[MARMAM] Publication on signature whistles and changes in vocal emissions in a rough-toothed dolphin

Greetings MARMAM, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our new article out today in *Frontiers in Marine Science* titled: *Signature whistle use and changes in whistle emission rate in a rehabilitated rough-toothed dolphin* Ramos EA, Jones BL, Austin M, Eierman L, Collom KA,

[MARMAM] Publication on Connectivity patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the north-east Mediterranean

Dear colleagues, my co-authors and I are pleased to share our new publication in /Conservation Genetics:/ *Gaspari, S., Dooley, C., Shreves, K., Silva,  C.S.E., Chapman, N., Genov, Gonzalvo, J., Holcer, D. & Moura, A.E. 2023. Connectivity patterns of bottlenose dolphins (/Tursiops

[MARMAM] Publication on the estimation of detection probability of small cetaceans using a dual visual-acoustic platform

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-auhtors, I am happy to share the publication of the following paper in Frontiers in Marine Science. "Matching visual and acoustic events to estimate detection probability for small cetaceans in the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative" Ollier C, Sinn I, Boisseau

[MARMAM] Publication on cetacean exposure to underwater noise

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I would like to share with you our most recent publication: "Assessment of cetacean exposure to underwater noise in the southwestern Atlantic ocean " Bittencourt, L., Barbosa, M., Paiva, A., Bisi, T.L., Mill, G. N., Costa, V. S.,

[MARMAM] Publication on asphyxiation of seals due to the ingestion of Dover sole

Dear MARMAMers, We are pleased to inform you about a publication in Lutra about the fatal asphyxiation in seals due to Dover soles. Reference: Haelters, J., Jauniaux, T., Kik, M.J.L. & Kerckhof, F., 2023. Prey that kill: Dover soles (Solea solea) causing fatal asphyxiation in seals in the

[MARMAM] Publication on manatee anticipatory behavior

Greetings MARMAM, I am pleased to share our newest open access publication in Zoo Biology titled: "Antillean manatee calves in captive rehabilitation change vocal behavior in anticipation of feeding," The article can be downloaded free from the link below: *Ramos, E. A., Brady, B., Lasala, J.

[MARMAM] Publication on diving metabolism

Dear MARMAMers, My co-authors and I are pleased to share this new open-access publication: Fahlman A, Allen AS, Blawas A, Sweeney J, Stone R, Trainor R, Jensen FH, McHugh K, Allen JB, Barleycorn AA & Wells RS (2023). Surface and diving metabolic rates, and dynamic aerobic dive limits (dADL) in

[MARMAM] Publication - Recovery of the Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale: a case study

Happy new year MarMam community, "Recovery of the Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale: a case study" is now available in the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. The gray whale was the first marine mammal and one of the first of any species to be removed from the Endangered Species

Re: [MARMAM] Publication: New mark-recap model and new Cook Inlet beluga demographic rate estimates

Corrected link to the paper: Himes Boor, G. K., McGuire, T. L., Warlick, A. J., Taylor, R. L., Converse, S. J., McClung, J. R., and Stephens, A. D., 2022, Estimating reproductive and juvenile survival rates when offspring ages are uncertain: a novel multievent mark-resight model with beluga

[MARMAM] Publication: New mark-recap model and new Cook Inlet beluga demographic rate estimates

My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our recent open-access paper describing a new multi-event mark-recapture model to estimate reproductive and survival rates for species that exhibit extended parental care (e.g., belugas, dolphins, manatees) and for which offspring

[MARMAM] Publication - winter distribution of common dolphins

Dear MARMAMers, We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper entitled "Delayed response to environmental conditions and infra-seasonal dynamics of the short-beaked common dolphin distribution" in Royal Society Open Science. The article is available in open access at

[MARMAM] Publication on Risso's dolphin behaviors from Southern California

Dear marmam community, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our recent research article: Rone BK, Sweeney DA, Falcone EA, Watwood SL and Schorr GS (2022) Movements and diving behavior of Risso’s dolphins in the Southern California Bight. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:873548. doi:

[MARMAM] Publication Announcement: Subseasonal forecasts provide a powerful tool for dynamic marine mammal management

