Dear all, here are some new publications of week 17/ 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 Bröker, K.C., Arthur. and A. Ilangakoon (2008): Occurrence and conservation needs of cetaceans in and around the Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary, Sri Lanka. Oryx 42(2): 286-291. Foote, A.D., R.W. Osborne, and A.R. Hoelzel (2008): Temporal and Contextual Patterns of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Call Type Production. Ethology 114(6): 599-606. Frère, C.H. et al. (2008): Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequences suggests revision of humpback dolphin (Sousa spp.) taxonomy is needed. Marine and Freshwater Research 59(3): 259-268. Josephson, E.A., T.D. Smith, and R.R. Reeves (2008): Historical distribution of right whales in the North Pacific. Fish and Fisheries 9(2): 155-168. Palmé, A. et al. (2008): Conservation genetics without knowing what to conserve: the case of the Baltic harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena. Oryx 42(2): 305-308. Ward, T.J. (2008): Barriers to biodiversity conservation in marine fishery certification. Fish and Fisheries 9(2): 169-177. PINNIPEDIA Cameron, C.E. et al. (2008): Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira in Pinniped Populations via PCR Identifies a Source of Transmission for Zoonotic Leptospirosis in the Marine Environment. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(5): 1728-1733. Chinnadurai, S.K. et al. (2008): Secondary Amyloidosis and Renal Failure in a Captive California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39(2): 274-278. Harr, K.E. et al. (2008): Comparison of Blood Aminotransferase Methods for Assessment of Myopathy and Hepatopathy in Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39(2): 180-187. McClenachan, L. and A.B. Cooper (2008): Extinction rate, historical population structure and ecological role of the Caribbean monk seal. Proc. Biol. Sci. 275(1641): 1351-1358. Myers, M.J. et al. (2008): Organochlorine contaminants in endangered Steller sea lion pups (Eumetopias jubatus) from western Alaska and the Russian Far East. Science of the Total Environment 396(1): 60-69. Mylniczenko, N.D., K.S. Kearns, and A.C. Melli (2008): Diagnosis and Treatment of Sarcocystis neurona in a Captive Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39(2): 228-235. Pérez, W., H. Katz, and M. Lima (2008): Gross heart anatomy of Arctocephalus australis (Zimmerman, 1783). Anatomical Science International 83(1): 6-10. van Polanen Petel, T.D., M.A. Giese, and M.A. Hindell (2008): A preliminary investigation of the effect of repeated pedestrian approaches to Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 112(1-2): 205-211. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de