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Make all requests to: jani...@cox.net Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (323) 585-3553 (M,T,W,F) (213) 763-3369 (Th) jani...@cox.net djani...@nhm.org Janiger Journals ACEVEDO, JORGE; ESTEBAN CARRENO; DANIEL TORRES; ANELIO AGUAYO-LOBO and SERGIO LETELIER. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(9):1559-1564. 2015. Cephalopod remains in scats of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) at Cape Shirreff, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. ALEXANDER, AMY B.; CHRISTOPHER S. HANLEY; MARY C. DUNCAN; KYLE ULMER and LUIS R. PADILLA. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(3):652-656. 2015. Management of acute renal failure with delayed hypercalcemia secondary to sarcocystis neurona-induced myositis and rhabdomyolysis in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). AMSON, ELI; CHRISTIAN DE MUIZON; DARYL P. DOMNING; CHRISTINE ARGOT and VIVIAN DE BUFFRENIL. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 35(3):e922981. 7pp. 2015. Short communication. Bone histology as a clue for resolving the puzzle of a dugong rib in the Pisco Formation, Peru. ARNOULD, JOHN P. Y.; JACQUOMO MONK; DANIEL IERODIACONOU; MARK A. HINDELL; JAYSON SEMMENS; ANDREW J. HOSKINS; DANIEL P. COSTA; KYLER ABERNATHY and GREG J. MARSHALL. PLOS ONE 10(7) e0130581. 13pp. 2015. Use of anthropogenic sea floor structures by Australian fur seals: Potential positive ecological impacts of marine industrial development? 2.821 MB AUBIN, THIERRY; PIERRE JOUVENTIN and ISABELLE CHARRIER. PLOS ONE 10(9) e0134513. 13pp. 2015. Mother vocal recognition in Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella pups: A two-step process. 1.391 MB AVEN, ALLEN M.; RUTH H. CARMICHAEL; MATTHEW J. AJEMIAN and SEAN P. POWERS. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 66(4):371-374. 2015. Addition of passive acoustic telemetry mitigates lost data from satellite-tracked manatees. BALL, HOPE C.; MADELINE STAVARZ; JONATHAN OLDAKER; SHARON USIP; RICHARD L. LONDRAVILLE; JOHN C. GEORGE; JOHNANNES G. M. THEWISSEN and ROBERT JOEL DUFF. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 298(8):1416-1423. 2015. Seasonal and ontogenetic variation in subcutaneous adipose of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). BARBOSA, LORRAINE; CHRISTINE K. JOHNSON; DYANNA M. LAMBOURN; AMANDA K. GIBSON; KATHERINE H. HAMAN; JESSICA L. HUGGINS; AMY R. SWEENY; NATARAJAN SUNDAR; STEPHEN A. RAVERTY and MICHAEL E. GRIGG. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY 45(9-10):595-603. 2015. A novel Sarcocystis neurona genotype XIII is associated with severe encephalitis in an unexpectedly broad range of marine mammals from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. BARNETT, JAMES; AKBAR DASTJERDI; NICK DAVISON; ROB DEAVILLE; DAVID EVEREST; JULIE PEAKE; CHRISTOPHER FINNEGAN; PAUL JEPSON and FALKO STEINBACH. PLOS ONE 10(6) e0124315. 9pp. 2015. Identification of novel cetacean poxviruses in cetaceans stranded in South West England. 3.219 MB BARON, E.; C. HAULER; C. GALLISTL; J. GIMENEZ; P. GAUFFIER; J. J. CASTILLO; C. FERNANDEZ-MALDONADO; R. DE STEPHANIS; W. VETTER; E. ELIJARRAT and D. BARCELO. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 49(15):9073-9083. 2015. Halogenated natural products in dolphins: Brain-blubber distribution and comparison with halogenated flame retardants. 2.002 MB BAUMANN-PICKERING, SIMONE; MARIE A. ROCH; SEAN M. WIGGINS; HANS-ULRICH SCHNITZLER and JOHN A. HILDEBRAND. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 69(9):1553-1563. 2015. Acoustic behavior of melon-headed whales varies on a diel cycle. 3.767 MB BECHSHOFT, T.; A. E. DEROCHER; E. RICHARDSON; P. MISLAN; N. J. LUNN; C. SONNE; R. DIETZ; D. M. JANZ and V. L. ST. LOUIS. ECOTOXICOLOGY 24(6):1315-1321. 