[MARMAM] New Articles
Hi, All Happy New Year. It was very nice meeting many of you at the Biennial. Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. Please let me know of any mistakes. Make all requests to: jani...@cox.net Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3369 jani...@cox.net djani...@nhm.org Janiger Journals ACEVEDO, J.; D. HARO; L. DALLA ROSA; A. AGUAYO-LOBO; R. HUCKE-GAETE; E. SECCHI; J. PLANA and L. A. PASTENE. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 22(1):33-38. 2014. Evidence of spatial structuring of eastern South Pacific humpback whale feeding grounds. 0.926 MB (Author's copy) AINSLIE, MICHAEL A. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(5):3506-3512. 2013. Neglect of bandwidth of odontocetes echo location clicks biases propagation loss and single hydrophone population estimates. 0.379 MB ANTUNES ZAPPES, CAMILAH; LUIZ CLAUDIO PINTO DE SA ALVES; CAMILA VENTURA DA SILVA; ALEXANDRE DE FREITAS AZEVEDO; ANA PAULA MADEIRA DI BENEDITTO and ARTUR ANDRIOLO. OCEAN COASTAL MANAGEMENT 85:46-57. 2013. Accidents between artisanal fisheries and cetaceans on the Brazilian coast and Central Amazon: Proposals for integrated management. 0.631 MB AZZARA, ALYSON J.; WYNDYLYN M. VON ZHAREN and JOAL J. NEWCOMB. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(6):4566-4574. 2013. Mixed-methods analytic approach for determining potential impacts of vessel noise on sperm whale click behavior. 0.445 MB BAILEY, HELEN; PHILIP S. HAMMOND and PAUL M. THOMPSON. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 450:30-39. 2014. Modelling harbour seal habitat by combining data from multiple tracking systems. 1.583 MB BAKER, C. S.; A. HUTT; K. THOMPSON; M. L. DALEBOUT; J. ROBINS R. L. BROWNELL, JR. and G. S. STONE. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 16(6):641-647. 2013. Species identity and human consumption of beaked whales in the Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati. 0.258 MB BANKS, JANAYA; MARY-ANNE LEA; STEPHEN WALL; CLIVE R. MCMAHON and MARK A. HINDELL. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 450:79-90. 2014. Combining bio-logging and fatty acid signature analysis indicates spatio-temporal variation in the diet of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina. 1.405 MB BENNETT, K. A.; M. HAMMILL and S. CURRIE. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMICAL, SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 183(8):1075-1088. 2013. Liver glucose-6-phosphatase proteins in suckling and weaned grey seal pups: Structural similarities to other mammals and relationship to nutrition, insulin signalling and metabolite levels. 1.036 MB BERNASCONI, M.; R. PATEL; L. NOTTESTAD; G. PEDERSEN and A. S. BRIERLEY. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(6):4316-4322. 2013. The effect of depth on the target strength of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). 0.381 MB BLAIN, STEPHANE; SOPHIE RENAUT; XIAOGANG XING; HERVE CLAUSTRE and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 40, no.L058065. 5pp. 2013. Instrumented elephant seals reveal the seasonality in chlorophyll and light-mixing regime in the iron-fertilized Southern Ocean. 1.514 MB BRANSTETTER, BRAIN K.; JENNIFER S. TRICKEY; HITOMI AIHARA; JAMES J. FINNERAN and TORI R. LIBERMAN. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(6):4556-4565. 2013. Time and frequency metrics related to auditory masking of a 10kHz tone in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.553 MB CHARIF, RUSSELL A.; ASHAKUR RAHAMAN; CHARLES A. MUIRHEAD; MICHAEL S. PITZRICK; ANN M. WARDE; JAMES HALL; CYNTHIA PYC and CHRISTOPHER W. CLARK. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(6):4323-4334. 2013. Bowhead whale acoustic activity in the southeast Beaufort Sea during late summer 2008-2010. 0.488 MB CHOLEWIAK, DANIELLE; SIMONE BAUMANN-PICKERING and SOFIE VAN PARIJS. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 134(5):3905-3912. 2013. Description of sounds associated with Sowerby's beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens) in the western North Atlantic Ocean. 0.412 MB CHRISTMAN, CYNTHIA L.; JOHN J. CITTA; LORI T. QUAKENBUSH; JANET T. CLARKE; BRENDA K. RONE; REBECCA A. SHEA; MEGAN C. FERGUSON and MADS PETER HEIDE-JORGENSEN. POLAR BIOLOGY 36(12):1851-1856. 2013. Presence and behavior of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in July 2011. 0.415 MB CLARK, FAY E.; SAMUEL L. DAVIES; ANDREW W. MADIGAN; ABBY J. WARNER and STAN A. KUCZAJ, II. ZOO BIOLOGY 32(6):608-619. 2013. Cognitive enrichment for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Evaluation of a novel underwater maze device. 0.394 MB CORNEJO ORTEGA, JOSE LUIS; ROSA MARIA CHAVEZ DAGOSTINO and BRYAN H. MASSAM. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH 29(6):1445-1451. 2013. Sustainable tourism: Whale watching footprint in the Bahia de Banderas, Mexico. 0.178 MB COWLES, JONATHAN D.; SHANDELLE M. HENSON; JAMES L. HAYWARD and MATTHEW W. CHACKO. NATURAL RESOURCE MODELING
[MARMAM] Last day to register for Passive Acoustic Technician Training Course - January 10
Registration will soon be closing for the Bio-Waves, Inc. Passive Acoustic Technician training course (www.bio-waves.com/education), scheduled to occur Monday, February 10th through Friday February 14th, 2014 in warm, sunny San Diego, California. The last day to register online is Friday January 10 and only a few spaces remain, so if you are interested please contact us soon. This 4.5 day course combines lectures covering concepts, theory and methods with hands-on demonstrations and computer training. The aim of the course is to give participants a working knowledge of passive acoustic hardware, software and methods used to monitor marine mammals. The training course will familiarize individuals with passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) equipment and best practices, as well as offer instruction for troubleshooting and field repairs. We will teach the basic skills required to prepare individuals for work as passive acoustic field and post processing technicians. It will be held at the San Diego Supercomputer Center on the University of California, San Diego campus in La Jolla, California. The training course will include the following: · An introduction to the physics of underwater sound (lectures) · An introduction to marine