[MARMAM] New publication: Estimates of the abundance of cetaceans in the central North Atlantic based on the NASS Icelandic and Faroese shipboard surveys conducted in 2015

[Solveig Enoksen]

Dear MARMAM community,

The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission is pleased to announce the early 
online publication of the third article of Volume 11 in our Scientific 
Publication Series, “Estimates of the abundance of cetaceans in the central 
North Atlantic based on the NASS Icelandic and Faroese shipboard surveys 
conducted in 2015” by Daniel G. Pike, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Bjarni 
Mikkelsen, Sverrir D. Halldórsson and Gísli Víkingsson.

Abstract:
The North Atlantic Sightings Survey (NASS), the sixth in a series of surveys 
conducted between 1987 and 2015, was conducted in June/July 2015 and covered a 
large area of the northern North Atlantic. The Icelandic and Faroese ship 
survey component of the NASS covered the area between the Faroe Islands and 
East Greenland from latitude 52° to 72° N. The survey used 3 vessels and an 
independent double-platform configuration with each platform staffed by a 
minimum of 2 observers. Here we present both uncorrected abundance estimates 
derived using Multiple Covariates Distance Sampling, and corrected abundance 
estimates derived using Mark-Recapture Distance Sampling, for the following 
species: fin (Balaenoptera physalus), common minke (B. acutorstrata), humpback 
(Megaptera novaeangliae), blue (B. musculus), sei (B. borealis), sperm 
(Physeter macrocephalus), long-finned pilot (Globicephala melas) and northern 
bottlenose (Hyperoodon ampullatus) whales as well as white-beaked 
(Lagenorhynchus albirostris) and white-sided (L. acutus) dolphins. We then 
compare these estimates to those from previous NASS and put them into context 
with estimates from adjoining areas of the North Atlantic.

The article is open access and available here: 
https://doi.org/10.7557/3.4941

Volume 11 - Sightings Surveys in the North Atlantic: 30 years of counting 
whales will consist of a series of articles dealing with the results of NASS, a 
series of internationally coordinated cetacean surveys that were conducted in 
the North Atlantic in 1987, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2007 and 2015. It will also 
include articles dealing with other surveys done in the North Atlantic in the 
period 1987-2016.


Best,
Solveig Enoksen
Editorial Assistant, NAMMCO Scientific Publications Series
Scientific & Communication Assistant
NAMMCO - North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
POB 6453, N-9294 Tromsø, Norway
+47 77 68 73 71, solveig.enok...@nammco.no,
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[MARMAM] New paper entitled the Nutritional Ecology of Marine Apex Predators

[Machovsky Capuska Gabriel]

Dear Marmam,



We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper entitled “The
Nutritional Ecology of Marine Apex Predators”



Gabriel E. Machovsky-Capuska & David Raubenheimer

*https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095411
*



Abstract

Apex predators play pivotal roles in marine ecosystems, mediated
principally through diet and nutrition. Yet, compared with terrestrial
animals, the nutritional

ecology of marine predators is poorly understood. One reason is that the
field has adhered to an approach that evaluates diet principally in terms
of energy gain.

Studies in terrestrial systems, by contrast, increasingly adopt a
multidimensional approach, the nutritional geometry framework, that
distinguishes specific

nutrients and calories. We provide evidence that a nutritional approach is
likewise relevant to marine apex predators, then demonstrate how
nutritional geometry

can characterize the nutrient and energy content of marine prey. Next, we
show how this framework can be used to reconceptualize ecological
interactions via the

ecological niche concept, and close with a consideration of its application
to problems in marine predator research.



Please feel free to contact me for the pdf including the name of the paper
in the subject area (to avoid spam emails!).

We also welcome enquiries regarding to the possibility of exploring new
research collaborations on this field.



Regards,

Gabriel





Dr. GABRIEL MACHOVSKY-CAPUSKA

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow



Level 4 East | D17 - Education and Research Hub, The Charles Perkins
Centre| The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006

*T* +61 2 9351 8020 | *F* +61 2 9351 3056 | *M  *+61 406 419 396



*http://gabrielmachovsky.com/ *



http://sydney.edu.au/perkins/research/current-research/human-animal-interactions.shtml

https://sydney.edu.au/charles-perkins-centre/our-research/current-research/nutrition/human-food-chain.html
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[MARMAM] Aquatic Mammals issue 45.5 is available online

[Kathleen Dudzinski]

Dear MARMAM and ECS Talk subscribers,
 
Apologies to those of you who will receive duplicate emails due to 
cross-posting.
 
