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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 ATKINSON, SHANNON; DOUGLAS P. DEMASTER and DONALD G. CALKINS. MAMMAL REVIEW 38(1):1-18. 2008. Anthropogenic causes of the western Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus population decline and their threat to recovery. 0.223 MB AZZELLINO, A.; S. GASPARI; S. AIROLDI and B. NANI. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART I: OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS 55(3):296-323. 2008. Habitat use and preferences of cetaceans along the continental slope and the adjacent pelagic waters in the western Ligurian Sea. 3.505 MB BANYARD, ASHLEY C.; REBECCA J. GRANT; CARLOS H. ROMERO and TOM BARRETT. VIRUS RESEARCH 132(1-2):213-219. 2008. Sequence of the nucleocapsid gene and genome and antigenome promoters for an isolate of porpoise morbillivirus. 1.425 MB BECHSHOFT, THEA O.; OYSTEIN WIIG; CHRISTIAN; SONNE; FRANK F. RIGET; RUNE DIETZ; ROBERT J. LETCHER and DEREK C. G. MUIR. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI 45(1):15-31. 2008. Temporal and spatial variation in metric asymmetry in skulls of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland and Svalbard. 0.704 MB Acrobat Reader 6.0 or greater BELL, SANDRA; KATE HAMPSHIRE and MIKA TONDER. SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES 21(4):277-293. 2008. Person, place, and knowledge in the conservation of the Saimaa ringed seal. 0.346 MB BENTZEN, T. W.; E. H. FOLLMANN; S. C. AMSTRUP; G. S. YORK; M. J. WOOLLER; D. C. G. MUIR and T. M. O'HARA. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 86(3):177-191. 2008. Dietary biomagnification of organochlorine contaminants in Alaskan polar bears. 0.605 MB Acrobat Reader 6.0 or greater BURNS, J. M.; M. A. HINDELL; C. J. A. BRADSHAW and D. P. COSTA. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 55(3-4):500-514. 2008. Fine-scale habitat selection of crabeater seals as determined by diving behavior. 0.922 MB CALAMBOKIDIS, JOHN; GREG S. SCHORR; GRETCHEN H. STEIGER; JOHN FRANCIS; MEHDI BAKHTIARI; GREG MARSHAL; ERIN M. OLESON; DIANE GENDRON and KELLY ROBERTSON. MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL 41(4):19-29. 2007. Insights into the underwater diving, feeding, and calling behavior of blue whales from a suction-cup-attached video-imaging tag (CRITTERCAM). 5.348 MB CAMPBELL-MALONE, REGINA; SUSAN G. BARCO; PIERRE-YVES DAOUST; AMY R. KNOWLTON; WILLIAM A. MCLELLAN; DAVID S. ROTSTEIN and MICHAEL J. MOORE. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 39(1):37-55. 2008. Gross and histologic evidence of sharp and blunt trauma in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) killed by vessels. 2.384 MB CLARK, L. S.; D. F. COWAN and D. C. PFEIFFER. ANATOMIA, HISTOLOGIA, EMBRYOLOGIA-JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE SERIES C 37(2):153-159. 2008. A morphological and histological examination of the pan-tropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) and the spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) adrenal gland. 0.449 MB COSTA, DANIEL P.; JOHN M. KLINCK; EILEEN E. HOFMANN; MICHAEL S. DINNIMAN and JENNIFER M. BURNS. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 55(3-4):323-337. 2008. Upper ocean variability in west Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf waters as measured using instrumented seals. 1.470 MB CRANFORD, TED W.; MEGAN F. MCKENNA; MELISSA S. SOLDEVILLA; SEAN M. WIGGINS; JERMEY A. GOLDBOGEN; ROBERT E. SHADWICK; PETR KRYSL; JUDY A. ST. LEGER and JOHN A. HILDEBRAND. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 291(4):353-378. 2008. Anatomic geometry of sound transmission and reception in Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). 2.406 MB DAWSON, STEVE; PAUL WADE; ELISABETH SLOOTEN and JAY BARLOW. MAMMAL REVIEW 38(1):19-49. 