[MARMAM] New publication: Automated body length and body condition measurements of whales from drone videos for rapid assessment of population health

Greetings MARMAM, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce our recent publication in Marine Mammal Science titled "Automated body length and body condition measurements of whales from drone videos for rapid assessment of population health". The article is open-access and available

[MARMAM] New publication: Environmental disturbances and OCs contamination in Guiana dolphins (Juliana Brião)

Dear MARMAM colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our new publication entitled "Back on top: Resuspended by dredging and other environmental disturbances, organochlorine compounds may affect the health of a dolphin population in a tropical estuary, Sepetiba Bay" recently

[MARMAM] New publication: No distinct local cuisines among humpback whales: A population diet comparison in the Southern Hemisphere

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my coauthors, I'm pleased to announce our new open-access publication: Groß, J., Franco-Santos, R.M., Virtue, P., Nichols, P.D., Totterdell, J., Marcondes, M.C.C., Garrigue, C., Botero-Acosta, N., Christiansen, F., Castrillon, J., Caballero, S.J., Friedlaender,

[MARMAM] New Publication: Historical baleen plates indicate that once abundant Antarctic blue and fin whales demonstrated distinct migratory and foraging strategies

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent *open-access* publication in Ecology and Evolution: Historical baleen plates indicate that once abundant Antarctic blue and fin whales demonstrated distinct migratory and foraging strategies Smith, M. E. K., Ososky,

[MARMAM] New publication on bottlenose dolphin signature whistles

Hello MARMAM, My co-authors are pleased to announce our recent publication investigating signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins. Fandel AD, Silva K, Bailey H (2024) Vocal signatures affected by population identity and environmental sound levels. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0299250.

[MARMAM] New publication: Tragedy of the Commons in a Mediterranean MPA: The Case of Gyaros Island Marine Reserve

Dear colleagues, We would like to inform you of our new publication entitled Tragedy of the Commons in a Mediterranean MPA: The Case of Gyaros Island Marine Reserve at the Journal Sustainability 2024, 16, 1918. The pdf copy is available online via the following link

[MARMAM] New publication: Quantifying minimum survey effort to reliably detect Amazonian manatees using an unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) at an ex situ soft-release site

Dear Colleagues, My coauthors and I are excited to share our recent, open-access publication in the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals Special Issue on the Biology and Conservation of Manatees. Our paper explores the factors affecting the probability of detecting an Amazonian manatee

[MARMAM] New publication on Antillean manatee feeding in Belize

Greetings MARMAM, We are pleased to share our newest publication on manatee feeding in Belize in the *Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals *titled: "Antillean manatees feed on floating Halophila baillonii in Placencia Lagoon, Belize" The Open Access note can be downloaded free here:

[MARMAM] new publication: From the sky and on the beaches: complementary tools to evaluate common dolphin bycatch in the Bay of Biscay

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are enthusiastic to inform you of the publication of this new paper in open access. It presents an estimate of mortality at sea based on small cetacean carcasses observed during aerial surveys in French Atlantic waters and analysed by Distance Sampling

[MARMAM] New publication: polar bear diet and space-use strategies using fatty acid analysis

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce our new publication: Stern, Jennifer H., Kristin L. Laidre, Erik W. Born, Øystein Wiig, and Melissa A. McKinney. 2024. “Space-Use Strategies Drive Diet Composition of Baffin Bay Polar Bears.” Ecosphere 15(4): e4826.

[MARMAM] New publication on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins' response to oceanographic processes

Dear Colleagues, My co-authors and I would like to share with you our recent publication in Ocean & Coastal Management: Quan Xie, Duan Gui, Wenbo Wang, Yi Zhang, Heng Zhang, Lirong Yuan, Wenping Gong, Predictable oceanographic processes drive the formation of a distribution hotspot for

[MARMAM] New publication on guiana dolphin (S guianensis) brain

Dear MARMAM Community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recent publication in Brain, Structure and Function, as part of the Special Issue: "Towards multi-modal, multi-species brain atlases". Avelino-de-Souza, K., Mynssen, H., Chaim, K. *et al.* Anatomical and volumetric

