Dear all, here are some new publications of week 28 / 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 Borrell, A. et al. (2007): Post-mortem stability of blubber DLCs, PCB and tDDT in by-caught harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Marine Pollution Bulletin 54(10): 1663-1666. Du, B. et al. (2007): Construction and Characterization of a Lipotes vexillifer Genomic DNA BAC Library. Zoological Science 24(4): 401-407. Fish, F.E. et al. (2006): Passive cambering and flexible propulsors: cetacean flukes. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 1(4): S42-S48.Epub. Fukui, Y. et al. (2007): Attempt at Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection of In Vitro Matured Oocytes in Common Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Captured During the Kushiro Coast Survey. Journal of Reproduction and Development 53(4): 945-952. Harlin-Cognato, A.D. et al. (2007): Multi-locus phylogeography of the dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus): passive dispersal via the west-wind drift or response to prey species and climate change? BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(1): 131. May-Collado, L.J., I. Agnarsson, and D. Wartzok (2007): Phylogenetic review of tonal sound production in whales in relation to sociality. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(1): 136. Mooney, T.A. et al. (2007): Acoustic and stiffness properties of gillnets as they relate to small cetacean bycatch. ICES Journal of Marine Science 64(7): 1324-1332. Nishida, S. et al. (2007): Phylogenetic relationships among cetaceans revealed by y-chromosome sequences. Zoological Science 24(7): 723-732. Stockin, K.A. et al. (2007): Trace elements, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in New Zealand common dolphins (Delphinus sp.). Science of the Total Environment 387(1-3): 333-345. Onbe, K. et al. (2007): Sequence variation in the tbx4 gene in marine mammals. Zoological Science 24(5): 449-464. PINNIPEDIA Barnett, J.E.F. et al. (2007): Haematological and biochemical values for grey seal pups (Halichoerus grypus) during early rehabilitation. The Veterinary Record 161(13): 447-451. Neale, J.C. et al. (2007): Blood concentrations of some persistent organohalogens in free-ranging spotted seals (Phoca largha) from Bristol Bay, Alaska. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A 70(20): 1776-1778. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Sarko, D.K. et al. (2007): Somatosensory nuclei of the manatee brainstem and thalamus. The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology 290(9): 1138-1165. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de