[MARMAM] Whale sounds required

2019-04-12 Thread Bryony Manley
Hi all, We work for a small cetacean research charity on the Isle of Man called Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch. We have recently opened a little visitor centre and received some funding to install a tablet and headphones as a 'listening station' where visitors can hear sounds of some of our local

[MARMAM] Open slot for San Juan Islands Summer Field Course

2019-04-12 Thread Spencer Fire
Due to a cancellation, there is one open slot for a student wishing to enroll in the Marine Mammal Studies in the Pacific Northwest (MAR3621/MAR5621) course being offered by Florida Tech this May in Friday Harbor, WA. Enrollment is open to all majors, both undergraduate and graduate students

[MARMAM] New PhD posititions on marine mammals at University of Padova - Italy

2019-04-12 Thread Sandro Mazzariol
Dear all this email is just to inform you all that the call for 2 PhD positions on marine mammal medicine have been opened and it will close on May 14th. The two candidates will be involved in developing new technologies as machine learning and virtual/augmented reality to represent and study 

[MARMAM] Reminder to Register for NW Student Chapter Marine Mammal Conference!

2019-04-12 Thread UW MarMam
Dear MARMAM community, This is a reminder to register and submit your abstracts for the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (NWSSMM) at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle on 18-19 May 2019! *The abstract submission deadline is April

[MARMAM] Antarctica Research Opportunity 2019-2020 Season

2019-04-12 Thread Laura K.O. Smith
Antarctica Research Opportunity 2019-2020 Season Quixote Expeditions, a sailing company in Antarctica, has up to 3 bunk spaces during the 2019-2020 Antarctic Season for Guest Scientists to join us in Antarctica. The season is 1 Dec 2019 - 29 Feb 2020. Scientists can come for 15 or 19 day

[MARMAM] Photo ID research assistant positions at SMRU

2019-04-12 Thread Monica Arso Civil
Please see below details for TWO Photo-ID research assistant positions at the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), University of St Andrews, Scotland. Application closing date: 2nd May 2019 The project is funded by the Scottish Government as part of a Marine Mammal Scientific Support grant to SMRU

[MARMAM] Field assistant opportunity this summer in Cedar Key, Florida

2019-04-12 Thread Rebecca Hamilton
Dear Marmamers, We are seeking 1 full-time field assistant for part of the Cedar Key Dolphin Project 2019 field season this upcoming summer, between June 14th and July 7th. Applicants must be available for this entire period to apply. The field season will be focused on gathering acoustic

[MARMAM] Marine conservation volunteer positions available

2019-04-12 Thread Frikkie
The ORCA Foundation, a voluntourism division of Ocean Blue Adventures is seeking volunteers to join its comprehensive marine conservation programme in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Volunteers play a major role in the programme where they are expected to perform a large portion of the work.

[MARMAM] New publication: Lipid normalization and stable isotope discrimination in Pacific walrus tissues

2019-04-12 Thread Casey Clark
MARMAM Members, On behalf of my co-authors and myself, I am pleased to share our new paper, titled “Lipid normalization and stable isotope discrimination in Pacific walrus tissues”, recently published in Scientific Reports. Clark, C.T., L. Horstmann, and N. Misarti. 2019. Lipid normalization