Dear all, here are some new publications of week 09 / 2006, 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. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Smith, H.R. and G.A. Worthy (2006): Stratification and intra- and inter-specific differences in fatty acid composition of common dolphin (Delphinus sp.) blubber: Implications for dietary analysis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 143(4): 486-499. Dehn, L.-A. et al. (2006): Stable isotope and trace element status of subsistence-hunted bowhead and beluga whales in Alaska and gray whales in Chukotka. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52(3): 301-319. PINNIPEDIA Roe, W.D. et al. (2006): Tuberculosis in a New Zealand (Hooker's) sea lion (abstract). New Zealand Veterinary Journal 54(1): 51. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de