[MARMAM] New Articles
Hi, All Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. Please don't hit the reply button. Make all requests to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3369 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janiger Journals BAILEY, JENNIFER L. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 14(2):289-318. 2008. Arrested development: The fight to end commercial whaling as a case of failed norm change. 0.583 MB BERMAN, MATTHEW. MARINE POLICY 32(4):580-591. 2008. Endangered species, threatened fisheries: Science to the rescue! Evaluating the Congressionally designated Steller Sea Lion Research Program. 0.208 MB BLANKENSHIP, B.; C. DOLD; E. JENSEN; C. SMITH; W. VAN BONN and S. RIDGWAY. VETERINARY PATHOLOGY 45(3):412-416. 2008. Neuronal migration defect: A case of subcortical heterotopia in a California sea lion. 5.251 MB COOPER, LISA NOELLE; NILS SEDANO; STIG JOHANSSON; BRYAN MAY; JOEY D. BROWN; CASEY M. HOLLIDAY; BRIAN W. KOT and FRANK E. FISH. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 211(12):1859-1867. 2008. Hydrodynamic performance of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) flipper. 0.566 MB DALLA ROSA, L.; E. R. SECCHI; Y. G. MAIA; A. N. ZERBINI and M. P. HEIDE-JORGENSEN. POLAR BIOLOGY 31(7):771-781. 2008. Movements of satellite-monitored humpback whales on their feeding ground along the Antarctic Peninsula. 1.671 MB DE CASTILHO, PEDRO VOLKMER. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 180:107-114. 2008. Utilization of cetaceans in shell mounds from the southern coast of Brazil. 0.598 MB DE LUCA ALTIERI, BIANCA; DANIEL DE ARAUJO VIANA and ANA CAROLINA OLIVEIRA DE MEIRELLES. LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC MAMMALS 6(1):113-116. 2007. Isolation of Giardia sp. from an estuarine dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) in Ceara State, northeastern Brazil. 0.937 MB DE STEPHANIS, R.; S. GARCIA-TISCAR; P. VERBORGH; R. ESTEBAN-PAVO; S. PEREZ; L. MINVIELLE-SEBASTIA and C. GUINET. MARINE BIOLOGY (BERLIN) 154(4):603-612. 2008. Diet of the social groups of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Strait of Gibraltar. 0.479 MB EGIDO-VILLARREAL, JANITZIO; ELSA MARIA CORIA-GALINDO and JUAN PABLO GALLO-REYNOSO. REVISTA MEXICANA DE BIODIVERSIDAD 78(1):213-216. 2007. Modifications to the restriction method of Gentry and Casanas for otariid pups. 0.164 MBView with Acrobat 6.0 FLORES, HAUKE; CHRISTIAN HAAS; JAN ANDRIES VAN FRANEKER and ERIK MEESTERS. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 55(8-9):1068-1074. 2008. Density of pack-ice seals and penguins in the western Weddell Sea in relation to ice thickness and ocean depth. 0.204 MB FOSSI, MARIA CRISTINA; SILVIA CASINI; DANIELA BUCALOSSI and LETIZIA MARSILI. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 66(1):3-6. 2008. Fourteenth International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 14). First detection of CYP1A1 and CYP2B induction in Mediterranean cetacea skin biopsies and cultured fibroblasts by Western blot analysis. 0.541 MB GRECH, A. and H. MARSH. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 22(3):711-720. 2008. Rapid assessment of risks to a mobile marine mammal in an ecosystem-scale marine protected area. 0.268 MB GREENE, JR., CHARLES R.; SUSANNA B. BLACKWELL and MILES WM. MCLENNAN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 123(2):687-695. 2008. Sounds and vibrations in the frozen Beaufort Sea during gravel island construction. 1.096 MB HALL, A. J.; F. M. D. GULLAND; G. M. YLITALO; D. J. GREIG and L. LOWENSTINE. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY 42(11):4181-4187. 2008. Changes in blubber contaminant concentrations in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) associated with weight loss and gain during rehabilitation. 0.336 MB HAMILTON, TERRY; DANA SEAGARS; TERRY JOKELA and DAVID LAYTON. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 56(6):1158-1167. 2008. 137Cs and 210Po in Pacific walrus and bearded seal from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. 0.267 MB HARKONEN, TERO; KARIN HARDING; THOMAS DAU RASMUSSEN; JONAS TEILMANN and RUNE DIETZ. PLOS ONE 9(e887). 4pp. 2007. Age- and sex-specific mortality patterns in an emerging wildlife epidemic: The phocine distemper in European harbour seals. 0.090 MB HARPER, C. J.; W. A. MCLELLAN; S. A. ROMMEL; D. M. GAY; R. M. DILLAMAN and D. A. PABST. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 269(7):820-839. 2008. Morphology of the melon and its tendinous connections to the facial muscles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 1.623 MB HARVEY, VALERIE; STEEVE D. COTE and MIKE O. HAMMILL. ECOGRAPHY 31(3):371-380. 2008. The ecology of 3-D space use in a sexually dimorphic mammal. 0.414 MB JOHNSON, DEVIN S.; JOSHUA M. LONDON; MARY-ANNE LEA and JOHN W. DURBAN. ECOLOGY 89(5):1208-1215. 2008. Continuous-time correlated random walk model for animal telemetry data. 0.334 MB KJAER, KJELL-G. POLAR RECORD 44(3):265-275. 2008. Where have all the barque rigged sealers
[MARMAM] Aquatic Amniote Paleobiology group on facebook