Hello MARMAM, We are excited to announce the open access publication of our manuscript "Subseasonal forecasts provide a powerful tool for dynamic marine mammal management" in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The publication is available here:

[MARMAM] Publication on drone-based photogrammetry of manatees

Greetings MARMAM, I am pleased to announce the publication of our newest article “Drone-based photogrammetry assessments of body size and body condition of Antillean manatees” in *Mammalian Biology.* *Abstract * Assessments of individual animal health alerts to early signs of population level

[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] publication announcement

My co-authors and I are glad to announce our new publication: Romero, M.A., Coscarella, M.A., Adams, G.D., Pedraza, J.C., González, R., Crespo, E.A. 2022. Historical reconstruction of the population dynamics of southern right whales in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Scientific Reports 12, 3324.

[MARMAM] Publication of the Cetacean Population Studies Vol. 3 - Memorial Volume for the late Dr. Seiji Ohsumi

Dear MARMAM Subscribers, We are very pleased to inform you that the Cetacean Population Studies, Volume 3 —Memorial volume for the late Dr. Seiji Ohsumi who was an eminent cetologist in Japan and unfortunately passed away in November 2019, is now published online here:

Re: [MARMAM] Publication of an article on the visual cortex of Cetartiodactyla

Dear MARMAMers, on behalf of my colleagues, I am very pleased to share with you the publication of our latest article on the visual cortex of a variety of terrestrial and marine cetartiodactyls (we are supposed to say artiodactyls again now, see Protheros et al., 2021, sorry), compared to two

[MARMAM] Publication: Startle and heart rate responses in captive harbour porpoises

Dear MARMAMers, We are happy to share our recent article in Biology Open, where we show that trained harbour porpoises exposed to sonar-like sounds initially responded with intensified bradycardia, but habituated rapidly. Exposure to 40kHz pulses consistently evoked startle jerks, but elicited no

[MARMAM] Publication 28th of May 2021 on the space use of coastal female polar bears in Svalbard

Hi all, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication in Polar Research: Brun, C., Blanchet, M.-A., Ims, R.A., & Aars, J. (2021) Stability of space use in Svalbard coastal female polar bears: intra-individual variability and influence of kinship. Polar Research.

[MARMAM] Publication: PhotoID Reveals the Threat of Entanglement for Endangered Northern Bottlenose Whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus)

Dear colleagues, We would like to to share our new paper "Origin and Persistence of Markings in a Long-Term Photo-Identification Dataset Reveal the Threat of Entanglement for Endangered Northern Bottlenose Whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus)" recently published as open access in Frontiers in Marine

[MARMAM] Publication: Social structure, habitat use and injuries of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) reveal isolated, coastal and threatened communities in the South Pacific

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new publication: "Social structure, habitat use and injuries of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) reveal isolated, coastal and threatened communities in the South Pacific" This publication is available in

[MARMAM] publication announcement

Dear Marmam, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the following publication in Marine Mammal Science:  Taylor, JS, Hart, LB, Adams, J. Skin lesion prevalence of estuarine common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina, with comparisons to other east coast study sites.

[MARMAM] Publication announcement

Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I would like to announce the recent publication of the following paper: “A comparison of baleen whale density estimates derived from overlapping satellite imagery and a shipborne survey”. The paper is open access, and available to all from:

[MARMAM] Publication of NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS‐OPR‐64, North Atlantic Right Whale Monitoring and Surveillance: Report and Recommendations of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Expert Work

Dear Colleagues, Today, NOAA Fisheries is publishing the Technical Memorandum NMFS‐OPR‐64: North Atlantic Right Whale Monitoring and Surveillance: Report and Recommendations of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Expert Working Group. This report summarizes a workshop NOAA Fisheries convened

[MARMAM] publication option for wild marine mammals’ health related articles

Subject: publication option for wild marine mammals’ health related articles: *Animals* Special Issue - Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses of Wild Marine Animals Dear MARMAM subscribers, *Animals* Special Issue - Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses of Wild Marine Animals ((IF=2.323, Q1, Veterinary

