[MARMAM] Call for Abstracts: Animal telemetry session at Ocean Sciences meeting Feb 2016, New Orleans, LA. USA.

2015-09-03 Thread Samantha Simmons
Calling all marine mammal biologgers, (Apologies for cross-postings) We are seeking abstracts for an Ocean Sciences (New Orleans, Feb 2016) session, Our Session ID#: 9647- Integrating Ocean Observing and Animal Telemetry - the US Animal Telemetry Observing Network (ATN). Further details are

[MARMAM] New paper on Oceania humpback whales

2015-09-03 Thread Emma Carroll
Dear Colleagues, we are please to announce a new open-access publication on the IUCN-listed Oceania humpback whale population: Assessing the design and power of capture−recapture studies to estimate demographic parameters for the Endangered Oceania humpback whale population E. L. Carroll, L.

[MARMAM] IWC whale-watching sub-committee survey

2015-09-03 Thread cglea...@masonlive.gmu.edu
Greetings, The International Whaling Commission whale-watching (WW) sub-committee is conducting a survey to gather data regarding whale-watching guidelines/regulations. It takes approximately 5 minutes to complete and the information regarding how the WW sub-committee can improve outreach and

[MARMAM] Do bottlenose dolphin females fight and sometimes kill infants?

2015-09-03 Thread Naomi Rose
Dear MARMAMers: A weeks-old calf has died at Planète Sauvage, a dolphinarium in France. Here is the short press item on this death: http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/port-saint-pere-un-jeune-dauphin-meurt-a-planete-sauvage-29-08-2015-168169 For those who don't speak French, the article says:

[MARMAM] Open-access paper and 3D models of new fossil river dolphin from Panama

2015-09-03 Thread Pyenson, Nicholas
Open-access paper and 3D models of new fossil river dolphin from Panama Hi MARMAM list, On behalf of my coauthors, we wish to share the announcement, published on Tuesday 9/1, of a new species of fossil river dolphin, Isthminia panamensis, published in the open-access online journal PeerJ

[MARMAM] A New Miocene Family, Tranatocetidae, Brings Perspective on Baleen Whale Evolution

2015-09-03 Thread Pavel Gol'din
Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce the following open access paper on the evolution of baleen whales: Gol’din P, Steeman ME (2015) From Problem Taxa to Problem Solver: A New Miocene Family, Tranatocetidae, Brings Perspective on Baleen Whale Evolution. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0135500.