[MARMAM] Mysterious pits in the seabed caused by the activity of harbour porpoises?

Dear MARMAM community, mysterious pits in the seabed of the North Sea that cannot be categorised as typical pockmarks? Could marine mammals be the cause? Please have a look at the theory in this article: Schneider von Deimling, J., Hoffmann, J., Geersen, J., Koschinski, S., Lohrberg, A., Gi

[MARMAM] SCANS-IV in 2022 determined population size and distribution of cetaceans in European Atlantic waters

Dear MARMAM community, on behalf of the SCANS-IV project consortium I am very happy to announce that the report of the design-based abundance estimates has been published. Link to the report: https://www.tiho-hannover.de/itaw/scans-iv-survey SCANS-IV is the fourth in a series of surveys

[MARMAM] New paper on evaluating strategies for managing anthropogenic mortality on marine mammals

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of all co-authors, I am happy to share this new publication in Frontiers in Marine Science on evaluating strategies for managing anthropogenic mortality on marine mammals. It also case studies harbour porpoise bycatch in the North Sea and has a direct applicat

[MARMAM] New publication on trend detection

Dear all, on behalf of Matthieu Authier and co-authors, I am pleased to announce the publication of our recent article on estimating and detecting trends in cetacean abundance. Happy reading! Authier M, Galatius A, Gilles A, Spitz J. 2020. Of power and despair in cetacean conservation: est

[MARMAM] Job, PhD position, Marine mammals in food webs of the North Sea

Dear MARMAM community, we are hiring! Please join our international multi-disciplinary team at ITAW in Germany, situated in Buesum at beautiful North Sea coast (Wadden Sea) close to Hamburg and Kiel. Our new project BioWeb "Response of biodiversity change in North Sea food webs mediated by e

[MARMAM] REMINDER - ICES special theme session on marine top predators (07-10 Sep 2020)

- REMINDER ABSTRACT DEADLINE 11 March 2020 - Dear colleagues, I would like to call your attention to this special theme session on "Top predators, food webs, and ecosystem-based fisheries management" at the next ICES Annual Science Conference (ASC), 7 – 10 September 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark.

[MARMAM] ICES special theme session on top predators (07-10 Sep 2020)

Dear colleagues, I would like to call your attention to this special theme session on "Top predators, food webs, and ecosystem-based fisheries management" at the next ICES Annual Science Conference (ASC), 7 – 10 September 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark. This session is especially meant to share r

[MARMAM] Symposium, Marine Mammals in a changing environment, 7-8 March, Germany

REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER Invitation ‘MARINE MAMMALS IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT’ Symposium – 07-08 March 2019 – CeNak, Hamburg, Germany Marine mammals comprise top predators and upper trophic levels in oceanic ecosystems of the world. They are incr

[MARMAM] Symposium 'Marine mammals in a changing environment' 07-08 March 2019, Germany

Invitation ‘MARINE MAMMALS IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT’ Symposium – 07-08 March 2019 – CeNak, Hamburg, Germany Marine mammals comprise top predators and upper trophic levels in oceanic ecosystems of the world. They are increasingly threatened by various anthropogenic impacts in their marine habita

[MARMAM] New paper: Habitat-based density models for harbor porpoises

Dear colleagues, please find below information about our new paper in Ecosphere "Seasonal habitat-based density models for a marine top predator, the harbor porpoise, in a dynamic environment”. Gilles, A., S. Viquerat, E. A. Becker, K. A. Forney, S. C. V. Geelhoed, J. Haelters, J. Nabe-Nielsen

[MARMAM] Job announcement - marine mammal ecologist in Germany

Position available PostDoc research position Wildlife Research – Marine Mammals ITAW, Germany The Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW) of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation (TiHo) is an interdisciplinary institute aiming to investigate the ecology