[MARMAM] Mailing List Submission - PSO/ESO/PAM Job Opportunities

2022-02-09 Thread William Byrd
Hi all!

A.I.S., Inc. (AIS) is a national scientific services firm supporting maritime 
activities requiring certification of compliance with environmental regulations 
as well as collecting data for use by Federal, State, Municipal, and other 
government agencies along the US coastline.

AIS is looking for several PSO/MMO/ESO/PAM candidates to support a number of 
upcoming projects. We have upcoming dredging, geophysical, seismic, 
construction, wreck removal, and other projects on the horizon. These projects 
vary in duration, location and start date with some being immediate and some 
others turning on throughout the year.

We have multiple openings on multiple projects so please share this message 
with your network and anyone else you feel might be interested in this type of 
work. Please visit our website to learn more about AIS. The link is Home - 
A.I.S., Inc. (aisobservers.com). For a more 
personalized experience, please reach out to our Manager of Talent Acquisition, 
William Byrd. He can be reached at 774-762-7019

Regards,

William Byrd
Manager, Talent Acquisition
A.I.S., Inc.
540 Hawthorne Street
North Dartmouth, MA, 02747
Mobile: 774-762-7019
Email: willi...@aisobservers.com
Visit Our Careers Page: https://aisobservers.com/careers/

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[MARMAM] New vacancy at Natural England - Senior Specialist, Marine Mammals

2022-02-09 Thread Humphrey, Ophelie
Natural England is currently seeking to fill various exciting roles, including:

Senior Specialist, Marine Mammal

Salary Minimum: £32,438

Post Type: Permanent

Location: Flexible location with UK (national travel required)

Closing date: Friday 25th February 2022

This Senior Specialist role will operate across Natural England's Sustainable 
Development programme to provide specialist advice and analysis for regulatory 
casework, consultations, and strategic solutions, with a particular focus on 
marine mammals. You will be based within our Chief Scientist Directorate, a 
great place to work with some of the country's leading environmental 
scientists, where you can play a leading role to both shape decisions and 
future reforms. The roles are highly varied, both building the evidence base 
and applying it to make a real difference to the natural environment. We offer 
strong support for flexible working and for personal development.

Your key tasks will include:

* Interpreting evidence to provide expert, practical advice to case officers 
and senior staff to assess and mitigate environmental impacts, whilst seeking 
environmental enhancement.
* Providing clear and timely evidence-based advice in relation to the 
protection and monitoring of domestic and European protected sites in relation 
to development pressures.
* Providing specialist advice in relation to assessing the impacts of 
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects upon the natural environment; 
and working to find practical solutions and mitigate impacts.
* Providing science and evidence advice and products to ensure that regulatory 
reform and efficiency initiatives are informed and led by science.
* Assisting in providing discretionary chargeable advice for developers and 
licence applicants.
* Assisting in the development of guidelines or standing advice to help assess 
impacts or guide developers or licence applicants.
* Maintaining an up-to-date understanding of the relevant evidence base and 
regularly horizon scanning for emerging issues.
* Building and analysing the required evidence base, together with highlighting 
important gaps in our understanding.
* Maintaining a high degree of integrity and expertise at all times and through 
continued professional development, whilst helping to improve the capability of 
other staff.
* Representing Natural England externally as a recognised expert and building 
relationships and links with key stakeholders and academic institutions.

Requirements

We're looking for someone with an excellent understanding of marine mammals, 
their ecology and associated survey techniques. As a specialist, you will be 
keen to apply this to strategic solutions and evidence-based, practical advice 
to sectors such as oil and gas, renewable energy, nuclear and fisheries. With 
an excellent understanding of the relevant evidence base, you understand how 
marine pollution and climate change could be affecting marine animals. You also 
have a good understanding of broader English marine ecology and ecosystems, 
have the know-how required to inform the management of Marine Protected Areas, 
and understand wider policies and key stakeholders within the marine 
environment.

Further information

To view all of Natural England's current vacancies, including this one, and to 
apply, please visit Civil Service Jobs at 
https://civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/. More information about Natural 
England, including a case study of this role, is available at 
https://naturalenglandcareers.org.uk/. If you have any queries about this role, 
please direct them to 
sandra.unterhollenb...@naturalengland.org.uk.

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[MARMAM] New publication: Humpback whale adult females and calves balance acoustic contact with vocal crypsis during periods of increased separation

2022-02-09 Thread Katherine Indeck
G'day all,



My co-authors and I are pleased to share our new publication in Ecology and 
Evolution:



Indeck, K.L., Noad, M.J. & Dunlop, R.A. (2022). Humpback whale adult females 
and calves balance acoustic contact with vocal crypsis during periods of 
increased separation. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8604. 
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8604





ABSTRACT

Acoustic communication is important for animals with dependent young, 
particularly when they are spatially separated. Maternal humpback whales 
(Megaptera novaeangliae) use acoustic calling to help minimize the risk of 
separation from their young calves during migration. These pairs also use 
acoustic crypsis to minimize detection by males. How they balance a restricted 
active space with the need to maintain acoustic contact during periods of 
separation is not yet understood. Here, we analyzed movement metrics of tagged 
adult female-calf pairs during migration to identify two behavioral states, 
"resting/milling" and "travelling." When travelling, these pairs dived 
synchronously and exhibited little to no spatial separation. Alternatively, 
adult females had significantly longer dive durations (p < .01) when resting, 
and while they spent prolonged times at depth, calves would surface several 
times independently. This demonstrated that these pairs are frequently 
separated during periods of rest. We

then determined whether the call rates and acoustic levels of these pairs 
increased with more frequent separation, finding that both adult females and 
calves significantly increased their call rates, but not levels, when resting. 
We also found that adult female-calf pairs have a restricted active space, with 
less than 15% of calls estimated to be detectable beyond 2 km. However, as with 
call level, detection distance did not differ significantly between the two 
behavioral states. In summary, adult female-calf pairs maintain successful 
communication during periods of separation by calling more

frequently rather than by producing louder calls. This strategy aids in 
maintaining acoustic contact while simultaneously limiting detectability by 
conspecifics.





The article is Open Access and is available here: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8604



Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions!



Cheers,

Kate

Katherine Indeck, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow * Biological Sciences
Mobile: (506) 653-7097
Office: Ganong Hall 224
Address:
100 Tucker Park Rd
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada  E2L 4L5
[University of New Brunswick]
[Facebook]/uofnb [Twitter] 
@unb [Instagram] 
@discoverunb UNB.ca
Kate Indeck | Davies Lab 


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[MARMAM] Colorado College welcomes cetacean neuroscientist Lori Marino

2022-02-09 Thread Lori Marino
Harold D. and Rhoda N. Roberts Memorial Lecture in the Natural Sciences
The Colorado College Psychology Department welcomes Lori Marino, Ph.D.
"Dolphins and Whales: Minds Beneath the Waves"
March 2, 2022
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Richard F. Celeste Theatre
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
825 N. Cascade Avenue
Colorado College
ID and proof of vaccination required. KN95 masks will be provided.
If you cannot attend in person, there will be a Zoom Webinar.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ac6wIZeWSN-ORj8F9gDgSg

Dr. Marino is internationally known for her work on the evolution of the brain 
and intelligence in dolphins and whales (as well as primates and farm animals). 
She has published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers, book chapters, and 
magazine articles on marine mammal biology and cognition, comparative brain 
anatomy, self-awareness in nonhuman animals, and human-nonhuman animal 
relationships.

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