Hi, All Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. The one at the bottom of the list is too large to email and will have to be downloaded. Abstracts also available on request.
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 AGUILAR, A.; D. A. JESSUP; J. ESTES and J. C. GARZA. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 11(1):35-45. 2008. The distribution of nuclear genetic variation and historical demography of sea otters. 0.270 MB ANDERSEN, MAGNUS and JON AARS. POLAR BIOLOGY 31(4):501-507. 2008. Short-term behavioural response of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) to snowmobile disturbance. 0.303 MB ARNOULD, JOHN P. Y. and ROGER KIRKWOOD. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 17(Supp.1):S53-S67. 2007. Habitat selection by female Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). 0.610 MB BEARZI, GIOVANNI; STEFANO AGAZZI; SILVIA BONIZZONI; MARINA COSTA and ARIANNA AZZELLINO. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 18(2):130-146. 2008. Dolphins in a bottle: Abundance, residency patterns and conservation of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the semi-closed eutrophic Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. 0.503 MB BEATSON, E.; S. O'SHEA; C. STONE and T. SHORTLAND. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 34(4):359-362. 2007. Notes on New Zealand mammals 6. Second report on the stomach contents of long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas. 0.716 MB BELIKOV, R. A. and V. M. BEL'KOVICH. ACOUSTICAL PHYSICS 54(1):115-123. 2008. Original Russian text published in Akusticheskii Zhurnal 54(1):133-142. 2008. Communicative pulsed signals of beluga whales in the reproductive gathering off Solovetskii Island in the White Sea. 0.622 MB BOISSEAU, O.; J. MATTHEWS; D. GILLESPIE; C. LACEY; A. MOSCROP and N. EL OUAMARI. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 29(3):403-410. 2007. A visual and acoustic survey for harbour porpoises off north-west Africa: Further evidence of a discrete population. 0.606 MB CASTINEL, A.; R. KITTELBERGER; W. E. POMROY; P. J. DUIGNAN; B. L. CHILVERS and I. S. WILKINSON. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 44(1):8-15. 2008. Humoral immune response to Klebsiella spp. in New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri) and the passive transfer of immunity to pups. 0.302 MB CLIFTON, K. B.; J. YAN; J. J. MECHOLSKY, JR. and R. L. REEP. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 274(2):150-159. 2008. Material properties of manatee rib bone. 0.371 MB COSTA, DANIEL P. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 17(Supp.1):S44-S52. 2007. A conceptual model of the variation in parental attendance in response to environmental fluctuation: Foraging energetics of lactating sea lions and fur seals. 0.201 MB FERTL, DAGMAR and THOMAS A. JEFFERSON. GULF OF MEXICO SCIENCE 25(1):95-96. 2007. In Memoriam Mr. Andrew ("Andy") Jason Schiro, 1970-2007. 0.259 MB FRANTZIS, ALEXANDROS and PARASKEVI ALEXIADOU. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 86(1):62-75. 2008. Male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) coda production and coda-type usage depend on the presence of conspecifics and the behavioural context. 0.966 MB FREITAS, CARLA; KIT M. KOVACS; ROLF A. IMS; MICHAEL A. FEDAK and CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN. OECOLOGIA (BERLIN) 155(1):193-204. 2008. Ringed seal post-moulting movement tactics and habitat selection. 0.577 MB GEBBINK, WOUTER A.; CHRISTIAN SONNE; RUNE DIETZ; MAJA KIRKGAARD; ERIK W. BORN; DEREK C. G. MUIR and ROBERT J. LETCHER. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 42(3):752-759. 2008. Target tissue selectivity and burdens of diverse classes of brominated and chlorinated contaminants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland. 0.137 MB GOMES BORGES, JOAO CARLOS; LEUCIO CAMARA ALVES; DANIELLE DOS SANTOS LIMA; FABIA DE OLIVEIRA LUNA; CARLA VERONICA CARRASCO AGUILAR; JOCIERY EINHARDT VERGARA-PARENTE; MARIA APARECIDA DE GLORIA FAUSTINO; ANA MARIA ALVES LIMA and MIRIAM MARMONTEL. BIOTEMAS 20(3):63-66. 2007. Ocurrencia de Cryptosporidium spp. en manatà amazonico (Trichechus inunguis, Natterer, 1883). 0.045 MB GREGR, EDWARD J.; LINDA M. NICHOL; JANE C. WATSON; JOHH K. B. FORD and GRAEME M. ELLIS. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 72(2):382-388. 2008. Estimating carrying capacity for sea otters in British Columbia. 