[MARMAM] New publication: Fin whale abundance and survival estimation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

2019-03-18 Thread Anna Schleimer
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to announce the publication of the following article in Ecology and Evolution: Schleimer A, Ramp C, Delarue J, Carpentier A, Bérubé M, Palsbøll PJ, Sears R, Hammond PS (2019) Decline in abundance and apparent survival rates of fin whales (

[MARMAM] Two new publications on the movement ecology of short-finned pilot whales

2019-03-18 Thread Filipe Alves
Dear MARMAM community, we are pleased to announce the publication of two new open-access papers on the movement ecology of short-finned pilot whales in the warm temperate waters of the NE Atlantic based on photo-id and effort-related sightings data, from a major collaboration study.The first, al

[MARMAM] ACCOBAMS workshop during 5th ICMMPA

2019-03-18 Thread Lea David
Dear marmam members, please find below an announcement of a workshop that will be hold during the 5^th International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA5), intitled : * * *THE IDENTIFICATION OF NEW ACCOBAMS CCH: A COLLABORATIVE THREAT-BASED MANAGEMENT APPROACH* Tuesday 9^th

[MARMAM] The Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN) Call for Applications - Director of Intervention Program

2019-03-18 Thread Mélissa Tremblay
The Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN) Call for Applications - Director of Intervention Program Description of Organization The Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN) is an umbrella group of organizations and institutions that work with marine mammals. T

[MARMAM] New publication on the effect of jamming stimuli on echolocation behavior

2019-03-18 Thread Laura Kloepper
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of myself and my coauthor Brian Branstetter, we are pleased to announce our publication in *The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America* titled "The effect of jamming stimuli on the echolocation behavior of the bottlenose dolphin, *Tursiops truncatus.*" Abstract: E

[MARMAM] Undergraduate Marine Science Semester Internships Posted

2019-03-18 Thread K Frost
The *Semester by the Bay* program in Homer, Alaska at University of Alaska Anchorage-Kenai Peninsula College-Kachemak Bay Campus has posted multiple undergraduate internship opportunities for the Fall 2019 semester! Semester by the Bay offers undergraduate courses in marine biology (marine mammals