[MARMAM] Alaska Whale Foundation's new website

2014-04-30 Thread Andy Szabo
Dear Marmam folks, Alaska Whale Foundation has recently launched its new website ( www.alaskawhalefoundation.org) and Facebook page. For those of you interested in checking out what we're up to, reconnecting, and/or looking for opportunities to get involved, come by and have a look. Cheers, Dr.

[MARMAM] New Ecology paper: Ontogeny of long distance migration

2014-04-30 Thread Rebecca Scott
Dear all, Please see abstract (below) of new our paper now in press with Ecology: Rebecca Scott, Robert Marsh, and Graeme Hays In press. Ontogeny of long distance migration. Ecology.http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-2164.1 Abstract: The movements of some long-distance migrants are driven by innate

[MARMAM] Research Internship

2014-04-30 Thread Victoria Howard
*The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is now accepting applications for the Fall 2014 Internship- deadline June 1, 2014* The IMMS Research Internship Program is designed as a way for students interested in a career in marine science to gain valuable research experience in a real-world setting.

[MARMAM] new papers on beaked whales strandings (Sowerby's, Gervais' and Cuvier's)

2014-04-30 Thread Wojtek.Bachara
Dear Readers, We are pleased to announce that our papers: Bachara W. and S.A. Norman. 2014. Mesoplodon europaeus strandings- a short review. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. SC65b/SM01 Bachara W. , P. Cermeño and S.A. Norman. 2014. Mesoplodon bidens strandings- a short review.

[MARMAM] New publication on estimating exposure to boat traffic with spatially explicit capture–recapture models

2014-04-30 Thread Enrico Pirotta
Dear MARMAM colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been made available online: Enrico Pirotta, Paul M. Thompson, Barbara Cheney, Carl Donovan, David Lusseau (In press). Estimating spatial, temporal and individual variability in dolphin cumulative exposure to boat