June 2016 - MARMAM - devlists.uvic.ca

New paper on pre-modern whaling in the tropical western South Atlantic Ocean
by Igor Morais 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Dear MARMAM colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following paper in the Mammal Review: *From the southern right whale hunting decline to the humpback whaling expansion: a review of whale catch records in the tropical western South Atlantic Ocean* Igor Morais, Daniel Danilewicz, Alexandre Zerbini, William Edmundson, Ian Hart and Guilherme Bortolotto DOI: 10.1111/mam.12073 *Abstract* 1. Historical catch records from whaling activity are crucial for assessments of whale populations. However, several gaps in the exploitation history for many populations from before the twentieth century create limitations that may lead to overestimates of the recovery of these populations. The history of modern whaling along the Brazilian coast is relatively well known. However, several questions relating to the pre-modern period, during and before the nineteenth century, remain unanswered. For example, the level of exploitation of humpback whales *Megaptera novaeangliae* and southern right whales *Eubalaena australis* in this period is unknown. 2. Pre-modern whaling in Brazil began in 1602 and lasted until the 1920s. Whales were captured using manual harpoons from either rowing boats or sailing boats, and processed at land stations called ‘armações’. A review of the history and oil production of these stations indicates that substantial catches occurred. 3. Pre-modern whaling records also indicate the collapse of the southern right whale population in the western South Atlantic Ocean. Increasingly rare reports of sightings for the nineteenth century and the closing of the last armação in the breeding grounds off southern Brazil indicate that this population collapsed by 1830. 4. Armações operating in north-eastern Brazil remained active through the 1800s, and targeted humpback whales until modern whaling techniques were introduced in the early 1900s. It is estimated that between approximately 11000 and 32000 individuals of this species were captured at these coastal whaling stations from 1830 to 1924. Full text is available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mam.12073/abstract -- *Igor Morais* *Biólogo */ Biologist *Mestre em Zoologia */ Master of Science in Zoology *CV Lattes:* http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4291610U1 *Pesquisador colaborador - Instituto Aqualie* Collaborator researcher - Institute Aqualie *Associado colaborador e membro do Comitê de Bem-Estar Animal da Sociedade de Zoológicos e Aquários do Brasil - SZB* Collaborator associate and member of the Animal Welfare Committee of Brazilian Society of Zoos and Aquariums - SZB “*A humanidade é sublime. Não por estar acima das outras criaturas, mas porque ao conhecê-las bem, eleva o conceito da própria vida*." - Edward O. Wilson *"Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life."* - Edward O. Wilson

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Rescheduled underwater acoustics webinar (June 16, 2016): DOSITS webinar series summary and additional questions
by Holly Morin 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Due to unexpected technical difficulties, the 5th and final webinar in the DOSITS series on underwater acoustics was rescheduled to this Thursday, June 16, 2016, at 12:00pm (US East Coast time). This webinar will provide a brief summary of previous webinars, and offer an opportunity for participants to follow up on the topics presented and ask additional questions. A panel of previous webinar speakers will be online and available to answer questions. Individuals must register in advance for this webinar. To register for this webinar, please visit: http://dosits.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e142faad1ca3ef0f816ca8553&id… <http://dosits.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e142faad1ca3ef0f816ca8553&id…> All previous webinars, and their associated resources, are archived on the DOSITS website (Webinar Series for Regulators of Underwater Sound <http://www.dosits.org/resources/all/decisionmakers/ircwebinar/>; http://www.dosits.org/resources/all/decisionmakers/ircwebinar/ <http://www.dosits.org/resources/all/decisionmakers/ircwebinar/>) Questions? Please contact Holly Morin at holly_morin(a)uri.edu <mailto:holly_morin@uri.edu>. This webinar series is being sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute (API). The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS; www.dosits.org <http://www.dosits.org/>) is a comprehensive, educational website on underwater sound, designed to provide accurate scientific information at levels appropriate for all audiences, including decision-makers.

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Reminder ACS-LA Grant Deadline Midnight on 15th of June
by ACS-LA.Grants 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Reminder: Grant Application Deadline Midnight PST on 15-June The American Cetacean Society, Los Angeles Chapter (ACS-LA) is happy to announce the opening of applications for its 2016 Research Grants The American Cetacean Society protects cetaceans and their habitats though conservation, education and research. Working with world-class scientists, ACS funds research projects that address some of the most pressing issues facing cetaceans. ACS-LA is pleased to announce the availability of two research grants in the amount of $1,000.00 each to established researchers or student researchers attending school in the greater Los Angeles area whose work focuses on marine mammals. 1) The John E. Heyning Research Award. This award is in the amount of $1,000. John Heyning was a brilliant and prolific scientist. He was Deputy Director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, where he built a collection of marine mammal specimens second only to Smithsonian and where he curated the Masters of the Ocean Realm exhibit that traveled to 22 countries. He was an authority on beaked whales, published the work that separated common dolphins into two separate species, and described the countercurrent heat exchange in whale tongues, among many other accomplishments. John was a strong supporter of ACS and its mission; he served on the organization’s Board of Scientific Advisors and taught the Whalewatch naturalist class for many years. 2) The Bill Samaras Research Award. This award is in the amount of $1,000.00. Bill Samaras was a geologist by training but his first love was whales. He taught science at Carson High School for 30 years, helped shape the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium into the institution it is today and led the excavation of a gray whale skeleton during the construction of the Harbor Freeway in San Pedro. Bill was a lifelong supporter of ACS, an organization that he served in many capacities. Guidelines for Research Grants: The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Cetacean Society offers small research grants in support of operating research projects focusing on marine mammals. ACS-LA has a long-standing commitment supporting local research on cetaceans and other marine mammals. The two $1,000 research grants will be awarded to researchers or students exhibiting an outstanding commitment to furthering the understanding of marine mammals in California. Priority will be given to applicants working or attending school in Southern California and/or conducting their marine mammal research in Southern California. Eligibility: 1. Applicant should be a researcher or a student living and/or attending school in California. OR 2. Current research focus should be on Marine Mammals located in or around California with priority being given to work conducted in Southern California Applications: Applications should include the following: 1. Cover sheet with: a) Title of Proposal and Research Area of interest including focal species b) Field Research Group Information (Name, Address, E-mail, and Phone numbers and departmental contacts) or Current School, Major, and Name(s) of Supervisor and Department c) Names and contact information of Lead or Principal Investigator (PI), Second PI, and any student participants 2. A one-page CV or Resume for Principal Investigator and Secondary Investigators 3. A 1-2 page narrative (single spaced) describing your research organization or program, details, and justification for your specific research topic including objectives, details on geographical area being investigated, hypotheses, and total project timeline including temporal benchmarks for the work. How will your research contribute to our understanding and/or benefit the species being studied? Is this a species-based effort or a habitat and/or conservation based study? Please include your estimated 1-year budget and budget justifications. All applications will be reviewed for scientific value and overall conservation benefit. Requirement For Recipients: Recipients of the awards will be asked to present their research sometime in the next year at ACS-LA’s monthly speaker series. Please be prepared to present your work, with visuals, to the ACS-LA community. Deadlines: Deadline for submission is 15th June 2016 Awards will be announced by 30th June 2016 Please feel free to contact Grants Chair Christina Tombach Wright with any questions, ACSLA.Grants(a)gmail.com. Applications should be sent by E-mail to ACSLA.Grants(a)gmail.com. Information about the Los Angeles Chapter of ACS can be found on our website: www.acs-la.org. To join ACS-LA, please go to http://acsonline.org/support-acs/become-member/ and specify the Los Angeles Chapter. For further information about specific chapters and other grant-making programs, please visit the Chapter page of the National American Cetacean Society website: www.acsonline.org. ========================== ACS-LA Grants Coordinator Christina Tombach Wright American Cetacean Society-Los Angeles Chapter acsla.grants(a)gmail.com www.acs-la.org

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New publication on the stranding of a pregnant Cuvier's beaked whale in Brazil
