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Please don't hit the reply button. Make all requests to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3369 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janiger Journals ARNOLD, PETER W.; R. ALASTAIR BIRTLES; ANDY DUNSTAN; VIMOKSALEHI LUKOSCHEK and MONIQUE MATTHEWS. MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM 51(2):277-307. 2005. Colour patterns of the dwarf minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata sensu lato: Description, cladistic analysis and taxonomic implications. 0.904 MB ARNOLD, P. W.; R. A. BIRTLES; S. SOBTZICK; M. MATTHEWS and A. DUNSTAN. MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM 51(2):309-332. 2005. Gulping behaviour in rorqual whales: Underwater observations and functional interpretation. 1.135 MB BAIRD, ROBIN W.; GREGORY S. SCHORR; DANIEL L. WEBSTER; SABRE D. MAHAFFY; ANNE B. DOUGLAS; ANTOINETTE M. GORGONE and DANIEL J. MCSWEENEY. Report to Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries under Order No. AB133F05SE5197. 16pp. 2006. A survey for odontocete cetaceans off Kaua'I and Ni'ihau, Hawai'I, during October and November 2005: Evidence for population structure and site fidelity. 0.237 MB BAKER, ALYSON R.; THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN; VLADIMIR BURKANOV; COLE W. MATSON; ROBERT G. TRUJILLO; DONALD G. CALKINS; JEFFREY K. WICKLIFFE and JOHN W. BICKHAM. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 86(6):1075-1084. 2005. Variation of mitochondrial control region sequences of Steller sea lions: The three-stock hypothesis. 0.280 MB BASBERG, BJORN L. Discussion Paper 19/05. 21pp. Presented at The Second Symposium on Whaling & History, Com. Chr. Christensen's Whaling Museum, Sandefjord, Sep. 2005. In the wake of Tonnessen and Johnsen: Trends in whaling history research after 1970. 0.066 MB BETTS, MATTHEW and T. MAX FRIESEN. JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY 25(1):59-81. 2006. Declining foraging returns from an inexhaustible resource? Abundance indices and beluga whaling in the western Canadian Arctic. 0.712 MB BOWEN, L.; B. M. ALDRIDGE; R. DELONG; S. MELIN; C. GODINEZ; A. ZAVALA; F. GULLAND; L. LOWENSTINE; J. L. STOTT and M. L. JOHNSON. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 15(2):529-533. 2006. MHC gene configuration variation in geographically disparate populations of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). 0.156 MB BUSSE, L. B.; E. L. VENRICK; R. ANTROBUS; P. E. MILLER; V. VIGILANT; M. W. SILVER; C. MENGELT; L. MYDLARZ and B. B. PREZELIN. HARMFUL ALGAE 5(1):91-101. 2006. Domoic acid in phytoplankton and fish in San Diego, CA, USA. 0.209 MB DAURA-LORGE F. G.; L. L. WEDEKIN; V. D. PIACENTINI and P. C. SIMOES-LOPES. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOLOGIA 22(4):1014-1021. 2005. Seasonal and daily patterns of group size, cohesion and activity of the estuarine dolphin, Sotalia gulanensis (P.) van Beneden) (Cetacea, Delphinidae), in southern Brazil. 0.944 MB FERGUSON, MEGAN C.; JAY BARLOW; PAUL FIEDLER; STEPHEN B. REILLY and TIM GERRODETTE. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING 193(3-4):645-662. 2006. Spatial models of delphinid (family Delphinidae) encounter rate and group size in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. 0.607 MB FISH, FRANK E.; ANTHONY J. NICASTRO and DANIEL WEIHS. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 209(4):590-598. 2006. Dynamics of the aerial maneuvers of spinner dolphins. 0.385 MB FRANKLIN, TRISH and DANIEL BURNS. MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM 51(2):308. 2005. (Note) A southern right whale, (Eubalaena australis), in Hervey Bay, Qld and Ballina, N NSW. 0.054 MB GARRICK, RITA ANNE; BRUCE R. WOODIN; JOANNA Y. WILSON; BOBBY L. MIDDLEBROOKS and JOHN J. STEGEMAN. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM) 76(3-4):295-305. 2006. Cytochrome P4501A is induced in endothelial cell lines from the kidney and lung of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. 0.317 MB HEIDE-JORGENSEN, M. P.; K. L. LAIDRE; M. V. JENSEN; L. DUECK and L. D. POSTMA. MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE 22(1):34-45. 2006. Dissolving stock discreteness with satellite tracking: Bowhead whales in Baffin Bay. 0.197 MB KARLSSON, OLLE; LEX HIBY; TORKEL LUNDBERG; MART JUSSI; IVAR JUSSI and BJORN HELANDER. AMBIO 34(8):628-634. 2005. Photo-identification, site fidelity, and movement of female gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) between haul-outs in the Baltic Sea. 0.281 MB KASTELEIN, R. A.; N. JENNINGS; W. C. VERBOOM; D. DE HAAN and N. M. SCHOONEMAN. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 61(3):363-378. 2006. Differences in the response of a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) and a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to an acoustic alarm. 0.244 MB KAZAR, EMESE and DAN GRIGORESCU. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 25(4):929-935. 2005. Revision of Sarmatodelphis moldavicus Kirpichnikov, 1954 (Cetacea: Delphinoidea), from the Miocene of Kishinev, Republic of Moldavia. 0.268 MB KIYOTA, MASASHI and HIROSHI OKAMURA. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 86(6):1227-1236. 2005. Harassment, abduction, and mortality of pups by nonterritorial male northern fur seals. 0.158 MB LAMMERS, MARC O.; MICHIEL SCHOTTEN and WHITLOW W. L. AU. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 119(2):1244-1250. 2006. The spatial context of free-ranging Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) producing acoustic signals. 0.321 MB LUSSEAU, DAVID; BEN WILSON; PHILIP S. HAMMOND; KATE GRELLIER; JOHN W. DURBAN; KIM M. PARSONS; TIM R. BARTON and PAUL M. THOMPSON. