Dear all, here are some new publications of week 20/ 2008, 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.php Please do not contact MARMAM, the MARMAM editors or me for reprints. Thank you. Thanks to all of you who sent in reprints to be included in the weekly announcements. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Carretta, J.V. et al. (2007): U.S. PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS: 2006. U.S. Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service; Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla. Forney, K.A. (2007): Preliminary estimates of cetacean abundance along the U.S. west coast and within four national marine sanctuaries during 2005. U.S. Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service; Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz. Forney, K.A. and D.R. Kobayashi (2007): Updated Estimates of Mortality and Injury of Cetaceans in the Hawaii-based Longline Fishery, 1994-2005. U.S. Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service; Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz. Shindo, J. et al. (2008): Morphology of the tongue in a newborn Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri). Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica 84(4): 121-124. PINNIPEDIA Berman, M.D. (2008): Endangered species, threatened fisheries: Science to the rescue! Evaluating the Congressionally designated Steller Sea Lion Research Program. Marine Policy 32(4): 580-591. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de