[MARMAM] Maui's Masquerade - 1st Announcement for SMM Student Travel Fundraiser at the Biennial

2013-11-06 Thread Charles Littnan
Greetings Potential SMM Biennial Conference Goers- We are a few short weeks away from the conference and plans for the ever-popular Student Travel Fundraiser are well on their way. In Quebec it was Seal Clubbing. In Tampa it was Manatee Mayhem. In Dunedin we hope to inject a little mystery

[MARMAM] New book on humpback whales

2013-11-06 Thread Phillip Clapham - NOAA Federal
I'm happy to announce the publication (officially on the 31st) of a new book on humpback whales. *Winged Leviathan: The Story Of The Humpback Whale * is a coffee-table book that combines an overview of the biology and behavior of this, my favorite species, with numerous images by wildlife

[MARMAM] Job Announcement - Curator of Marine Mammals

2013-11-06 Thread Samuel A. McLeod
MarMam subscribers, Posted on behalf of Lisa Granados Curator, Marine Mammals Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM)

[MARMAM] New NOAA Fisheries Tech Memo on recommended Protected Species Observers standards

2013-11-06 Thread Jonathan Shannon - NOAA Federal
Greetings, The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Protected Resources, is pleased to announce the availability of the technical memorandum (tech memo) titled National Standards for a Protected Species Observer and Data Management Program: A Model Using Geological and Geophysical

[MARMAM] Publication: Sowerby's beaked whales

2013-11-06 Thread Danielle Cholewiak
Dear list members, My colleagues and I are happy to announce our recent publication: Cholewiak, D., Baumann-Pickering, S., and S. Van Parijs. 2013. Description of sounds associated with Sowerby's beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens) in the western North Atlantic Ocean. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134,