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Here's the latest posting of new PDF's that are available. File sizes have been included. Abstracts also available on request. 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 ANDERSON, C. J. R.; J. D. ROTH and J. M. WATERMAN. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 273(4):333-339. 2007. Can whisker spot patterns be used to identify individual polar bears? 0.289 MB BEAUMONT, ELLEN S. and JOHN C. GOOLD. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 87(5):1337-1343. 2007. Cheap and accessible method to aid individual photo-identification of grey seals, Halichoerus grypus. 0.246 MB BERGER, W. H. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 54(21-22):2399-2421. 2007. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology of the Southern Ocean - A Synthesis of Three Decades of Scientific Ocean Drilling. Cenozoic cooling, Antarctic nutrient pump, and the evolution of whales. 1.750 MB BLUHM, B. A.; K. O. COYLE; B. KONAR and R. HIGHSMITH. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 54(23-26):2919-2933. 2007. Effects of Climate Variability on Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystems - A GLOBEC Symposium, GLOBEC-ESSAS Symposium. High gray whale relative abundances associated with an oceanographic front in the south-central Chukchi Sea. 1.316 MB BOURG, GISELE; DAVID O'CALLAGHAN and MARIA LAURA BOSCHIROLI. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 125(3-4):375-380. 2007. The genomic structure of Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals gives clues to evolutionary history within the genus. 0.467 MB BRYAN, COLLEEN E.; STEVEN J. CHRISTOPHER; BRIAN C. BALMER and RANDALL S. WELLS. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 388(1-3):325-342. 2007. Establishing baseline levels of trace elements in blood and skin of bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida: Implications for non-invasive monitoring. 0.675 MB CAON, GLAUCO; CLARICE BERNHARDT FIALHO and DANIEL DANILEWICZ. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 88(5):1335-1341. 2007. Body fat condition in franciscanas (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. 0.150 MB COSTA, DANIEL P.; CAREY KUHN and MICHAEL WEISE. California Sea Grant College Program. Research Completion Reports. Paper Coastal 07-03. 41pp. 2007. Foraging ecology of the California sea lion: Diet, diving behavior, foraging locations, and predation impacts on fisheries resources. 2.154 MB COYLE, KENNETH O.; BODIL BLUHM; BRENDA KONAR; ARNY BLACHARD and RAYMOND C. HIGHSMITH. DEEP SEA RESEARCH PART II: TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 54(23-26):2906-2918. 2007. Effects of Climate Variability on Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystems - A GLOBEC Symposium, GLOBEC-ESSAS Symposium. Amphipod prey of gray whales in the northern Bering Sea: Comparison of biomass and distribution between the 1980s and 2002-2003. 0.500 MB FIRESTONE, JEREMY; SHANNON B. LYONS; CHENGFENG WANG and JAMES J. CORBETT. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 141(1):221-232. 2008. Statistical modeling of North Atlantic right whale migration along the mid-Atlantic region of the eastern seaboard of the United States. 0.835 MB FORTUNA, CATERINA MARIA; SIMONEPIETRO CANESE; MICHELA GIUSTI; ELETTA REVELLI; PIERPAOLO CONSOLI; GIUSEPPINA FLORIO; SILVESTRO GRECO; TERESA ROMEO; FRANCO ANDALORO; MARIA CRISTINA FOSSI and GIANCARLO LAURIANO. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 87(5):1321-1326. 2007. An insight into the status of the striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. 0.227 MB GAILEY, GLENN; BERND WURSIG and TRENT L. MCDONALD. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):75-91. 2007. Abundance, behavior, and movement patterns of western gray whales in relation to a 3-D seismic survey, Northeast Sakhalin Island, Russia. 0.328 MB GALIMBERTI, FILIPPO; SIMONA SANVITO; CHIARA BRASCHI and LUIGI BOITANI. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 62(2):159-171. 2007. The cost of success: Reproductive effort in male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). 0.290 MB GORE, M. A.; E. AHMAD; Q. M. ALI; R. M. CULLOCH; S. A. HASNAIN; B. HUSSAIN; P. IQBAL; S. KIANI; C. D. MACLEOD; E. C. M. PARSONS; P. J. SIDDIQUI; R. F. ORMOND and U. WAQAS. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records (Published online) 4pgs. 2007. Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris, remains recovered on the Pakistani coast. 0.272 MB HAUSER, DONNA D. W.; MILES G. LOGSDON; ELIZABETH E. HOLMES; GLENN R. VANBLARICOM and RICHARD W. OSBORNE. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 351:301-310. 2007. Summer distribution patterns of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca: Core areas and spatial segregation of social groups. 1.022 MB JENKINS, LEKELIA D. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE PART A 38(4):698-712. 2007. Bycatch: Interactional expertise, dolphins and the US tuna fishery. 0.306 MB JOHNSON, S. R.; W. J. RICHARDSON; S. B. YAZVENKO; S. A. BLOKHIN; G. GAILEY; M. R. JENKERSON; S. K. MEIER; H. R. MELTON; M. W. NEWCOMER; A. S. PERLOV; S. A. RUTENKO; B. WURSIG; C. R. MARTIN and D. E. EGGING. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):1-19. 2007. A western gray whale mitigation and monitoring program for a 3-D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia. 0.590 MB KENNEY, ROBERT D. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 22(10):514-515. 2007. Book review Are killer whales the culprits? Book review: Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems. J. A. Estes; D. P. DeMaster; D. F. Doak; T. M. Williams & R. L. Brownell, Jr (eds.). U.C. Press. 402pp. ISBN 978-052024884-7. 2006. 0.098 MB KISZKA, JEREMY; PETER J. ERSTS and VINCENT. JOURNAL OF CETACEAN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT 9(2):105-109. 2007. Cetacean diversity around the Mozambique Channel Island of Mayotte (Comoros Archipelago) 0.256 MB KRAHN, MARGARET M.; M. BRADLEY HANSON; ROBIN W. BAIRD; RICHARD H. BOYER; DOUGLAS G. BURROWS; CANDICE K. EMMONS; JOHN K. B. FORD; LINDA L. JONES; DAWN P. NOREN; PETER S. ROSS; GREGORY S. SCHORR and TRACY K. COLLIER. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 54(12):1903-1911. 2007. Persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes in biopsy samples (2004/2006) from Southern Resident killer whales. 0.344 MB KURIHARA, NOZOMI and SEN-ICHI ODA. ACTA THERIOLOGICA 52(4):403-418. 2007. Cranial variation in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp. from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans: Additional evidence for two species. 0.614 MB LAHAYE, V.; P. BUSTAMANTE; W. DABIN; C. CHURLAUD and F. CAURANT. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 33(8):1021-1028. 2007. Trace element levels in foetus-mother pairs of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) stranded along the French coasts. 0.336 MB LAPIERRE, JENNIFER L.; PETER O. KOSENKO; OLEG I. LYAMIN; TOHRU KODAMA; LEV M. MUKHAMETOV and JEROME M. SIEGEL. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 27(44):11999-12006. 2007. Cortical acetylcholine release is lateralized during asymmetrical slow-wave sleep in northern fur seals. 0.567 MB LAVERY, TRISH J.; NICOLE BUTTERFIELD; CATHERINE M. KEMPER; ROBERT J. REID and KEN SANDERSON. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 390(1):77-85. 2008. Metals and selenium in the liver and bone of three dolphin species from South Australia, 1988-2004. 0.628 MB LITZ, JENNY A.; LANCE P. GARRISON; LYNNE A. FIEBER; ANTHONY MARTINEZ; JOSEPH P. CONTILLO and JOHN R. KUCKLICK. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 41(21):7222-7228. 2007. Fine-scale spatial variation of persistent organic pollutants in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Biscayne Bay, Florida. 