[MARMAM] New Publication: Right whale family patterns in fecundity and habitat use

On behalf of my coauthors, I'm pleased to announce our publication in *Frontiers in Marine Science* "Maternal Lineage and Habitat Use Patterns Explain Variation in the Fecundity of a Critically Endangered Baleen Whale". This article examines maternal linkages in fecundity and the use of a novel

[MARMAM] New publication on phenological changes for North Atlantic right, humpback and fin whales

Greetings: My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our open access paper in Global Change Biology: Pendleton DE, Tingley MW, Ganley LC, Friedland KD, Mayo C, Brown MW, McKenna BE, Jordaan A, Staudinger MD (2022) Decadal‐scale phenology and seasonal climate drivers of

[MARMAM] New publication: Improving detectability of dolphin signature whistles for capture-recapture analysis: an examination of array configuration using real-world data

Dear MARMAM, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce the following publication: Jack Fearey, Simon H. Elwen, Greg Distiller, Tess Gridley. (2022). Improving detectability of dolphin signature whistles for capture-recapture analysis: an examination of array configuration using

[MARMAM] New publication: Song complexity is maintained during inter-population cultural transmission of humpback whale songs

Dear MARMAM, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce the following publication: Jenny A. Allen, Ellen C. Garland, Claire Garrigue, Rebecca A. Dunlop, & Michael J. Noad. (2022). Song complexity is maintained during inter-population cultural transmission of humpback whale songs.

[MARMAM] New publication: Cellular Prion Protein Expression in the Brain Tissue from Brucella ceti-Infected Striped Dolphins ( Stenella coeruleoalba)

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are very happy to share our recent publication on the *Cellular Prion Protein Expression in the Brain Tissue from Brucella ceti-Infected Striped Dolphins ( Stenella coeruleoalba)* You will find the open access publication here:

[MARMAM] New publication: Systematic validation and assessment of immunohistochemical markers for central nervous system pathology in cetaceans

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are very happy to share our most recent publication on the *Systematic validation and assessment of immunohistochemical markers for central nervous system pathology in cetaceans, with emphasis on auditory pathways*. You will find the open access publication

[MARMAM] New publication: Planning Conservation Strategies of Guiana Dolphin

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors Daniela Godoy and Artur Andriolo, I'm pleased to share our latest publication in Frontiers in Conservation Science, section Animal Conservation, *Planning Conservation Strategies of Guiana Dolphin Related to Canal Flow and Habitat Changes in the

[MARMAM] New publication about Amazonian manatee feeding ecology using stable isotopes

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recently published article in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Carvalho, C.C., Marmontel, M., Botta, S., Emin-Lima, R., Costa, A.F., Crema, L.C. et al. (2022). Spatio-temporal, ontogenetic and

[MARMAM] New publication on rough-toothed dolphin proposed subspecies

Dear MARMAM, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recently published article in Marine Mammal Science: Albertson GR, Alexander A, Archer FI, Caballero S, Martien, KK, Hemery, LG, Baird RW, Oremus M, Poole MM, Duffield DA, Brownell, Jr. RL, Kerem D, Mignucci-Gionanni AA, Baker CS

[MARMAM] New publication about the Ship strike risk for fin whales in the NW Mediterranean

Dear MARMAM community, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our article in Frontiers in Marine Science. Tort Castro B, Prieto González R, O’Callaghan SA, Dominguez Rein-Loring P and Degollada Bastos E (2022) Ship Strike Risk for Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) Off the

[MARMAM] New publication on fin whale seasonal distribution in Antarctic and Australian waters based on passive acoustics

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our new paper, “Seasonal Distribution of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) in Antarctic and Australian Waters Based on Passive Acoustics” by Aulich MG, McCauley RD, Miller BS, Samaran F, Giorli G, Saunders BJ and Erbe C, was

[MARMAM] New publication on Steller and California sea lion consumption of Pacific salmon in northwest Washington

Dear Colleagues, I would like to share with you a new publication on Steller and California sea lion consumption of Pacific salmon in northwest Washington. The study reports on the frequency and overall consumption estimates by species and size class of salmon by sea lions based on analysis of

[MARMAM] New publication - Dorsal fin mark changes for assigning sexes to individual bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus

Dear Marmam On behalf of my co-authors I am pleased to share our recent publication entitled "Dorsal fin mark changes for assigning sexes to individual bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus" published in the journal Marine Mammal Science. Authors: Bridget S. James, Tess Gridley, Barry

[MARMAM] New publication: Resource partitioning in sympatric otariids in Peru

Dear MARMAM Colleagues My co-authors and I would like to share our recent publication: Cárdenas‐Alayza, S., Torres, D. A., Gutiérrez, D., & Tremblay, Y. (2022). Resource partitioning as a mechanism for trophic segregation in sympatric otariids from the productive upwelling Peruvian Humboldt

[MARMAM] New Publication - Phylogeography of the Endangered Franciscana Dolphin: Timing and Geological Setting of the Evolution of Populations

Dear marmam, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our recent publication entitled "Phylogeography of the Endangered Franciscana Dolphin: Timing and Geological Setting of the Evolution of Populations" published in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Authors: Luana Nara, Marta J.

[MARMAM] New publication - Oregon whales

Dear MARMAM community, We are pleased to announce the publication of our study of rorqual whale distribution and phenology off the coast of Oregon. This publication is part of the OPAL project (for more details see: [

[MARMAM] New publication: First biologging data finds remarkably fast biosonar and movement strategy for Sowerby's beaked whale

Dear marmam, It is our pleasure to share our recent publication on the biosonar and movement strategy of Sowerby's beaked whales. The first biologging data on this species, from individuals tagged off Terceira, Azores with Dtags, showed surprisingly fast swimming and hunting behaviour,

[MARMAM] New publication: Temporal-trends of OHCs in Pontoporia blainvillei

Dear MARMAM Community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new paper with you entitled "Franciscana dolphins, *Pontoporia blainvillei*, as environmental sentinels of the world's largest mining disaster: Temporal trends for organohalogen compounds and their consequences for an endangered

[MARMAM] New Publication: An integrative taxonomic investigation supports the presence of distinct bottlenose dolphin species

Dear All, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our recent paper published first online in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. In this study we describe a species of bottlenose dolphin for the coastal waters of the US Atlantic Ocean based on an integrative taxonomic

[MARMAM] New publication: 40-year analysis of marine mammal stranding patterns in Texas

On behalf of my co-authors, we are pleased to share our recent publication "Forty-year historical analysis of marine mammal strandings in Texas from 1980-2019". The publication is open access through the Journal of Cetacean Research and Management and can be accessed here:

[MARMAM] New Publication: Hookworm infection in Australian Sea lion pups’ -- Ecoimmunological approach

Dear MARMAM Colleagues My co-authors and I would like to share our most recent publication in Frontiers In Vet Science with all members of the Group. Meza Cerda M-I, Gray R, Thomson PC, Butcher L, Simpson K, Cameron A, Marcus AD and Higgins DP (2022). Developing Immune Profiles of Endangered

[MARMAM] New publication: ancient polar bear remains of the Pleistocene and Holocene

I am proud to announce the publication in the peer-reviewed journal Open Quaternary, reporting more than 104 records of ancient polar bear remains across the Arctic, entitled: Polar bear fossil and archaeological records from the Pleistocene and Holocene in relation to sea ice extent and open

[MARMAM] New publication: Comparing distribution of harbour porpoise using GAM and HBM-INLA

We are pleased to announce our new publication in Ecological Modelling titled: Comparing distribution of harbour porpoise using generalized additive models and hierarchical Bayesian models with integrated nested laplace approximation. This open access publication is available here:

[MARMAM] New publication: Demographic decline of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolpin in the Beibu Gulf

Greetings MARMAM, I am pleased to announce the publication of our newest article about the demographic dynamics of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in the Beibu Gulf, northern South China Sea in *Frontiers in Marine Science. *Lin W, Zheng R, Liu B, Chen S, Lin M, Liu M, Liu W, Li S. Low

[MARMAM] New publication: Mutual mother–pup vocal recognition in the highly colonial Cape fur,seal: evidence of discrimination of calls with a high acoustic similarity

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to inform you our new publication in /Animal Cognition/: *Mutual mother–pup vocal recognition in the highly colonial Cape fur seal: evidence of discrimination of calls with a high acoustic similarity* Mathilde Martin, Tess Gridley,