[MARMAM] publication on river dolphins

Dear Marmam colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors I'm pleased to share our recent publication on South American river dolphins in JCRM. Pavanato H.J., Gomez-Salzar C., Trujillo F., Lima D., Paschoalini M., Ristau N., Marmonetel M. 2019.* Density, abundance and group size of river dolphins (Inia

[MARMAM] Publication: Seismic surveys reduce cetacean sightings across a large marine ecosystem

My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our new publication entitled 'Seismic surveys reduce cetacean sightings across a large marine ecosystem' in *Scientific Reports.* The paper is freely available https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-55500-4 Kavanagh, A.S., Nykänen, M., Hunt, W.,

[MARMAM] Publication of new paper: Phylogenomic Resolution of the Cetacean Tree of Life Using Target Sequence Capture

Publication of new paper in Systematic Biology: Phylogenomic Resolution of the Cetacean Tree of Life Using Target Sequence Capture Michael R McGowen, Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Sandra Álvarez-Carretero, Mario dos Reis, Monika Struebig, Robert Deaville, Paul D Jepson, Simon Jarman, Andrea

[MARMAM] Publication: glider based research on the west coast of Canada

My co-authors and I are happy to share our new publication: Burnham, R.E., Duffus, D.A., Mouy, X. 2019. The presence of large whale species in Clayoquot Sound and its offshore waters. Continental Shelf Research. 177: 15-23 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.03.004 Abstract: Large whale

[MARMAM] Publication of paper on Bayesian estimation of group sizes for a coastal cetacean using aerial survey data in Marine Mammal Science

Dear Colleagues My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our paper on Bayesian estimation of group sizes for a coastal cetacean using aerial survey data in *Marine Mammal Science*. Citation: Boyd C, Hobbs RC, Punt AE, Shelden KE, Sims CL, Wade PR. 2019. Bayesian estimation

[MARMAM] Publication

Dear all, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce the publication of the following article: “*Preliminary study of long-range transport of halogenated flame retardants using Antarctic marine mammals**”. *Oscar Aznar-Alemany, Xuefei Yang, Mariana B. Alonso, Erli Schneider Costa,

[MARMAM] Publication: Fjord habitat use strategies of fin and humpback whales

On behalf of my co-authors, I would like to bring the following publication in *Marine Environmental Research* to your attention: *Distinct habitat use strategies of sympatric rorqual whales within a fjord system* EM Keen, J Wray, J Pilkington, KL Thompson, CR Picard Link to article

Re: [MARMAM] publication on Brucella pinnipedialis in seals in the Netherlands

We are pleased to announce our recent publication: BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIALIS IN GREY SEALS (HALICHOERUS GRYPUS) AND HARBOR SEALS (PHOCA VITULINA) IN THE NETHERLANDS Authors: Michiel V. Kroese, Lisa Beckers, Yvette J. W. M. Bisselink, Sophie Brasseur, Peter W. van Tulden, Miriam G. J. Koene,

[MARMAM] publication about ​the ​ Use of Cetaceans ​ ​ as Bait in Southern Bahia, Brazil ​

Dear C olleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication about the Use of Cetaceans as Bait in Southern Bahia, Brazil It can be downloade here: http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/index Ethnobiology Letters

[MARMAM] Publication of Cook Inlet beluga satellite-tagging technical report

The following publication is now available for viewing/download: Shelden, K. E. W., K. T. Goetz, R. C. Hobbs, L. K. Hoberecht, K. L. Laidre, B. A. Mahoney, T. L. McGuire, S. A. Norman, G. O’Corry-Crowe, D. J. Vos, G. M. Ylitalo, S. A. Mizroch, S. Atkinson, K. A. Burek-Huntington, and C. Garner.