[MARMAM] New publication on Cuvier's beaked whale mass stranding in Northern Cyprus

> > Dear All, > > We would like to inform you that the new paper on preliminary findings on > Cuvier’s beaked whale mass stranding in Northern Cyprus has been published > in the J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment. > > The pdf copy is available online via the following link. > > Tonay, A.M.,

[MARMAM] New publication: Three decades of gray whale habitat use, distribution, and abundance

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recent publication in Scientific Reports: Barlow, D.R., Strong, C.S. & Torres, L.G. Three decades of nearshore surveys reveal long-term patterns in gray whale habitat use, distribution, and abundance in the Northern

[MARMAM] New publication: free-ranging beluga aerial photogrammetry paired with lipidomic analysis (Meredith Sherrill)

Dear Colleagues, My co-authors and I would like to share with you our recent publication in Frontiers in Marine Science: Sherrill, M., Bernier-Graveline, A., Ewald, J., Pang, Z., Moisan, M., Marzelière, M., et al. 2024. Scaled mass index derived from aerial photogrammetry associated with

[MARMAM] New publication: harbour porpoise habitat use and vulnerability to fishing and offshore wind development

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-author and myself, I am delighted to bring to your attention the publication of our last research published by the scientific journal Marine Biology. This article on the species' habitat use addresses the status of the harbour porpoise population in the

[MARMAM] New publication: "A longitudinal study of endocrinology and foraging ecology of subadult gray whales prior to death based on baleen analysis"

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to share with you our recent publication describing the longitudinal hormonal patterns and stable isotope variation in gray whale baleen prior to their death. You can access this publication here: Link to the publication

[MARMAM] new publication on Blast fishing acoustics and its potential impacts to marine mammals

Dear Marmam colleagues, We are pleased to share this recent publication about blast fishing acoustic characterization in Brazil and its potential impact to marine mammal conservation. This work is part of a long term research project on Behavioral ecology of Guiana Dolphins (Sotalia

[MARMAM] New publication : Effects of duty cycle on passive acoustic monitoring metrics:The case of blue whale songs

Dear Marmam community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent publication: Effects of duty cycle on passive acoustic monitoring metrics:The case of blue whale songs in Indian Ocean, published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. You can view the article

[MARMAM] New Publication - Baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and parentage assignment in Mysticeti (Marcos Suárez Menéndez & Martine Bérubé)

Dear all, On behalf of all the co-authors I'm happy to share our new publication in *Global Ecology and Conservation "*Baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and parentage assignment in *Mysticeti"* https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02947 *Abstract* Highly

[MARMAM] New Publication Bottlenose Dolphin Stock Structure in the Gulf of Mexico

My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our publication describing sampling of bottlenose dolphins within estuaries and nearshore coastal waters of the western Gulf of Mexico to elucidate population structure amongst adjacent groups of bottlenose dolphins. This study was initially funded in

[MARMAM] New Publication: Dusky dolphin habitat use in a mussel farming region and changes over time (Sarah Piwetz)

My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our publication describing dusky dolphin habitat use in a mussel farming region, and changes over time: Sarah Piwetz, Heidi C. Pearson, Krysta A. Honkus and Bernd Würsig. 2024. Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) habitat use in a mussel farming

[MARMAM] New publication on Bryde's whales in Nicaragua

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent publication in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. De Weerdt J, Patulny C, Ruiz Pérez N, Blanchet L (2024). Sightings of Bryde’s whale, *Balaenoptera edeni*, off the Pacific coast of

[MARMAM] New publication on Cuvier’s beaked whale’s eDNA

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to share with you our publication describing a molecular assay able to detect Cuvier’s beaked whale’s DNA traces: Boldrocchi G, Conte L, Galli P, Bettinetti R and Valsecchi E 2024. “Cuvier's beaked whale (*Ziphius cavirostris*) detection

[MARMAM] New publication - Chemical pollution in S. frontalis

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are excited to share our new paper entitled "*Organohalogen compounds in a hotspot for chemical pollution: Assessment in free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis)*" recently published in Science of The Total Environment! Abstract: The

[MARMAM] New publication: Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone for conservation genetics

