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Please don't hit the reply button. Make all requests to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers! David Janiger - Curatorial Assistant (Mammals) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3369 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janiger Journals ALTER, S. ELIZABETH; ERIC RYNES and STEPHEN R. PALUMBI. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 104(38):15162-15167. 2007. DNA evidence for historic population size and past ecosystem impacts of gray whales. 0.604 MB ANDERSEN, SIGNE M.; JONAS TEILMANN; PERNILLE B. HARDERS.; ELSE H. HANSEN and DORTHE HJOLLUND. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 64(6):1235-1245. 2007. Diet of harbour seals and great cormorants in Limfjord, Denmark: Interspecific competition and interaction with fishery. 0.587 MB BAKER, JASON D.; JEFFREY J. POLOVINA and EVAN A. HOWELL. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 346:277-283. 2007. Effect of variable oceanic productivity on the survival of an upper trophic predator, the Hawaiian monk seal Monachus schauinslandi. 1.775 MB (View with Acrobat 6.0 or >) BEJARANO, ADRIANA C.; FRANCES M. VAN DOLAH; FRANCES M. GULLAND and LORI SCHWACKE. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 345:293-304. 2007. Exposure assessment of the biotoxin domoic acid in California sea lions: application of a bioenergetic model. 0.517 MB BELLIDO, J. J.; J. J. CASTILLO; M. A. FARFAN; J. J. MARTIN; J. L. MONS and R. REAL. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 2pgs. 2007. First records of hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Mediterranean Sea. 1.455 MB BENNIKE, OLE and CLAUS ANDREASEN. POLAR RECORD 43(4):361-365. 2007. Radiocarbon dating of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) remains from Greenland. 0.159 MB BETTS, MATTHEW W. ARCTIC 60(2):129-144. 2007. The Mackenzie Inuit whale bone industry: Raw material, tool manufacture, scheduling, and trade. 0.922 MB BODSON, ANAIS; LARS MIERSCH and GUIDO DEHNHARDT. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(4):2263-2269. 2007. Underwater localization of pure tones by harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). 0.329 MB BORKOWSKI, ROSE; PHILLIP A. MOORE; SONIA MUMFORD and SUSAN CARASTRO. JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE 38(3):453-459. 2007. Adaptations of subpalpebral lavage systems used for llamas (Lama glama) and a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). 0.529 MB BORRELL, A.; A. AGUILAR; S. ZELJKOVIC; A. BROUWER; H. T. BESSELINK; H. KOOPMAN; A. READ and P. J. H. REIJNDERS. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 54(10):1663-1666. 2007. Post-mortem stability of blubber DLCs, PCB and tDDT in by-caught harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). 0.147 MB BRANDON, JOHN R.; JEFFREY M. BREIWICK; ANDRE E. PUNT and PAUL R. WADE. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 64(6):1085-1100. 2007. Constructing a coherent joint prior while respecting biological realism: Application to marine mammal stock assessments. 1.021 MB BRANSTETTER, BRIAN K. and EDUARDO MERCADO III. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 19(1):26-61. 2006. Sound localization by cetaceans. 2.765 MB BRANSTETTER, BRIAN K.; EDUARDO MERCADO, III and WHITLOW L. AU. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(4):2459-2468. 2007. Representing multiple discrimination cues in a computational model of the bottlenose dolphin auditory system. 1.109 MB COOPER, LISA NOELLE; SUSAN D. DAWSON; JOY REIDENBERG and ANNALISA BERTA. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 290(9):1121-1137. 2007. Neuromuscular anatomy and evolution of the cetacean forelimb. 0.896 MB CRONIN, M.; C. DUCK; O. O. CADHLA; R. NAIRN; D. STRONG and C. O'KEEFFE. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 273(2):131-139. 2007. An assessment of population size and distribution of harbour seals in the Republic of Ireland during the moult season in August 2003. 0.529 MB DE IONGH, H. H.; W. KISWARA; W. KUSTIAWAN and P. E. LOTH. HYDROBIOLOGIA 591:73-83. 2007. A review of research on the interactions between dugongs (Dugong dugon Muller 1776) and intertidal seagrass beds in Indonesia. 0.419 MB DELONG, CAROLINE M.; WHITLOW W. L. AU; HEIDI E. HARLEY; HERBERT L. ROITBLAT and LISA PYTKA. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 121(3):306-319. 2007. Human listeners provide insights into echo features used by dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to discriminate among objects. 