by Guilherme Augusto Bortolotto 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following paper in the Marine Biodiversity Records: Bortolotto G.A., Morais I.O.B, Ferreira P.R.B., Reis M.S.S and Souto L.R.A. (2016) *Anthropogenic impact on a pregnant Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded in Brazil*. *Mar Biodivers Rec*, 9:30. DOI 10.1186/s41200-016-0055-0. Abstract *Background*: Because of their usually cryptic behaviour, most knowledge on the biology of beaked whales are from records of stranded animals. Although the Cuvier’s beaked whale (*Ziphius cavirostris*) is the best known species of the ziphiidae family, little information on its reproduction is available. *Results*: Here we report on the stranding of a dead pregnant female with clear signs of anthropogenic impact, including the presence of a fishing artefact in the stomach. *Conclusions*: The region of the stranding (north-eastern coast of Brazil) is an area of increasing interest for oil and gas exploitation. Conservation concerns may arise from findings such as the one presented and discussed here. Full text and pdf files can be found here: http://mbr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41200-016-0055-0 Please send *pdf requests* for bortolotto.vet(a)gmail.com. All the best, Gui Bortolotto -- *Guilherme A. Bortolotto | *PhD Student SMRU • CREEM • School of Biology University of St Andrews *http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/contact/staffProfile.aspx?sunid=gabdo <http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/contact/staffProfile.aspx?sunid=gabdo>* Mobile UK: (44) 0 7884 398394 R3 Animal Association (http://en.r3animal.org/)

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Undergraduate cetacean research projects
by Shannon Gowans 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

I am in the process of updating information about the Eckerd College Dolphin Project and I am wondering if there are other cetacean research projects that are conducted primarily by undergraduate students, with faculty supervision. Most of the projects I can find include graduate student involvement. If anybody is involved with or knows of an undergraduate only marine mammal research project, could you let me know? Thanks Shannon -- Shannon Gowans, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marine Science and Biology Galbraith Marine Science Laboratory, Eckerd College 4200 54th Ave. South St. Petersburg, FL 33711 USA gowanss(a)eckerd.edu Phone: 727-864-8388 Fax: 727-864-7964 Eckerd College Dolphin Project http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/marinescience/research/dolphin.php My publications <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3Q5BsmkAAAAJ&hl=en>

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Sperm whale clans in the Atlantic Ocean [NEW PUBLICATION]
by Shane Gero 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Dear All, Hi Everyone, We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper in Royal Society Open Science: Socially segregated, sympatric sperm whale clans in the Atlantic Ocean By: Shane Gero, Anne Bøttcher, Hal Whitehead, Peter Teglberg Madsen The paper is OPEN ACCESS and available here: HTML Full Text: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/cgi/content/full/rsos.160061?ijkey=0… PDF: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/cgi/reprint/rsos.160061?ijkey=0FzOZ0… Abstract Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are unusual in that there is good evidence for sympatric populations with distinct culturally determined behaviour, including potential acoustic markers of the population division. In the Pacific, socially segregated, vocal clans with distinct dialects coexist; by contrast, geographical variation in vocal repertoire in the Atlantic has been attributed to drift. We examine networks of acoustic repertoire similarity and social interactions for 11 social units in the Eastern Caribbean. We find the presence of two socially segregated, sympatric vocal clans whose dialects differ significantly both in terms of categorical coda types produced by each clan (Mantel test between clans: matrix correlation = 0.256; p ≤ 0.001) and when using classification-free similarity which ignores defined types (Mantel test between clans: matrix correlation = 0.180; p ≤ 0.001). The more common of the two clans makes a characteristic 1 + 1 + 3 coda, while the other less often sighted clan makes predominantly regular codas. Units were only observed associating with other units within their vocal clan. This study demonstrates that sympatric vocal clans do exist in the Atlantic, that they define a higher order level of social organization as they do in the Pacific, and suggests that cultural identity at the clan level is probably important in this species worldwide. Cited as: Gero, S., Bøttcher, A., Whitehead, H. & Madsen, P.T. 2016 Socially segregated, sympatric sperm whale clans in the Atlantic Ocean. R. Soc. Open Sci. 3, 160061. (doi:10.1098/rsos.16006) My very best, Shane **************************** Shane Gero<http://www.shanegero.com/> FNU Research Fellow Marine Bioacoustics Lab<http://www.marinebioacoustics.com/> Institute for Bioscience Aarhus University Denmark Learn more about The Dominica Sperm Whale Project at http://www.thespermwhaleproject.org<http://www.thespermwhaleproject.org/> Find us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/spermwhaleproject> or Follow @DomWhale<https://twitter.com/DomWhale>

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National Whale & Dolphin Watch 2016
