[MARMAM] Still time to register for the final underwater acoustics webinar for the international regulatory community!

2016-05-27 Thread Holly Morin
Over the last 8 months, the Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS) Team has been facilitating a free, five-part webinar series for the international regulatory community on topics related to underwater sound. The fifth and final webinar in this series will provide a

[MARMAM] Announcement of availability of skeletal remains collected from stranded marine mammals within the Gulf of Mexico

2016-05-27 Thread DWHMammal Samples - NOAA Service Account
*Announcement of availability of skeletal remains collected from stranded marine mammals within the Gulf of Mexico * During and after the *Deepwater Horizon *oil spill, numerous biological samples were collected from stranded cetaceans found in the northern Gulf of Mexico. With a court approved

[MARMAM] NEW PAPER: Bayesian spatial modeling of cetacean sightings during a seismic acquisition survey

2016-05-27 Thread Ursula Pena
Dear MARMAM members, We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been published on Marine Pollution Bulletin: Raul Vilela , Ursula Pena , Ruth Esteban , Robin Koemans: Bayesian spatial modeling of cetacean sightings during a seismic acquisition survey ABSTRACT: A visual

[MARMAM] op-ed on commercial shipping noise and Navy

2016-05-27 Thread Jasny, Michael
Hi All, I want to make folks aware of an unusual op-ed on shipping noise, which was published in Sunday's edition of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Courier. The op-ed was co-authored by myself and William Parker III, a former Commodore in the U.S. Navy and now COO of the EastWest Institute, urging