2015. Mercury and cortisol in western Hudson Bay polar bear hair. BENNETT, K. A.; J. HUGHES; S. STAMATAS; S. BRAND; N. L. FOSTER; S. E. W. MOSS and P. P. POMEROY. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY 88(3):295-310. 2015. Adiponectin and insulin in gray seals during suckling and fasting: Relationship with nutritional state and body mass during nursing in mothers and pups. BERNAL-GUADARRAMA, MARIA JOSE; NUHACET FERNANDEZ-GALLARDO; RAFAEL ZAMORA-PADRON; VICTOR PACHECO; MARIA REYES-BATLLE; BASILIO VALLADARES; JACOB LORENZO-MORALES and ENRIQUE MARTINEZ-CARRETERO. CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY 70(5):685-689. 2015. Evaluation of two commercially available immunological kits for the diagnosis of Helicobacter spp. in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). BIDON, TOBIAS; NANCY SCHRECK; FRANK HAILER; MARIA NILSSON and AXEL JANKE. GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 7(7):2010-2022. 2015. Genome-wide search identifies 1.9 megabases from the polar bear Y chromosome for evolutionary analyses. BISHOP, AMANDA; PADDY POMEROY and SEAN D. TWISS. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 527:247-259. 2015. Breeding male grey seals exhibit similar activity budgets across varying exposures to human activity. BLACKWELL, SUSANNA B.; CHRISTOPHER S. NATIONS; TRENT L. MCDONALD; AARON M. THODE; DELPHINE MATHIAS; KATHERINE H. KIM; CHARLES R. GREENE, JR. and A. MICHAEL MACRANDER. PLOS ONE 10(6) e0125720. 29pp. 2015. Effects of airgun sounds on bowhead whale calling rates: Evidence for two behavioral thresholds. 3.015 MB BLANCHET, MARIE-ANNE; CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN; ROLF A. IMS and KIT M. KOVACS. PLOS ONE 10(7) e0132686. 28pp. 2015. Seasonal, oceanographic and atmospheric drivers of diving behaviour in a temperate seal species living in the High Arctic. 7.893 MB BODEWES, ROGIER; THEO M. BESTEBROER; ERHARD VAN DER VRIES; JOSANNE VERHAGEN; SANDER HERFST; MARION P. KOOPMANS; RON A. M. FOUCHIER; VANESSA M. PFANKUCHE; PETER WOHLSEIN; URSULA SIEBERT; WOLFGANG BAUMGARTNER and ALBERT D. M. E. OSTERHAUS. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 21(4):720-722. 2015. Avian influenza A(H10N7) virus-associated mass deaths among harbor seals. BODEWES, ROGIER; GUILLERMO J. SANCHEZ CONTRERAS; ANA RUBIO GARCIA; REBRIARINA HAPSARI; MARCO W. G. VAN DE BILDT; THIJS KUIKEN and ALBERT D. M. E. OSTERHAUS. JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY 96(5):1109-1114. 2015. Identification of DNA sequences that imply a novel gammaherpesvirus in seals. BOERTMANN, DAVID; LINE A. KYHN; LARS WITTING and MADS PETER HEIDE-JORGENSEN. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(8):1315-1319. 2015. A hidden getaway for bowhead whales in the Greenland Sea. BOESSENECKER, ROBERT W. and R. EWAN FORDYCE. LETHAIA 48(3):326-331. 2015. Trace fossil evidence of predation upon bone-eating worms on a baleen whale skeleton from the Oligocene of New Zealand. 1.393 MB BOHRER DO AMARAL, KARINA; DIEGO J. ALVARES; LARISSA HEINZELMANN; MARCIO BORGES-MARTINS; SALVATORE SICILIANO and IGNACIO B. MORENO. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 472:166-179. 2015. Ecological niche modeling of Stenella dolphins (Cetartiodactyla: Delphinidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. 2.775 MB BOONSTRA, JENNIFER L.; LORRAINE BARBOSA; WILLIAM G. VAN BONN; SHAWN P. JOHNSON; FRANCES M. D. GULLAND; SHERRY K. COX and TOMAS MARTIN-JIMENEZ. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(3):476-481. 2015. Pharmacokinetics of tramadol hydrochloride and its metabolite O-desmethyltramadol following a single, orally administered dose in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). BOWEN, LIZABETH; A. KEITH MILES; SHANNON WATERS; RANDI MEYERSON; KARYN RODE and TODD ATWOOD. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(9):1413-1427. 