[MARMAM] New Publication on vocal behaviour of humpback whales at the Vema Seamount

On behalf of my co-authors, I am happy to announce the publication of our new article regarding the vocal behaviour of humpback whales near the Vema Seamount. This article is open access and available athttps:// asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/10.0010072 Reference: Ross-Marsh, E.C., Elwen, S.H.,

[MARMAM] New publication: Multi-regional comparison of scarring and pigmentation patterns in Cuvier's beaked whales

On behalf of my co-authors, we are pleased to share our recent publication in a special edition of Mammalian Biology focused on techniques and methods of photo-identification: Coomber, F.G., Falcone, E.A., Keene, E.L., Cárdenas-Hinojosa, G.; Huerta-Patiño, R.; Rosso, M. Multi-regional comparison

[MARMAM] New Publication: Concepts, knowledge gaps and concerns relating to stranded cetacean welfare and survival

Dear MARMAMers, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our recent publication in a special issue on Wildlife Welfare in the journal Diversity which has explored the fundamental concepts, knowledge gaps and key concerns relating to stranded cetacean welfare and survival. Boys, R.M.;

[MARMAM] New publication on Saimaa ringed seal moulting site fidelity

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our article ”Extreme moulting site fidelity of the Saimaa ringed seal” in Mammalian Biology. Vincent Biard, Milaja Nykänen, Marja Niemi, Mervi Kunnasranta. Abstract: Site fidelity is commonly observed in

[MARMAM] New publication: The Colombian Caribbean Sea, a tropical habitat for the vulnerable sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)?

Dear colleagues We are pleased to share with you our new publication where we identified that the Colombian Caribbean Sea could be a tropical important habitat for the sperm whale: Avila, I.C., Farías-Curtidor, N., Castellanos-Mora, L., Bohrer do Amaral, K., Barragán-Barrera, D., Orozco, C.,

[MARMAM] New publication: Range-wide comparison of gray whale body condition reveals contrasting sub-population health characteristics and vulnerability to environmental change

Greetings MARMAM Community, On behalf of my co-authoers, I am excited to share our recent publication in Frontiers in Marine Science: Torres, L.G., Bird, C.N, Rodrigues-Gonzáles, F., Christiansen F., Bejder, L., Lemos, L., Urbán Ramírez, J., Swartz, S., Willoughby, A., Hewitt., J., Bierlich,

[MARMAM] New Publication: Rise of the Machines: Best Practices and Experimental Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Dorsal Fin Image Matching Systems for Bottlenose Dolphins

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of myself and my co-authors, we would like to alert you to our new publication examining computer-assisted dorsal fin image matching systems that has recently been published in Frontiers in Marine Science as part of The Dolphins of Sarasota Bay: Lessons from 50 years of

[MARMAM] New publication: Environmental influences on breeding biology and pup production in Australian fur seals

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the Open Access publication of the following article in Royal Society Open Science: "Environmental influences on breeding biology and pup production in Australian fur seals" The article can be found here:

[MARMAM] New publication: Number of Primordial Follicles in Juvenile Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) from the Gulf of Bothnia and West Greenland (Britta Schmidt)

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am happy to announce the publication of our newest paper in Animals: "Number of Primordial Follicles in Juvenile Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) from the Gulf of Bothnia and West Greenland" Full view access to the article can be found here:

[MARMAM] New publication: Adapting photo-ID methods for difficult to ID species

Dear Marmam community, On behalf of my co-authors, I am happy to announce the publication of our recent paper in Mammalian Biology: "Adapting photo‑identification methods to study poorly marked cetaceans: a case study for common dolphins and harbor porpoises" Full view-only access to the

[MARMAM] New publication on frequency decline of blue whale calls

Dear MARMAM community, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our paper, "Update on frequency decline of Northeast Pacific blue whale (*Balaenoptera musculus*) calls" in *PLOS ONE*. Ally Rice, Ana Širović, John A. Hildebrand, Megan Wood, Alex Carbaugh-Rutland, and Simone

[MARMAM] New publication: A Review of Cumulative Effects Assessment Practice for Marine Mammals

