Dear all, here are some new publications of week 02 / 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 May-Collado, L. and I. Agnarsson (2006): Cytochrome b and Bayesian inference of whale phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(2): 344-354. Honda, K., M. Aoki, and Y. Fujise (2006): Ecochemical approach using mercury accumulation of Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, as tracer of historical change of Antarctic marine ecosystem during 1980-1999. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 76(1): 140-147. Stockin, K.A., C.R. Weir, and G.J. Pierce (2006): Examining the importance of Aberdeenshire (UK) coastal waters for North Sea bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 86(1): 201-207. PINNIPEDIA Del Piero, F. et al. (2006): West Nile Flavivirus Polioencephalomyelitis in a Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina). Veterinary Pathology 43(1): 58-61. Cruwys, L. and A. Friday (2006): Visible supernumerary teeth in pinnipeds. Polar Record 42(1): 83-85. OTHER Hattersley-Smith, G. (2006): Book Reviews. RED SERGE AND POLAR BEAR PANTS: THE BIOGRAPHY OF HARRY STALLWORTHY, RCMP. William Barr. 2005. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. xiv + 385 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 0-88864-433-7. $Can34.95. Polar Record 42(1): 88-89. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de