Dear all, here are some new publications of week 15 / 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 Castellini, M. et al. (2006): Blood rheology of Weddell seals and bowhead whales. Biorheology 43(1): 57-69. Redfern, J.V. et al. (2006): Techniques for cetacean-habitat modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310(): 271-295. Kemp, K.M. et al. (2006): Consumption of large bathyal food fall, a six month study in the NE Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310(): 65-76. PINNIPEDIA Dagleish, M.P. et al. (2006): Polioencephalomalacia in a juvenile hooded seal (Cystophora cristata). The Veterinary Record 158(15): 516-518. Nollens, H.H. et al. (2006): Seroepidemiology of parapoxvirus infections in captive and free-ranging California sea lions Zalophus californianus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69(2-3): 153-161. Hamer, D.J. and S.D. Goldsworthy (2006): Seal-fishery operational interactions: Identifying the environmental and operational aspects of a trawl fishery that contribute to by-catch and mortality of Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). Biological Conservation 130(4): 517-529. Lea, M.-A. et al. (2006): Impacts of climatic anomalies on provisioning strategies of a Southern Ocean predator. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310(): 77-94. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de