[MARMAM] Multilevel animal societies can emerge from cultural transmission

2015-09-08 Thread Mauricio Cantor
Dear MARMAMers, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new findings on sperm whale societies, published today. The article is available open access at: Cantor M, Shoemaker LG, Cabral R, Flores CO, Varga M, Whitehead H. 2015. Multilevel animal societies can emerge from cultural tr

[MARMAM] North Atlantic Beaked Whale Photo-ID Project

2015-09-08 Thread Rebecca Boys
Please could the following message be sent out on MARMAM. Thank you. Dear MARMAM, Apologies for cross posting. We are trying to develop a photo-ID database for the North Atlantic beaked whales in collaboration with as many partners as possible. The project is being run by Universidade La

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity - Cetacean acoustics - Cape Town South Africa

2015-09-08 Thread Simon Elwen
A PhD position is available to join a project investigating the environmental factors limiting the ranges of cetaceans around the Western Cape, South Africa, with implications for climate change. The area lies at the border between two biogeographic zones with the range limits of 5 species of dolph

[MARMAM] New Paper: Genomewide investigation of adaptation to harmful algal blooms in bottlenose dolphins

2015-09-08 Thread Kristina Cammen
My co-authors and I would like to share the news that several papers resulting from our investigation of the influence of genetic variation on susceptibility of bottlenose dolphins to harmful algal blooms have been published over the past year. Our most recent publication, “Genomewide investigatio