Dear all, here are some new publications of week 17 / 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 Hung, C.L. et al. (2006): An assessment of the risks associated with polychlorinated biphenyls found in the stomach contents of stranded Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) from Hong Kong waters. Chemosphere 63(5): 845-852. Nelson, M.E. and M.A. Maciver (2006): Sensory acquisition in active sensing systems. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 192(6): 573-586. Mancia, A. et al. (2006): The Immunoglobulin G Heavy Chain (IGHG) genes of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 144(1): 38-46. Munn, C.B. (2006): Viruses as pathogens of marine organisms-from bacteria to whales. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 86(3): 453-467. PINNIPEDIA Kuiken, T. et al. (2006): The 2000 Canine Distemper Epidemic in Caspian Seals (Phoca caspica): Pathology and Analysis of Contributory Factors. Veterinary Pathology 43(3): 321-338. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Bowen, L. et al. (2006): Expressed MHC class II genes in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from geographically disparate populations. Tissue Antigens 67(5): 402-408. Kenny, D.E. and C. Bickel (2005): Growth and development of Polar bear Ursus maritimus cubs at Denver Zoological Gardens. International Zoo Yearbook 39(1): 205-214. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de