCONNELL; SIMON MOSS; DAVE THOMPSON and VINCENT M. JANIK. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 52(3):631-640. 2015. Sound exposure in harbour seals during the installation of an offshore wind farm: predictions of auditory damage. HIROSE, AYUMI; GEN NAKAMURA and HIDEHIRO KATO. MAMMAL STUDY 40(2):101-108. 2015. Some aspects on an asymmetry of nasal bones in toothed whales. HOCKING, DAVID P.; MARCIA SALVERSON and ALISTAIR R. EVANS. PLOS ONE 10(5) e0124615. 13pp. 2015. Foraging-based enrichment promotes more varied behaviour in captive Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). HOLT, MARLA M.; DAWN P. NOREN; ROBIN C. DUNKIN and TERRIE M. WILLIAMS. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 218(11):1647-1654. 2015. 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Sperm whale response to tag boat presence: Biologically informed hidden state models quantify lost feeding opportunities. 5.014 MB IWATA, T.; K. Q. SAKAMOTO; E. W. J. EDWARDS; I. J. STANILAND; P. N. TRATHAN; Y. GOTO; K. SATO; Y. NAITO and A. TAKAHASHI. BIOLOGY LETTERS 11(7). 20150227. 4pp. 2015. The influence of preceding dive cycles on the foraging decisions of Antarctic fur seals. JANKOWSKI, GWEN; MICHAEL J. ADKESSON; JEREMIAH T. SALIKI; SUSANA CARDENAS-ALAYZA and PATRICIA MAJLUF. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(2):246-254. 2015. Survey for infectious disease in the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) population at Punta San Juan, Peru. JIN, LING; CAROLINE GAUS and BEATE I. ESCHER. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 49(11):6963-6973. 2015. Adaptive stress response pathways induced by environmental mixtures of bioaccumulative chemicals in dugongs. KANAJI, YU; TOMIO MIYASHITA; HIDEYOSHI YOSHIDA; MAKOTO OKAZAKI and TOSHIYA KISHIRO. 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REGEHR; STEVEN H. FERGUSON; OYSTEIN WIIG; PETER BOVENG; ROBYN P. ANGLISS; ERIK W. BORN; DENNIS LITOVKA; LORI QUAKENBUSH; CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN; DAG VONGRAVEN and FERNANDO UGARTE. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 29(3):724-737. 2015. Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century. LANYON, JANET M.; ARTHUR WONG; TREVOR LONG and LUCY WOOLFORD. VETERINARY CLINICAL PATHOLOGY 44(2):234-242. 2015. Serum biochemistry reference intervals of live wild dugongs (Dugong dugon) from urban coastal Australia. LAU, QUINTIN; NATALIE CHOW; RACHAEL GRAY; JAIME GONGORA and DAMIEN P. HIGGINS. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY 106(4):395-402. 2015. Diversity of MHC DQB and DRB genes in the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea). LIN, TZU-HAO; HSIN-YI YU; CHI-FANG CHEN and LIEN-SIANG CHOU. PLOS ONE 10(4) e0123943. 16pp. 2015. 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Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Testing a passive deterrent on longlines to reduce sperm whale depredation in the Gulf of Alaska. OIGARD, TOR ARNE and HANS J. SKAUG. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1462-1469. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Fitting state-space models to seal populations with scarce data. OKSANEN, SARI M.; MARKUS P. AHOLA; JYRKI OIKARINEN and MERVI KUNNASRANTA. PLOS ONE 10(5) e0127510. 9pp. 2015. A novel tool to mitigate by-catch mortality of Baltic seals in coastal fyke net fishery. OREMUS, MARC; JOHN LEQATA and C. SCOTT BAKER. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2:140524. 9pp. 2015. Resumption of traditional drive hunting of dolphins in the Solomon Islands in 2013. OU, HUI; WHITLOW W. L. AU; SOFIE VAN PARIJS; ERIN M. OLESON and SHANNON RANKIN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 137(6):3024-3032. 2015. Discrimination of frequency-modulated baleen whale downsweep calls with overlapping frequencies. PARSONS, E. C. M.; S. BAULCH; T. BECHSHOFT; G. BELLAZZI; P. BOUCHET; A. M. COSENTINO; C. A. J. GODARD-CODDING; F. GULLAND; M. HOFFMANN-KUHNT; E. HOYT; S. LIVERMORE; C. D. MACLEOD; E. MATRAI; L. MUNGER; M. OCHIAI; A. PEYMAN; A. RECALDE-SALAS; R. REGNERY; L. ROJAS-BRACHO; C. P. SALGADO-KENT; E. SLOOTEN; J. Y. WANG; S. C. WILSON; A. J. WRIGHT; S. YOUNG; E. ZWAMBORN and W. J. SUTHERLAND. