Dear all, here are some new publications of week 01-02 / 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 Birukawa, N. et al. (2008): Molecular cloning of urea transporters from the kidneys of baleen and toothed whales. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 149(2): 227-235. Capelli, R. et al. (2008): Distribution of trace elements in organs of six species of cetaceans from the Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), and the relationship with stable carbon and nitrogen ratios. Science of the Total Environment 390(2-3): 569-578. Hemery, G. et al. (2008): Detecting the impact of oceano-climatic changes on marine ecosystems using a multivariate index: The case of the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic-European Ocean). Global Change Biology 14(1): 27-38. Johnson, M. et al. (2007): Echolocation behaviour adapted to prey in foraging Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 275(1631): 133-139. Langer, P. (2008): BOOK REVIEW: Shirihai, H.; Jarrett, B.: Whales, Dolphins, and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press (2006). 384pp., numerous colour figures. US$ 55.00, Hardback: £ 35.95, ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12756-9; US$ 24.95, Paperback: £15.95, ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12757-6. Mammalian Biology: Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 73(1): 81. Mendoza, L. et al. (2008): Use of Sera from Humans and Dolphins with Lacaziosis and Sera from Experimentally Infected Mice for Western Blot Analyses of Lacazia loboi Antigens. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 15(1): 164-167. Paulos, R.D., K.M. Dudzinski, and S.A. Kuczaj (2008): The role of touch in select social interactions of Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). Journal of Ethology 26(1): 153-164. Teloni, V. et al. (2008): Shallow food for deep divers: Dynamic foraging behavior of male sperm whales in a high latitude habitat. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 354(1): 119-131. PINNIPEDIA Brookens, T.J. et al. (2008): Total mercury body burden in Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardii, pups from central California. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56(1): 27-41. Goldstein, T. et al. (2008): Novel symptomatology and changing epidemiology of domoic acid toxicosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): an increasing risk to marine mammal health. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 275(1632): 267-276. Smodlaka, H. et al. (2007): Macroscopic Anatomy of the Heart of the Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida). Anatomia Histologia Embryologia 37(1): 30-35. Trillmich, F. and J.B.W. Wolf (2008): Parent-offspring and sibling conflict in Galápagos fur seals and sea lions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62(3): 363-375. Vergani, D.F. et al. (2008): The effects of El Nino-La Nina on reproductive parameters of elephant seals feeding in the Bellingshausen Sea. Journal of Biogeography 35(2): 248-256. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de