[MARMAM] SeaWorld's new Ask SeaWorld Twitter campaign

2015-05-07 Thread Naomi Rose
Dear MARMAMers: As some here may know, SeaWorld has launched a new Twitter campaign, #Ask SeaWorld. The link below takes you to a March 28 question and response from the related website. http://ask.seaworldcares.com/?p=276 From my knowledge of the literature and my time in the field, I know

[MARMAM] New paper on grey seal behaviour

2015-05-07 Thread BISHOP A.M.
Dear MARMAM subscribers, We are pleased to announce a new publication: Bishop, A., Pomeroy, P., Twiss, S.D. (2015). Breeding male grey seals exhibit similar activity budgets across varying exposures to human activity. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 527:247-259. *Abstract:* Human−wildlife

[MARMAM] Marine Ecologist Position

2015-05-07 Thread Jaime Jahncke
MARINE ECOLOGIST POSITION Point Blue is hiring a Senior Marine Spatial Ecologist to help us drive climate-smart conservation actions off the Sonoma coast and across the entire California Current ecosystem. The Marine Ecologist will play a key role in Point Blue's strategic initiative to

[MARMAM] Low frequency Atlantic bottlenose dolphin vocalizations

2015-05-07 Thread Maria Cartolano
Hello all, I am a PhD student at the University of Miami and I am working on an experiment exposing Gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta) to different predatory cues, including dolphin vocalization playbacks, and measuring various physiological responses. I am hoping someone can shed some light on high

[MARMAM] Ship strikes and the IWC

2015-05-07 Thread Simone Panigada
Dear MARMAM friends and colleagues, with this message we would like to update you on the issue of ship strikes (collisions between ships and cetaceans) and at the same time enquire about your knowledge of incidents. Also, and most importantly, we want to remind everybody about the global IWC

[MARMAM] Marine Mammal Research Internship in Hawaii

2015-05-07 Thread Research Department
Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF), based in Maui, Hawai‘i, is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting whales and other marine life through research, education, and conservation. Our researchers have studied whales and dolphins throughout the Pacific for over 30 years and currently conduct

[MARMAM] Marine Mammal Research Assistant Professorship at the University of Maine

2015-05-07 Thread Mark Wells
Dear Mr. Klassen, Here is the job summary. The School of Marine Sciences of the University of Maine invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in marine mammal science. The successful applicant will have expertise working directly with marine mammals in one or more of the

[MARMAM] Paper: Conflicting rates of increase in the sperm whale population of the eastern Caribbean

2015-05-07 Thread hwhitehe
We would like to announce the publication of the following paper: H. Whitehead and S. Gero (2015) Conflicting rates of increase in the sperm whale population of the eastern Caribbean: positive rates do not reflect a healthy population. Endangered Species Research 27: 207218 Abstract: