[MARMAM] Dispersive Bowhead up calls

Dear Marmammers, The subjective of my thesis is about detecting and characterizing dispersive North Atlantic Right whale up calls. I am writing the future work section and I am looking for other dispersive shallow-water calls from different species to validate the proposed technique. Does an

[MARMAM] New paper

The following paper was just published: Zerbini, A.N., Clapham, P.J. and Wade, P.R. 2010. Assessing plausible rates of population growth in humpback whales from life-history data. Marine Biology DOI 10.1007/s00227-010-1403-y. ABSTRACT The rate of growth of any population is a quantity of inte

[MARMAM] REQUEST FOR ARTICLES - SIRENEWS

The editors of Sirenews, the newsletter of the IUCN Sirenia Specialist Group, would like to request articles for the upcoming edition. Updates on manatee and dugong research, management, education, and conservation activities from around the world are encouraged. The deadline for submissions is

[MARMAM] Marine mammals & artificial recruitment reef relations

Hello, My name is Stefan Kolle and I am currently working with the NGO Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation in Greece. We are currently running a feasibility study for site selection on artificial recruitment reef application in the eastern Aegean Sea. As we have several marine mammal p

[MARMAM] Belize: Early Registration Deadline March 1

Behavior, Ecology & Conservation of Marine Mammals: A Unique Field Course in Belize INSTRUCTORS: Caryn Self-Sullivan, Ph.D.1, 2, Bruce A. Schulte, Ph.D.4, Katherine S. LaCommare, M.S., ABD 2,3, Jessica R. Young, Ph.D.5 DATES: May 26 - June 8, 2010 (inclusive of travel) Become totally imme

[MARMAM] Report on cetacean subspecies

A new report on cetacean taxonomy is available: Perrin, W. F., J. G. Mead and R. L. Brownell, Jr. 2009. Review of the evidence used in the description of currently recognized cetacean subspecies. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS NOAA_TM_NMFS-SWFSC-450, 38pp. A pdf is available at https://swfsc.n

[MARMAM] Invitation to submit to special issue of Aquatic Mammals on Monk Seals

Dear Marmamers During the 18th Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy in Quebec/Canada, 12-16 October 2009, a workshop was held focusing on the study and conservation of the critically endangered Monk seals. The workshop, entitled "Research, Management, Conservation and Policy in