[MARMAM] New publication on population genetic structure of the short-beaked common dolphin

2020-07-11 Thread Arda M. Tonay
Dear All, Apologies for cross posting. We would like to inform you that the new paper on population genetic structure of the short-beaked common dolphin from the Black Sea and the Turkish Straits System has been published in the Mitochondrial DNA Part A. Tonay, A.M., Uzun, B., Dede, A.,

[MARMAM] Unpaid positions in marine mammal science: a response

2020-07-11 Thread Phil Clapham
At the risk of becoming unpopular with some good folks, I have to offer a different perspective on unpaid positions to that given in the letter posted by Eiren Jacobson on 2nd July, addressed to the leadership of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. The authors of the letter are of course correct in

[MARMAM] New paper on baleen structure and properties in the Southern right and Pygmy right whales

2020-07-11 Thread Carolina Loch Silva
Dear MARMAM subscribers, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the following paper in the *Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials*: *Structure and properties of baleen in the Southern right (Eubalaena australis) and Pygmy right whales (Caperea marginata)* Carolina Loch

[MARMAM] The Whale Museum's 2020 Marine Naturalist Training Program is going virtual!

2020-07-11 Thread tracie merrill
The Whale Museum in Friday Harbor, WA, has been training marine naturalists since 1994. Because of the pandemic, we have decided to offer our 2020 marine naturalist training program (MNTP) summer session virtually. Dates for this session are: July 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22 (with one day off on J