Dear all, here are some new publications of weeks 02 and 03 / 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 Howard, C. and E.C.M. Parsons (2006): Attitudes of Scottish City Inhabitants to Cetacean Conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 15(14): 4335-4356. Loseto, L.L. et al. (2006): Segregation of Beaufort Sea beluga whales during the open-water season. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1743-1751. May-Collado, L. and D. Wartzok (2007): The freshwater dolphin Inia geoffrensis geoffrensis produces high frequency whistles. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2): 1203-1212. Rankin, S. et al. (2007): Patterned burst-pulse vocalizations of the northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2): 1213-1218. Rotstein, D.S. et al. (2007): Gastric leiomyoma in a free-living Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The Veterinary Record 160(4): 130-131. Simon, M., M. Wahlberg, and L.A. Miller (2007): Echolocation clicks from killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on herring (Clupea harengus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2): 749-752. Stewart, R.E.A. et al. (2006): Bomb radiocarbon dating calibrates beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) age estimates. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1840-1852. Fischer, M.S. (2007): Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45(1): 88. PINNIPEDIA Fujii, K. et al. (2006): Seroepidemiological survey of morbillivirus infection in Kuril harbor seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) of Hokkaido, Japan. Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research 54(2-3): 109-117. Goldstein, T. et al. (2006): Infection with a Novel Gammaherpesvirus in Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(4): 830-835. Holt, M.M. and R.J. Schusterman (2007): Spatial release from masking of aerial tones in pinnipeds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2): 1219-1225. Kirkwood, R. et al. (2006): At-sea movements and habitat use of adult male Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1781-1788. O'Corry-Crowe, G. et al. (2006): Demographic independence along ecosystem boundaries in Steller sea lions revealed by mtDNA analysis: implications for management of an endangered species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1796-1809. Thompson, P.M. et al. (2007): Assessing the potential impact of salmon fisheries management on the conservation status of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in north-east Scotland. Animal Conservation 10(1): 48-56. Weise, M.J. and D.P. Costa (2007): Total body oxygen stores and physiological diving capacity of California sea lions as a function of sex and age. Journal of Experimental Biology 210(2): 278-289. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Kellogg, M.E. et al. (2007): Chromosome painting in the manatee supports Afrotheria and Paenungulata. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(1): 6. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de