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IUCN Red Book classification
by M.N.Seabrook-Davison＠massey.ac.nz 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

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Public Briefings-JSOST Ocean Research Priorities-PLEASE DISTRIBUTE
by Shelby Walker 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States: Research Priorities for the Next Decade The National Science and Technology Council Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology is developing Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States: Research Priorities for the Next Decade, a draft document that outlines the national ocean research priorities for the United States for the next ten years. Called for in the U.S. Ocean Action Plan, this draft document, along with a follow-on Implementation Strategy, will describe a vision for U.S. ocean science and technology, highlight key areas of interaction of our society and the ocean, and identify critical ocean research priorities for these areas. The draft document is scheduled to be released for public comment late summer 2006. Public briefings on the national ocean research priorities will be held during the next few months in the following cities: Seattle, WA; Anchorage, AK; Miami, FL; Honolulu, HI; Baton Rouge, LA; West Long Branch, NJ; Chicago, IL; and La Jolla, CA. Town hall meetings and panels will also be held at several conferences across the country including Oceans 2006, California and the World Ocean '06, and the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. A developing list of public briefings and meetings with venue details is located at: http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_orpp_outreach.html Members from the research community, Industry groups, ocean educators, government representatives (federal, state, tribal, and local), international representatives, non-governmental organizations, and any interested individuals are invited to attend. For more information, contact: Shelby E. Walker, JSOST Project Manager USGCRP/CCSP Office, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006 T:202-419-3464; F:202-223-3064; e-mail:swalker@usgcrp.gov PLEASE DISTRIBUTE -- Shelby E. Walker, Ph.D. Project Manager Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) USGCRP/CCSP Office 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 250 Washington, DC 20006 T: 202-419-3464 F: 202-223-3064

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Cape fur seal genitalia
by Warren Nicholas 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Dear Marmamers, I am doing some research on the Namibian fur seal trade. As part of this trade they sell dried genitalia to the Asian market. From export data (in kg), I am trying to infer the mass of the genitalia for both adult and pup Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) and have come up with the values, once dried, of 15g for the bulls and 1.25g for the pups (6 months old). Does this make biological sense? In advance many thanks Nick

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new course on terrestrial and underwater bioacoustics
by Gianni Pavan 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

A new universitary course on terrestrial and underwater bioacoustics has been set at the University of Pavia, Italy. The course belongs to the specialistic degree in "Science of Nature", it offers 4 credits, and it will be held in the 2nd semester, starting with the academic year 2006-2007. The course include aspects of bioacoustics in all zoological classes with a special focus on marine mammals' acoustics, acoustic ecology, acoustical oceanography, the impact of noise, sound recording and analysis, basic signal processing techniques, techniques and instruments (microphones, hydrophones, arrays, sonobuoys, gps, tags, bottom recorders), and other topics. For information please visit the page http://www.unipv.it/cibra/edu_corso_ita.html (in italian) or write me at gpavan(a)cibra.unipv.it -------------------------------------------------------------- Gianni Pavan Centro Interdisciplinare di Bioacustica e Ricerche Ambientali Universita' degli Studi di Pavia Via Taramelli 24, 27100 PAVIA, ITALIA Tel +39-0382-987874 Fax +39-02-700-32921 Web http://www.unipv.it/cibra Email gpavan(a)cibra.unipv.it, gianni.pavan(a)unipv.it

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Projects related on pingers
by Andrea Dell'Apa 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Dear all, i'm an italian researcher. I have tryed to find information about pingers, used as acoustical device to avoid cetaceans by-catch. I'm interested particularly on outcomes related on tursiops in open water. I have found some interesting results searching on internet: Stone, G. S., Cavagnaro, L., Hutt, A., Kraus, S., Baldwin, K., Brown, J. "Reactions of Hector's dolphins to acoustic gillnet pingers" 2000 Jefferson, T. A., Curry, B. "Acoustic methods of reducing or eliminating marine mammal-fishery interactions: do they work?" 1995 My problem is that all the works related with tursiops demonstrate that after a short period, mainly 3 months, dolphins get used to the sound , so this acoustical device works for a very short period. After that they are actracted by the sound because it remainds them a possible source of food. As i would like to continue the sperimentation for a project on dolphins located in the Pontine islands in Italy, i would like to take a look at as much results as it possible. If anyone could help me, please feel free to contact me. Thank you everyone. Andrea Dell'Apa

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Pygmy whales in the Indian Ocean
by Asha de Vos 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Hi All I'm trying to get a soft copy of the following abstract and if possible a more detailed full text document ' location, location, location: acoustic evidence suggests three geographic stocks of 'pygmy' blue whales in the indian ocean' I tried writing to the authors Kathy Stafford, Del Wayne Tolstoy and Emily Chapp but have not had a reply so I am hoping that someone else could help me out. I believe this abstract appeared in the proceedings for the "16th Bienniel marine mammal biology conference" held in 2005. I would appreciate any help I could get. Thanks Asha asha.devos(a)lincoln.oxon.org

