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Workshop Announcement: Field Wildlife Forensics
June 20 - June 27, 2011
Shoals Marine Laboratory, New Hampshire, USA
This program is offered for credit through Cornell University OR as a non-credit "workshop" option for professionals.
Forensic Science represents the unique merging of scientific insight and the law. With increasing frequency, scientists from an ever-broadening spectrum of disciplines are being called upon to apply their knowledge, guidance and expertise to questions and issues arising within the criminal justice system and civil litigation arena. Marine biologists are no exception. Environmental catastrophes, marine mammal strandings, endangered/protected species issues, and maritime calamities are but a few of the types of incidents potentially requiring the forensic application of marine science.
Central to the sound application of marine science to forensic issues is an understanding of the unique procedures and requirements inherent in our legal system. Forensic Science for Wildlife Biologists (FSWB) provides a field-oriented introduction to the forensic science domain and the special rules and practices governing the utilization of science within the justice system. The unique teaching facilities of the Shoals Marine Laboratory and the close proximity of the maritime surroundings of the Isles of Shoals allow FSWB students to actively participate in classroom lectures, practical field exercises, and hands-on laboratory sessions all targeted at providing a realistic introduction to the world of the forensic scientist.
Toxin found in sardines that clogged US marina
The millions of sardines that were found floating dead in a Southern California marina this week tested positive for a powerful neurotoxin, researchers said Friday.
High levels of domoic acid were found in the sardines, which may have distressed them off the Los Angeles coastline and caused them to swim into the Redondo Beach marina, University of Southern California biologist David Caron wrote in a summary of his laboratory's findings which were reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Caron said that he still believes that critically low oxygen levels in the water caused the sardines to suffocate, but it's possible the toxin may have been one explanation for why they crowded into the marina.
12 Mar 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA - Map It
>>>FULL ARTICLE
Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center UpdatedUSGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death.
This information was updated on March 09, 2011 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide.
Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.
14 Mar 2011
Area: United States
>>>Updated Wildlife Mortality Event Table
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Photo credit: A Gray
Scientist Creates One-of-a-Kind Frog- Tripura zoo on alert after death of birds, animals [followup]
- Deer, elk continue to escape from state farms [Minnesota]
- Mont., feds negotiating areas for buffalo to roam
- Wolf population dips in N. Rockies
- 130 raptors killed in five years [Scotland]
- Urban wildlife biologist joins 'Car Talk'