by Kathy James 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Can you help? The UK's National Whale & Dolphin Watch takes place next month (23rd-31st July) and we'd love for as many people as possible to be involved! We're looking for people to run watches from the land and sea. You can read more about it here: www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/nwdw. Last year we received reports of 946 sightings all around the UK and people conducted watches from 113 sites, totalling 1150 hours of observation. Please help us continue to build the event by reporting your sightings and by organising your own watch. The National Whale and Dolphin Watch not only provides us with very important data, but it also enables us to spread awareness of cetaceans around the UK. If you'd like advice on setting up watches or to provide details of watches you intend to conduct please email outreach(a)seawatchfoundation.org.uk. Thank you! Kathy James Sightings Officer Sea Watch Foundation Paragon House Wellington Place New Quay Ceredigion SA45 9NR Tel: 01545 561227 (Tues, Weds, Thurs) 01970 623906 (Mon & Fri only) <http://www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/> www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk <https://www.facebook.com/seawatchfoundation/C:/Users/Sea%20Watch%20Foundati on/Documents/ADMIN%20MISC> facebook <https://twitter.com/SeaWatchersUK> twitter

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Help needed with hybrid dolphins/odontocetes
by Frédérique Lucas 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Hello everyone! My name is Frédérique, I am a wildlife artist / natural history illustrator from the Netherlands. I'm working on a project that will feature all known or suspected odontocete hybrids. I have been going through the literature for a while now but also realise that many odd dolphins and intriguing sightings never make it into official publications. If you have any photo(s) of (suspected) hybrids, or other odd dolphins, I would be VERY interested in seeing them. More specifically, some confirmed hybrids I'd be love to see are the Short-finned (Globicephala macrorhynchus) x Long-finned pilot whale (G. melas) intermediates of Spain, Whitebelly spinner dolphins (Stenella l. longirostris x S. l. orientalis), and Atlantic spotted (Stenella frontalis) x Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) hybrids. Herzing et al. (2003) had a photo of a possible hybrid frontalis x truncatus calf, but I couldn't find anything else. Also, apparently there might be Short-beaked common x Dusky dolphin hybrids off New Zealand, would anyone know more about that/have images of individuals like that? Photos will only be used as reference for my illustration work, and not redistributed anywhere else. Plus, thanks will be duly given with the final result. My research also landed me with some questions, which I'd be very grateful to gain some insight into: - A Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) x Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) hybrid was described off a single anomalous skull, has anything like it ever been seen again in the flesh, dead or alive? - Reyes (1996) wrote of a possible Dusky (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) x Common dolphin (Delphinus sp.) hybrid from Peru. Has anything like that ever been seen again? The original account does include a little physical description but post-mortem darkening obscured most colouration details. - There are multiple references to captive Short-beaked common (D. delphis) x Common bottlenose dolphin (T. truncatus) hybrids. Are these just outdated references to C.J. and Bullet (Long-beaked common dolphin hybrids) or did this really happen? - Have any Humpback dolphin (Sousa sp.) x Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) hybrids been observed? I know there have been reports of sexual interactions between the two genera, and that one humpback dolphin was seen tending to a bottlenose-like calf, but nothing more. There's also some articles I've been trying very hard to find, but without success so far. - Antrim, J. E., Cornell, L. H. 1981. Globicephala-Tursiops hybrid. In: Abstracts of the Fourth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals (San Francisco), p. 4. (I have not been able to get better descriptions of this hybrid than 'intermediate between the two species' which is a bit of a no brainer. Hoping this might help.) - Duffield, D. A. 1999. Examples of captive hybridisation and a genetic point of view. European Research on Cetaceans, 12: 421-422. - Simoes-Lopes, P.C., Tames, D.R., and Ximenez, A. 1994. Um novo caso de especimes intermediarios entre Tursiops e Steno? If anyone has any other hybrid pictures/knowledge/scuttlebud, please let me know. You can contact me at namutheorca(at)hotmail(dot)com. Thanks everybody so much in advance! Cheers, Frédérique Lucas

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New Articles
by David S. Janiger 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

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 (323) 585-3553 (M,T,W,F) (213) 763-3369 (Th) janiger(a)cox.net djaniger(a)nhm.org Janiger Journals ADAMS, JESSE; ISAAC C. KAPLAN; BRANDON CHASCO; KRISTIN N. MARSHALL; ALEJANDRO ACEVEDO-GUTIERREZ and ERIC J. WARD. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS 34:44-51. 2016. A century of Chinook salmon consumption by marine mammal predators in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. 1.214 MB ALVES, MARIA DANISE; PAUL GERHARD KINAS; MIRIAM MARMONTEL; JOAO CARLOS GOMES BORGES; ALEXANDRA FERNANDES COSTA; NICOLA SCHIEL and MARIA ELISABETH ARAUJO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):955-966. 2016. First abundance estimate of the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Brazil by aerial survey. 0.536 MB ANOOP, B.; K. S. S. M. YOUSUF; MIRIAM PAUL SREERAM; N. G. VAIDYA; C. K. DINESH and E. VIVEKANANDAN. INDIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES 62(4):91-98. 2015. Record of the rough toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) in Indian seas after 19th century. 