[MARMAM] Recruiting - 3 PhD Opportunities

Recruiting 3 PhD students at: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Texas Tech University, and University of Nevada Las Vegas in Marine Mammal Physiology, Behavior, and Genetics We are seeking PhD candidates to work on an NSF-funded project using Weddell seals in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica as

[MARMAM] Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 session: Climate Impacts on Marine Species

Dear Colleagues, The 2020 Ocean Sciences Meeting < https://www2.agu.org/ocean-sciences-meeting/> will take place 16-21 February 2020 in San Diego, California. We are chairing a new session entitled "Climate Impacts on Marine Species" (PC002) < https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/prelim.cgi/Session/8

[MARMAM] Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project Field Assistant Ad

Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project Field Assistant Ad The Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project (PCDP) is seeking two dedicated research assistants for the upcoming fall field season (September 3rd to October 23rd, 2019) in Heathsville, Virginia, USA. The PCDP was established in 2015 by Professor

[MARMAM] R Package design and development and reproducible data science for biologists - FREE ACCOMMODATION

COURSE ON - R Package design and development and reproducible data science for biologists (RPKG01) with free accommodation. PR statistics now has a new accommodation option implemented allowing a limited amount of places with free accommodation. The next 5 people to register for this course will r

[MARMAM] New publication: hypopigmentation in fin whale

Dear MARMAM colleagues, We are pleased to announce our new publication: Methion S, Diaz Lopez B (2019). First record of atypical pigmentation pattern in fin whale Balaenoptera physalus in the Atlantic Ocean. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 135:121-125. DOI: 10.3354/dao03385  Abstract Atypical pi

[MARMAM] New paper on killer whale genomics

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of our new paper analysing a global dataset of killer whales in the current issue of Molecular Ecology ( https://doi.org/10./mec.15099) and is accompanied by a perspective piece focusing on a key finding of archaic 'ghost' ancestry in

[MARMAM] New publication: Group feeding recorded in leopard seals

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce that the following article has been published in *Polar Biology*: Robbins JR, Poncet D, Evans AR, Hocking, DP. (2019). A rare observation of group prey processing in wild leopard seals (*Hydrurga leptonyx*). https://doi.org/10.1