2015. Gene transcription in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from disparate populations. BROMAGHIN, JEFFREY F.; TRENT L. MCDONALD; IAN STIRLING; ANDREW E. DEROCHER; EVAN S. RICHARDSON; ERIC V. REGEHR; DAVID C. DOUGLAS; GEORGE M. DURNER; TODD ATWOOD and STEVEN C. AMSTRUP. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 25(3):634-651. 2015. Polar bear population dynamics in the southern Beaufort Sea during a period of sea ice decline. 5.866 MB BRUM, S. M.; V. M. F. DA SILVA; F. ROSSONI and L. CASTELLO. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY 31(4):675-680. 2015. Use of dolphins and caimans as bait for Calophysus macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819) (Siluriforme: Pimelodidae) in the Amazon. BRZICA, HRVOJE; KATARINA SPIRANEC; IVA ZECEVIC; HRVOJE LUCIC; TOMISLAV GOMERCIC and MARTINA DURAS. VETERINARSKI ARHIV 85(2):211-226. 2015. New aspects on the laryngeal anatomy of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). BUREK-HUNTINGTON, KATHLEEN A.; JENNIFER L. DUSHANE; CAROLINE E. C. GOERTZ; LENA N. MEASURES; CARLOS H. ROMERO and STEPHEN A. RAVERTY. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 114(1):45-60. 2015. Morbidity and mortality in stranded Cook Inlet beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas. 1.285 MB Authors copy BUTLER, J. R. A.; J. C. YOUNG; I. A. G. MCMYN; B. LEYSHON; I. M. GRAHAM; I. WALKER; J. M. BAXTER; J. DODD and C. WARBURTON. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 160:212-225. 2015. Evaluating adaptive co-management as conservation conflict resolution: Learning from seals and salmon. 1.434 MB CACERES-SAEZ, IRIS; NATALIA A. DELLABIANCA; LIDA E. PIMPER; FEDERICO PEREYRA-BONNET; GUILLERMO HERNAN CASSINI and R. NATALIE P. GOODALL. MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE 31(2):734-747. 2015. Notes. Sexual dimorphism and morphometric relationships in pelvic bones of Commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus c. commersonii) from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. CACERES-SAEZ, IRIS; R. NATALIE P. GOODALL; NATALIA A. DELLABIANCA; H. LUIS CAPPOZZO and SERGIO RIBEIRO GUEVARA. CHEMOSPHERE 138:735-743. 2015. The skin of Commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) as a biomonitor of mercury and selenium in subantarctic waters. 1.211 MB CARR, STEVEN M.; ANA T. DUGGAN; GARRY B. STENSON and H. DAWN MARSHALL. PLOS ONE 10(8) e0134207. 22pp. 2015. Quantitative phylogenomics of within-species mitogenome variation: Monte Carlo and non-parametric analysis of phylogeographic structure among discrete transatlantic breeding areas of harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus). 1.957 MB CARRILLO, JUAN M.; ROBIN M. OVERSTREET; JUAN A. RAGA and FRANCISCO J. AZNAR. PLOS ONE 10(6) e0127367. 15pp. 2015. Living on the edge: Settlement patterns by the symbiotic barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on small cetaceans. 2.509 MB CHEREL, YVES; KEITH A. HOBSON and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY 29(16):1485-1490. 2015. Milk isotopic values demonstrate that nursing fur seal pups are a full trophic level higher than their mothers. CLESS, ISABELLE T.; HEATHER A. VOSS-HOYNES; ROY RITZMANN and KRISTEN E. LUKAS. APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE 169:78-85. 2015. Defining pacing quantitatively: A comparison of gait characteristics between pacing and non-repetitive locomotion in zoo-housed polar bears. 1.590 MB COOK, ROBIN M.; STEVEN J. HOLMES and ROBERT J. FRYER. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 52(4):969-979. 2015. Grey seal predation impairs recovery of an over-exploited fish stock. CORDES, LINE S. and PAUL M. THOMPSON. POPULATION ECOLOGY 57(3):467-472. 2015. Mark-resight estimates of seasonal variation in harbor seal abundance and site fidelity. CRANCE, JESSICA L.; CATHERINE L. BERCHOK; JULIEN BONNEL and AARON M. THODE. POLAR BIOLOGY 38(10):1767-1773. 