[MARMAM] Volunteers needed for bottlenose dolphin project, New Zealand

2015-02-19 Thread Blair Outhwaite
Bottlenose Dolphin Behavioural Volunteer Position at Great Barrier Island, New Zealand A volunteer is required to assist with a MSc study investigating the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins (*Tursiops* sp.) at Great Barrier Island (GBI), New Zealand. This MSc project is part of the ongoing resear

[MARMAM] UK Underwater Acoustics courses in March for Marine and Oil, Gas and Defence

2015-02-19 Thread Sam Nichols
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT 23 - 26th March 2015 University of Southampton, UK in association with the University of Bath Seiche's 4 day course equips delegates with a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of underwater acoustics. It then focuses on developing clear, quantitati

[MARMAM] Natural History Sciences - a new/old journal for natural sciences: marine mammals are welcome!

2015-02-19 Thread Bruno Cozzi
Dear All, we would like to draw your attention on the fully renewed international edition of Natural History Sciences (NHS), a very old journal established in 1859 as /Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano/. NHS is an open access, peer

[MARMAM] Marine Mammal Stranding summer internships

2015-02-19 Thread Harry, Charles
Marine Mammal Stranding Response Internships on Cape Cod, MA The International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Program is currently accepting applications for Marine Mammal Stranding Response Internships for summer 2015. Interns will be placed in one of two a

[MARMAM] Job announcement - Alaska Steller sea lion field camp positions, Ocean Associates, Inc

2015-02-19 Thread Kathryn Chumbley - NOAA Federal
*Scientist III and **Biological Technician II positions (May 11-Aug. 8, 2015)* *NOAA/NMFS/Alaska Fishery Science Center* *National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML), Seattle, WA* *Alaska Ecosystem Program/Steller Sea Lion Field Camps* Ocean Associates, Inc., a contractor for The National Marine

[MARMAM] A request for help: looking for Russian studies on climate indices and sea-ice associated wildlife

2015-02-19 Thread Thea Bechshoft
Dear all, I am looking for any studies out of Russia on climate indices (AO, NAO, PDO, ENSO/SO) and how they affect sea-ice obligate and sea-ice associated birds and mammals. Geographically, we are talking the Barents Sea, Laptev Sea, Kara Sea, East Siberian Sea, Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait, Bering

[MARMAM] New paper on habitat preferences of southern right whales

2015-02-19 Thread Will Rayment
Dear all We are happy to announce that the following paper is now published in Journal of Biogeography. Breeding status affects fine-scale habitat selection of southern right whales on their wintering grounds. William Rayment, Steve Dawson and Trudi Webster. Journal of Biogeography 42: 463-47

[MARMAM] New publication on the body size and variation of the Black Sea bottlenose dolphins

2015-02-19 Thread Pavel Gol'din
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the following new publication: Gol’din, P., Gladilina, E. 2015. Small dolphins in a small sea: Age, growth and aspects of life history of the Black Sea common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Aquatic Biology 23(2): 159–166. We provide first da

[MARMAM] FW: Reminder: Call for Nominations - Cumulative Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Marine Mammals

2015-02-19 Thread Glickson, Deborah
Dear Colleagues, The Ocean Studies Board of the U.S. National Research Council is soliciting nominations for individuals to serve on its new study “Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Marine Mammals.” The study’s sponsors, which include the National Oceanographic

[MARMAM] Marine Mammal Observer Association

2015-02-19 Thread Marine Mammal Observer Association
The Marine Mammal Observer Association (MMOA) http://www.mmo-association.org is a membership based association with the aim of bringing together and representing individuals who work commercially and professionally as Marine Mammal Observers (MMOs) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Operators w

[MARMAM] DCLDE 2015 Update

2015-02-19 Thread Hildebrand, John
The 7th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation (DCLDE) of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics will be held July 13-16, 2015 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. We are pleased to announce that detailed information on