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am thrilled to share our new open access publication in Molecular Ecology Resources titled “Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: A minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics.” O’Mahony, É. N., Sremba, A. L., Keen, E. M.,

[MARMAM] New publication: Accurate species classification of Arctic toothed whale echolocation clicks using one-third octave ratios

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to announce our new publication: Marie J. Zahn, Michael Ladegaard, Malene Simon, Kathleen M. Stafford, Taiki Sakai, Kristin L. Laidre. (2024). Accurate species classification of Arctic toothed whale echolocation clicks using one-third

[MARMAM] New Publication: Harbour porpoises respond to chronic acoustic deterrent device noise from aquaculture

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent Open Access publication in Biological Conservation: Findlay, C.R., Coomber, F.G., Dudley, R., Bland, L., Calderan, S.V., Hartny-Mills, L., Leaper, R., Tougaard, J., Merchant, N.D., Risch, D., & Wilson, B. (2024).

[MARMAM] New publication: Bryde's whale swimming and acoustic behavior in Hawaiian waters

Dear Colleagues, My co-authors and I are happy to announce the following open-access publication: Helble, T.A., Alongi, G. C., Guazzo, R. A., Allhusen, D. R., Martin, C. R., Martin, S. W., Durbach, I.N., & Henderson, E. E. (2024). Swimming and acoustic calling behavior attributed to Bryde’s

[MARMAM] New publication on evaluating tourism impacts to Florida manatees

Greetings MARMAM, I am pleased to share our newest publication on evaluating tourism exposure to manatees in Florida titled: “Evaluating wildlife tourism exposure to Florida manatees using citizen science, public interviews, and trail cameras” in the journal *Aquatic Conservation: Marine and

[MARMAM] New publication: A risk-based forecast of extreme mortality events in small cetaceans

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new open-acces publication in the journal Ecological Indicators, 160, March 2024, 111820: Authier, M. / Bouchard, C. / Dars, C. / Spitz, S. A risk-based

[MARMAM] New publication reviewing gray whale post mortem findings during the eastern Pacific Unusual Mortality Event

Hello We are pleased to share a review of gray whale post mortem findings during the recent unusual mortality event in the eastern Pacific, entitled "Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) post-mortem findings from December 2018 through 2021 during the Unusual Mortality Event in the Eastern North

[MARMAM] New publication reviewing gray whale biology and threats

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors, I would like to share our recent publication in the Journal of Cetacean Research and Management with you. The manuscript reviews the biology and threats to gray whales since the last Implementation Review by the International Whaling Commission

[MARMAM] New publication: Evaluating the performance of semiautomated photographic identification programs for leopard seals.

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I’m happy to announce our recent publication: Grabham, A. A., K. van der Linde, and X. J. Nelson. 2024. Evaluating the performance of semiautomated photographic identification programs for leopard seals. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1520.

[MARMAM] New publication: the impact of rerouting a major shipping lane through important harbour porpoise habitat

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share with you our recent publication published in Marine Pollution Bulletin. Kylie Owen, Julia Carlström, Pia Eriksson, Mathias Andersson, Robin Nordström, Emilia Lalander, Signe Sveegaard, Line A. Kyhn, Emily T. Griffiths,

[MARMAM] New publication: Vulnerability to fluctuations in prey and predation landscape in a central place foraging marine predator

Dear MARMAM, My coauthors and I are excited to share our latest paper in Frontiers in Marine Science: Speakman CN, McHuron EA, Arnould JPY (2024) Vulnerability to fluctuations in prey and predation landscape in a central place foraging marine predator. Abstract Introduction: Human-induced

[MARMAM] New publication about pinniped cardiovascular physiology

Dear MARMAM community, I am happy to announce our new publication in JEZ-A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology titled “Ultrasound images of the ascending aorta of anesthetized northern fur seals and Steller sea lions confirm that the aortic bulb maintains continuous blood flow”. Abstract

[MARMAM] New publication on humpback whale entanglements in aquaculture farms in BC

Dear MARMAM community, We are pleased to share our recent publication in PLoS ONE titled “Aquaculture related humpback whale entanglements in coastal waters of British Columbia from 2008–2021”. Abstract Over the past two decades, increasing numbers of humpback whales have been returning to

