Dear all, here are some new publications of week 38/ 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 Barthelmess, K. (2007): The Commencement of Regular Arctic Cruise Ship Tourism: Wilhelm Bade and the "Nordische Hochseefischerei Gesellschaft" of 1892/1893. Tourism in Marine Environments 4(2-3): 113-120. Dagleish, M.P. et al. (2008): Fatal mycotic encephalitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in a northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus). The Veterinary Record 163(20): 602-604. Goldbogen, J.A. et al. (2008): Foraging behavior of humpback whales: kinematic and respiratory patterns suggest a high cost for a lunge. Journal of Experimental Biology 211(23): 3712-3719. Ilyukhina, V.A., M.N. Krivoshchapova, and G.V. Manzhosova (2008): Psychophysiological study of the effects of adaptation to tactile interaction with dolphins in six- to seven-year-old children. Human physiology 34(4): 421-430. Macé, M. and B. Crouau-Roy (2008): A highly polymorphic insertion in the Y-chromosome amelogenin gene can be used for evolutionary biology, population genetics and sexing in Cetacea and Artiodactyla. BMC Genetics 9(64): . Meshchersky, I.G., M.V. Kholodova, and E.Y. Zvychaynaya (2008): Molecular genetic study of the beluga (Delphinapterus leucas: Cetacea, Monodontidae) summering in the southern Sea of Okhotsk as compared to North American populations. Russian Journal of Genetics 44(9): 1105-1110. Quérouil, S. et al. (2008): Why Do Dolphins Form Mixed-Species Associations in the Azores? Ethology 114(12): 1183-1194. Rector, A. et al. (2008): Genomic characterization of novel dolphin papillomaviruses provides indications for recombination within the Papillomaviridae. Virology 378(1): 151-161. Rossi, M. (2008): Corrigendum to 'Modeling the unknown: how to make a perfect whale' [Endeavour 32 (2) (2008) 58-63]. Endeavour 32(3): 82. Sonne, C. et al. (2008): Effects of organohalogen pollutants on haematological and urine clinical-chemical parameters in Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 69(3): 381-390.Epub. Williams, R. and K. Crosbie (2007): Antarctic Whales and Antarctic Tourism. Tourism in Marine Environments 4(2-3): 195-202. PINNIPEDIA Cherel, Y. et al. (2008): Stable isotopes reveal the trophic position and mesopelagic fish diet of female southern elephant seals breeding on the Kerguelen Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 370(): 239-247. Frouin, H. et al. (2008): Toxic effects of tributyltin and its metabolites on harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) immune cells in vitro. Aquatic Toxicology 90(3): 243-251. Thums, M., C.J.A. Bradshaw, and M.A. Hindell (2008): Tracking changes in relative body composition of southern elephant seals using swim speed data. Marine Ecology Progress Series 370(): 249-261. Sonne, C. et al. (2008): Is there a link between hypospadias and organochlorine exposure in East Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris)? Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 69(3): 391-395. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Harr, K.E. et al. (2008): Debromoaplysia toxin in Lyngbya-dominated mats on manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in the Florida King's Bay ecosystem. Toxicon 52(2): 385-388. Lemelin, R.H. and B. Smale (2007): Wildlife Tourist Archetypes: Are All Polar Bear Viewers in Churchill, Manitoba Ecotourists? Tourism in Marine Environments 4(2-3): 97-111. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de