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 75(1):14-24. 2006. Quantifying the influence of sociality on population structure in bottlenose dolphins. 0.280 MB MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER D.; HEIDI AMIN; KIT M. KOVACS and CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN. ANATOMICAL RECORD PART A-DISCOVERIES IN MOLECULAR CELLULAR AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 288A(1):13-25. 2006. Microstructure and innervation of the mystacial vibrissal follicle-sinus complex in bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus (Pinnipedia: Phocidae). 0.943 MB MATTHEE, C. A.; F. FOURIE; W. H. OOSTHUIZEN; M. A. MEYER and K. A. TOLLEY. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 148(4):899-905. 2006. Mitochondrial DNA sequence data of the Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) suggest that population numbers may be affected by climatic shifts. 0.291 MB MCKENZIE, JANE; LAURA J. PARRY; BRAD PAGE and SIMON D. GOLDSWORTHY. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 86(6):1237-1246. 2005. Estimation of pregnancy rates and reproductive failure in New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri). 0.116 MB MIDDLEMAS, STUART J.; TIM R. BARTON; JOHN D. ARMSTRONG and PAUL M. THOMPSON. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 273(1583):193-198. 2006. Functional and aggregative responses of harbour seals to changes in salmonid abundance. 0.139 MB MILLER, NATALIE J.; CHRISTOPHER B. DANIELS; SAMUEL SCHURCH; W. MICHAEL SCHOEL and SANDRA ORGEIG. RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY 150(2-3):220-232. 2006. The surface activity of pulmonary surfactant from diving mammals. 0.399 MB MONESTIEZ, P.; L. DUBROCA; E. BONNIN; J. -P. DURBEC and C. GUINET. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING 193(3-4):615-628. 2006. Geostatistical modelling of spatial distribution of Balaenoptera physalus in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea from sparse count data and heterogeneous observation efforts. 0.722 MB MUIR, DEREK C. G.; SEAN BACKUS; ANDREW E. DEROCHER; RUNE DIETZ; THOMAS J. EVANS; GEIR W. GABRIELSEN; JOHN NAGY; ROSS J. NORSTROM; CHRISTIAN SONNE; IAN STIRLING; MITCH K. TAYLOR and ROBERT J. LETCHER. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 40(2):449-455. 2006. Brominated flame retardants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, East Greenland, and Svalbard. 0.275 MB MURPHY, S.; A. COLLET and E. ROGAN. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 86(6):1247-1258. 2005. Mating strategy in the male common dolphin (Delphinus delphis): What gonadal analysis tells us. 0.358 MB O'BRIEN, J. K. and T. R. ROBECK. REPRODUCTION, FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT 18(3):319-329. 2006. Development of sperm sexing and associated assisted reproductive technology for sex preselection of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.283 MB PARRA, GUIDO J.; PETER J. CORKERON and HELENE MARSH. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 129(2):167-180. 2006. Population sizes, site fidelity and residence patterns of Australian snubfin and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins: Implications for conservation. 0.495 MB ROSS, PETER S. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 63(1):224-234. 2006. Fireproof killer whales (Orcinus orca): Flame-retardant chemicals and the conservation imperative in the charismatic icon of British Columbia, Canada. 0.270 MB SUNDARAM, BALA; ANDREW C. POJE; RICHARD R. VEIT and HERVE NGANGUIA. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY 238(4):764-770. 2006. Acoustical dead zones and the spatial aggregation of whale strandings. 0.426 MB TREMBLAY, YANN; SCOTT A. SHAFFER; SHANNON L. FOWLER; CAREY E. KUHN; BIRGITTE I. MCDONALD; MICHAEL J. WEISE; CHARLE-ANDRE BOST; HENRI WEIMERSKIRCH; DANIEL E. CROCKER; MICHAEL E. GOEBEL and DANIEL P. COSTA. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 209(1):128-140. 2006. Interpolation of animal tracking data in a fluid environment. 0.416 MB TRIPOVICH, JOY S.; TRACEY L. ROGERS and JOHN P. Y. ARNOULD. BIOACOUSTICS 15(1):79-96. 2005. Species-specific characteristics and individual variation of the bark call produced by male Australian fur seals, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus. 0.129 MB VAN BRESSEM, MARIE-FRANCOISE; KOEN VAN WAEREBEEK; DAVID MONTES; SEAMUS KENNEDY; JULIO C. REYES; IGNACIO A. GARCIA-GODOS; KARINE ONTON-SILVA and JOANNA ALFARO-SHIGUETO. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 68(2):149-165. 2006. Diseases, lesions and malformations in the long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis from the Southeast Pacific. 2.016 MB VIANNA, J. A.; R. K. BONDE; S. CABALLERO; J. P. GIRALDO; R. P. LIMA; A. CLARK; M. MARMONTEL; B. MORALES-VELA; M. J. DE SOUZA; L. PARR; M. A. RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ; A. A. MIGNUCCI-GIANNON; J. A. POWEL and F. R. SANTOS. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 15(2):433-447. 2006. Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: Implications for manatee conservation. 0.293 MB WEIFFEN, MICHAEL; BETTINA MOLLER; BJORN MAUCK and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. VISION RESEARCH 46(11):1777-1783. 2006. Effect of water turbidity on the visual acuity of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). 0.226 MB WILKE, MONIKA; MIKE BOSSLEY and WADE DOAK. AQUATIC MAMMALS 31(4):427-433. 2005. Managing human interactions with solitary dolphins. 0.107 MB _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca http://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam