[MARMAM] Whale & Dolphin Survey Training Course with Sea Watch Foundation

We're pleased to be offering two more short courses on whale & dolphin survey techniques covering: . general biology & classification of cetaceans . species identification . conservation issues facing UK cetaceans . recommended monitoring survey methods The practical element of the

[MARMAM] 'Bioinformatics using LINUX - training course'

Course: Introduction to bioinformatics using LINUX Instructor: Dr. Martin Jones This course will run from 15th – 19th August 2016 at SCENE (the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment), Loch Lomond National Park, Glasgow. Course overview: Most high-throughput bioinformatics

[MARMAM] PSO Summer Training Courses - Wilmington, NC and San Diego, CA

There are a few spots available in the MPSC Protected Species Observer training course on June 4-5 in Wilmington, NC. MPSC is also holding PSO training July 16-17 in San Diego, CA. This BOEM/BSEE-compliant PSO certification course covers the regulations for reducing seismic survey impacts to

[MARMAM] New publication - Humpback whale group sizes in line transect ship surveys

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce our recent publication: Bortolotto G.A., Danilewicz D., Andriolo A. and Zerbini A.N. (2016). Humpback whale *Megaptera novaeangliae* (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) group sizes in line transect ship surveys: An evaluation of observer errors.

[MARMAM] New paper on the effect of construction-related activities and vessel traffic on marine mammals

Dear MARMAM colleagues, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of the following paper in “Marine Ecology Progress Series": Effect of construction-related activities and vessel traffic on marine mammals Ross M. Culloch, Pia Anderwald, Anja Brandecker, Damien Haberlin, Barry

[MARMAM] mark-recapture and machine-learning: new pre-print

Dear MARMAM, For those of you who study marked-animals, I would like to bring to your attention a pre-print manuscript about a new mark-recapture method rooted in machine-learning. A free pdf is available here: http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/09/052266.full.pdf The manuscript

[MARMAM] Underwater Acoustic Webinar Reminders

To meet the expressed needs of the the international regulatory community, the *Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS)* Team is facilitating a *free*, *five-part webinar series on topics related to underwater sound.* An archived version of the 3rd webinar in this series,