2008. Design and field methods for sighting surveys of cetaceans in coastal and riverine habitats. 0.446 MB DE MOURA, JAILSON FULGENCIO; EDERSON DA SILVA RODRIGUES and SALVATORE SICILIANO. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 3pgs. 2008. Epimeletic behaviour in rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) on the east coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. 0.854 MB DEMERE, THOMAS A.; MICHAEL R. MCGOWEN; ANNALISA BERTA and JOHN GATESY. SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY 57(1):15-37. 2008. Morphological and molecular evidence for a stepwise evolutionary transition from teeth to baleen in mysticete whales. 2.373 MB FAUQUIER, DEBORAH A.; JONNA A. K. MAZET; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND; TERRY R. SPRAKER and MARY M. CHRISTOPHER. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 39(1):1-5. 2008. Distribution of tissue enzymes in three species of pinnipeds. 0.055 MB FAYER, R.; P. A. FAIR; G. D. BOSSART and M. SANTIN. JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 94(1):143-147. 2008. Examination of naturally exposed bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for Microsporidia, Cryptosporidium, and Giardia. 0.076 MB FOOTE, ANDREW D. BIOLOGY LETTERS 4(2):189-191. 2008. Mortality rate acceleration and post-reproductive lifespan in matrilineal whale species. 0.112 MB FOOTE, ANDREW D. and JEFFREY A. NYSTUEN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(3):1747-1752. 2008. Variation in call pitch among killer whale ecotypes. 0.207 MB FORD, JOHN K. B. and RANDALL R. REEVES. MAMMAL REVIEW 38(1):50-86. 2008. Fight or flight: Antipredator strategies of baleen whales. 0.352 MB GREGG, JUSTIN D.; KATHLEEN M. DUDZINSKI and HOWARD V. SMITH. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75(3):1181-1186. 2008. 3D MASC: A method for estimating relative head angle and spatial distance of dolphins from underwater video footage. 0.354 MB HANKE, FREDERIKE D.; WOLF HANKE; KLAUS-PETER HOFFMANN and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. VISION RESEARCH 48(2):304-315. 2008. Optokinetic nystagmus in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). 0.592 MB HARDING, KARIN C.; TERO HARKONEN; BJORN HELANDER and OLLE KARLSSON. NAMMCO SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 6:33-56. 2007. Status of Baltic grey seals: Population assessment and extinction risk. 1.071 MB HARKONEN, TERO; SOPHIE BRASSEUR; JONAS TEILMANN; CECILE VINCENT; RUNE DIETZ; KAI ABT and PETER REIJNDERS. NAMMCO SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 6:57-68. 2007. Status of grey seals along mainland Europe from the southwestern Baltic to France. 0.734 MB HIBY, LEX; TORKEL LUNDBERG; OLLE KARLSSON; JOHN WATKINS; MART JUSSI; IVAR JUSSI and BJORN HELANDER. NAMMCO SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 6:163-175. 2007. Estimates of the size of the Baltic grey seal population based on photo-identification data. 0.977 MB HINES, ELLEN; KANJANA ADULYANUKOSOL; PHAY SOMANY; LENG SAM ATH; NICK COX; POTCHANA BOONYANATE and NGUYEN XUAN HOA. ORYX 42(1):113-121. 2008. Conservation needs of the dugong Dugong dugon in Cambodia and Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam. 0.311 MB ISHIBASHI, HIROSHI; HISATO IWATA; EUN-YOUNG KIM; LIN TAO; KURUNTHACHALAM KANNAN; MASAO AMANO; NOBUYUKI MIYAZAKI; SHINSUKE TANABE; VALERIY B. BATOEV and EVGENY A. PETROV. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 42(7):2295-2301. 2008. Contamination and effects of perfluorochemicals in Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica). 1. Residue level, tissue distribution, and temporal trend. 0.434 MB ISHIBASHI, HIROSHI; HISATO IWATA; EUN-YOUNG KIM; LIN TAO; KURUNTHACHALAM KANNAN; SHINSUKE TANABE; VALERIY B. BATOEV and EVGENY A. PETROV. