Dear all, here are some new publications of week 25+26 / 2007, 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 Alter, S.E., E. Rynes, and S.R. Palumbi (2007): DNA evidence for historic population size and past ecosystem impacts of gray whales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(38): 15162-15167. Bisconti, M. (2007): A new basal balaenopterid whale from the pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50(5): 1103-1122. Holdgate, M. (2007): SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY AND THE POLITICS OF WHALING. Michael Heazle. 2006. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press; Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press. xii + 260 p, hard cover. ISBN 0-295-98605-0. £38.95; $US60.00. Polar Record 43(4): 375-376. Kanda, N. et al. (2007): Population genetic structure of Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera brydei) at the inter-oceanic and trans-equatorial levels. Conservation Genetics 8(4): 853-864. Nollens, H.H. et al. (2007): Development and validation of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for the detection of immunoglobulin G of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 19(5): 465-470. Seixas, T.G. et al. (2007): Ecological and biological determinants of trace elements accumulation in liver and kidney of Pontoporia blainvillei. Science of the Total Environment 385(1-3): 208-220. Simon, M., P.K. McGregor, and F. Ugarte (2007): The relationship between the acoustic behaviour and surface activity of killer whales (Orcinus orca) that feed on herring (Clupea harengus). Acta Ethologica 10(2): 47-53. Wolkers, H. et al. (2007): ACCUMULATION AND TRANSFER OF CONTAMINANTS IN KILLER WHALES (ORCINUS ORCA) FROM NORWAY: INDICATIONS FOR CONTAMINANT METABOLISM. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(8): 1582-1590. Brandon, J.R. et al. (2007): Constructing a coherent joint prior while respecting biological realism: application to marine mammal stock assessments. ICES Journal of Marine Science 64(6): 1085-1100. Crockford, S.J. and S.G. Frederick (2007): Sea ice expansion in the Bering Sea during the Neoglacial: evidence from archaeozoology. The Holocene 17(6): 699-706. PINNIPEDIA Bennett, K.A. et al. (2007): Effects of mass and body composition on fasting fuel utilisation in grey seal pups (Halichoerus grypus Fabricius): an experimental study using supplementary feeding. Journal of Experimental Biology 210(17): 3043-3053. Bennike, O. and C. Andreasen (2007): Radiocarbon dating of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) remains from Greenland. Polar Record 43(4): 361-365. Blix, A.S. and E.S. Nordøy (2007): Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) annual distribution, diving behaviour, breeding and moulting, off Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Polar Biology 30(11): 1449-1458. Borkowski, R. et al. (2007): Adaptations of subpalpebral lavage systems used for llamas (Lama glama) and a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 38(3): 453-459. Collins, K.T. and J.M. Terhune (2007): Geographic variation of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) airborne mother-pup vocalisations. Polar Biology 30(11): 1373-1380. Czub, G. and M.S. McLachlan (2007): Influence of the temperature gradient in blubber on the bioaccumulation of persistent lipophilic organic chemicals in seals. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(8): 1600-1605. Goldsworthy, S.D. and B. Page (2007): A risk-assessment approach to evaluating the significance of seal bycatch in two Australian fisheries. Biological Conservation 139(3-4): 269-285. Labansen, A.L. et al. (2007): Spring diet of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from northwestern Spitsbergen, Norway. ICES Journal of Marine Science 64(6): 1246-1256. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Fischbach, A.S., S.C. Amstrup, and D.C. Douglas (2007): Landward and eastward shift of Alaskan polar bear denning associated with recent sea ice changes. Polar Biology 30(11): 1395-1405. Thomas, N.J. et al. (2007): Protozoal Meningoencephalitis in Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris): a Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study of Naturally Occurring Cases. Journal of Comparative Pathology 137(2-3): 102-121. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de