[MARMAM] 2015 Assessment of Regulator Resources and Decision Making Tools

2015-04-08 Thread Holly Morin
There is still time to participate in the 2015 Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS) Needs Assessment for the regulatory decision making community. For those of you that have already participated and provided input, we greatly appreciate your taking the time to complete this brief survey. We

[MARMAM] CRRU fully funded internships available in 2015 for UK students

2015-04-08 Thread Dr Kevin Robinson
CRRU fully funded training internships available in 2015 for UK students - Dolphins and whales of the Moray Firth We are delighted to announce that Reed Elsevier (New Scientist Parent Company) have grant funded internships for EIGHT promising UK students to join the CRRU research team in

[MARMAM] New publication linking sea ice to body condition of humpback whales using historic whaling records

2015-04-08 Thread Janelle Braithwaite
My co-authors and I would like to share with you our recent publication in Polar Biology (abstract below) - please email me if you would like a pdf copy. Thanks, Janelle Braithwaite janelle.braithwa...@gmail.com ABSTRACT: *From sea ice to blubber: linking whale condition to krill abundance

[MARMAM] New Publication: Pinniped whisker growth rates and stable isotopes

2015-04-08 Thread Roxanne Beltran
My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new publication Fine-scale whisker growth measurements can reveal temporal foraging patterns from stable isotope signatures in Marine Ecology Progress Series: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v523/ *Abstract: *Stable isotope analysis of

[MARMAM] MARMAMS at night

2015-04-08 Thread Geoffrey Patton
Marine mammals face special challenges at night and while sleeping during the day. Given the difficulties of studying natural behavior, there are few studies of nighttime behavior in marine mammals. I have some personal experience with around-the-clock care in rescue situations but would like