0.507 MB ARCANGELI, ANTONELLA; ILARIA CAMPANA; LUCA MARINI and COLIN D. MACLEOD. MARINE ECOLOGY 37(2):269-282. 2016. Long-term presence and habitat use of Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) in the Central Tyrrhenian Sea. 1.753 MB ARIAS, ANDRES H.; MARIA V. PANEBIANCO; SOPHEAK NET; DAVID DUMOULIN; SAMI SOUISSI; BAGHDAD OUDDANE; HUMBERTO L. CAPPOZZO and JORGE E. MARCOVECCHIO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):979-992. 2016. Franciscana dolphins as PCBs marine biomonitors in Argentina, south-west Atlantic Ocean. 0.507 MB AVALOS-TELLEZ, ROSALIA; ERIKA M. CARRILLO-CASAS; DANIEL ATILANO-LOPEZ; CARLOS R. GODINEZ-REYES; EFREN DIAZ-APARICIO; DAVID RAMIREZ-DELGADO; MARIA F. RAMIREZ-ECHENIQUE; MARGARITA LEYVA-LEYVA; GERARDO SUZAN and FRANCISCO SUAREZ-GUEMES. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 52(2):199-208. 2016. Pathogenic Leptospira serovars in free-living sea lions in the Gulf of California and along the Baja California coast of Mexico. 0.289 MB BALAGUER, JORDI and DAVID M. ALBA. COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL 15(5):489-500. 2016. A new dugong species (Sirenia, Dugongidae) from the Eocene of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). 1.822 MB BAMFORD, CONNOR CHRISTIAN GEORGE and KEVIN PETER ROBINSON. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):999-1004. 2016. An analysis of dorsal edge markings in short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from the Bay of Gibraltar and the Moray Firth. 0.221 MB BEBEJ, RYAN M.; IYAD S. ZALMOUT; AHMED A. ABED EL-AZIZ; MOHAMMED SAMEH M. ANTAR and PHILIP D. GINGERICH. JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 89(5):882-893. 2015. First remingtonocetid archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of Egypt with implications for biogeography and locomotion in early cetacean evolution. 1.510 MB BELEN ARGUELLES, MARIA; MARIANO COSCARELLA; ANA FAZIO and MARCELO BERTELLOTTI. TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES 18:118-124. 2016. Impact of whale-watching on the short-term behavior of Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in Patagonia, Argentina. 0.831 MB BENJAMINS, STEVEN; ANDREW DALE; NIENKE VAN GEEL and BEN WILSON. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 549:275-288. 2016. Riding the tide: Use of a moving tidal-stream habitat by harbour porpoises. 2.481 MB BERTULLI, CHIARA G.; RUTH H. LEENEY; THOMAS BARREAU and DANILO SWANN MATASSA. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):969-977. 2016. Can whale-watching and whaling co-exist? Tourist perceptions in Iceland. 0.227 MB BERTULLI, CHIARA G.; MARIANNE H. RASMUSSEN and MASSIMILIANO ROSSO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):807-819. 2016. An assessment of the natural marking patterns used for photo-identification of common minke whales and white-beaked dolphins in Icelandic waters. 0.598 MB BISCONTI, MICHELANGELO and MARK BOSSELAERS. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 177(2):450-474. 2016. Fragilicetus velponi: A new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). 1.306 MB BLOCK, BARBARA A.; CHRISTOPHER M. HOLBROOK; SAMANTHA E. SIMMONS; KIM N. HOLLAND; JERALD S. AULT; DANIEL P. COSTA; BRUCE R. MATE; ANDREW C. SEITZ; MICHAEL D. ARENDT; JOHN C. PAYNE; BEHZAD MAHMOUDI; PETER MOORE; JAMES M. PRICE; J. JACOB LEVENSON; DOUG WILSON and RANDALL E. KOCHEVAR. ANIMAL BIOTELEMETRY 4(6). 8pp. 2016. Toward a national animal telemetry network for aquatic observations in the United States. 1.185 MB BOEHME, LARS; AMY BAKER; MIKE FEDAK; MARIUS ARTHUN; KEITH NICHOLLS; PATRICK ROBINSON; DAN COSTA; MARTIN BIUW and THEONI PHOTOPOULOU. PLOS ONE 11(5) e0155817. 19pp. 2016. Bimodal winter haul-out patterns of adult Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the southern Weddell Sea. 0.728 MB BROWNLOW, ANDREW; JOSEPH ONOUFRIOU; AMANDA BISHOP; NICHOLAS DAVISON and DAVE THOMPSON. PLOS ONE 11(5) e01561464 14pp. 2016. Corkscrew seals: Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) infanticide and cannibalism may indicate the cause of spiral lacerations in seals. 1.037 MB BYRON, CARRIE and ALEXIA MORGAN. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 550:249-270. 2016. Potential role of spiny dogfish in gray and harbor seal diets in the Gulf of Maine. 1.425 MB CAFARO, VALENTINA; DARLO ANGELETII; BRUNO BELLISARIO; ARMANDO MACALI; CLAUDIO CARERE and JESSICA ALESSI. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):891-901. 2016. Habitat overlap between bottlenose dolphins and seabirds: A pilot study to identify high-presence coastal areas in the Tyrrhenian Sea. 0.706 MB CARLUCCI, ROBERTO; CARMELO FANIZZA; GIULIA CIPRIANO; CHIARA PAOLI; TOMMASO RUSSO and PAOLO VASSALLO. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 69:707-721. 2016. Modeling the spatial distribution of the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) and common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, central-eastern Mediterranean Sea). 1.515 MB CASTELLOTE, MANUEL; ROBERT J. SMALL; MARC O. LAMMERS; JUSTIN J. JENNIGES; JEFF MONDRAGON and SHANNON ATKINSON. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 139(5):2697-2707. 2016. Dual instrument passive acoustic monitoring of belugas in Cook Inlet, Alaska. 0.402 MB CHINN, SARAH M.; MELISSA A. MILLER; M. TIM TINKER; MICHELLE M. STAEDLER; FRANCESCA I. BATAC; ERIN M. DODD and LAIRD A. HENKEL. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 52(2):307-318. 