2015. Northeasternmost record of a North Pacific fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Alaskan Chukchi Sea. 2.162 MB CUNHA, HAYDEE A.; VERA M. F. DA SILVA; TERESA E. C. SANTOS; STELLA M. MOREIRA; NIVIA A. S. DO CARMO and ANTONIO M. SOLE-CAVA. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY 106(Supp1):565-572. 2015. When you get what you haven't paid for: Molecular identification of "douradinha" fish fillets can help end the illegal use of river dolphins as bait in Brazil. 2.257 MB DALTON, A. J. M.; D. A. S. ROSEN and A. W. TRITES. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 93(8):635-644. 2015. Resting metabolic rate and activity: Key components of seasonal variation in daily energy expenditure for the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). DELL, LEIGH-ANNE; MUHAMMAD A. SPOCTER; NINA PATZKE; KARL A. E. KARLSON; ABDULAZIZ N. ALAGAILI; NIGEL C. BENNETT; OSAMA B. MUHAMMED; MADS F. BERTELSEN; JEROME M. SIEGEL and PAUL R. MANGER. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL NEUROANATOMY 68:61-76. 2015. Orexinergic bouton density is lower in the cerebral cortex of cetaceans compared to artiodactyls. 3.568 MB DELPORT, TIFFANY C.; ROBERT G. HARCOURT; LINDA J. BEAUMONT; KOA N. WEBSTER and MICHELLE L. POWER. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 51(3):555-563. 2015. Molecular detection of antibiotic-resistance determinants in Escherichia coli isolated from the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea). DHERMAIN, FRANK; GUILLELME ASTRUC; CATHY CESARINI; LAURENT DUPONT; FRANCK DUPRAZ; JOEL GODENIR; NICOLAS KECK; HELENE LABACH and EMMANUEL WAFO. SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF PORT-CROS NATIONAL PARK 29:103-126. 2015. Recensement des echouages de cetaces sur les cotes francaises de Mediterranee, entre 2010 et 2012. (Marine mammals strandings in French Mediterranean, years 2010-2012) 2.157 MB DRAGO, MASSIMILIANO; VALENTINA FRANCO-TRECU; LUIS CARDONA and PABLO INCHAUSTI. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY 29(16):1513-1520. 2015. Diet-to-female and female-to-pup isotopic discrimination in South American sea lions. DUNCAN, COLLEEN; VERENA A. GILL; KRISTIN WORMAN; KATHY BUREK-HUNTINGTON; KRISTY L. PABILONIA; SAM JOHNSON; KELLY A. FITZPATRICK; CHRISTINA WELLER and GILBERT J. KERSH. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 114(1):83-87. 2015. Coxiella burnetii exposure in northern sea otters Enhydra lutris kenyoni. Authors copy DYNDO, MONIKA; DANUTA MARIA WISNIEWSKA; LAIA ROJANO-DONATE and PETER TEGLBERG MADSEN. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(11083). 9pp. 2015. Harbour porpoises react to low levels of high frequency vessel noise. ESKELINEN, HOLLI C.; KELLEY A. WINSHIP and JILL L. BORGER-TURNER. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION 2(3):241-253. 2015. Sex, age, and individual differences in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in response to environmental enrichment. ESSON, DOUGLAS W.; HENDRIK H. NOLLENS; TODD L. SCHMITT; KEVIN J. FRITZ; CLAIRE A. SIMEONE and BRENT S. STEWART. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(3):647-651. 2015. Aphakic phacoemulsification and automated anterior vitrectomy, and postreturn monitoring of a rehabilitated harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) pup. FAHLMAN, ANDREAS; STEPHEN H. LORING; GREGG LEVINE; JULIE ROCHO-LEVINE; TREVOR AUSTIN and MICAH BRODSKY. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 218(13):2030-2038. 2015. Lung mechanics and pulmonary function testing in cetaceans. FAHSBENDER, ELIZABETH; KARYNA ROSARIO; JOHN P. CANNON; FRANCES GULLAND; LARRY J. DISHAW and MYA BREITBART. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(9637). 4pp. 2015. Development of a serological assay for the sea lion (Zalophus californianus) anellovirus, ZcAV. FANG, LIANG; DING WANG; YONGTAO LI; ZHAOLONG CHENG; MATTHEW K. PINE; KEXIONG WANG and SONGHAI LI. PLOS ONE 10(6) e0129143. 14pp. 2015. The source parameters of echolocation clicks from captive and free-ranging Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). 1.172 MB FILATOVA, OLGA A.; PATRICK J. O. MILLER; HARALD YURK; FILIPA I. P. SAMARRA; ERICH HOYT; JOHN K. B. FORD; CRAIG O. MATKIN and LANCE G. BARRETT-LENNARD. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 138(1):251-257. 2015. Killer whale call frequency is similar across the oceans, but varies across sympatric ecotypes. FLOWER, JENNIFER E.; MATTHEW C. ALLENDER; RICHARD P. GIOVANELLI; SANDRA D. SUMMERS; TRACEY R. SPOON; JUDY A. ST. LEGER; CAROLINE E. C. GOERTZ; J. LAWRENCE DUNN; TRACY A. ROMANO; RODERICK C. HOBBS and ALLISON D. TUTTLE. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(3):456-467. 2015. Circulating concentrations of thyroid hormone in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas): Influence of age, sex, and season. FRANKOVICH, THOMAS A.; MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN and NICOLE I. STACY. PHYTOTAXA 204(1):33-48. 2015. Three new species of Tursiocola (Bacillariophyta) from the skin of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). 1.214 MB GANNIER, ALEXANDRE. SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF PORT-CROS NATIONAL PARK 29:127-134. 2015. Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) diving behavior as obtained by visual observation methods and consequences in terms of visual detection during surveys. GARCIA-ALVAREZ, NATALIA; ANTONIO FERNANDEZ; LUIS D. BOADA; MANUEL ZUMBADO; ANNALISA ZACCARONI; MANUEL ARBELO; EVA SIERRA; JAVIER ALMUNIA and OCTAVIO P. LUZARDO. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 536:489-498. 2015. Mercury and selenium status of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): A study in stranded animals on the Canary Islands. 1.299 MB GARCIA, ANA RUBIO; GUILLERMO J. SANCHEZ CONTRERAS; CRISTINA JULIA ACOSTA; GERALDINE LACAVE; PIER PRINS and KLAAS MARCK. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 46(3):553-559. 2015. Surgical treatment of osteoarthritis in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). GARIBOLDI, MARIA CONSTANZA; JUAN IGNACIO TUNEZ; CRISTINA BEATRIZ DEJEAN; MAURICIO FAILLA; ALFREDO DANIEL VITULLO; MARIA FERNANDA NEGRI and HUMBERTO LUIS CAPPOZZO. PLOS ONE 10(7) e0132854. 15pp. 2015. Population genetics of franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei): Introducing a new population from the southern edge of their distribution. 1.169 MB GARLAND, ELLEN C.; ANNE W. GOLDIZEN; MATTHEW S. LILLEY; MELINDA L. REKDAHL; CLAIRE GARRIGUE; ROCHELLE CONSTANTINE; NAN DAESCHLER HAUSER; M. MICHAEL POOLE; JOOKE ROBBINS AND MICHAEL J. NOAD. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 29(4):1198-1207. 2015. Population structure of humpback whales in the western and central South Pacific Ocean as determined by vocal exchange among populations. GINGERICH, PHILIP D. and SAMIR ZOUHRI. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 111:273-286. 2015. New fauna of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Bartonian Middle Eocene of southern Morocco. 6.043 MB GINTER SUMMARELL, CARLY C.; SUDEEP INGOLE; FRANK E. FISH and CHRISTOPHER D. MARSHALL. PLOS ONE 10(7) e0127941. 15pp. 2015. Comparative analysis of the flexural stiffness of pinniped vibrissae. GOL'DIN, PAVEL and METTE ELSTRUP STEEMAN. PLOS ONE 10(9) e0135500. 19pp. 2015. >From problem taxa to problem solver: A new Miocene family, Tranatocetidae, brings perspective on baleen whale evolution. 8.030 MB GOLDBOGEN, JEREMY A.; ELLIOTT L. HAZEN; ARI S. FRIEDLAENDER; JOHN CALAMBOKIDIS; STACY L. DERUITER; ALISON K. STIMPERT and BRANDON L. SOUTHALL. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 29(7):951-961. 2015. Prey density and distribution drive the three-dimensional foraging strategies of the largest filter feeder. GORMEZANO, LINDA J. and ROBERT F. ROCKWELL PLOS ONE 10(6) e0128520. 