Dear colleagues, I’m looking for any information about the occurrence and abundance of marine mammals (especially (Blue) whales) in the area of the Eastern Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea during the austral summer (January to April). Any information as accurate as possible would be helpful to contribute to the assessment of the potential impact of seismic surveys in these areas. In particular, if you know about local populations or stocks of marine mammals in the areas mentioned above, it would be a great help if you could provide me with this information. Please, do not worry about any misuse of the information received – no info or data will be used for any publication. If you know anybody who could provide assistance on this matter, please don’t hesitate and transfer this mail forward. Thank you very much in advance for your help. Please contact me directly under: liebschner@gmx.de Many regards Alexander Liebschner -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser