Dear all, here are some new publications of week 07-09/ 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 Acebes, J.M.V. et al. (2007): Status and distribution of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in northern Luzon, Philippines. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1): 37-43. Allen, S. et al. (2007): The voluntary code of conduct for dolphin watching in Port Stephens, Australia: is self-regulation an effective management tool? Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 159-166. Best, P.B. et al. (2007): Sighting history and observations of southern right whales following satellite tagging off South Africa. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 111-114. Clark, L.S. et al. (2008): A Morphological and Histological Examination of the Pan-tropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) and the Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) Adrenal Gland. Anatomia Histologia Embryologia 37(2): 153-159. Costa, P. et al. (2007): Distribution and habitat use patterns of southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, off Uruguay. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1): 45-51. da Fonseca, R.R. et al. (2008): The adaptive evolution of the mammalian mitochondrial genome. BMC Genomics 9(1): 119. Dawson, S.M. et al. (2008): Design and field methods for sighting surveys of cetaceans in coastal and riverine habitats. Mammal Review 38(1): 19-49. de Moura, J.F. et al. (2008): Epimeletic behavior in rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) on the east coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (6061): 1-3. Dickinson, A. et al. (2005): Twentieth-Century Shore-Station Whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador. ISBN 978-0773528819. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Quebec. Ford, J.K.B. et al. (2008): Fight or flight: antipredator strategies of baleen whales. Mammal Review 38(1): 50-86. Gero, S. et al. (2007): Population, estimate and inter-island movement of sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, in the Eastern Caribbean Sea. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 143-150. Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P. et al. (2007): Autumn space-use patterns of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in West Greenland. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 121-126. Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P.et al. (2007): Estimates of large whale abundance in Greenland waters from a ship-based survey in 2005. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 95-104. Kishiro, T. (2007): Geographical variations in the external body proportions of Baird's beaked whales (Beradius bairdii) off Japan. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 89-94. Lauriano, G. et al. (2007): A note on the acoustic assessment of bottlenose dolphin behaviour around fishing gears in the Asinara Island National Park, Italy. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 137-141. Leduc, R.G. et al. (2007): Patterns of genetic variation in Southern Hemisphere blue whales, and the use of assignment test to detect mixing on the feeding grounds. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1): 73-80. McPherson, C. et al. (2007): Application of a three-dimensional hyperbolic location system to the false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) depredation issue. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 7(4): 312-321. Melnikov, V. et al. (2007): Chukotka Peninsula counts and estimates of the number of migrating bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1): 29-35. Melnikov, V.V. et al. (2007): Killer whale (Orcinus orca) in waters adjacent to the Chukotka Peninsula. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1): 53-63. Mikkelsen, B. et al. (2007): A note on movements of two fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) tracked by satellite telemetry from the Faroe Islands in 2001. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 115-120. Nollens, H.H. et al. (2007): Characterization of a parainfluenza virus isolated from a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Veterinary Microbiology 128(3-4): 231-242. Øen, E.O. et al. (2007): Euthanasia of whales: the effect of .375 and .458 calibre round-nosed, full metal-jacketed rifle bullets on the central nervous system of common minke whales. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1): 81-88. Parsons, E.C.M. et al. (2007): Whales and whaling in P. Robbins (): Encyclopedia of Environment and Society Vol. : 1947-1950. Sage Publications, Inc, San Antonio, TX Pitman, R. et al. (2007): Killer whales preying on a blue whale calf on the Costa Rica Dome: genetics, morphometrics, vocalizations and composition of the group. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 151-158. Pulster, E.L. et al. (2008): Geographic specificity of Aroclor 1268 in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) frequenting the Turtle/Brunswick River Estuary, Georgia (USA). Science of the Total Environment 393(2-3): 367-375. ten Hallers-Tjabbes, C.C. (2007): Underwater Noise from Maritime Sources and Impact on Marine Life. WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs 6(2): 225-233. Thomas, L. et al. (2007): Designing line transect surveys for complex survey regions. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1): 1-13. Tosi, C.H. et al. (2008): Meat consumption of a Fraser dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) stranded alive on the northern Brazilian coast. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (5969): 1-2. Venn-Watson, S.K. et al. (2007): Big brains and blood glucose: common ground for diabetes mellitus in humans and healthy dolphins. Comparative Medicine 57(4): 390-395. Williams, R. et al. (2007): Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1): 15-28. PINNIPEDIA Atkinson, S., et al. (2008): Anthropogenic causes of the western Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus population decline and their threat to recovery. Mammal Review 38(1): 1-18. Burns, J.M. et al. (2008): Fine-scale habitat selection of crabeater seals as determined by diving behavior. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 55(3-4): 500-514. McDonald, B.I. et al. (2008): Body condition as an index of winter foraging success in crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga). Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 55(3-4): 515-522. Southwell, C.J. et al. (2008): Estimating population status under conditions of uncertainty: the Ross seal in East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 20(2): 123-133. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Tsukinowa, E. et al. (2008): Fecal microbiota of a dugong (Dugong dugong) in captivity at Toba Aquarium. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 54(1): 25-38. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de