0.483 MB HARCOURT, R. G.; J. J. KINGSTON; J. R. WAAS and M. A. HINDELL. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS 17(Supp.1):S68-S78. 2007. Foraging while breeding: Alternative mating strategies by male Weddell seals? 0.310 MB HARLEY, HEIDI E. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 77(2):243-268. 2008. Whistle discrimination and categorization by the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): A review of the signature whistle framework and a perceptual test. 1.545 MB HOFFMAN, JOSEPH I.; KANCHON K. DASMAHAPATRA and HAZEL J. NICHOLS. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES 8(2):459-461. 2008. Ten novel polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci cloned from the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella. 0.065 MB HOLT, MARLA M. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-89. xiv + 59pp. 2008. Sound exposure and southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca): A review of current knowledge and data gaps. 0.884 MB IOSILEVSKII, G. and D. WEIHS. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE 5(20):329-338. 2008. Speed limits on swimming of fishes and cetaceans. 0.280 MB IWANAMI, KENTARO; KOUJI UDA; HIROSHI TADA and TOMOHIKO SUZUKI. PROTEIN JOURNAL 27(1):43-49. 2008. Cytoplasmic and mitochondrial creatine kinases from the skeletal muscle of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Molecular cloning and enzyme characterization. 0.305 MB JORES, JOERG; ANDREW E. DEROCHER; CHRISTOPH STAUBACH and ANSGAR ASCHFALK. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 44(1):155-158. 2008. Occurrence and prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in polar bears from Svalbard, Norway. 0.319 MB KAVTSEVICH, N. N. and A. S. YURKO. DOKLADY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 416(1-6):409-411. 2007. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk 416(5):706-708. 2007. Nucleolus organizer activity in lymphocytes of harp seals of different ages. 0.153 MB KIYOTA, MASASHI; STEPHEN J. INSLEY and STACEY L. LANCE. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 62(5):739-746. 2008. Effectiveness of territorial polygyny and alternative mating strategies in northern fur seals, Callorhinus ursinus. 0.163 MB KREUTZER, M.; R. KREUTZER; U. SIEBERT; G. MUELLER; P. REIJNDERS; S. BRASSEUR; T. HARKONEN; R. DIETZ; C. SONNE; E. W. BORN and W. BAUMGAERTNER*. ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY 153(1):187-192. 2008. In search of virus carriers of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus outbreaks in European harbour seals. 0.115 MB KRUPNIK, IGOR and G. CARLETON RAY. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 54(23-26):2946-2957. 2007. Effects of Climate Variability on Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystems - A GLOBEC Symposium, GLOBEC-ESSAS Symposium. Pacific walruses, indigenous hunters, and climate change: Bridging scientific and indigenous knowledge. 0.447 MB LIDGARD, DAMIAN C.; DARYL J. BONESS; W. DON BOWEN and JIM I. MCMILLAN. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 53(1):241-248. 2008. The implications of stress on male mating behavior and success in a sexually dimorphic polygynous mammal, the grey seal. 0.326 MB LLOYD-SMITH, JAMES O.; DENISE J. GREIG; SHARON HIETALA; GEORGE S. GHNEIM; LAUREN PALMER; JUDY ST. LEGER; BRYAN T. GRENFELL and FRANCES M. D. GULLAND. BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 7(125): 11pp. 2007. Cyclical changes in seroprevalence of leptospirosis in California sea lions: Endemic and epidemic disease in one host species? 0.340 MB MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER D.; KIT M. KOVACS and CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 211(5):699-708. 2008. Feeding kinematics, suction and hydraulic jetting capabilities in bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus). 1.095 MB MASHBURN, KENDALL L. and SHANNON ATKINSON. GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 155(2):352-358. 2008. Variability in leptin and adrenal response in juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in different seasons. 0.288 MB MEDINA-VOGEL, G.; L. O. MERINO; R. MONSALVE ALARCON and J. DE A. VIANNA. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 11(1):57-64. 2008. Coastal-marine discontinuities, critical patch size and isolation: Implications for marine otter conservation. 0.150 MB MERCADO III, E.; S. R. GREEN and J. N. SCHNEIDER. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 77(2):231-242. 2008. Understanding auditory distance estimation by humpback whales: A computational approach. 0.923 MB MONTIE, ERIC W.; GERALD SCHNEIDER; DARLENE R. KETTEN; LORI MARINO; KATIE E. TOUHEY and MARK E. HAHN. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 291(3):263-282. 2008. Volumetric neuroimaging of the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) brain from in situ magnetic resonance images. 2.305 MB MORI, CHIHARU; BRENDA MORSEY; MILTON LEVIN; TIMOTHY S. GORTON and SYLVAIN DE GUISE. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PART A-CURRENT ISSUES 71(4):266-275. 2008. Effects of organochlorines, individually and in mixtures, on B-cell proliferation in marine mammals and mice. 0.464 MB MOSER, I.; W. M. PRODINGER; H. HOTZEL; R. GREENWALD; K. P. LYASHCHENKO; D. BAKKER; D. GOMIS; T. SEIDLER; C. ELLENBERGER; U. HETZEL; K. WUENNEMANN and P. MOISSON. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 127(3-4):399-406. 2008. Mycobacterium pinnipedii: Transmission from South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) to Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus bactrianus) and Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus). 0.267 MB NACHTIGALL, P. E.; T. A. MOONEY; K. A. TAYLOR; L. A. MILLER; M. H. RASMUSSEN; T. AKAMATSU; J. TEILMANN; M. LINNENSCHMIDT and G. A. VIKINGSSON. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 211(4):642-647. 2008. Shipboard measurements of the hearing of the white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris. 0.592 MB NAGAI, HIROKI; TOSHIHIRO MOGOE; HAJIME ISHIKAWA; SHINICHI HOCHI; SEIJI OHSUMI and YUTAKA FUKUI. JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 53(6):1265-1272. 2007. Follicle size-dependent changes in follicular fluid components and oocyte diameter in Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). 0.140 MB NAGTZAAM, GERRY and PETE LENTINI. TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE 20(1):110-133. 2008. Vigilantes on the high seas? The Sea Shepherds and political violence. 0.507 MB NIGENDA-MORALES, SERGIO; SERGIO FLORES-RAMIREZ; JORGE URBAN-R. and RICARDO VAZQUEZ-JUAREZ. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY 99(1):14-21. 2008 MHC DQB-1 polymorphism in the Gulf of California fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) population. 0.163 MB PEREZ, WILLIAM; HELENA KATZ and MARTIN LIMA. ANATOMICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL 83(1):6-10. 2008. Gross heart anatomy of Arctocephalus australis (Zimmerman, 1783). 0.183 MB PETRAUSKAS, LISA; SHANNON ATKINSON; FRANCES GULLAND; JO-ANN MELLISH and MARKUS HORNING. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY 309(2):73-82. 2008. Monitoring glucocorticoid response to rehabilitation and research procedures in California and Steller sea lions. 0.145 MB SANVITO, SIMONA; FILIPPO GALIMBERTI and EDWARD H. MILLER. BEHAVIOUR 145(2):137-170. 2008. Development of aggressive vocalizations in male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina): Maturation or learning? 0.592 MB STAVROS, HUI-CHEN W.; GREGORY D. BOSSART; THOMAS C. HULSEY and PATRICIA A. FAIR. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 56(2):371-379. 2008. Trace element concentrations in blood of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Influence of age, sex and location. 0.169 MB STEGALL, VICKI K.; SEAN D. FARLEY; LORRIE D. REA; KENNETH W. PITCHER; ROBERT O. RYE; CYNTHIA L. KESTER; CRAIG A. STRICKER and CARLETON R. BERN. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 86(1):17-23. 2008. Discrimination of carbon and nitrogen isotopes from milk to serum and vibrissae in Alaska Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). 0.102 MB STIRLING, IAN; GREGORY W. THIEMANN and EVAN RICHARSON. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 72(2):568-574. 2008. Quantitative support for a subjective fatness index for immobilized polar bears. 0.827 MB STOCKIN, KAREN A.; DAVID LUSSEAU; VICKY BINEDELL; NICKY WISEMAN and MARK B. ORAMS. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 355:287-295. 2008. Tourism affects the behavioural budget of the common dolphin Delphinus sp. in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. 0.295 MB SUDO, RYUSUKE; MAYA URANISHI; TAKUMA KAWAMINAMI; MIKA IHARA; SATOSHI IIZUKA; MARI UEDA; MDMONIR HOSSAIN and TAKASHI MATSUISHI. FISHERIES SCIENCE (TOKYO) 74(1):211-213. 