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our latest publication reviewing Cumulative Effects Assessment practice for marine mammals. It is available open access now in Frontiers in Marine Science at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.822467 Same Space, Different Standards: A

[MARMAM] New Publication: Stable Isotope Differences of Polar Bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent publication in the Journal of Wildlife Management: Smith, M. E. K., L. Horstmann, and R. Stimmelmayr. 2022. Stable isotope differences of polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea. Journal of Wildlife

[MARMAM] New publication submission

Dear MARMAM community, We are pleased to announce the publication of our new research paper in frontiers in Marine Science special edition Whales and Climate, where we found variability in feeding patterns of humpback and southern right whales are linked to changes in climate. Dedden AV and

[MARMAM] New Publication Available for Download - The Important Marine Mammal Area network: a tool for systematic spatial planning in response to the marine mammal habitat conservation crisis

Dear MARMAM Subscribers, The Important Marine Mammal Areas Secretariat and the IUCN Joint SSC/WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force (MMPATF) are pleased to announce the publication of the following comprehensive paper on the development of IMMAs in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.

[MARMAM] New publication: Widespread Use of Migratory Megafauna for Aquatic Wild Meat in the Tropics and Subtropics

Dear colleagues We are pleased to share with you our new publication where we identified that consumption of aquatic megafauna is widespread in coastal tropical and subtropical regions: Ingram, D., Prideaux, M., Hodgins, N., Frisch-Nwakanma, H., Avila, I.C., Collins, T., Cosentino, M., W

[MARMAM] New publication: Estimating Cetacean Population Trends from Static Acoustic Monitoring Data using Paired Year Ratio Assessment (PYRA)

Greetings MARMAM Community, On behalf of my co-authors I am happy to announce our new paper in PLOS ONE: Grist EPM, McKinley TJ, Das S, Tregenza T, Jeffries A, Tregenza N (2022) Estimating cetacean population trends from static acoustic monitoring data using Paired Year Ratio Assessment

[MARMAM] New Publication: Harbour seals exposure to acoustic deterrent noise from aquaculture

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent Open Access publication in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems: Findlay, C.R., Hastie, G.D., Farcas, A., Merchant, N.D., Risch, D., & Wilson, B. (2022). Exposure of individual harbour seals (Phoca

[MARMAM] New publication and request for grant proposals announcement

Dear MARMAM Community, Scientists at the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission have published a review of the evidence for effects of climate change on marine mammals that occur in U.S. waters. Climate change impacts on Arctic marine

[MARMAM] New publication on a potential infanticide attempt by bottlenose dolphins in Belize

Greetings MARMAM, I am pleased to announce the publication of a new short note in the journal *Aquatic Mammals*: *Potential Infanticide Attempt of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) on a Young Calf in a Tropical Caribbean Atoll* *Summary* Infanticidal behavior (i.e., the

[MARMAM] new publication: a bowhead whale in the eastern north pacific

Hello A Nature Note that my colleagues and I put together about a bowhead whale in the eastern North Pacific is now published open access in Ecology and Evolution at http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8664 Towers JR, Pilkington JF, Mason EA, and Mason EV. 2022. A bowhead whale in the eastern North

[MARMAM] New publication - systematic literature review - Cook Inlet beluga

Hello, My co-authors and I published the following paper in Frontiers in Marine Science last week. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.804218 Norman SA, Dreiss LM, Niederman TE and Nalven KB (2022) A Systematic Review Demonstrates How Surrogate Populations Help Inform Conservation and Management

[MARMAM] New publication on ecotoxicology of Ross Sea Killer whales

Dear MARMAM members, On behalf of all the authors, I would like to share with you the publication in the Ecotoxicology of Tipe C Killer whales from Antarctica: Ecotoxicological Characterization of Type C Killer Whales From Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica): Molecular Biomarkers, Legacy,

[MARMAM] New publication: Ecology of humpback dolphins in the Norther Persian Gulf

Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to share with all of you our last study on the ecology of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins in the Northern Persian Gulf published in the European Journal of Wildlife Research. Title: Abundance estimation, group dynamics, and residence patterns of Indian Ocean

[MARMAM] New publication: Assessment of the impact of anthropogenic airborne noise on the behaviour of Cape fur seals during the breeding season in Namibia

