[MARMAM] new Australian sea lion publications

2013-10-04 Thread Andrew Lowther
Hi all, two new publications on Australian sea lions; one using animal-borne sensors to map oceanographic conditions during a seasonal upwelling event and how these conditions impact on adult male foraging behaviour, the other at gross differences in trophic ecology of adult females between

[MARMAM] curious pilot whale behaviour

2013-10-04 Thread George Stoyle
A pod of pilot whales exhibited some strange behaviour whilst in shallow water on the Shetland Islands, UK the other day. A description of the encounter, along with photos and video can be accessed by going to http://www.earthinfocus.com/blog/detail.php?id=13. We'd be interested to hear from

[MARMAM] New Atlas of Marine Mammals in Irish Offshore Waters

2013-10-04 Thread Dave wall
Dear Colleagues, I would like to inform you that the following report was recently published: Wall D., Murray C., O'Brien J., Kavanagh L., Wilson C., Ryan C., Glanville B., Williams D., Enlander I., O'Connor I., McGrath D., Whooley P. and Berrow S. (2013). Atlas of the distribution and

[MARMAM] New publication on distribution of cetaceans in the mid-Atlantic waters around the Azores

2013-10-04 Thread Mónica Cordeiro de Almeida e Silva
Dear Colleagues, The following paper was recently published in Marine Biology Research. The article is available from the publisher website (http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/f24uYWV4sSib3F9X49vt/full) or by request to me. Kind regards, Mónica Silva Silva MA, Prieto R, Cascão I,

[MARMAM] Fish farming and its appeal to common bottlenose dolphins

2013-10-04 Thread Silvia Bonizzoni
Dear colleagues, the following article has just been published online: Bonizzoni S., Furey N., Pirotta E., Valavanis V.D., Würsig B., Bearzi G. 2013. Fish farming and its appeal to common bottlenose dolphins: modelling habitat use in a Mediterranean embayment. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and

[MARMAM] New book on dolphin cognition

2013-10-04 Thread Justin Gregg
Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of a new popular science book on the subject of dolphin cognition: Are Dolphins Really Smart? The Mammal Behind the Myth from Oxford University Press. The book provides a scholarly overview of the past five decades' worth of research