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 27(2):113-118. 2015. Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation. PASSADORE, CECILIA; ANDRES DOMINGO and EDUARDO R. SECCHI. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1637-1652. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Analysis of marine mammal bycatch in the Uruguayan pelagic longline fishery operating in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. PASSADORE, CECILIA; ANDRES DOMINGO and EDUARDO R. SECCHI. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1653-1666. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Depredation by killer whale (Orcinus orca) and false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) on the catch of the Uruguayan pelagic longline fishery in southwestern Atlantic Ocean. PATERSON, J. TERRILL; JAY J. ROTELLA; KEVIN R. ARRIGO and ROBERT A. GARROTT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 282(1806). Article 20143137. 8p. 2015. Tight coupling of primary production and marine mammal reproduction in the Southern Ocean. PEEL, DAVID; MARK BRAVINGTON; NATALIE KELLY and MICHAEL C. DOUBLE. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 25(4):1003-1015. 2015. Designing an effective mark-recapture study of Antarctic blue whales. PETERSON, SARAH H.; JOSHUA T. ACKERMAN and DANIEL P. COSTA. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 282(1810). Article 20150710. 9p. 2015. Marine foraging ecology influences mercury bioaccumulation in deep-diving northern elephant seals. PETERSON, SARAH H.; MICHAEL G. PETERSON; CATHY DEBIER; ADRIAN COVACI; ALIN C. DIRTU; GOVINDAN MALARVANNAN; DANIEL E. CROCKER; LISA K. SCHWARZ and DANIEL P. COSTA. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 533:144-155. 2015. Deep-ocean foraging northern elephant seals bioaccumulate persistent organic pollutants. PINEDA, JESUS; VICTORIA STARCZAK; JOSE C. B. DA SILVA; KARL HELFRICH; MICHAEL THOMPSON and DAVID WILEY. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS 120(4):2555-2570. 2015. Whales and waves: Humpback whale foraging response and the shoaling of internal waves at Stellwagen Bank. 2.092 MB PINZONE, MARIANNA; HELENE BUDZINSKI; AURELIE TASCIOTTI; DENIS ODY; GILLES LEPOINT; JOSEPH SCHNITZLER; GEORGE SCHOLL; JEAN-PIERRE THOME; NATHALIE TAPIE; GAUTHIER EPPE and KRISHNA DAS. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 142:185-196. 2015. POPs in free-ranging pilot whales, sperm whales and fin whales from the Mediterranean Sea: Influence of biological and ecological factors. RABEARISOA, NJARATIANA; PASCAL BACH and FRANCIS MARSAC. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1682-1690. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Assessing interactions between dolphins and small pelagic fish on branchline to design a depredation mitigation device in pelagic longline fisheries. REKDAHL, MELINDA L.; REBECCA A. DUNLOP; ANNE W. GOLDIZEN; ELLEN C. GARLAND; NICOLETTA BIASSONI; PATRICK MILLER and MICHAEL J. NOAD. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 137(6):3042-3053. 2015. Non-song social call bouts of migrating humpback whales. RICCIALDELLI, LUCIANA and R. NATALIE P. GOODALL. MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY: ZEITSCHRIFT FUER SAUGETIERKUNDE 80(4):298-302. 2015. Intra-specific trophic variation in false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) from the southwestern South Atlantic Ocean through stable isotopes analysis. RODRIGUES, FERNANDA M.; FERNANDA M. O. SILVA; ANA C. TROMPIEN-SILVEIRA; JOCIERY E. VERGARA-PARENTE; MARIA A. MIGLINO and JULIANA P. GUIMARAES. ACTA ZOOLOGICA (STOCKHOLM) 96(3):328-334. 2015. Morphology of accessory structures of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) eye. 2.365 MB ROGERS, M. C.; E. PEACOCK; K. SIMAC; M. B. O'DELL and J. M. WELKER. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(7):1035-1047. 2015. Diet of female polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea of Alaska: Evidence for an emerging alternative foraging strategy in response to environmental change. ROMERO TENORIO, ARTURO and ALBERTO DELGADO ESTRELLO. THERYA 6(2):389-399. 