Dear all, here are some new publications of week 24/ 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 Akamatsu, T. et al. (2008): Estimation of the detection probability for Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) with a passive acoustic method. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123(6): 4403-4411. Endo, T. et al. (2008): Contamination levels of mercury and cadmium in melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) from a mass stranding on the Japanese coast. Science of the Total Environment 401(1-3): 73-80. Kinghorn, A. et al. (2008): Teeth as biomonitors of selenium concentrations in tissues of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Science of the Total Environment 402(1): 43-50. Rosa, C. et al. (2008): Heavy metal and mineral concentrations and their relationship to histopathological findings in the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Science of the Total Environment 399(1-3): 165-178. Simard, Y., N. Roy, and C. Gervaise (2008): Passive acoustic detection and localization of whales: effects of shipping noise in Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123(6): 4109-4117. PINNIPEDIA Gray, R., P. Canfield, and T. Rogers (2008): Trace element analysis in the serum and hair of Antarctic leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, and Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii. Science of the Total Environment 399(1-3): 202-215. Jay, C.V., P.M. Outridge, and J.L. Garlich-Miller (2008): Indication of two Pacific walrus stocks from whole tooth elemental analysis. Polar Biology 31(8): 933-943. Yin, X. et al. (2007): Mercury-selenium association in antarctic seal hairs and animal excrements over the past 1,500 years. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(3): 381-386. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Andersen, M. et al. (2008): Movements of two Svalbard polar bears recorded using geographical positioning system satellite transmitters. Polar Biology 31(8): 905-911. Bechshøft, T.Ø. et al. (2008): Differences in growth, size and sexual dimorphism in skulls of East Greenland and Svalbard polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Polar Biology 31(8): 945-958. Hermanussen, S. et al. (2008): Flame retardants (PBDEs) in marine turtles, dugongs and seafood from Queensland, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 57(6-12): 409-418. Schliebe, S. et al. (2008): Effects of sea ice extent and food availability on spatial and temporal distribution of polar bears during the fall open-water period in the Southern Beaufort Sea. Polar Biology 31(8): 999-1010. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de