Re: [MARMAM] On-Line Lecture this Thursday: New Findings on the Effects of Noise on the Behavior of Whales and Dolphins

2011-01-20 Thread Brandon Southall
MARMAM, In consultation with colleagues involved in the SOCAL Behavioral Response Study (BRS), I would like to comment on Renee Owens recent MARMAM post. Constructive dialog on this issue is welcome and I appreciate her expressing her views and MARMAM for providing a forum in this regard.

Re: [MARMAM] On-Line Lecture this Thursday: New Findings on the Effects of Noise on the Behavior of Whales and Dolphins

2011-01-16 Thread Renee Owens
As an environmental consultant in Southern California for 17 years, and as someone who studied the bioacoustics of the Commerson's dolphin, I have serious reservation regarding research, especially its purported importance. I find this subject a very important and serious one, and am concerned

Re: [MARMAM] On-Line Lecture this Thursday: New Findings on the Effects of Noise on the Behavior of Whales and Dolphins

2011-01-13 Thread Trevor Spradlin
Dear MARMAM Subscribers: Dr. Southall's lecture is available online on the Smithsonian's web site at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11956611 Cheers -- Trevor et al. Trevor Spradlin wrote: The NOAA/NMFS Office of Protected Resources and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

[MARMAM] On-Line Lecture this Thursday: New Findings on the Effects of Noise on the Behavior of Whales and Dolphins

2011-01-04 Thread Trevor Spradlin
The NOAA/NMFS Office of Protected Resources and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (Department of Vertebrate Zoology in conjunction with the Office of Education and National Outreach Program) are pleased to announce that Dr. Brandon Southall (SEA, Inc., and UC-Santa Cruz)