Dear all, here are some new publications of week 37/ 2008, which haven't been announced on MARMAM earlier AFAIK.
By clicking the following link you are guided to a website, where the following references are linked to their according journal homepages. There you can find abstracts and contact information: <http://www.mmbib.com/news.php> Please do not contact MARMAM, the MARMAM editors or me for reprints. Thank you. Thanks to all of you who sent in reprints to be included in the weekly announcements. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Benjamins, S., J. Lawson, and G. Stenson (2007): Recent harbour porpoise bycatch in gillnet fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 189-199. Branch, T.A. (2007): Abundance of Antarctic blue whales south of 60°S from three complete circumpolar sets of surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 253-262. Gonzalvo, J. et al. (2008): Factors determining the interaction between common bottlenose dolphins and bottom trawlers off the Balearic Archipelago (western Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 367(1): 47-52. Hamer, D.J., T.M. Ward, and R. McGarvey (2008): Measurement, management and mitigation of operational interactions between the South Australian Sardine Fishery and short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis). Biological Conservation 141(11): 2865-2878. Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P. and M. Simon (2007): A note on cue rates for common minke, fin and humpback whales off West Greenland. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 211-214. Jayasankar, P. et al. (2007): A note on observations on cetaceans in the western Indian sector of the Southern Ocean (20-56°S and 45-57°30'E), January to March 2004. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 263-267. Langer, P. (2008): S.D. Kraus and R.M. Rolland, Editors, The Urban Whale. North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London (2007) 543pp., (numerous black and white illustrations and 34 colour plates), Hardback, ¤46.80, £35.95, $55.00, ISBN-13:978-0-674-02327-7, ISBN-10:0-674-02327-7. Mammalian Biology: Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 73(6): 483-484. Leaper, R. and D. Lavigne (2007): How much do large whales eat? Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 179-188. Morete, M.E., T.L. Bisi, and S. Rosso (2007): Mother and calf humpback whale responses to vessels around Abrolhos Archipelago, Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 241-248. Riesch, R., J.K.B. Ford, and F. Thomsen (2008): Whistle sequences in wild killer whales (Orcinus orca). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 124(3): 1822-1829. Santos, M.C.O. and S. Rosso (2007): Ecological aspects of marine tucuxi dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) based on group size and composition in the Cananéia estuary, southeastern Brazil. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6(1): 71-82. Skaug, H.J. et al. (2007): Genetic analyses reveal promiscuous mating in female common minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 249-251. Teilmann, J., F. Larsen, and G. Desportes (2007): Time allocation and diving behaviour of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish and adjacent waters. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 201-210. Urbán R., J. et al. (2007): Mass stranding of Baird's beaked whales at San Jose Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6(1): 83-88. Van Waerebeek, K. et al. (2007): Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the Southern Hemisphere, an initial assessment. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6(1): 43-69. ver Yates, O., A.D. Black, and P. Palavecino (2007): Site fidelity and behaviour of killer whales (Orcinus orca) at Sea Lion Island in the Southwest Atlantic. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6(1): 89-95. Weir, C.R. (2007): Occurrence and distribution of cetaceans off northern Angola, 2004/05. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 225-239. Windsland, K. et al. (2007): Relative abundance and size composition of prey in the common minke whale diet in selected areas of the northeastern Atlantic during 2000-04. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): 167-178. PINNIPEDIA Call, K.A. et al. (2008): Foraging route tactics and site fidelity of adult female northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) around the Pribilof Islands. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 55(16-17): 1883-1896. Fahlman, A. et al. (2008): Metabolic costs of foraging and the management of O2 and CO2 stores in Steller sea lions. Journal of Experimental Biology 211(22): 3573-3580. Maquart, M. et al. (2008): Identification of novel DNA fragments and partial sequence of a genomic island specific of Brucella pinnipedialis. Veterinary Microbiology 132(1-2): 181-189. de Moura, J.F. and S. Siciliano (2007): Straggler subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state,Brazil. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6(1): 103-108. Powley, C.R. et al. (2008): Polyfluorinated chemicals in a spatially and temporally integrated food web in the Western Arctic. Chemosphere 70(4): 664-672. Quakenbush, L.T. and J.J. Citta (2008): Perfluorinated contaminants in ringed, bearded, spotted, and ribbon seals from the Alaskan Bering and Chukchi Seas. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56(10): 1809-1814. Sinclair, E.H. et al. (2008): Patterns in prey use among fur seals and seabirds in the Pribilof Islands. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 55(16-17): 1897-1918. OTHER MARINE MAMMALS Bentzen, T.W. et al. (2008): Organohalogen concentrations in blood and adipose tissue of Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears. Science of the Total Environment 406(1-2): 352-367. Crompton, A.E. et al. (2008): Population genetic structure in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Hudson Bay, Canada: Implications of future climate change. Biological Conservation 141(10): 2528-2539. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam