[MARMAM] New Online Course - An Introduction to Making Graphs an Maps for Biologists using R - 26th to 29th July 2021

2021-06-21 Thread cdmacleod
New Online Course - An Introduction to Making Graphs an Maps for Biologists using R - 26th to 29th July 2021 Data preparation, presentation and analysis are key skills for all those working with marine mammals, and of the available software packages for doing these, R has rapidly become the

[MARMAM] Survey for MSc thesis: effects of anthropogenic structures on marine predators in the North Sea.

2021-06-21 Thread Silva Simões Bessa Gomes , Carolina
Hello MARMAM community, My name is Carolina Gomes and I am currently doing an MSc project at the University of Exeter, UK, to understand the effects of anthropogenic structures on various marine predators (cetaceans, seals, birds) in the North Sea. An important component of this study is to

[MARMAM] Ethical and Legal Considerations for Scientists Collaborating with Whalers

2021-06-21 Thread Conor Ryan
Dear MARMAMers, On behalf of my colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of our paper. Our motivation was to begin addressing the lack of discourse on ethical and legal issues in whale research. We present the example of scientists collaborating with Icelandic whalers, but acknowledge

[MARMAM] New paper - Vulnerability of a top marine predator in one of the world’s most impacted marine environments (Arabian Gulf)

2021-06-21 Thread Bruno Diaz Lopez
Dear MARMAM community,  My coauthors and I are delighted to bring to your attention of our last research article "Vulnerability of a top marine predator in one of the world’s most impacted marine environments (Arabian Gulf)" recently published in Marine Biology:  Díaz López , B., Methion, S.,