Dear all, here are some new publications of week 17 / 2007, 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. Thanks to all of you who sent in reprints to be included in the weekly announcements. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Borge, T. et al. (2007): Genetic variation in Holocene bowhead whales from Svalbard. Molecular Ecology 16(11): 2223-2235. Branch, T.A. et al. (2007): Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean. Mammal Review 37(2): 116-175. Gerber, L.R., A.C. Keller, and D.P. DeMaster (2007): Ten thousand and increasing: Is the western Arctic population of bowhead whale endangered? Biological Conservation 137(4): 577-583. Harino, H. et al. (2007): Accumulation of Organotin Compounds in Tissues and Organs of Stranded Whales Along the Coasts of Thailand. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 53(1): 119-125. Jorde, P.E. et al. (2007): Detecting genetic structure in migrating bowhead whales off the coast of Barrow, Alaska. Molecular Ecology 16(10): 1993-2004. Ortiz, G.G. et al. (2007): The Orbital Harderian Gland of the Male Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): A Morphological Study. Anatomia Histologia Embryologia 36(3): 209-214. Sassu, R. and B. Cozzi (2007): The External and Middle Ear of the Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen 1833). Anatomia Histologia Embryologia 36(3): 197-201. Westgate, A.J. et al. (2007): A new device to remotely measure heat flux and skin temperature from free-swimming dolphins. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 346(1-2): 45-59. Willis, P.M. and L.M. Dill (2007): Mate Guarding in Male Dall's Porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli). Ethology 113(6): 587-597. PINNIPEDIA Aguirre, A.A. et al. (2007): Infectious disease monitoring of the endangered hawaiian monk seal. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43(2): 229-241. Cameron, M.F. et al. (2007): Site fidelity of Weddell seals: the effects of sex and age. Antarctic Science 19(2): 149-155. Spraker, T.R. et al. (2007): Hookworm enteritis with bacteremia in california sea lion pups on san miguel island. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43(2): 179-188. Thomton, J. and J.-A.E. Mellish (2007): Haptoglobin Concentrations in Free-range and Temporarily Captive Juvenile Steller Sea Lions. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43(2): 258-261. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Adulyanukosol, K. et al. (2007): Observations of dugong reproductive behavior in Trang Province, Thailand: further evidence of intraspecific variation in dugong behavior. Marine Biology 151(5): 1887-1891. Clementz, M.T., P.L. Koch, and C.A. Beck (2007): Diet induced differences in carbon isotope fractionation between sirenians and terrestrial ungulates. Marine Biology 151(5): 1773-1784. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de