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Abstract: Hawaii killer whales
by Robin Baird 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

New publication: Baird, R.W., D.J. McSweeney, C. Bane, J. Barlow, D.R. Salden, L.K. Antoine, R.G. LeDuc and D.L. Webster. 2006. Killer whales in Hawaiian waters: information on population identity and feeding habits. Pacific Science 60:523-530. Abstract Killer whales (Orcinus orca) have only infrequently been reported from Hawaiian waters, and most of what is known about killer whales world-wide comes from studies in coastal temperate waters. Here we document 24 records of killer whales from within the Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone between 1994 and 2005. Killer whales were recorded 10 months of the year, most around the main Hawaiian Islands. While there were slightly more records than expected during the period when humpback whales are abundant around the islands, there is likely an increase in sighting effort during this period. Killer whales were documented feeding on both a humpback whale and cephalopods, and two species of small cetaceans were observed fleeing from killer whales. Although it is possible there are both marine mammal-eating and cephalopod-eating populations within Hawaiian waters, it seems more likely that Hawaiian killer whales may not exhibit foraging specializations as documented for coastal temperate populations, given the lower productivity and thus reduced selective pressure for specialization in tropical waters. Saddle patch pigmentation patterns were generally fainter and narrower than for those seen in killer whales from the temperate coastal North Pacific, though were most similar to the mammal-eating form of killer whale from those areas. Analysis of skin samples from two animals indicated two mitochondrial haplotypes, one identical to the "Gulf of Alaska transient 2" haplotype (a mammal-eating form), and the other a new haplotype one base different from haplotypes found for mammal-eating killer whales in coastal Alaskan waters. While more samples are needed, including samples from intervening areas, we suggest that killer whales around the Hawaiian Islands are likely isolated from populations in coastal temperate areas. PDF copies are available at http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/robin/hawaii.htm ======================================================== Robin W. Baird, Ph.D. Research Biologist Cascadia Research Collective 218 1/2 W. 4th Avenue Olympia, WA 98501 USA Phone 1-360-943-7325 Fax 1-360-943-7026 e-mail: rwbaird(a)cascadiaresearch.org www.cascadiaresearch.org/robin/robin.htm

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proceedings of workshop on static acoustic monitoring of cetaceans
by Ruth Leeney 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

The proceedings of the workshop on Static Acoustic Monitoring (SAM) of cetaceans, held at the 20th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society in Gdynia, Poland, 2nd - 7th April 2006, is now available on the following website: http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/personnel/SAM_report.shtml The workshop was held to address issues relating to SAM for dolphins and porpoises. SAM of odontocetes has been developing steadily and has been used successfully to study environmental impacts of noise producing processes, cetacean habitat use, diel patterns of activity, fishery interactions and behaviour. Whilst the scope of the workshop was SAM in general, many of the studies discussed had used the T-POD device and consequently much of the discussion centered on issues specific to this device. For further information, please contact Ruth Leeney. Ruth H. Leeney Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus Tremough Penryn TR10 9EZ UK Tel: 01326 371 872 Mobile: 07717 567 122 http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/personnel/rl.shtml skype: ruth.leeney

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New publications week 27-30
by Jan Herrmann 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

Dear all, here are some new publications of week 27-30 / 2006, which haven't been announced on MARMAM earlier AFAIK. By clicking the following link you are guided to a website, where the following references are linked to their according journal homepages. There you can find abstracts and contact information: http://www.mmbib.com/news.html Please do not contact MARMAM, the MARMAM editors or me for reprints. Thank you. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Caurant, F. et al. 2006. Lead contamination of small cetaceans in European waters - The use of stable isotopes for identifying the sources of lead exposure. Marine Environmental Research 62(2): 131-148. Clark, C.W. and N.S. Altman. 2006. Acoustic detections of blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin whale (B. physalus) sounds during a SURTASS LFA exercise. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 31(1): 120-128. Debes, F. et al. 2006. Impact of prenatal methylmercury exposure on neurobehavioral function at age. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 28(3): 363-375. Godard, C.A. et al. 2006. Benzo[a]pyrene cytotoxicity in right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) skin, testis and lung cell lines. Marine Environmental Research 62(Suppl 1): S20-S24. Goldstein, J.D. et al. 2006. Hematologic, Biochemical, and Cytologic Findings from Apparently Healthy Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Inhabiting the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(2): 447-454. Kajiwara, N. et al. 2006. Geographical distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorines in small cetaceans from Asian waters. Chemosphere 64(2): 287-295. Kintisch, E. 2006. Navy to Limit Sonar. Science 313(5784): 159. Koopman, H.N. et al. 2006. Topographical distribution of lipids inside the mandibular fat bodies of odontocetes: remarkable complexity and consistency. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 31(1): 95-106. Miller, B.S. et al. 2006. Middle-ear stiffness of the bottlenose dolphin tursiops truncatus. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 31(1): 87-94. Pomilla, C. and H.C. Rosenbaum. 2006. Estimates of relatedness in groups of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on two wintering grounds of the Southern Hemisphere. Molecular Ecology 15(9): 2541-2555. Ridgway, S.H. et al. 2006. Functional imaging of dolphin brain metabolism and blood flow. Journal of Experimental Biology 209(15): 2902-2910. Siebert, U. et al. 2006. A decade of harbour porpoise occurrence in German waters-Analyses of aerial surveys, incidental sightings and strandings. Journal of Sea Research 56(1): 65-80. Tachibana, M. et al. 2006. Antibodies to Brucella spp. in Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins from the Solomon Islands. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(2): 412-414. Xiao, J. and D. Wang. 2006. Respiratory pattern of captive Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis). Journal of Ethology 24(3): 205-212. PINNIPEDIA Buckles, E.L. et al. 2006. Fetus in Fetu in a Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardi): Histopathologic, Genetic, and Toxicologic Analysis. Veterinary Pathology 43(4): 541-544. Carlini, A.R. et al. 2006. The dynamics of male harem dominance in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at the South Shetland Islands. Polar Biology 29(9): 796-805. Cooper, M.H., S.J. Iverson, and K. Rouvinen-Watt. 2006. Metabolism of Dietary Cetoleic Acid (22:1n-11) in Mink (Mustela vison) and Gray Seals (Halichoerus grypus) Studied Using Radiolabeled Fatty Acids. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79(4): 820-829. Gili, C. et al. 2006. Ultrasonographic monitoring of the fetal growth of common seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina). The Veterinary Record 159(): 116-118. Harrison, P.J. et al. 2006. Incorporating movement into models of grey seal population dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology 75(3): 634-645. Krafft, B.A., C. Lydersen, and K.M. Kovacs. 2006. Serum Haptoglobin Concentrations in Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) from Svalbard, Norway. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(2): 442-446. Kumagai, S., D.A.S. Rosen, and A.W. Trites. 2006. Body mass and composition responses to short-term low energy intake are seasonally dependent in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 176(6): 589-598. Richmond, J.P., J.M. Burns, and L.D. Rea. 2006. Ontogeny of total body oxygen stores and aerobic dive potential in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 176(6): 535-545. Sinisalo, T. et al. 2006. Combining stable isotope and intestinal parasite information to evaluate dietary differences between individual ringed seals (Phoca hispida botnica). Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(6): 823-831. Sparling, C.E., J.R. Speakman, and M.A. Fedak. 2006. Seasonal variation in the metabolic rate and body composition of female grey seals: fat conservation prior to high-cost reproduction in a capital breeder? Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 176(6): 505-512. Tabuchi, M. et al. 2006. PCB-Related Alteration of Thyroid Hormones and Thyroid Hormone Receptor Gene Expression in Free-Ranging Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina). Environmental Health Perspectives 114(7): 1024-1031. Zarnke, R.L. et al. 2006. Serologic survey for Brucella spp., phocid herpesvirus-1, phocid herpesvirus-2, and phocine distemper virus in harbor seals from Alaska, 1976-1999. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(2): 290-300. Krafft, B.A. et al. 2006. Growth and population parameters of ringed seals (Pusa hispida) from Svalbard, Norway, 2002-2004. ICES Journal of Marine Science 63(6): 1136-1144. Yu, L. and Y.-ping Zhang. 2006. Phylogeny of the caniform carnivora: evidence from multiple genes. Genetica 127(3): 65-79. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de

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new noise report published
by Frank Thomsen 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the following report that has just been published by COWRIE (collaborative offshore wind research into the environment): Thomsen, F. , Lüdemann, K., Kafemann, R. and Piper, W. (2006). Effects of wind farm noise on marine mammals and fish, 62 pp. This study on the "Effects of offshore wind farm noise on marine mammals and fish", based on an earlier report in German as part of EIA work for windfarms in German waters, comprises an assessment of noise during construction / operation based on measurements from across Europe, the transmission of the noise and definition of zones of noise influence (audibility, response, masking, Temporary Threshold Shift) on marine mammals and fish. The report provides the most recent review of studies undertaken in this area of research and will enable COWRIE to identify further work required to complement the existing programme of work being carried out by Subacoustech at UK offshore windfarm sites. The report is available as pdf at the COWRIE website (www.offshorewindfarms.co.uk/) under 'news'. In case of any problems, contact me. Best, Frank -- Dr. Frank Thomsen biologisch-landschaftsökologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (biola) & Lehrbeauftragter Biozentrum Grindel Universität Hamburg ______________________________________________________________ Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige Bilder per SMS! Jetzt bei WEB.DE FreeMail: http://f.web.de/?mc=021193

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