[MARMAM] New Publication: Drone-enabled quantification of skin disease in Arabian Sea humpback whales

2023-01-28 Thread Matt Leslie
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors I am pleased to present our recently published paper entitled: Remote and non‑invasive quantification of ‘Tattoo Skin Disease‑Like' dermatopathy in endangered Arabian Sea humpback whales using drone photography. The view-only version is available here:

[MARMAM] New Publication: Body size data from drone images support a unique Chilean blue whale taxon

2020-11-13 Thread Matt Leslie
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of my wonderful co-authors, I am happy to announce this new publication on Chilean blue whales. TITLE: Body size data collected non-invasively from drone images indicate a morphologically distinct Chilean blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) taxon OPEN ACCESS LINK:

[MARMAM] New Publication: Norrisanima miocaena, a new generic name and redescription of a stem balaenopteroid mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California

2019-10-16 Thread Matt Leslie
Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am excited to announce the publication of the following open access article in PeerJ: https://peerj.com/articles/7629/ Norrisanima miocaena: a new generic name and redescription of a stem balaenopteroid mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene

[MARMAM] New Publication: Mitogenomic structure in spinner and pantropical spotted dolphins from the eastern tropical Pacific

2018-10-29 Thread Matt Leslie
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of my coauthors I would like to announce the publication of the following research article online in Marine Mammal Science: Leslie, M. S., Archer, F. I. and Morin, P. A. (2018), Mitogenomic differentiation in