[MARMAM] New publication: Comparison of common bottlenose dolphin whistles in tropical waters (RIO et al., 2024)

Dear MarMam community, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our latest article published in Marine Mammal Science: Comparison of common bottlenose dolphin whistles in tropical waters (Raul Rio, Daniel Romero-Mujalli, Sergio Cobarrubia-Russo, Hiram Rosales Nanduca, Flávio Medeiros

[MARMAM] New publication on cognitive welfare for marine mammals

Dear colleagues, I’m happy to announce our new publication: Jaakkola, K. (2024). Minding the minds: A primer on cognitive challenge for marine mammals in human care. Animals, 14, 949. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14060949 Abstract: The past several decades have witnessed significant

[MARMAM] New Publication: Foraging Behaviour and Ecology of Transient Killer Whales Within a Deep Submarine Canyon System

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are please to announce the publication of our new paper titled: Foraging Behaviour and Ecology of Transient Killer Whales Within a Deep Submarine Canyon System. McInnes, J.D., Lester, K.L., Dill, L.M., Mathieson, C.R., West-Stap, P.J., Marcos, S.L., and

[MARMAM] New publication!! Peale's dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) are acoustic mergers between dolphins and porpoises

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am excited to share our new publication in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology: *Morgan J. Martin, Sara Torres Ortiz, Magnus Wahlberg, and Caroline R. Weir. (2024). Peale's dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) are acoustic mergers

[MARMAM] New publication: "A chromosome-level genome assembly for the dugong (Dugong dugon)"

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors we are pleased to share our recent genome resources article published in the Journal of Heredity: "A chromosome-level genome assembly for the dugong (Dugong dugon)"

[MARMAM] New publication: "Mitochondrial Variation of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Canary Islands Suggests a Key Population for Conservation with High Connectivity within the Nort

Dear MARMAN community, On behalf of my co-authors, we are pleased to share our recent paper published in Animals as part of the Special Issue Protecting Endangered Species, which is open access and available here https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/6/901 Abstract: In recent decades, worldwide

[MARMAM] New Publication on the body condition of south-east Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales

To the marmam community, We are extremely pleased to announce the publication of our recent article titled: Comparatively poorer body condition of south-east Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales on their southern migration. Russell, G., Jolliffe, C., Elsdon, B., Christiansen, F., Colefax, A., &

[MARMAM] New publication: New Urban Habitat for Endangered Humpback Whales: San Francisco Bay

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors, we are pleased to share our recent paper in Aquatic Conservation. Markowitz, T. M., Keener, W., Webber, M. A., Payne, A. R., Lane, R. S., Fahlbusch, J. A., & Calambokidis, J. (2024). New urban habitat for endangered humpback whales: San

[MARMAM] New publication: Fish Feeding and Rapid Foraging Behavior Switching by Gray Whales in California

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors, we are pleased to share our recent paper in Aquatic Mammals: Marc A. Webber, William Keener, Tim M. Markowitz, David Chamberlin, Darrin Allen, Rebekah S. Lane, Josephine M. Slaathaug, Pilar N. Rodriguez, Kathi George, and Julia E. O’Hern.

[MARMAM] New publication on Antarctic minke whale in the Caribbean Sea

Dear Marmam community: On behalf of my coauthor MSc Tulio Gutiérrez, I am very pleased to announce the publication of the short note Bolaños-Jiménez, J. and Gutiérrez, T. 2024. An Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) Live-Stranding in Venezuela: First Record for the Caribbean Sea. 

