Dear all, here are some new publications of week 19/ 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 Furutani, R. and S. Sugita (2008): Comparative histological study of the Mammalian facial nucleus. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 70(4): 367-372. Huntington, H.P. and S.E. Moore (2008): Assessing the impacts of climate change on arctic marine mammals. Ecological Applications 18(2 Suppl): S1-S2. Lubetkin, S.C. et al. (2008): Age estimation for young bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) using annual baleen growth increments. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86(6): 525-538. Nachtigall, P.E. and A.Y. Supin (2008): A false killer whale adjusts its hearing when it echolocates. Journal of Experimental Biology 211(11): 1714-1718. Pierce, G.J. et al. (2008): Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in female common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from western European seas: Geographical trends, causal factors and effects on reproduction and mortality. Environmental Pollution 153(2): 401-415. PINNIPEDIA Rehberg, M.J. and J.M. Burns (2008): Differences in diving and swimming behavior of pup and juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86(6): 539-553. Wolf, J.B.W. et al. (2008): Tracing early stages of species differentiation: ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of Galapagos sea lion populations. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8(150): 1-22. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de