0.321 MB DYCK, M. G. and S. ROMBERG. POLAR BIOLOGY 30:1625-1628. 2007. Observations of a wild polar bear (Ursus maritimus) successfully fishing Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis). 0.228 MB FAIR, PATRICIA A.; GREGORY MITCHUM; THOMAS C. HULSEY; JEFF ADAMS; ERIC ZOLMAN; WAYNE MCFEE; ED WIRTH and GREGORY D. BOSSART. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 53(3):483-494. 2007. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in blubber of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from two southeast Atlantic estuarine areas. 0.230 MB FISH, FRANK E.; MOIRA K. NUSBAUM; JOHN T. BENESKI and DARLENE R. KETTEN. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 1(4):S42-S48. 2006. Passive cambering and flexible propulsors: Cetacean flukes. 0.583 MB FONTAINE, M. C.; S. J. E. BAIRD; S. PIRY; N. RAY; K. A. TOLLEY; S. DUKE; A. BIRKUN, JR.; M. FERREIRA; T. JAUNIAUX; A. LLAVONA; B. OEZTUERK; A. A. OEZTUERK; V. RIDOUX; E. ROGAN; M. SEQUEIRA; U. SIEBERT; G. VIKINGSSON; J.-M. BOUQUEGNEAU and J. MICHAUX. BMC BIOLOGY 5(30): 16pgs. 2007. Rise of oceanographic barriers in continuous populations of a cetacean: The genetic structure of harbour porpoises in Old World waters. 2.466 MB FOWLER, S. L.; D. P. COSTA; J. P. Y. ARNOULD; N. J. GALES and J. M. BURNS. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 21(5):922-935. 2007. Ontogeny of oxygen stores and physiological diving capability in Australian sea lions. 0.507 MB FUKUI, YUTAKA; HIROSHI IWAYAMA; TAIKI MATSUOKA; HIROKI NAGAI; NORIKO KOMA; TOSHIHIRO MOGOE; HAJIME ISHIKAWA; YOSHIHIRO FUJISE; MASUMI HIRABAYASHII; SINICHI HOCHI; HIDEHIRO KATO and SEIJI OHSUMI. JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 53(4):945-952. 2007. Attempt at intracytoplasmic sperm injection of in vitro matured oocytes in common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) captured during the kushiro coast survey. 0.646 MB GINGRAS, MURRAY K.; IAN A. ARMITAGE; S. GEORGE PEMBERTON and H. EDWARD CLIFTON. PALAIOS 22(5):539-545. 2007. Pleistocene walrus herds in the Olympic Peninsula area: Trace-fossil evidence of predation by hydraulic jetting. 1.809 MB GUCLUSOY, H. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 2pgs. 2007. The first confirmed report of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phoceana) in the Turkish Aegean Sea. 1.029 MB GUILHERME-SILVEIRA, FERNANDO ROBERTO and FLAVIO JOSE DE LIMA SILVA. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 5pgs. 2007. Behavioural seasonality of the estuarine dolphin, Sotalia guianensis, on the north-eastern Brazilian coast. 0.446 MB HARINO, HIROYA; MADOKA OHJI; GULLAYA WATTAYAKORN; KANJANA ADULYANUKOSOL; TAKAOMI ARAI and NOBUYUKI MIYAZAKI. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 53(3):495-502. 2007. Concentrations of organotin compounds in tissues and organs of dugongs from Thai coastal waters. 0.164 MB HARLIN-COGNATO, APRIL D.; TIM MARKOWITZ; BERND WURSIG and RODNEY L. HONEYCUTT. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 7(131): 17pgs. 2007. Multi-locus phylogeography of the dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus): Passive dispersal via the west-wind drift or response to prey species and climate change? 1.927 MB HICKIE, BRENDAN E.; PETER S. ROSS; ROBIE W. MACDONALD and JOHN K. B. FORD. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 41(18):6613-6619. 2007. Killer whales (Orcinus orca) face protracted health risks associated with lifetime exposure to PCBs. 0.160 MB HOLDGATE, MARTIN. POLAR RECORD 43(4):375-376. 2007. Book review: Scientific Uncertainty and the Politics of Whaling. Michael Heazle. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. 260pp. ISBN 0-295-98605-0. 2006. 0.042 MB IBSEN, STUART D.; WHITLOW W. L. AU; PAUL E. NACHTIGALL; CAROLINE M. DELONG and MARLEE BREESE. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(4):2446-2450. 2007. Changes in signal parameters over time for an echolocating Atlantic bottlenose dolphin performing the same target discrimination task. 0.241 MB ICHII, TARO; JOHN L. BENGTSON; PETER L. BOVENG; YOSHIMI TAKAO; JOHN K. JANSEN; LISA M. HIRUKI-RARING; MICHAEL F. CAMERON; HIROSHI OKAMURA; TOMONARI HAYASHI and MIKIO NAGANOBU. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 344:277-297. 2007. Provisioning strategies of Antarctic fur seals and chinstrap penguins produce different responses to distribution of common prey and habitat. 1.694 MB (View with Acrobat 6.0 or >) JEFFERSON, THOMAS A. and SAMUEL K. HUNG. MAMMALIA 71(3):105-114. 2007. An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong. 0.484 MB KANNAN, KURUNTHACHALAM; TETSURO AGUSA; THOMAS J. EVANS and SHINSUKE TANABE. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 53(3):473-482. 2007. Trace element concentrations in livers of polar bears from two populations in northern and western Alaska. 0.341 MB LABANSEN, AILI L.; CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN; TORE HAUG and KIT M. KOVACS. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 64(6):1246-1256. 2007. Spring diet of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from northwestern Spitsbergen, Norway. 0.329 MB LAIDRE, KRISTIN L.; MADS PETER HEIDE-JORGENSEN and TORKEL GISSEL NIELSEN. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 346:285-297. 2007. Role of the bowhead whale as a predator in West Greenland. 1.133 MB (View with Acrobat 6.0 or >) MACLEOD, R.; C. D. MACLEOD; J. A. LEARMONTH; P. D. JEPSON; R. J. REID; R. DEAVILLE and G. J. PIERCE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 274(1625):2587-2593. 2007. Mass-dependent predation risk and lethal dolphin porpoise interactions. 0.151 MB MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER D.; SUSAN D. VAUGHN; DIANA K. SARKO and ROGER L. REEP. BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 70(3):164-173. 2007. Topographical organization of the facial motor nucleus in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 0.987 MB MAY-COLLADO, LAURA J.; INGI AGNARSSON and DOUGLAS WARTZOK. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 7(136): 20pgs. 2007. Phylogenetic review of tonal sound production in whales in relation to sociality. 2.229 MB MELLINGER, DAVID K.; SHARON L. NIEUKIRK; HARU MATSUMOTO; SARA L. HEIMLICH; ROBERT P. DZIAK; JOE HAXEL; MATT FOWLER; CHRISTIAN MEINIG and HENDRICK V. MILLER. MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE 23(4):856-867. 2007. Seasonal occurrence of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) vocalizations at two sites on the Scotian shelf. 1.486 MB MOONEY, T. ARAN; WHITLOW W. L. AU; PAUL E. NACHTIGALL and EDWARD A. TRIPPEL. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 64(7):1324-1332. 2007. Acoustic and stiffness properties of gillnets as they relate to small cetacean bycatch. 0.256 MB MORRIS, JULIE K.; SUSAN K. JACOBSON and RICHARD O. FLAMM. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 40(4):596-602. 2007. Lessons from an evaluation of a boater outreach program for manatee protection. 0.073 MB MULLER, MARK W.; WHITLOW W. L. AU; PAUL E. NACHTIGALL; JOHN S. ALLEN, III and MARLEE BREESE. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(4):2255-2262. 2007. Phantom echo highlight amplitude and temporal difference resolutions of an echolocating dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. 0.318 MB MUNGUIA-VEGA, ADRIAN; YARELI ESQUER-GARRIGOS; LORENZO ROJAS-BRACHO; RICARDO VAZQUEZ-JUAREZ; AINES CASTRO-PRIETO and SERGIO FLORES-RAMIREZ. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 16(19):4051-4065. 2007. Genetic drift vs. natural selection in a long-term small isolated population: Major histocompatibility complex class II variation in the Gulf of California endemic porpoise (Phocoena sinus). 0.611 MB NASCIMENTO, L. F.; L. H. P. SPINELLI; E. SANTOS JR.; R. E. M. QUEIROZ; K. C. A. PANSARD; P. I. A. P. MEDEIROS; M. A. GONDIM; A. H. JESUS; F. J. L. SILVA and E. M. YAMAMOTO. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 2pgs. 2007. Atypical coloration in a specimen of estuarine dolphin, Sotalia guianensis, on the littoral of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, north-east Brazil. 0.451 MB NEALE, JENNIFER C. C.; ROBERT J. SMALL; KARA R. SCHMELZER and RONALD S. TJEERDEMA. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PART A-CURRENT ISSUES 70(20):1776-1778. 2007. Blood concentrations of some persistent organohalogens in free-ranging spotted seals (Phoca largha) from Bristol Bay, Alaska. 0.090 MB NISHIDA, SHIN; MUTSUO GOTO; LUIS A. PASTENE; NAOHISA KANDA and HIROKO KOIKE. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE 24(7):723-732. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships among cetaceans revealed by Y-chromosome sequences. 0.568 MB NOLLENS, HENDRIK H.; LINDA G. GREEN; DIANE DUKE; MICHAEL T. WALSH; BETH CHITTICK; SCOTT GEARHART; PAUL A. KLEIN and ELLIOTT R. JACOBSON. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION 19(5):465-470. 2007. Development and validation of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for the detection of immunoglobulin G of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 0.290 MB NOSAL, EVA-MARIE and L. NEIL FRAZER. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(4):1969-1978. 2007. Sperm whale three-dimensional track, swim orientation, beam pattern, and click levels observed on bottom-mounted hydrophones. 1.124 MB OLIVEIRA DE MEIRELLES, ANA CAROLINA and HELEN MARIA DUARTE DO REGO BARROS. BIOTEMAS 20(1):127-131. 2007. Plastic debris ingested by a rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis, stranded alive in northeastern Brazil. 0.623 MB OZTURK, B.; A. SALMAN; A. A. OZTURK and A. TONAY. VIE ET MILIEU 57(1/2):53-59. 2007. Cephalopod remains in the diet of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) and Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. 0.798 MB PROFFITT, KELLY M.; ROBERT A. GARROTT; JAY J. ROTELLA and KATHRYN E. WHEATLEY. OIKOS 116(10):1683-1690. 2007. Environmental and senescent related variations in Weddell seal body mass: Implications for age-specific reproductive performance. 0.115 MB SARKO, DIANA K.; JOHN I. JOHNSON; ROBERT C. SWITZER, III; WALLY I. WELKER and ROGER L. REEP. ANATOMICAL RECORD: ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 290(9):1138-1165. 2007. Somatosensory nuclei of the manatee brainstem and thalamus. 3.534 MB SCOTT, KAREN N. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY 10(2):175-199. 2007. Sound and cetaceans: A regional response to regulating acoustic marine pollution. 0.179 MB SEIXAS, TERCIA G.; HELENA DO A. KEHRIG; GILBERTO FILLMANN; ANA PAULA M. DI BENEDITTO; CRISTINA M. M. SOUZA; EDUARDO R. SECCHI; ISABEL MOREIRA and OLAF MALM. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 385(1-3):208-220. 2007. Ecological and biological determinants of trace elements accumulation in liver and kidney of Pontoporia blainvillei. 0.887 MB SICILIANO, SALVATORE; IGNACIO B. MORENO and ERICO DEMARI E SILVA. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 3pgs. 2007. Early sightings of the pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) off the Brazilian coast: A correction to Rossi-Santos et al. (2006). 0.700 MB SIMMONS, SAMANTHA E.; DANIEL E. CROCKER; RAPHAEL M. KUDELA and DANIEL P. COSTA. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 346:265-275. 2007. Linking foraging behaviour of the northern elephant seal with oceanography and bathymetry at mesoscales. 0.739 MB (View with Acrobat 6.0 or >) SIMON, MALENE; PETER K. MCGREGOR and FERNANDO UGARTE. ACTA ETHOLOGICA 10(2):47-53. 2007. The relationship between the acoustic behaviour and surface activity of killer whales (Orcinus orca) that feed on herring (Clupea harengus). 0.187 MB SKAUG, HANS J.; LENNART FRIMANNSLUND and NILS I. OIEN. ICES (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEAS) JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 64(7):1356-1365. 2007. Historical population assessment of Barents Sea harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus). 0.321 MB STOCKIN, K. A.; R. J. LAW; P. J. DUIGNAN; G. W. JONES; L. PORTER; L. MIRIMIN; L. MEYNIER and M. B. ORAMS. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 387(1-3):333-345. 2007. Trace elements, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in New Zealand common dolphins (Delphinus sp.). 1.681 MB THOMAS, N. J.; J. P. DUBEY; D. S. LINDSAY; R. A. COLE and C. U. METEYER. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 137(2-3):102-121. 2007. Protozoal meningoencephalitis in sea otters (Enhydra lutris): A histopathological and immunohistochemical study of naturally occurring cases. 3.240 MB TYSON, RENY B.; DOUGLAS P. NOWACEK and PATRICK J. O. MILLER. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122(3):1365-1373. 2007. Nonlinear phenomena in the vocalizations of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and killer whales (Orcinus orca). 0.935 MB VILLEGAS, MARIO J.; ALEJANDRO ARON and LUIS A. EBENSPERGER. JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY 25(3):281-286. 2007. The influence of wave exposure on the foraging activity of marine otter, Lontra felina (Molina, 1782) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in northern Chile. 0.208 MB WEST, K. L.; O. T. OFTEDAL; J. R. CARPENTER; B. J. KRAMES; M. CAMPBELL and J. C. SWEENEY. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 273(2):148-160. 2007. Effect of lactation stage and concurrent pregnancy on milk composition in the bottlenose dolphin. 0.225 MB WIRSING, AARON J.; MICHAEL R. HEITHAUS and LAWRENCE M. DILL. OECOLOGIA (BERLIN) 153(4):1031-1040. 2007. Fear factor: Do dugongs (Dugong dugon) trade food for safety from tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)? 0.732 MB _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