2015. Comparacion del ritmo de crecimiento de las toninas (Tursiops truncatus) pertenecientes a tres localidades distintas. (Comparative growth rate of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from three different localities) ROSEN, DAVID A. S.; CARLING D. GERLINSKY and ANDREW W. TRITES. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 469:93-97. 2015. Evidence of partial deferment of digestion during diving in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). ROSSMAN, SAM; PEGGY H. OSTROM; MEGAN STOLEN; NELIO B. BARROS; HASAND GANDHI; CRAIG A. STRICKER and RANDALL S. WELLS. OECOLOGIA (BERLIN) 178(2):415-425. 2015. Individual specialization in the foraging habits of female bottlenose dolphins living in a trophically diverse and habitat rich estuary. SAMARRA, FILIPA I. P. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 116:33-42. 2015. Variations in killer whale food-associated calls produced during different prey behavioural contexts. 2.726 MB SANTOS, MARIA BEGONA anD GRAHAM JOHN PIERCE. HYDROBIOLOGIA 750(1):13-41. 2015. Marine mammals and good environmental status: Science, policy and society; challenges and opportunities. 2.396 MB SAUVE, CAROLINE C.; GWENAEL BEAUPLET; MIKE O. HAMMILL and ISABELLE CHARRIER. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 105:109-120. 2015. Mother-pup vocal recognition in harbour seals: Influence of maternal behaviour, pup voice and habitat sound properties. SAUVE, CAROLINE; GWENAEL BEAUPLET; MIKE O. HAMMILL and ISABELLE CHARRIER. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 96(3):591-602. 2015. Acoustic analysis of airborne, underwater, and amphibious mother attraction calls by wild harbor seal pups (Phoca vitulina). 2.172 MB SIROVIC, ANA; ALLY RICE; EMILY CHOU; JOHN A. HILDEBRAND; SEAN M. WIGGINS and MARIE A. ROCH. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 28(1):61-76. 2015. Seven years of blue and fin whale call abundance in the Southern California Bight. 2.869 MB SMITH, EMMA A. ELLIOTT; SETH D. NEWSOME; JAMES A. ESTES and M. TIM TINKER. OECOLOGIA (BERLIN) 178(1):17-29. 2015. The cost of reproduction: Differential resource specialization in female and male California sea otters. SPITZ, JEROME; VANESSA BECQUET; DAVID A. S. ROSEN and ANDREW W. TRITES. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY PART A: MOLECULAR AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 187:214-223. 2015. A nutrigenomic approach to detect nutritional stress from gene expression in blood samples drawn from Steller sea lions. STIRLING, IAN and RINIE VAN MEURS. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(8):1301-1304. 2015. Longest recorded underwater dive by a polar bear. STRALEY, JANICE; VICTORIA O'CONNELL; JOE LIDDLE; AARON THODE; LAUREN WILD; LINDA BEHNKEN; DAN FALVEY and CHRIS LUNSFORD. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1598-1609. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project (SEASWAP): A successful collaboration among scientists and industry to study depredation in Alaskan waters. SUZUKI, MIWA; HAJIME TARU; NORLYUKI TAKAI; KENJI OKUTSU; HARUKA ITO and TADASHI ISHII. MAMMAL STUDY 40(2):127-132. 2015. The haplotypes of four finless porpoises stranded on the coast of Sagami Bay and Tokyo Bay during 2011-2013. SVEEGAARD, SIGNE; ANDERS GALATIUS; RUNE DIETZ; LINE KYHN; JENS C. KOBLITZ; MATS AMUNDIN; JACOB NABE-NIELSEN; MIKKEL-HOLGER S. SINDING; LISELOTTE W. ANDERSEN and JONAS TEILMANN. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 3:839-850. 2015. Defining management units for cetaceans by combining genetics, morphology, acoustics and satellite tracking. TEERLINK, SUZANNE F.; OLGA VON ZIEGESAR; JANICE M. STRALEY; TERRANCE J. QUINN II; CRAIG O. MATKIN and EVA L. SAULITIS. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS 22(2):345-368. 2015. First time series of estimated humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) abundance in Prince William Sound. THODE, AARON; DELPHINE MATHIAS; JANICE STRALEY; VICTORIA O'CONNELL; LINDA BEHNKEN; DAN FALVEY; LAUREN WILD; JOHN CALAMBOKIDIS; GREGORY SCHORR; RUSSELL ANDREWS; JOSEPH LIDDLE and PHILLIP LESTENKOF. