Dear all, here are some new publications of week 32 / 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 Benoit-Bird, K.J., W.W.L. Au, and R.A. Kastelein (2006): Testing the odontocete acoustic prey debilitation hypothesis: No stunning results. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(2): 1118-1123. Danil, K. and S.J. Chivers (2006): Habitat-based spatial and temporal variability in life history characteristics of female common dolphins Delphinus delphis in the eastern tropical Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318(): 277-286. Marker, M. (2006): After the Makah Whale Hunt: Indigenous Knowledge and Limits to Multicultural Discourse. Urban Education 41(5): 482-505. Ware, C. et al. (2006): Visualizing the underwater behavior of humpback whales. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 26(4): 14-18. PINNIPEDIA Dailey, M.D. (2006): Restoration of Parafilaroides (Dougherty, 1946) (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) with description of two new species from pinnipeds of eastern central Pacific. Journal of Parasitology 92(3): 589. Daoust, P.-Y., G.M. Fowler, and W.T. Stobo (2006): Comparison of the healing process in hot and cold brands applied to harbour seal pups (Phoca vitulina). Wildlife Research 33(5): 361-372. Hadley, G.L. et al. (2006): Variation in probability of first reproduction of Weddell seals. Journal of Animal Ecology 75(5): 1058-1070. Hastie, G.D., D.A.S. Rosen, and A.W. Trites (2006): The influence of depth on a breath-hold diver: Predicting the diving metabolism of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 336(2): 163-170. Kucklick, J.R. et al. (2006): Persistent organic pollutants in Alaskan ringed seal (Phoca hispida) and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) blubber. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 8(8): 848-854. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Pearson, H.C., J.M. Packard, and R.W. Davis (2006): Territory quality of male sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska: relation to body and territory maintenance behaviors. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(7): 939-946. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de