0.200 MB LUQUE, SEBASTIAN P. and CHRISTOPHE GUINET. BEHAVIOUR 144(11):1315-1332. 2007. A maximum likelihood approach for identifying dive bouts improves accuracy, precision and objectivity. 0.285 MB LYAMIN, OLEG; JULIA PRYASLOVA; PETER KOSENKO and JEROME SIEGEL. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR 92(4):725-733. 2007. Behavioral aspects of sleep in bottlenose dolphin mothers and their calves. 0.447 MB MACKEY, B. L.; J. W. DURBAN; S. J. MIDDLEMAS and P. M. THOMPSON. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (LONDON) 274(1):18-27. 2008. A Bayesian estimate of harbour seal survival using sparse photo-identification data. 0.256 MB MADERSPACHER, FLORIAN. CURRENT BIOLOGY 17(18):R783-R784. 2007. Bye baiji? 0.509 MB MCHUGH, BRENDAN; ROBIN J. LAW; COLIN R. ALLCHIN; EMER ROGAN; SINEAD MURPHY; M. BARRY FOLEY; DENISE GLYNN and EVIN MCGOVERN. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 54(11):1724-1731. 2007. Bioaccumulation and enantiomeric profiling of organochlorine pesticides and persistent organic pollutants in the killer whale (Orcinus orca) from British and Irish waters. 0.297 MB MEIER, S. K.; S. B. YAZVENKO; S. A. BLOKHIN; P. WAINWRIGHT; M. K. MAMINOV; Y. M. YAKOVLEV and M. W. NEWCOMER. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):107-136. 2007. Distribution and abundance of western gray whales off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia, 2001-2003. 1.692 MB MILLER, EDWARD H.; HA-CHEOL SUNG; VALERIE D. MOULTON; GARY W. MILLER; J. KERRY FINLEY and GARRY B. STENSON. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 88(5):1325-1334. 2007. Variation and integration of the simple mandibular postcanine dentition in two species of phocid seal. 0.287 MB OVIEDO, LENIN. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 87(5):1327-1335. 2007. Dolphin sympatric ecology in a tropical ford: Habitat bathymetry and topography as a strategy to coexist. 0.261 MB PARRA, GUIDO. J. MAMMALIA 71(3):147-149. 2007. Observations of an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin carrying a sponge: Object play or tool use? 0.074 MB PARSONS, E. C. M. and NAOMI A. ROSE. In: Balancing Marine Tourism, Development, and Sustainability. Proceedings of the 5th International Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress. M. Lück, A. Graeupl, M. L. Miller, J. Auyong & M. B. Orams (eds). p.114-127. 2007. Sustainable versus unsustainable dolphin tourism in the Caribbean: A case study in the Dominican Republic. 0.072 MB QUEROUIL, SOPHIE; MONICA A. SILVA; LUIS FREITAS; RUI PRIETO; SARA MAGALHAES; ANA DINIS; FILIPE ALVES; JOSE A. MATOS; DIOGO MENDONCA; PHILIP S. HAMMOND and RICARDO S. SANTOS. CONSERVATION GENETICS 8(6):1405-1419. 2007. High gene flow in oceanic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of the North Atlantic. 0.333 MB REGEHR, ERIC V.; NICHOLAS J. LUNN; STEVEN C. AMSTRUP and IAN STIRLING JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 71(8):2673-2683. 2007. Effects of earlier sea ice breakup on survival and population size of polar bears in western Hudson Bay. 0.334 MB ROMERO, ALDEMARO BERMUDA JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND MARITIME HISTORY 17:5-27. 2006(2007). 'More private gain than public good': Whale and ambergris exploitation in 17th-century Bermuda. 2.163 MB ROSA, CHERYL; JOHN E. BLAKE; LISA MAZZARO; PAUL HOEKSTRA; GINA M. YLITALO and TODD M. O'HARA. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 148(4):454-462. 2007. Vitamin A and E tissue distribution with comparisons to organochlorine concentrations in the serum, blubber and liver of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). 0.332 MB ROZANOVA, E. I.; A. YU. ALEKSEEV; A. V. ABRAMOV; YU. N. RASSADKIN and A. M. SHESTOPALOV. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY 33(5):321-323. 2007. Death of the killer whale Orsinus orca from bacterial pneumonia in 2003. 