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1621-1636. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Cues, creaks, and decoys: Using passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for studying sperm whale depredation. THOMETZ, NICOLE M.; MICHAEL J. MURRAY and TERRIE M. WILLIAMS. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY 88(3):311-327. 2015. Ontogeny of oxygen storage capacity and diving ability in the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis): Costs and benefits of large lungs. THORNTON, STEVEN W.; WILLIAM A. MCLELLAN; SENTIEL A. ROMMEL; RICHARD M. DILLAMAN; DOUGLAS P. NOWACEK; HEATHER N. KOOPMAN and D. ANN PABST. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 298(7):1301-1326. 2015. Morphology of the nasal apparatus in pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales. 2.573 MB TIXIER, PAUL; NICOLAS GASCO; GUY DUHAMEL and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1673-1681. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Habituation to an acoustic harassment device (AHD) by killer whales depredating demersal longlines. (Orcinus orca) TIXIER, PAUL; JADE VACQUIE GARCIA; NICOLAS GASCO; GUY DUHAMEL and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1610-1620. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Mitigating killer whale depredation on demersal longline fisheries by changing fishing practices. TORRES AZEVEDO, CAROLINA; JULIANA YWASAKI LIMA; RAISSA MIRANDA DE AZEVEDO; ELITIERI BATISTA SANTOS NETO; WAGNER PESSANHA TAMY; LUPERCIO DE ARAUJO BARBOSA; JOSE LAILSON BRITO; VANNER BOERE and LEONARDO SERAFIM DA SILVEIRA. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 96(3):541-551. 2015. Thoracic limb bone development in Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden 1864) along the coastline of Espírito Santo, Brazil. TRIPOVICH, JOY S.; HOLGER KLINCK; SHARON L. NIEUKIRK; TEMPE ADAMS; DAVID K. MELLINGER; NAYSA E. BALCAZAR; KAROLIN KLINCK; EVELYN J. S. HALL and TRACEY L. ROGERS. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 96(3):603-610. 2015. Temporal segregation of the Australian and Antarctic blue whale call types (Balaenoptera musculus spp.). TYNE, JULIAN A.; DAVID W. JOHNSTON; ROBERT RANKIN; NEIL R. LONERAGAN and LARS BEJDER. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 52(3):621-630. 2015. The importance of spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) resting habitat: Implications for management. VALDIVIA-LARA, E. G.; A. DELGADO-ESTRELLA; J. I. ANGELES-SOLIS; E. N. ORTUNO DE LA O; S. GONZALEZ-GALLARDO; G. E. LARA-REYES; C. CUENCA-VERDE and G. VALDIVIA-ANDA. THERYA 6(2):495-503. 2015. Note. Isolation and identification of herpesvirus in the bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of Terminos Lagoon, Campeche, Mexico. VALES, DAMIAN G.; LUIS CARDONA; NESTOR A. GARCIA; LISETTE ZENTENO and ENRIQUE A. CRESPO. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 525:245-260. 2015. Ontogenetic dietary changes in male South American fur seals Arctocephalus australis in Patagonia. VELEZ-JUARBE, JORGE; AARON R. WOOD; CARLOS DE GRACIA and AUSTIN J. W. HENDY. PLOS ONE 10(4) e0123909. 29pp. 2015. Evolutionary patterns among living and fossil kogiid sperm whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America. 4.126 MB VENN-WATSON, STEPHANIE; KATHLEEN M. COLEGROVE; JENNY LITZ; MICHAEL KINSEL; KAREN TERIO; JEREMIAH SALIKI; SPENCER FIRE; RUTH CARMICHAEL; CONNIE CHEVIS; WENDY HATCHETT; JONATHAN PITCHFORD; MANDY TUMLIN; CARA FIELD; SUZANNE SMITH; RUTH EWING; DEBORAH FAUQUIER; GRETCHEN LOVEWELL; HEIDI WHITEHEAD; DAVID ROTSTEIN; WAYNE MCFEE; ERIN FOUGERES and TERI ROWLES. PLOS ONE 10(5) e0126538. 23pp. 2015. Adrenal gland and lung lesions in Gulf of Mexico common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) found dead following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. 3.016 MB VENN-WATSON, STEPHANIE; K.; ERIC D. JENSEN; CYNTHIA R. SMITH; MARK XITCO and SAM H. RIDGWAY. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 246(8):893-898. 2015. Evaluation of annual survival and mortality rates and longevity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at the United States Navy Marine Mammal Program from 2004 through 2013. VETTER, WALTER; VANESSA GALL and KARL SKIRNISSON. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 533:290-296. 2015. Polyhalogenated compounds (PCBs, chlordanes, HCB and BFRs) in four polar bears (Ursus maritimus) that swam malnourished from East Greenland to Iceland. VILLEGAS-ZURITA, FRANCISCO. THERYA 6(2):483-488. 2015. Note. Primer registro de Steno bredanensis (Cetartiodactyla: Delphinidae) en la costa de Oaxaca, Mexico. (First report of a Steno bredanensis (Cetartiodactyla: Delphinidae) off the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico) VILORIA-GOMORA, LORENA and LUIS MEDRANO-GONZALEZ. THERYA 6(2):351-369. 2015. Population ecological traits of Tursiops truncatus putative morphotypes in the transitional region of the Mexican Pacific Ocean. WANG, JOHN Y.; SHIH CHU YANG and SAMUEL K. HUNG. ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES 54(1), Article 36. 15pp. 2015. Diagnosability and description of a new subspecies of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765), from the Taiwan Strait. WAPLES, ROBIN S.; PETER B. ADAMS; JAMES A. BOHNSACK and BARBARA L. TAYLOR. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 27(2):189-192. 2015. When is a species at risk in 'all or a significant portion of its range'? WARNER, GRAHAM A.; STAN E. DOSSO; JAN DETTMER and DAVID E. HANNAY. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 137(6):3009-3023. 2015. Bayesian environmental inversion of airgun modal dispersion using a single hydrophone in the Chukchi Sea. 5.741 MB WATT, C. A.; J. R. ORR; M. P. HEIDE-JORGENSEN; N. H. NIELSEN and S. H. FERGUSON. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 525:273-285. 2015. Differences in dive behaviour among the world's three narwhal Monodon monoceros populations correspond with dietary differences. WERNER, TIMOTHY B.; SIMON NORTHRIDGE; KATE MCCLELLAN PRESS and NINA YOUNG. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 72(5):1576-1586. 2015. Themed Section: 'Marine Mammal Bycatch and Depredation'. Mitigating bycatch and depredation of marine mammals in longline fisheries. (Introduction to the themed section) WHITEHEAD, HAL and SHANE GERO. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 27(3):207-218. 2015. Conflicting rates of increase in the sperm whale population of the eastern Caribbean: Positive observed rates do not reflect a healthy population . WU FUXING; WANG XIANYAN; ZHANG QIUXIA; MIAO XING; ZHANG TING and ZHU QIAN. CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY 33(4):869-877. 2015. First record of Pantropical spotted dolphins Stenella attenuata in the Yellow Sea, China. ZAFRA, R.; J. R. JABER; J. PEREZ; J. DE LA FUENTE; M. ARBELO; M. ANDRADA and A. FERNANDEZ. RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE 100:207-212. 2015. Immunohistochemical characterisation of parasitic pneumonias of dolphins stranded in the Canary Islands. 2.046 MB ZAGREBLNIY, SERGEY V. and VLADIMIR V. FOMIN. ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES 8(2):128-132. 2015. Contemporary conditions and key trends in development of groups of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) and spotted seals (Phoca largha) in the Bering and Medny Islands (Komandorsky Archipelago). ZENTENO, LISETTE; FLORENCIA BORELLA; JULIETA GOMEZ OTERO; ERNESTO PIANA; JUAN BAUTISTA BELARDI; LUIS ALBERTO BORRERO; FABIANA SAPORITI; LUIS CARDONA and ENRIQUE CRESPO. PALEOBIOLOGY 41(3):387-401. 2015. Shifting niches of marine predators due to human exploitation: The diet of the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) since the late Holocene as a case study. ZHANG, XIAOKE; DAOPING YU; HUILI WANG; AN WAN; MINMIN CHEN; FENG TAO and ZUNRONG SONG. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH 22(12):9524-9533. 2015. Effects of fish community on occurrences of Yangtze finless porpoise in confluence of the Yangtze and Wanhe Rivers.

