[MARMAM] Job Opp with BOEM- Acoustic Modelers

2020-08-12 Thread Lewandowski, Jill K
JOB OPPORTUNITY... Must apply no later than August 25, 2020. BOEM is hiring three underwater ACOUSTIC MODELERS to join our new Center for Marine Acoustics (CMA). See the link below for more information and instructions to apply. Note that the positions can be filled as an engineer, physical

[MARMAM] Biologging Societies COVID19 initiative

2020-08-12 Thread Mark Hindell
COVID19.Bio-Logging.Initiative The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have devastating impact around the world. In this time of human tragedy and hardship, there are indications that some animal populations respond to reduced levels of human activity, as many countries go into lockdown to control

[MARMAM] New publication: Estimating protected species bycatch from limited observer coverage : A case study of seal bycatch in static net fisheries

2020-08-12 Thread Luck, Cian
My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our new open-access publication "Estimating protected species bycatch from limited observer coverage : A case study of seal bycatch in static net fisheries" in Global Ecology and Conservation. The paper can be accessed here:

[MARMAM] New publication

2020-08-12 Thread Joshua Smith
My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our open access paper in Ecological Applications Validation of presence‐only models for conservation planning and the application to whales in a multiple‐use marine park Joshua N. Smith, Natalie Kelly and Ian W. Renner

[MARMAM] New Online Course - An Introduction to Basic Statistics for Biologists using R - 14th - 17th September 2020

2020-08-12 Thread cdmacleod
Data preparation and analysis is a key skill for all those working with marine mammals, and of the available software packages, R has rapidly become the most widely used. This means that a knowledge of how to prepare and analyse data in R is essential skill for marine mammalogists. We will be

[MARMAM] New publication: Beaked whales in El Salvador

2020-08-12 Thread Wojtek Bachara
Dear Readers, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce our new paper: Bachara, W., Ibarra Portillo, R., Martínez de Navas, E.and Pineda, L. (2020) Beaked whales strandings in El Salvador. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 15(1): 21-24 Abstract: This short communication summarizes all

[MARMAM] New paper: Fraser's dolphin population genetic structure

2020-08-12 Thread Ing Chen 陳瑩
Dear colleagues, On behave of my colleagues, I am delighted to announce our latest paper about Fraser's dolphin population genetics has been published in MPES a couple of months ago: Chen, I., Nishida, S., Chou, L.-S., Isobe, T., Mignucci-Giannoni, A. A., & Hoelzel, A. R. (2020). Population