[MARMAM] Marine mammal stranding course in Costa Rica

2013-10-10 Thread William Rossiter
Posted on behalf of Dr. Gabriela Hernandez, , Microbiología Medica Veterinaria Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA) Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería Heredia, Costa Rica This is a request for donated materials for a Costa Rican course for veterinarians on marine mammals, with an empha

[MARMAM] VOLUNTEER RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION for research on southern Australian bottlenose dolphins in South Australia

2013-10-10 Thread Nikki Zanardo
SEEKING FIELD ASSISTANTS FOR RESEARCH ON SOUTHERN AUSTRALIAN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS IN METROPOLITAN ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Fieldwork dates: Volunteers are needed beginning the 15th December 2013 until the 31st of August 2014. Application deadline: 28th October 2013 Project title: Ecology of

[MARMAM] Request for information about stable isotopes to assess diet on whales

2013-10-10 Thread Alejandra Brito Gómez-Silva
Hi everyone! My name is Alejandra Brito, I'm a marine biology student in Perú. I'm thinking in doing my thesis in Humpback whales, using stable isotopes to assess their diet. Does anyone has information about studies on carbon and nitrogen isotopes on skin samples of humpback whale in breeding seas

[MARMAM] New publications

2013-10-10 Thread Stockin, Karen
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce a selection of new 2013 publications from the Coastal-Marine Research Group, Massey University. PDFs can be downloaded directly from our website http://cmrg.massey.ac.nz under 'publications' Dwyer SL, Kozmian-Ledward L & Stockin KA. In press. Shor

[MARMAM] New publication on movements and behaviour of North Atlantic blue and fin whales during spring migration

2013-10-10 Thread Mónica Cordeiro de Almeida e Silva
Dear Colleagues, The following paper entitled "North Atlantic Blue and Fin Whales Suspend Their Spring Migration to Forage in Middle Latitudes: Building up Energy Reserves for the Journey? "was recently published in PLOS ONE and is available online at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.

[MARMAM] New paper on killer whales of the Strait of Gibraltar

2013-10-10 Thread Ruth Esteban
Dear Colleagues, The following paper was recently published in Journal of Marine Biological Association of the UK "Identifying key habitat and seasonal patterns of a critically endangered population of killer whales"

[MARMAM] PhD-thesis on Brucella pinnipedialis in hooded seals (Cystophora cristata): infection biology and effect of PCB 153 exposure under experimental conditions

2013-10-10 Thread Nymo Ingebjørg Helena
PhD-thesis title: Brucella pinnipedialis in hooded seals (Cystophora cristata): infection biology and effect of PCB 153 exposure under experimental conditions. Author: Ingebjørg Helena Nymo (ingebjorg.n...@nvh.no) Institution: The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Section for Arctic Ve