2008. Sighting survey of cetaceans in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan. 0.201 MB SUNDAR, N.; R. A. COLE; N. J. THOMAS; D. MAJUMDAR; J. P. DUBEY and C. SU. VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY 151(2-4):125-132. 2008. Genetic diversity among sea otter isolates of Toxoplasma gondii. 0.274 MB SUZUKI, MIWA; NAOKO ENDO; YUICHI NAKANO; HARUHIKO KATO; TOSHIYA KISHIRO and KIYOSHI ASAHINA. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 178(2):149-156. 2008. Localization of aquaporin-2, renal morphology and urine composition in the bottlenose dolphin and the Baird's beaked whale. 0.496 MB TAYLOR, MITCHELL K.; JEFF LAAKE; PHILIP D. MCLOUGHLIN; H. DEAN CLUFF; ERIK W. BORN; AQQALU ROSING-ASVID and FRANCOIS MESSIER. POLAR BIOLOGY 31(4):491-499. 2008. Population parameters and harvest risks for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of Kane Basin, Canada and Greenland. 0.372 MB TINKER, M. TIM; GENA BENTALL and JAMES A. ESTES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 105(2):560-565. 2008. Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters. 0.539 MB TOMY, GREGG T.; KERRI PLESKACH; GILLES ARSENAULT; DAVE POTTER; ROBERT MCCRINDLE; CHRIS H. MARVIN; ED SVERKO and SHERYL TITTLEMIER. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 42(2):543-549. 2008. Identification of the novel cycloaliphatic brominated flame retardant 1,2-dihromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclo-hexane in Canadian Arctic beluga (Delphinapterus leucas). 0.174 MB TRINGALI, MICHAEL D.; SEIFU SEYOUM; SUSAN L. CARNEY; MICHELLE C. DAVIS; MARTA A. RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ; JOHN E. REYNOLDS III and ELSA HAUBOLD. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES 8(2):328-331. 2008. Eighteen new polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endangered Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris. 0.091 MB VAN NIEROP, ERNST A.; SILAS ALBEN and MICHAEL P. BRENNER. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1(5): 4pp. 2008. How bumps on whale flippers delay stall: An aerodynamic model. 0.432 MB VAUGHN, ROBIN L.; DEBORAH E. SHELTON; LORI L. TIMM; L. A. WATSON and BERND WURSIG. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 41(4):391-400. 2007. Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) feeding tactics and multi-species associations. 1.336 MB WHEATLEY, KATHRYN E.; COREY J. A. BRADSHAW; ROBERT G. HARCOURT and MARK A. HINDELL. OECOLOGIA (BERLIN) 155(1):11-20. 2008. Feast or famine: Evidence for mixed capital-income breeding strategies in Weddell seals. 0.316 MB YANG, W.-C.; L.-S. CHOU; P. D. JEPSON; R. L. BROWNELL, JR.; D. COWAN; P.-H. CHIOU; C.-J. YAO; T. K. YAMADA; J.-T. CHIU; P.-J. WANG and A. FERNANDEZ. VETERINARY RECORD 162(6):184-185. 2008. Unusual cetacean mortality event in Taiwan, possibly linked to naval activities. 0.167 MB YOCHEM, PAMELA K.; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND; BRENT S. STEWART; MARTIN HAULENA; JONNA A. K. MAZET and WALTER M. BOYCE. GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 155(3):635-640. 2008. Thyroid function testing in elephant seals in health and disease. 0.522 MB YORK, A. E.; J. R. THOMASON; E. H. SINCLAIR and K. A. HOBSON. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 86(1):33-44. 2008. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values in teeth of Steller sea lions: Age of weaning and the impact of the 1975-1976 regime shift in the North Pacific Ocean. 0.435 MB YUNOKI, KEITA; HAJIME ISHIKAWA; YUTAKA FUKUI and MASAO OHNISHI. LIPIDS 43(2):151-159. 2008. Chemical properties of epidermal lipids, especially sphingolipids, of the Antarctic minke whale. 0.251 MB ZAGREBELNYI, S. V.; V. V. FOMIN and A. M. BURDIN. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 39(1):41-47. 2008. Dynamics of abundance and population structure of sea otters, Enhydra lutris L., on the Commander Archipelago and activity of their migrations between islands. 0.207 MB ZENO, R. L.; D. E. CROCKER; J. L. HASSRICK; S. G. ALLEN and D. P. COSTA. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 274(2):180-187. 2008. Development of foraging behavior in juvenile northern elephant seals. 1.323 MB Too large to email, will have to download from FTP server, Email for logon info. BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI; OLIVIER LAMBERT and KLAAS POST. GEODIVERSITAS 29(4):561-618. 2007. A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa. 6.579 MB _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam