[MARMAM] Marine Mammal Biology and Conservation Course (11-18 July 2019; Millport, Scotland)

2019-03-25 Thread Chris Parsons
ed on an FSC course, at £35 per night for dinner, bed and breakfast. US students If you are based in the US and wish to take the course and/or wish to take the course for US college (undergraduate or graduate credit; 4.0 credit hours) please contact Dr Chris Parsons (ecm-pars...@earthlink.

[MARMAM] New Marine Mammal Science podcast

2019-08-18 Thread Chris Parsons
e first of the Marine Mammal Science podcasts, while sailing in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka, Dr. Chris Parsons talks with Dr. Asha De Vos about her research on endangered blue whales in Sri Lanka. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marine-mammal-science/id1475692072 The Marine Mammal Science

[MARMAM] Marine Mammal Lecture Course for DC/MD/VA/PA students

2005-11-09 Thread Chris Parsons
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT For the third year George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) will be running its Marine Mammal Biology and Conservation Course. Marine Mammal Biology and Conservation (3.0 credits lecture course; EVPP 490-001/ EVPP 505-001/ BIOL 507-001; Mondays 4:30-7:10; January 23-May 15 2006)

[MARMAM] Places for VA/DC students for a marine mammal class in Scotland

2010-02-17 Thread Chris Parsons
llabus contact Professor Chris Parsons ( <mailto:ecm-pars...@earthlink.net> ecm-pars...@earthlink.net). For more details about the class, and the course application process email <mailto:c...@gmu.edu> c...@gmu.edu or <mailto:gjust...@gmu.edu> gjust...@gmu.edu (or call (1) 703-993-174

[MARMAM] Marine mammal field courses to Antarctica & Scotland

2012-02-21 Thread Chris Parsons
ite: globaled.gmu.edu <http://globaled.gmu.edu/index.html> CONTACT marno...@gmu.edu for further details. Instructor: Associate Professor Dr Chris Parsons. Author of the new undergraduate textbook "An introduction to marine mammal biology & conservation" _

[MARMAM] Marine mammal biology & conservation summer field course in Scotland

2013-02-16 Thread Chris Parsons
for more details email Professor Chris Parsons, George Mason University : ecm-pars...@earthlink.net (UK/European students students interested see: http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/marinestation/index.php?url=teaching/marine_mam mal_course.php) __

[MARMAM] International Congress for Conservation Biology

2013-05-25 Thread Chris Parsons
ent_conferences/ICCB-Contributed-Session-Sc hedule-for-Website_5.21.2013.xls Chris Parsons, Marine Section President and Governor, Society for Conservation Biology ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam

[MARMAM] 3rd International Marine Conservation Congress, Making Marine Science Matter

2013-11-01 Thread Chris Parsons
*CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS, AND FOCUS GROUPS* - NB several marine mammal conservation proposals already submitted - Only 2 weeks left ! The 3rd International Marine Conservation Congress, Making Marine Science Matter, will be held from 14-18 August 2014 at the Scottish Exhibitio

[MARMAM] Only one week left to IMCC3 proposal deadline!

2013-11-09 Thread Chris Parsons
Get your marine mammal conservation proposals ready. Only one week left to submit proposals! CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS, AND FOCUS GROUPS The 3rd International Marine Conservation Congress, Making Marine Science Matter, will be held from 14-19 August 2014 at the Scottish Exhib

[MARMAM] IMCC3 proposals due tomorrow (Nov. 15) at 5pm!

2013-11-14 Thread Chris Parsons
Proposals are due tomorrow (Nov. 15) at 5pm! Get your proposals in-let's make this the best IMCC yet! Several marine mammal topics have already been proposed including impacts of pile driving underwater noise, modelling whalewatching impacts and human / marine wildlife conflict . don't miss out

[MARMAM] IMCC 2014 submission deadline imminent

2014-03-03 Thread Chris Parsons
Abstract deadline this Friday 8th March ! The 3rd International Marine Conservation Congress, Making Marine Science Matter, will be held from 14-18 August 2014 at the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Abstracts for oral (spoken), speed (short spoken), and poster pre

[MARMAM] International Marine Conservation Congress deadline is tomorrow (Friday !)

2014-03-06 Thread Chris Parsons
The deadline for abstract submission for this year's International Marine Conservation Congress is tomorrow (Friday !) Don't forget to submit your abstract at http://www.conbio.org/mini-sites/imcc-2014 Many marine mammal-oriented workshops and symposia have already been approved for the meeting.

[MARMAM] International Marine Conservation Congress early registration ends Tuesday

2014-04-17 Thread Chris Parsons
Dear all - here is a reminder that the early registration rate for the International Marine Conservation Congress ends on April 22nd - this coming Tuesday There is a substantial amount of specific marine mammal conservation content in the conference including sessions un underwater noise impac

[MARMAM] Late-Breaking News & Headlines: Second Call for IMCC3 Abstracts (Deadline: 3 June 2014)

2014-05-11 Thread Chris Parsons
Due to extra space becoming available a second call for abstracts has been opened for the International Marine Conservation Congress. There are already many marine mammal presentations and sessions in the meeting including modelling impacts of disturbance, whalewatching management, impacts of no

[MARMAM] IMCC3 scholarships

2014-05-13 Thread Chris Parsons
A follow on email to the announcement on a second call for IMCC3 abstracts. SCB Training Scholarships to Attend the 3rd International Marine Conservation Congress for Students from Developing Countries Deadline to Apply: 11pm EDT (GMT - 4:00) on Sunday, 25 May 2014. Thanks to a genero

[MARMAM] International Marine Conservation Congress - 2nd call for abstracts ends Tuesday

2014-06-01 Thread Chris Parsons
As a reminder: the 2nd call for abstracts ends Tuesday 3rd June for the upcoming IMCC meeting in Scotland. There are numerous marine mammal conservation-related sessions at the meeting including on sustainable whale-watching, the impacts of noise, ethics and captive marine mammals, marine mamm

[MARMAM] new paper on 2nd population of Steller's sea cows

2014-12-09 Thread Chris Parsons
Dear Marmammers, Announcing a new paper just published in Biology Letters: Rewriting the history of an extinction―was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodama

[MARMAM] Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation

2015-02-21 Thread Chris Parsons
-Bracho, C. P. Salgado-Kent, E. Slooten, J. Y. Wang, S. C. Wilson, A. J. Wright, S. Young, E. Zwamborn & W. J. Sutherland Thanks to the Society for Conservation Biology Marine Section for funding this project and its publication Chris Parsons, Department of Environmental Science &