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 42(7):2302-2308. 2008. Contamination and effects of perfluorochemicals in Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica). 2. Molecular characterization, expression level, and transcriptional activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor a. 2.097 MB JOHNSON-RESTREPO, BORIS; DOUGLAS H. ADAMS and KURUNTHACHALAM KANNAN. CHEMOSPHERE 70(11):1935-1944. 2008. Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in tissues of humans, dolphins, and sharks from the United States. 0.273 MB JOHNSTON, D. W.; M. MCDONALD; J. POLOVINA; R. DOMOKOS; S. WIGGINS and J. HILDEBRAND. BIOLOGY LETTERS 4(2):208-211. 2008. Temporal patterns in the acoustic signals of beaked whales at Cross Seamount. 0.348 MB JONES, BENJAMIN A.; TIMOTHY K. STANTON; ANDONE C. LAVERY; MARK P. JOHNSON; PETER T. MADSEN and PETER L. TYACK. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(3):1753-1762. 2008. Classification of broadband echoes from prey of a foraging Blainville's beaked whale. 3.887 MB KRISHNAN, ANOOP A.; K. S. YOUSUF; P. L. KUMARAN; N. HARISH; B. ANOOP; V. V. AFSAL; M. RAJAGOPALAN; E. VIVEKANANDAN; P. K. KRISHNAKUMAR and P. JAYASANKAR. ESTUARINE, COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE 76(4):909-913. 2008. Stomach contents of cetaceans incidentally caught along Mangalore and Chennai coasts of India. 0.219 MB KUNC, HANSJOERG P. and JOCHEN B. W. WOLF. ETHOLOGY 114(4):381-388. 2008. Seasonal changes of vocal rates and their relation to territorial status in male Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki). 0.154 MB LAMMERS, MARC O.; RUSSELL E. BRAINARD; WHITLOW W. L. AU; T. ARAN MOONEY and KEVIN B. WONG. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(3):1720-1728. 2008. An ecological acoustic recorder (EAR) for long-term monitoring of biological and anthropogenic sounds on coral reefs and other marine habitats. 0.687 MB LENNOX, ALANDA R. and ALLEN E. GOODSHIP. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 149(2):203-208. 2008. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), the most evolutionary advanced hibernators, avoid significant bone loss during hibernation. 0.283 MB LOPEZ, BRUNO DIAZ and JULIA ANDREA BERNAL SHIRAI. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 62(6):887-894. 2008. Marine aquaculture and bottlenose dolphins' (Tursiops truncatus) social structure. 0.272 MB MATEJUSOV, I.; F. DOIG; S. J. MIDDLEMAS; S. MACKAY; A. DOUGLAS; J. D. ARMSTRONG; C. O. CUNNINGHAM and M. SNOW. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 45(2):632-640. 2008. Using quantitative real-time PCR to detect salmonid prey in scats of grey Halichoerus grypus and harbour Phoca vitulina seals in Scotland - an experimental and field study. 0.182 MB MATKIN, C. O.; E. L. SAULITIS; G. M. ELLIS; P. OLESIUK and S. D. RICE. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 356:269-281. 2008. Ongoing population-level impacts on killer whales Orcinus orca following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. 0.917 MB Acrobat Reader 6.0 or greater MCDONALD, BIRGITTE I.; DANIEL E. CROCKER; JENNIFER M. BURNS and DANIEL P. COSTA. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 55(3-4):515-522. 2008. Body condition as an index of winter foraging success in crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga). 0.301 MB MELIN, S. R.; R. L. DELONG and D. B. SINIFF. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 86(3):192-206. 2008. The effects of El Niño on the foraging behavior of lactating California sea lions (Zalophus californianus californianus) during the nonbreeding season. 1.533 MB MENDEZ, MARTIN; H. C. ROSENBATAN and P. BORDINO. CONSERVATION GENETICS 9(2):419-435. 