[MARMAM] Marine mammal research techniques course - Cape Town, South Africa. Nov 2019

2019-07-02 Thread Simon Elwen
Dear Colleagues A second announcement in case you missed the first! Please note due to interest we are offering the ability to take only certain components of the course set at weekly intervals. Priced Pro rata. Sea Search Research and Conservation will be running a 4 week course on marine mamma

[MARMAM] 2 job openings at IMMS

2019-07-02 Thread Mystera Samuelson
Stranding Coordinator The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) is located in Gulfport, MS and was established in 1984 for the purposes of studying marine mammals in the northern Gulf of Mexico. IMMS is also the only rehabilitation facility for marine mammals and sea turtles in Mississippi.

[MARMAM] Job Announcement: Marine Mammal Protection Act Coordinator for RESTORE

2019-07-02 Thread Jessica Powell - NOAA Federal
Hello All, An announcement for a* Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Coordinator for RESTORE *has been posted*.* This position will facilitate strategic partnerships and focus on collaboration among restoration efforts in the Gulf of Mexico and support planning, collaboration, environmental com

[MARMAM] Vaquita Awareness Campaign

2019-07-02 Thread Sean Bogle
Good day MARMAMers, The Wild Lens Collective is a non-profit conservation media organization. Our mission is to build conservation-minded communities and produce content documenting the efforts of researchers, citizens scientists, and other organizations focused on the conservation of our natural

[MARMAM] Estimating energy use from acceleration

2019-07-02 Thread Andreas
Dear All Sorry for any cross-listing but this may be of general interest to this community and is a new paper using acceleration to estimate energy use: "Estimates for energy expenditure in free-living animals using acceleration proxies; a reappraisal": Wilson, R.P., Börger, L., Holton, M.D.,