2016. The high cost of motherhood: End-lactation syndrome in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) on the Central California coast, USA. 1.457 MB CHIQUET, ROSS A.; TYLER MONTGOMERY; BAOLING MA and AZMY S. ACKLEH. NEURAL, PARALLEL, AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATIONS 23:179-191. 2015. A matrix population model of beaked whales. 0.379 MB COLLARETA, ALBERTO; STEFANO MARGIOTTA; ANGELO VAROLA; RITA CATANZARITI; MARK BOSSELAERS and GIOVANNI BIANUCCI. COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL 15(5):473-481. 2016. A new whale barnacle from the early Pleistocene of Italy suggests an ancient right whale breeding ground in the Mediterranean. 1.550 MB COOKE, RICHARD G.; THOMAS A. WAKE; MARIA F. MARTINEZ-POLANCO; MAXIMO JIMENEZ-ACOSTA; FERNANDO BUSTAMANTE; IRENE HOLST; ALEXANDRA LARA-KRAUDY; JUAN GUILLERMO MARTIN and STEWART REDWOOD. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 6:733-756. 2016. Exploitation of dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinidae) at a 6000 yr old preceramic site in the Pearl Island Archipelago, Panama. 5.676 MB CORTEZ, MICHELLE; CAROLINE E. C. GOERTZ; VERENA A. GILL and RANDALL W. DAVIS. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 481:81-91. 2016. Development of an altricial mammal at sea: II. Energy budgets of female sea otters and their pups in Simpson Bay, Alaska. 0.910 MB CORTEZ, MICHELLE; RYAN WOLT; FRANCES GELWICK; SYLVIA K. OSTERRIEDER and RANDALL W. DAVIS. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 481:71-80. 2016. Development of an altricial mammal at sea: I. Activity budgets of female sea otters and their pups in Simpson Bay, Alaska. 1.344 MB COUTO DI TULLIO, JULIANA; TIAGO B. R. GANDRA; ALEXANDRE N. ZERBINI and EDUARDO R. SECCHI. PLOS ONE 11(5) e0155841. 24pp. 2016. Diversity and distribution patterns of cetaceans in the subtropical southwestern Atlantic Outer continental shelf and slope. 1.786 MB COVELO, PABLO; JOSE A. MARTINEZ-CEDEIRA; ANGELA LLAVONA; JUAN I. DIAZ and ALFREDO LOPEZ. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):925-931. 2016. Strandings of beaked whales (Ziphiidae) in Galicia (NW Spain) between 1990 and 2013. 0.281 MB CRIBB, NARDI and LAURENT SEURONT. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 482:118-127. 2016. Changes in the behavioural complexity of bottlenose dolphins along a gradient of anthropogenically-impacted environments in South Australian coastal waters: Implications for conservation and management strategies. 1.754 MB CULLOCH, ROSS M.; PIA ANDERWALD; ANJA BRANDECKER; DAMIEN HABERLIN; BARRY MCGOVERN; ROISIN PINFIELD; FLEUR VISSER; MARK JESSOPP and MICHELLE CRONIN. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 549:231-242. 2016. Effect of construction-related activities and vessel traffic on marine mammals. 0.748 MB D'AGOSTINO, VALERIA C.; MONICA S. HOFFMEYER and MARIANA DEGRATI. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):859-868. 2016. Faecal analysis of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in Peninsula Valdes calving ground, Argentina: Calanus australis, a key prey species. 0.408 MB DAVISON, NICHOLAS J.; MARIEL T. I. TEN DOESCHATE; MARK P. DAGLEISH; FIONA L. READ; ROBERT J. REID; GEOFFREY FOSTER; ANDREW BROWNLOW and JASON BARLEY. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):841-844. 2016. Twin foetuses in an Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) stranded on the coast of Scotland, UK. 0.121 MB DE LA VEGA, CAMILLE; BENOIT LEBRETON; URSULA SIEBERT; GAEL GUILLOU; KRISHNA DAS; RAGNHILD ASMUS and HARALD ASMUS. PLOS ONE 11(5) e0155727. 21pp. 2016. Seasonal variation of harbor seal's diet from the Wadden Sea in relation to prey availability. 1.337 MB DEDE, AYHAN; ALP SALMAN and ARDA M. TONAY. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):869-875. 2016. Stomach contents of by-caught striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. 0.233 MB DELL, LEIGH-ANNE; KARL AE. KARLSSON; NINA PATZKE; MUHAMMAD A. SPOCTER; JEROME M. SIEGEL and PAUL R. MANGER. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 524(10):2018-2035. 2016. Organization of the sleep-related neural systems in the brain of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). 3.422 MB DELL, LEIGH-ANNE; NINA PATZKE; MUHAMMAD A. SPOCTER; JEROME M. SIEGEL and PAUL R. MANGER. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 524(10):1999-2017. 2016. Organization of the sleep-related neural systems in the brain of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). 2.662 MB EDWARDS, HOLLY H.; JULIEN MARTIN; CHARLES J. DEUTSCH; ROBERT G. MULLER; STACIE M. KOSLOVSKY; ALEXANDER J. SMITH and MARGARET E. BARLAS. PLOS ONE 11(4) e0151450. 15pp. 2016. Influence of manatees' diving on their risk of collision with watercraft. 0.591 MB EISENMANN, PASCALE; BRIAN FRY; CARLY HOLYOAKE; DOUGLAS COUGHRAN; STEVE NICOL and SUSAN BENGTSON NASH. PLOS ONE 11(5) e0156698. 20pp. 2016. Isotopic evidence of a wide spectrum of feeding strategies in Southern Hemisphere humpback whale baleen records. 1.890 MB ELLISON, WILLIAM T.; ROBERTO RACCA; CHRISTOPER W. CLARK; BILL STREEVER; ADAM S. FRANKEL; ERICA FLEISHMAN; ROBYN ANGLISS; JOEL BERGER; DARLENE KETTEN; MELANIA GUERRA; MATTHIAS LEU; MEGAN MCKENNA; TODD SFORMO; BRANDON SOUTHALL; ROBERT SUYDAM and LEN THOMAS. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 30:95-108. 2016. Modeling the aggregated exposure and responses of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus to multiple sources of anthropogenic underwater sound. 1.462 MB ELORRIAGA-VERPLANCKEN, FERNANDO R.; LAURA MORALES-LUNA; GISELA HECKEL and YOLANDA SCHRAMM. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):903-908. 2016. Foraging ecology of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) from Baja California, Mexico: Inferences from stable isotopes in pups. 0.200 MB EVANS, PETER G. H. and PIA ANDERWALD. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):779-781. 2016. Addressing human pressures upon marine mammals: A European and global perspective. 0.080 MB EVANS, SALLY; IVAN BRIZ I GODINO; MYRIAN ALVAREZ; KERI ROWSELL; PHOEBE COLLIER; RAE NATALIE PROSSER DE GOODALL; JACQUI MULVILLE; ADRIANA LACROUTS; MATTHEW J. COLLINS and CAMILLA SPELLER. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 6:757-767. 2016. Using combined biomolecular methods to explore whale exploitation and social aggregation in hunter-gatherer-fisher society in Tierra del Fuego. 1.379 MB FRIEDLAENDER, ARI S.; E. L. HAZEN; J. A. GOLDBOGEN; A. K. STIMPERT; J. CALAMBOKIDIS and B. L. SOUTHALL. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 26(4):1075-1085. 2016. Prey-mediated behavioral responses of feeding blue whales in controlled sound exposure experiments. 0.343 MB GASPAR, TIAGO; PAULO OLIVEIRA and CARLOS SILVESTRE. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS 51(4):3307-3320. 2015. Model-based filters for 3-D positioning of marine mammals using AHRS- and GPS-equipped UAVs. 1.470 MB GENOV, TILEN; VALERIA ANGELINI; ANA HACE; GIUSEPPE PALMISANO; BORIS PETELIN; VLADO MALACIC; SAURO PARI and SANDRO MAZZARIOL. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):909-914. 2016. Mid-distance re-sighting of a common bottlenose dolphin in the northern Adriatic Sea: Insight into regional movement patterns. 0.318 MB GONCALVES, LEANDRA REGINA; MABEL AUGUSTOWSKI and ARTUR ANDRIOLO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):943-954. 2016. Occurrence, distribution and behaviour of Bryde's whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti) off south-east Brazil. 0.312 MB GOSPIC, NIKOLINA RAKO and MARTA PICCIULIN. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 105(1):193-198. 2016. Changes in whistle structure of resident bottlenose dolphins in relation to underwater noise and boat traffic. 0.580 MB HAELTERS, JAN; ELIGIUS EVERAARTS; PAULIEN BUNSKOEK; LINEKE BEGEMAN; JOHN W. J. HINRICHS and LONNEKE L. IJSSELDIJK. AQUATIC MAMMALS 42(2):227-232. 2016. Short note. A suspected scavenging event by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on a live, stranded harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). 1.625 MB HAMILTON, SHERYL and G. BARRY BAKER. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 26(2):233-235. 2016. Current bycatch levels in Auckland Islands trawl fisheries unlikely to be driving New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) population decline: Reply to Meyer et al. (2015). 0.065 MB HARO, DANIELA; LUCIANA RICCIALDELLI; JORGE ACEVEDO; ANELIO AGUAYO-LOBO and AMERICO MONTIEL. AQUATIC MAMMALS 42(2):233-244. 2016. Trophic ecology of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Magellan Strait as indicated by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. 0.741 MB HATCH, LEILA T.; CHARLES M. WAHLE; JASON GEDAMKE; JOLIE HARRISON; BENJAMIN LAWS; SUE E. MOORE; JOHN H. STADLER and SOFIE M. VAN PARIJS. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 30:171-186. 2016. Can you hear me here? Managing acoustic habitat in US waters. 0.634 MB HIRAKO, SATOSHI; MAMIKO SUZUKI; HYOUNJU KIM; YUZURU IIZUKA; AKIYO MATSUMOTO; NOBUHIRO WADA; MAI OKABE; FUMIKO TAKENOYA; GENTA YASUNAGA; SATORU YAMANAKA; AKIRA MIYAZAKI and SEIJI SHIODA. FISHERIES SCIENCE (TOKYO) 82(3):509-517. 2016. Hepatic lipid accumulation is ameliorated in obese KK mice by dietary sei whale oil. 0.718 MB HOLM, JEPPE; POURIA DASMEH and KASPER P. KEPP. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA - PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 1864(7):825-834. 2016. Tracking evolution of myoglobin stability in cetaceans using experimentally calibrated computational methods that account for generic protein relaxation. 1.239 MB HOYDAL, KATRIN S.; TOMASZ M. CIESIELSKI; ASUNCION BORRELL; ANDRZEJ WASIK; ROBERT J. LETCHER; MARIA DAM and BJORN M. JENSSEN. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 148:386-400. 2016. Relationships between concentrations of selected organohalogen contaminants and thyroid hormones and vitamins A, E and D in Faroese pilot whales. 1.170 MB HUGGENBERGER, STEFAN; MICHEL ANDRE and HELMUT H. A. OELSCHLAGER. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):783-806. 2016. The nose of the sperm whale: Overviews of functional design, structural homologies and evolution. 1.319 MB IWAHARA, YUKA; AMANE FUJIWARA; KEIZO ITO; KAZUSHI MIYASHITA and YOKO MITANI. POLAR SCIENCE 10(2):173-176. 2016. Gray whale sightings in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, September 2014. 0.770 MB JEONG, YUNSUN; SANG-JO KIM; KYUNG-HOON SHIN; SEUNG YONG HWANG; YONG-ROCK AN and HYO-BANG MOON. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 105(1):30-36. 2016. Accumulation and temporal changes of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) from Korean coastal waters: Tracking the effectiveness of regulation. 0.710 MB KASTELEIN, RONALD A.; LEAN HELDER-HOEK; JENNIFER COVI and ROBIN GRANSIER. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 139(5):2842-2851. 2016. Pile driving playback sounds and temporary threshold shift in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): Effect of exposure duration. 1.293 MB KIMURA, SATOKO; TOMONARI AKAMATSU; LIANG FANG; ZHITAO WANG; KEXIONG WANG; DING WANG and KEN YODA. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):845-851. 2016. Apparent source level of free-ranging humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis, in the South China Sea. 0.322 MB KIRKMAN, STEPHEN P.; DAWIT G. YEMANE; TARRON LAMONT; MICHAEL A. MEYER and PIERRE A. PISTORIUS. PLOS ONE 11(5) e0152370. 