2008. Conservation genetics of the franciscana dolphin in northern Argentina: Population structure, by-catch impacts, and management implications. 0.421 MB MIJAN, ISMAEL. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA MARINA Y OCEANOGRAFIA 42(3):253-260. 2007. Hallazgos de restos fosiles de Hyperoodon sp. (Cetacea, Ziphiidae) en las costas gallegas (NO España). (Findings of fossil remains of Hyperoodon sp. (Cetacea, Ziphiidae) in Galician coasts (NW Spain)) 0.694 MB MUNOZ, A. SEBASTIAN. GEOBIOS 41(1):113-122. 2008. Propiedades tafonomicas de las asociaciones oseas de pinnipedos en la costa atlantica de la Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. (Taphonomic properties of pinniped bone assemblages from the Atlantic coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Argenti 0.553 MB NOLLENS, HENDRIK H.; JAMES F. X. WELLEHAN; JEREMIAH T. SALIKI; SHANNON L. CASELTINE; ERIC D. JENSEN; WILLIAM VAN BONN and STEPHANIE VENN-WATSON. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 128(3-4):231-242. 2008. Characterization of a parainfluenza virus isolated from a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). 0.687 MB NOREN, S. R. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 22(2):284-288. 2008. Infant carrying behaviour in dolphins: Costly parental care in an aquatic environment. 0.538 MB NOREN, S. R.; G. BIEDENBACH; J. V. REDFERN and E. F. EDWARDS. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 22(2):278-283. 2008. Hitching a ride: The formation locomotion strategy of dolphin calves. 0.388 MB OELSCHLAGER, HELMUT H. A. BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN 75(2-4):450-459. 2008. The dolphin brain - A challenge for synthetic neurobiology. 0.560 MB PECK, AARON M.; REBECCA S. PUGH; AMANDA MOORS; MICHAEL B. ELLISOR; BARBARA J. PORTER; PAUL R. BECKER and JOHN R. KUCKLICK. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 42(7):2650-2655. 2008. Hexabromocyclododecane in white-sided dolphins: Temporal trend and stereoisomer distribution in tissues. 0.263 MB PRACA, E. and A. GANNIER. OCEAN SCIENCE 4(1):49-59. 2008. Ecological niches of three teuthophageous odontocetes in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. 1.774 MB PULSTER, ERIN L. and KEITH A. MARUYA. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 393(2-3):367-375. 2008. Geographic specificity of Aroclor 1268 in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) frequenting the Turtle/Brunswick River Estuary, Georgia (USA). 0.858 MB RAGA, JUAN-AUTONIO; ASHLEY BANYARD; MARIANO DOMINGO; MANDY CORTEYN; MARIE-FRANCOISE VAN BRESSEM; MERCEDES FERNANDEZ; FRANCISCO-JAVIER AZNAR and THOMAS BARRETT. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 14(3):471-473. 2008. Dolphin morbillivirus epizootic resurgence, Mediterranean Sea. 0.234 MB RIBIC, CHRISTINE A.; ERIK CHAPMAN; WILLIAM R. FRASER; GARETH L. LAWSON and PETER H. WIEBE. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 55(3-4):485-499. 2008. Top predators in relation to bathymetry, ice and krill during austral winter in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. 0.866 MB RICKWOOD, PETER and ANDREW TAYLOR. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(3):1763-1772. 2008. Methods for automatically analyzing humpback song units. 0.634 MB SCHOLTYSSEK, CHRISTINE; ALINUT KELBER and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. VISION RESEARCH 48(1):96-103. 2008. Brightness discrimination in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). 0.218 MB SCHUSTERMAN, RONALD J. and COLLEEN REICHMUTH. ANIMAL COGNITION 11(2):319-327. 2008. Novel sound production through contingency learning in the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). 0.411 MB SMULTEA, MARI A.; JOSEPH R. MOBLEY, JR.; DAGMAR FERTL and GREGORY L. FULLING. GULF AND CARIBBEAN RESEARCH 20:75-80. 2008. An unusual reaction and other observations of sperm whales near fixed-wing aircraft. 