21pp. 2015. The energetic value of land-based foods in western Hudson Bay and their potential to alleviate energy deficits of starving adult male polar bears. 3.501 MB GRAVENA, WALESKA; VERA M. F. DA SILVA; MARIA N. F. DA SILVA; IZENI P. FARIAS and TOMAS HRBEK. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 114(4):764-777. 2015. Living between rapids: Genetic structure and hybridization in botos (Cetacea: Iniidae: Inia spp.) of the Madeira River, Brazil. HANSEN, MIE JOHANNE; MADS FROST BERTELSEN; HENRIK CHRISTENSEN and ANDERS MIKI BOJESEN. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 65(2):388-392. 2015. Bisgaardia miroungae sp nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from the oral cavity of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), and emended description of the genus Bisgaardia. HASSANIN, ALEXANDRE. COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES 338(7):494-501. 2015. The role of Pleistocene glaciations in shaping the evolution of polar and brown bears. Evidence from a critical review of mitochondrial and nuclear genome analyses. 1.144 MB HERMANNSEN, LINE; JAKOB TOUGAARD; KRISTIAN BEEDHOLM; JACOB NABE-NIELSEN and PETER TEGLBERG MADSEN. PLOS ONE 10(7) e0133436. 17pp. 2015. Characteristics and propagation of airgun pulses in shallow water with implications for effects on small marine mammals. 3.339 MB HERNANDEZ-ORTS, JESUS S.; M. NATALIA PASO VIOLA; NESTOR A. GARCIA; ENRIQUE A. CRESPO; RAUL GONZALEZ; MARTIN GARCIA-VARELA and ROMAN KUCHTA. ZOOTAXA 3636(3):301-335. 2015. A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina. HILARIO, ANA; MARINA R. CUNHA; LUCIANA GENIO; ANA RAQUEL MARCAL; ASCENSAO RAVARA; CLARA F. RODRIGUES and HELENA WIKLUND. MARINE ECOLOGY 36( Sup 1):82-90. 2015. First clues on the ecology of whale falls in the deep Atlantic Ocean: Results from an experiment using cow carcasses. HILL, HEATHER M.; SARAH DIETRICH; DEIRDRE YEATER; MARIYAH MCKINNON; MALIN MILLER; STEVE AIBEL and AL DOVE. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION 2(2):105-123. 2015. Developing a catalog of socio-sexual behaviors of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the care of humans. HILL, HEATHER; SARA GUARINO; SHIRLEE CRANDALL; EMILY LENHART and SARAH DIETRICH. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION 2(3):267-284. 2015. Young belugas diversify adult beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) behavior. HOGG, CHRIS; MAGELLA NEVEU; LARS FOLKOW; KARL-ARNE STOKKAN; JAIMIE HOH KAM; RON H. DOUGLAS and GLEN JEFFERY. BIOLOGY OPEN 4(7):812-818. 2015. The eyes of the deep diving hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) enhance sensitivity to ultraviolet light. HOLGUIN-MEDINA, VICTORIA EUGENIA; JOHN FONTENELE-ARAUJO; VICTOR MANUEL ALCARAZ ROMERO; JOSE FRANCISCO CORTES and JAIRO MUNOZ-DELGADO. BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM RESEARCH 46(5):631-645. 2015. Circadian and ultradian activity rhythms in manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in captivity. HUGGINS, JESSICA L.; STEPHEN A. RAVERTY; STEPHANIE A. NORMAN; JOHN CALAMBOKIDIS; JOSEPH K. GAYDOS; DEBORAH A. DUFFIELD; DYANNA M. LAMBOURN; JAMES M. RICE; BRAD HANSON; KRISTIN WILKINSON; STEVEN J. JEFFRIES; BRENT NORBERG and LYNNE BARRE. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 115(2):93-102. 2015. Increased harbor porpoise mortality in the Pacific Northwest, USA: Understanding when higher levels may be normal. 2.415 MB HUON, MATHILDE; ESTHER L. JONES; JASON MATTHIOPOULOS; BERNIE MCCONNELL; FLORENCE CAURANT and CECILE VINCENT. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 79(7):1091-1100. 2015. Habitat selection of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) in a marine protected area in France. 1.473 MB IJSSELDIJK, LONNEKE; KEES C. J. 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