Dear all, here are some new publications of week 10/ 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 de la Gala-Hernández, S.R. et al. (2008): Comparative swimming effort of migrating gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) and calf cost of transport along Costa Azul, Baja California, Mexico. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86(4): 307-313. Foote, A.D. (2008): Mortality rate acceleration and post-reproductive lifespan in matrilineal whale species. Biology Letters 4(2): 189-191. Foote, A.D. and J.A. Nystuen (2008): Variation in call pitch among killer whale ecotypes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123(3): 1747-1752. Hartman, K.L.et al. (2008): Social structure of Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) at the Azores: a stratified community based on highly associated social units. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86(4): 294-306. Jones, B.A. et al. (2008): Classification of broadband echoes from prey of a foraging Blainville's beaked whale. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123(3): 1753-1762. Lammers, M.O. et al. (2008): An ecological acoustic recorder (EAR) for long-term monitoring of biological and anthropogenic sounds on coral reefs and other marine habitats. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123(3): 1720-1728. Oelschläger, H.A. (2008): The dolphin brain - A challenge for synthetic neurobiology. Brain Research Bulletin 75(2-4): 450-459. Rickwood, P. and A. Taylor (2008): Methods for automatically analyzing humpback song units. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123(3): 1763-1772. Yang, F. et al. (2008): Preliminary hazard assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans to yangtze finless porpoise in Dongting Lake, China. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(4): 991-996. PINNIPEDIA Locke, M. (2007): Structure of ivory. Journal of Morphology 269(4): 423-450. Robertson, K.L. et al. (2008): Spatial and temporal patterns of territory use of male California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86(4): 237-244. Routti, H. et al. (2008): Bone-Related Effects of Contaminants in Seals May Be Associated with Vitamin D and Thyroid Hormones. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(4): 873. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de