[MARMAM] New publication on trends in cetacean density

2012-05-11 Thread Rebecca Jewell
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that a new publication on detecting trends in cetacean density is now available with open access in Marine Ecology Progress Series at http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v453/. Jewell R, Thomas L, Harris CM, Kaschner K, Wiff R, Hammond PS, Quick NJ.

[MARMAM] Polar bear comments

2012-05-11 Thread Naomi Rose
Dear colleagues: The US Fish and Wildlife Service currently has a comment period open for its proposed CITES actions at the next Conference of the Parties in 2013. They have three categories of proposals - those they will sponsor, those they are still considering, and those they have decided n

[MARMAM] VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for land-based bottlenose dolphin project in Scotland (UK)

2012-05-11 Thread Enrico Pirotta
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for land-based bottlenose dolphin project in Scotland (UK) I am looking for volunteers to take part in the collection of land-based data on dolphin and boat occurrence between the end of May/beginning of June and the middle of September 2012, near Cromarty (Scotland). The v

[MARMAM] Volunteers needed for intensive fieldwork in Panama

2012-05-11 Thread Shakira Quiñones
Two research assistants are needed for fieldwork at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) station in Bocas del Toro, Panamá. DATES: 06/24 - 07/31 Volunteers will be assisting two Master students with boat-based observations and acoustic data analysis of a bottlenose dolphin populatio

[MARMAM] SEEKING FIELD ASSISTANTS FOR RESEARCH ON HAWAIIAN SPINNER DOLPHINS

2012-05-11 Thread Julian Tyne
Seeking field assistants for research on Hawaiian spinner dolphins PROJECT SUMMARY I am seeking experienced research assistants to join the existing team for my PhD field work that aims to a) quantify possible effects of human interactions on spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in restin

[MARMAM] New article: PBDE flame retardants and PCBs in Steller sea lions (BC, Canada)

2012-05-11 Thread Juan Alava
Dear colleagues, Please, find below the abstract of a new contribution regarding the first assessment of PBDE flame retardants and PCBs in overwintering Steller sea lion in BC, Canada. If you would like a pdf copy of the article in press, please feel free to request the paper to jalav...@sfu.c

[MARMAM] New paper on characteristics of whistles of rough-toothed dolphins in Rio de Janeiro coast, southeastern Brazil

2012-05-11 Thread Isabela Lima
Dear colleagues, The following article has just been published online in the *Journal of Acoustical Society of America*: Lima, I.M.S., Andrade, L.G., Carvalho, R.R., Lailson-Brito Jr., J., and Azevedo, A.F. (*2012*). "Characteristics of whistles from rough-toothed dolphins (*Steno bredanensis*) i

[MARMAM] Dolphin Research Internships

2012-05-11 Thread Emily Guarino
Dolphin Research Internships Dolphin Research Center (DRC) is currently accepting applications for Research Interns for the Fall term. DRC is a not-for-profit education and research facility, home to a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions. DRC is located on Grassy Key,

[MARMAM] Post-doc Opportunity - Systematics and Evolutionary Relationships of Marine Mammals

2012-05-11 Thread Daniel Odell
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has statutory obligations to protect marine mammals within its Extended Economic Zone and beyond. Such protection requires thorough understanding of the natural history of the various groups, such as cetaceans, pinnipeds, and sirenians, including

[MARMAM] New paper on the phylogeny of the subfamily Delphininae

2012-05-11 Thread Ana Rita Amaral
Dear colleagues, I would like to inform you that the following paper was recently published: Amaral AR, Jackson JA, Möller LM, Beheregaray LB (2012) Species tree of a recent radiation: The subfamily Delphininae (Cetacea, Mammalia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 243-253. ABSTRACT Li