[MARMAM] New paper on association patterns and community structure among female dolphins from Shark Bay Dolphin Research

Dear Marmamers, This year Shark Bay Dolphin Research celebrated 40 years of long-term investigation into a remarkable animal population that includes not only alliances of alliances, but several forms of tool use with differing transmission pathways. Following on from Chabanne et al.’s recent

[MARMAM] Recent papers on estimating sustainable bycatch limits and animal welfare implications of bycatch mitigation in Conservation Biology and Marine Policy

G’day Marmamers, The recent paper “A stochastic model for estimating sustainable limits to wildlife mortality in a changing world” (https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./cobi.13897) introduced a new method for assessing if we are “taking too many” in, amongst other things, our

[MARMAM] Publication announcement from Shark Bay Dolphin Research

G’day Marmamers, We are most pleased to bring to your attention two papers on dolphin social complexity in the forthcoming issue of Current Biology, both stemming from our long-term research programme in Shark Bay, Western Australia (www.sharkbaydolphins.org).

[MARMAM] New paper on alliance formation in dolphins of Shark Bay

G’day Marmamers, It seems that in at least some circumstances: the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. We are pleased to draw to your attention to the latest (open access) paper out of Shark Bay Dolphin Research

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity, bottlenose dolphin acoustics, Cardigan Bay

will be spent at the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC) in Wales for fieldwork. The remainder will be spent at the UoB. The candidate will be supervised by Drs. Stephanie King (UoB), Simon Allen (UoB) and Sarah Perry (CBMWC), with input from Dr. Tom Stringell (NRW). Please use the link

[MARMAM] Book chapter: The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin

Dear colleagues, As alluded to a short while back, the book Würsig B. (ed.) 2019. Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Odontocetes. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland was recently published, with information on the e-book, chapters, and hard copy available at:

[MARMAM] More papers from Shark Bay

G’day Marmamers, We’re very pleased to circulate a couple more papers from our long-term dolphin research in the eastern and western gulfs of Shark Bay (www.sharkbaydolphins.org). Published in June was: Bizzozzero MR, Allen SJ, Gerber L, King SL, Wild S,

[MARMAM] Research assistants needed in Shark Bay

v positions. Deadline for applications is the Friday 23rd of February. All the best, Simon ~~ Simon Allen, PhD School of Biological Sciences | Oceans Institute University of Western Australia Crawley WA 6009 Mob: (61-0) 416 083 653 Email: simon.al...@uwa.edu.au Web: http://www.shar

[MARMAM] New publication on sponge carrying in humpback dolphins

sing the paper and, for those who attended SMM2017, safe travels home. Best regards, Simon ~~~~~~ Simon Allen, PhD School of Biological Sciences | Oceans Institute University of Western Australia Crawley WA 6009 Mob: (61-0) 416 083 653 Email: simon.al...@uwa.edu.au Web1:

[MARMAM] New publication on dolphins associating with a trawl fishery

lvN-2BBLahzFj5BE9TIaiO59k7nz-2FWRNEWrjOXMOTJZszzoejcxcBH64spZICqdHmVj04VuyPpvZii4LMt96AAHBZVzZxvPfeGxSk-3D> All the best and hope to cross paths with many in Halifax. Kind regards, Simon ~~ Simon Allen, PhD School of Biological Sciences | Oceans Institute University of Western Aus

[MARMAM] New publication on bottlenose dolphin population genetics

<mailto:michael.kruet...@aim.uzh.ch>) or me a line for a PDF. All the best, Simon (on behalf of all co-authors). ~~ Simon Allen, PhD Centre for Marine Futures School of Animal Biology | Oceans Institute University of Western Australia Crawley WA 6009 Mob: (61-0) 416 083 653 Email: si

[MARMAM] Seeking research assistants in Shark Bay

[cid:3E1A8159-126A-4BF3-8464-3357B44F4B07] The Shark Bay Dolphin Research Alliance (sharkbaydolphins.org) is seeking two field assistants for the 2016 field season (late-June through November) in Shark Bay, Western Australia. We seek an assistant for the Dolphin Innovation Project, which

[MARMAM] SharkBayDolphins.org

use. Please visit the site to see more, and continue to do so to stay abreast of our research. Best regards, Simon Allen, Richard Connor and Michael Krützen P.S. For the artists/design nerds, our logos embody the colours and the shapes of Shark Bay, dolphin behaviour, sponges, shells

[MARMAM] New paper on cetacean-based tourism management

from any of the authors. Best regards, James, Lars, Simon, Peter and David --- Simon Allen, PhD Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit School of Veterinary and Life Sciences Murdoch University 90 South St, Murdoch Western Australia 6150 mob: (61-0) 416 083 653 email: s.al

[MARMAM] New publication on assessing bycatch in trawl fisheries

deployments to improve current approaches to by-catch mitigation. You can access the article at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF13130.htm or drop the Vanessa a line (vanessa.jai...@hotmail.commailto:vanessa.jai...@hotmail.com) for the PDF. Kind regards, Simon Simon Allen Research Associate

[MARMAM] Publication on dolphin bycatch from North-Western Australia

and connectivity with adjacent populations. If interested, you can download the PDF at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0093178 Kind regards, Simon Simon Allen Research Associate and PhD candidate Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit School of Veterinary

[MARMAM] PhD positions available (genomics, dolphins, Shark Bay - University of Zurich)

genetics and genomics of primates and delphinids. The work will be conducted in close collaboration with Prof. Richard Connor at the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Simon Allen of Murdoch University, Australia, and Prof. Bill Sherwin at the University of New South Wales, Australia

[MARMAM] Recent publication on sponging dolphins in Shark Bay

size, habitat specialisation, tool use, Tursiops sp. The paper is available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10./(ISSN)1748-7692/earlyview Kind regards, Simon Simon Allen Research Associate and PhD candidate Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit School of Veterinary

[MARMAM] Two publications on north-western Australian delphinids and Environmental Impact Assessment

Research School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Murdoch University 90 South St., Murdoch Western Australia 6150 ( Tel (61-8) 9360 2823 Ê Fax (61-8) 9360 6303 Mob (61-0) 416 083 653 * s.al...@murdoch.edu.au Web http://mucru.org/group-members/simon-allen/ http://www.mucru.org/ http

[MARMAM] New publication: Why do bottlenose dolphins carry conch shells?

; michael.kruet...@aim.uzh.ch) Simon Allen Research Fellow, Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Murdoch University South St., Murdoch Western Australia 6150 Email: s.al...@murdoch.edu.au Mobile: +61 (0)416

[MARMAM] New publication

: +61-2-96023888 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Simon Allen Research Fellow, Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Murdoch University South St., Murdoch