[MARMAM] 22nd Biennial Marine Mammal Conference Workshop Announcement

2017-07-13 Thread Frances Robertson
Hello! We are excited to be bringing the following full day workshop to the 22nd Biennial Marine Mammal Conference. *Women in marine mammal science: Breaking down barriers to success. * *Saturday October 28* *8 am - 5 pm * A full summary of the workshop is below, in addition further

[MARMAM] New publication on dolphins associating with a trawl fishery

2017-07-13 Thread Simon Allen
G’day Marmamers, My co-authors and I are pleased to have had the following paper published in Scientific Reports: “Preliminary estimates of the abundance and fidelity of dolphins associating with a demersal trawl fishery”. The authors are Allen SJ, Pollock KH, Bouchet PJ, Kobryn HT, McElligott

[MARMAM] job announcement

2017-07-13 Thread Miriam Brandt
Job advertisement Position for marine and environmental projects We are offering a position for a biologist/statistician (MSc or comparable qualification) for projects in the marine environment, with the main focus on data analyses and report-writing. Most projects are based on visual and

[MARMAM] Job posting - Biologist with NMRWB

2017-07-13 Thread Mark Basterfield
The Nunavik Marin Region Wildlife Board (NMRWB) is looking for someone to join our team in Inukjuak. The Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board (NMRWB) is an institution of public government established subsequent to ratification of the Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement, and the main

[MARMAM] FWC Manatee Internship availability

2017-07-13 Thread Howell, Amber
The Southeast manatee field station is currently seeking candidates for one Fall/Winter 2017 and one Winter/Spring 2018 internship! Application deadline is Monday, August 7th Interns will assist with manatee rescue, carcass salvage, and research in South Florida. The Southeast Field lab is

[MARMAM] New publication on the use of the Robust Design on a small island associated population of Tursiops aduncus

2017-07-13 Thread Violaine Globice
Dear all, I am pleased to announce the publication of the article entitled " Identifying Key Demographic Parameters of a Small Island–Associated Population of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Reunion, Indian Ocean)" in Plos One. The article is open access and can be downloaded from the

[MARMAM] SMM Workshop: PAM of marine mammals

2017-07-13 Thread Jens Koblitz
Dear MarMam and ECS Communities, We like to announce a workshop titled: "Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) of marine mammals" at the upcoming 22nd Biennial Conference of the Marine Mammal Society. This two day workshop will take place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of October. Passive

[MARMAM] New publication about humpback dolphins abundance, distribution and group dynamics in the Middle East.

2017-07-13 Thread Bruno Diaz Lopez
Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce that our latest article about humpback dolphins has been published in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (JMBA). Díaz López, B., Grandcourt, E., Methion, S., Das, H., Bugla, I., Al Hameli, M., Al

[MARMAM] SMM 2017 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: Experimental science in wild and captive marine mammals

2017-07-13 Thread Jason Bruck
Dear All, We are pleased to announce the following workshop to be held on Saturday October 28th, 2017 at the upcoming SMM conference in Halifax Title: Experimental Science in wild and captive marine mammals Given the difficulty working with marine mammals, research programs often have a

[MARMAM] SMM WORKSHOP: Flukebook an online platform for data analysis

2017-07-13 Thread Shane
For SMM participants working with PhotoID, genetic samples, sightings data, and/or tag data: No researcher can cover the range over which whales operate, we need the tools to work on oceanic and global scales to conserve marine species over biologically relevant scales. Flukebook