Dear all, here are some new publications of week 47 / 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 Beck, R.M.D. et al. (2006): A higher-level MRP supertree of placental mammals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6(): 93. Frasier, T.R. et al. (2006): Characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci and development and validation of multiplex reactions for the study of right whale species (genus Eubalaena). Molecular Ecology Notes 6(4): 1025-1029. Johnson, M. et al. (2006): Foraging Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) produce distinct click types matched to different phases of echolocation. Journal of Experimental Biology 209(24): 5038-5050. Ma, H. et al. (2006): Two New Species of Symbiotic Ciliates from the Respiratory Tract of Cetaceans with Establishment of the New Genus Planilamina n. gen. (Dysteriida, Kyaroikeidae). The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53(6): 407-419. Martínez-Agüero, M., S. Flores-Ramírez, and M. Ruiz-García (2006): First report of major histocompatibility complex class II loci from the Amazon pink river dolphin (genus Inia). Genetics and Molecular Research 5(3): 421-431. Woodside, J.M. et al. (2006): Gouge marks on deep-sea mud volcanoes in the eastern Mediterranean: Caused by Cuvier's beaked whales? Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 53(11): 1762-1771. Zerbini, A.N. et al. (2006): Abundance, trends and distribution of baleen whales off Western Alaska and the central Aleutian Islands. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 53(11): 1772-1790. PINNIPEDIA Swanson, B.J. et al. (2006): Shed skin as a source of DNA for genotyping seals. Molecular Ecology Notes 6(4): 1006-1009. Veinott, G. and B. Sjare (2006): Mercury, Cadmium, Selenium, and Seven Other Elements in the Muscle, Renal, and Hepatic Tissue of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 77(4): 597-607. Zeppelin, T.K. and R.R. Ream (2006): Foraging habitats based on the diet of female northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Journal of Zoology 270(4): 565-576. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Renner, M.J. and A.L. Kelly (2006): Behavioral Decisions for Managing Social Distance and Aggression in Captive Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus). Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 9(3): 233-239. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de