[MARMAM] New publication: harbour porpoise abundance trend and mortality limit calculation

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share with you our recent publication published in Frontiers in Marine Science. Kylie Owen, Anita Gilles, Matthieu Authier, Julia Carlström, Mathieu Genu, Line Anker Kyhn, Dominik A. Nachtsheim, Nadya C. Ramírez-Martínez,

[MARMAM] New publication: Disentangling the influence of entanglement on recruitment in North Atlantic right whales

Dear MARMAN community, On behalf of my co-author, we are pleased to share our paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, which is open access and available here . Abstract: North Atlantic right whales are Critically

[MARMAM] New publication: Environmental drivers of odontocete occurrence in a nearshore temperate habitat

Dear MARMAM community, I'm pleased to be able to share with you our new publication in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science titled: Environmental drivers of odontocete occurrence in a nearshore temperate habitat. It is available open access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108697, for further

[MARMAM] New Publication: Evidence for an oceanic population of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in offshore waters of California and Oregon

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, we are pleased to share with you our recent publication published in Aquatic Mammals: McInnes, J.D., Trites, A.W., Mathieson, C.R., Dahlheim, M.E., Moore, J.E., Olson, P.A., and Lester, K.M. (2024). Evidence for an oceanic population of killer

[MARMAM] New publication: Molecular detection of herpesvirus in a skin lesion of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our most recent publication entitled: *Molecular detection of herpesvirus in a skin lesion of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea*. You will find the open access publication at the *link*:

[MARMAM] New publication: Fin whales movements and behaviour in the Mediterranean Sea

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am thrilled to share our new publication in Royal Society Open Science titled: Targeting fin whale conservation in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea: insights on movements and behaviour from biologging and habitat modelling. Abstract:

[MARMAM] New publication: isochrony in pinniped barks

Dear MARMAM folks, My co-authors and me and happy to share our recent work, presenting an exploratory study of the isochrony in Cape fur seal pup and adult barking sequences. Osiecka, A.N, Fearey, J., Ravignani, A., & Burchardt, L.S. 2024. Isochrony in barks of Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus

[MARMAM] New publication on G.griseus, G.melas, Z.cavirostris SDMs in Mediterranean Sea

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication in Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems: Looking for reliable Species Distribution Models for low-density cetacean species: compared effectiveness of SDMs for *G.griseus, G.melas,

[MARMAM] New Publication: Threats on Marine Mammals: an Anthropological Perspective

Dear all, we are pleased sharing with you our new publication about the "Threats on Marine Mammals: an Anthropological Perspective" that is published in the Global Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology, by Stergios Pardalis, Athanasios Exadactylos, Anastasia Komnenou, Aimilia Drougas, Elena

[MARMAM] New Publication: Foraging behavior and age affect maternal transfer of mercury to northern elephant seal pups

My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our 10-year study: 'Foraging behavior and age affect maternal transfer of mercury to northern elephant seal pups' in Scientific Reports. Open access at Scientific Reports: https://rdcu.be/dzF32 Abstract: Deep ocean foraging northern

[MARMAM] New publication: selection of welfare indicators for Sousa chinensis

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our latest article entitled "Selection of parameters to assess the welfare of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins using expert opinion survey " in the journal Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater

[MARMAM] New Publication: Bellwethers of Change: population modelling of North Pacific humpback whales from 2002 through 2021 reveals shift from recovery to climate response

Dear friends, On behalf of all 75 (!!!) of us co-authors, pleased to share publication of a 20 year population model for N Pacific humpback whales where we’ve seen a major climate response to the Pacific Marine Heatwave Open access: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231462 Abstract: For the 40

[MARMAM] New publication: Hector’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) produce both narrowband high-frequency and broadband acoustic signals

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am very excited to share our new publication in JASA: *Nicoline Abildtrup Nielsen, Stephen M. Dawson, Sara Torres Ortiz, Magnus Wahlberg, and Morgan J. Martin (2024). Hector’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) produce both narrowband high-frequency

[MARMAM] New publication: Behavioral repertoire of dolphins that interact with artisanal fishers

Dear MARMAM community, We are delighted to share our recent publication in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology on "Behavioral repertoire of Lahille’s bottlenose dolphins that interact with artisanal fishers". Abstract Many human cultures involve positive interactions with wildlife in the past

[MARMAM] New Publication: The active space of sperm whale codas: inter-click information for intra-unit communication

Dear All, We are pleased to announce the publication of our study, "The active space of sperm whale codas: inter-click information for intra-unit communication", in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Jacobs, E. R., Gero, S., Malinka, C. E., Tønnesen, P. H., Beedholm, K., DeRuiter, S. L., &

Re: [MARMAM] New publication on Genetic investigation of Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris, along the coast of Türkiye and Northern Cyprus, based on mtDNA