The following titles represent the contents of the most recent issue (Volume 
45, issue 5, 2019) of Aquatic Mammals. For individuals with a print 
subscription, the double print copy of 45.5/45.6 will be mailed in late 
November.
 
I encourage you to visit the website not only for the recent issue but also 
because we have a new “Meet the Editorial Team” page under the “About Us” menu 
option. 
With this new feature, our readers and authors can virtually meet our editorial 
team. 
 
Aquatic Mammals is the longest running peer-reviewed journal dedicated to 
research on aquatic mammals and is published quarterly with manuscripts 
available as published PDFs in real time. 
Further information about the journal can be found at: 
http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/  
 
To submit a manuscript for publication consideration, please visit: 
http://am.expressacademic.org/actions/author.php 

  
Thank you for your continued interest in the journal and abstract postings.
With regards,
Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Ph.D.
Editor, Aquatic Mammals Journal
busin...@aquaticmammalsjournal.org 
 
Fletcher M. J. Mingramm, Tamara Keeley, Deanne J. Whitworth, and Rebecca A. 
Dunlop. (2019). Relationships Between Blubber and Respiratory Vapour Steroid 
Hormone Concentrations in Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Aquatic 
Mammals 45(5), 465-477. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.465 

Agathe Serres, Yujiang Hao, and Ding Wang. (2019). Agonistic Interactions and 
Dominance Relationships in Three Groups of Captive Odontocetes: Method of 
Assessment and Inter-Species/Group Comparison. Aquatic Mammals 45(5), 478-499. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.478 

Alexander Werth, Peter van de Graaf, and Rebecca Desjardins. (2019). A Method 
to Replace Whale Gingival Tissue for Long-Term Study or Exhibition of Full 
Baleen Racks. Aquatic Mammals 45(5), 500-506. DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.500 

Héctor Pérez-Puig, Gisela Heckel, and Lorayne Meltzer. (2019). First Leucistic 
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Sighting Registered in the Gulf of 
California, Mexico. Aquatic Mammals 45(5), 507-512. DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.507 

Lauren T. Harshaw, Iskande V. Larkin, Charles R. Staples, Karen C. Scott, and 
Richard C. Hill. (2019). In Vivo Apparent Digestibility of Fiber in Florida 
Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Under Human Care. Aquatic Mammals 
45(5), 513-524. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.513 

Ting Li, Hao Wu, Caiwen Wu, Guang Yang, and Bingyao Chen. (2019). Molecular 
Identification of Stranded Cetaceans in Coastal China. Aquatic Mammals 45(5), 
525-532. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.525 

Adam M. Schaefer, Gregory D. Bossart, Tyler Harrington, Patricia A. Fair, Peter 
J. McCarthy, and John S. Reif. (2019). Temporal Changes in Antibiotic 
Resistance Among Bacteria Isolated from Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops 
truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, 2003-2015. Aquatic Mammals 
45(5), 533-542. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.533 

Annette E. Harnish, Jim Ault, Chuck Babbitt, Frances M. D. Gulland, Paul C. 
Johnson, Noelle L. Shaughnessy, Kimberly A. Wood, and Robin W. Baird. (2019). 
Survival of a Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Calf with a 
Presumptive Gunshot Wound to the Head. Aquatic Mammals 45(5), 543-548. DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.543 

Ronald A. Kastelein, Lean Helder-Hoek, Suzanne Cornelisse, Léonie A. E. 
Huijser, and Robin Gransier. (2019). Temporary Hearing Threshold Shift in 
Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Due to One-Sixth-Octave Noise Band at 32 
kHz. Aquatic Mammals 45(5), 549-562. DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.549 

Sarah E. Tubbs, Aylin Akkaya Baş, Gabrielle Côté, Amy L. Jones, and Gillian 
Notman. (2019). Sighting and Stranding Reports of Irrawaddy Dolphins (Orcaella 
brevirostris) and Dugongs (Dugong dugon) in Kep and Kampot, Cambodia. Aquatic 
Mammals 45(5), 563-568. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.5.2019.563 

Brandon L. Southall, James J. Finneran, Colleen Reichmuth, Paul E. Nachtigall, 
Darlene R. Ketten, Ann E. Bowles, William T. Ellison, Douglas P. Nowacek, and 
Peter L. Tyack. (2019). Errata: Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria: Updated 
Scientific Recommendations for Residual Hearing Ef