[MARMAM] Alaska Whale Foundation 2019 Research Program - call or volunteers

2019-01-09 Thread Andy Szabo
Alaska Whale Foundation (AWF) is seeking volunteers to participate in a series of research projects at its field station on Baranof Island, Southeast Alaska (latitude 57.0877 N, longitude 134.8342 W). Successful applicants will assist in collecting and/or analyzing data for projects examining

[MARMAM] Stranding Response Batten Fellowship - Virginia Aquarium

2019-01-09 Thread Sarah R. Mccormack
The Virginia Aquarium’s Research & Conservation Division is now accepting applications for a Sea Turtle and Marine Mammal Stranding Response Batten Fellow. The application deadline is January 30, 2019. Fellows are expected to begin in May, but the start date is flexible. Housing is not provided

[MARMAM] Marine Mammals of Maine Internship Opportunity

2019-01-09 Thread Walk, Dominique
*Marine Mammals of Maine 2019 Summer Internship Opportunity* Marine Mammals of Maine (MMoME) is a non-profit organization federally authorized to respond to live and dead marine mammals and sea turtles between Kittery and Rockland, Maine. MMoME covers some of the busiest seal stranding coastline,

[MARMAM] New articles on multi-host transmission of cetacean morbillivirus and expansion of host range to river otters

2019-01-09 Thread Sandro Mazzariol
Dear Collegues wishing you all an happy 2019, my Collegues and me are happy to announce two new papers on cetaceans morbillivirus host range. The most recent one is a brief report on dolphin morbillivirus host range with a new species involved in Italy (river otters). This paper follows another

[MARMAM] Passive Acoustic Monitoring Level 2 course

2019-01-09 Thread Stephanie Barnicoat
Dear Colleagues Seiche Training will be launching our PAM Level 2 course on the 18th to 21st Feb 2019, Devon, UK. This will be a new three and a half day course that builds on Seiche’ s PAM Level 1 course to develop operators’ skills for advanced PAMGuard configuration and troubleshooting

[MARMAM] Second Call: Training Course - An Introduction To Using GIS/QGIS In Biological Research, 18-19 March 2019

2019-01-09 Thread Colin D. MacLeod
This is the second call for attendees for our upcoming introductory training course for those who wish to learn how to use GIS in biological research, and it will provide an introduction to using GIS in a wide variety of biological research situations, including marine mammal research, and the

[MARMAM] Summer Internship - Virginia Aquarium's Stranding Response Program

2019-01-09 Thread Sarah R. Mccormack
The Virginia Aquarium’s Research & Conservation Division is now accepting Stranding Response Intern applications for Summer 2019. The application deadline is January 30, 2019. Interns are expected to begin in May, but the start date is flexible. Please note that all positions are