Hello Everybody, Several months ago I started a group on facebook for those interested in aquatic amniote paleobiology. Though this obviously includes marine mammals, I hope to also involve those that study other aquatic amniotes, such as sea turtles and fossil forms. And though focused on paleobiology, I am sure a number of people studying modern whales might be interested, and could do some good for us paleontologists as well. Though a listserv on this topic might be useful someday, I hope that this group can be a less immediate, more casual opportunity for us all to share ideas, news, publications, and perhaps recruit students into our treasured field of science. For those not using facebook yet, it is a social utility site meaning that you need to establish a page of your own. You can vary the level of restrictions to that site and the details about yourself that you put on it. The group can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=6757108629 Cheers, Brian Brian L. Beatty Assistant Professor of Anatomy New York College of Osteopathic Medicine Northern Boulevard Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000 Phone: (516) 686-7435 Fax: (516) 686-3740 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://iris.nyit.edu/nycom/Departments/Anatomy/index.htm ** This e- mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail and destroy all copies of the original. ** ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
[MARMAM] LAJAM issue 6-1
Dear all, On behalf of our Editorial Board, it is my pleasure to announce that issue 6-1 of the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals (LAJAM) is now available. This issue includes the following articles: CONTENTS A preliminary overview of skin and skeletal diseases and traumata in small cetaceans from South American waters.. 7-42 Marie-Françoise Van Bressem, Koen Van Waerebeek, Julio C. Reyes, Fernando Félix, Mónica Echegaray, Salvatore Siciliano, Ana Paula Di Beneditto, Leonardo Flach, Francisco Viddi, Isabel Cristina Avila, Julio César Herrera, Isabel Cristina Tobón, Jaime Bolaños-Jiménez, Ignacio B. Moreno, Paulo H. Ott, Gian Paolo Sanino, Elena Castineira, David Montes, Enrique Crespo, Paulo A.C. Flores, Ben Haase, Sheila M. F. Mendonça de Souza, Maíra Laeta and Ana Bernadete Fragoso Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the Southern Hemisphere, an initial assessment . 43-69 Koen Van Waerebeek, Alan N. Baker, Fernando Félix, Jason Gedamke, Miguel Iñiguez, Gian Paolo Sanino, Eduardo Secchi, Dipani Sutaria, Anton van Helden and Yamin Wang Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ecological aspects of marine tucuxi dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) based on group size and composition in the Cananéia estuary, southeastern Brazil 71-82 Marcos César de Oliveira Santos and Sergio Rosso Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mass stranding of Bairds beaked whales at San Jose Island, Gulf of California, Mexico 83-88 Jorge Urbán R., Gustavo Cárdenas-Hinojosa, Alejandro Gómez-Gallardo U., Úrsula González-Peral, Wezddy del Toro-Orozco and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Site fidelity and behaviour of killer whales (Orcinus orca) at Sea Lion Island in the Southwest Atlantic ... 89-95 Oliver Yates, Andrew D. Black and Paola Palavecino Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Movement of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) between the Revillagigedo and Hawaiian Archipelagos within a winter breeding season ..97-102 Paul H. Forestell and Jorge Urbán R. Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Straggler subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil .. 103-116 Jailson Fulgencio de Moura and Salvatore Siciliano Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Has the manatee (Trichechus manatus) disappeared from the northern coast of the State of Veracruz, Mexico? ..109-112 Arturo Serrano, Alexander García-Jiménez and Carlos González-Gándara Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isolation of Giardia sp. from an estuarine dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) in Ceará state, northeastern Brazil ..113-116 Bianca de Luca Altieri, Daniel de Araujo Viana and Ana Carolina Oliveira de Meirelles Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unusual record of franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in inner waters of the Cananéia estuary, southeastern Brazil 117-119 Marcos César de Oliveira Santos, Eduardo dos Santos Pacífico and Michele Fernandes Gonçalves Corresponding author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any further information can be obtained from the editors ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). LAJAM is distributed to members of the South American Society of Experts on Aquatic Mammals (www.solamac.net http://www.solamac.net/ ) and the Mexican Society for the Study of Marine Mammals (www. somemma.org). North American subscriptions for non-members of SOLAMAC or SOMEMMA can be facilitated by contacting Nélio Barros ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) at P.O. Box 36, Tillamook, OR 97141-0036 USA. Best regards, Nélio Barros Editor-in-Chief, LAJAM ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
[MARMAM] new paper on manatee status in Mexico
