[MARMAM] Last minute vacancies - Summer and Fall Internships 2012

2012-05-22 Thread Bruno Diaz
Hi everyone, on behalf of the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI) in Sardinia Island, Italy, I am pleased to announce that our centre has few vacancies to participate as internships for end Summer and Fall 2012 (a minimum of 60 days of participation between September and December

[MARMAM] Dolphin Research Internship, Charleston, SC

2012-05-22 Thread Todd Speakman
NOAA Hollings Marine Laboratory’s Marine Animal Health Program is recruiting to fill two dolphin photo-identification internship positions for the fall of 2012. The positions are at the NOAA National Ocean Service Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina and will involve a commitment of 20 hours

[MARMAM] Student Discounts offered for PSO/ PAM course

2012-05-22 Thread Mary Jo Barkaszi
CSA International, Inc., is pleased to offer a discount to graduating students interested in attended the BOEM Protected Species Observer / Passive Acoustic Monitoring course to be held June 7 - 9th in Stuart, Florida. Please refer to http://www.conshelf.com/press/203 for more information.

[MARMAM] towable hydrophone

2012-05-22 Thread William Rossiter
This is a request for recommendations for a towable hydrophone to record humpback songs from a sailboat. Please respond off list. Thank you Bill Rossiter rossi...@csiwhalesalive.org ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca

[MARMAM] Common dolphin Photo-ID Volunteer Position in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

2012-05-22 Thread Rankmore, Krista
Common dolphin Photo-ID Volunteer Position in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand A volunteer is needed to assist with a PhD study investigating the abundance, social structure and site fidelity of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. This PhD project is part of the

[MARMAM] New publication on echolocation of Franciscana dolphins

2012-05-22 Thread Mauricio Failla
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform about the new publication on the echolocation behavior of franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei): Melcón M. L., Failla M. Iniguez M .A. (2012). Echolocation behavior of Franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in the wild. Journal of the

[MARMAM] Help with Killer whale's pectoral fin

2012-05-22 Thread Bianca Morais
Dear Marmamers, I need some help to assemble a pectoral fin of a killer whale (Orcinus orca). I have all bones of the pectoral fin, but we don't know how they are positioned. I searched in some books and in internet, but I just found pectoral fin of other species and I am still on doubt in

[MARMAM] (blue ?) whale identification in Mauritius Island

2012-05-22 Thread fschnoller
Hi, We recently observed what could be a fin or blue whale, can we get an advice from a specialist of these species ? Photos and videos on : www.darewin.org Obs was made 1 mille form the coast in qquite shalow waters (300 m), the whale was crusing south at 10 mph speed, Thanks in advance,

[MARMAM] IWC Special Issue 12

2012-05-22 Thread Caryn Self-Sullivan
Dear Fellow Marmam Subscribers, I'm searching for a copy of the book cited below, published by the IWC, and/or recommendations for other books to use with a graduate student for a directed independent study course in the use of photo-id methods to study delphinids. Please reply to me