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to inform you our new publication in /Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology/: *Assessment of the impact of anthropogenic airborne noise on the behaviour of Cape fur seals during the breeding season in Namibia* Mathilde

[MARMAM] New publication: variation in body mass and food intake in northern fur seals

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are excited to share our new paper that is available for early view in Marine Mammal Science that describes how body mass, food intake, and energy intake in northern fur seals varies with age, season, sex, and reproductive status. McHuron EA, Rosen DAS,

[MARMAM] New publication on the behavioral and anatomical evidence for electroreception in the bottlenose dolphin

Dear MARMAN colleagues, we are pleased to share with you our recent publication on passive electroreception in bottlenose dolphins in The Anatomical Record’s special issue on marine mammal sensors systems. Our results establish passive electroreception as a supplementary sensory modality in

[MARMAM] New publication: First Case of Brevetoxicosis Linked to Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) Mass-Mortality Event in Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean: A Climate Change Effect?

Dear Colleagues, We are glad to announce a new publication on the “*First Case of Brevetoxicosis Linked to Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) Mass-Mortality Event in Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean: A Climate Change Effect?*” ABSTRACT Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have been increasingly

[MARMAM] New publication on HI and Mexico humpback whales (Whale Trust)

Whale Trust is pleased to announce the release of a collaborative publication reporting humpback whales traveling between Hawaii and Mexico within the same winter season. Two individual male humpbacks were identified in both breeding regions approximately 7 weeks apart. These findings, combined

[MARMAM] New publication: marine mammal community composition off Southeast Greenland

Dear Marine Mammal Community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent publication: Ramona M. Mattmüller, Karolin Thomisch, Ilse Van Opzeeland, Kristin L. Laidre, and Malene Simon, "Passive acoustic monitoring reveals year-round marine mammal community composition off Tasiilaq,

[MARMAM] New publication on the sensory hairs of North Atlantic right whales

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of Christin Murphy and my other co-authors, I am pleased to announce our new publication in The Anatomical Record: Murphy, C. T., Marx, M., Martin, W. N., Jiang, H., Lapseritis, J. M., French, A. N., Simmons, N. B., & Moore, M. J. (2022). Feeling for food: Can

[MARMAM] New Publication on the Animal Audiogram Database

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I would like to draw your attention to our new publication on a community based database of hearing physiology data: The Animal Audiogram Database: A community-based resource for consolidated audiogram data and metadata Denise Jäckel, Alvaro Ortiz-Troncoso,

[MARMAM] New Publication: Microplastic Findings in Seals from German Waters

Dear MarMam-Community, On behalf of my co-authors, I am happy to share with you our recent study about the occurrences of microplastics in gastrointestinal tract samples of seals from German waters: Philipp C, Unger B, Siebert U. Occurrence of Microplastics in Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) and

[MARMAM] New publication

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent paper: Ménard, N., Turgeon, S., Conversano, M., & Martins, C. C. A. 2022. Sharing the waters: Application of a marine spatial planning approach to conserve and restore the acoustic habitat of endangered beluga whales

[MARMAM] New publication: No BMAA neurotoxin detected in stranded cetaceans in NW Spain

Dear MARMAM readers, On behalf of my coauthors and myself, I am pleased to share a recent publication with you: Soliño L., Kim S-Y., López A., Covelo P., Rydberg S., Costa P.R. and Lage S. 2022. No B-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) was detected in stranded cetaceans from Galicia (North-West

[MARMAM] New publication: common dolphin producing porpoise clicks --- (correct version)

Dear MarMamers I am very pleased to announce our latest publication, titled "I beg your pardon? Acoustic behaviour of a wild solitary common dolphin who interacts with harbour porpoises". Our results suggest that this female dolphin produces clicks similar to those emitted by porpoises, after

Re: [MARMAM] New publication: When and how to say goodbye: An analysis of Standard Operating Procedures that guide end-of-life decision-making for stranded cetaceans.