[MARMAM] publication marine litter and cetaceans in the Med

Greetings all, Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the publication of the following article in Marine Pollution Bulletin : "Floating macro-litter along the Mediterranean French coast: Composition, density, distribution and overlap with cetacean range". Nathalie Di-Méglio and

[MARMAM] publication on 40 years of harbour seal monitoring in the southern North Sea

Dear all, Thanks to my co-authors and all the people involved throughout the years of aerial monitoring of the seals in the Wadden Sea, I am happy to announce our recent publication in the open-access journal PLoS ONE Echoes from the past: Regional variations in recovery within a harbour seal

[MARMAM] Publication on dolphin response to naval MINEX training

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I would like to share with you a recent publication on the behavioral response by coastal dolphins to naval mine neutralization exercises: Lammers, M.O., Howe, M., Zang, E., McElligott, M., Engelhaupt, A. and Munger, L. (2017) “Acoustic monitoring of

[MARMAM] Publication of NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS‐OPR‐57, 2015 Vessel Activity in the Arctic

NOAA Fisheries has published Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-57, 2015 Vessel Activity in the Arctic. The Technical Memorandum is posted on the following web page: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/publications/techmemos.htm. This work is also the subject of a poster that will be presented at the Society

[MARMAM] publication on new dolphin morbillivirus molecular technique

Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the following publication: *Molecular analysis of dolphin morbillivirus: A new sensitive detection methodbased on nested RT-PCR.* Centelleghe C, Beffagna G, Zanetti R, Zappulli V, Di Guardo G,Mazzariol S. Abstract: Cetacean

[MARMAM] Publication of the Norwegian killer whales' identification catalogue

Hello, Norwegian Orca Survey is pleased to announce the publication of a first identification catalogue of killer whalesthat occur in Norwegian waters. The catalogue aims at providing an overview of individual killer whales that  frequent coastal Norwegian waters, providing a support to future

[MARMAM] Publication of a paper on the threats to the Gangetic dolphin

Hi all, I wanted to circulate a publication on the Conservation threats of the Gangetic dolphin/South Asian river dolphin. Interested readers may follow the link below.

[MARMAM] Publication on bottlenose dolphin prey availability and calorific value

Dear Colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the recent publication of our paper titled "Dolphin Prey Availability and Calorific Value in an Estuarine and Coastal Environment". The paper is available for download FREE from Frontiers in Marine Science:

[MARMAM] Publication on winter foraging ecology of southern elephant seals

Dear all, My co-authors and I are pleased to bring to your attention the following publication : Labrousse, S., Vacquié-Garcia, J., Heerah, K., Guinet, C., Sallée, J.-B., Authier, M., Picard, B., Roquet, F., Bailleul, F., Hindell, M., Charrassin, J.-B., 2015. *Winter use of sea ice and ocean

[MARMAM] Publication Announcement

Dear All, We are very pleased to announce our new publication that examines genetic diversity and population structure in Gray’s beaked whales. Thompson KF, Patel S, Baker CS, Constantine R, Millar CD. (2015) Bucking the trend: genetic analysis reveals high diversity and little differentiation

[MARMAM] Publication: Cetaceans of Guinea-Bissau

Hello MARMAMers, The following paper has recently been published: Leeney RH, Weir CR, Campredon P, Regalla A, Foster J. Occurrence of Atlantic humpback (*Sousa teuszii*) and bottlenose (*Tursiops truncatus*) dolphins in the coastal waters of Guinea-Bissau, with an updated cetacean species

[MARMAM] Publication of paper on migratory movements and migratory interchange of humpback whales off eastern Australia and across Oceania

Hi MARMAM Colleagues, We are pleased to advise that the following publication is now available online: Franklin, W., T. Franklin, N. Gibbs, S. Childerhouse, C. Garrigue, R. Constantine, L. Brooks, D. Burns, D. Paton, M. M. Poole, N. Hauser, M. Donoghue, K. Russell, D. K. Mattila, J. Robbins,

[MARMAM] Publication of the first statewide abundance estimate for the Florida manatee

My coauthors and I are pleased to announce the publication of the first statewide abundance estimate for the Florida manatee in the journal Biological Conservation. http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1QkNv1R~d~EoX Combining information for monitoring at large spatial scales: First statewide

[MARMAM] Publication: The accuracy of Fastloc-GPS locations and implications for animal tracking

Dear marine biologists and scientists, Some of you are probably using Fastloc-GPS tags to track animals. We just published a paper in Methods in Ecology And Evolution were we investigated the typical accuracy of Fastloc-GPS tags. We also provide a methodology to calculate accurate speed of

