[MARMAM] Summer Internship - Virginia Aquarium's Stranding Response Program

2021-01-09 Thread Sarah R. Mccormack
The Virginia Aquarium’s Research & Conservation Division is now accepting Stranding Response Intern applications for summer 2021. The application deadline is February 12, 2021. Internships will be approximately three months long, starting between May and June. Internships will be fulfilled in a

[MARMAM] New publication: Long-term associations among male sperm whales

2021-01-09 Thread Hayao Kobayashi
Dear MARMAM Readers, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our article: Citation: Kobayashi H, Whitehead H, Amano M (2020) Long-term associations among male sperm whales (*Physeter macrocephalus*). PLoS ONE 15(12): e0244204. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244204 A

[MARMAM] Research assistant - Intern coordinator: dolphin and otter behaviour project

2021-01-09 Thread BDRI information
Dear all, The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI) , a marine science centre dedicated to promote the conservation of marine mammal species and their habitat through research and education, is currently accepting applications for the following: RESEARCH ASSISTA

[MARMAM] New article: HAB toxin trends in New England marine mammals

2021-01-09 Thread Spencer Fire
Happy new year MARMAM-ers! My collaborators and I are pleased to announce the publication of our recent article, "An assessment of temporal, spatial and taxonomic trends in harmful algal toxin exposure in stranded marine mammals from the U.S. New England coast", in PLOS ONE. Abstract: Despite

[MARMAM] New paper: Trends in harbor porpoise abundance in the North Sea over two decades

2021-01-09 Thread Nachtsheim , Dominik André
Dear MARMAM readers, my co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of the following article in Frontiers in Marine Science: Marine Megafauna, Research Topic "Small Cetacean Conservation: Current Challenges and Opportunities": Nachtsheim DA, Viquerat S, Ramírez-Martínez NC, Unger B

[MARMAM] New Article on Prevalence and relative abundance of barnacles Xenobalanus globicipitis

2021-01-09 Thread Serrano Solis Arturo
Dear Marmamers, The following paper has been published: Gómez-Hernández, I., Serran, A., Becerril-Gómez, C., Basañez-Muñoz, A. & Naval-Ávila, C. 2020. Prevalence and relative abundance of barnacles Xenobalanus globicipitis of the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus populations in the