[MARMAM] Bottlenose Dolphin conservation efforts off Istria (Croatia) with Vivamar; volunteer spots

2018-05-21 Thread Arnes Darja
Dear MARMAM list students, Some volunteer spots are still available this season for the Bottlenose Dolphin (T. truncatus) Conservation Project with Vivamar Society. With the help of students and volunteer work we have obtained the baseline data about the local dolphin population (distribution,

[MARMAM] Dolphin Research Courses in Slovenia

2018-05-21 Thread Tilen Genov
​​Dear MARMAMers *Morigenos - Slovenian Marine Mammal Society* is organising *Dolphin Research Courses* in *Piran, Slovenia*, between June and September 2018, where interested individuals can participate in field research and help study dolphins in their natural environment. Morigenos is a

[MARMAM] New Book: Dolphin Politics in Shark Bay

2018-05-21 Thread Richard C. Connor
I am pleased to announce that my new book, Dolphin Politics in Shark Bay: A Journey of Discovery, is now available on Amazon (paperback) and may be ordered through bookstores (paper and hardback). In addition to the black and white photos in the text of the paperback, the hardback versions

[MARMAM] forthcoming publication: The Wake of the Whale

2018-05-21 Thread Russell Fielding
Dear colleagues, I'm pleased to share the news of my upcoming monograph, *The Wake of the Whale: Hunter Societies in the Caribbean and North Atlantic*, due out this fall from Harvard University Press. The book discusses the whaling operations targeting small cetaceans in the Faroe Islands and St.

[MARMAM] NEW Wild Dolphin Research Opportunities

2018-05-21 Thread Kelly Melillo Sweeting
The Dolphin Communication Project (DCP, www.dolphincommunicationproject.org) has added two new Short Field Experience (SFE) Internship sessions for this summer. Details are listed below and at

[MARMAM] New publication on endangered Southern Resident killer whales

2018-05-21 Thread Monika Wieland
Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new publication from the Orca Behavior Institute in Pacific Conservation Biology: "Declining spring usage of core habitat by endangered fish-eating killer whales reflects decreased availability of their primary prey." Abstract:

[MARMAM] Recent paper on coexisting dolphins

2018-05-21 Thread CEIC-Costa Rica
Dear colleagues, We are now pleased to share with you our most recent papers on dolphins in Golfo Dulce (Costa Rica), just published in Journal of Mammalogy. We continue exploring the key aspect involved in the ecology of dolphins coexisting in a very discrete habitat, in this case when