Dear all, here are some new publications of week 46 / 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 Fraser, J. et al. (2006): Dolphins in Popular Literature and Media. Society and Animals 14(4): 321-349. Lucena, A. (2006): Minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Burmeister) (Cetacea, Balaenopteridae) population structure in the breeding grounds off South Atlantic Ocean. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 23(1): 176-185. Noren, S.R., G. Biedenbach, and E.F. Edwards (2006): Ontogeny of swim performance and mechanics in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Experimental Biology 209(23): 4724-4731. Piper, K.J., E.M.G. Fitzgerald, and T.H. Rich (2006): Mesozoic to early quaternary mammal faunas of Victoria, South-East Australia. Palaeontology 49(6): 1237-1262. Reynolds, J.E., D.L. Wetzel, and T.M. O'Hara (2006): Human health implications of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in blubber of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Arctic 59(2): 155-164. Rojas-Bracho, L., R.R. Reeves, and A. Jaramillo-Legorreta (2006): Conservation of the vaquita Phocoena sinus. Mammal Review 36(3): 179-216. Sickler, J. et al. (2006): Social Narratives Surrounding Dolphins: Q Method Study. Society and Animals 14(4): 351-382. Wang, K. et al. (2006): Range-Wide Yangtze Freshwater Dolphin Expedition: The Last Chance to See Baiji? Environmental Science and Pollution Research 13(6): 418-424. PINNIPEDIA OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Stempniewicz, L. (2006): Polar bear predatory behaviour toward molting Barnacle Geese and nesting Glaucous Gulls on Spitsbergen. Arctic 59(3): 247-251. Verreault, J. et al. (2006): Composition of chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants among major adipose tissue depots of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Canadian high Arctic. Science of the Total Environment 370(2-3): 580-587. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de