[MARMAM] New Publication of first Mitogenome for Sowerby's and True's Beaked whales

2019-01-12 Thread Laura Joan Feyrer
A technical note that may be of interest for the marine mammal science community: "Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whales" Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon are

[MARMAM] New publication: Resistance and susceptibility of dolphins to cetacean morbillivirus (Kimberley Batley)

2019-01-12 Thread Kimberley Batley
Dear all, My colleagues and I are pleased to announce the publication of the following paper: Batley KC, Sandoval‐Castillo J, Kemper CM, Attard, CRM, Zanardo, N, Tomo, I, Beheregaray, LB, Möller, LM (2018). Genome-wide association study of an unusual dolphin mortality event reveals

[MARMAM] Join Us: Webinar on Harnessing Biological Partnerships to Improve Coastal Restoration

2019-01-12 Thread Emily Knight
For the MARMAM listserv: This is Emily Knight, Manager, Lenfest Ocean Program. Please join us for a one-hour webinar on Tuesday, February 5 at 2:30 PM Eastern time/11:30 AM Pacific time featuring Dr. Brian Silliman, Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at Duke University. He will discuss

[MARMAM] Call for Marine Mammal Research Interns in Kep, Cambodia.

2019-01-12 Thread The Cambodian Marine Mammal Conservation Project
Call for Marine Mammal Research Interns in Kep, Cambodia. Marine Conservation Cambodia (MCC) is an NGO based on the island of Koh Ach Seh, in Cambodia's Kep Archipelago. The organisation has many facets, including working to stop illegal fishing practices, ecological and social science research

[MARMAM] Research Internship Opportunity at Dolphin Research Center

2019-01-12 Thread Christina McMullen
Dolphin Research Center Internships Dolphin Research Center (DRC) is currently accepting applications for Research Interns for the *Summer* 2019 term (May - August). DRC is a not-for-profit education and research facility, home to a family of dolphins and sea lions. DRC is located on Grassy

[MARMAM] Open Access Article re Ropeless Fishing

2019-01-12 Thread Michael Moore
How we can all stop killing whales: a proposal to avoid whale entanglement in fishing gear ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsy194,https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy194 https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icesjms/fsy194/5288134 Abstract Whales are federally