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[MARMAM] New publication: Assessment of Australian Sea Lion Bycatch Mortality in a Gillnet Fishery, and Implementation and Evaluation of an Effective Mitigation Strategy

OFFICIAL Dear colleagues I'm pleased to announce our publication in Frontiers in Marine Science, which is the culmination of almost 20 years of work that has led to significant conservation outcomes for the endangered Australian sea lion. Goldsworthy SD, Page B, Hamer DJ, Lowther AD,

[MARMAM] New publication: When and how to say goodbye: An analysis of Standard Operating Procedures that guide end-of-life decision-making for stranded cetaceans.

Dear Marine Mammal Community, We are pleased to announce our recent publication in Marine Policy regarding end-of-life decision-making for stranded cetaceans. Boys, R.M., Beausoleil, N.J., Betty, E.L., Stockin, K.A. (2022). When and how to say goodbye: An analysis of Standard Operating

[MARMAM] New publication -Not friends, just roommates: social organisation of two South American sea lion non-breeding colonies

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to share with you our new publication: Giardino GV, Mandiola MA, Bastida J, Gana JCM, Bastida RO, Rodríguez DH. 2022. *Not friends, just roommates: social organisation of two South American sea lion non-breeding colonies*. New Zealand Journal of Marine and

[MARMAM] New publication: Risk areas for marine mammals in Colombia, South America

Dear colleagues We are pleased to share with you our new publication which visually quantified threats to marine mammals in Colombia (South America), and identified mitigation actions: Avila, I.C. & A. Giraldo (2022) Áreas en riesgo para los mamíferos marinos en Colombia [Risk areas for marine

[MARMAM] New publication: A species-specific qPCR assay provides novel insight into range expansion of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) by means of eDNA analysis

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share with you our new publication on a novel non-invasive approach for the study of the Mediterranean monk seal: Elena Valsecchi, Emanuele Coppola, Rosa Pires, Andrea Parmegiani, Maurizio Casiraghi, Paolo Galli & Antonia Bruno. A species-specific qPCR

[MARMAM] New publication: Humpback whale adult females and calves balance acoustic contact with vocal crypsis during periods of increased separation

G'day all, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new publication in Ecology and Evolution: Indeck, K.L., Noad, M.J. & Dunlop, R.A. (2022). Humpback whale adult females and calves balance acoustic contact with vocal crypsis during periods of increased separation. Ecology and

[MARMAM] New publication on behavior and group behavioral responses to noise in social delphinids

MARMAM readers, On behalf of lead author John Durban and our co-authors, we would like to bring to your attention the recent publication on the novel integration of several different kinds of research approaches to quantify the behavior and behavioral responses to controlled exposure

[MARMAM] New publication: Changes in the acoustic activity of beaked whales and sperm whales recorded during a naval training exercise off eastern Canada

Dear MARMAM community, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our paper, 'Changes in the acoustic activity of beaked whales and sperm whales recorded during a naval training exercise off eastern Canada,' in Scientific Reports. Joy E. Stanistreet, Wilfried A. M. Beslin,

[MARMAM] New publication on stranding records of sperm whale on the Turkish coast in 2019-2020 with a note on the opportunistic sampling of stomach content

Dear All, Apologies for cross posting. We would like to inform you that the new paper on stranding records of sperm whale on the Turkish coast in 2019-2020 with a note on the opportunistic sampling of stomach content has been published in the Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean

[MARMAM] New publication on resighting rates of entangled humpback whales along the California-Oregon-Washington region

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new paper 'Low resighting rate of entangled humpback whales within the California, Oregon, and Washington region based on photo-identification and long-term life history data' by Jennifer Tackaberry, Elana Dobson, Kiirsten

[MARMAM] New publication on Steller and California sea lion diet and prey consumption estimates in northwest Washington state

Dear Colleagues, I would like to share a new publication with you on the diets of Steller and California sea lions in northwest Washington with an estimate of their prey consumption. The manuscript also evaluates the dietary niche overlap of the sympatric sea lion species. The manuscript was

[MARMAM] New publication on right whale calf genetics

Dear MARMAM community, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our paper, 'Genetic identifications challenge our assumptions of physical development and mother-calf associations and separation times: a case study of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)' in

[MARMAM] New publication about herpesvirus in river dolphins

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of all co-authors, I am pleased to announce the publication of our article about highly divergent herpesviruses in river dolphins from Brazil. Exposto Novoselecki H, Catão-Dias JL, Ewbank AC, Navas-Suárez PE, Duarte-Benvenuto A, Lial HC, Costa Silva S,

[MARMAM] New publication: Methodology and Neuromarkers for Cetaceans’ Brains

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are happy to share our new open-access publication in Veterinary Sciences. Sacchini, S.; Herráez, P.; Arbelo, M.; Espinosa de los Monteros, A.; Sierra, E.; Rivero, M.; Bombardi, C.; Fernández, A. Methodology and Neuromarkers for Cetaceans’ Brains. Vet.