19pp. 2016. Foraging behavior of subantarctic fur seals supports efficiency of a marine reserve's design. 0.750 MB KLUSEK, ZYGMUNT and ALIAKSANDR LISIMENKA. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 139(4):1537-1547. 2016. Seasonal and diel variability of the underwater noise in the Baltic Sea. 0.790 MB LE BRAS, RONAN J.; HEIDI KUZMA; VICTOR SUCIC and GOTZ BOKELMANN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 139(5):2656-2667. 2016. Observations and Bayesian location methodology of transient acoustic signals (likely blue whales) in the Indian Ocean, using a hydrophone triplet. 0.683 MB LEAR, KARISSA O. and NICHOLAS M. WHITNEY. ANIMAL BIOTELEMETRY 4(12). 10pp. 2016. Bringing data to the surface: Recovering data loggers for large sample sizes from marine vertebrates. 1.418 MB LEENEY, RUTH H.; CAROLINE R. WEIR; PIERRE CAMPREDON; AISSA REGALLA and JEFF FOSTER. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):933-941. 2016. Occurrence of Atlantic humpback (Sousa teuszii) and bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) dolphins in the coastal waters of Guinea-Bissau, with an updated cetacean species checklist. 0.654 MB LENNERT-CODY, CLERIDY; MARK N. MAUNDER; PAUL C. FIEDLER; MIHOKO MINAMI; TIM GERRODETTE; JEREMY RUSIN; CAROLINA V. MINTE-VERA; MICHAEL SCOTT and STEPHEN T. BUCKLAND. FISHERIES RESEARCH (AMSTERDAM) 178:101-113. 2016. Purse-seine vessels as platforms for monitoring the population status of dolphin species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. 1.369 MB LEONARDI, MARIA SOLEDAD and MAGALI BOBINAC and JAVIER NEGRETE. POLAR BIOLOGY 39(4):671-676. 2016. Redescription of Antarctophthirus lobodontis (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae) from the crabeater seal and identification key for Antarctic lice. 1.022 MB LIMA, ISABELA M. S.; LUCIANA G. ANDRADE; LIS BITTENCOURT; TATIANA L. BISI; LEONARDO FLACH; JOSE LAILSON-BRITO, JR. and ALEXANDRE F. AZEVEDO. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 139(5):EL124-EL127. 2016. Whistle comparison of four delphinid species in southeastern Brazil. 0.092 MB LINDSAY, REBECCA E.; ROCHELLE CONSTATINE; JOOKE ROBBINS; DAVID K. MATTILA; ALDEN TAGARINO and TODD E. DENNIS. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 548:263-275. 2016. Characterising essential breeding habitat for whales informs the development of large-scale marine protected areas in the South Pacific. 1.361 MB LIU, XINYANG; RAN CHEN GANG LI and JINHUA LI. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA 27(5):3145-3146. 2016. Mitochondrial genome of the Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis (Phocaenidae: Neophocaena). 0.095 MB LOCH, CAROLINA; ROBERT W. 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Scientific fact-finding at the international court of justice: An appraisal in the aftermath of the whaling case. 0.207 MB MCCORDIC, JESSICA A.; HOLLY ROOT-GUTTERIDGE; DANA A. CUSANO; SAMUEL L. DENES and SUSAN E. PARKS. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 30:157-169. 2016. Calls of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis contain information on individual identity and age class. 1.088 MB MENDEZ-FERNANDEZ, PAULA; PAOLA GALLUZZI POLESI; SATIE TANIGUCHI; MARCOS C. DE O. SANTOS and ROSALINDA C. MONTONE. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 107(1):364-369. 2016. Validating the use of biopsy sampling in contamination assessment studies of small cetaceans. 0.364 MB MILLER, C.; A. BATIBASIGA; S. SHARMA-GOUNDER and P. SOLOMONA. THE SOUTH PACIFIC JOURNAL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES 33(1-2):39-45. 2015. Very low numbers of endangered Oceania humpback whales seen in Fijian waters. 0.621 MB MONTANO-FRIAS, JORGE; CAMILA VERA-MASIEU; ROBERTO ALVAREZ-MARTINEZ; ADRIANA FLORES-MORAN and KARINA ACEVEDO-WHITEHOUSE. INFECTION, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 42:77-82. 2016. MHC class II transcription is associated with inflammatory responses in a wild marine mammal. 0.694 MB NEGRI, MARIA FERNANDA; MARIA VICTORIA PANEBIANCO; PABLO DENUNCIO; MARIA NATALIA PASO VIOLA; DIEGO RODRIGUEZ and HUMBERTO LUIS CAPPOZZO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 96(4):821-829. 2016. Biological parameters of franciscana dolphins, Pontoporia blainvillei, by-caught in artisanal fisheries off southern Buenos Aires, Argentina. 0.254 MB NELSON, MICHAEL PAUL; JOHN A. VUCETICH and JEREMY T. BRUSKOTTER. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 30:187-190. 2016. Comment. Ecological value and the US Endangered Species Act: Comment on Waples et al. 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Job announcement: nearshore protected species observer positions
by Bohuszewicz, Teresa 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Nearshore protected species observer positions available over the next several months in SW Florida. Prefer local personnel but will consider others. Must be US citizen located in the US. Degree or pursuing degree in marine biology or similar field. Must have some field experience with manatees, bottlenose dolphins, sawfish, or sea turtles. Please send full resume, availability between July 1 and October 1, and required day rate to receive additional information and consideration for one of the available positions to: TVB(a)conshelf.com. Teresa V. Bohuszewicz Marine Mammals Services CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. 8502 SW Kansas Avenue Stuart, FL USA 34997 772-219-3000 (Switchboard) 321-537-3291 (Mobile) www.csaocean.com<http://www.csaocean.com/> [cid:image001.gif@01D028E7.F8290A60]

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