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Call for Research Assistants for the Puerto Rico Humpback Whale Project
by Mithriel MacKay 27 Jul '15

27 Jul '15

Call for applications for Research Assistant positions for the Puerto Rico Humpback Whale Project with The Marine and Coastal Ecology Research Center (MCERC). Duration: December 29, 2014 - May 01, 2016 Four full time Research Assistants (RAs) are needed for the winter of 2016 to assist with on-going research focusing on North Atlantic humpback whales wintering off Puerto Rico. These are volunteer positions for the sixth season of data collection. General description: You can anticipate: 1-3 days/week of vessel based data collection, 2-3 days/week land based data collection (including theodolite), 1-2 days/week at the field house analyzing data. Acoustic data will be analyzed during days when field excursions are not practical or possible. There may be opportunity for limited aerial survey experience. Days off are infrequent but we there will be time to do some sight-seeing. RAs mentor interns in the field and during round table discussion of peer reviewed publications. Qualifications: You must have at least a bachelor’s degree in marine biology or related field. Former interns and students participating in any MCERC program are encouraged to apply. Priority is given to applicants with an upbeat, hardworking and positive attitude. The ability to take direction and live in close quarters with up to 10 people is a key to a successful field season. A stellar academic average is a plus, but is not a requirement and should not discourage interested people with less than perfect academic scores from applying. A strong desire to learn new skills, mentor other students, and promote a positive attitude towards stewardship is essential for candidates. Please be self-motivated, energetic, patient, and enthusiastic! You must enjoy working with a group from around the globe and be respectful of cultural differences. Experience in boat operations and cetacean research is a plus. All RAs are required to be proficient swimmers and snorkelers. Interested applicants should carefully review the instructions for applying listed on the Education Hub at www.Marine-Eco.org/mcerc-moodle <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.Marine-Eco.org%2Fmcerc-moodl…> (in “Education News”) and submit accordingly. Applications will be accepted through August 16, 2015. -- *}-wh^ale> **}-wh^ale> **}-wh^ale> **}-wh^ale> **}-wh^ale> * *}-wh^ale>* Mithriel M. MacKay Ph.D. Marine Mammal Behavioral Ecology Group Department of Marine Biology Texas A&M University, Galveston (830) 688-9878 Mithriel(a)Marine-Eco.org <mithriel.mackay(a)gmail.com> and Director of Research and Education Marine and Coastal Ecology Research Center San German, Puerto Rico, USA and Pipe Creek, Texas 78063 Website www.Marine-Eco.org <http://www.marine-eco.org/> E-mail Mithriel(a)Marine-Eco.org <MCERC.mail(a)gmail.com> Education HUb www.Marine-Eco.org/mcerc-moodle Photo Gallery www.Marine-Eco.Jimdo.com