Dear colleagues, A new paper was recently published in the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals: SERRANO, A., GARCÍA-JIMÉNEZ, A. AND GONZÁLEZ-GÁNDARA. 2007. HAS THE MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS) DISAPPEARED FROM THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE STATE OF VERACRUZ, MEXICO? LAJAM 6(1): 109-112. ABSTRACT: Knowledge about the distribution and abundance of the manatee (Trichechus manatus) along the coast of the Mexican state of Veracruz is scarce. Since few studies have been undertaken in this area, boat-based surveys and interviews with local fishermen were carried out to determine if there are remaining herds of manatees in the vicinity of the coastal towns of Tamiahua, Tuxpan, Tecolutla, and Casitas-Nautla. All of the fishermen interviewed noted that they used to see large herds of manatees in the area. Seventy-four percent (371 fishermen) of the survey respondents had not seen a manatee over the last 10 years, and 26% (131 fishermen) responded that the last time they saw large or small groups of manatees was in 1986 and 1995, respectively. However, since 1996, none of the fishermen had observed any manatees in the area. Similarly, no manatees were observed during the boat-based surveys (effort of approximately 1200km). It is almost certain that anthropogenic influences have altered manatee habitat significantly and thus affected the numbers of animals using the area. Also, fishermen speculated that natural phenomena such as cyclones, flooding, and storms caused manatees to move away from the area. More surveys along the coast of Veracruz are needed to determine if manatees still occur in this Mexican state. Also, it is urgent to implement conservation measures in the northern range of the manatee in Mexico to ensure the survival of this species along its original distribution. KEYWORDS: manatee, Trichechus manatus, population status, conservation, Gulf of Mexico Please send PDF requests to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Dr. Arturo Serrano Laboratorio de Mamíferos Marinos Universidad Veracruzana km 7.5 Carretera Tuxpan-Tampico C.P. 92850 Tuxpan, Veracruz MEXICO Cel.: (783) 112 0346 ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
[MARMAM] Final call for volunteers required for humpback whale research at Norfolk Island.
From: Peter Garbett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MARMAM] Final call for volunteers required for humpback whale research at Norfolk Island. To: marmam@lists.uvic.ca This is the final call for volunteers to participate in humpback whale research at Norfolk Island. Applications are sought from volunteers to assist with fieldwork on cetaceans, with emphasis on humpback whales, from 23 August to 14 November, 2008. The twelve (12) week survey will take place during the 2008 southbound migration of humpback whales past Norfolk Island. Continuing on from annual surveys conducted at Norfolk Island since 2003, the 2008 program will be the most extensive to date. The majority of data shall be collected from land stations, however some vessel-based work will be conducted. Work will involve documenting numbers, position and behaviour of humpback whales, as well as data relevant to observations of other cetaceans. The survey will also entail vessel-based photo-ID, acoustics and slough skin collection. Ideally, volunteers are sought for the entire survey but those who can commit to a lesser period will also be considered. You will be responsible for your transport to and from Norfolk Island. Accommodation and food will be provided. However, a nominal contribution to food costs will be welcomed. Although the survey will benefit from those who possess experience with cetacean research, training will be provided to those with a genuine interest in the marine environment. Survey equipment is far from complicated, indeed those who can use binoculars and VHF hand-held two-way radios will find themselves well qualified for the task. Significantly, a mature approach to working and living with a team of dedicated researchers for an extended period is of greater consequence. One caveat though, previous surveys from Norfolk Island have shown that occasionally several days may pass with no cetaceans sighted. For those interested, cetacean species recorded in Norfolk Island waters by the survey team include humpback, minke and pygmy killer whales, as well as bottlenose and short-beaked common dolphins. Anecdotal and whaling records suggest additional species. Applicants should send an introductory email to Adrian Oosterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Peter Garbett [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Applications will be considered as they are received and you may note that we have extended the closing date by one week (now 19 July). Those who have previously applied and received correspondence from us in return need not reply to this posting. Adrian Oosterman / Norfolk Island Whale Survey PO Box 143, Scarborough, Qld 4020, Australia Ph. +61 7 3038 8131 Mob. +61 418 984 324 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Garbett / Norfolk Island Whale Survey 1010 Beenleigh-Redland Bay Road, Carbrook, Qld 4130, Australia Mob. +61 421 152 667 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Peter Garbett [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0421 152 667 _ Are you paid what you're worth? Find out: SEEK Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fcareer%2Dresources%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Ahet%3Asc%3Anine%3A0%3Ahot%3Atext_t=764565661_r=OCT07_endtext_salary_m=EXT___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
