Dear all, here are some new publications of week 33 / 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 Barton, R.A. (2006): Animal communication: do dolphins have names? Current Biology 16(15): R598-R599. Falnes, J. (2006): The Shore Whaling Stations at South Georgia: A Study in Antarctic Industrial Archaeology (review). Technology and Culture 47(3): 694-695. Fish, F.E. (2006): The myth and reality of Gray's paradox: implication of dolphin drag reduction for technology. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 1(2): R17-R25. Helweg, D.A. et al. (2006): Using a binaural biomimetic array to identify bottom objects ensonified by echolocating dolphins. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 1(2): 41-51. Leaper, R. et al. (2006): Global climate drives southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population dynamics. Biology Letters 2(2): 289-292. PINNIPEDIA Hayes, S.A. et al. (2006): Mating system and reproductive success in eastern Pacific harbour seals. Molecular Ecology 15(10): 3023-3034. Henson, S.M., J.L. Hayward, and S.P. Damania (2006): Identifying environmental determinants of diurnal distribution in marine birds and mammals. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 68(2): 467-482.Epub. Hoffman, J.I. et al. (2006): Deep genetic subdivision within a continuously distributed and highly vagile marine mammal, the Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus). Molecular Ecology 15(10): 2821-2832. Theobald, M.R. et al. (2006): Ammonia emissions from a Cape fur seal colony, Cape Cross, Namibia. Geophysical Research Letters 33(3): L03812. Watanabe, Y. et al. (2006): Body density affects stroke patterns in Baikal seals. Journal of Experimental Biology 209(17): 3269-3280. Yamaya, Y. et al. (2006): Isoflurane anaesthesia in four sea lions (Otaria byronia and Zalophus californianus). Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia 33(5): 302-306. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de