Dear all, here are some new publications of week 49 / 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. Thanks to all of you who sent in reprints to be included in the weekly announcements. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Beineke, A. et al. (2007): Increased blood interleukin-10 mRNA levels in diseased free-ranging harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 115(1-2): 100-106. Dere, E. et al. (2006): The case for episodic memory in animals. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 30(8): 1206-1224. Durie, B.G.M. and H. Jones (2006): New Bioaccumulations of Toxins in Resident Coastal Dolphins Signal Dangers of Human Myeloma. Blood. 108(11): 5062. Foote, A.D. et al. (2006): Killer whales are capable of vocal learning. Biology Letters 2(4): 509-512. Hung, C.L. et al. (2007): Risk assessment of trace elements in the stomach contents of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins and Finless Porpoises in Hong Kong waters. Chemosphere 66(7): 1175-1182. Newell, C.L. (2006): Unusual gray whale Eschrichtius robustus feeding in the summer of 2005 off the central Oregon Coast. Geophysical Research Letters 33(L22S11): . Slooten, E., W. Rayment, and S. Dawson (2006): Offshore distribution of Hector's dolphins at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: is the Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal sanctuary large enough? New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40(2): 333-343. PINNIPEDIA Hemilä, S. et al. (2006): High-frequency hearing in phocid and otariid pinnipeds: An interpretation based on inertial and cochlear constraints. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(6): 3463-3466. Makhado, A.B., R.J.M. Crawford, and L.G. Underhill (2006): Impact of predation by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus on Cape gannets Morus capensis at Malgas Island, Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 28(3&4): 681-687. Mashburn, K.L. and S. Atkinson (2006): Seasonal and predator influences on adrenal function in adult Steller sea lions: Gender matters. General and Comparative Endocrinology 150(2): 246-252. McIntosh, R.R., B. Page, and S.D. Goldsworthy (2006): Dietary analysis of regurgitates and stomach samples from free-living Australian sea lions. Wildlife Research 33(8): 661-669. McMahon, C.R. et al. (2006): Assessing hot-iron and cryo-branding for permanently marking southern elephant seals. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(5): 1484-1489. Trites, A.W. et al. (2007): Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatas) in Alaska: assessing the ocean climate hypothesis. Fisheries Oceanography 16(1): 46-67. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de