[MARMAM] Job Announcement: Research Scientist Effects of Seismic Surveys on Harbour Porpoise (GEOSTOR)

2021-12-18 Thread Dähne Michael Dr .
Dear Colleagues, I would like to share the following position with you: Research Scientist (m/f/d): Potential Effects of Carbon Capture Storage and Seismic Surveys on Porpoises (GEOSTOR) The foundation Deutsches Meeresmuseum is a national and internationally important, specialized natural hist

[MARMAM] Online Course - An Introduction to Basic Statistics for Biologists using R - 17th to 20th January 2022

2021-12-18 Thread cdmacleod
Data preparation and analysis is a key skill for all those working with marine mammals, and of the available software packages, R has rapidly become the most widely used. This means that a knowledge of how to prepare and analyse data in R is essential skill for marine mammalogists. We will be

[MARMAM] New publication: Subsurface swimming and stationary diving are metabolically cheap in adult Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

2021-12-18 Thread Alicia Borque Espinosa
Dear marmamers, My coauthors and I are pleased to announce our recent publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology. The objective in the present study was to provide novel data about metabolic demands on the Pacific walrus, which could help understand the potential impacts of environmental

[MARMAM] New paper on sex-related population dynamics of common bottlenose dolphins

2021-12-18 Thread Eduardo Morteo
Dear MARMAM colleagues, On behalf of the co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication. This is the second paper of the Doctoral thesis by Jaime Bolaños, exploring the sexual differences in residency patterns of common bottlenose dolphins and their effect in the parameters of a coastal

[MARMAM] New publication: Advanced image recognition: a fully automated, high-accuracy photo-identification matching system for humpback whales

2021-12-18 Thread Ted Cheeseman
Dear MARMAM readers, on-behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to share our new publication: Advanced image recognition: a fully automated, high-accuracy photo-identification matching system for humpback whales. Authors: Cheeseman T, Southerland K, Park J, Olio M, Flynn K, Calambokidis J, J