0.436 MB SOUTHWELL, COLIN J.; CHARLES G. M. PAXTON; DAVID L. BORCHERS; PETER L. BOVENG; ERLING S. NORDOY; ARNOLDUS SCHYTTE BLIX and WILLIAM K. DE LA MARE. ANTARCTIC SCIENCE 20(2):123-133. 2008. Estimating population status under conditions of uncertainty: The Ross seal in East Antarctica. 0.292 MB SOUTHWELL, COLIN; CHARLES G. M. PAXTON; DAVID BORCHERS; PETER BOVENG and WILLIAM DE LA MARE. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 45(2):622-631. 2008. Taking account of dependent species in management of the Southern Ocean krill fishery: Estimating crabeater seal abundance off east Antarctica. 0.265 MB SPARLING, C. E.; D. THOMPSON; M. A. FEDAK; S. L. GALLON and J. R. SPEAKMAN. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 22(2):245-254. 2008. Estimating field metabolic rates of pinnipeds: Doubly labelled water gets the seal of approval. 0.252 MB STANILAND, IAIN J. and SARAH L. ROBINSON. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75(4):1581-1590. 2008. Segregation between the sexes: Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, foraging at South Georgia. 0.517 MB SZABO, ANDY and DAVE DUFFUS. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75(3):1085-1092. 2008. Mother-offspring association in the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae: Following behaviour in an aquatic mammal. 0.264 MB TOSI, CAROLINA H.; FAGNER A. MAGALHAES anD ROSANA G. GARRI. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 2pgs. 2008. Meat consumption of a Fraser dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) stranded alive on the northern Brazilian coast. 0.314 MB TSUKINOWA, EIKO; SHUICHI KARITA; SHIRO ASANO; YOSHIHIRO WAKAI; YUKARI OKA; MASAMI FURUTA and MASAKAZU GOTO. JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 54(1):25-38. 2008. Fecal microbiota of a dugong (Dugong dugong) in captivity at Toba Aquarium. 0.907 MB VENN-WATSON, STEPHANIE; REBECCA RIVERA; CYNTHIA R. SMITH; JEREMIAH T. SALIKI; SHANNON CASELTINE; JUDY ST. LEGER; PAM YOCHEM; RANDALL S. WELLS and HENRIK NOLLENS. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 14(3):397-405. 2008. Exposure to novel parainfluenza virus and clinical relevance in 2 bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) populations. 0.343 MB WHATMORE, ADRIAN M.; CLAIRE E. DAWSON; PAULINE GROUSSAUD; MARK S. KOYLASS; AMANDA C. KING; STEPHEN J. SHANKSTER; ANNETTE H. SOHN; WILL S. PROBERT and WENDY L. MCDONALD. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 14(3):517-518. 2008. Marine mammal Brucella genotype associated with zoonotic infection. 0.109 MB WHITEHEAD, HAL. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75(3):1093-1099. 2008. Precision and power in the analysis of social structure using associations. 0.301 MB YLITALO, GINA M.; MATTHEW MYERS; BRENT S. STEWART; PAMELA K. YOCHEM; ROBERT BRAUN; LIZABETH KASHINSKY; DARYLE BOYD; GEORGE A. ANTONELIS; SHANNON ATKINSON; A. ALONSO AGUIRRE and MARGARET M. KRAHN. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 56(2):231-244. 2008. Organochlorine contaminants in endangered Hawaiian monk seals from four subpopulations in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. 0.815 MB YOU, MI-HYEON; II-HONG BAE; HYANG JEE; MI-JIN YOO; NAM-SHIK SHIN and DAE-YONG KIM. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 39(1):118-120. 2008. Hemangiosarcoma in a South American sea lion (Otaria byronia). 0.230 MB ZOIDIS, ANN M.; MARI A. SMULTEA; ADAM S. FRANKEL; JULIA L. HOPKINS; ANDY DAY; A. SASHA MCFARLAND; AMY D. WHITT and DAGMAR FERTL. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(3):1737-1746. 2008. Vocalizations produced by humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calves recorded in Hawaii. 0.249 MB _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
