December 7, 2007 Announcement: Recent articles (2006 and 2007) from the Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, University of Auckland and the Cetacean Conservation and Genetics Laboratory, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University Available at the URL as shown below or by visiting the website of the Cetacean Conservation and Genetics Laboratory, Marine Mammal Institute, and selecting 'publications' http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/ccgl Or by email request to scott.baker@oregonstate.edu subject header 'Reprint request' 2007 Jackson, J. A., N. J. Patenaude, E. L. Carroll, and C. S. Baker. 2007. How few whales were there after whaling? Inference from contemporary mtDNA diversity. Molecular Ecology, http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03497.x <http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03497.x> . Dalebout, M. L., C. S. Baker, D. Steel, K. M. Robertson, S. J. Chivers, W. F. Perrin, J. G. Mead, R. V. Grace, and D. T. Schofield. 2007. A divergent mtDNA lineage among Mesoplodon beaked whales: molecular evidence for e new species in the tropical Pacific? Marine Mammal Science, online early. Constantine, R., K. Russell, N. Gibbs, S. Childerhouse, and C. S. Baker. 2007. Photo-identification of humpback whales in New Zealand waters and their migratory connections to breeding grounds of Oceania. Marine Mammal Science, 23:715-720. Endo, T., Y.-U. Ma, C. S. Baker, N. Funahashi, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, V. Lukoschek, and K. Haraguchi. 2007. Contamination level of mercury in red meat products from cetaceans available from South Korea markets. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54:669-677. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V6N-4NC50YV-2&_us... Olavarría, C., C. S. Baker, C. Garrigue, M. Poole, N. Hauser, S. Caballero, L. Flórez-González, M. Brasseur, J. Bannister, J. Capella, P. J. Clapham, R. Dodemont, M. Donoghue, C. Jenner, M. N. Jenner, D. Moro, M. Oremus, D. A. Paton, and K. Russell. 2007. Population structure of humpback whales throughout the South Pacific and the origins of the eastern Polynesian breeding grounds. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 330:257-268. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v330/p257-268/ Patenaude, N. J., V. A. Portway, C. M. Schaeff, J. L. Bannister, P. B. Best, R. S. Payne, V. J. Rowntree, M. Rivarola, and C. S. Baker. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA Diversity and Population Structure among Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis). Journal of Heredity, 98:147-157. http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/esm005??ijkey=A2zAQwdDVzOtpmo&k... <http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/esm005?ijkey=A2zAQwdDVzOtpmo&keytype=ref> Oremus, M., M. M. Poole, D. Steel, and C. S. Baker. 2007. Isolation and interchange among insular spinner dolphin communities in the South Pacific revealed by individual identification and genetic diversity. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 336:275-289:275-289. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v336/p275-289/ Baker, C. S., J. G. Cooke, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, Y.-U. Ma, N. Funahashi, C. Carraher, and R. L. Brownell Jr. 2007. Estimating the number of whales entering trade using DNA profiling and capture-recapture analysis of market products. Molecular Ecology, 16:2617-2626. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03317.x <http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03317.x> Caballero, S., F. Trujillo, J. A. Vianna, H. Barrios-Garrido, M. G. Montiel, S. Beltran-Pedreros, M. Marmontel, M. C. Santos, M. Rossi, F. R. Santo, and C. S. Baker. 2007. Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for "tucuxi" (Sotalia fluviatilis) and "costero" (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. Marine Mammal Science, 23:358-386. 2006 Baker, C. S., V. Lukoschek, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, M. Yong-un, T. Endo, and N. Funahashi. 2006. Incomplete reporting of whale, dolphin and porpoise 'bycatch' revealed by molecular monitoring of Korean markets. Animal Conservation, 9:474-482. Baker, C. S., M. D. Vant, M. L. Dalebout, G. M. Lento, S. J. O'Brien, and N. Yuhki. 2006. Diversity and duplication of DQB and DRB-like genes of the MHC in baleen whales (suborder: Mysticeti). Immunogenetics, 58:283-296. http://www.springerlink.com/content/54257g410tr5lpj2/ Weinrich, M. T., H. Rosenbaum, C. Scott Baker, A. L. Blackmer, and H. Whitehead. 2006. The Influence of Maternal Lineages on Social Affiliations among Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on Their Feeding Grounds in the Southern Gulf of Maine. Journal of Heredity, 97:226-a-234. http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/97/3/226-a <http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/97/3/226-a>