Dear all, here are some new publications of week 10 / 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 Galatius, A. et al. (2006): Timing of epiphyseal development in the flipper skeleton of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) as an indicator of paedomorphosis. Acta Zoologica 87(1): 77-82. Lawson, P.A. et al. (2006): Catellicoccus marimammalium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium from porpoise and grey seal. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56(2): 429-432. Mitani, Y. et al. (2006): Patterns of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the baleen of common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the western North Pacific. Fisheries Science 72(1): 69-76. Mooney, T.A., P.E. Nachtigall, and M.M.L. Yuen (2006): Temporal resolution of the Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, auditory system. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 192(4): 373-380. Mowat, R.J.C. (2006): The Exploitation and Cultural Importance of Sea Mammals, Edited by Gregory G. Monks. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 35(1): 165-166. PINNIPEDIA Bertilsson-Friedman, P. (2006): Distribution and frequencies of shark-inflicted injuries to the endangered Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). Journal of Zoology (London) 268(4): 361-368. Rosing-Asvid, A. (2006): The influence of climate variability on polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and ringed seal (Pusa hispida) population dynamics. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(3): 357-364. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de