Greetings MARMAM, I am pleased to announce the publication of our most recent article titled “The Antillean manatee produces broadband vocalizations with ultrasonic frequencies” in JASA Express Letters. Ramos EA, Collom KC, Brady B, Gerstein E, Magnasco MO, Reiss D. 2020. The Antillean manatee produces broadband vocalizations with ultrasonic frequencies. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147, EL80. doi.org/10.1121/10.0000602 ABSTRACT Antillean manatees produce vocalizations reported to be important for communication, but their vocal behavior throughout their geographic range is poorly understood. A SoundTrap recorder (sample rates: 288/576 kHz) was deployed in Belize to record vocalizations of wild manatees in a seagrass channel and of a young rehabilitated and released manatee in a shallow lagoon. Spectral analysis revealed broadband vocalizations with frequencies up to 150 kHz and a high proportion of calls with ultrasonic components. Ultrasonic frequency components appear prevalent in their vocal repertoire and may be important to manatee communication. The article is Open Access and can be download free online at the following link: https://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/10.0000602 If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at: eric.angel.ramos@gmail.com Cheers, *********************************************** Eric Angel Ramos Ph.D. Candidate Animal Behavior & Comparative Psychology The Graduate Center, City University of New York E-mail: eric.angel.ramos@gmail.com Cell: 1(347) 336-5567 Student Member-at-Large Board of the Society for Marine Mammalogy On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 2:07 PM <marmam-request@lists.uvic.ca> wrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:39:29 -0800 From: Stephanie Adamczak <sadamcza@ucsc.edu> To: marmam@lists.uvic.ca Subject: [MARMAM] New publication on the role of morphology and body size in heat conservation and dissipation Message-ID: <CAOwUxehdhyzAs8mPY+jjsRQTNZ8FKKmsB8UiXHkK= wjFekV5cQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Dear MARMAM,
My colleagues and I are excited to announce our new publication assessing the role that body and appendage morphology plays in heat dissipation and conservation in pilot whales and implications for ecogeographic roles. The article has been published in the Journal of Biogeography, available here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.13796.
Please feel free to contact me at sadamcza@ucsc.edu if you have any questions.
Abstract Aim The aim of this study was to determine if marine mammals follow ecogeographic rules. We examined Bergmann's rule and Allen's rule in two pilot whale species with contrasting latitudinal distributions.
Location Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Taxon *Globicephala *spp.
Methods We analysed morphometric data collected from strandings of short? and long?finned pilot whales in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean to assess intraspecific and interspecific variation in surface area to volume ratios (SA:V) of the body core and appendage surface area relative to body core SA (normalized appendage SA) using a novel 3D modelling method.
Results Our results suggest that ecogeographic variation in morphometrics between the two pilot whale species is consistent with morphological adaptations required to balance heat conservation and heat dissipation. Interspecific differences in morphology supported Bergmann's rule for fully grown individuals: the more temperate long?finned pilot whale had a larger body size and lower body core SA:V than the short?finned pilot whale, which has a more tropical distribution. Allen's rule was not supported; when all appendages were considered together, long?finned pilot whales had larger normalized SA than short?finned pilot whales. However, the pectoral flippers were the primary driver of this relationship; while long?finned pilot whales had proportionally larger pectoral flippers, short?finned pilot whales had proportionally larger dorsal fins and flukes. In addition, larger long?finned pilot whales (i.e. males and mature individuals) had proportionally larger pectoral flippers than smaller long?finned pilot whales.
Main Conclusions Pilot whales follow Bergmann's rule but do not follow Allen's rule when fully mature. Thinly insulated appendages in marine mammals can be used to dissipate heat as the core warms, and larger and better insulated marine mammals may require relatively larger appendages in order to offload heat and thermoregulate effectively. Our results provide novel insight into ecogeographic rules and suggest that species in higher latitude climates towards the poles will demonstrate tradeoffs between core body heat conservation and appendage heat dissipation. -- _______________________ Stephanie K. Adamczak, M.S. Ph.D. Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Santa Cruz