[MARMAM] New publication: First humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) re-sighting between Azorean waters and the Barents Sea (Murman coast, northwestern Russia)

Dear MARMAM readers, on-behalf of lead author Rui Peres dos Santos and co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication: First humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) re-sighting between Azorean waters and the Barents Sea (Murman coast, northwestern Russia) Authors: Rui Peres dos Santos,

[MARMAM] New publication

Dear MARMAM community, We are pleased to announce the publication of our new dugong study in Scientific Reports (open access): Derville, S., Cleguer, C. & Garrigue, C. Ecoregional and temporal dynamics of dugong habitat use in a complex coral reef lagoon ecosystem. Sci Rep 12, 552 (2022). [

[MARMAM] New publication - HydroMoth: testing a prototype recorder for low-cost passive acoustic monitoring in aquatic ecosystems.

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of our collaborators, we are pleased to announce publication of our latest open-access paper in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. HydroMoth: testing a prototype recorder for low-cost passive acoustic monitoring in aquatic ecosystems. Lamont, T., Chapuis,

[MARMAM] New publication: Snubfin dolphins in Yawuru Nagulagun/Roebuck Bay, Western Australia (Alexandra D'Cruz)

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent publication in Frontiers in Marine Science: Ranging patterns and site fidelity of snubfin dolphins in Yawuru Nagulagun/Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. You can find the article here:

[MARMAM] New publication: functional dolphin clitoris

Colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to present our new open access article published in Current Biology entitled "Evidence of a functional clitoris in dolphins". Citation: Brennan, P.L.R., Cowart, J., and Orbach, D.N. 2022. Evidence of a functional clitoris in dolphins. *Current Biology

[MARMAM] New publication on the collection and analysis of respiratory samples from whales using drones

Dear MARMAM community, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce publication of our paper, ‘Genetic, Endocrine, and Microbiological Assessments of Blue, Humpback and Killer Whale Health using Unoccupied Aerial Systems’. Shannon Atkinson, Andrew Rogan, C. Scott Baker, Ralf Dagdag, Matthew

[MARMAM] New publication HydroMoth: testing a prototype recorder for low-cost passive acoustic monitoring in aquatic ecosystems.

Dear Colleagues,  On behalf of our collaborators, we are pleased to announce publication of our latest open-access paper in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. HydroMoth: testing a prototype recorder for low-cost passive acoustic monitoring in aquatic ecosystems. Lamont, T., Chapuis, L.,

[MARMAM] New publication

Dear Colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to present our recently published paper in Marine Mammal Science titled "Behavior related vocalizations of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Citation: Brady, B., Moore, J., & Love, K. (2021). Behavior related vocalizations of

[MARMAM] New Publication: Dugong Feeding Grounds and Spatial Feeding Patterns in Subtidal Seagrass

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of the co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication. This paper presents a case for dugongs being strategic feeders that modify their grazing behaviour in response to the availability of seagrass. Heng, H. W. K., Ooi, J. L. S., Affendi, Y. A., Kee

[MARMAM] New publication: Advanced image recognition: a fully automated, high-accuracy photo-identification matching system for humpback whales

Dear MARMAM readers, on-behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication: Advanced image recognition: a fully automated, high-accuracy photo-identification matching system for humpback whales. Authors: Cheeseman T, Southerland K, Park J, Olio M, Flynn K, Calambokidis J,

[MARMAM] New publication: Subsurface swimming and stationary diving are metabolically cheap in adult Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

Dear marmamers, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce our recent publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology. The objective in the present study was to provide novel data about metabolic demands on the Pacific walrus, which could help understand the potential impacts of