mammal acoustics (lectures) · An introduction to PAM hardware such as hydrophones, sonobuoys and autonomous recorders (lectures and demo) · Instruction on the design, setup, troubleshooting and repair of towed hydrophone array systems (Demo and hands-on training) · Training in software used to detect, localize, and classify sounds produced by marine mammals (lectures, computer laboratory work and demos) · Training in software used to review and post-process acoustic data (lectures and computer laboratory work) · Lectures on the role of passive acoustic methods in mitigation and marine mammal monitoring · Lectures on best practices for effective acoustic data collection and management · Guest lectures from subject area experts (e.g., scientists from local research institutes such as UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography presenting current research projects) At the conclusion of the course, participants will have gained a working knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of passive acoustic system design, operations, and maintenance. They will have had hands-on experience with a variety of software programs commonly used during real-time field operations and for data review and analysis. Additionally, participants will have performed specific tasks (e.g. repairing cables, troubleshooting acoustic systems etc.), and will receive a set of materials for reference in the field. For those participants that are interested, we are pleased to offer course credit for the training course through the University of California, San Diego's Extension Program. Four quarter units are available to those who are interested via a separate UCSD application and fees. To register or obtain more information about the course please visit ( www.bio-waves.com/education). A $300 non-refundable deposit towards $1,450 total fee will be required to secure your position in the course, and a minimum number of participants must be registered by Friday, January 10th, 2014 (deposits will be refunded if the minimum is not met prior to this date and we will notify all registrants). Limited space is available at a discounted rate for groups or graduate students; discounts are available on a first come, first serve basis. Please contact educat...@bio-waves.net with any questions. We look forward to seeing you this coming winter! -- If you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore -Apsley Cherry-Garrard ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
[MARMAM] Call for Marine Mammal Photos
Dear MARMAMMers, We are currently preparing a second edition of our 2008 Elsevier book- Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification. As part of the upgrade, we are soliciting new photos to improve on those of the first edition. We are mainly looking for images of rarer species (e.g., beaked whales, Baikal/Caspian seals, Ross seal, and southern fur seals), but also unusual behaviors, hybrids, anomalous color patterns, etc. If we use your photo, you will receive a 30% discount on the book; if we use a large number of your photos, you will receive a free copy of the e-book. Please send pinniped photos to Marc Webber marcweb...@sbcglobal.net and all other marine mammal photos to Robert Pitman robert.pit...@noaa.gov. Please send medium size JPGs and we will request full-res versions later if we need them. We thank you in advance for your contributions! Best wishes, Thomas A.Jefferson Marc A. Webber Robert L. Pitman * Thomas A.Jefferson, Ph.D. ClymeneEnterprises / ¡VIVA Vaquita! 13037Yerba Valley Way Lakeside,CA 92040 Tel. (619) 938-0267 Email: sclym...@aol.com * ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
[MARMAM] Fwd: Final Announcement for Research Ecologist for NOAA's Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program - CLOSES JAN 15
Aloha All- This is the final reminder of an excellent job opportunity opening in our monk seal program (HMSRP). The original announcement stated the position closed on Jan. 6 but because of delays over the holidays it has been extended to Jan 15. Several people have sent queries about what the job entails...so here are some examples. Last Friday you would have responded to a young female seal that had a large circle hook in her lip and was wrapped in fishing line. You would have been successful and felt great all weekend. Next week you would be deploying Crittercams and cellphone tags to understand the foraging behavior of seals in the main Hawaiian Islands...in a few months you would be taking that information to a group of local fishermen and explaining to some of them why monk seals aren't eating all the fish. It would be tense but you would get through to at least a couple of them. The next day you would be meeting with HMSRP biologists and vets from around the world to talk about when and how to vaccinate the population in the face of a disease outbreak. This summer you would spend 3 weeks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands translocating young female pups to new atolls to dramatically increase their likelihood of survival. In between all this you would be designing new studies, analyzing data, publishing papers, developing budgets, responding to emergencies, and more. Every day is a new challenge but it is always interesting and there are few conservation research programs out there that are more applied than the HMSRP. If you are a bright, motivated scientist, have experience handling marine mammals, turtles or other large mammals, and have some experience dealing with people and conflict t then you could be a good fit for the HMSRP. *This is a research position in the US Federal Government. You must be a US Citizen or National to apply for the position.* *For more information on the job and how to apply visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/358468200 https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/358468200* Cheers, Charles -- Charles Littnan, PhD. Lead Scientist, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program NOAA Fisheries Service 1601 Kapiolani Blvd, Suite 1000 Honolulu HI, 96814 T: (808) 944-2171 -- Charles Littnan, PhD. Lead Scientist, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program NOAA Fisheries Service 1601 Kapiolani Blvd, Suite 1000 Honolulu HI, 96814 T: (808) 944-2171 ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