[MARMAM] Publication beaked whale records in Western Australian

Dear MARMAMers We are pleased to share with you another publication on stranding data from Western Australia Christine J. Groom, Douglas K. Coughran and Holly C. Smith (2014). Records of beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) in Western Australian waters. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7, e50

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

G'day MARMAM folks, We're pleased to announce the online publication of the following research article in PLoS ONE last week: Allen SJ, Tyne JA, Kobryn HT, Bejder L, Pollock KH and Loneragan, NR (2014). Patterns of Dolphin Bycatch in a North-Western Australian Trawl Fishery. PLoS ONE 9(4):

[MARMAM] Publication: Food habits of Sowerby's beaked whales

Dear list members, My colleagues and I are happy to announce our recent publication: Wenzel, F.W., P. T. Polloni, J. E. Craddock, D. P. Gannon, J. R. Nicolas, A. J. Read, P. E. Rosel. 2013. Food habits of Sowerby’s beaked whales, *Mesoplodon bidens*, taken in the western North Atlantic pelagic

[MARMAM] Publication: Sowerby's beaked whales

Dear list members, My colleagues and I are happy to announce our recent publication: Cholewiak, D., Baumann-Pickering, S., and S. Van Parijs. 2013. Description of sounds associated with Sowerby's beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens) in the western North Atlantic Ocean. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134,

[MARMAM] Publication announcement: NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWR-044

On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce the publication of* NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWR-044: Understanding the co-occurrence of large whales and commercial fixed gear fisheries off the west coast of the United States. * Large whale entanglement in commercial fishing gear in the Pacific Ocean

[MARMAM] Publication: Northernmost record of Shepherd's beaked whale

Dear Marmam readers, We'd like to draw your attention to a recent publication entitled: Northernmost record of Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) - a morphological and genetic description from a stranding from Shark Bay, Western Australia. The full citation details are: Holyoake,

[MARMAM] Publication on bowhead whales in the Beaufort Sea

Greetings, We are pleased to announce our recent publication in Polar Biology. The citation and abstract are below. If you would like a pdf of the publication, please contact me at cynthia.christ...@noaa.gov. Regards, Cynthia L. Christman Field Research Leader III Contractor with Ocean

[MARMAM] Publication: Genetic variation and reproductive success in right whales

We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper describing how fertilization patterns in North Atlantic right whales are biased towards genetically dissimilar gametes. The short-term implication is that this process may be partially responsible for the reduced reproductive performance

[MARMAM] Publication on blue whale foraging habitat

Dear MARMAM members, We thought the following paper might be of interest. Doniol-Valcroze T., Lesage V., Giard J. Michaud R. (2012) Challenges in marine mammal habitat modelling: evidence of multiple foraging habitats from the identification of feeding events in blue whales. Endangered

[MARMAM] Publication: Bottlenose dolphins exchange signature whistles when meeting at sea

Dear all, The following paper appeared online earlier in the year, but we are pleased to announce it is now available with a full citation. Nicola J. Quick and Vincent M. Janik (2012). Bottlenose dolphins exchange signature whistles when meeting at sea. Proc. R. Soc. B 279; 2539-2545

[MARMAM] Publication Request

Hello All, I am in need of a report and was hoping that someone on the list would have it or has access to it. NMML and ARLIS do not have it. We have explored other possibilities as well. The report I need is: Hall, J.D., M.L.Gallagher, K.D. Brewer, and D.K. Ljungblad. 1991. Passive acoustic

[MARMAM] Publication: Ecological characteristics contribute to sponge distribution and tool use in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops sp.

