[MARMAM] post doctoral position available to study the effects of vessel noise on marine mammals using Dtags

Dear All, The Marine bioacoustics lab at Aarhus university has a post-doctoral position available to study the effects of vessel noise on marine mammals using Dtags. Please find the details here: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/post-doctoral-position-in-vessel-noise-effects-on-marine-mammals/

[MARMAM] Graphical reviews of marine mammal physiology

Dear All, To celebrate the centennial of August Kroghs Nobel Prize in physiology, a special volume of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry has been put together with a series of graphical reviews on animal physiology, including several om marine mammals that may be of interest to some of you.

[MARMAM] New Publication: Steroid hormones in Pacific walrus bones collected over three millennia indicate physiological responses to changes in estimated population size and the environment

Hello MARMAM Members, On behalf of my colleagues and myself, I am excited to share with you all our new research article: “Steroid hormones in Pacific walrus bones collected over three millennia indicate physiological responses to changes in estimated population size and the environment”, now a

[MARMAM] 2 year Post Doc position: modelling effects of ship noise on marine mammals

Dear MARMAMers, We are pleased to announce a 2-year Post Doc position regarding modelling the population effects of ship noise on marine mammals at Section for Marine Mammal Research, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University. For more information, please visit https://international.au.dk/a

[MARMAM] New publication on a newborn neonate of Longman's beaked whale stranded in Okinawa, Japan

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new publication titled “The first record of a Longman’s beaked whale (*Indopacetus pacificus*) newborn neonate found on Miyako Island, Okinawa, Japan” which is now available in the open-access journal of Marine Biodiversity Reco

[MARMAM] new publication: Optimal Localization Hypothesis

Dear MARMAM community, We'd like to let you know about a new publication in JASA where we re-evaluate optimal localization hypothesis as an echolocation strategy used by odontocetes: Beedholm, K., Malinka, C., Ladegaard, M., and P. T. Madsen. (2021). Do echolocating toothed whales direct their

[MARMAM] Volunteer field assistant opportunity for tropical dolphin research, North West Cape, Australia, 2021 (Aus/NZ applicants only)

Dear all, I am looking for experienced field assistants to conduct boat-based observations and photo-identification of Australian humpback dolphins and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins around the North West Cape in Western Australia for 4 months beginning on the 1st May 2021. **Please note** t

[MARMAM] New publication: Why Baja? A bioenergetic model for comparing metabolic rates and thermoregulatory costs of gray whale calves (Eschrichtius robustus)

I’m pleased to announce the publication of my new paper: Sumich JL. Why Baja? A bioenergetic model for comparing metabolic rates and thermoregulatory costs of gray whale calves (Eschrichtius robustus). Mar Mam Sci. 2021;1–18. ABSTRACT A bioenergetic model is developed from empirically derived

[MARMAM] Expanded registration for American Cetacean Society - Virtual Conference (Jan. 30)

Dear All, As registration for our American Cetacean Society (ACS) — Virtual Conference (Saturday, January 30 - 9:30am to 5pm US Pacific Time) filled up quickly, we have expanded our registration capacity (an additional 2000!) Registration is FREE! To register, click the link below: https://us