Dear all, here are some new publications of week 26/ 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 Hewitt, L. (2008): Investigating Novel Interventions for ASD: On Swimming With Dolphins. Language Learning and Education 15(2): 85-88. Morell, V. (2008): CONSERVATION BIOLOGY: Can the Vaquita Be Saved? Science 321(5890): 767. Scarpaci, C., E.C.M. Parsons, and M. Lück (2008): REVIEW: Recent Advances in Whale-watching Research: 2006-2007. Tourism in Marine Environments 5(1): 55-66. Stone, R. (2008): CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES: Three Gorges Dam: Into the Unknown. Science 321(5889): 628-632. PINNIPEDIA Heithaus, M.R. et al. (2008): Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23(4): 202-210. Harris, C.M., J.M.J. Travis, and J. Harwood (2008): Evaluating the Influence of Epidemiological Parameters and Host Ecology on the Spread of Phocine Distemper Virus through Populations of Harbour Seals. PLoS ONE 3(7): e2710. Kent, C.P.S. and B. Crabtree (2008): The Effectiveness of an Established Sanctuary Zone for Reducing Human Disturbance to Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca Cinerea) at Carnac Island, Western Australia. Tourism in Marine Environments 5(1): 29-42. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Dowsley, M. and G. Wenzel (2008): "The time of the most polar bears" : a co-management conflict in Nunavut. Arctic 61(2): 177-189. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de