Dear Marmam readers, The following paper has recently been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series: Tyne, J.A., Loneragan, N.R., Kopps, A.M., Allen, S.J., Krützen, M. and Bejder, L. 2012. Ecological characteristics contribute to sponge distribution and tool use in bottlenose

[MARMAM] Publication on inferring causal factors for declining dolphin populations

Dear colleagues, The following article was recently published online: Currey, R. J. C., Dawson, S. M., Schneider, K., Lusseau, D., Boisseau, O. J., Haase, P. A., Slooten, E. 2010. Inferring causal factors for a declining population of bottlenose dolphins via temporal symmetry

[MARMAM] Publication on aquatic mammals of the Venezuelan Atlantic available online

Dear MARMAM subscribers, the ebook version of the Linea Base Ambiental Plataforma Deltana (Baseline Study of the Venezuelan Atlantic, Orinoco delta Platfform), related to the oil and gas industry, that includes a chapter on aquatic mammals (Cetacea, Sirenia, Mustelidae), is now available

[MARMAM] Publication on periodic structures in the Bottlenose Dolphin

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce a new paper published recently in IOP Bioinspiration Biomimetics Dible, S.A., Flint, J.A., Lepper, P.A. *On the role of periodic structures in the lower jaw of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin* (/Tursiops Truncatus/) Bioinspir. Biomim. 4 (2009)

[MARMAM] Publication in Environmental Conservation

Dear all, Please see below details for recent publication. Higham, J.E.S., Bejder, L. and Lusseau, D. (2009). An integrated and adaptive management model to address the long-term sustainability of tourist interactions with cetaceans. Environmental Conservation 35 (4): 294-302.

[MARMAM] Publication about Hawaiian Spinner dolphins and Vessel and Swimmer Traffic

The following article will be appearing in Marine Mammal Science (I can provide a pdf on request): Courbis, S. and G. Timmel. 2008. Effects of vessels and swimmers on behavior of Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in Kealake‘akua, Honaunau, and Kauhako Bays, Hawai‘i.

[MARMAM] publication

Colleagues, The following paper was recently published in a special issue of a journal that does not typically print marine mammal articles (sad as that may be). I thought some of you may be interested. The article is freely available for download at http://aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_53/

[MARMAM] Publication available on evidence of maternal teaching behavior by Atlantic spotted dolphins

Please post this message to all the List Members. Thank you and kind regards, Courtney E. Bender Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Publication available on evidence of maternal teaching

[MARMAM] Publication of A New Marine Animal Journal

Hi Everyone The Oceanographic Environmental Research Society (OERS) is pleased to announce that the first issue of their new journal- the Journal of Marine Animals Their Ecology (JAMATE)is now available! JAMATE is an electronic journal focused on issues related to the protection,

[MARMAM] Publication: metal levels in dolphins

Dear Marman Subscribers, The following paper has recently been published: Lavery, TJ; Butterfield, N; Kemper, CM; Reid, RJ; Sanderson, K. (2008) Metal and selenium in the liver and bone of three dolphin species from South Australia, 1988 - 2004. Science of the Total Environment, 390: 77 -

[MARMAM] Publication available

Dear Marmamers The following paper was published recently: ACCUMULATION AND TRANSFER OF CONTAMINANTS IN KILLER WHALES (ORCINUS ORCA) FROM NORWAY: INDICATIONS FOR CONTAMINANT METABOLISM HANS WOLKERS, PETER J. CORKERON, SOFIE M. VAN PARIJS, TIU SIMILÄ , and BERT VAN BAVEL Environmental

[MARMAM] Publication on Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins

The following publication is now available. Abstract is below. Courbis, S. 2007. Effect of spinner dolphin presence on vessel and swimmer activity in Hawaiian bays. Tourism in Marine Environments. 4(1):1-14. EFFECT OF SPINNER DOLPHIN PRESENCE ON LEVEL OF SWIMMER AND VESSEL ACTIVITY IN

[MARMAM] Publication in Animal Behaviour

Dear Marmam Readers: We are pleased to announce the release of the following in press manuscript on the journal Animal Behaviour's website: Bejder, L., Samuels, A., Whitehead, H. and Gales, N. 2006.Interpreting short-term behavioural responses to disturbance within a longitudinal perspective.

[MARMAM] Publication - Marine Mammals as Sentinel Species for Oceans and Human Health.

Request to post the following publication: Steve McCulloch Dear Marmamers I'm happy to announcethe following publication in the June issue ofOceanography (Vol 19, No. 2, June 2006), of a'Case Study'related to marine mammal health. The citation is:Gregory D.Bossart - 2006."Marine Mammals