Dear All, Apologies for cross posting. We would like to inform you that the new paper on genetic investigation of Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris, along the coast of Türkiye and Northern Cyprus, based on mtDNA sequences has been published in the Journal of the Marine Biological

[MARMAM] New publication: Submesoscale coupling of krill and whales revealed by aggregative Lagrangian coherent structures (James Fahlbusch)

Hello everyone, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recently published paper titled "Submesoscale coupling of krill and whales revealed by aggregative Lagrangian coherent structures". Fahlbusch James A., Cade David E., Hazen Elliott L., Elliott Meredith L., Saenz Benjamin T.,

[MARMAM] New Publication: Addressing temporal trends in survivorship from cross-sectional sampling designs: A modelling framework with applications for megafauna conservation

>From then on, using age-at-death data of marine mammals at some of their full >potential was impossible. In this article, we provide a new Bayesian >regression modeling framework to evidence temporal changes in marine mammal >populations survival rates. The model is available with Stan code

[MARMAM] New publication: Basin-wide shift in bowhead whale migration in the Pacific Arctic

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication in the open access journal Geophysical Research Letters: Szesciorka, A.R., Stafford, K. M., Berchok, C. L. (2024). Basin-wide shift in bowhead whale migration in the Pacific Arctic. Geophysical Research

[MARMAM] New publication: dwarf minke whales

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I would like to share our new article: Bittencourt L, Carvalho R, Santos-Neto EB, Bisi TL, Lailson-Brito Jr. J and Azevedo AF (2024) Dwarf minke whales (*Balaenoptera acutorostrata*) acoustic signals from the South Atlantic Ocean. Front. Mar. Sci.

[MARMAM] New publication: The role of the environment at the local and large-scale levels on the abundance of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in Baja California

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication in Regional studies in Marine Science, Vol. 71: Molina-Carrasco, F.D.; Ortega-Rubio, A.; Acosta-Pachón, T.A., López-Paz, N.; Mariano-Meléndez, E.; Montes-García, C.; Martínez-Rincón, R.O. The role of

[MARMAM] New Publication: Broad-scale impacts of coastal mega-infrastructure project on obligatory inshore delphinids: A cautionary tale from Hong Kong

Dear MARMAM colleagues, We are pleased to share with you our recent publication in Science of the Total Environment. Chan, S.C.Y. & Karczmarski, L. (2024). Broad-scale impacts of coastal mega-infrastructure project on obligatory inshore delphinids: A cautionary tale from Hong Kong. Science

[MARMAM] New publication: Prospective modelling of operational offshore wind farms on the distribution of marine megafauna in the southern North Sea

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication in the open access journal Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol. 11: Virgili, A. / Laran, S. / Authier, M. / Dorémus, G. / Van Canneyt, O. / Spitz, J. Prospective modelling of operational offshore

[MARMAM] New publication: "Occurrence and habitat use of pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) at the edge of their distribution in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean" in MMS (2023)

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share with you our recent publication in Marine Mammal Science: "Occurrence and habitat use of pantropical spotted dolphins (*Stenella attenuata*) at the edge of their distribution in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean" authored by Correa,

[MARMAM] New publication: Dugong assessment on the Egyptian Red Sea

Dear Marmam, I am delighted to share our new paper on "Assessing dugong distribution and overlapping threats along the northwestern Red Sea, Egypt". Abstract An interview survey was conducted amongst (primarily) fishermen along the Egyptian Red Sea coasts to determine the distribution of

[MARMAM] New publication: cetacean acoustic and visual survey off Saudi Arabia, Red Sea

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are happy to share our recent publication: "Passive acoustic monitoring and visual sighting survey of cetacean occurrence patterns in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", published in Marine Mammal Science as OpenAccess. You can view the article at:

[MARMAM] New publication: Assessing the dynamics of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) mother-calf pairs along the south coast of Portugal using unmanned aerial vehicles

Dear all, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce and share our recent paper titled "Assessing the dynamics of common dolphin (*Delphinus delphis*) mother-calf pairs along the south coast of Portugal using unmanned aerial vehicles" in the journal Marine Mammal Science The full paper is

