Dear all, here are some new publications of week 01 / 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 Wolkers, H. et al. (2006): Accumulation, Metabolism, and Food-Chain Transfer of Chlorinated and Brominated Contaminants in Subadult White Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) and Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) From Svalbard, Norway. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 50(1): 69-78. Weiss, B.M. et al. (2006): Vocal behavior of resident killer whale matrilines with newborn calves: The role of family signatures. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119(1): 627-635. Popov, V.V. et al. (2006): Monaural and binaural hearing directivity in the bottlenose dolphin: Evoked-potential study. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119(1): 636-644. Lemon, M. et al. (2006): Response of travelling bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) to experimental approaches by a powerboat in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Biological Conservation 127(4): 363-372. Vaca-RodrÌguez, J.G. and R.R. Enriquez-Andrade (2006): Analysis of the eastern Pacific yellowfin tuna fishery based on multiple management objectives. Ecological Modelling 191(2): 275-290. Teuten, E.L. et al. (2006): Spectral characterization of two bioaccumulated methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Chemosphere 62(2): 197-203. PINNIPEDIA Tremblay, Y. et al. (2006): Interpolation of animal tracking data in a fluid environment. Journal of Experimental Biology 209(1): 128-140. Haug, T. et al. (2006): Estimation of harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) pup production in the North Atlantic completed: results from surveys in the Greenland Sea in 2002. ICES Journal of Marine Science 63(1): 95-104. Casper, R.M. et al. (2006): Diet estimation based on an integrated mixed prey feeding experiment using Arctocephalus seals. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 328(2): 228-239. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de