[MARMAM] New publication: Feel the beat: Cape fur seal males encode their arousal state in their bark rate

Dear all, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to inform you our new publication in The Science of Nature "Feel the beat: Cape fur seal males encode their arousal state in their bark rate" Mathilde Martin, Tess Gridley, Simon Harvey Elwen, Isabelle Charrier Abstract: The cape fur seal

[MARMAM] New publication on photo-identified humpback whales crossing putative feeding areas

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce and share our new paper: “The Southern Ocean Exchange: porous boundaries between humpback whale breeding populations in southern polar waters”, which has been published in *Scientific Reports.* Abstract: Humpback whales

[MARMAM] New publication on Bryde's whale record for Portugal (mainland)

Dear all, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce and share our recent paper titled " A new Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) record for mainland Portugal" published in the Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. volume 22. The full paper is available via open access and free to

[MARMAM] New publication on impacts of changing prey availability on porpoise populations

Hello MARMAM folks! My co-authors and I are delighted to share with you our new paper assessing the impacts of potential climate-induced changes in prey size and spatial aggregation on harbor porpoise populations, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Gallagher, C.A.,

[MARMAM] New publication on gray whale body condition

Dear Colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new publication, "Body condition of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) feeding on the Pacific Coast reflects local and basin­wide environmental drivers and biological parameters" published in the Journal of Cetacean Research and

[MARMAM] New publication: Soundscape and ambient noise levels of the Arctic waters around Greenland

Dear MARMAM subscribers and colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of our new study titled: Soundscape and ambient noise levels of the Arctic waters around Greenland Michael Ladegaard, Jamie Macaulay, Malene Simon, Kristin L. Laidre, Aleksandrina Mitseva, Simone Videsen, Michael

[MARMAM] New publication on microplastic exposure of whales in the Hauraki Gulf (New Zealand)

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am excited to share our new publication. We measured the microplastic exposure of Bryde’s and Sei whales in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand and inferred whether this exposure comes from the environment or the food. Zantis L.J., Bosker T.,

[MARMAM] New publication on flipper rubbing reciprocity

Dear MARMAM community, My co-author and I are pleased to announce the following paper. Yamamoto, C., Ishibashi, T. Flipper rubbing reciprocity and partner choice in common bottlenose dolphins. J Ethol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-021-00729-8 Abstract The exchange of prosocial

[MARMAM] New publication on humpback whale in the Mediterranean Sea

Dear friends and colleagues Me and my colleagues are glad to share with you our recent publication on the humpback whale sighted in the Mediterranean Sea in August and November 2020. Violi, B., Verga, A., Jones, L. S., Calogero, G., Soldano, G., Cheeseman, T., & Wenzel, F. W. (2021). A

[MARMAM] New publication on porpoise heart rate

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our new paper examining heart rate in foraging harbor porpoises published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: McDonald BI, Elmegaard SL, Johnson M, Wisniewska DM, Rojano-Doñate L, Galatius A, Siebert U,

[MARMAM] New publication: Population dynamics reveal a core community of bottlenose dolphins in Gulf of Mexico's open waters

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of the co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication. This is one of the resulting papers of the Doctoral thesis of Jaime Bolaños, exploring the residency patterns of common bottlenose dolphins and their effect in the parameters of a coastal

[MARMAM] New publication: Comparing Uncertainty Associated With 1-, 2-, and 3D Aerial Photogrammetry-Based Body Condition Measurements of Baleen Whales

Hi there MARMAM Community, On behalf of my colleagues, I am pleased to share our recent publication in Frontiers in Marine Science: Bierlich KC, Hewitt J, Bird CN, Schick RS, Friedlaender A, Torres LG, Dale J, Goldbogen J, Read AJ, Calambokidis J and Johnston DW (2021) Comparing Uncertainty

[MARMAM] New Publication: Acoustic analysis of crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) vocalizations in Southern Kerguelen Plateau region of East Antarctica

Dear MARMAMers, We are delighted to share our publication titled 'Acoustic analysis of crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) vocalizations in Southern Kerguelen Plateau region of East Antarctica.' Nagaraj, H., Owen, K., Lea, M-A., Miller, B.S. (2021). " Acoustic analysis of crabeater seal

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