Dear all, here are some new publications of week 40 / 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. Thanks to all of you who sent in reprints to be included in the weekly announcements. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Berchok, C.L., D.L. Bradley, and T.B. Gabrielson (2006): St. Lawrence blue whale vocalizations revisited: Characterization of calls detected from 1998 to 2001. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4): 2340-2354. Darling, J.D., M.E. Jones, and C.P. Nicklin (2006): Humpback whale songs: Do they organize males during the breeding season? Behaviour 143(9): 1051-1101. DeLorenzo Costa, A. et al. (2006): Environmental factors affecting zooplankton in Cape Cod Bay: implications for right whale dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series 323(): 281-298. Gaspà Rebull, O. et al. (2006): Tracking fin whale calls offshore the Galicia Margin, North East Atlantic Ocean. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4): 2077-2085. Krysl, P. et al. (2006): Simulating the effect of high-intensity sound on cetaceans: Modeling approach and a case study for Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4): 2328-2339. Li, S. et al. (2006): Sonar gain control in echolocating finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in an open water. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4): 1803-1806. Madsen, P.T. et al. (2006): Quantitative measures of air-gun pulses recorded on sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) using acoustic tags during controlled exposure experiments. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4): 2366-2379. Tiemann, C.O. et al. (2006): Three-dimensional localization of sperm whales using a single hydrophone. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4): 2355-2365. Urazghildiiev, I.R. and C.W. Clark (2006): Acoustic detection of North Atlantic right whale contact calls using the generalized likelihood ratio test. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4): 1956-1963. van der Meij, S. and K. Camphuysen (2006): The distribution and diversity of whales and dolphins (Cetacea) in the southern North Sea: 1970-2005. Lutra 49(1): 3-28. PINNIPEDIA Bowen, W.D. et al. (2006): Reproductive performance in grey seals: age-related improvement and senescence in a capital breeder. Journal of Animal Ecology 75(6): 1340-1351. Page, B. et al. (2006): Spatial separation of foraging habitats among New Zealand fur seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 323(): 263-279. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Miksis-Olds, J.L. and J.H. Miller (2006): Transmission loss in manatee habitats. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4): 2320-2327. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de