[MARMAM] Summer Internship - Marine Mammal Rescue/Rehabilitation

2023-03-25 Thread Karen Helms
The Northcoast Marine Mammal Center in Crescent City, California, is accepting applications for Summer internships in marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation. Internships are 12-14 weeks. The internships are unpaid but include a $750 stipend, paid in 3 installments. Applicants will live and

[MARMAM] New publication: A Novel Technique for Photo-Identification of the Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus, as Determined by Drone Aerial Images

2023-03-25 Thread Eduard Degollada
Dear Marmam Community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new paper: Degollada, E.; Amigó, N.; O’Callaghan, S.A.; Varola, M.; Ruggero, K.; Tort, B. A Novel Technique for Photo-Identification of the Fin Whale, /Balaenoptera physalus/, as Determined by Drone Aerial Images. /Drones/

[MARMAM] New publication: Micro-scale spatio-temporal patterns in porpoise activity

2023-03-25 Thread Johanna Stedt
Dear all, We are pleased to share our new publication: Micro-scale spatial preference and temporal cyclicity linked to foraging in harbour porpoises. Stedt J, Wahlberg M, Carlström J, Nilsson PA, Amundin M, Oskolkov N & Carlsson P. (2023) Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 708:143-161. doi:

[MARMAM] New publication: Aerial photogrammetry techniques using drones to estimate morphometric measurements and body condition in South American small cetaceans

2023-03-25 Thread Lucas Lima
Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to inform you about a new publication titled “Aerial photogrammetry techniques using drones to estimate morphometric measurements and body condition in South American small cetaceans” recently published in Marine Mammal Science. *de

[MARMAM] ACCOBAMS Course for Marine Mammals Observers and Passive Acoustic Monitoring

2023-03-25 Thread Oceanomare Delphis
Oceanomare Delphis Onlus and CIBRA, under the agreement signed with ACCOBAMS, will be running a training course to qualify individuals as Marine Mammal Observers and operators of Passive Acoustic Monitoring systems. When: 16-21 May 2023 Where: Island of Ischia (Italy) Participation fee: 1000

[MARMAM] New publication: Tactile responses to environmental enrichment in captive Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)

2023-03-25 Thread Karen Lucchini
Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce that the following paper on Antillean manatees’ tactile responses to environmental enrichment is now available online: Lucchini, K., Umeed, R., dos Santos, P. J. P., Attademo, F. L. N., de Oliveira Luna, F., & Bezerra, B.

[MARMAM] Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation - Summer 2023 Marine Mammal Research Internship

2023-03-25 Thread Beatriz Tintore
Research Internship Positions Summer 2023 – Greece Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation still has spots available for the *Marine Mammal and Research Conservation INTERNSHIPS ON-SITE*. Archipelagos is a Greek non-profit, non-governmental organization combining multidisciplinary

[MARMAM] New publication: Estimating population size

2023-03-25 Thread Heloíse Pavanato
Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I'm pleased to share with you our latest open-access publication on interface between ecology and statistics that may be of interest to some of you, particularly for capture-recapture and distance sampling developers and users. Schofield M, Barker RJ,

[MARMAM] New paper: "Response of harbor porpoises to different types of acoustic harassment devices and subsequent piling during the construction of offshore wind farms"

2023-03-25 Thread Julika Voss
Dear MARMAM community, my co-authors Armin Rose, Vladislav Kosarev, Raul Vilela, Ilse van Opzeeland, Ansgar Diederichs and I are delighted to announce our latest paper in Frontiers in Marine Science: "Response of harbor porpoises to different types of acoustic harassment devices and subsequent

[MARMAM] New publication: How does habitat influence metabolism? Clues from biomarker response and contaminant profile in Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) subspecies living in parapatry

2023-03-25 Thread Barbara Righetti
Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to inform you about our new publication, entitled: "How does habitat influence metabolism? Clues from biomarker response and contaminant profile in Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) subspecies living in parapatry" in Science of The

[MARMAM] New publication on Southern Hemisphere humpback whales

2023-03-25 Thread Eric Angel Ramos
Greetings MARMAM! I am pleased to announce the publication of our research article titled “Interchange of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales across the South Atlantic Ocean” in Scientific Reports. The article is Open Access and can be found here:

[MARMAM] Diving porpoises conserve more oxygen when they can’t see

2023-03-25 Thread Peter Teglberg Madsen
Dear All, In a recent paper we show that porpoises conserve more oxygen when they can’t see. The dive response of marine mammals allow them to undertake long breath-hold dives to access rich marine prey resources. It consists of a mixture of peripheral vasoconstriction and a lowering of heart

[MARMAM] PAM course - Ireland

2023-03-25 Thread Patrick Lyne
PA *Passive Acoustic Monitoring training from April 4th to 9th 2023* (will allow participants to continue to ACCOBAMS certification through DMAD as it will satisfy PAM and boat time requirements) · The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) with assistance from Vanishing Point (VP) is