Dear all, here are some new publications of week 18 / 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 Ross, W.G. 2006. BOOK REVIEWS: TWENTIETH-CENTURY SHORE-STATION WHALING IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. Anthony B. Dickinson and Chesley W. Sanger. 2005. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. xvii + 254 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-7735-2881-4. Can$49.95. Polar Record 42(2): 182-183. Koschinski, S. et al. 2006. Behavioral reactions of free-ranging harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena encountering standard nylon and BaSO4 mesh gillnets and warning sound. Marine Ecology Progress Series 313(): 285-294. Law, R.J. et al. 2006. Levels of the flame retardants hexabromocyclododecane and tetrabromobisphenol A in the blubber of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded or bycaught in the U.K., with evidence for an increase in HBCD concentrations in recent years. Environmental Science & Technology 40(7): 2177-2183. Hall, A.J. et al. 2006. The Risk of Infection from Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure in the Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): A Case-Control Approach. Environmental Health Perspectives 114(5): 704-711. PINNIPEDIA Polasek, L.K., K.A. Dickson, and R.W. Davis. 2006. Metabolic indicators in the skeletal muscles of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology 290(): R1720-R1727. Harlin-Cognato, A. et al. 2006. Glacial refugia and the phylogeography of Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) in the North Pacific. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19(3): 955-969. Cleland, L.G. and M.J. James. 2006. Marine oils for antiinflammatory effect -- time to take stock. The Journal of Rheumatology 33(2): 207-209. Madland, T.M. et al. 2006. Subjective improvement in patients with psoriatic arthritis after short-term oral treatment with seal oil: A pilot study with double blind comparison with soy oil. The Journal of Rheumatology 33(2): 307-310. Boily, F., S. Beaudoin, and L.N. Measures. 2006. Hematology and serum chemistry of harp (Phoca groenlandica) and hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) during the breeding season, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(1): 115-132. Nollens, H.H. et al. 2006. Pathology and preliminary characterization of a parapoxvirus isolated from a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(1): 23-32. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de