Dear all, here are some new publications of week 06 / 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 Beedholm, K., L.A. Miller, and M.-A. Blanchet (2006): Auditory brainstem response in a harbor porpoise show lack of automatic gain control for simulated echoes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119(3): EL41-EL46. Brown, J.C., A. Hodgins-Davis, and P.J.O. Miller (2006): Classification of vocalizations of killer whales using dynamic time warping. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119(3): EL34-EL40. Garrick, R.A. et al. (2005): Cytochrome P4501A is induced in endothelial cell lines from the kidney and lung of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Aquatic Toxicology 76(3-4): 295-305. Sweeny, M.M. et al. (2005): Spondylitic changes in long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) stranded on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, between 1982 and 2000. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(4): 717-727. PINNIPEDIA Burek, K.A. et al. (2005): Poxvirus infection of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(4): 745-752. Casaux, R., A. Baroni, and A. Ramón (2006): The diet of the Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology 29(4): 257-262. Kuhn, C.E. et al. (2006): Diving physiology and winter foraging behavior of a juvenile leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Polar Biology 29(4): 303-307. Lake, S., H. Burton, and S. Wotherspoon (2006): Movements of adult female Weddell seals during the winter months. Polar Biology 29(4): 270-279. OTHERS / GENERAL Miller, N.J. et al. (2006): The surface activity of pulmonary surfactant from diving mammals. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 150(2-3): 220-232. Muir, D.C.G. et al. (2006): Brominated flame retardants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, East Greenland, and Svalbard. Environmental Science & Technology 40(2): 449-455. Newman, L.A. and P.R. Robinson (2005): Cone visual pigments of aquatic mammals. Visual Neuroscience 22(6): 873-879. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de