[MARMAM] New publication: Post-mortem examination on a striped dolphin reveals a potential fatal interaction with bottlenose dolphins in Italy

Dear Marmam community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent publication: Post-mortem examination on a striped dolphin (*Stenella coeruleoalba*) reveals a potential fatal interaction with bottlenose dolphins (*Tursiops truncatus*) in Italian waters, published in the Journal of the

[MARMAM] New publication: a new control rule for managing PETS by-catch

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication in the open access journal PeerJ , Vol. 12, No. e16688: Ouzoulias, F. / Bousquet, N. / Genu, M. / Gilles, A. / Spitz, S. / Authier, M. Development of a New Control Rule for Managing Anthropogenic

[MARMAM] New publication: model-based clustering of detection functions to reduce uncertainty estimation

Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication in Marine Mammal Science: Plard, F. / Araújo, H. E. F. / Astarloa, A. / Saavedra, C. / Vazquez Bonales, J. A. / Authier, M. Using Fusion Effects to Decrease

[MARMAM] New publication: Aerial photogrammetry - Sousa chinensis

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our latest article entitled "Skinny dolphins: Can poor body condition explain population decline in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis)?" in the journal Science of the Total Environment. Here is the link

[MARMAM] New publication: Erysipelas with preferential brain and skin involvement in a Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Laura Martino)

Dear all, Me and coauthors are pleased to announce the publication of our paper Erysipelas with preferential brain and skin involvement in a Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus, in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. The publication is open access, and is available at

[MARMAM] New Publication: White-beaked dolphin population genomics

Dear colleagues, We are excited to share our new publication in Heredity: "Population genomics of the white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris): Implications for conservation amid climate-driven range shifts" (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-024-00672-7). Marc-Alexander Gose, Emily

[MARMAM] New publication: Island-associated bottlenose dolphin population in the Mariana Islands

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are happy to announce the online publication of the following paper: Martien, K. K., Hill, M. C., Archer, F. I., Baird, R. W., Bendlin, A. R., Dolar, L., Ligon, A. D., Oleson, E. M., Robertson, K. M., Woodman, S. M., Ü, A. C., Yano, K. M., & Bradford,

[MARMAM] New publication on "Fine-scale spatial variability of acoustic environment corresponds with habitat utilization of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in Hong Kong waters"

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share with you our recent publication in Ecological Indicators. Ho, Y.-W., Lin, T. H., Akamatsu, T., & Karczmarski, L. (2024). Fine-scale spatial variability of marine acoustic environment corresponds with habitat

[MARMAM] New Publication: Raise your pitch! Changes in the acoustic emissions of resident bottlenose dolphins in the proximity of vessels

Dear MARMAM Colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am delighted to announce the publication of our recent paper: Sobreira, F. V., Luís, A. R., Alves, I. S., Couchinho, M. N., & dos Santos, M. E. (2023). Raise your pitch! Changes in the acoustic emissions of resident bottlenose dolphins in

[MARMAM] New Publication: Impulsive Sounds Produced by Humpback Whale Surface Active Behavior

Aloha, My co-authors and I are happy to share that our note, "Impulsive sounds produced by humpback whale surface active behavior recorded on acoustic tags and bottom‐moored recorders" has been published in the latest issue (Jan 2024) of Marine Mammal Science. The paper utilizes data from Office

[MARMAM] New publication: Documenting the Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale: Policies, Conservation Efforts, and Stakeholders Depicted in 'Entangled' and 'Last of the Right Whales'

Dear MarMam Community, On behalf of my co-authors, we are pleased to share our recent paper titled "Documenting the Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale: Policies, Conservation Efforts, and Stakeholders Depicted in Entangled and Last of the Right Whales. This article was recently published in

[MARMAM] New publication: Bomb radiocarbon determines absolute age of adult fin whales, and validates use of earplug growth bands for age determination

We are pleased to share our new publication in Frontiers in Marine Science with the MARMAM community: Campana SE, Finnsdóttir SV and Sigurðsson GM (2024) Bomb radiocarbon determines absolute age of adult fin whales, and validates use of earplug growth bands for age determination. Frontiers in

[MARMAM] New publication: The Cetacean Sanctuary: A Sea of Unknowns

I am pleased to share my new publication in the journal Animals with the MARMAM community: Bruck JN. The Cetacean Sanctuary: A Sea of Unknowns. Animals. 2024; 14(2):335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14020335 Summary: Sanctuary is a term with implicit meaning associated with refuge and safety.