0.110 MB RUTENKO, A. N.; S. V. BORISOV; A. V. GRITSENKO and M. R. JENKERSON. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):21-44. 2007. Calibrating and monitoring the western gray whale mitigation zone and estimating acoustic transmission during a 3D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia. 1.057 MB SAYIGH, LAELA S.; H. CARTER ESCH; RANDALL S. WELLS and VINCENT M. JANIK. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 74(6):1631-1642. 2007. Facts about signature whistles of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. 2.029 MB SILVA, JOSE MARTINS, JR; FLAVIO JOSE DE LIMA SILVA; CRISTINA SAZIMA and IVAN SAZIMA. SCIENTIA MARINA 71(3):505-511. 2007. Trophic relationships of the spinner dolphin at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, SW Atlantic. 1.073 MB SKILLETER, GREG A.; CARLA WEGSCHEIDL and JANET M. LANYON. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 351:287-300. 2007. Effects of grazing by a marine mega-herbivore on benthic assemblages in a subtropical seagrass bed. 0.483 MB SONNE, CHRISTIAN; RUNE DIETZ; ERIK W. BORN; FRANK F. RIGET; PALL S. LEIFSSON; THEA O. BECHSHOFT and MAJA KIRKEGAARD. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 387(1-3):237-246. 2007. Spatial and temporal variation in size of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sexual organs and its use in pollution and climate change studies. 0.769 MB STAVROS, HUI-CHEN W.; GREGORY D. BOSSART; THOMAS C. HULSEY and PATRICIA A. FAIR. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 388(1-3):300-315. 2007. Trace element concentrations in skin of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the southeast Atlantic coast. 0.575 MB TOTH-BROWN, JACALYN and A. A. HOHN. CRUSTACEANA 80(10):1271-1279. 2007. Occurrence of the barnacle, Xenobalanus globicipitis, on coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in New Jersey. 0.546 MB VAUGHAN, KERRIE; JASON DEL CREW; GARY HERMANSON; MARY K. WLOCH; ROBERT H. RIFFENBURGH; CYNTHIA R. SMITH and WILLIAM G. VAN BONN. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 120(3-4):260-266. 2007. A DNA vaccine against dolphin morbillivirus is immunogenic in bottlenose dolphins. 0.261 MB WANG, JOHN Y.; SHIH CHU YANG; SAMUEL K. HUNG and THOMAS A. JEFFERSON. MAMMALIA 71(4):157-165. 2007. Distribution, abundance and conservation status of the eastern Taiwan Strait population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis. 0.185 MB WHEATLEY, KATHRYN E.; PETER D. NICHOLS; MARK A. HINDELL; ROBERT G. HARCOURT and COREY J. A. BRADSHAW. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 352(1):103-113. 2007. Temporal variation in the vertical stratification of blubber fatty acids alters diet predictions for lactating Weddell seals. 0.330 MB WILLIAMS, NIGEL. CURRENT BIOLOGY 16(23):R975-R976. 2006. Iceland shunned over whale hunting. 0.745 MB YAZVENKO, S. B.; T. L. MCDONALD; S. A. BLOKHIN; S. R. JOHNSON; S. K. MEIER; H. R. MELTON; M. W. NEWCOMER; R. M. NIELSON; V. L. VLADIMIROV and P. W. WAINWRIGHT. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):45-73. 2007. Distribution and abundance of western gray whales during a seismic survey near Sakhalin Island, Russia. 1.525 MB YAZVENKO, S. B.; T. L. MCDONALD; S. A. BLOKHIN; S. R. JOHNSON; H. R. MELTON; M. W. NEWCOMER; R. NIELSON and P. W. WAINWRIGHT. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 134(1-3):93-106. 2007. Feeding of western gray whales during a seismic survey near Sakhalin Island, Russia. 0.325 MB Too large to email, will have to download from FTP server. Email for logon info. PUGLIARES, KATIE R.; ANDREA BOGOMOLNI; KATHLEEN M. TOUHEY; SARAH M. HERZIG; CHARLES T. HARRY and MICHAEL J. MOORE. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION TECHNICAL REPORT WHOI-2007-06. 131pp. 2007. Marine mammal necropsy: An introductory guide for stranding responders and field biologists. 9.638 MB _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