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Passive Acoustic Monitoring course Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 - 27 August 2015
by Sam Nichols 27 Jul '15

27 Jul '15

For the second year running, Seiche Training is offering its popular PAM course in Brazil. 3 days of comprehensive Passive Acoustic Monitoring training run by Seiche's highly experienced team. Thorough support material is provided with certificates upon completion. Itinerary as follows: Day 1 (classroom) Sound In Water Marine Mammals Anthropogenic Noise in the Sea Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Marine Mammals Local Mitigation Guidelines PAM Principles and the Role of the PAM Operator Day 2 (classroom) PAM Hardware & Operations PAM Software PAMGuard Workshop Day 3 (on a vessel) Set-up and deployment of PAM systems and visual observer stations Troubleshooting Real-time mitigation and reporting See http://www.seiche.com/topics/95-passive-acoustic-monitoring-pam-level-1 for more details, registration and booking. Or contact s.hancock(a)seiche.com

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Job Announcement: NOAA/NMFS MMPA & ESA Policy & Managment, Silver Spring MD
by Trevor Spradlin - NOAA Federal 27 Jul '15

27 Jul '15

The following job announcement (*PH-15-PCA-1431478*) for a *Marine Resource Management Specialist* is listed on USA Jobs and is open from *Monday, July 27, 2015 to Sunday, August 2, 2015*. The position is located at NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) Office of Protected Resources in Silver Spring, MD and is specifically in the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/406849200 Duties for this position include but are not limited to the following: - Implement marine mammal conservation and recovery actions and programs in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and NOAA policies and national marine conservation goals and objectives. - Coordinate and implement marine species programs in support of healthy marine mammals and coastal species. - Implement short and long term plans of the MMPA and various recovery related provisions of the ESA. - Advise officials on statutes, regulations, and policy objectives on recovery of marine mammals and associated living marine resources. -- ******************** Trevor R. Spradlin, M.Res. Deputy Chief Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division (F/PR2) Office of Protected Resources NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service Tel: 301-427-8479 E-mail: Trevor.Spradlin(a)noaa.gov

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New publication on Norwegian killer whales
by A. Mel Cosentino 25 Jul '15

25 Jul '15

Dear Marmamers I am pleased to announce the following publication: Cosentino, A.M. (2015). First record of Norwegian killer whales attacking and feeding on a harbour porpoise. *Marine Biodiversity Records* 8:e108 *Orcinus orca* is a cosmopolitan species and the most widely distributed marine mammal. Its diet includes over 140 species of fish, cephalopods, sea birds and marine mammals. However, many populations are specialised on certain specific prey items. Three genetically distinct populations have been described in the North Atlantic. Population A (that includes the Icelandic and Norwegian sub-populations) is believed to be piscivorous, as is population C, which includes fish-eating killer whales from the Strait of Gibraltar. In contrast, population B feeds on both fish and marine mammals. Norwegian killer whales follow the Norwegian spring spawning herring stock. The only description in the literature of Norwegian killer whales feeding on another cetacean species is a predation event on northern bottlenose whales in 1968. Daily land-based surveys targeting sperm whales were conducted from the Andenes lighthouse using BigEyes w binoculars (25 × , 80 mm). The location of animals at sea was approximated through the use of an internal reticule system and a graduated wheel. On 24 June 2012 at 3:12 am, an opportunistic sighting of 11 killer whales was made off Andenes harbour. The whales hunted and fed on a harbour porpoise. Despite these species having overlapping distributions in Norwegian waters, this is the first predatory event reported in the literature It is available at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=98… or you can contact me for a copy orcinus.orca.1758(a)gmail.com Best regards, Mel Cosentino

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