[MARMAM] New publication: Diel patterns of humpback whale singers in Hawai‘i

Dear MARMAM community, on behalf of my co-authors, I am excited to share our paper on diel spatiotemporal trends of humpback whale singers in Hawai’i that was just published in Royal Society Open Science. You can find this Open Access article following this link:

[MARMAM] New publication: Novel presentation of coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) in a sea otter

We are pleased to share our new publication in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases with the MARMAM community: Harris HS, Harris MD, Thompson GR, Engelthaler DM, Montfort PL, Leviner AL, and Miller MA. 2024. Novel Presentation of Coccidioidomycosis with Myriad Free-Floating Proteinaceous Spheres

[MARMAM] New publication: Visualisation of mercury in bottlenose dolphin samples

The North Sea is an ecologically rich habitat for marine wildlife which has also been impacted by industrial developments and anthropogenic emissions of contaminants such as mercury. Marine mammals are particularly

[MARMAM] [Marmam] New publication - Harbour and Grey Seal Vocalisations in Offshore Waters (Ireland and UK)

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent *open-access publication*: Static Acoustic Monitoring of Harbour (*Phoca vitulina*) and Grey Seals (*Halichoerus grypus*) in the Malin Sea: A Revolutionary Approach in Pinniped Conservation. Published in the Journal of

[MARMAM] New publication: Killer whale acoustic patterns in the sub-Antarctic region

Dear MARMAM Colleagues On behalf on my co-authors, I am excited to announce the publication of our latest research article: Shabangu FW, Daniels R, Jordaan RK, de Bruyn PJN, van den Berg MA, Lamont T. 2024 Killer whale acoustic patterns respond to prey abundance and environmental variability

[MARMAM] New Publication: Characteristics of sei whale downsweeps recorded off Eastern Canada

Dear MARMAM, My co-authors and I are happy to share our publication in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America: Macklin, G. F., Moors-Murphy, H. B., & Leonard, M. L. (2024). Characteristics and spatiotemporal variation of sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) downsweeps recorded in

[MARMAM] New publication - Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic

Dear Marmam subscribers, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following article in the eLife journal: Romagosa, M., Nieukirk, S., Cascão, I., Marques, TA., Dziak, R., Royer, JY. O'Brien, J., Mellinger, DK, Pereira, A., Ugalde, A., Papale, E., Aniceto, S., Buscaino, G., Rasmussen,

[MARMAM] New Publication: Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives

Dear MARMAM community, I am delighted to share with you our recent publication stemming from the workshop, "Prospective Discussion on Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals for Descriptor D1 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)," held during the European Cetacean Society

[MARMAM] New publication: Sperm whale clans and human societies

The following paper has just been published: Whitehead, H., 2024. Sperm whale clans and human societies. Royal Society Open Science It is open access and available at: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.231353 Abstract: Sperm whale society is structured into clans that

[MARMAM] New publication: Long-term strategies for studying rare species

Long-term strategies for studying rare species: results and lessons from a multi-species study of odontocetes around the main Hawaiian Islands This paper describes both our approach to studying rare species and provides findings from a long-term study of pygmy killer whales in Hawai‘i,

[MARMAM] New publication on interactions of bottlenose dolphins and Antillean manatee calves

Greetings MARMAM, I am pleased to announce the publication of our newest open access article in PLOS One titled: "Agonistic interactions initiated by adult bottlenose dolphins on Antillean manatee calves in the Caribbean Sea" Abstract The dynamics and drivers of inter-species interactions in the

[MARMAM] New Publication: Harbor Porpoise in Hood Canal, WA

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-authors, we are pleased to provide our recent paper titled "Distribution, abundance, and density of harbor porpoises in Hood Canal, Washington" which was recently published as an Open Access research article in the Journal of Wildlife Management. The

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