[MARMAM] Marmam listserv submission: Link to webinar recording

2018-08-23 Thread Emily Knight
Now Available: Webinar Recording on Examining Relationships between Northern Fur Seals, Pollock, and Climate Change in Alaska On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, the Lenfest Ocean Program hosted a webinar that featured Dr. Jeremy Sterling (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) and colleagues discussing the

[MARMAM] Leopard seal volunteer position New Zealand

2018-08-23 Thread Krista Hupman
Leopard seal volunteer position New Zealand A volunteer is required to assist with an ongoing study investigating the site fidelity and movement of leopard seals around New Zealand. This work involves desktop research including data entry and photo-identification of leopard seals. This project is

[MARMAM] Vacancy PhD Student “Individual-based modelling to study the effect of retreating sea ice on arctic seals”

2018-08-23 Thread Brasseur, Sophie
Vacancy PhD Student “Individual-based modelling to study the effect of retreating sea ice on arctic seals” We are looking for an excellent, highly motivated PhD student with a keen interest in quantitative ecology and seals. The PhD student will be working in a multidisciplinary research project

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

2018-08-23 Thread Brasseur, Sophie
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, Hendrik

[MARMAM] Mote Marine Laboratory, Manatee Research Program Internship

2018-08-23 Thread Christina Nau
*Mote Marine Laboratory* *Manatee Research Program Internships* *Program Description* The Manatee Research Program studiesseveral aspects of the biology of manatees inhabiting the waters of southwestern Florida, including population dynamics, population genetics, habitat use, distribut

[MARMAM] 4-year PhD studentship - Epigenetics of genital transformation of California sea lions

2018-08-23 Thread Karina Acevedo
Dear Marmam colleagues, There is an opportunity for a *fully funded 4-year PhD studentship* at the Immune Plasticity and Molecular Ecoepidemiology lab ( https://www.kacevedowhitehouselab.org/main), within the Biological Sciences Doctoral Program of the Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico (

[MARMAM] New publication: Humpback whale migrations to Antarctic summer foraging grounds through the southwest Pacific Ocean [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2018-08-23 Thread Virginia Andrews-Goff
Please find below information about our new Scientific Reports publication, Humpback whale migrations to Antarctic summer foraging grounds through the southwest Pacific Ocean?, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30748-4. Many thanks, Virginia Andrews-Goff, V., Bestley, S., Gales, N. J., Laverick, S. M., P

[MARMAM] African Bioacoustics Community conference. Last chance to submit an abstracts before 24 August.

2018-08-23 Thread Simon Elwen
Due to high demand, we have had to extend the abstract submission deadline to allow for last minute applications. Final deadline is now 24 August 2018. This cross-cutting conference is the first of it's kind in Africa and will promote BIOACOUSTIC research currently taking place on the African con

[MARMAM] Job Announcement -- Bioacoustics of Fish and Marine Mammals

2018-08-23 Thread Elizabeth McDonald
On behalf of Dr. Helen Bailey, please see below for an employment opportunity. The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), is accepting applications for a Faculty Research Assistant to assist with a bioacoustics project to study the

[MARMAM] Reminder - Tribute to Dr. Jeanette Thomas

2018-08-23 Thread Kathleen M. Dudzinski
Dear Colleagues, Last month, I posted to MARMAM requesting contributions to a planned tribute to Dr. Jeanette Thomas, our colleague who died suddenly in early July. I write now as a final reminder to those of you who might still want to send a few thoughts or memories of Jeanette to be include

[MARMAM] Dead cetacean ID, mid-Atlantic

2018-08-23 Thread Ewan Wakefield
Dear All, Last month, while crossing the North Atlantic on a cruise ship, I encountered a dead cetacean at 49.130 N, 33.4363 W (i.e. in deep water, approximately 200 nm W of the Mid-Atlantic ridge and 600 nm NNW of the Azores).  Photographs of the animal can be downloaded from here: https://www

[MARMAM] New publication on fitness benefits to elephant seals of foraging in dynamic ocean structures

2018-08-23 Thread Briana Abrahms
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share the recent publication of our paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences: Abrahms, B., Scales, K.L., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Schick, R.S., Robinson, P.W., and Costa, D.P. 2018. Mesoscale activity facilitates energy gain in a top preda